Mid-Morning Art Thread

Winter
Peter Blume

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Winter

Posted by: fd at May 19, 2023 09:30 AM (iayUP)

2 Sure is a lot of birds for winter.

Posted by: BignJames at May 19, 2023 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

3 Beware!!! Falling Rocks

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 19, 2023 09:31 AM (PyDVZ)

4 Weird painting of a birdbath.

Posted by: dantesed at May 19, 2023 09:31 AM (88xKn)

5 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 09:31 AM (omVj0)

6 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 19, 2023 09:31 AM (DhOHl)

7 Judy Blume's brother?

I kind of like, but it makes no sense.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 09:32 AM (zZu0s)

8 Landscape as interpreted by an artist who never saw a landscape.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:32 AM (s12c9)

9 I like this. It's so stark.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2023 09:32 AM (45fpk)

10 Eh, it’s OK.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 09:32 AM (5+1HQ)

11 The rock has pubic hear

Posted by: You can't not see it at May 19, 2023 09:32 AM (lc5cP)

12 I see Edgar but can't find Johnny.

Posted by: fd at May 19, 2023 09:33 AM (iayUP)

13 hair

Posted by: You can't not see it at May 19, 2023 09:33 AM (lc5cP)

14 I can't even.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:33 AM (s12c9)

15
Blume's most famous work is "The Eternal City" and it is a masterpiece of surrealism.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2023 09:33 AM (x0n13)

16 Made it by a cardinal feather!

You'd think with a title like "Winter" it would be a bleak scene. But the colors of the birds, and their apparent motion as they sweep around the base of the rock outcrop, give it life.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 09:33 AM (omVj0)

17 Look at all the happy little birds.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2023 09:33 AM (45fpk)

18 The crag in the foreground appears to have reached puberty.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:33 AM (s12c9)

19 Fetterman just walked thru a tree. "Oops, uhh...yeah"

can't explain the birds, though.

Posted by: t-bird at May 19, 2023 09:34 AM (amJF4)

20 Don't birds fly south in the winter?

Posted by: redridinghood at May 19, 2023 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

21 Missing all the downed ham radio antennas that winter always wreaks.

Posted by: Blame It On gp's Juice at May 19, 2023 09:34 AM (MvF+J)

22 Judy Blume's brother?

I kind of like, but it makes no sense.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 09:32 AM

*shake fist upthread*

Damn it! You beat me to it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 09:34 AM (Wnv9h)

23
Odd

hang status: not

Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:34 AM (geLO8)

24 "Look at all the happy little birds.
Posted by: grammie winger "

Ther were on the tree. Their combined weight broke it.

Posted by: fd at May 19, 2023 09:34 AM (iayUP)

25 What the hell is up with that tree?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 09:34 AM (5+1HQ)

26 I would hang this next to JT's birdbath.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2023 09:34 AM (45fpk)

27 "Look at all the happy little birds.
Posted by: grammie winger "

Ther were on the tree. Their combined weight broke it.
Posted by: fd at May 19, 2023 09:34 AM

I was thinking someone dropped that rock on it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 09:35 AM (Wnv9h)

28 Nice ND detailed, but what is it? Some kind of shelter?

Posted by: Skip at May 19, 2023 09:35 AM (znP06)

29 Would not permit this to be painted on the side of my van.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:35 AM (s12c9)

30 Who is going clean all the guano?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 19, 2023 09:35 AM (RIvkX)

31
Looks like a Prudential ad.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 19, 2023 09:35 AM (MoZTd)

32 So why did an Evil Liche's Mountain Fortress just pop up next to a fallen tree?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2023 09:35 AM (lc5cP)

33 I like this. It's so stark.
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The primary colors of the birds reinforce the stark and dull contrasts of the landscape.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 19, 2023 09:35 AM (MIKMs)

34 Well, the birds seem to be enjoying themselves.

Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 19, 2023 09:35 AM (Emce2)

35 I see a pileated woodpecker, perched at upper right

many bluejays

Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:36 AM (geLO8)

36 So why did an Evil Liche's Mountain Fortress just pop up next to a fallen tree?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2023 09:35 AM

No one would expect it there.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 09:36 AM (Wnv9h)

37 Not all birds fly south in the winter. Only the wimpy ones.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 09:36 AM (5+1HQ)

38 If I saw this in my dentist's office I'd leave.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:36 AM (s12c9)

39 I need to fill my birdfeeder. Thx for the reminder CBD. My stepdaughter is probably fuming about it as a type this. Later.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 19, 2023 09:36 AM (oINRc)

40 That BlueJay in the foreground has seriously long legs.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 19, 2023 09:36 AM (Q4IgG)

41 Blume’s dealer has the BEST Mescaline!!!

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:37 AM (RFmMX)

42 The tree in the foreground has snapped from the weight of all the birds.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:37 AM (s12c9)

43 If you look at how that tree broke, it did not just rot and fall down. As the trunk is not twisted, I'd say straight line winds, or too many birds.

Posted by: fd at May 19, 2023 09:37 AM (iayUP)

44 I see a pileated woodpecker, perched at upper right

many bluejays
Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:36 AM

I have a nesting pair of common flickers (yellow shafted) is the tree outside my window. Nurse would not approve.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 09:37 AM (Wnv9h)

45 it's odd because in such a snowy landscape, there isn't a trace of snow on the rocks

only one tree, and it's broken

What does it mean??

Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:37 AM (geLO8)

46 Hmmm, Peter Blume does not show up on wikiart. Odd.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 09:37 AM (zZu0s)

47 295 300
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I preferred Meet The Spartans, myself.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 09:37 AM (Vwz3I)

48 Where does this guy live that there are so many craggy rocks?

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2023 09:37 AM (45fpk)

49 We've had some of his stuff before. The compositions are surreal, but the items he paints are fairly realistic; at least that's the impression I get by looking at a few of his works. I know CBD has featured this one:

https://tinyurl.com/47hw7mmj

We made lots of remarks about how Preezy Jugears was guest-starring in it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 09:38 AM (omVj0)

50 I need to fill my birdfeeder.

Yes, yes you do.

Posted by: The five squirrels in your backyard at May 19, 2023 09:38 AM (lc5cP)

51 Pffft.

Posted by: John James Audubon at May 19, 2023 09:38 AM (s12c9)

52 Where does this guy live that there are so many craggy rocks?

Norsca?

Posted by: Some Warhammer person at May 19, 2023 09:38 AM (lc5cP)

53 It was actually the weight of the fat sniper that broke the tree.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 09:38 AM (5+1HQ)

54 Where does this guy live that there are so many craggy rocks?
Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2023

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Northern New Mexico or Arizona, maybe?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 09:39 AM (omVj0)

55 That's two trees. One managed to withstand whatever broke the other one.

Posted by: fd at May 19, 2023 09:39 AM (iayUP)

56 Looks like a Prudential ad.

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 09:39 AM (Keyt1)

57 WTF? Big Rock hates birds?

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 09:39 AM (xSnmX)

58
Winter?

If you say so ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 19, 2023 09:39 AM (pNxlR)

59 From the artist's perspective, the great thing about this piece is, he didn't have to paint any hands.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:40 AM (s12c9)

60 We need a Peter Max painting one of these days…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:40 AM (RFmMX)

61 The Jays and the Cardinals are in mixed-League play and an Oriole is umpiring??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 09:40 AM (Vwz3I)

62 wiki has a page for him. He really liked the stark contrast of primary colors.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 09:40 AM (zZu0s)

63 The different birds are quite specifically rendered- he really wanted to get the birds right

Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:40 AM (geLO8)

64 Sky color is really cool.

Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 19, 2023 09:40 AM (Emce2)

65 Hey, that rock looks sharp

Posted by: Fat Guy on an Ottoman at May 19, 2023 09:41 AM (lc5cP)

66 the upthrust columns of basaltic rock are confusing

Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:41 AM (geLO8)

67 Kind of cartoonish.

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

Posted by: huerfano at May 19, 2023 09:41 AM (uE10U)

68 I started out all ready to snark against it, but I changed my mind. It is really interesting, and competent.

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:42 AM (RFmMX)

69 This is one of his murals in a Federal Building in Rome, Georgia:

https://is.gd/vYJeBs

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 09:42 AM (zZu0s)

70 Heh. He said upthrust. Heh.

Posted by: Beavis at May 19, 2023 09:42 AM (s12c9)

71 the upthrust columns of basaltic rock are confusing
Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023

***
"We need to make sure you're in a basaltic state for the operation."
( -- Dr. McCoy to the Horta)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 09:42 AM (omVj0)

72 Hermie and Rudolph are just about to show up singing “Fame and Fortune.”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 09:42 AM (5+1HQ)

73 kind of a 70s album cover vibe

Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:42 AM (geLO8)

74 Stele!!! STELE!!!

Posted by: Stanley Kowalski, geologist at May 19, 2023 09:42 AM (Vwz3I)

75 68 I started out all ready to snark against it, but I changed my mind. It is really interesting, and competent.
Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:42 AM (RFmMX)

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It's no Rothko.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:43 AM (s12c9)

76 73 kind of a 70s album cover vibe
Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:42 AM (geLO

So… good..

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:43 AM (RFmMX)

77 Birds of a feather flock together.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 19, 2023 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

78 Stele!!! STELE!!!
Posted by: Stanley Kowalski, geologist at May 19, 2023

***
Gneiss, Stan.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 09:43 AM (omVj0)

79
Underneath the rock: Wile E. Coyote

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 19, 2023 09:43 AM (MoZTd)

80 Needs more squirrels...but I may be biased in that regard.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 19, 2023 09:43 AM (YIVH2)

81 the Basaltic states are in Europe, I think

Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:43 AM (geLO8)

82 74 Stele!!! STELE!!!
Posted by: Stanley Kowalski, geologist at May 19, 2023 09:42 AM (Vwz3I)

GRENATE!!!!

Sorry, are we doing WWII movies?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 09:43 AM (zZu0s)

83 Even the birds looks aggressive.

Posted by: Ziba at May 19, 2023 09:43 AM (4h9M3)

84 Birds of a feather flock together.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 19, 2023

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True, but here we have some avian diversity!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 09:44 AM (omVj0)

85 Looks like a hipster Ironic Christmas card.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 09:44 AM (Wy1BU)

86 Underneath the rock: Wile E. Coyote

And...Sam Brinton

Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2023 09:44 AM (lc5cP)

87 That boulder looks like it had aspirations of becoming a mountain, but fell a little short.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2023 09:44 AM (GQNjd)

88
I believe the artist missed an opportunity here.

Instead of that simple rock dominating the picture,

it should be a Giant Stone Head vomiting forth birds and cuttle bones!

...

Could I use this in a campaign commercial? Should the Giant Stone Head be one of Ron DeSantis?

Perhaps.

I must cogitate!

