Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Knifegrinder
James Charles

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Sharp

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2022 09:30 AM (wFpVU)

2 How much for the little girl?

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:31 AM (yrol0)

3 The kiddies about to go on a murder spree?

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 09:31 AM (njfCw)

4 Wonder if he also does axes

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2022 09:31 AM (wFpVU)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

6 Bet there will be some sharp commenting on this.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:31 AM (yrol0)

7 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 14, 2022 09:31 AM (5cL3e)

8 That bluebell's house in the background?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 14, 2022 09:31 AM (3D/fK)

9 ...and when I FINISH this blade, I'm going to cut you in to tiny pieces.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

10 Isn't that lovely. An old gramps grinding knives for the young'uns.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 14, 2022 09:32 AM (z5Vrg)

11 Some commenting may get quite edgy!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:32 AM (yrol0)

12 Supplying the local miniature serial killers with weapons. Doing the job that Americans won't do.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 14, 2022 09:32 AM (LvTSG)

13 Wonder if he's like that creepy knifegrinder from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, doling out sage advice to children...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2022 09:32 AM (YIVH2)

14 Kids might be needing to butcher someone

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 14, 2022 09:32 AM (RE/i3)

15 Took me a minute to find his legs.......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

16 lovely colors. Sort of Tuscan.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2022 09:32 AM (ikIMD)

17 I bet before 100 someone will have an axe to grind!

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:32 AM (yrol0)

18 I like it really

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 14, 2022 09:33 AM (RE/i3)

19 Wonder if he also does axes

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2022 09:31 AM (wFpVU)

You could axe him.

Posted by: BignJames at January 14, 2022 09:33 AM (AwYPR)

20 Isn't that lovely. An old gramps grinding knives for the young'uns.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 14, 2022 09:32 AM (z5Vrg)

Got a knife for Christmas one year as a yute. First thing I did was slice the shit out of my finger.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

21 I'm not sure that workbench he has set up is OSHA approved. Also, it doesn't look like he is wearing proper eye protection.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2022 09:33 AM (YIVH2)

22 He needs a monkey...

Posted by: Hawkpilot at January 14, 2022 09:34 AM (XJs/J)

23 Kinda fitting for the title of today's art...

https://youtu.be/ncfTCyVSdWM
(From one of the greatest albums ever)

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 09:34 AM (mZUr4)

24
You could axe him.
Posted by: BignJames at January 14, 2022 09:33 AM (AwYPR)

"Excuse me sir, but might I axe you if you sharpen asks?"

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

25 Got a knife for Christmas one year as a yute. First thing I did was slice the shit out of my finger.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)
===
"You'll shoot your eye out, kid."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2022 09:34 AM (YIVH2)

26 I need that guy to come through my neighborhood. I am lousy at sharpening knives.

Posted by: huerfano at January 14, 2022 09:34 AM (MzKgG)

27 You could axe him.
Posted by: BignJames at January 14, 2022 09:33 AM (AwYPR)

Headline:
Ask murderer haunts local PoC Community

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:34 AM (yrol0)

28 I love this. This is a wonderful scene. I am adding it to my short list of prints to try to acquire. I have no idea where to put it, but I want it.

What I find interesting at first glance is that the boy and girl appear to have equal levels of (dis)interest in the man's work. It's just an errand they're running. This is *not* how it would have been for me. I'd be in the sister's position (physically), fascinated by the machinery and peppering the man with questions about how it all worked. Bluntly, I'd be a nuisance but I'd learn about how that machine worked and why.

I can't imagine a little boy standing by disinterestedly and just passively watching such a thing. It's a lovely scene but that bit of personal unreality makes it particularly interesting to me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 14, 2022 09:34 AM (DU+/6)

29 Artist with two first names.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2022 09:34 AM (88xKn)

30 19 Wonder if he also does axes

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2022 09:31 AM (wFpVU)

You could axe him.

Let's take a poll.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 09:35 AM (njfCw)

31 Kid grows up with a fascination for knives and becomes a serial killer.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2022 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

32 Got a knife for Christmas one year as a yute. First thing I did was slice the shit out of my finger.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

You must always offer up a piece up silver (nickel or dime) to anyone giving you a knife or the knife will cut you.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:35 AM (yrol0)

33 Cutting edge art commentary, as usual.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2022 09:36 AM (RkC6l)

34 Cutting edge art commentary, as usual.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2022 09:36 AM (RkC6l)

Rub some dirt on it. You'll be fine.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

35 Are they twins?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at January 14, 2022 09:37 AM (eGTCV)

36 Boy is fittin to teach sis how to play mumblety peg

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 14, 2022 09:37 AM (F4DJi)

37 Knifegrinding... sounds like a skill.

I know I need to learn how to sharpen knives better than I do now. I really suck. I've got the sharpeners, just no skill.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2022 09:37 AM (BFigT)

38 We actually had one of these guys come through our neighborhood every once in a while in the middle 1960's. Syracuse, NY

Posted by: Archer at January 14, 2022 09:37 AM (gmo/4)

39 Grinder.... looking for meat
Grinder.... wants you to eat

Posted by: Judas Priest at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (bW8dp)

40 Looks like some sedition in progress. Call the FBI!

Posted by: Mr Gaga at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (KiBMU)

41 No masks or eye protection. SHUT HIM DOWN!

Posted by: OSHAT at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (vrz2I)

42 The old man's going to get a letter from the HOA.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

43 knife-grinder probably a more interesting subject than screen window repairer

Posted by: McCool at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (BqBIh)

44 Grinder.... looking for meat
Grinder.... wants you to eat

Posted by: Judas Priest at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (bW8dp)

Looks like Doof was ignored......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

45 I need to sharpen most of my knives, and my tomahawk.

Got the stone and oil out 2 weeks ago and there they still sit.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (njfCw)

46 Is this John Wayne Gacy at work?

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (WROfJ)

47 Those kids grew up to be yuuuuge fans of this 80s One-Hit Wonder...

https://youtu.be/6dOwHzCHfgA

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (mZUr4)

48 Rub some dirt on it. You'll be fine.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:37 AM

HordeMD@mu.nu

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (RkC6l)

49 You must always offer up a piece up silver (nickel or dime) to anyone giving you a knife or the knife will cut you.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:35 AM (yrol0)
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Fascinating! I've never heard that variation. I grew up with the Jewish version, which is similar. In the version with which I am familiar, knives must *never* be given nor received as gifts. The reason for this is that if you do so, the knife may later sever the relationship and result in alienation. I was always taught (and I do it to this day) that when giving a knife, you include with it a nickle or dime or quarter, which will reimburse the recipient for the nickle or dime or quarter that he has to immediately give you in payment for the gift. If he doesn't have small change on him, he will come back to you a bit later with the coin you gave him - after having mysteriously discovered that he did indeed have a coin after all.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 14, 2022 09:39 AM (DU+/6)

50 Looks like he does annealing/hardening as well.

Posted by: BignJames at January 14, 2022 09:39 AM (AwYPR)

51 The old man's going to get a letter from the HOA.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

He should use the knife to cut the HOA's heart out.

Those things are communism in action.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

52 Hey little lady...want to rub my leg hair?

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 14, 2022 09:39 AM (ESjRY)

53 The kid on the left is actually Jack the Ripper in his younger days.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2022 09:39 AM (88xKn)

54 Looks like Doof was ignored......
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

Just another day ending in "Y" thing

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 09:39 AM (mZUr4)

55 Is this John Wayne Gacy at work?
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (WROfJ)

No. He painted clowns.

There's band out there that used his 'art' on their album covers.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

56 I met a guy like this on the street in front of our apartment when I lived overseas. Very similar setup. He messed up my pocket knife's blade. I guess he normally sharpened cheap kitchen knives.

Or course the title is: Knife Grinder, not Sharpener.

Posted by: JustSalt at January 14, 2022 09:40 AM (63j5j)

57 I would like this better if it didn't have the knife grinder.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2022 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

58 Looks like those two little reprobates are availing themselves of the 'knife grinder loophole' to sharpen those unregistered knives.

Posted by: 496 at January 14, 2022 09:40 AM (U1eOr)

59 39 Grinder.... looking for meat

And people used to argue over whether he was ghey. He was telling us all along.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 09:40 AM (njfCw)

60 At the center of the painting are a doorway and a black paper towel hanger holding a roll of very dark gray paper towels. This one's not going to be hung on one of my walls. Nope, no way.

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2022 09:40 AM (AMIL/)

61
Hone Sweet Hone - a limerick

A certain knife-grinder named Harp
Said, "Kids, you've no reason to carp
In the musical known as Life
Sing the praises of your knife
And sing it in the key of B sharp!"

Posted by: Muldoon at January 14, 2022 09:40 AM (m45I2)

62 Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2022 09:40 AM (RkC6l)

63 I like it. Reminds me of being a youth enamored with people who had skills.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 09:40 AM (5pTK/)

64 We had a guy like that come around the neighborhoods when I was a kid.

His cart was more of a bicycle kind of thing though.

He had a large bell to announce his coming..

Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at January 14, 2022 09:41 AM (CjFDo)

65 Is this John Wayne Gacy at work?

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 09:38 AM (WROfJ)

Mack, the knife

Posted by: BignJames at January 14, 2022 09:41 AM (AwYPR)

66 I look at this picture and think this will not end well.

The Horde obviously agrees.

I wonder if the artist meant this to be an observation of daily life thing or a prelude to horror thing.

Posted by: blaster at January 14, 2022 09:41 AM (mbFEM)

67 Fascinating! I've never heard that variation. I grew up with the Jewish version, which is similar. In the version with which I am familiar, knives must *never* be given nor received as gifts. The reason for this is that if you do so, the knife may later sever the relationship and result in alienation. I was always taught (and I do it to this day) that when giving a knife, you include with it a nickle or dime or quarter, which will reimburse the recipient for the nickle or dime or quarter that he has to immediately give you in payment for the gift. If he doesn't have small change on him, he will come back to you a bit later with the coin you gave him - after having mysteriously discovered that he did indeed have a coin after all.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 14, 2022 09:39 AM (DU+/6)

I learned this from my Papaw (Dads side) many years ago. He grew up in North LA and South AR. He told me it came from Ireland. He died in 1977 the week before Elvis.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:41 AM (yrol0)

68 Hone Sweet Hone - a limerick

A certain knife-grinder named Harp
Said, "Kids, you've no reason to carp
In the musical known as Life
Sing the praises of your knife
And sing it in the key of B sharp!"
Posted by: Muldoon at January 14, 2022 09:40 AM (m45I2)

I told you he was better.......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

69 > And people used to argue over whether he was ghey. He was telling us all along.

I pretty much always knew he was gay. Didn't bother me.

I used to know a woman who was in denial that Freddie Mercury was gay. Never asked her about Liberace or Charles Nelson Reilly.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2022 09:41 AM (bW8dp)

70 We had a guy like that come around the neighborhoods when I was a kid.

His cart was more of a bicycle kind of thing though.

He had a large bell to announce his coming..
Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at January 14, 2022 09:41 AM (CjFDo)
++++
Like the Good Humor man, but for knives?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 14, 2022 09:41 AM (DU+/6)

71 hey meester, wanna buy my seester?

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 14, 2022 09:42 AM (IJES/)

72 Those kids don't look like Muslims. Why would they need knives?

Posted by: Roy at January 14, 2022 09:42 AM (FMzXL)

73 Got a knife for Christmas one year as a yute. First thing I did was slice the shit out of my finger.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

You must always offer up a piece up silver (nickel or dime) to anyone giving you a knife or the knife will cut you.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:35 AM (yrol0)

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Ah, the joys of youth. Bring back memories of whittling not only wood, but, the odd finger once in a while.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 09:42 AM (5pTK/)

74 Like the knife that cuts you,
The wound heals.
But that scar,
That scar remains.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

75 I wonder what killed off the itinerant knife grinder?

People nowadays just throw away knives when they get dull?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2022 09:43 AM (bW8dp)

76 That teapot the little girl has in her hand, IED.

Posted by: Capital Eff at January 14, 2022 09:43 AM (GYllL)

77 There was some reference to a "disease of knifegrinders" in the novel of Silence of the Lambs, I think. A diversion by Lecter to mess with the FBI's heads.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 09:43 AM (txdEq)

78 ...And sing it in the key of B sharp!"
Posted by: Muldoon at January 14, 2022 09:40 AM (m45I2)

You asked for it...
https://youtu.be/EVRcmnVYlLI

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 09:43 AM (mZUr4)

79 Do you like gladiator movies?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2022 09:44 AM (mD/uy)

80 lovely colors. Sort of Tuscan.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2022

***
No place to rent there though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 09:44 AM (txdEq)

81 I wonder what's inside of the fence?

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2022 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

82 Resolved: if your son reaches nominal adulthood without at least a few scars resulting from ill-advised experiments with knives/other tools, gun powder, bicycles.... you have failed in your job as a parent.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2022 09:44 AM (bW8dp)

83 Is this painting allowed to be displayed in the UK? Pretty inciteful.

Posted by: Fool Otto at January 14, 2022 09:44 AM (DB16e)

84
He had a large bell to announce his coming..
Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at January 14, 2022 09:41 AM (CjFDo)

Huh. Wish I'da thought of that.

Posted by: Willie Brown at January 14, 2022 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

85 69 I pretty much always knew he was gay. Didn't bother me.

I knew for sure the first time I saw them in concert (with Iron Maiden opening on their first North American tour!). I kinda did a facepalm and said "Duh. How did you not see that before? He's dressed exactly like something out of the Village People." Plus, he just gave off ghey vibes. Didn't bother me either, but I used to get in some raging arguments with metalheads at school who insisted he wasn't.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 09:44 AM (njfCw)

86 That doesn't seem too portable

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 09:44 AM (1s9Ej)

87 Like the knife that cuts you,
The wound heals.
But that scar,
That scar remains.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

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Hey, that whole knife cutting thing is intruding on my schtick!

Posted by: Bryan Adams at January 14, 2022 09:44 AM (5pTK/)

88 "Hurry up gramps, we ain't got all day waiting on your old wrinkled ass!"...

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 14, 2022 09:45 AM (Xe+Zn)

89 In summer we'd occasionally get an Italian knifegrinder plying his trade in the street but not for a few years now.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 09:45 AM (UHVv4)

90 When I was a kid, a tinker would stop by the farm periodically and Grammi would have him sharpen her scissors.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2022 09:46 AM (mD/uy)

91 I found the face of God last night doing my Garden of Earthly Delights jigsaw puzzle. I am a new man.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 09:46 AM (WROfJ)

92 I used to know a woman who was in denial that Freddie Mercury was gay. Never asked her about Liberace or Charles Nelson Reilly.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2022 09:41 AM

Mrs. Dallas: Even *he* "puts from the rough"?

Steve Dallas: Hole in one, Ma.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2022 09:46 AM (RkC6l)

93 When I was a kid, a tinker would stop by the farm periodically and Grammi would have him sharpen her scissors.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2022 09:46 AM (mD/uy)

You can really mess up a pair of scissors if you don't sharpen them right. Ask me how I know.........

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:47 AM (Zz0t1)

94 You guys are putting too fine a point on this painting

Posted by: Busted Can of Biscuits at January 14, 2022 09:48 AM (2cfUo)

95 "I-I-I-I-I-I-I want the knife!"
- Eddie Murphy

https://youtu.be/lMSasuTSDfs

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 09:48 AM (mZUr4)

96 I wish you guys would strop with the bad puns.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 09:48 AM (UHVv4)

97 You can really mess up a pair of scissors if you don't sharpen them right. Ask me how I know.........

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:47 AM (Zz0t1)

Wirecutters..."dykes"...too

Posted by: BignJames at January 14, 2022 09:48 AM (AwYPR)

98 Mrs. Dallas: Even *he* "puts from the rough"?

Steve Dallas: Hole in one, Ma.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2022 09:46 AM (RkC6l)
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Made me laugh.

Ol Berkely was funny as all get out back in the day.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 09:48 AM (5pTK/)

99 But will it KEEEL!??

Posted by: Doug Marcaida at January 14, 2022 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

100 96 I wish you guys would strop with the bad puns.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 09:48 AM (UHVv4)

Hey we were just cutting up a little.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:49 AM (yrol0)

101 You're all whet!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 09:49 AM (UHVv4)

102 I'm old enough to remember door-to-door knife sharpeners.

It is hard to believe the ways people used to make a living.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 14, 2022 09:49 AM (yQpMk)

103 "Hey girl, WTF did you do to your KaBar? It looks like you've been carving hand grenades with it! No matter; I'll have it good as new PDQ."

Posted by: Durable Yet Minimal gp-Based Barrier at January 14, 2022 09:50 AM (qpX6U)

104 "I-I-I-I-I-I-I want the knife!"
- Eddie Murphy

https://youtu.be/lMSasuTSDfs
Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 09:48 AM (mZUr4)

Actually tuned across the end of that movie not too long ago.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

105 But will it KEEEL!??
Posted by: Doug Marcaida at January 14, 2022 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

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Uh, having watched your moves, you could kill with a dull wooden spoon. Edged weapons, for you, are merely a bonus.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 09:50 AM (5pTK/)

106 I used to know a woman who was in denial that Freddie Mercury was gay. Never asked her about Liberace or Charles Nelson Reilly.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2022 09:41 AM

Freddie Mercury not gay? This should have removed all doubt.
https://youtu.be/Z3w5gVM_4y8

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 09:50 AM (1s9Ej)

107 I've got the sharpeners, just no skill.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2022 09:37 AM (BFigT)

You and me both!

My father was great at it, but I did not inherit his talent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2022 09:51 AM (Q9lwr)

108 100 96 I wish you guys would strop with the bad puns.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 09:48 AM (UHVv4

But it feels so right

Posted by: Bryan Adams at January 14, 2022 09:51 AM (2cfUo)

109
"I-I-I-I-I-I-I want the knife!"
- Eddie Murphy
Posted by: Doof

"pleeeeease"

-also eddie, next line

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 14, 2022 09:51 AM (IJES/)

110 by the way, CBD, nice to see you back with this cutting edge art.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 09:51 AM (5pTK/)

111 Yes, our knifegrinder also used a bell to announce his presence.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 09:52 AM (UHVv4)

112 You know those guys at every gun show with the high speed sharpening machines? NEVER let them touch your good pocket knife.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 14, 2022 09:52 AM (nfrXX)

113
Freddie Mercury not gay? This should have removed all doubt.
https://youtu.be/Z3w5gVM_4y8
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 09:50 AM (1s9Ej)

And a fuzzy pink guitar ruined my career.......

Posted by: Billy Squire at January 14, 2022 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

114 Dems used NASA leasing right and funding bill to include the 700 pages of the new vote takeover.

https://tinyurl.com/yv8yxxc2

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:52 AM (yrol0)

115 Its only gay if your balls touch! Mike, easier man. Err...lady.

Posted by: Barack Obama at January 14, 2022 09:52 AM (ESjRY)

116 Mmmmm. Rested and ready, boss.

Posted by: Mack's Knife at January 14, 2022 09:52 AM (DU+/6)

117 You're all whet!
Posted by: andycanuck

be careful not to strop it too much or it'll go off in your hand

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 14, 2022 09:52 AM (IJES/)

118 I call this painting, "Renoir, If He Had Better Vision"

Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2022 09:52 AM (NYdZH)

119 And a fuzzy pink guitar ruined my career.......
Posted by: Billy Squire at January 14, 2022 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)
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Not hardly. It was the homo erotic video you did.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 09:53 AM (5pTK/)

120 I find it funny that British skinheads were oblivious to Freddie Mercury's obvious gheyness when they made "We are the Champions!" their anthem.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 14, 2022 09:53 AM (i0slg)

121 When I was a kid in 1950s Chicago, we did have an itinerant mobile sharpener guy like this. We also had fruit sellers, coal furnaces and deliverymen. We had garbage trucks with four guys aboard; when they came up to a discarded couch, they'd all four lay into it with double-bladed axes.

Posted by: Durable Yet Minimal gp-Based Barrier at January 14, 2022 09:53 AM (qpX6U)

122 Actually tuned across the end of that movie not too long ago.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

Underrated movie. Been many years since I last watched it. Wonder how it holds up over time.

I still quote the "in my pocket, there's a whole thing of Tic-Tacs" line -- haha!

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 09:53 AM (mZUr4)

123 Resolved: if your son reaches nominal adulthood without at least a few scars resulting from ill-advised experiments with knives/other tools, gun powder, bicycles.... you have failed in your job as a parent.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2022 09:44 AM (bW8dp)
===

Every time I got to the ER everyone would shout "Norm!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2022 09:54 AM (aOAEF)

124 Took me a minute to find his legs...

He still looks like a stump to me, but a nice scene here.

Posted by: t-bird at January 14, 2022 09:54 AM (jacU8)

125 > It is hard to believe the ways people used to make a living.

Did some web searching and found an account from a guy whose father was a knife grinder. He covered a very large area on foot. Normally he would ask to sleep in fire stations, in return for sharpening the station kitchen's knives. He'd get a meal in return for sharpening a restaraunt's knives. And so on. Probably haircuts for sharpening a barber's gear (it didn't say that, but it seems reasonable). Free medical care for sharpening scalpels?

It wasn't a life of luxury, I'm sure.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2022 09:54 AM (bW8dp)

126 122 Underrated movie. Been many years since I last watched it. Wonder how it holds up over time.

I still quote the "in my pocket, there's a whole thing of Tic-Tacs" line -- haha!
Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 09:53 AM (mZUr4)

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The Golden Child? Not well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 14, 2022 09:54 AM (LvTSG)

127 I've got the sharpeners, just no skill.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2022 09:37 AM (BFigT)
You and me both!
My father was great at it, but I did not inherit his talent.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

check out this guy's channel. seriously good technique amd easy to understand.
https://youtu.be/m2AGIVqV8ig

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 14, 2022 09:54 AM (IJES/)

128 "I-I-I-I-I-I-I want the knife!"
- Eddie Murphy
Posted by: Doof

"pleeeeease"

-also eddie, next line
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 14, 2022 09:51 AM (IJES/)

Glad you caught the semi-obscure reference!

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 09:55 AM (mZUr4)

129
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The Golden Child? Not well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 14, 2022 09:54 AM (LvTSG)

Like he said..... Underrated.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

130 Everyone remembers the flower girl and the milk maid from "Who Will Buy?" in the musical "Oliver!" but the knife grinder was in that number, too.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 14, 2022 09:55 AM (J+xkY)

131 The Golden Child? Not well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 14, 2022 09:54 AM (LvTSG)

Needs more peat??

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 09:55 AM (mZUr4)

132
~sob-sob~

That's young Phyllis Diller and Soupy Sales!

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 14, 2022 09:55 AM (K2SnJ)

133 And a fuzzy pink guitar ruined my career.......
Posted by: Billy Squire at January 14, 2022 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

No, it was the dancing in that video.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2022 09:56 AM (88xKn)

134 be careful not to strop it too much or it'll go off in your hand
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Your eyesight's not that keen, BifBewalski -- I already used 'strop'!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 09:56 AM (UHVv4)

135 And thank goodness for save tags. I had intended to bold only the first word.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 14, 2022 09:56 AM (nfrXX)

136 I'm going to watch some YouTube vids of knife sharpening this weekend and then try my hand at it again. One thing I personally think makes a difference is the quality of the blade in question. Some just don't appear to want to take an edge no matter what. Others will, but the edge dulls after a few cuts.

Case in point; my wife has a paring knife she loves. It's dull. I can't do a thing with it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2022 09:57 AM (BFigT)

137 121 When I was a kid in 1950s Chicago, we did have an itinerant mobile sharpener guy like this. We also had fruit sellers, coal furnaces and deliverymen. We had garbage trucks with four guys aboard; when they came up to a discarded couch, they'd all four lay into it with double-bladed axes.
Posted by: Durable Yet Minimal gp-Based Barrier at January 14, 2022 09:53 AM (qpX6U)

When my mom was a kid they called the traveling salesman "the huckster" but back then it didn't have the pejorative meaning it does today.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 14, 2022 09:57 AM (vuisn)

138 I wish you guys would strop with the bad puns.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022

***
It's got a nice tang to it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 09:58 AM (txdEq)

139 NY Post has great covers. Today, about Prince Andrew getting stripped of his titles:

Royale with Sleaze!

Shouldn't there be a ceremony where Randy Andy has to appear in St Paul's Cathedral in his full regalia and the Queen rips off his badges and epaulets, and then breaks his sword in front of him.

Shades of Chuck Conners in Branded!

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 14, 2022 09:58 AM (i0slg)

140 Many years after my father's death, my brothers and I were cleaning some junk out of my mom's attic when we came across his fishing boxes and gear. All the attic-cleaning slammed to a halt as my brothers and I started going through it. We all had spent many, many hours fishing with my dad. Every lure, every rod and reel told a story.

We divided everything up, and among my take I got his old "carborundum" shapening stone, early-70s vintage, in its original leather pouch. I'm positive it would still work, as carborundum is pretty much indestructible, but I like to keep it as is.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 09:58 AM (njfCw)

141 I grew up in a rural area. No knife sharpeners, but we did have a Jewel Tea man and a Watkins man.

Jewel is still around as Jewel Osco. I'm not sure when they stopped having traveling salesmen.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2022 09:59 AM (bW8dp)

142 Slingblade - the early years.

Posted by: 496 at January 14, 2022 09:59 AM (U1eOr)

143 The British Olympic Association has advised Team GB not to bring their mobile phones to Beijing, due to spying fears.

British athletes competing at the Winter Olympics have been told by the British Olympic Association (BOA) to avoid bringing their phones to Beijing for the Winter Olympics in February, due to fears the Chinese government may hack them.

Great idea to hold the games in a commie country

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 14, 2022 09:59 AM (GPwVZ)

144 124 Took me a minute to find his legs...

He still looks like a stump to me, but a nice scene here.

i just figured he must've left them in his other pants.