Posted by: Film Director John Boorman at May 19, 2023 09:44 AM (RJQ8g)

89 It's got that "I'm a real shitty artist" vibe

Posted by: REDACTED at May 19, 2023 09:45 AM (us2H3)

90 The squirrel hole of shame is concealed by the jaded rock, while his mind frolics and flits like birds at play.

Posted by: WhitePunk at May 19, 2023 09:45 AM (8i+57)

91 Not my cuppa tay...

Would Not Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 19, 2023 09:45 AM (4KbXy)

92
Looks like a hipster Ironic Christmas card.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 09:44 AM (Wy1BU)

That's "Ironic Winter Solstice Non-Denominational Purely Secular Holiday" to you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 19, 2023 09:45 AM (MoZTd)

93 Looks like a crazy duck hunting blind, doesn't look like a rock to me.

Posted by: Skip at May 19, 2023 09:45 AM (znP06)

94 His is a trippy style, but I dig it. Would hang.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 19, 2023 09:45 AM (Q4IgG)

95 Underneath the rock: Wile E. Coyote

And...Sam Brinton
Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2023 09:44 AM

He's under here.

Posted by: The Bus at May 19, 2023 09:46 AM (Wnv9h)

96 Anyone else hungry after looking at this painting?

Posted by: Some Goron at May 19, 2023 09:46 AM (lc5cP)

97 Say what you will, but it does have a healthy amount of humans in it.

Posted by: The WEF at May 19, 2023 09:46 AM (s12c9)

98 I change my mind- I would hang this

Because I'd have one 'wtf' moment of wonder every day, trying to figure it out

Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:46 AM (geLO8)

99 The rocks are UFO's, the birds are aliens come to conquer the planet.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 19, 2023 09:46 AM (PyDVZ)

100
His is a trippy style, but I dig it. Would hang.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 19, 2023 09:45 AM (Q4IgG)

It's a Holiday Inn 4.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 19, 2023 09:46 AM (MoZTd)

101 Even the birds looks aggressive.
Posted by: Ziba at May 19, 2023 09:43 AM (4h9M3)
******
Well, just the blue jays.
They're mean.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 19, 2023 09:47 AM (NpAcC)

102 87 That boulder looks like it had aspirations of becoming a mountain, but fell a little short.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2023 09:44 AM (GQNjd)

I WAS COLD!!!!!

Posted by: Peter Blume at May 19, 2023 09:47 AM (zZu0s)

103 The Upthrust Columns of Basaltic Rock WBAGNFARB.

Posted by: Dave Barry wannabe at May 19, 2023 09:47 AM (DhOHl)

104 OT, here we come!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 09:47 AM (5+1HQ)

105 The rocks are UFO's, the birds are aliens come to conquer the planet.

We have come to your planet to take you most valuable resource.

ALL YOUR BIRDSEED IS NOW OURS! And f*ck the space squirrels.

Posted by: Some Bird Alien at May 19, 2023 09:47 AM (lc5cP)

106 42 The tree in the foreground has snapped from the weight of all the birds.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:37 AM (s12c9)

Those pesky birds might capsize Guam...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at May 19, 2023 09:47 AM (TGPs7)

107 101 Even the birds looks aggressive.
Posted by: Ziba at May 19, 2023 09:43 AM (4h9M3)
******
Well, just the blue jays.
They're mean.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 19, 2023 09:47 AM (NpAcC)

They are the Crow’s Toadies…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:47 AM (RFmMX)

108 >>It's a Holiday Inn 4.

Days Inn Conference Room 5

Posted by: garrett at May 19, 2023 09:49 AM (ZlS5/)

109 You know who else didn't paint people?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:49 AM (s12c9)

110 Well, just the blue jays.
They're mean.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 19, 2023

***
I see several robins and at least three cardinals, blue jays, maybe some bluebirds.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 09:49 AM (omVj0)

111 When Crows come to the feeder other birds go “ uh-oh time to leave”…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:49 AM (RFmMX)

112 Winter, huh? Seems kinda discontent.

Posted by: Doof at May 19, 2023 09:49 AM (8R5Il)

113 It's as if the art has rendered the horde speechless!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 09:49 AM (Wy1BU)

114 85 Looks like a hipster Ironic Christmas card.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 09:44 AM (Wy1BU)

I just had an image of this painting hanging on a wall with a hatstand next to it with a fedora.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 09:49 AM (zZu0s)

115 SMOD's pitch hit the batter? The Bluejays cleared the bench against the Cardinals and the fans joined in?

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli)) at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (l7Kbv)

116 Ziggurats and giant birds in winter

Posted by: McLurkerson at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (wNDOJ)

117
I've got it
The bird is the word

Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (geLO8)

118 The broken thing in the foreground has some meaning to it. Can't put my finger on it, but it does. I like the birds; if we replaced the foreground image with Dad's bird feeders, it would be a fine winter scene. Would hang.

Posted by: exdem13 at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (W+kMI)

119 It's Art. How many yards would you like?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (s12c9)

120 I would hang this next to JT's birdbath.
Posted by: grammie winger

Thank you; but it would be covered in birdshit before long.

Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (T4tVD)

121 So, the rock is Rome and the tree is Carthage, no?

Posted by: dantesed at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (88xKn)

122 I wonder why he chose Blue Jays, Orioles and Cardinals for the painting?

Posted by: Mister Ghost at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (TGPs7)

123 The group Mountain rejected this painting for their album Climbing in 1970. Leslie West said Never in My Life would I want this Picture.

Posted by: You Know What I Mean at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (Nn3xT)

124 122 I wonder why he chose Blue Jays, Orioles and Cardinals for the painting?
Posted by: Mister Ghost at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (TGPs7)

Shortage of nuthatches and gold finch…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:51 AM (RFmMX)

125 *When Crows come to the feeder*

Attempted murder.

Posted by: Just Sayin' at May 19, 2023 09:51 AM (DhOHl)

126
The birds are all saying,"OMG, they killed Kenny!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 19, 2023 09:51 AM (MoZTd)

127 This is a metaphor for Hitler's invasion of Poland.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 09:51 AM (xSnmX)

128 I wonder why he chose Blue Jays, Orioles and Cardinals for the painting?
Posted by: Mister Ghost

Obviously the guy liked baseball!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 09:51 AM (Wy1BU)

129 85 Looks like a hipster Ironic Christmas card.
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Way too subtle an image to qualify for an ironic "non-specific winter holiday" card from some smug git.

Posted by: exdem13 at May 19, 2023 09:51 AM (W+kMI)

130 Was swooped on by a Blue Jay when I was a kid, abandoned my bicycle running away, my dad .ade me go back a day get the bike even after told him a bird was out to kill me. Was probably about 7yo

Posted by: Skip at May 19, 2023 09:52 AM (znP06)

131 >I wonder why he chose Blue Jays, Orioles and Cardinals for the painting?

Posted by: Mister Ghost

baseball fan
thus, no Eagles, Ravens or Seahawks

Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:52 AM (geLO8)

132 Where are the penguins?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 09:52 AM (5+1HQ)

133 Don't birds fly south in the winter?
Posted by: redridinghood

If they take the bus, they get free Spam.

Posted by: JT at May 19, 2023 09:52 AM (T4tVD)

134 Again, with the Penguins… where did they waddle in from???

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:53 AM (RFmMX)

135 I wonder why he chose Blue Jays, Orioles and Cardinals for the painting?
Posted by: Mister Ghost at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (TGPs7)

He couldn't find a bird named Cubs.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2023 09:53 AM (45fpk)

136 130 Was swooped on by a Blue Jay when I was a kid, abandoned my bicycle running away, my dad .ade me go back a day get the bike even after told him a bird was out to kill me. Was probably about 7yo
Posted by: Skip at May 19, 2023 09:52 AM (znP06)

I initially read that as '7 years ago.'

LOL.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 19, 2023 09:53 AM (zZu0s)

137 Bless my soul!

Posted by: Rockin' Robin at May 19, 2023 09:53 AM (DhOHl)

138 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2023 09:53 AM (45fpk)

139 121 So, the rock is Rome and the tree is Carthage, no?
Posted by: dantesed at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (88xKn)

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The snapped tree represents the anomie and societal dislocation felt by those who experienced the trauma of an entire world at war. The birds imply capitalism, while the big crag is what remained of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:53 AM (s12c9)

140 Uhn uhn uhn! More race swapping.

Eddie Murphy in Talks to Star as Inspector Clouseau in “Pink Panther” Reboot

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 19, 2023 09:53 AM (FVME7)

141 2 I wonder why he chose Blue Jays, Orioles and Cardinals for the painting?
Posted by: Mister Ghost at May 19, 2023 09:50 AM (TGPs7)
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Symbolism.
After a long winter the colorful birds are waiting for baseball season to start or Pride Month.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 19, 2023 09:53 AM (NpAcC)

142 122 I wonder why he chose Blue Jays, Orioles and Cardinals for the painting?
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Maybe he was living in southern Ohio at the time? All three birds come to my parents' feeders during the winter. Admittedly they usually get juncos instead of orioles, but the other two are common visitors.

Posted by: exdem13 at May 19, 2023 09:53 AM (W+kMI)

143 Not my area of knowledge but...

Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer at age 59.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 09:54 AM (Vwz3I)

144
Avian Mosh Pit at a Stones' Concert

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 19, 2023 09:54 AM (pNxlR)

145 Again, with the Penguins… where did they waddle in from???
Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:53 AM (RFmMX)

Probably got tired of sitting on the television set

Posted by: Monty Python at May 19, 2023 09:54 AM (8R5Il)

146 139

The snapped tree represents the anomie and societal dislocation felt by those who experienced the trauma of an entire world at war. The birds imply capitalism, while the big crag is what remained of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 19, 2023 09:53 AM (s12c9)

Or, he was really really wasted…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:54 AM (RFmMX)

147 If they take the bus, they get free Spam.
Posted by: JT at May 19, 2023 09:52 AM (T4tVD)
******
Not without a coupon.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 19, 2023 09:55 AM (NpAcC)

148 I think bluejays are Canadian

their call sounds like 'ehhhhhhhh'

Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:55 AM (geLO8)

149 Not as bad as Hiroshima.

San Francisco Has Lost Half Its Downtown Stores Since COVID Hit

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 19, 2023 09:55 AM (FVME7)

150 Where are the penguins?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 09:52 AM

Drinking your Bud Ice.

Do be do be doo...

Posted by: That Penguin at May 19, 2023 09:55 AM (Wnv9h)

151 Squab buffet!

Posted by: Sylvester the cat at May 19, 2023 09:55 AM (4I/2K)

152 Hiya JT!
Posted by: grammie winger

Posted by: JT at May 19, 2023 09:55 AM (T4tVD)

153 The future landscape of N America.

Posted by: sidney at May 19, 2023 09:56 AM (Uy/WF)

154 I think he painted the trees first, and it looked like crap so he painted in all the rocks to make everybody go wtf.

Posted by: fd at May 19, 2023 09:56 AM (iayUP)

155 San Francisco Has Lost Half Its Downtown Stores Since COVID Hit
---------------
That's a shame.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 09:56 AM (xSnmX)

156 Sad to hear about The Smiths. One of my staples of the 80s in high school.

Posted by: Montec at May 19, 2023 09:56 AM (jBD8U)

157 155 San Francisco Has Lost Half Its Downtown Stores Since COVID Hit
---------------
That's a shame.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 09:56 AM (xSnmX)

Anyway…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:56 AM (RFmMX)

158 baseball fan
thus, no Eagles, Ravens or Seahawks
Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 09:52 AM (geLO

*sniffs under-wing*
Do we offend??