Posted by: Anachronda at January 14, 2022 09:59 AM (3vfZn)

145 An Orthodox Rabbi Writes That People Are Basically Good

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Riiiiiiiiiight.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 09:59 AM (FVME7)

146 And thank goodness for save tags. I had intended to bold only the first word.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 14, 2022 09:56 AM (nfrXX)

If you aint flirtin' with the barrel, you aint really HQ-ing!

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 09:59 AM (mZUr4)

147
Case in point; my wife has a paring knife she loves. It's dull. I can't do a thing with it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2022 09:57 AM (BFigT)

My dad bought me an electric sharpener for Christmas one year. It has 2 stage sharpening stones that rotate quickly. There's a magnet on each side of the stones making it near impossible to screw up since it holds the blade at the proper angle to sharpen the edge.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)

148 Cutco killed the knife grinder star.

Posted by: The Buggles at January 14, 2022 10:00 AM (jYQlA)

149 -------------------------------
Your eyesight's not that keen, BifBewalski -- I already used 'strop'!
Posted by: andycanuck

well, in my defense, i did shave my palms a lot before i met smash so my eyesight suffered accordingly....

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 14, 2022 10:00 AM (IJES/)

150 When my mom was a kid they called the traveling salesman "the huckster" but back then it didn't have the pejorative meaning it does today.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 14, 2022 09:57 AM (vuisn)
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I've always wondered about this, so I might as well ask here.

Is "huckster" a form (either original or degenerate) of "hawker" - as in one who hawks his wares?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 14, 2022 10:00 AM (DU+/6)

151 Slingblade - the early years.
Posted by: 496 at January 14, 2022 09:59 AM (U1eOr)

You got any biscuits and gravy?

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 10:00 AM (mZUr4)

152 MartiniFarmer - I recommend the "puck" style sharpeners, with course and fine sides, as those are probably the easiest. Lots of vids on YT.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 10:00 AM (njfCw)

153 be careful not to strop it too much or it'll go off in your hand
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Your eyesight's not that keen, BifBewalski -- I already used 'strop'!

Posted by: andycanuck

He's just showing us his grit!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2022 10:00 AM (mD/uy)

154 We had a couple of knife guys come by my Grandads shop once a week. Their names were Dominic and Vinny.

Posted by: Capital Eff at January 14, 2022 10:01 AM (GYllL)

155 151 Slingblade - the early years.
Posted by: 496 at January 14, 2022 09:59 AM (U1eOr)

You got any biscuits and gravy?
Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 10:00 AM (mZUr4)

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Nope - just some of them french fried pertaters.

Posted by: 496 at January 14, 2022 10:01 AM (U1eOr)

156 This Knifegrinder was not in a mandated union nor did he have the required State Knifegrinder Certification ....IOW he was damn good at his job .

Posted by: Voter theater. at January 14, 2022 10:01 AM (FCPbW)

157 We never had milk delivery at the house but our 1961-or-so house has a milk-bottle drop-off box built into the back of the garage.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:01 AM (UHVv4)

158 When I was a kid in 1950s Chicago, we did have an itinerant mobile sharpener guy like this. We also had fruit sellers, coal furnaces and deliverymen. We had garbage trucks with four guys aboard; when they came up to a discarded couch, they'd all four lay into it with double-bladed axes.
Posted by: Durable Yet Minimal gp-Based Barrier
.....

We also had the fruit sellers and vegetable guy too.. I think the vegetable guy was named Angelo.

Did you also have the guy selling candy apples?

Also - Did you have the guy who walked the neighborhoods with a pony who posed kids on the pony and took photos?

Growing up in 50's Chicago was fun for kids who knew nothing about all the other crap going on around them.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 14, 2022 10:01 AM (CjFDo)

159 I can't be the only one here who played mumblety peg as a kid.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 14, 2022 10:01 AM (F4DJi)

160 Think I missed out on that Billy Squire video, probably for the best.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:01 AM (1s9Ej)

161 Dems used NASA leasing right and funding bill to include the 700 pages of the new vote takeover.

https://tinyurl.com/yv8yxxc2
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:52 AM (yrol0)
*********
The Dems will never stop until they get their voting rights bill passed no matter what they have to do or how they have to do it, even if it's in small increments they will be relentless.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2022 10:02 AM (NpAcC)

162 > I can't be the only one here who played mumblety peg as a kid.

Just don't let your kid play "mumblety peg" with Joe Biden. His version has some different rules.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2022 10:03 AM (bW8dp)

163 If you aint flirtin' with the barrel, you aint really HQ-ing!
Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022

***
Flirting? Some of us have it as a mistress.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 10:03 AM (txdEq)

164 Is "huckster" a form (either original or degenerate) of "hawker" - as in one who hawks his wares?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 14, 2022 10:00 AM (DU+/6)

Good call.

huckster (n.)
c. 1200, "petty merchant, peddler" (often contemptuous), from Middle Dutch hokester "peddler," from hoken "to peddle" (see hawk (v.1)) + agent suffix -ster (which was typically feminine in English, but not in Low German). Specific sense of "advertising salesman" is from 1946 novel by Frederick Wakeman. As a verb from 1590s.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 14, 2022 10:03 AM (vuisn)

165 If you aint flirtin' with the barrel, you aint really HQ-ing!

The Barrel does have a purdy bunghole.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 10:03 AM (njfCw)

166 It's got a nice tang to it.
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[andy furiously trying to do something with 'mosaic pins'... and failing]

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:03 AM (UHVv4)

167 Think I missed out on that Billy Squire video, probably for the best.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:01 AM (1s9Ej)

They told me it was a good idea. Everyone will LOVE it, they said......

Posted by: Billy Squire at January 14, 2022 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

168 One Christmas remade a oak handle on a kitchen knife for my MiL that she liked but hated the plastic handle.
She gave me a dollar or so as she said you can't except a knife as a present.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 14, 2022 10:04 AM (RE/i3)

169 Careful with that axe, Eugene.

Posted by: Muave Maurice at January 14, 2022 10:04 AM (JRmjf)

170 145 An Orthodox Rabbi Writes That People Are Basically Good

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Riiiiiiiiiight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 09:59 AM (FVME7)

Too bad he never glanced at the New Testament.

Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 10:04 AM (yrol0)

171 huckster (n.)
c. 1200, "petty merchant, peddler" (often contemptuous), from Middle Dutch hokester "peddler," from hoken "to peddle" (see hawk (v.1)) + agent suffix -ster (which was typically feminine in English, but not in Low German). Specific sense of "advertising salesman" is from 1946 novel by Frederick Wakeman. As a verb from 1590s.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 14, 2022 10:03 AM (vuisn)
++++
So "hawk" (as a verb, "to hawk") probably descends from "huck," which descends from "hoken." I'll have to check the OED tonight to look it up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 14, 2022 10:04 AM (DU+/6)

172 Think I missed out on that Billy Squire video, probably for the best.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:01 AM (1s9Ej)

Once you see it, you can't UNSEE it!
https://youtu.be/WZvl2aqIyNg

Only thing missing is some legwarmers!

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 10:05 AM (mZUr4)

173 Meanwhile at NYT, news you can use:

"Do I Have to Read My Child Antiracist Books, Even When They're Bad?"

Posted by: Durable Yet Minimal gp-Based Barrier at January 14, 2022 10:05 AM (qpX6U)

174
The Barrel does have a purdy bunghole.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 10:03 AM (njfCw)

And knows how to use it.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:05 AM (Zz0t1)

175 Question for the "legal beagles": Do companies that work government contracts (aerospace) fall under the same classification as the nurses on yesterdays ruling? I suspect they cannot simply add a new requirement on a whim for existing contracts. Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Paladin at January 14, 2022 10:05 AM (CE4w9)

176 We can really pommel each other with these puns.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 10:05 AM (txdEq)

177 I'll see the "Rock Me Tonight" video and raise you Jagger & Bowie's "Dancing in the Street" for sheer douche chills.

(And yeah, I know that one was for charity. But jeez, guys. You were legends. Show some self respect!)

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 10:05 AM (njfCw)

178 173 Meanwhile at NYT, news you can use:

"Do I Have to Read My Child Antiracist Books, Even When They're Bad?"
Posted by: Durable Yet Minimal gp-Based Barrier at January 14, 2022 10:05 AM (qpX6U)

========

Yes. Teach them that they are horrible with no salvation. It's the key to happiness.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 14, 2022 10:05 AM (LvTSG)

179 Is "huckster" a form (either original or degenerate) of "hawker" - as in one who hawks his wares?
Posted by: Joe Mannix
.....
According to Merriam-Webster

Huckster comes from the Dutch noun hokester and verb hoeken, which means "to peddle."

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 14, 2022 10:05 AM (CjFDo)

180 An Orthodox Rabbi Writes That People Are Basically Good
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Maybe that comment will lead to some Mosaic puns??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:06 AM (UHVv4)

181 old knife joke:

Today I saw two blind guys fighting. You should have seen their faces when I said "My money's on the one with the knife!"

Posted by: 496 at January 14, 2022 10:06 AM (U1eOr)

182 Man, you suck one dick.

They never let you forget

Posted by: Billy Squirter at January 14, 2022 10:06 AM (2cfUo)

183 "Dems used NASA leasing right and funding bill to include the 700 pages of the new vote takeover."
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 09:52 AM (yrol0)

And at the end of the day, it will still need 60 votes to pass. But it does give Manchin and Simina a chance to have a yes vote on the record.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 14, 2022 10:06 AM (4thlk)

184 It's a pot/kettle thing.

Amy Siskind
@Amy_Siskind
First, and this likely isn't breaking news to anyone: Sinema has a highly overinflated ego.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:06 AM (FVME7)

185 One Christmas remade a oak handle on a kitchen knife for my MiL that she liked but hated the plastic handle.
She gave me a dollar or so as she said you can't except a knife as a present.
Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 14, 2022

***
I'd never heard that tradition or superstition. On the other hand, any knives I have, I've bought for myself.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 10:06 AM (txdEq)

186 180 An Orthodox Rabbi Writes That People Are Basically Good
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Maybe that comment will lead to some Mosaic puns??
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:06 AM (UHVv4)

Please Note: The 10 Commandments is not a To Do list.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 10:06 AM (yrol0)

187 Think I missed out on that Billy Squire video, probably for the best.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:01 AM (1s9Ej)
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Yeah, I think the music industry put a "hit" out on Squire after "The Stroke" and it worked.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:06 AM (5pTK/)

188 so my eyesight suffered accordingly....
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#MeToo

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:07 AM (UHVv4)

189 Think I missed out on that Billy Squire video, probably for the best.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Near universally thought to be the worst music vid ever.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2022 10:07 AM (mD/uy)

190 I'll see the "Rock Me Tonight" video and raise you Jagger & Bowie's "Dancing in the Street" for sheer douche chills.

(And yeah, I know that one was for charity. But jeez, guys. You were legends. Show some self respect!)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 10:05 AM (njfCw)

I'll throw in Van Halen on Ellen with DLR prancing around like the cock was still in his ass.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

191 184 It's a pot/kettle thing.

Amy Siskind
@Amy_Siskind
First, and this likely isn't breaking news to anyone: Sinema has a highly overinflated ego.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:06 AM (FVME7)

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She's...a senator. How is this breaking news?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 14, 2022 10:07 AM (LvTSG)

192 They told me it was a good idea. Everyone will LOVE it, they said......

Posted by: Billy Squire at January 14, 2022 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

Sweet dreams are made of this?
https://youtu.be/qeMFqkcPYcg

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:07 AM (1s9Ej)

193 He's just showing us his grit!
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Clearly.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:07 AM (UHVv4)

194 182 Man, you suck one dick.

They never let you forget
Posted by: Billy Squirter at January 14, 2022 10:06 AM (2cfUo)

Same goes for goats

Posted by: Bob the Goat fucker at January 14, 2022 10:07 AM (yrol0)

195 Pretty sure senators have people whispering in their ears, "You are a god," as they campaign.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 14, 2022 10:08 AM (LvTSG)

196 We can really pommel each other with these puns.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 10:05 AM (txdEq)

Till our voices go horse.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

197 In 1960s NY there was a water-filled fish truck that came around and the guy would open a hatch on top and take the live fish out with a net for the fish market.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 14, 2022 10:08 AM (0TVNF)

198 Too bad he never glanced at the New Testament.

Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 10:04 AM (yrol0)

To be fair, and Prager points this out, there's a whole lot of OT verses that make the same point. That Rabbi ignores everything important about his so-called faith.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2022 10:08 AM (trdmm)

199 197 In 1960s NY there was a water-filled fish truck that came around and the guy would open a hatch on top and take the live fish out with a net for the fish market.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 14, 2022 10:08 AM (0TVNF)

Bass O Matic

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 14, 2022 10:09 AM (yrol0)

200 This grinder needs a Hammond B-3.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 14, 2022 10:09 AM (6liew)

201 Knife grinder: Here you go Miss Bobbitt - that knife is super sharp now.

Posted by: 496 at January 14, 2022 10:09 AM (U1eOr)

202 "Did you also have the guy selling candy apples? Also - Did you have the guy who walked the neighborhoods with a pony who posed kids on the pony and took photos?"