Posted by: Falcons at May 19, 2023 09:57 AM (8R5Il)

159 Sooo.. I'm guessing a mysterious space rock crashed on earth and its colorful crew stepped out for a pee break and a leg stretch.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 19, 2023 09:57 AM (VwHCD)

160 If they take the bus, they get free Spam.
Posted by: JT at May 19, 2023 09:52 AM (T4tVD)
******
Not without a coupon.
Posted by: redridinghood

Killjoy

Posted by: JT at May 19, 2023 09:57 AM (T4tVD)

161 156 Sad to hear about The Smiths. One of my staples of the 80s in high school.
------------------
Not to worry Keith Richards is still doing fine.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 09:57 AM (xSnmX)

162 "The future landscape of N America.
Posted by: sidney"

After all the global warming?

Posted by: fd at May 19, 2023 09:57 AM (iayUP)

163 Well, just the blue jays.
They're mean.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 19, 2023 09:47 AM

Blue jays are asshoe. This is a Known Thing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 09:57 AM (Wnv9h)

164 Yeah let’s blame Covid for the stores closing. Has nothing to do with lawlessness and crime of 2023. Nope. It’s all because of the flu that happened 3 years ago.

Posted by: Montec at May 19, 2023 09:58 AM (jBD8U)

165 140 Uhn uhn uhn! More race swapping.

Eddie Murphy in Talks to Star as Inspector Clouseau in “Pink Panther” Reboot
===
How the mighty have fallen! So, Eddie Murphy is going to be a dude who is a cucked career police officer who gets shown up at every turn, but still manages to come across as the hero in the end? Probably not, the producers will obviously be wanting to imitate the later films, and doubtless fail terribly because this is the time of the Woke entertainment. Even money says Henry Mancini's score gets tossed in favor of Cardi B.

Posted by: exdem13 at May 19, 2023 09:58 AM (W+kMI)

166 Last year I heard a cuckoo bird. Never heard one around here before. Doesn't seem to be around this year.
We also have a bird of some sort that call sounds like its saying "mom". No idea what that one is.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 09:58 AM (Wy1BU)

167 Why do birds
suddenly appear,
every time
you are near?

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 19, 2023 09:59 AM (4I/2K)

168 They don't call us the Dirty Birds for nuthin.

Posted by: The MLB team in Bodymore, Murderland at May 19, 2023 09:59 AM (DhOHl)

169 Smiths song -- "Asleep". Seems fitting.

https://youtu.be/KbuGWgYLqWk

Posted by: Doof at May 19, 2023 09:59 AM (8R5Il)

170 164 Yeah let’s blame Covid for the stores closing. Has nothing to do with lawlessness and crime of 2023. Nope. It’s all because of the flu that happened 3 years ago.
-----------------
Lesson learned: Defund CDC and NIH/AID and live well and prosper.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 09:59 AM (xSnmX)

171 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper · 3 minutes
JUST IN - India's Reserve Bank announces to withdraw all 2,000 Indian rupee notes from circulation. Holders must exchange them by September 30th

$24.17 USD currently; so kinda like their twenty-dollar bill.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 09:59 AM (Vwz3I)

172 I saw a blue jay get taken out in midair by a hawk in my backyard. Instant death-nothing left but wings and feathers minutes later. Was as cheery as this painting.

Posted by: Circle of Life at May 19, 2023 09:59 AM (Nn3xT)

173 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Winter at Broken Tree. Brrrr!
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 19, 2023 09:59 AM (YGqO/)

174 This is…interesting.

Posted by: Piper at May 19, 2023 09:59 AM (ZdaMQ)

175 167 Why do birds
suddenly appear,
every time
you are near?
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 19, 2023 09:59 AM (4I/2K)

Hah!

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:59 AM (RFmMX)

176 "Why do birds
suddenly appear,
every time
you are near?
Posted by: Count de Monet "

Suet shampoo

Posted by: Debbie Wassername Shultz at May 19, 2023 09:59 AM (iayUP)

177 Don't birds fly south in the winter?
Posted by: redridinghood

***
Ha, ha, ha!

This IS the south!

Posted by: The Next Ice Age at May 19, 2023 10:00 AM (omVj0)

178 Eddie Murphy in Talks to Star as Inspector Clouseau in “Pink Panther” Reboot
-----------------
I thought Eddie Murphy was dead or deep into a tranny.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 10:00 AM (xSnmX)

179 Why do birds
suddenly appear,
every time
you are near?
Posted by: Count de Monet

She can't stop eating.

Posted by: JT at May 19, 2023 10:01 AM (T4tVD)

180 Why do birds
suddenly appear,
every time
you are near?
----------
Just like me
They long to
Crap on you

Posted by: Amber Heard at May 19, 2023 10:01 AM (Vwz3I)

181 Cardinals definitely winter over here. Beautiful watching them out in the snow… Red, on white..

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:01 AM (RFmMX)

182 This continues CBD's religious themes in the Art thread:

"Upon this rock I shall build my church"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2023 10:02 AM (GQNjd)

183 2000 Rupees. Same as in Bombay.

Posted by: Obligatory at May 19, 2023 10:02 AM (DhOHl)

184 OK (OK)
Blue Jays (Blue Jays)
Let's (let's)
Play (play)
Ball (ball)

Posted by: Keith Hampshire and the Bat Boys at May 19, 2023 10:02 AM (ivvNA)

185 🚨BREAKING🚨

FBI whistleblower testifies under oath that FBI won’t allow 11,000+ hours of J6 footage to be released b/c it would expose undercover agents committing crimes inside Capitol

Not only was J6 a Fed setup, but now it’s confirmed that FBI is also covering its tracks

Posted by: Neo at May 19, 2023 10:02 AM (RovqD)

186 154 I think he painted the trees first, and it looked like crap so he painted in all the rocks to make everybody go wtf.
Posted by: fd at May 19, 2023 09:56 AM (iayUP)

I just thought it was due to the Younger Dryas impact theory...

Posted by: Inogame at May 19, 2023 10:03 AM (53oGX)

187 Republicans out there fighting for you!

Cruz sends a strongly worded letter to the advertising review board begging them to please consider debating whether to form a committee to review if they should open an investigation into whether Bud Light was intentionally marketing to minors.

That is RESULTS, ladies and gentlemen!

Won't you please send $50 today?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2023 10:03 AM (Vhzin)

188 Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer at age 59.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 09:54 AM (Vwz3I)

Good song to highlight his bass playing.
"There is a light..."
https://youtu.be/3r-qDvD3F3c

Posted by: Doof at May 19, 2023 10:03 AM (8R5Il)

189 It is really interesting, and competent.

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 09:42 AM (RFmMX)

This!

Is it great? Of course not. But it is fun to look at for a bit, and it doesn't offend my sensibilities by being purposefully ignorant of artistic skill.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 19, 2023 10:04 AM (ZCCyW)

190 All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray. I was squawking by the rock on a winter's day.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 19, 2023 10:04 AM (a4EWo)

191 I have a crow who talks with me on my back porch. My cat, the huntress Pouncer, is confused.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 10:04 AM (xSnmX)

192

b b b bird bird bird
bird is the word
bird, bird
b b b bird
don't you know about the bird?
well everybody's talking about the bird

Posted by: DB - slightly askew at May 19, 2023 10:04 AM (geLO8)

193 *Cruz sends a strongly worded letter*

And NO adjective is off the table!

Posted by: GOPe at May 19, 2023 10:04 AM (DhOHl)

194 Say, this gives me an idea . . .

Posted by: Alfred Hitchcock at May 19, 2023 10:05 AM (4I/2K)

195 The jagged rocks really set this painting apart from just a winter landscape with tree limb and birds, Very interesting and I like the color on the birds.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:05 AM (Keyt1)

196 143 Not my area of knowledge but...

Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer at age 59.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I

—-
Maybe it’s because this is what my mom just died of, but I feel like I am hearing more and more people with pancreatic cancer. Mom was 10 weeks from diagnosis to death. As most of you know, it would take a lot to convince me the Covid shot wasn’t the catalyst for her cancer.

Posted by: Piper at May 19, 2023 10:05 AM (ZdaMQ)

197 164 Yeah let’s blame Covid for the stores closing. Has nothing to do with lawlessness and crime of 2023. Nope. It’s all because of the flu that happened 3 years ago.
=========
Well, the Missing Year was harsh on all retail, and hastened the end of a few malls here in the Queen City area. California, Oregon, Washington, all those states suffered an extra year of lockdown, as well as a perpetual cycle of masked black anarchists for hire tearing things up, and the police being maligned and restrained at every opportunity. Naturally a lot of people then decided that they shouldn't have to pay for anything and wouldn't be held to account if they used the five-finger discount.

Posted by: exdem13 at May 19, 2023 10:05 AM (W+kMI)

198 New York Post @nypost · 11h
FBI dropped 4 probes into Hillary Clinton, family’s non-profit ahead of 2016 election: Durham report
https://trib.al/Z4XEV7O

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 10:06 AM (Vwz3I)

199 I saw a blue jay get taken out in midair by a hawk in my backyard. Instant death-nothing left but wings and feathers minutes later. Was as cheery as this painting.
Posted by: Circle of Life

More predator /prey drama. (1 minute video)

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/n3TXCp8J1bc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 19, 2023 10:06 AM (FVME7)

200 This continues CBD's religious themes in the Art thread:

"Upon this rock I shall build my church"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2023 10:02 AM (GQNjd)

Bird Church!

But, I don't see the Cardinal...

Posted by: naturalfake at May 19, 2023 10:06 AM (RJQ8g)

201 200 comments and no blue boobie reference? Where's the horde I used to know?

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 19, 2023 10:06 AM (4I/2K)

202 We have blue jays and cardinals in winter. Spring brings back the robins, killdeer, woodpeckers, and those damned starlings.
We had two massive maple tree stumps that were utterly destroyed by woodpeckers in one summer. Stumps were there in the spring, by fall there was a pile of sawdust. Impressive.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:06 AM (Wy1BU)

203 Morning.

That's a lot of birds. Did Snow White pass through the area?

Posted by: Robert at May 19, 2023 10:07 AM (1Yy3c)

204 You know who else was interesting and competent?

Posted by: I Speak Austrian at May 19, 2023 10:07 AM (Nn3xT)

205 Mom was 10 weeks from diagnosis to death. As most of you know, it would take a lot to convince me the Covid shot wasn’t the catalyst for her cancer.
----------------
Not in the same ballpark, but I am on my third head cold of the year. Never used to get those things but now I get them by the bucket load. It sucks.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 10:07 AM (xSnmX)

206 We have a lot of pileated woodpeckers… love it when they get together and start talking to each other…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:08 AM (RFmMX)

207 This continues CBD's religious themes in the Art thread:

"Upon this rock I shall build my church"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2023 10:02 AM (GQNjd)

Bird Church!

But, I don't see the Cardinal...