We had the ice-cream vendors with the push-carts; we have one or two of those today in Rockford selling Mexican ices. We had door-to-door family photographers. There were some mounted police, and I remember there was a stable in Waveland Park.

Jean Shepherd's stories are evocative for Chicagoans our age. Try "In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash."

Posted by: Durable Yet Minimal gp-Based Barrier at January 14, 2022 10:10 AM (qpX6U)

203 This grinder needs a Hammond B-3.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 14, 2022 10:09 AM (6liew)

HAMMOND!!!!!!

Posted by: Jeremy Clarkson at January 14, 2022 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

204 Till our voices go horse.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

Or at least until they go pony. Ya know, just a little horse...

I'll see myself out.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:11 AM (TDj17)

205 We can really pommel each other with these puns.
-------------------------
Definitely. We must always guard against turning on each other.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:11 AM (UHVv4)

206 To be fair, and Prager points this out, there's a whole lot of OT verses that make the same point. That Rabbi ignores everything important about his so-called faith.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2022 10:08 AM (trdmm)
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"The Old Testament Conceals that which the New Testament Reveals."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:11 AM (5pTK/)

207 Amy Siskind
@Amy_Siskind
First, and this likely isn't breaking news to anyone: Sinema has a highly overinflated ego.

A politician with an ego??? You don't say. I am shocked. And stunned.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 10:12 AM (njfCw)

208 Yeah that video was 'we really have no idea what to do.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:12 AM (1s9Ej)

209 Amy Siskind
@Amy_Siskind
First, and this likely isn't breaking news to anyone: Sinema has a highly overinflated ego.

Hello, pot? Meet kettle......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

210 OT: Wife is happy this am. I made the trip to pick up the rest of our furniture and, happy days, something that had been missing was among the stuff I brought back.

Woot!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:12 AM (5pTK/)

211 Dull knives are the wurst.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2022 10:13 AM (NnN0z)

212 When pressed on it, Biden admitted he was not, in fact, arrested in South Africa - but, rather, was "stopped"at the airport.
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In 2012, chronic liar Joe Biden changed his story, saying he actually "did not get arrested... but almost did.
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Joe is not a legitimate president but was almost.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:13 AM (FVME7)

213 Playing mean girls to Sinema.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2022 10:13 AM (NnN0z)

214 OT: Wife is happy this am. I made the trip to pick up the rest of our furniture and, happy days, something that had been missing was among the stuff I brought back.

Woot!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:12 AM (5pTK/)

I'm sure my wife was as disappointed this am as she was last night after I was finished.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

215 Incoming knife puns.

Posted by: Steel yourself at January 14, 2022 10:14 AM (jYQlA)

216 Alternate title:

"Halloween 0: Michael Myer's Teddy Bear Slaughter Playtime"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2022 10:14 AM (5NkmN)

217 Be sharp be ready.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2022 10:14 AM (NnN0z)

218
I'm sure my wife was as disappointed this am as she was last night after I was finished.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Sounds like an invitation for The Paolo.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:14 AM (TDj17)

219 And, obviously, there are alot of Forged in Fire fans here. It's probably my favourite current show although the new season of Outlander is staring here on March 6th, so we'll see.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:15 AM (UHVv4)

220 I want Sinema to get caught on video going off on an expletive-laden tirade just for the headlines:

X-RATED SINEMA!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 10:15 AM (njfCw)

221 If Sinema has an overinflated ego, what does that say about Chucky Schemer?

Oh right, the size of the Hindenburg

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:15 AM (1s9Ej)

222 159 I can't be the only one here who played mumblety peg as a kid.
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We played marbles for all the marbles as a kid. That seemed to haved died somewhere around 1963.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 10:15 AM (WROfJ)

223 Greetings:

Anyone get a count on Grinder's fingers yet ???

Posted by: 11B40 at January 14, 2022 10:15 AM (uuklp)

224 Guy up the block from me as a kid drove a truck around and did sharpening. My dad did that all himself in his basement workshop though.

Posted by: steevy at January 14, 2022 10:16 AM (CYnTg)

225 215 Incoming knife puns.

Incoming? They've been taking stabs at it all through the comments!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at January 14, 2022 10:16 AM (njfCw)

226 In 2012, chronic liar Joe Biden changed his story, saying he actually "did not get arrested... but almost did.
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Joe is not a legitimate president but was almost.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:13 AM (FVME7)

Over his decades in politics, he has constructed a mythical persona full of tall tales of derring-do, exaggerations and outright lies about his accomplishments. He lied about nonexistent academic awards and scholarships and plagiarized speeches willy-nilly.

He pretended that he trained as a racial activist in black churches, claimed he was at the center of the civil-rights movement in Selma and Birmingham, and that he had been arrested in Soweto on his way to see Nelson Mandela in prison. None of it was true.

Each lie served to boost his ego, to place him as the shining superhero of every grandiose story.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

227 In 1960s NY there was a water-filled fish truck that came around and the guy would open a hatch on top and take the live fish out with a net for the fish market.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 14, 2022

***
Woolworth's used to sell live pets: hamsters and mice, parakeets, goldfish, turtles . . . and in my area, baby alligators. I never wanted one. Good thing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 10:16 AM (txdEq)

228 Biden lost his marbles a long time ago.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2022 10:17 AM (88xKn)

229 Greetings:

I rather get caught with my knife than without it.

Posted by: 11B40 at January 14, 2022 10:17 AM (uuklp)

230 We played marbles for all the marbles as a kid. That seemed to haved died somewhere around 1963.
Posted by: Puddin Head
___

Played Chinese jacks as a kid.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 10:17 AM (EadwG)

231 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 14, 2022 10:18 AM (arJlL)

232 Hey JT : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 10:18 AM (EadwG)

233 We played marbles for all the marbles as a kid. That seemed to haved died somewhere around 1963.
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022

***
My schoolmates went for tops. I forget the brand name, but there were models like models of cars, the Imperial, etc. I learned how to properly wrap the top with the string and then snap it just right so it would spin unattended for a long while. Had to be a fairly smooth surface, though; a rough concrete or asphalt wouldn't work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 10:19 AM (txdEq)

234 Hey, speaking of chef's knives, etc -

Anyone have a knife or brand they really like and use on a regular basis in the kitchen

or, well, okay for prepping hobos?

At a minimum I need a new chef's knife.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2022 10:19 AM (5NkmN)

235 Each lie served to boost his ego, to place him as the shining superhero of every grandiose story.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)
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The media went along and helped Biden build his "aw shucks everyman persona" when the reality was just the opposite.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:19 AM (5pTK/)

236 Before there were free candy vans, there were knife grinders.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 14, 2022 10:19 AM (t3/qz)

237 Greetings:

Skully (with bottle caps) was the boy's street game in my part of the Bronx especially if someone put down a new sidewalk or some asphalt.

Sometimes girls were allowed if they were in skirts or dresses.

Posted by: 11B40 at January 14, 2022 10:20 AM (uuklp)

238 227 We had a department store that had a pet section. Major's I think it was called.

Posted by: steevy at January 14, 2022 10:20 AM (CYnTg)

239 215 Incoming knife puns.

What's the point?

Posted by: Eli Cash at January 14, 2022 10:20 AM (SScvq)

240 Can I interest you in some cutco knives?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 14, 2022 10:20 AM (t3/qz)

241 Hey, speaking of chef's knives, etc -

Anyone have a knife or brand they really like and use on a regular basis in the kitchen

or, well, okay for prepping hobos?

At a minimum I need a new chef's knife.
Posted by: naturalfake

Knives of Alaska, Henkels, Old Hickory (properly sharpened)

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2022 10:20 AM (uXonU)

242 I see a lot of commenters discussing the contractor mandate status in connection with the split Scotus decisions on the OSHA and CMS (healthcare) mandates yesterday.

So, this is my quick take fwiw, the narrow alliance that allowed the CMS mandate to stand relied upon the CMS administrator's power to regulate health industry practices and used past healthcare practices such as mandating washing hands, etc. that even the plaintiff Missouri admitted were acceptable. So, the CMS mandate was looked upon as non-exceptionable given that providers have accepted micro management via CMS dictates over time including emergency regulations.

Broadly speaking, there was no such precedent for OSHA issuing health care mandates for diseases for most of the economy using emergency standards. So, the legal questions to ponder does the Labor Dept.'s regularly mandate health requirements in contracts? What is the extent of those mandates? What is the degree of coercive power of the government regarding contractors and sub-contractors regarding their worker's health and is this concern within the Labor Department's purview of contracts.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2022 10:21 AM (dCGWj)

243 233 We played marbles for all the marbles as a kid. That seemed to haved died somewhere around 1963.
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022

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My schoolmates went for tops. I forget the brand name, but there were models like models of cars, the Imperial, etc. I learned how to properly wrap the top with the string and then snap it just right so it would spin unattended for a long while. Had to be a fairly smooth surface, though; a rough concrete or asphalt wouldn't work.
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That and yoyos seemed to have eclipsed marbles around that date. My sister had a gyroscope. She never let me near it.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 10:21 AM (WROfJ)

244 Hey, speaking of chef's knives, etc -

Anyone have a knife or brand they really like and use on a regular basis in the kitchen

or, well, okay for prepping hobos?

At a minimum I need a new chef's knife.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2022 10:19 AM (5NkmN)

I have Wusthof, which I like fine.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:21 AM (Ez6QX)

245 Here ya go, naturalfake:

https://japanesechefsknife.com/

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 10:21 AM (EadwG)

246 I wish I had paid attention to my Dad when he sharpened knives. All my knives are dull - coulda done surgery with Dad's!

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 14, 2022 10:21 AM (yEBFM)

247 The ginsu 2000 cuts concrete and is still sharp enough to shave the hair off of a peach.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 14, 2022 10:21 AM (t3/qz)

248 I'm sure my wife was as disappointed this am as she was last night after I was finished.
Posted by: Sponge

"Who you going to please with that little thing?"

"ME!"

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2022 10:22 AM (mD/uy)

249 naturalfake. Made In brand.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 14, 2022 10:22 AM (2NHgQ)

250 Jordan!!!

How are you doing?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 10:22 AM (EadwG)

251 lol Tp.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 10:22 AM (EadwG)

252 Each lie served to boost his ego, to place him as the shining superhero of every grandiose story.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

Walter Mitty x100

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:22 AM (3q554)

253 In 1960s NY there was a water-filled fish truck that came around and the guy would open a hatch on top and take the live fish out with a net for the fish market.

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We had a store here with a stock tank out front filled with ice and watermelons. Just the thing on a hot summer day. And I say that as someone of the Caucasian persuasion.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:22 AM (FVME7)

254 Greetings:

My therapist says that my kitchenophobia is due to my propensity to get sliced or fried. Mother got one of those Hillary byes.

Posted by: 11B40 at January 14, 2022 10:22 AM (uuklp)

255 I'm sure my wife was as disappointed this am as she was last night after I was finished.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Well, you ARE always first.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:23 AM (Ez6QX)

256 I remember the Rock me Tonight video, I liked that then.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 14, 2022 10:23 AM (RE/i3)

257 And now YouTube offers up Cabaret.

"Mein Herr"
https://youtu.be/lxmz3RcNNBE

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:23 AM (1s9Ej)

258 Hi SMH! Doing good, glad it's Friday.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:23 AM (Ez6QX)

259 In 2012, chronic liar Joe Biden changed his story, saying he actually "did not get arrested... but almost did.
Joe is not a legitimate president but was almost.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:13 AM (FVME7)
Over his decades in politics, he has constructed a mythical persona full of tall tales of derring-do, exaggerations and outright lies about his accomplishments. He lied about nonexistent academic awards and scholarships and plagiarized speeches willy-nilly.
He pretended that he trained as a racial activist in black churches, claimed he was at the center of the civil-rights movement in Selma and Birmingham, and that he had been arrested in Soweto on his way to see Nelson Mandela in prison. None of it was true.
Each lie served to boost his ego, to place him as the shining superhero of every grandiose story.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

If we had a real press instead of a Kennel of Democrat Lap Dogs, Biden would've been out on his ass in the 70s...you know, when he was George Wallace's besty.

He's always been a weird, low IQ, easily-proven serial liar.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2022 10:23 AM (5NkmN)

260
Well, you ARE always first.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:23 AM (Ez6QX)

Every. Single. Time.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

261 Hey old timer. Can you work in a rush job? I've got some business to attend to in the area and need a crisp edge on these knives.

Posted by: Mack the Knife at January 14, 2022 10:24 AM (4I/2K)

262 I have a large collection of Case Trapper knives. I haven't taken them out and looked at them in over a decade.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:24 AM (3q554)

263 Hiya SMH !

Happy Friday !

Posted by: JT at January 14, 2022 10:24 AM (arJlL)

264 From his trailer trash lifestyle, to his greed and corruption, to his white savior complex, and many other things, Biden embodies every negative stereotype about whites that exists.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2022 10:24 AM (hQ23g)

265 At a minimum I need a new chef's knife.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2022 10:19 AM (5NkmN)

I've got one of these. A razor blade with a handle. I love it.