Posted by: naturalfake at May 19, 2023 10:06 AM (RJQ8g)

There's two between the broken tree and the rock.

Posted by: Robert at May 19, 2023 10:08 AM (1Yy3c)

208 @198

>>FBI dropped 4 probes into Hillary Clinton, family’s non-profit ahead of 2016 election: Durham report
https://trib.al/Z4XEV7O

Not a smidgen of corruption to be found.

Say Obama, how did it be that you and your wife got 150 million dollars in book and production deals and haven't had to deliver very much in order to receive such sums of money?

Hmmm???

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2023 10:08 AM (up/3i)

209 Deeze FBI...

zerohedge @zerohedge · 1h
BofA Gave FBI Access To Jan. 6 Bank Records Without Customers' Knowledge: Whistleblowers

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 10:09 AM (Vwz3I)

210 Yeah let’s blame Covid for the stores closing. Has nothing to do with lawlessness and crime of 2023. Nope. It’s all because of the flu that happened 3 years ago.
Posted by: Montec at May 19, 2023 09:58 AM (jBD8U)
++++
And Disney World's "Galactic Starcruiser" attraction is closing because of Ron DeSantis, not because it was a billion-dollar boondoggle that cost $2,400 per person to attend a two-night "experience" based on something nobody cares about.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 10:09 AM (DU+/6)

211 *dropped 4 probes into Hillary Clinton*

Stay in your lane!

Posted by: Huma Abedin at May 19, 2023 10:09 AM (DhOHl)

212 Eddie Murphy already did race swapped Dr Doolittle and The Nutty Professor. Nothing new for him, do you expect original comedy?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at May 19, 2023 10:09 AM (PyDVZ)

213 201 No great tit references, either. Sad.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 10:09 AM (5+1HQ)

214 172 I saw a blue jay get taken out in midair by a hawk in my backyard. Instant death-nothing left but wings and feathers minutes later. Was as cheery as this painting.
========
Remember kids, Animal Planet and the current generation of National Geographic is a lie. Nature is red in tooth and claw; the slow, the weak, the young, and the unlucky are victims, and food. My birdwatcher dad would have told me the type, gender, and size of the Cooper's hawk merrily plucking and eating the jay.

Posted by: exdem13 at May 19, 2023 10:10 AM (W+kMI)

215 200 comments and no blue boobie reference? Where's the horde I used to know?
------------
We're a bunch of tits.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 10:10 AM (Vwz3I)

216 This continues CBD's religious themes in the Art thread:

"Upon this rock I shall build my church"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2023 10:02 AM (GQNjd)

Bird Church!

But, I don't see the Cardinal...

Posted by: naturalfake at May 19, 2023 10:06 AM (RJQ8g)

There's two between the broken tree and the rock.
Posted by: Robert at May 19, 2023 10:08 AM (1Yy3c)

Hmm.

A joke broken by literalism.

FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 19, 2023 10:10 AM (RJQ8g)

217 And Disney World's "Galactic Starcruiser" attraction is closing because of Ron DeSantis, not because it was a billion-dollar boondoggle that cost $2,400 per person to attend a two-night "experience" based on something nobody cares about.
-----------------
They should have focused on their strength - kiddie sex. Pretty sure they would be packing them in.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 10:10 AM (xSnmX)

218 @zerohedge
BofA Gave FBI Access To Jan. 6 Bank Records Without Customers' Knowledge: Whistleblowers
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 10:09 AM (Vwz3I)
++++
But remember what David French said, folks. Any Republican commenting on the fascist merger of the state, the party and the large corporate complex is just looking to bring in fascism.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 10:10 AM (DU+/6)

219 Someone above asked above, "Where are the penguins?"

They're on this joke I put in the Tech thread. And....

A man is caught with the car full of penguins.

The policeman says, “You have to take these animals to the zoo, or else I’ll fine you!”

The man agrees and leaves.

The next day, the same policeman again picks up the man with a car full of penguins.

The cop says, “Didn’t I tell you to take the penguins to the zoo?!”

The man replies, “I took them, now I’m going to take them to the movies.”

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:10 AM (Keyt1)

220 Prototype for superman's fortress of solitude?

Posted by: Mishdog at May 19, 2023 10:11 AM (YXEoM)

221 217 And Disney World's "Galactic Starcruiser" attraction is closing because of Ron DeSantis, not because it was a billion-dollar boondoggle that cost $2,400 per person to attend a two-night "experience" based on something nobody cares about.
-----------------
They should have focused on their strength - kiddie sex. Pretty sure they would be packing them in.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 10:10 AM (xSnmX)

==========

I've seen video of the place made in the last month.

Seemed pretty empty. Must be DeSantis' fault.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, ZARDOZ! ZARDOZ! at May 19, 2023 10:11 AM (LvTSG)

222 A man is caught with the car full of penguins.

The policeman says, “You have to take these animals to the zoo, or else I’ll fine you!”

The man agrees and leaves.

The next day, the same policeman again picks up the man with a car full of penguins.

The cop says, “Didn’t I tell you to take the penguins to the zoo?!”

The man replies, “I took them, now I’m going to take them to the movies.”
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:10 AM (Keyt1)
++++
LOL. Classic.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 10:11 AM (DU+/6)

223 Nature is red in tooth and claw; the slow, the weak, the young, and the unlucky are victims, and food.
----------------
So by using Nature you really meant Blue Shithole City, rite?

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 10:11 AM (xSnmX)

224 At least there haven’t been any bird puns. We’ve been sparrowed those.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 10:11 AM (5+1HQ)

225 Maybe it’s because this is what my mom just died of, but I feel like I am hearing more and more people with pancreatic cancer. Mom was 10 weeks from diagnosis to death. As most of you know, it would take a lot to convince me the Covid shot wasn’t the catalyst for her cancer.
Posted by: Piper

Condolences, dear. It was the same with my mom in 2009. My boy spawn just got engaged to a delightful girl. I keep thinking how would mom love that.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:11 AM (Wy1BU)

226 219

…. The man agrees and leaves.

The next day, the same policeman again picks up the man with a car full of penguins.

The cop says, “Didn’t I tell you to take the penguins to the zoo?!”

The man replies, “I took them, now I’m going to take them to the movies.”
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:10 AM (Keyt1)

Okay, I laughed..

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:12 AM (RFmMX)

227 Eddie Murphy is a terrible match for the character of Clouseau.

I predict massive embarrassing failure.

But, a paycheck for Eddie. So, there's that.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 19, 2023 10:12 AM (RJQ8g)

228 Sooo.. I'm guessing a mysterious space rock crashed on earth and its colorful crew stepped out for a pee break and a leg stretch.

Just like in the smash-hit 1988 movie Earth Girls Are Easy.

Posted by: Chef Goldblum at May 19, 2023 10:12 AM (0beTq)

229 I've also seen video of the "experience" of the Star Wars hotel.

It seemed like a giant headache. Constant noise. Constant roleplaying. Constant engagement.

That's not a vacation for many people. I can't imagine there are that many extreme extrovert Star Wars fans who would just eat that kind of constancy of stimuli.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, ZARDOZ! ZARDOZ! at May 19, 2023 10:13 AM (LvTSG)

230 224 At least there haven’t been any bird puns. We’ve been sparrowed those.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at

And I have no egrets about it.

Posted by: Piper at May 19, 2023 10:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

231 202 We have blue jays and cardinals in winter. Spring brings back the robins, killdeer, woodpeckers, and those damned starlings.
We had two massive maple tree stumps that were utterly destroyed by woodpeckers in one summer. Stumps were there in the spring, by fall there was a pile of sawdust. Impressive.
------
That matches most of the birds around here too, along with territorial grackels and mockingbirds. Dad can't be sure if the bluebirds he hears are actual ones, or a mockingbird imitating the call.

Posted by: exdem13 at May 19, 2023 10:13 AM (W+kMI)

232 I've never seen Blue Crested Ditflickers in proximity to Red Crested Ditflickers like that. I thought they were mortal enemies.
Then throw in the Yellow Breasted Ditflickers and the Pink Winged Flitdickers and I see pandemonium at work here.
The fallen tree must have just happened as the Flicker wars for territory are usually very bloody and the noticeable absence of it in the snow seems to indicate the snow from the tree covered it up.

Would flip canvas and let the Grand-kids use the other side.

Posted by: Reforger at May 19, 2023 10:13 AM (B705c)

233 Judas Priest's 1st album has a suite of songs around the theme of Winter: Winter, Deep Freeze, Winter Retreat. Not bad for a developing 1974 heavy metal band's 1st album.

Posted by: SFGoth at May 19, 2023 10:13 AM (KAi1n)

234 I saw a Red Tail take a duck by the water once. Duck sitting there then explosion of feathers.. Red Tails are BIG..

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:13 AM (RFmMX)

235 @221

>>I've seen video of the place made in the last month.
Seemed pretty empty. Must be DeSantis' fault.

As has been noted, Disney in order to maintain any semblance of profitability in their theme parks, needs to operate year round, there are only three states they can operated year round and they are in two of them and the third would be similar to Florida in it's political temperament.

To quote the Grail Knight, Disney has chosen poorly in its fights.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2023 10:14 AM (up/3i)

236 That’s a good joke, Fen. Most penguin jokes are aukward. But not that one.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 10:14 AM (5+1HQ)

237 225 Condolences, dear. It was the same with my mom in 2009. My boy spawn just got engaged to a delightful girl. I keep thinking how would mom love that.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023

Thank you. It’s still really hard, I catch myself getting ready to text her a picture of the cats being stupid all the time because she loved that. And honestly, she probably would have liked this painting! 🤣

Congrats on your son’s engagement. That is wonderful news!

Posted by: Piper at May 19, 2023 10:16 AM (ZdaMQ)

238 The cop says, “Didn’t I tell you to take the penguins to the zoo?!”

The man replies, “I took them, now I’m going to take them to the movies.”
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:10 AM (Keyt1)

Lol!

Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 19, 2023 10:16 AM (Emce2)

239 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:10 AM (Keyt1)

Okay, I laughed..
Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:12 AM (RFmMX)

I did as well... good one FS

Posted by: Inogame at May 19, 2023 10:16 AM (53oGX)

240 Me with binoculars: "Hey, look at that Osprey!"

GF: "It's a red tail hawk, babe. See how it has a.... red tail?"

Me, five minutes later: ".... Hey, look at that red tailed Osprey!"

GF: *facepalm*

Posted by: This actually happened, because I'm an idiot at May 19, 2023 10:16 AM (/EuRN)

241 Ditflickers?

Posted by: There are lesbian birds? Hunh. at May 19, 2023 10:16 AM (DhOHl)

242 Penguin jokes always kill and never get old.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2023 10:16 AM (up/3i)

243 Why do birds
suddenly appear,
every time
you are near?
Posted by: Count de Monet

***
Who do birds
Fall down from the sky
Every time
You pass by?
Take a *bath*, man!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 10:16 AM (omVj0)

244 38 If I saw this in my dentist's office I'd leave.
Posted by: Cicero

This is why we can't have nice teeth.

Posted by: Corona at May 19, 2023 10:17 AM (nakGR)

245 I am so sorry for people who have lost loved ones, and yes; I think the shots were responsible for quite a number of deaths. I told this story several days ago on the tech thread. I was in the local Senior Citizens office months ago and a young woman was there returning some walkers her parents had used. She must have been about 25 or so or younger. Both of her parents who were in their 50's died within six months of each other of the same kind of cancer. I didn't ask what kind, nor did I ask "Did they have a Covid shot?" which would have been inappropriate and not helpful, but I can't get that poor stricken young woman's face out of my mind when I hear about deaths of various people who DID have the shots.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:17 AM (Keyt1)

246 At least there haven’t been any bird puns. We’ve been sparrowed those.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at

And I have no egrets about it.
Posted by: Piper at May 19, 2023 10:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

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No harm, no fowl.

Posted by: ShainS at May 19, 2023 10:17 AM (sJSOG)

247 Me, five minutes later: ".... Hey, look at that red tailed Osprey!"

GF: *facepalm*
Posted by: This actually happened, because I'm an idiot at May 19, 2023

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If the Romans had chosen that bird instead of the eagle to be the legions' symbol . . .

. . . they'd have had osprey de corps!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 10:17 AM (omVj0)

248 My wife and son used to play a video game that involved penguins.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 10:18 AM (5+1HQ)

249 Say, this gives me an idea . . .
Posted by: Alfred Hitchcock at May 19, 2023 10:05 AM

Gave me a funnier idea.

Posted by: Mel Brooks at May 19, 2023 10:18 AM (Wnv9h)

250 223 Nature is red in tooth and claw; the slow, the weak, the young, and the unlucky are victims, and food.
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So by using Nature you really meant Blue Shithole City, rite?
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Well, now that you mention it...
"You fools, I didn't ask you to prove that I was correct in a most literal fashion!" - Hobbes, probably

Posted by: exdem13 at May 19, 2023 10:18 AM (W+kMI)

251 235 As has been noted, Disney in order to maintain any semblance of profitability in their theme parks, needs to operate year round, there are only three states they can operated year round and they are in two of them and the third would be similar to Florida in it's political temperament.

To quote the Grail Knight, Disney has chosen poorly in its fights.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2023 10:14 AM (up/3i)

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I think the idea of the "land cruise" was to turn their extremely profitable actual cruises and cut out a large bulk of the cost in terms of maintaining an actual cruise ship on water. The problem is that on a cruise ship, I can be perfectly happy on a sea day just sitting on the deck and watching the water. I do have the option of activity, but that's probably not what most people are seeking most of the time on the boat.

However, without the natural effects of an actual sea cruise, they had to fill the time with...something. So, they filled it with noise. Throw in the fact that the Star Wars brand has taken a dive over the past few years, and it was just a weird bet in general. Probably not something that needed a billion dollars to test.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, ZARDOZ! ZARDOZ! at May 19, 2023 10:18 AM (LvTSG)

252 I saw a Red Tail take a duck by the water once. Duck sitting there then explosion of feathers.. Red Tails are BIG..
Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:13 AM (RFmMX)
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that must have been tremendous to see. My parents have a duckling hatch on a pond this year, and between the coyotes, foxes and (I guess) the hawks, its a wonder any have survived

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2023 10:18 AM (RT5m4)

253 I saw a Red Tail take a duck by the water once. Duck sitting there then explosion of feathers.. Red Tails are BIG.
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He ignored everyone yelling, "Duck!!! Duck!!!" at him,

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 10:19 AM (Vwz3I)

254 I would like to know which type of bird has the "redTEEFer, redTEEFer" call. This is the most humorous bird song in our area.

Posted by: Emmie -- MoMe-curious AR morons and Farmer, please email me at May 19, 2023 10:19 AM (Emce2)

255 248 My wife and son used to play a video game that involved penguins.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 10:18 AM (5+1HQ)

I remember that… Whack-A-Penguin !!

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:19 AM (RFmMX)

256 253 I saw a Red Tail take a duck by the water once. Duck sitting there then explosion of feathers.. Red Tails are BIG.
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He ignored everyone yelling, "Duck!!! Duck!!!" at him,
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 10:19 AM (Vwz3I)

That gets 2 HAHS !!!!

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:20 AM (RFmMX)

257 That’s a good joke, Fen. Most penguin jokes are aukward. But not that one.
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That's pretty bad. WTF have you been puffin this morning??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 10:20 AM (Vwz3I)

258 Penguin jokes always ~~kill~~ krill
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Fixed.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 10:21 AM (Vwz3I)

259 247 But the osprey de corps would’ve wiped out the Roman pigeons.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 10:21 AM (5+1HQ)

260 Uh oh. Bird puns. We'll be lucky to get out of this alive.

Posted by: spindrift at May 19, 2023 10:21 AM (ivvNA)

261 What album cover is this from?

Posted by: red speck at May 19, 2023 10:21 AM (Ny/Va)

262 240 Me with binoculars: "Hey, look at that Osprey!"
GF: "It's a red tail hawk, babe. See how it has a.... red tail?"
Me, five minutes later: ".... Hey, look at that red tailed Osprey!"
GF: *facepalm*
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This joke would give my birdwatcher dad much mirth!

Posted by: exdem13 at May 19, 2023 10:21 AM (W+kMI)

263 261 What album cover is this from?
Posted by: red speck at May 19, 2023 10:21 AM (Ny/Va)

Something by YES I imagine…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:22 AM (RFmMX)

264 Posted by: spindrift at May 19, 2023 10:21 AM (ivvNA)

Well, we could shift to another "animal" which otter be fun.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:22 AM (Keyt1)

265 I guess that red tail didn’t know that it was rabbit season.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 10:22 AM (5+1HQ)

266 tits and boobies

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 19, 2023 10:23 AM (OgrpQ)

267 253 I saw a Red Tail take a duck by the water once. Duck sitting there then explosion of feathers.. Red Tails are BIG.
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He ignored everyone yelling, "Duck!!! Duck!!!" at him,
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This *applause*

Posted by: exdem13 at May 19, 2023 10:23 AM (W+kMI)

268 @251

>>Probably not something that needed a billion dollars to test.

Corporate America is now run by unaccomplished GenX'rs and Millennial Karens and Kevins that literally have no f**king clue about the product they are selling or who they are selling it too.

And it shows.

Basically everything is decaying around us at an exponential rate the Zeitgeist, double so.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2023 10:23 AM (up/3i)

269 263 261 What album cover is this from?
Posted by: red speck at May 19, 2023 10:21 AM (Ny/Va)

Something by YES I imagine…
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Nah, its gotta be a Byrds' Album

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 10:23 AM (xSnmX)

270 What kind of soap is best to put near your birdbath? Dove.

Posted by: Dad joke at May 19, 2023 10:23 AM (DhOHl)

271 I remember that… Whack-A-Penguin !!
Posted by: tubal

And it's extra... Whack-A-Bloody-Penguin! The blood trail was hilarious.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:23 AM (Wy1BU)

272 268 Basically everything is decaying around us at an exponential rate the Zeitgeist, double so.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2023 10:23 AM (up/3i)

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America was more America before corporations ran America.

I celebrate the decay of corporate America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, ZARDOZ! ZARDOZ! at May 19, 2023 10:24 AM (LvTSG)

273 Wild man.

Posted by: Zombie Timothy Leary at May 19, 2023 10:24 AM (N5C4b)

274 264 Posted by: spindrift at May 19, 2023 10:21 AM (ivvNA)

Well, we could shift to another "animal" which otter be fun.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May

Yes! Because toucan play this game!

Posted by: Piper at May 19, 2023 10:24 AM (ZdaMQ)

275 My wife and son used to play a video game that involved penguins.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 10:18 AM

I remember one with a yeti that whacked a penguin for distance. That was a fun time waster.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 10:24 AM (Wnv9h)

276 That's not a vacation for many people. I can't imagine there are that many extreme extrovert Star Wars fans who would just eat that kind of constancy of stimuli.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, ZARDOZ! ZARDOZ! at May 19, 2023 10:13 AM (LvTSG)
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There are people who would love it. The role-play, the engagement, the theme, all of it. These are the same people who go to "Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp" and it is probably - if I had to guess - the exact same target demographic: middle-aged people with money and obsessive interest.

Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp has been fairly successful, but it's all a matter of scale. About 6,000 people have gone through it over 25 years (per Wikipedia, so grain of salt). That starts at six grand for four days, so it is anywhere from a bit to a lot more expensive that the Galactic Starcruiser thing - but they *know* it will be low-volume. They also didn't spend a billion dollars building a venue for it.

The market for something like this is *tiny* and Disney decided to go big on it - and didn't even (apparently) do all that good job when it came to execution. It's a disastrous boondoggle the likes of which usually requires government involvement.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 10:25 AM (DU+/6)

277 We're running a sale on pedophilia.

Posted by: Target at May 19, 2023 10:25 AM (DhOHl)

278 276 Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp has been fairly successful, but it's all a matter of scale. About 6,000 people have gone through it over 25 years (per Wikipedia, so grain of salt). That starts at six grand for four days, so it is anywhere from a bit to a lot more expensive that the Galactic Starcruiser thing - but they *know* it will be low-volume. They also didn't spend a billion dollars building a venue for it.

The market for something like this is *tiny* and Disney decided to go big on it - and didn't even (apparently) do all that good job when it came to execution. It's a disastrous boondoggle the likes of which usually requires government involvement.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 10:25 AM (DU+/6)

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Yeah, I didn't assume it would be zero, but from a billion dollar corporate decision perspective, it's zero.

Probably similar to transgenders.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 10:26 AM (LvTSG)

279 Uh oh. Bird puns. We'll be lucky to get out of this alive.
Posted by: spindrift at May 19, 2023 10:21 AM (ivvNA)

Yeah, we're likely to quack up.

Posted by: dantesed at May 19, 2023 10:26 AM (88xKn)

280 The last few nights there's been a *loud* frog croaking outside my living room window. The cats find it fascinating, but if I don't have the TV or music on, it's annoying. Thank God it's not outside my bedroom window. What could I use to chase it off? Not kill it, okay, you bloodthirsty people, but chase it off? Maybe a broom or mop?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 10:26 AM (omVj0)

281 What kind of soap is best to put near your birdbath? Dove.
Posted by: Dad joke

The best soap to put near a radio? Dial.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 19, 2023 10:26 AM (N5C4b)

282 280 The last few nights there's been a *loud* frog croaking outside my living room window. The cats find it fascinating, but if I don't have the TV or music on, it's annoying. Thank God it's not outside my bedroom window. What could I use to chase it off? Not kill it, okay, you bloodthirsty people, but chase it off? Maybe a broom or mop?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 10:26 AM (omVj0)

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Fire purifies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 10:27 AM (LvTSG)

283 Friend is the white whistleblower with the very-short haircut:

Quote Tweet: Rep. Dan Goldman @RepDanGoldman · 21h
Kash Patel is a political hack for Donald Trump, under investigation by the DOJ for leaking classified information.

Today’s @Weaponization's witnesses were bought and paid for by Patel.