Made in Taiwan.

https://tinyurl.com/2vykwn5r

Posted by: Deep State 910 at January 14, 2022 10:24 AM (aX0CW)

266 At a minimum I need a new chef's knife.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2022 10:19 AM (5NkmN)

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I have Global. I also like Shun and Wustof.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2022 10:24 AM (oXNqT)

267 Broadly speaking, there was no such precedent for OSHA issuing health care mandates for diseases for most of the economy using emergency standards. So, the legal questions to ponder does the Labor Dept.'s regularly mandate health requirements in contracts? What is the extent of those mandates? What is the degree of coercive power of the government regarding contractors and sub-contractors regarding their worker's health and is this concern within the Labor Department's purview of contracts.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2022 10:21 AM (dCGWj)

I am highly interested in this as it affects my wife, but holy cow. I do not have the time to go digging for and through all that. Yikes.

So, never mind if the government actually HAS the authority to do a thing - well, ya know, you accepted their terms on similar things in the past, so too bad! ...heaven forbid we look at the actual principle in play, not whether people played along in the past.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:25 AM (TDj17)

268 Anyone have a knife or brand they really like and use on a regular basis in the kitchen
or, well, okay for prepping hobos?
At a minimum I need a new chef's knife.
Posted by: naturalfake

Over 40 years ago we were given 3 J.A. Henckels knives for our wedding.
I have used a ceramic steel on them for years; but, they were getting rather dull.
My son gave me this one: "Global MinoSharp 3 Knife Sharpener", it brought them back to 'will cut you quick' in short order.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2022 10:25 AM (d3guq)

269 Whizzers > tops

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2022 10:25 AM (BFigT)

270 The media went along and helped Biden build his "aw shucks everyman persona" when the reality was just the opposite.
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Yes, my LIV sister-in-law was sad for Joe about his wife and kid car accident deaths.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:25 AM (UHVv4)

271 Every. Single. Time.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

Can't you think about baseball or Nancy Pelosi or something?

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:25 AM (Ez6QX)

272 I've had it up to the hilt with these puns, but I know some of you will forge ahead anyway.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 14, 2022 10:25 AM (6liew)

273 Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2022 10:19 AM (5NkmN)

I think the knife Inspector got a bit ago, and we both use several times a day, is a Case brand. It was razor sharp when we got it but does need sharpening occasionally.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 14, 2022 10:25 AM (nC+QA)

274 Every. Single. Time.
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lol Sponge.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 10:26 AM (EadwG)

275 Give it to me to the hilt on Friday!

Posted by: Paris at January 14, 2022 10:26 AM (a3Q+t)

276
Can't you think about baseball or Nancy Pelosi or something?
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:25 AM (Ez6QX)

Gilligan Professor Skipper.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

277 Hi SMH! Doing good, glad it's Friday.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:23 AM (Ez6QX)
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At Che Blake, every day is Friday.

For instance, today I get to clean out and return the trailer I rented. Then, I've got some patio furniture to assemble, blinds to hang....

Come to think of it, Fridays are sort of meaningless, as I've learned that "retirement" merely means more time to do stuff around the house.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:26 AM (5pTK/)

278 https://tinyurl.com/2p8keuw4

"To recap today:

-Biden's Mandate is DEAD" and it goes on from there (Pixy says it's spam)

Posted by: I know you guys don't handle good news well, but... at January 14, 2022 10:27 AM (SwCv8)

279 Greetings:

My best knife story was about the guy who told the judge that he was just standing on the corner cleaning his knife when the deceased ran up and jumped on it 27 times.

Subsequently, I heard the Grinder guy got indicted for seditious conspiracy.

Posted by: 11B40 at January 14, 2022 10:27 AM (uuklp)

280 We had a department store that had a pet section. Major's I think it was called.
Posted by: steevy at January 14, 2022

***
The major department stores here left that to Woolworth's. There was an actual pet store in the French Quarter for a bunch of years, a clean place where you could buy a puppy or a kitten. And I dimly recall a shop of some kind on Burgundy Street where the owner had a parrot. I can't remember if it was a pet store or not.

Our first kitten, when I was 12, came from a lady Mom used to chat with at the laundry. The upstairs neighbors -- who would have squealed to the landlord -- had just moved out and a sensible guy had moved in, so she moved fast to adopt a cat. She hadn't had one since we moved to that apartment.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 10:27 AM (txdEq)

281 Can you even make a living sharpening knives on the sidewalk?

Maybe he should branch out into ear piercing and tattoos.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2022 10:27 AM (VxC1e)

282 Dude needs to look into renting a mall kiosk.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2022 10:28 AM (VxC1e)

283 The boy is reaching for his Kydex sheathed Kabar because he doesn't like the old mans fees.

Posted by: Capital Eff at January 14, 2022 10:28 AM (GYllL)

284 I wish I had paid attention to my Dad when he sharpened knives. All my knives are dull - coulda done surgery with Dad's!
Posted by: Rosasharn

try the techniques this guy uses, https://youtu.be/m2AGIVqV8ig

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 14, 2022 10:28 AM (IJES/)

285 Addendum:
I think the knife sharpener was more important that the make of the knives in my post above.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2022 10:28 AM (d3guq)

286 From his trailer trash lifestyle, to his greed and corruption, to his white savior complex, and many other things, Biden embodies every negative stereotype about whites that exists.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2022 10:24 AM (hQ23g)

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Democrat politician, so, yeah.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:28 AM (5pTK/)

287 264 From his trailer trash lifestyle, to his greed and corruption, to his white savior complex, and many other things, Biden embodies every negative stereotype about whites that exists.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2022 10:24 AM (hQ23g)

Have we seen him try to dance?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 14, 2022 10:29 AM (z5Vrg)

288 The irony already exists but could grow exponentially. Say, if Biden were erecting that concrete wall around the WH because he refuses to concede the election.

Sure would like to see the media up in arms around that wall.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:29 AM (4fSQf)

289
Have we seen him try to dance?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 14, 2022 10:29 AM (z5Vrg)

Or jump?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)

290 Work Sharp for the win!
You'll want the E5 if you have European (Westhuf) and Murcan style.

Posted by: MkY at January 14, 2022 10:30 AM (dmWPe)

291 At a minimum I need a new chef's knife.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2022 10:19 AM (5NkmN)

Size isn't everything!

Seriously...I have a couple of big chef's knives that I use rarely. My go-to chef's knife is a 7" blade. Nice and heavy but small enough to be amazingly maneuverable.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2022 10:30 AM (Q9lwr)

292 Anyone have a knife or brand they really like and use on a regular basis in the kitchen

At a minimum I need a new chef's knife.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2022 10:19 AM (5NkmN)

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I recommend Russell knives (formerly Russell/Dexter). You can get them at a restaurant supply store - they're the white-handled knives that restaurants use so often. They hold an edge great, are pretty easy to sharpen, and last forever. Restaurants use them for a reason. They're not beautiful knives - they're purpose built for cutting.

https://tinyurl.com/7t5uxntv
https://tinyurl.com/7t5uxntv

Posted by: 496 at January 14, 2022 10:30 AM (U1eOr)

293 So, contract compliance is not my bailiwick and that is more a question for contractors whether this is a standard practice or not.

But, remember, the Court will avoid constitutional arguments if existing precedents on the agency's statutory and regulatory power applies in the areas that it regulates on a regular basis. That makes it in effect harder to challenge via judges raised on judicial restraint doctrines. Since the 1940's, liberals celebrated judicial activism on rights, conservatives in response celebrated judicial restraint regarding political rights.

So, now that the liberals want to restrain individual rights, that is no problem for their activist judges but Republican appointed judges, by and large, come from a restraint background with the occasional natural rights libertarian judge getting appointed. Judicial restraint calls for minimal decisions, deference to political branches on crises, and avoiding broader constitutional questions if possible to resolve a case. So, the legacy of restraint judges is to avoid questions of constitutional rights if at all possible, deference to political and administrative expertise, and try to resolve cases narrowly.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2022 10:30 AM (dCGWj)

294 Can you even make a living sharpening knives on the sidewalk?
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It's the permits and fees that make it impossible.

Posted by: Mike hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2022 10:30 AM (9Fwwf)

295 276
Can't you think about baseball or Nancy Pelosi or something?
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:25 AM (Ez6QX)

Gilligan Professor Skipper.
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In Junior High it was baseball for English class. I was surrounded by hot rich girls and when called on you had to stand and answer. I had the double play memorized.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 10:30 AM (WROfJ)

296 A delightful, peaceful painting. The scene is gentle and the muted colors and quiet poses of the children emphasize that. Even the one activity, the knife sharpener, is understood to be slow and deliberate. It is very effective.

When I was very young our small town had an old guy (probably about my age now) who went up and down the residential streets with a wheeled cart similar to the one in the painting, calling to bring out knives. He could put a razor edge on kitchen knives in short order. I never knew if this was a hobby for him, continuing an old tradition, but he knew what to do. That ended back in the late 1950s. I wasn't the only kid who stood there, fascinated like the kids in the painting, watching him work his magic.

That is a nice memory. Between that knife sharpener and my grandfather's similar skill, I wonder if that is where my interest in sharp, well-maintained tools came from.

Posted by: JTB at January 14, 2022 10:31 AM (7EjX1)

297 I recommend Russell knives (formerly Russell/Dexter). You can get them at a restaurant supply store

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I won't buy one until I find out what happened to Dexter.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 14, 2022 10:31 AM (VxC1e)

298 Also fitting for today's art.

Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
https://youtu.be/UrfFHzqGBZI

Peter Murphy was the lead singer for Bauhaus. An O.G. of goth rock. This song is from his post-Bauhaus solo album. Definitely a departure from goth rock.

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 10:31 AM (mZUr4)

299 There was a knife sharpener that came around and did that service I remember as a child. Fascinating to watch him work, with that big stone on a wheel.

Posted by: irongrampa at January 14, 2022 10:32 AM (KATBx)

300 294 Can you even make a living sharpening knives on the sidewalk?
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It's the permits and fees that make it impossible.
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Maybe buy a Hurdy Gurdy and wear dark sunglasses like Stevie Wonder.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 10:32 AM (WROfJ)

301 #278 [Your cut & paste probably had the code for the guy's avatar / icon buried in it; and too many line breaks]

Kyle @justhuman@freeatlantis.com
To recap today:
-Biden's Mandate is DEAD -Dem's Voting Bill is DOA in Senate
-Manchin/Sinema won't vote to alter filibuster -Oath Keepers Indicted for J6/Trump Team effectively cleared
-Maxwell gives up fight to conceal John Does -J6 Cmte subpoenas Alphabet, Meta, Reddit, Twitter
-Dr Malone reveals consultation with JAGs -Congress members seeking docs re: Covid origins
-Soros Atty in Maryland Indicted -Prince Andrew stripped of patronages/titles
-Zuckerberg court ordered to be deposed

WINNING

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:32 AM (UHVv4)

302
At a minimum I need a new chef's knife.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2022 10:19 AM (5NkmN)

I think we should ask an expert.

OJ?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

303 try the techniques this guy uses, https://youtu.be/m2AGIVqV8ig

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at January 14, 2022 10:28 AM (IJES/)

I took a look. Man oh man...he is boring! But he does make it simple...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2022 10:32 AM (Q9lwr)

304 I had the double play memorized.
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 10:30 AM (WROfJ)

My husband has a t-shirt that says 6+4+3=2. It confuses people.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:33 AM (Ez6QX)

305 Come to think of it, Fridays are sort of meaningless, as I've learned that "retirement" merely means more time to do stuff around the house.
Posted by: blake

Especially when the house in question has just become the primary residence. (I'm living this as we moved in last June.)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2022 10:33 AM (d3guq)

306 Cats, as a guy named Wolfus attests, are awesome. But they're like humans; you need to be around the right ones for you. I've done that now 4 times (#4 is my nephmew, so he's only around me when i visit). You have to give them stimulation and affection because they're smart and curious creatures who love to interact. Of course, YMMV.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 14, 2022 10:33 AM (KAi1n)

307 I think we should ask an expert.

OJ?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

Yikes! You went there!

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 10:33 AM (mZUr4)

308 So, the legacy of restraint judges is to avoid questions of constitutional rights if at all possible, deference to political and administrative expertise, and try to resolve cases narrowly.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2022 10:30 AM (dCGWj)

While disappointing, not surprising, and suddenly everything Roberts does makes sense (but I still think he is a coward).

Thank you for your 2 posts about the contractor mandate!

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:33 AM (TDj17)

309 ---------------------
Maybe buy a Hurdy Gurdy and wear dark sunglasses like Stevie Wonder.
Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 10:32 AM (WROfJ)

You asked for it......

https://youtu.be/JR8k8jpT3tw

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)

310 I think we should ask an expert.

OJ?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022

***
Why not ask me?

Posted by: Jame Gumb, aka Buffalo Bill at January 14, 2022 10:34 AM (txdEq)

311
Yikes! You went there!
Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 10:33 AM (mZUr4)

I'm not proud.......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)

312 I was looking through my bookmarks and found this. Wow. Not what I was expecting. Very Celtic. And something I would expect from Outlaw Star.