This committee is simply an arm of Trump’s criminal defense team.

Steve Friend @RealStevefriend · 5h
I’m not a “charity” @RepDanGoldman. Just a man forced to rely on the generosity of others when the @FBI unjustly suspended my security clearance and denied me a paycheck. Not all of us have campaign donors, PAC’s, and congressional office budgets. My integrity is never for sale.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 10:27 AM (Vwz3I)

284 Judas Priest's 1st album has a suite of songs around the theme of Winter: Winter, Deep Freeze, Winter Retreat. Not bad for a developing 1974 heavy metal band's 1st album.

Posted by: SFGoth at May 19, 2023 10:13 AM (KAi1n)

I always liked Accept's "winter dreams".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsMC83lA7uo

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 19, 2023 10:27 AM (VwHCD)

285 *Maybe a broom or mop?*

A red tailed Osprey.

Posted by: Just Sayin' at May 19, 2023 10:27 AM (DhOHl)

286 The market for something like this is *tiny* and Disney decided to go big on it - and didn't even (apparently) do all that good job when it came to execution. It's a disastrous boondoggle the likes of which usually requires government involvement.
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Maybe Disney can sell timeshares? That and porn and usury are where the big money is at.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 10:27 AM (xSnmX)

287 Rep. Dan Bishop @RepDanBishop · 19h
Bank of America gave a list to the FBI of anyone who used BofA credit/debit cards in the DC area between Jan 5-7th, 2021 - regardless of whether they participated in the events of Jan. 6th.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 10:27 AM (Vwz3I)

288 Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp?

You mean I have to pay for someone else to arrange me gritting through a gig in a crappy bar with no smoking and that one asshole who has to sing along out of key and way too loud, followed by a two day coke-and-bourbon bender and a night in the drunk tank and my car getting repossessed?

I think I can schedule that just fine on my own, thank you very much.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2023 10:28 AM (/EuRN)

289 280 The last few nights there's been a *loud* frog croaking outside my living room window. The cats find it fascinating, but if I don't have the TV or music on, it's annoying. Thank God it's not outside my bedroom window. What could I use to chase it off? Not kill it, okay, you bloodthirsty people, but chase it off? Maybe a broom or mop?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 10:26 AM (omVj0)

Has it been wet where you are at?? It is probably a tree,frog.. they will disappear once it dries out a bit..

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:28 AM (RFmMX)

290 Yeah, I didn't assume it would be zero, but from a billion dollar corporate decision perspective, it's zero.

Probably similar to transgenders.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 10:26 AM (LvTSG)
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Yup. The entire exercise was baffling from the start. There are people who talk about "it should have been Original Trilogy themed! If it was OT themed, it would have been successful! Nobody likes the Rey Era and that tanked it!"

I kinda don't think so. The market for something like this is so small that the way Disney went about it was never going to work. The costs were too high for the size of the market it was serving.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 10:28 AM (DU+/6)

291 286 Maybe Disney can sell timeshares? That and porn and usury are where the big money is at.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 10:27 AM (xSnmX)

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Wait...porn filmed at the Galactic Starcruiser? Officially branded Star Wars porn?

Hmm....

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 10:28 AM (LvTSG)

292 @272

>>America was more America before corporations ran America.

I celebrate the decay of corporate America.

Corporations have been running America for over 100 years, it just used to be they knew their audiences and catered to them and their pitch wasn't, F**K YOU, now drink my beer or pay no mind to this tranny s**king c*** in the middle of this supposedly kid friendly film, it was more of the Lee Iococca's Drive this car and you will get laid or Coke and a smile, or some other, non-objectionable pitch.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 19, 2023 10:28 AM (up/3i)

293 tits and boobies
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death

"What is the most attractive force in the universe for $1000 Alex?"

Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 10:29 AM (oRtbV)

294 Posted by: Piper at May 19, 2023 10:24 AM (ZdaMQ)

Well done, Piper!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:29 AM (Keyt1)

295 FORD’S ‘VERY GAY RAPTOR’ SET TO REDEFINE ‘TOUGH’ AT GOODWOOD

https://tinyurl.com/yh9ndn4v

Goodwood? LOL

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 19, 2023 10:29 AM (N5C4b)

296 290 Yup. The entire exercise was baffling from the start. There are people who talk about "it should have been Original Trilogy themed! If it was OT themed, it would have been successful! Nobody likes the Rey Era and that tanked it!"

I kinda don't think so. The market for something like this is so small that the way Disney went about it was never going to work. The costs were too high for the size of the market it was serving.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 10:28 AM (DU+/6)

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"I would have gone in that case!"
-like, 5 people

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 10:29 AM (LvTSG)

297 Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp?

You mean I have to pay for someone else to arrange me gritting through a gig in a crappy bar with no smoking and that one asshole who has to sing along out of key and way too loud, followed by a two day coke-and-bourbon bender and a night in the drunk tank and my car getting repossessed?

I think I can schedule that just fine on my own, thank you very much.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2023 10:28 AM (/EuRN)
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LOL. Exactly. That's why you pay six grand to pretend you're the Stones and do it *right.*

Except the drugs, of course. Besides, by the time you're old enough to afford Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp, the drugs'll probably kill you anyway.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 10:29 AM (DU+/6)

298 The last few nights there's been a *loud* frog croaking outside my living room window. The cats find it fascinating, but if I don't have the TV or music on, it's annoying. Thank God it's not outside my bedroom window. What could I use to chase it off? Not kill it, okay, you bloodthirsty people, but chase it off? Maybe a broom or mop?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 19, 2023 10:26 AM (omVj0)

On Wildfire you're both gonna go

Posted by: Michael Martin Murphy at May 19, 2023 10:30 AM (4I/2K)

299 Uh oh. Bird puns. We’ll be lucky to get out of this alive.

Yeah, we’re skuad.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 10:31 AM (5+1HQ)

300 Bleak

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 19, 2023 10:32 AM (g59Yt)

301 My favorite Byrds' song was Eight Miles High. Just really liked the composition and feel of that one.

Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 10:32 AM (xSnmX)

302 Wait...porn filmed at the Galactic Starcruiser? Officially branded Star Wars porn?

Hmm....
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 10:28 AM (LvTSG)

That cat's out of the bag.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 19, 2023 10:32 AM (CZBWZ)

303 Edgar is hiding behind the jay.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 19, 2023 10:32 AM (a3Q+t)

304 Uh oh. Bird puns. We’ll be lucky to get out of this alive.

Yeah, we’re skuad.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

We'll all be short when the bill comes due.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 10:33 AM (oRtbV)

305 Rep. Dan Bishop @RepDanBishop · 19h
Bank of America gave a list to the FBI of anyone who used BofA credit/debit cards in the DC area between Jan 5-7th, 2021 - regardless of whether they participated in the events of Jan. 6th.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 10:27 AM (Vwz3I)

If it needs to be said, banks are evil. I know a lot of people here retain an allegiance to so-called capitalism, but what we have in this country is NOT capitalism. It's corporatism or worse, fascism.

I don't know how anyone still believes otherwise.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 19, 2023 10:33 AM (QBaJw)

306 301 My favorite Byrds' song was Eight Miles High. Just really liked the composition and feel of that one.
Posted by: Puddinhead at May 19, 2023 10:32 AM (xSnmX)

I watched ( and heard) Roger McGuinn do it on acoustic here on the HQ a few weeks ago. Absolutely fantastic!!!

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:33 AM (RFmMX)

307 Wait...porn filmed at the Galactic Starcruiser? Officially branded Star Wars porn?

Hmm....
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 10:28 AM (LvTSG)
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C'mon, TJM. You know what would happen. It would be themed around their various girl-bosses pegging their emasculated male co-stars while lecturing them about racism, capitalism and the patriarchy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 10:34 AM (DU+/6)

308 As part of last week’s budget deal, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature ordered the New York Power Authority to shut down all its fossil-fuel plants in just seven years — even though gas-fired plants supply nearly half the state’s electricity.

At the same time, they banned gas (for stoves and heating) in all new buildings by 2029, forcing them to be all-electric.

And by 2035, the only new cars sold here must also be purely electric.

Where on Earth do they think all the new juice that’s needed will come from?

The NYPA closures are just a small part of the state’s insane energy plan, which just forced National Grid to push for gas rate hikes of 17%, following Con Ed’s request up its gas charges 20%, and 12% for electricity.
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Indeed, the law dictates that 70% of New York’s power must come from renewables by 2030 — so other gas-fueled plants will also have to close or scale back.

Posted by: Neo at May 19, 2023 10:34 AM (RovqD)

309 Looks like that new map of all possible asteroids may have missed a lick.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 19, 2023 10:34 AM (jYCXf)

310 Oh, and he has said that 8 Miles High is NOT about drugs…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:34 AM (RFmMX)

311 So I guess Miller is now the Drag Queen of Bottled Beers.

Posted by: Just Sayin' at May 19, 2023 10:35 AM (DhOHl)

312 The state bird of Indiana is the cardinal.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:35 AM (Wy1BU)

313 So I guess Miller is now the Drag Queen of Bottled Beers.
Posted by: Just Sayin'

HeyOhhhhhhhh!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 10:35 AM (oRtbV)

314 308 Indeed, the law dictates that 70% of New York’s power must come from renewables by 2030 — so other gas-fueled plants will also have to close or scale back.
Posted by: Neo at May 19, 2023 10:34 AM (RovqD)

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The first major black out is going to lead to a massive change in statute real fast.

Getting new energy sources online is going to take...longer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 10:36 AM (LvTSG)

315 264 Careful with the otter puns, Fen. They can lead you down a slippery slope.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 10:36 AM (5+1HQ)

316 312 The state bird of Indiana is the cardinal.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:35 AM (Wy1BU)

I wonder what the staembird of California is??

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:36 AM (RFmMX)

317 tits and boobies
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death

I know people will this really hard to believe, but in the past I have posted some great pictures of tits and boobies.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:36 AM (Keyt1)

318 245 I am so sorry for people who have lost loved ones, and yes; I think the shots were responsible for quite a number of deaths. I told this story several days ago on the tech thread. I was in the local Senior Citizens office months ago and a young woman was there returning some walkers her parents had used. She must have been about 25 or so or younger. Both of her parents who were in their 50's died within six months of each other of the same kind of cancer. I didn't ask what kind, nor did I ask "Did they have a Covid shot?" which would have been inappropriate and not helpful, but I can't get that poor stricken young woman's face out of my mind when I hear about deaths of various people who DID have the shots.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:17 AM (Keyt1)

I wonder if there are any official Phase 4 studies of the COVID vaccine. Those usually take place post-drug release to monitor any longer-term ill effects.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 19, 2023 10:36 AM (NJWRL)

319 ... Where on Earth do they think all the new juice that’s needed will come from? ...
Posted by: Neo at May 19, 2023 10:34 AM (RovqD)
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It depends on which of them you're talking about. There are two groups:
1. It'll come from somewhere. Engineers always figure it out once the government quits coddling them.
2. It won't. There will be permanent shortages and rolling blackouts. The proles will suffer and my control will increase. It'll be fine. They *always* just sit there and take it and this will be no different.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 19, 2023 10:36 AM (DU+/6)

320 2001: A Bird Odyssey

Posted by: JackStraw at May 19, 2023 10:37 AM (ZLI7S)

321 This painting is a bleak visual metaphor for both the Star Wars Experience and the 2024 Meatball Ron Campaign. Deathsantis was universally ignored or mocked on his recent World Tour. Japan, Israel, and especially London stops on his tour proved that he is not ready for prime time.