Yoko Kanno. "Moon's Cocoon" from Turn A Gundam
https://youtu.be/IaAVuyp1yiM

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:34 AM (1s9Ej)

313 What a nice painting.

OMG HE'S GOT A KNIFE!!!

Posted by: Jak Sucio at January 14, 2022 10:35 AM (jvt6t)

314
My husband has a t-shirt that says 6+4+3=2. It confuses people.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:33 AM (Ez6QX)
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Where'd your husband get that t-shirt? I want one!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:35 AM (5pTK/)

315 This reminds me I need a new whetstone.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:35 AM (4fSQf)

316 RINO's gonna RINO.

https://tinyurl.com/2p9xt7r5

MTG should be Speaker and on the 2024 ticket.

Posted by: Capital Eff at January 14, 2022 10:35 AM (GYllL)

317 Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4)

Thanks for cleaning that up. I think you fixed it by removing the returns before each bullet point's hyphen.

Posted by: t-bird at January 14, 2022 10:35 AM (l0Lgi)

318 I'm not proud.......
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)
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You can say that again....

Posted by: Spone's wife at January 14, 2022 10:36 AM (5pTK/)

319 Yikes! You went there!
Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 10:33 AM (mZUr4)

I'm not proud.......
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)

Book-end to the Lorena Bobbitt comment earlier. Understandably hard to resist either/both

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 10:36 AM (mZUr4)

320 Where'd your husband get that t-shirt? I want one!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:35 AM (5pTK/)

Baseballism.com. They have some good stuff.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:36 AM (Ez6QX)

321 Cats, as a guy named Wolfus attests, are awesome. But they're like humans; you need to be around the right ones for you. I've done that now 4 times (#4 is my nephmew, so he's only around me when i visit). You have to give them stimulation and affection because they're smart and curious creatures who love to interact. Of course, YMMV.
Posted by: SFGoth at January 14, 2022

***
All my cats have been friends of mine. Chekov, not so much the first year, but we adjusted to each other better after that.

Posted by: Jame Gumb, aka Buffalo Bill at January 14, 2022 10:36 AM (txdEq)

322 China reports a record trade surplus of $676.4-billion in 2021 as exports surge nearly 30%.

I'm so glad the world is making China pay for the WuFlu and its fallout.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:36 AM (UHVv4)

323 Doof, i love Cuts You Up. Very popular out here amongst the clad-in-black-angst scene.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 14, 2022 10:37 AM (KAi1n)

324 What a nice painting.

OMG HE'S GOT A KNIFE!!!
Posted by: Jak Sucio at January 14, 2022 10:35 AM (jvt6t)

If you've got a knife, who needs a soap gun?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:37 AM (Zz0t1)

325 I am highly interested in this as it affects my wife, but holy cow. I do not have the time to go digging for and through all that. Yikes.

So, never mind if the government actually HAS the authority to do a thing - well, ya know, you accepted their terms on similar things in the past, so too bad! ...heaven forbid we look at the actual principle in play, not whether people played along in the past.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric

Sorry to disappoint, my attempted answer was whether or not you know of federal contract restrictions were cited as grounds for making a contractor apply health based restrictions to its workforce.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2022 10:37 AM (dCGWj)

326 Newsom has denied Sirhan Sirhan's parole request.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:37 AM (UHVv4)

327 322 China reports a record trade surplus of $676.4-billion in 2021 as exports surge nearly 30%.

I'm so glad the world is making China pay for the WuFlu and its fallout.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:36 AM (UHVv4)

The exact opposite of what Trump was trying to do.

Why everyone wants to keep giving China money to build the worlds most massive military is beyond my strategery thinking.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:38 AM (4fSQf)

328 322 China reports a record trade surplus of $676.4-billion in 2021 as exports surge nearly 30%.
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That's a lot Covid Test Sets.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 10:38 AM (WROfJ)

329 Whenever I'm working with knives, my go-to PPE is Bruno Magli.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 14, 2022 10:38 AM (6liew)

330 *sigh*

*assembles stone, steel and diamond rod*

I was perfectly fine with these butter knife edged slicers. But nooo...y'all have some sort of fetish about sharpness.

*gets to work*

Posted by: creeper at January 14, 2022 10:39 AM (cTCuP)

331 My husband has a t-shirt that says 6+4+3=2. It confuses people.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022

***
Count me confused, then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 10:39 AM (txdEq)

332 Especially when the house in question has just become the primary residence. (I'm living this as we moved in last June.)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2022 10:33 AM (d3guq)
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heh, yeah. I may complain, but, I'm actually looking forward to putting this house in shape. The former owners never really made the house a home. But, from a misdirected bill we received, I suspect one of the former owners had some sort of blood cancer and that may have put things on hold.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:39 AM (5pTK/)

333 And these knives are the handiest utility knives around. They are sharp as hell and last forever as well. I got one from a friend who has worked in the Seattle fishing industry for years. The fact that they use these all the time speaks volumes. Less than $10.

https://tinyurl.com/3hhnvt3j

Posted by: 496 at January 14, 2022 10:39 AM (U1eOr)

334 330 *sigh*

*assembles stone, steel and diamond rod*

I was perfectly fine with these butter knife edged slicers. But nooo...y'all have some sort of fetish about sharpness.

*gets to work*
Posted by: creeper at January 14, 2022 10:39 AM (cTCuP

Chop chop!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:39 AM (4fSQf)

335 I love that Sirhan Sirhan song Hungry Like The Wolf...

Posted by: Jak Sucio at January 14, 2022 10:40 AM (jvt6t)

336 China reports a record trade surplus of $676.4-billion in 2021 as exports surge nearly 30%.

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That's a shitload of melamine.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 14, 2022 10:40 AM (Y5qcH)

337 326 Newsom has denied Sirhan Sirhan's parole request.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:37 AM (UHVv4)

It was denied denied.

Posted by: Roy at January 14, 2022 10:40 AM (FMzXL)

338 Thanks for cleaning that up.
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Cheers. It's usually that or a fancy character like a "real" -- or ... or smart quotes and apostrophes.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:40 AM (UHVv4)

339 Sorry to disappoint, my attempted answer was whether or not you know of federal contract restrictions were cited as grounds for making a contractor apply health based restrictions to its workforce.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2022 10:37 AM (dCGWj)

My only memory of federal contract training was to not over bill them. You get hit with triple damages. And you better have the billing records all nice and organized. :-|

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:40 AM (TDj17)

340 My husband has a t-shirt that says 6+4+3=2. It confuses people.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:33 AM (Ez6QX)
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Where'd your husband get that t-shirt? I want one!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:35 AM (5pTK/)

Old school baseball math humor. In today's baseball world, the analytics douchebags will tell you something like 30*105=425 (launch angle, exit velocity, HR distance).

I hate what the game has become.

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 10:40 AM (mZUr4)

341 331 My husband has a t-shirt that says 6+4+3=2. It confuses people.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022

***
Count me confused, then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 10:39 AM (txdEq

6-4-3 is what produces a double play in baseball. The bases are numbered.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:40 AM (4fSQf)

342 So, now that the liberals want to restrain individual rights, that is no problem for their activist judges but Republican appointed judges, by and large, come from a restraint background with the occasional natural rights libertarian judge getting appointed. Judicial restraint calls for minimal decisions, deference to political branches on crises, and avoiding broader constitutional questions if possible to resolve a case. So, the legacy of restraint judges is to avoid questions of constitutional rights if at all possible, deference to political and administrative expertise, and try to resolve cases narrowly.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2022 10:30 AM (dCGWj)

Thanks, whig. This puts Kavanaugh in better perspective, I guess. Still don't understand why he would disagree with Gorsuch, for instance, who probably has a similar judicial philosophy.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 14, 2022 10:41 AM (hBN1n)

343 331 My husband has a t-shirt that says 6+4+3=2. It confuses people.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022

***
Count me confused, then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 10:39 AM (txdEq)

Baseball common double play...

Posted by: Nova local at January 14, 2022 10:41 AM (exHjb)

344
MTG should be Speaker and on the 2024 ticket.
Posted by: Capital Eff at January 14, 2022 10:35 AM (GYllL)

This is spot the fuck on correct:

She went on to say, "Ultimately, the truth is it's our Second Amendment rights, our right to bear arms, that protects Americans and gives us the ability to defend ourselves from a tyrannical government," she said. "And I hate to use this language, but Democrats, they're exactly ... they're doing exactly what our Founders talked about when they gave us the precious rights that we have."

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

345 My husband has a t-shirt that says 6+4+3=2. It confuses people.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022

***
Count me confused, then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 10:39 AM (txdEq)

6 (Shortstop) to 4 (2ndbaseman) to 3 (1st baseman). Double play

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 10:41 AM (mZUr4)

346 SS to 2nd to First

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:41 AM (4fSQf)

347 That's a lot Covid Test Sets.
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And welding rods!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:41 AM (UHVv4)

348 6-4-3 is what produces a double play in baseball. The bases are numbered.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:40 AM (4fSQf)

Why?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:42 AM (3q554)

349 My husband has a t-shirt that says 6+4+3=2. It confuses people.
Posted by: Jordan61

1+1=3 If you don't use a condom.

Bumpersticker.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2022 10:42 AM (uXonU)

350 Why?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:42 AM (3q554)

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I don't know.

THIRD BASE!

Posted by: 496 at January 14, 2022 10:42 AM (U1eOr)

351 348 6-4-3 is what produces a double play in baseball. The bases are numbered.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:40 AM (4fSQf)

Why?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:42 AM (3q554)

Easy to stat score with numbers vs abbreviations...

Posted by: Nova local at January 14, 2022 10:42 AM (exHjb)

352 348 6-4-3 is what produces a double play in baseball. The bases are numbered.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:40 AM (4fSQf)

Why?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:42 AM (3q554

Because all baseball people are secretly mathematicians

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:42 AM (4fSQf)

353 Tinker to Evers to Chance.

Posted by: Roy at January 14, 2022 10:42 AM (FMzXL)

354 It was denied denied.
Posted by: Roy
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That's a Wrap!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:43 AM (UHVv4)

355 I won't buy one until I find out what happened to Dexter.
Posted by: Cicero

Worst. Ending. Ever.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2022 10:43 AM (mD/uy)

356 6-4-3 is what produces a double play in baseball. The bases are numbered.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Why?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter

Center field.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2022 10:43 AM (uXonU)

357 221 If Sinema has an overinflated ego, what does that say about Chucky Schemer?

Oh right, the size of the Hindenburg
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:15 AM (1s9Ej)

hellooooo!

Posted by: Pelousy at January 14, 2022 10:43 AM (Rbu5d)

358 6-4-3 is what produces a double play in baseball. The bases are numbered.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:40 AM (4fSQf)

Not so much the bases, as the players theirselves. 1 Pitcher, 2 Catcher, 3 First, 4 Second, 5 Third, 6 Shortstop, 7-9 are Left Center Right Field.

Anyway, fond memories of being 9 in the field AND the batting order as a kid.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:43 AM (TDj17)

359 Oh god. Someone has unleashed the Abbot and Costello routine.

I'm leaving.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:43 AM (4fSQf)

360 Why?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:42 AM (3q554)

Easier for scorekeeping. Which I did in high school and for son's little league.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:43 AM (Ez6QX)

361 Because all baseball people are secretly mathematicians
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Or racists - K K K

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2022 10:43 AM (mD/uy)

362 A 6 - 4 - 3 is a double play in baseball.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at January 14, 2022 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)

363 I don't give a darn to what to who

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:44 AM (3q554)

364 I was told there'd be no nude math.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:44 AM (FVME7)

365 >>>Where'd your husband get that t-shirt? I want one!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:35 AM (5pTK/)

Baseballism.com. They have some good stuff.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:36 AM (Ez6QX)

=====

Thanks for the link. I like the 3 up 3 down Tee.

Posted by: Turn Two at January 14, 2022 10:44 AM (w4999)

366 6-4-3 is what produces a double play in baseball. The bases are numbered.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:40 AM (4fSQf)

Why?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:42 AM (3q554)

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Baseball trivia time: Way back when, a sports reporter, don't remember his name, was trying to look for a short hand way to record the action on the field. He came up with a system of numbering the player positions, so he could record the action in a timely manner. Hence the advent of the 6,4,3 double play.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:44 AM (5pTK/)

367 331 My husband has a t-shirt that says 6+4+3=2. It confuses people.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022

***
Count me confused, then.
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Shortstop to 2nd to 1st = 2 outs

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 10:44 AM (WROfJ)

368 Worst. Ending. Ever.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2022 10:43 AM (mD/uy)

Have you watched the new ones? I haven't had any interest but husband wants to.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:44 AM (Ez6QX)

369 Anyway, fond memories of being 9 in the field AND the batting order as a kid.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:43 AM (TDj17)

Worse was when you were short enough kids and were playing right-field-out.