Posted by: Mega Ullra MAGA at May 19, 2023 10:37 AM (Nn3xT)

322 Tech thread description of birds on the ground:

161 I'm watching two geese and their offspring eating up the scratch I laid out between the lake and the house. Sun is rising over the water and herons and egrets are staking their claim along the shoreline.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 19, 2023 07:37 AM (YXHzG)

Posted by: m at May 19, 2023 10:37 AM (LodBx)

323 253 I saw a Red Tail take a duck by the water once. Duck sitting there then explosion of feathers.. Red Tails are BIG.
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He ignored everyone yelling, "Duck!!! Duck!!!" at him,
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 10:19 AM (Vwz3I)

That is Gary Larson-worthy.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 19, 2023 10:37 AM (NJWRL)

324 320 2001: A Bird Odyssey
Posted by: JackStraw at May 19, 2023 10:37 AM (ZLI7S)

Bawwk bawwwk bawwwwwwwwk...

BAWK-BAWWWWK!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2023 10:37 AM (/EuRN)

325 I wonder what the staembird of California is??
Posted by: tubal

Nuthatch ?

Posted by: JT at May 19, 2023 10:38 AM (T4tVD)

326 325 I wonder what the staembird of California is??
Posted by: tubal

Nuthatch ?
Posted by: JT at May 19, 2023 10:38 AM (T4tVD)

The middle finger.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2023 10:38 AM (/EuRN)

327 >> I wonder what the staembird of California is??
Posted by: tubal

Nuthatch ?
Posted by: JT

Woodpecker?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 19, 2023 10:38 AM (N5C4b)

328 322 Tech thread description of birds on the ground:

161 I'm watching two geese and their offspring eating up the scratch I laid out between the lake and the house. Sun is rising over the water and herons and egrets are staking their claim along the shoreline.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 19, 2023 07:37 AM (YXHzG)
Posted by: m at May 19, 2023 10:37 AM (LodBx)

There was a time when Canadian Geese were the bane of my existence…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:38 AM (RFmMX)

329 Winter:

And could I leave you
Running merrily through the snow?
Or on a wintry evening
When you catch the fire's glow?

Posted by: m at May 19, 2023 10:39 AM (LodBx)

330 > Well, just the blue jays.
They're mean.
___________

There's one here that constantly goes for the cat food outside. It will scare the cats away. Seriously. He's a real fucktard. Can't wait to pop him with the grandson's BB gun.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 19, 2023 10:39 AM (Q4IgG)

331 So Climate Change™ is making weather more unpredictable and we're going to get our energy from sources that depend on the weather?

Posted by: Yeah, that'll work at May 19, 2023 10:39 AM (DhOHl)

332 As part of last week’s budget deal, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature ordered the New York Power Authority to shut down all its fossil-fuel plants in just seven years — even though gas-fired plants supply nearly half the state’s electricity.

Good for them! Lead by example and show us dumb yokels how it’s done.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 19, 2023 10:39 AM (nfrXX)

333 @306 Leo Kottke's Eight Miles High.

Lots of strings. A lot going on there.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 19, 2023 10:39 AM (jYCXf)

334 State bird of California is quail.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:40 AM (Wy1BU)

335 Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 19, 2023 10:36 AM (NJWRL)

I thought that was the VAERS system?-I hope I got the acronym correct. Maybe they discontinued that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:40 AM (Keyt1)

336 So according to the today's ads, I should treat tinnitus by sticking either a) a closed water bottle, or b) a whole lemon into my ear. Seems legit.

Posted by: When life gives you lemons, stick them in your ear at May 19, 2023 10:40 AM (FEapg)

337 333 @306 Leo Kottke's Eight Miles High.

Lots of strings. A lot going on there.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 19, 2023 10:39 AM (jYCXf)

Will look for that, Kottke was genius…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:40 AM (RFmMX)

338 Indeed, the law dictates that 70% of New York’s power must come from renewables by 2030 — so other gas-fueled plants will also have to close or scale back.
Posted by: Neo

Tennessee Gov. Lee signs EO to position TN as leader in Nuclear Energy:

https://is.gd/HwmJFl

Don't know, of course, what it will amount to but, better than fighting it tooth and nail.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 10:40 AM (oRtbV)

339 314 308 Indeed, the law dictates that 70% of New York’s power must come from renewables by 2030 — so other gas-fueled plants will also have to close or scale back.
Posted by: Neo at May 19, 2023 10:34 AM (RovqD)

=========

The first major black out is going to lead to a massive change in statute real fast.

Getting new energy sources online is going to take...longer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 10:36 AM (LvTSG

And nukes and hydro don’t count as renewables, amirite?

Posted by: Fox 2! at May 19, 2023 10:41 AM (5Oamx)

340 339 And nukes and hydro don’t count as renewables, amirite?
Posted by: Fox 2! at May 19, 2023 10:41 AM (5Oamx)

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I think hyrdo does, but nuclear definitely doesn't.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 10:41 AM (LvTSG)

341 I know people will this really hard to believe, but in the past I have posted some great pictures of tits and boobies.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:36 AM

Au contraire, madame, that is one of the (many) things you are known and revered for amongst the Commentariat.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 19, 2023 10:41 AM (a3Q+t)

342 316 312 The state bird of Indiana is the cardinal.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:35 AM (Wy1BU)

I wonder what the staembird of California is??
Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:36 AM (RFmMX)

Cuckoos.

Posted by: m at May 19, 2023 10:41 AM (LodBx)

343 "Peter Blume (27 October 1906 – 30 November 1992) was an American painter and sculptor. His work contained elements of folk art, Precisionism, Parisian Purism, Cubism, and Surrealism." - Wikipedia

Covered his bases.

Posted by: javems at May 19, 2023 10:42 AM (AmoqO)

344 So Climate Change™ is making weather more unpredictable and we're going to get our energy from sources that depend on the weather?
Posted by: Yeah, that'll work at May 19, 2023 10:39 AM (DhOHl)
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We here in flyover country are just too stupid to understand their brilliance.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 19, 2023 10:42 AM (YIVH2)

345 They just closed Indian Point without equivalent base load replacement.

What happens next is sometime called, “bad luck”.

Posted by: Fox 2! at May 19, 2023 10:42 AM (5Oamx)

346 167 Why do birds
suddenly appear,
every time
you are near?
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 19, 2023 09:59 AM (4I/2K)

; )

Posted by: m at May 19, 2023 10:43 AM (LodBx)

347 By the way, CBD, thanks for this…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:43 AM (RFmMX)

348 337 333 @306 Leo Kottke's Eight Miles High.

Lots of strings. A lot going on there.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 19, 2023 10:39 AM (jYCXf)

Will look for that, Kottke was genius…
Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:40 AM (RFmMX)

Kottke was four dudes playing one guitar. Had to be.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 19, 2023 10:43 AM (KbCG3)

349 Nuclear fashion is very renewable, assuming you fly frequently.

Posted by: Sam Brinton at May 19, 2023 10:44 AM (a3Q+t)

350 312 The state bird of Indiana is the cardinal.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:35 AM (Wy1BU)

I didn't know Indiana was so Catholic

Posted by: Papists! They're all over! at May 19, 2023 10:44 AM (FEapg)

351 I think hyrdo does, but nuclear definitely doesn't.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 10:41 AM (LvTSG)

IIIRC, most of New York’s hydro power actually comes from Kaybeck.

Posted by: Fox 2! at May 19, 2023 10:44 AM (5Oamx)

352 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | 1975

"It was shot in a wing of the Oregon State Mental Hospital, 2600 Center Street between 24th and 25th Streets, Salem, on Hwy-5 about 50 miles south of Portland...."

Further south would've landed it in California.

Posted by: m at May 19, 2023 10:45 AM (LodBx)

353 Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 19, 2023 10:41 AM (a3Q+t)

Thanks; Of course, I don't use the Fen handle because then nobody would fall into my terrible trap.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:45 AM (Keyt1)

354 I saw Kottke play in a small venue once, sat really close, will never foget the experience.

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:45 AM (RFmMX)

355 Oh swell.... They're blasting at the base today. This a process where old munitions are detonated to dispose. It shakes my house! I started with a headache. This will soooooo help!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:45 AM (Wy1BU)

356 312 The state bird of Indiana is the cardinal.

Likewise

Posted by: The Commonwealth of Virginia at May 19, 2023 10:46 AM (DhOHl)

357 356 312 The state bird of Indiana is the cardinal.

Likewise
Posted by: The Commonwealth of Virginia

Don't forget us!!

OH! (IO!)

Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 10:47 AM (oRtbV)

358 Kottke was four dudes playing one guitar. Had to be.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 19, 2023 10:43 AM (KbCG3)
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Nah, he double-tracked. Put the fingering on first and the picking on afterwards.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 19, 2023 10:47 AM (2hlEI)

359 California is the quail. Weird. I figured it was the condor.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:47 AM (Wy1BU)

360 354 I saw Kottke play in a small venue once, sat really close, will never foget the experience.

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:45 AM (RFmMX)

My uncle saw him play once. Hung around after the show and ended up talking to him after. Asked Leo what he was going to do that night and Kottke, after just playing a concert, said he was probably going to go back to his hotel room and play a some guitar. My uncle asked if he was really going to do that and he said, "Yeah, I like playing guitar."

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 19, 2023 10:48 AM (KbCG3)

361 Bawwk bawwwk bawwwwwwwwk...

BAWK-BAWWWWK!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 19, 2023 10:37 AM

I heard that in the voices of the Muppet Show chickens. I'm now picturing Animal directing a chicken chorus.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 10:48 AM (Wnv9h)

362 California is the quail. Weird. I figured it was the condor.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:47 AM

It was for 3 days, then they changed it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 10:48 AM (Wnv9h)

363 Hydro is renewable, but I doubt you could get a new dam built anywhere these days.

Posted by: spindrift at May 19, 2023 10:49 AM (ivvNA)

364 VAERS is anecdotal! Idiosyncratic! Crackpottery! Untestable! Unverifiable! Unscientific! It should be disregarded entirely and you should believe in SCIENCE™!

Posted by: Things I learned from COBs at May 19, 2023 10:49 AM (FEapg)

365 Which state bird is a tit?

Posted by: The internet probably knows at May 19, 2023 10:49 AM (DhOHl)

366 Texas State Bird - 🖕🏻

Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 10:49 AM (Y2tls)

367 It's criminal to be a governor of a large state that sits on a vast reservoir of clean natural gas, yet causes rate hikes and shortages on purpose. Could fuel industry and heat homes and businesses, but won't. Making poor people freeze, and have to choose between food and paying a power bill. Hochul should be flogged and sent to Sing Sing or Dannemora or Attica.