Posted by: Roy at January 14, 2022 10:44 AM (FMzXL)

370 234...At a minimum I need a new chef's knife.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2022 10:19 AM (5NkmN)

Cutco

Posted by: Flyover, further disgusted by 2022. at January 14, 2022 10:45 AM (Rbu5d)

371 364 I was told there'd be no nude math.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:44 AM (FVME7)

Nude math is the best - all multiplying!
.
.
.
Come on, I know you laughed.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:45 AM (TDj17)

372 By the way, thanks Jordan!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:45 AM (5pTK/)

373 I don't give a darn to what to who
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter

Oooooh! A run down between 3rd base and home plate!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2022 10:45 AM (uXonU)

374 I was a three three.

First base and third in the order.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:45 AM (4fSQf)

375 Albert Puljols, Cal Ripken, and Miguel Cabrera are VERY familiar with 6-4-3...

https://tinyurl.com/yhkjvs7m

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 10:45 AM (mZUr4)

376
The former owners never really made the house a home. But, from a misdirected bill we received, I suspect one of the former owners had some sort of blood cancer and that may have put things on hold.
Posted by: blake

Sounds like a great reason to put the homemaking on hold. We call the last owners 'renters' because if something went south they 'patched' the issue rather than fixing it. You find a leak in the watering system so you cap off the entire system. You get money to repair a shed that was hit by a falling cactus but, you don't repair the shed. etcetera, etcetera, etcetera, and we love the place anyway!)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 14, 2022 10:45 AM (d3guq)

377 Single page of artwork from a Spider-Man comic-book sells at auction for a record of $3.36-million.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:45 AM (UHVv4)

378 Thanks for the link. I like the 3 up 3 down Tee.
Posted by: Turn Two at January 14, 2022 10:44 AM (w4999)

Husband and son both have that one. Their wall art prints are pretty cool, too.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:45 AM (Ez6QX)

379 6-4-3 is what produces a double play in baseball. The bases are numbered.

Posted by: AlaBAMA

6th base?

Posted by: BignJames at January 14, 2022 10:45 AM (AwYPR)

380 379 6-4-3 is what produces a double play in baseball. The bases are numbered.

Posted by: AlaBAMA

6th base?
Posted by: BignJames at January 14, 2022 10:45 AM (AwYPR

If you're playing three dimensional Vulcan baseball, yes.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:46 AM (4fSQf)

381 And 3 strikes doesn't mean batter's out.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 14, 2022 10:46 AM (KAi1n)

382 Have you watched the new ones? I haven't had any interest but husband wants to.
Posted by: Jordan61

No - I'm hollywood programming adverse.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2022 10:46 AM (mD/uy)

383 At a minimum I need a new chef's knife.
Posted by: naturalfake

Rada
i think they're made in USA and not expensive

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at January 14, 2022 10:47 AM (/9Idb)

384 356 6-4-3 is what produces a double play in baseball. The bases are numbered.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Why?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter

Center field.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2022 10:43 AM (uXonU)

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Heh. "Put me in, coach!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 14, 2022 10:47 AM (IN1nj)

385 381 And 3 strikes doesn't mean batter's out.
Posted by: SFGoth at January 14, 2022 10:46 AM (KAi1n)

The new, improved Social Justice Baseball?

You get a home run! You get a home run!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:47 AM (4fSQf)

386 And 3 strikes doesn't mean batter's out.
Posted by: SFGoth at January 14, 2022 10:46 AM (KAi1n)

Only if the catcher drops the 3rd strike.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)

387 Single page of artwork from a Spider-Man comic-book sells at auction for a record of $3.36-million.

Wonder what my Stan Lee autographed Spderman comic is worth?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:47 AM (1s9Ej)

388 Anyway, fond memories of being 9 in the field AND the batting order as a kid.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric

Lucky you. I played RTP.
(Riding The Pine)

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2022 10:47 AM (uXonU)

389 6th base?
Posted by: BignJames at January 14, 2022 10:45 AM (AwYPR

6 is normally positioned between 4 and 5. Math is hard, and so is baseball.

Posted by: Roy at January 14, 2022 10:47 AM (FMzXL)

390 Talks to end the MLB lockout resume for the first time in six weeks but only last an hour.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:48 AM (UHVv4)

391 386 And 3 strikes doesn't mean batter's out.
Posted by: SFGoth at January 14, 2022 10:46 AM (KAi1n)

Only if the catcher drops the 3rd strike.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)

Also, 1st can not be occupied, unless there is 2 outs (tho it has been a while since I read up on the dropped 3rd strike rule)

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:48 AM (TDj17)

392 that was hit by a falling cactus but, you don't repair the shed.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

I don't think I have ever read those words in that order before. LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at January 14, 2022 10:48 AM (mD/uy)

393 Trivia question:

Why is the short stop called so?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:48 AM (4fSQf)

394 While disappointing, not surprising, and suddenly everything Roberts does makes sense (but I still think he is a coward).

Thank you for your 2 posts about the contractor mandate!

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad)

Roberts is a political justice masked as a judicial restraint proponent concerned about his legacy. Warren Burger was another such as was CJ Stone. They are generally failures and produce turmoil on the courts by trying to manufacture decisions. Thus, Robert's sudden switch in time to hold Obamacare constitutional but via an idiosyncratic taxing argument that was not properly before the court. It is actually a violation of judicial restraint to try to 'save' a law by inventing a new argument sua sponte. Ditto for ignoring the lack of a saving clause in the Obamacare law that preserves constitutional provisions while discarding unconstitutional ones.

I can give other examples but Roberts is a stealth political judge masked as a judicial restraint proponent.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2022 10:48 AM (dCGWj)

395 Only if the catcher drops the 3rd strike.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:47 AM (Zz0t1)

and less than 2 outs, and 1st base is open.

It is a very strange rule.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 14, 2022 10:48 AM (yQpMk)

396 I mentioned last night that during the finale of The Expanse series the Roci was inserting a crew of space marines to do some dirty work on the ring station and that there were some names mentioned while the marines were calling in their ready status:

"Ripley ready . . . Hicks ready . . . Hudson ready . . . "

Turns out there were call-backs to characters in a whole bunch of sci-fi video games, movies and shows including 2001 A Space Odyssey ("Bowman ready . . .) and Battlestar Galactica ("Thrace [Kara 'Starbuck'] ready . . .). Full list here, if you want to tickle your sci-fi funny bone:

https://tinyurl.com/Expanse-Easter-Eggs

Posted by: Sharkman at January 14, 2022 10:48 AM (8gxrg)

397 The players on D, not the bases, are numbered. 1 = pitcher, 2 = catcher, 3 = first base, etc.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 14, 2022 10:49 AM (KAi1n)

398 Lucky you. I played RTP.
(Riding The Pine)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2022 10:47 AM (uXonU)

I initially only played because I was the 9th body.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:49 AM (TDj17)

399 379 6th base?

hmm. who's on first, what's on second, i dunno third. i'm pretty sure sixth base is bite me.

Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 14, 2022 10:49 AM (v3pYe)

400 If you're playing three dimensional Vulcan baseball, yes.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022

***
That's the variant where the live teddy bear with 6-inch fangs acts as umpire.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 10:49 AM (txdEq)

401 The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

WH Refuses To Condemn Iran Supreme Leader's Video Depicting Drone Strike On President Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:50 AM (FVME7)

402 Did Hicks then say "game over man!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:50 AM (1s9Ej)

403 381 And 3 strikes doesn't mean batter's out.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 14, 2022 10:46 AM (KAi1n)

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I always hated that rule where if you swing and miss on a ball in the dirt or it gets past the catcher -- you can try to get down to first base.

Of course, that's the former pitcher in me talking.

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 14, 2022 10:50 AM (IN1nj)

404 Only if the catcher drops the 3rd strike.
Posted by: Sponge

I thought that was American League only.
National League is "Take your seat. Thanks for playing".

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2022 10:50 AM (uXonU)

405 Of course, that's the former pitcher in me talking.
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 14, 2022 10:50 AM (IN1nj)

You should have pitched it better.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:50 AM (TDj17)

406
WH Refuses To Condemn Iran Supreme Leader's Video Depicting Drone Strike On President Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:50 AM (FVME7)

But what MTG said is a threat to Democrats and she should be thrown in prison.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at January 14, 2022 10:50 AM (Zz0t1)

407 two of my mom's kitchen knives are old autopsy knives. Very sharp.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 14, 2022 10:50 AM (CjHGv)

408 Baseball is the inspiration for Fizzbin. Or is it the other way around?

Posted by: SFGoth at January 14, 2022 10:51 AM (KAi1n)

409 I have never understood the intent of the dropped 3rd strike rule.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 14, 2022 10:51 AM (yQpMk)

410 Pitcher = 1
Catcher = 2
1st = 3
2nd = 4
3rd = 5
SS = 6
LF = 7
CF = 8
RF = 9

Baseball

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 10:51 AM (WROfJ)

411 and less than 2 outs, and 1st base is open.

It is a very strange rule.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 14, 2022 10:48 AM (yQpMk)
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The late Kirby Pucket made it into baseball history with that rule, I believe. He was batting behind Greg Gagne, I think, and a passed ball allowed Gagne to get to first, giving Mr. Pucket a chance to bat and add to his hit total. Against the Brewers, I think it was.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:51 AM (5pTK/)

412 And the Ron Moore Battlestar Galactica is pure feldergarp.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:52 AM (1s9Ej)

413 You should have pitched it better.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:50 AM (TDj17)

*snort*

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:52 AM (Ez6QX)

414 409 I have never understood the intent of the dropped 3rd strike rule.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 14, 2022 10:51 AM (yQpMk)

Baseball knew early on that more base runners (or possibility of more base runners) made the game more exciting?

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:52 AM (TDj17)

415 Maybe it is just to discourage a 55' breaking ball as the 3rd out.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 14, 2022 10:52 AM (yQpMk)

416 402 Did Hicks then say "game over man!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:50 AM (1s9Ej)

--------

Ah, man -- I sure do miss Bill Paxton. RIP.

That whole Aliens routine is one of my favorite go-to imitations ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 14, 2022 10:52 AM (IN1nj)

417 Trivia question:

Why is the short stop called so?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 14, 2022 10:48 AM (4fSQf)

You set that one up for a who's on first snark.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:52 AM (3q554)

418 two of my mom's kitchen knives are old autopsy knives. Very sharp.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 14, 2022 10:50 AM (CjHGv)

That's...kind of morbid.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 10:53 AM (Ez6QX)

419 Baseball knew early on that more base runners (or possibility of more base runners) made the game more exciting?

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:52 AM (TDj17)

Didn't work.

Posted by: BignJames at January 14, 2022 10:53 AM (AwYPR)

420
Baseball knew early on that more base runners (or possibility of more base runners) made the game more exciting?
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A long time ago. Then they corked the ball and built fences.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 10:53 AM (WROfJ)

421 And here's Prettygirl, must be breakfast time. : - >

Posted by: SFGoth at January 14, 2022 10:54 AM (KAi1n)

422 Thanks, whig. This puts Kavanaugh in better perspective, I guess. Still don't understand why he would disagree with Gorsuch, for instance, who probably has a similar judicial philosophy.

Posted by: Darrell Harris

Gorsuch, like Kennedy, comes more from a natural law perspective which is less concerned with precedent and more 'justice'. This is a double edged sword as remember Gorsuch gave a tortured reading of the Civil Rights Act to include transexuals and more recently overturned over one century of precedent in an Oklahoma case regarding state and native American status in state courts versus tribal courts. Kennedy, of course, became the gay marriage advocate.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2022 10:54 AM (dCGWj)

423 New study finds that wearing a facemask makes you more attractive to the opposite sex

https://bit.ly/33bRc4V
-
More attractive, less unattractive, tomayto, tomahto.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:54 AM (FVME7)

424 The Left play Calvinball.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:55 AM (3q554)

425 1 Sharp
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2022 09:30 AM (wFpVU)

Actually, the image is a bit fuzzy on my computer!

Posted by: Bonnie Blue - says FU at January 14, 2022 10:55 AM (hlxe7)

426 Will need more info on this one... Three women charged with beating an airline security officer who tried to block them from boarding a flight at NYC's JFK Airport.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:55 AM (UHVv4)

427 415 Maybe it is just to discourage a 55' breaking ball as the 3rd out.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 14, 2022 10:52 AM (yQpMk)

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That was exactly the rationale, and it does have some merit I suppose ... not sure what side a purist would come down on.

I always hated the designated hitter too.

"Bit if it's good enough for the American League, it's good enough for my wife!" -- #NeverTrump

Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 14, 2022 10:55 AM (IN1nj)

428 423 New study finds that wearing a facemask makes you more attractive to the opposite sex

https://bit.ly/33bRc4V
-
More attractive, less unattractive, tomayto, tomahto.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:54 AM (FVME7)

=========

It hides ugly faces, letting optimism thrive in the viewer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 14, 2022 10:55 AM (LvTSG)

429 Baseball knew early on that more base runners (or possibility of more base runners) made the game more exciting?

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:52 AM (TDj17)

So Softball ?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:56 AM (3q554)

430 "Bit if it's good enough for the American League, it's good enough for my wife!" -- #NeverTrump
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 14, 2022 10:55 AM (IN1nj)

HA!

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 10:56 AM (TDj17)

431 Speaking of dropping baseballs, for all of you Cubs fans, anyone think Biden is ready for a Lee Elia rant?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2022 10:56 AM (DiFGi)

432 Will need more info on this one... Three women charged with beating an airline security officer who tried to block them from boarding a flight at NYC's JFK Airport.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:55 AM (UHVv4)

Let me guess.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:57 AM (3q554)

433 407 two of my mom's kitchen knives are old autopsy knives. Very sharp.

So at Thanksgiving, rather than carving the turkey, you're investigating the cause of death?

Posted by: red speck at January 14, 2022 10:57 AM (gS3OW)

434 Let me guess.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 10:57 AM (3q554)

Ha! You don't have to guess. You know.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2022 10:57 AM (trdmm)

435 I always hated the designated hitter too.

"Bit if it's good enough for the American League, it's good enough for my wife!" -- #NeverTrump
Posted by: ShainS -- Beware the Branch Covidians at January 14, 2022 10:55 AM (IN1nj)
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I, for one, like the DH...as long as it's confined to the AL. I think ground rules are a sacrosanct part of baseball and having the AL play by NL ground rules when in NL parks is awesome. As is the NL playing by AL ground rules when in AL parks.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:57 AM (5pTK/)

436 Did Hicks then say "game over man!"
Posted by: Anna Puma
___

That was Hudson.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 10:58 AM (EadwG)

437 The Spyderco MBS-26 is a kitchen knife that punches considerably above its weight considering its price.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 14, 2022 10:58 AM (a3Q+t)

438 Will need more info on this one... Three women charged with beating an airline security officer who tried to block them from boarding a flight at NYC's JFK Airport.

Let me guess: Three Karens Behaving Badly

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 10:58 AM (1s9Ej)

439 Communal funeral scheduled for Sunday for NYC fire victims. I'm sure that won't be politicized too much. I wonder if the new mayor's brother will be 'working' security there??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 10:59 AM (UHVv4)

440 So at Thanksgiving, rather than carving the turkey, you're investigating the cause of death?
Posted by: red speck

It was white supremacy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 10:59 AM (FVME7)

441 I have never understood the intent of the dropped 3rd strike rule.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 14, 2022 10:51 AM (yQpMk)

It eliminates the possibility that the third strike was a foul tip.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2022 10:59 AM (Q9lwr)

442 Didnt we just have a bunch of long weekends?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 14, 2022 10:59 AM (inxLv)

443 It hides ugly faces, letting optimism thrive in the viewer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
___

It's all in the eyes.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 10:59 AM (EadwG)

444 422 Thanks, whig. This puts Kavanaugh in better perspective, I guess. Still don't understand why he would disagree with Gorsuch, for instance, who probably has a similar judicial philosophy.

Posted by: Darrell Harris

Gorsuch, like Kennedy, comes more from a natural law perspective which is less concerned with precedent and more 'justice'. This is a double edged sword as remember Gorsuch gave a tortured reading of the Civil Rights Act to include transexuals and more recently overturned over one century of precedent in an Oklahoma case regarding state and native American status in state courts versus tribal courts. Kennedy, of course, became the gay marriage advocate.
Posted by: whig at January 14, 2022 10:54 AM (dCGWj)

Call me stupid (most of you do anyway) but instead of all this bullshit, how about judges concerning themselves strictly on what is right and wrong vis a vis individual rights?

i.e. The CONSTITUTION?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2022 11:00 AM (s2VJv)

445 NYC fire was caused by global warming and domestic white supremacist terrorism.

Fact.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss Delta Variant at January 14, 2022 11:00 AM (inxLv)

446
Wow! Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. Now I need to do some research.

If anyone else wants to jump in, please do.

Hey, CDB, 7 inch is an oddball chef's knife size. Who makes that?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2022 11:00 AM (5NkmN)

447 The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

WH Refuses To Condemn Iran Supreme Leader's Video Depicting Drone Strike On President Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

The enema of my enemy is my friend

Posted by: JT at January 14, 2022 11:01 AM (arJlL)

448 Ukrainian officials claim a number of Uke govt websites are down after a massive hack-attack.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 11:01 AM (UHVv4)

449 It hides ugly faces, letting optimism thrive in the viewer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
___

It's all in the eyes.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 10:59 AM (EadwG)

Didn't they have a meme going around showing a masked woman with gorgeous eyes and the next frame showing her without the mask with a crooked smile and rotten teeth with the caption ' never assume'. ?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 11:01 AM (3q554)

450 Did Hicks then say "game over man!"
Posted by: Anna Puma
___
That was Hudson.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022

***
Cpl. Hicks was the role played by Michael Biehn of Terminator fame. ("I say we take off and nuke the entire site . . .") Hudson (don't remember his rank) was Paxton. He had another great line earlier:

Sergeant (sweating profusely, as they all are in the tunnels): "Hot as hell in here."
Hudson: "Yeah, Sarge, but it's a *dry* heat."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at January 14, 2022 11:01 AM (txdEq)

451 448 Ukrainian officials claim a number of Uke govt websites are down after a massive hack-attack.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 11:01 AM (UHVv4)

Linked on today's MR. Foreign section.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2022 11:02 AM (s2VJv)

452 Call me stupid (most of you do anyway) but instead of all this bullshit, how about judges concerning themselves strictly on what is right and wrong vis a vis individual rights?

i.e. The CONSTITUTION?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2022 11:00 AM (s2VJv)

Nah, that is too easy. No one will grovel and beg in our direction if we did that.

~ SC Judges, probably

Posted by: DoublySymmetric (iPad) at January 14, 2022 11:02 AM (TDj17)

453 It eliminates the possibility that the third strike was a foul tip.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 14, 2022 10:59 AM (Q9lwr)

I don't see what difference that makes. Wouldn't it be just as good to rule that a dropped swinging 3rd strike is a dropped foul ball?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 14, 2022 11:02 AM (yQpMk)

454 Sweden's top military chief says the Ruskis are getting friskier in the Baltic.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 11:03 AM (UHVv4)

455 Didn't they have a meme going around showing a masked woman with gorgeous eyes and the next frame showing her without the mask with a crooked smile and rotten teeth with the caption ' never assume'. ?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 11:01 AM (3q554)

I haven't seen that but there is a girl who works here who has beautiful eyes. I saw her walking in the other day and she didn't have her mask on and she has a face like a rat.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 14, 2022 11:03 AM (Ez6QX)

456 Call me stupid (most of you do anyway) but instead of all this bullshit, how about judges concerning themselves strictly on what is right and wrong vis a vis individual rights?

i.e. The CONSTITUTION?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2022 11:00 AM (s2VJv)
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I've yet to decide if I'm more impressed by your Morning Report or the productivity of Ace. It's incredible the amount of stuff the two of you put out.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 11:03 AM (5pTK/)

457 >>>Tinker to Evers to Chance.
Posted by: Roy at January 14, 2022 10:42 AM (FMzXL)

======

My nic on my other phone.

Posted by: Turn Two at January 14, 2022 11:03 AM (w4999)

458 The late Kirby Pucket made it into baseball history with that rule, I believe. He was batting behind Greg Gagne, I think, and a passed ball allowed Gagne to get to first, giving Mr. Pucket a chance to bat and add to his hit total. Against the Brewers, I think it was.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 14, 2022 10:51 AM (5pTK/)

Kirby Puckett is my all time favorite baseball player. Used to go see the Twins whenever they visited Camden Yards. He died way too young.

Posted by: Doof at January 14, 2022 11:03 AM (mZUr4)

459 Call me stupid (most of you do anyway) but instead of all this bullshit, how about judges concerning themselves strictly on what is right and wrong vis a vis individual rights?

i.e. The CONSTITUTION?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2022 11:00 AM (s2VJv)

but you see, the problem is that it all depends on what the meaning of the word "Is" is.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 14, 2022 11:03 AM (trdmm)

460 Linked on today's MR. Foreign section.
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I only read the comments!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 11:03 AM (UHVv4)

461 >>>I can give other examples but Roberts is a stealth political judge masked as a judicial restraint proponent.
Posted by: whig

I guess I basically agree with this but there's an aspect of Roberts "politics" that seems very much concerned (overly so) with "legitimacy" of the Court as an institution rather than left/right policy outcomes per se. But since the pressure/threat to Court is mostly from the Left, this works out to him caving to (or finding ways to agree with) the Left. Ramping up pressure from the Right on the Court might be the best way to move Roberts back to center-right.

Posted by: Match Checksout at January 14, 2022 11:04 AM (dYe5S)

462 JJ always puts out!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 11:04 AM (UHVv4)

463 There should be a picket line around John Roberts house every single day.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 14, 2022 11:04 AM (yQpMk)

464 I stand corrected then.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 11:05 AM (1s9Ej)

465 Will need more info on this one... Three women charged with beating an airline security officer who tried to block them from boarding a flight at NYC's JFK Airport.

-
I posted a link yesterday about the crash of a small African airliner. It seems there was a crocodile on board in the rear of the aircraft. The passengers freaked and all ran forward. The shifting weight caused the plane to nose into the ground. The moral is always securely seatbelt your emotional support crocodile.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at January 14, 2022 11:05 AM (FVME7)

466 JJ always puts out!
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 11:04 AM

And people say I'm a bad example.

Posted by: Kamala! 2022! at January 14, 2022 11:05 AM (a3Q+t)

467 463 There should be a picket line around John Roberts house every single day.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 14, 2022 11:04 AM (yQpMk3)

careful there - Dems just tried that with Manchin, and it didn't work out the way they thought it would.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2022 11:06 AM (trdmm)

468 Uh wow. Man kills boyfriend over video game.

https://www.mystateline.com/news/man-accused
-of-killing-tiktok-star-boyfriend-over-video-game/

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 11:06 AM (1s9Ej)

469 Posted by: Match Checksout at January 14, 2022 11:04 AM (dYe5S)

He's like McConnell in that they seem more concerned with upholding the perceived tradition of the Senate / SC than anything else.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 14, 2022 11:06 AM (3q554)

470 So is an emotional support crocodile carry-on luggage?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022 11:07 AM (1s9Ej)

471 NOOD morning rant monkey free

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at January 14, 2022 11:07 AM (wAnMi)

472 Hudson (don't remember his rank) was Paxton. He had another great line earlier:

Sergeant (sweating profusely, as they all are in the tunnels): "Hot as hell in here."
Hudson: "Yeah, Sarge, but it's a *dry* heat."
___

Hicks was a PFC.

And I had many a soldier, as well as myself, use the dry heat line a LOT in Iraq and Kuwait.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 11:07 AM (EadwG)

473 I don't know if today exactly but Queen Margrethe of Denmark is marking her 50th anniversary as monarch.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 14, 2022 11:08 AM (UHVv4)

474 So is an emotional support crocodile carry-on luggage?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2022

***
It will be!

Posted by: African Croc Hunters at January 14, 2022 11:08 AM (txdEq)

475 Hudson was a PFC.
Hicks was a CPL.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 11:08 AM (EadwG)

476 The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 38% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Biden's job performance. Sixty percent (60%) disapprove.

The latest figures include 18% who Strongly Approve of the job Biden is doing and 49% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -31.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2022 11:08 AM (RHGPo)

477 The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 38% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Biden's job performance. Sixty percent (60%) disapprove.
___

Who is this 38% that think this is an amazing economy...in a good way?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 11:09 AM (EadwG)

478 With free money Banks are struggling to turn a profit. WTF?

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 11:10 AM (WROfJ)

479 I think we need to tell the banks if they go bankrupt then no one is gonna bail them out.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 14, 2022 11:11 AM (WROfJ)

480 Hicks was a PFC.

And I had many a soldier, as well as myself, use the dry heat line a LOT in Iraq and Kuwait.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 14, 2022 11:07 AM (EadwG)

Hicks was a corporal. Wierzbowski was the other PFC, in charge of collecting rifle mags before he got hit by a flamethrower and blew up.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 14, 2022 11:14 AM (CjHGv)

481 Call me stupid (most of you do anyway) but instead of all this bullshit, how about judges concerning themselves strictly on what is right and wrong vis a vis individual rights?

i.e. The CONSTITUTION?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Well, leftist judges argue that they do just that via activism. For the most part, I find leftist judges have little or no compunction in overruling precedent, ignoring limits or instituting limits on government agencies depending on who is suing, trashing rules on standing, collusive suits, and so on. For the left, the role for law is to explain power relationships, not for general applicability or even stability.

The right is splintered on this. Libertarians, statists, and political justices, which is why there is never a united front on the right. For example, Republican justices like Chief Justice Hughes or Taft were quite comfortable limiting free speech, supporting government unchecked power, etc. as long as large business practices were not affected. Holmes started out as a statist but soon became a libertarian on speech. Not so on other issues such as Buck v. Bell.

Posted by: whig at January 14, 2022 11:15 AM (dCGWj)

482 We have six delicous flavors Vanilla,Chocolate,Strawberry,Tuttie Frutie,Biosenberry and Raspberry Thhhhiiipp

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 15, 2022 01:52 AM (FLiOE)

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