Posted by: In a Just World at May 19, 2023 10:49 AM (Nn3xT)

368 Russian revolutionary-ish to me. Life thrives even amid such harshness, yada, yada and/or Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 from the Bible and Turn, turn, turn by the Byrds.

I'm surprised I like this painting with its wildly contrasting colors & softness around the granite, and I might hang it.
I see Blume did a painting entitled South of Scranton which is much more surreal and, actually, very bidenish to me. Wouldn't hang it but it's worth a peek. Thanks.

Posted by: Lola - ALL the 1/6 videotapes from Alexandra and Jade, too. at May 19, 2023 10:49 AM (GshMh)

369 State bird of California is quail.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:40 AM (Wy1BU)

Ahh the Grey Topnotted Ditflicker.
Good eating.

Posted by: Reforger at May 19, 2023 10:49 AM (B705c)

370 367 It's criminal to be a governor of a large state that sits on a vast reservoir of clean natural gas, yet causes rate hikes and shortages on purpose. Could fuel industry and heat homes and businesses, but won't. Making poor people freeze, and have to choose between food and paying a power bill. Hochul should be flogged and sent to Sing Sing or Dannemora or Attica.
Posted by: In a Just World at May 19, 2023 10:49 AM (Nn3xT)

=========

"We want this, though."
-NY voters, just last year

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, on just the weirdest trip with John Boorman at May 19, 2023 10:50 AM (LvTSG)

371 Which state bird is a tit?
Posted by: The internet probably knows

Nevada? The only state with legal whorehouses.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 10:50 AM (Y2tls)

372 I heard that in the voices of the Muppet Show chickens. I'm now picturing Animal directing a chicken chorus.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Best Muppet song ever.

https://youtu.be/QTXyXuqfBLA

You're welcome!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 10:50 AM (oRtbV)

373 My uncle saw him play once. Hung around after the show and ended up talking to him after. Asked Leo what he was going to do that night and Kottke, after just playing a concert, said he was probably going to go back to his hotel room and play a some guitar. My uncle asked if he was really going to do that and he said, "Yeah, I like playing guitar."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 19, 2023 10:48 AM (KbCG3)
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Andres Segovia was like that, too.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 19, 2023 10:50 AM (2hlEI)

374 Another faux racist hate crime seems to be blowing up in their faces. And in record time.

https://bit.ly/3OxSv34
https://bit.ly/41TtPFw
https://bit.ly/3OxSKv0
https://bit.ly/437MuOQ

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 19, 2023 10:51 AM (FVME7)

375 "Evil Liche's Mountain Fortress"

Sethra Lavode's castle?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 19, 2023 10:51 AM (nC+QA)

376 Best Muppet song ever.

https://youtu.be/QTXyXuqfBLA

You're welcome!
Posted by: Tonypete at May 19, 2023 10:50 AM

Do do do do doo.....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2023 10:52 AM (Wnv9h)

377 373 My uncle saw him play once. Hung around after the show and ended up talking to him after. Asked Leo what he was going to do that night and Kottke, after just playing a concert, said he was probably going to go back to his hotel room and play a some guitar. My uncle asked if he was really going to do that and he said, "Yeah, I like playing guitar."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 19, 2023 10:48 AM (KbCG3)
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Andres Segovia was like that, too.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 19, 2023 10:50 AM (2hlEI)

Check out Justin Johnson sometime… he’s that kind of guitarist too….

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:52 AM (RFmMX)

378 335 Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 19, 2023 10:36 AM (NJWRL)

I thought that was the VAERS system?-I hope I got the acronym correct. Maybe they discontinued that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:40 AM (Keyt1)

VAERS is a little different. That is a self-reporting system that allows the public to interact with the gov't authorities on approved meds. Phase 4 is where the FDA continues to actively monitor the drug/vaccine's safety 'in the wild'

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 19, 2023 10:52 AM (NJWRL)

379 >>Hydro is renewable, but I doubt you could get a new dam built anywhere these days.

They want to tear out the Snake River and Columbia River Dams.

F'n retards.

Posted by: garrett at May 19, 2023 10:52 AM (ZlS5/)

380 Kottke is an amazing guitar player. Ry Cooder also.

Posted by: I wish I had even 1% of their talent at May 19, 2023 10:52 AM (FEapg)

381 Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 19, 2023 10:52 AM (NJWRL)

Thanks for the info.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2023 10:52 AM (Keyt1)

382 Everytime I see 'birdbath' here my mind literally races to Nanz with her psycho waving claw hand talking about birdbath and ah privilege scrub.

The Rachel Marie's lip syncing is funnier, but the real vid of Nanz is quite something.

Two for sure in TX that must go. Eyepatch McCain and that fucking dunce John Cornyn.

Further, I don't see the 'baggage' of Trump but I never found CNN's lie tracker anything but fever dreams. He's Trump so we get Trump (which is often hilarious) and definitely out maneuvered Reagan on my list. Best president in my life.

Trump's inner circle should be asking themselves who's the most vindictive motherfucker we can think of for AG because the reckoning is coming.

Posted by: micky at May 19, 2023 10:53 AM (3byMq)

383 Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, N.Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia all have the northern cardinal as state bird!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:53 AM (Wy1BU)

384 Eight miles high and falling fast? Check.

Posted by: Don McLean at May 19, 2023 10:53 AM (DhOHl)

385 Oh swell.... They're blasting at the base today. This a process where old munitions are detonated to dispose. It shakes my house!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:45 AM

Sounds like Madamemayhem is going to feel the Earth move multiple times!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 19, 2023 10:53 AM (a3Q+t)

386 I'm very upset that this Blume fellow honored Cubism. Doesn't he know that Castro is a gangster and murders his own people?

Posted by: Emily Litella at May 19, 2023 10:54 AM (Nn3xT)

387 385 Oh swell.... They're blasting at the base today. This a process where old munitions are detonated to dispose. It shakes my house!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:45 AM

Sounds like Madamemayhem is going to feel the Earth move multiple times!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 19, 2023 10:53 AM (a3Q+t)

Carole King nods…

Posted by: tubal at May 19, 2023 10:54 AM (RFmMX)

388 Best Muppet song ever.

https://youtu.be/QTXyXuqfBLA

You're welcome!
Posted by: Tonypete

Manamana!

Do do do do do de do do do do do do do do do
Manamana
Do do-do do
Manamana
Do do do do do de do do do do do do do do do

Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 10:55 AM (Y2tls)

389 Another faux racist hate crime seems to be blowing up in their faces. And in record time.

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America: so systemically racist, that we have to create hoax "hate crimes" to prove it -- and millions of black and brown people continue pouring over the border.

Posted by: ShainS at May 19, 2023 10:55 AM (sJSOG)

390 >>Best Muppet song ever.

The Motorhead Episode was the Best Muppet Episode they never made.

Posted by: garrett at May 19, 2023 10:55 AM (ZlS5/)

391 "We want this, though." -NY voters, just last year

***********

I drive a Tesla with a 25 mile range in NYC and pay 10 times the price for energy because I'm so much better than you

*sips $25 bottle wine bought from Stop and Shop*

Posted by: New York AWFLs at May 19, 2023 10:55 AM (VTu1l)

392
Kottke is an amazing guitar player. Ry Cooder also.
Posted by: I wish I had even 1% of their talent
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Ian Bennet Nashville

Posted by: Swamp Rabbit at May 19, 2023 10:56 AM (vwCZJ)

393 Sounds like Madamemayhem is going to feel the Earth move multiple times!
Posted by: Duncanthrax
I feel the earth move under my ..... Whatever.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:56 AM (Wy1BU)

394 Sounds like Madamemayhem is going to feel the Earth move multiple times!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 19, 2023 10:53 AM

That is, how you say, one of my specialties.

Posted by: Paolo at May 19, 2023 10:56 AM (ZDFAy)

395 What's the most common state bird? Cardinal?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 19, 2023 10:57 AM (Q4IgG)

396 *Kottke is an amazing guitar player. Ry Cooder also.*

And you can get chicks for free.

Posted by: Mark Knopfler at May 19, 2023 10:57 AM (DhOHl)

397 Healthcare providers are also required by law to report adverse events to VAERS, so it's not just those stupid crackpot idiot peons who are too retarded to believe in SCIENCE™ and acknowledge that nothing bad can possibly happen as a result of the clot shot.

Posted by: VAERS - not just for people believing their lying eyes at May 19, 2023 10:57 AM (FEapg)

398 That is, how you say, one of my specialties.
Posted by: Paolo

Back off, gigalo.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:58 AM (Wy1BU)

399 It's like Christmas in May!

Anybody else worried that 60,000 pounds of explosives just disappeared off a train somewhere between Wyoming and California?

https://bit.ly/41PIAJu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at May 19, 2023 10:59 AM (FVME7)

400 >>Sounds like Madamemayhem is going to feel the Earth move multiple times!

I will, how do you say?

...Prepare the Bunker Buster.

Posted by: Lieutenant Paolo at May 19, 2023 10:59 AM (ZlS5/)

401 Shouldn't we be sending our expired ammo to Ukraine, or wouldn't Zelensky be able to sell old stuff on the black market?

Posted by: Bombs Away! at May 19, 2023 11:00 AM (Nn3xT)

402 Posted by: rickb223

When I do sounds in text I go back over it to make sure I have the correct number of dues. That song is fun because it's retarded and the lyrics are easy to remember!

Remember to stock up on disdain, ridicule and mockery.

Posted by: micky at May 19, 2023 11:00 AM (3byMq)

403 Nood

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 19, 2023 11:00 AM (5+1HQ)

404 398 That is, how you say, one of my specialties.
Posted by: Paolo

Back off, gigalo.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 19, 2023 10:58 AM (Wy1BU)

When the end comes I know
I'm just a gigolo
Life goes on without me

Posted by: The Paolo - he, how you say, ain't got nobody at May 19, 2023 11:00 AM (FEapg)

405 *Anybody else worried that 60,000 pounds of explosives just disappeared off a train somewhere between Wyoming and California?*

We've got our best sodomite on it.

Posted by: US Department of Transportation at May 19, 2023 11:01 AM (DhOHl)

406 "Changes were made"

Can we make those kind of changes to most of the executive branch?

Posted by: JEM at May 19, 2023 11:01 AM (8erNz)

407 Nood. Climate Follies!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 19, 2023 11:01 AM (NJWRL)

408 It's like Christmas in May!

Anybody else worried that 60,000 pounds of explosives just disappeared off a train somewhere between Wyoming and California?
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It's okay.

It was the Dutch Mafia stealing it for once the government there bans fertilizers.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 19, 2023 11:01 AM (Vwz3I)

409 America: so systemically racist, that

twelve million illegals want to sneak in.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2023 11:03 AM (Y2tls)

410 Where I go to get my rocks off to the
chirping of birds.Try it.

Posted by: safristi at May 19, 2023 11:17 AM (FSBXk)

411 One of those Bluejays has long legs the rest of the Birds are just waiting

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 19, 2023 04:42 PM (wGqjj)

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