Woke French Dictionary Adds "Non Binary" Pronouns to Language -- Despite the Inconvenient Fact That Almost No One In France Uses Them

A French dictionary has added a #Woke nonbinary pronoun to the dictionary.

Couple of things you should know:

Like most languages except English, French has an authoritative academy -- the Academie Francaise -- which makes official rulings on the language and makes changes to spelling and usage, if needed. If they decide to eliminate an irregular spelling in favor for a regular spelling, they'll, for example, declare that the country will be switching to the regular spelling in 2032, and until then, both the irregular but traditional spelling and the regular but new spelling will be officially deemed "correct" for all purposes.

This is a pretty nice little compromise that seem to keep the traditionalists satisfied that the irregular spelling they committed to memory as children will at least be respected for ten more years, while eventually phasing it out in favor of a spelling that follows the normal spelling rules.

It's a system that seems to work without too much consternation. Every few years more verbs are made into regular verbs, and more spellings are brought into comportment with regular spelling rules.

The point of this is that it is the Academie Francaise that traditionally makes these calls, not some Woke dictionary editors.

On the other hand, the dictionary in France is Le Petit Robert, and that's the dictionary that has decided to go woke, without so much as a by-your-leave from the Academie.

The other point is that French, like Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Latin, already has a "nonbinary" neutral pronoun. That pronoun is... "he." I mean, the French for he, "il." In French and all Latin-based languages, the masculine pronoun is also the neuter or "non-binary" pronoun.

Il pleuve means It's raining, not He's raining. (Though I'm sure poets and songwriters have used it to mean "he's raining," as in "He's crying.")

As far as group pronouns, ils is "they" meaning a group of males, elles is "they" referring to a group of females. But ils also refers to a group of mixed males and females. Again, the "male" pronoun does double-duty as both a male and neuter pronoun.

This is why it makes no sense to say "Latinx." Spanish already has a word for a group of both male and female Latinos. That word is... Latinos. A group of all-female Latin people is Latinas, a group of all male Latins is Latinos, a group of both male and female Latins -- and non-binary, and intersex, and 2-spirit, and bunselves -- is "Latinos."

But Woke White College Karens who took a 1-credit course in Appreciating South American Culture decided it was time to make some improvements to the Spanish language, So.

Anyway, the French actually don't like this woke crap and they are extremely proud of their culture and language and don't like seeing it vandalized by foreign barbarians with bizarre sexual proclivities.

French dictionary Le Robert decided to add the entry "iel" -- a combination of "il" and "elle," which means "he" and "she" in French respectively -- into the online version of its dictionary in October.
It's a "personal subject pronoun of the third person singular and plural, used to refer to a person regardless of gender," the dictionary entry reads.
Together with its plural and feminine form, called collectively as "iel, ielle, iels, ielles," this new addition to the French language has triggered strong opposition from some French politicians.

Wait.

Wait.

Your "non-binary" pronoun iel--

ALSO HAS A "FEMININE FORM"???!

SO "IEL" IS THE MASCULINE FORM OF THE "NON-BINARY" PRONOUN, AND "IELLE" IS THE FEMININE FORM OF THE "NON-BINARY" PRONOUN?

Do you--

Do you not see--

having masculine and feminine forms makes them "binary"?

Don't you need a ANOTHER "non-binary" pronoun for people who are, what's the word, actually non-binary?

Sacre Merde, this is even stupider than I thought it was going to be.

Well I guess the non-binary pronouns have to have a gender, because every noun or pronoun in French is either male or female.

So....

What is the point?

"The Petit Robert, a dictionary that we thought was a reference, has just integrated on its site the words "iel, ielle, iels, ielles," said French lawmaker François Jolivet, from French President Emmanuel Macron's party La Republique en Marche, in a tweet on Tuesday.
"Its authors are therefore militants of a cause that has nothing to do with France: #wokisme," Jolivet said.
His anger resonated among other French lawmakers, including the Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer.
"Inclusive writing is not the future of the French language," Blanquer said in a tweet on Tuesday.
"Hence, even though our students are consolidating their fundamental knowledge, they cannot have this as a reference."
CNN has reached out to the French Academy, the governing body of the French language, for comment.
French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal reiterated the government's position "not to use inclusive writing in all official documents and administrative documents," at his weekly press conference on Wednesday.
Le Robert responded with a statement on Wednesday saying that it is simply trying to reflect recent changes in the French language that it has noticed.
It admitted that the general use of "iel" is still low, and the dictionary entry flags that the word is "rare." But the editorial committee thought it would be useful to include the entry and clarify its meanings for people so that they can decide if they want to use it or reject it.

There's always an argument among grammarians between prescriptivists -- those who prescribe how a language ought to be used -- and descriptivists -- those who view their science as being chiefly about describing how a language is used, whether it's right or not.

Prescriptivists might say "ain't" isn't a word. Descriptivists would say, it gets used enough that it should be counted as word.

But in this case, Le Petit Robert admits that barely anyone is using "iel." So they're not descriptivists. And they're not prescriptivists -- at least not in terms of insisting on older, traditional rules of grammar and usage.

Instead they prescriptivists for Woke rules that no one is currently following but which they insist should be followed.

They're not describing current usage, nor are they reiterating traditional usage -- they're propgandizing for usages that no one uses, but which the Non-Binary zealots of #wokisme think should be used.

Faugh.

Faugh, say.

As a great man said: Tout ce qui est "woke" change en merde.

Posted by: Ace at 04:43 PM

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1 First!

Posted by: InCali at November 19, 2021 04:42 PM (xhOAA)

2 Slanty

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 19, 2021 04:43 PM (nR2nR)

3 America first!

Posted by: InCali at November 19, 2021 04:43 PM (xhOAA)

4 Le wee wee

...Kackling Kamala...

Posted by: Bruce at November 19, 2021 04:43 PM (vd8XM)

5 Corgis called.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 19, 2021 04:44 PM (nR2nR)

6 It's a post about French, but written in Italican.

Posted by: PabloD at November 19, 2021 04:44 PM (iU0gB)

7 CNN watcher - " Wonder if anything happened at the white supremacist mass murder trial today? Sure don't see anything about it this evening "

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2021 04:45 PM (2JoB8)

8 Ceci n'est pas un penis.

Posted by: Rene Magritte at November 19, 2021 04:45 PM (Oqbhf)

9 For Sale: French Dictionary, lightly used.

Only thrown down once.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2021 04:45 PM (mD/uy)

10 What movie is this?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 04:45 PM (kBuGL)

11 Oh, my head hurts from the stupidity.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 04:46 PM (Ez6QX)

12 "Le Petit Robert" literally means "The Little Robert" -- I presume it's an abridged edition of "Le Robert" that they also mention.

Or maybe it's Beatoff O'Cuck's wife's nickname for his peen.

One of those.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 04:46 PM (bW8dp)

13 Time to just list people by chromosomes.

Posted by: Bete at November 19, 2021 04:46 PM (Ojki1)

14 I'm...okay, I don't know what I am, but fine...let's talk about the French Dictionary.

After all, no one else does.

Posted by: Boswell at November 19, 2021 04:46 PM (5iUNf)

15 Who uses French internationally?

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2021 04:47 PM (2JoB8)

16 I will proudly display that French dictionary in the library of my compound.

Posted by: David French of the French Davidians at November 19, 2021 04:47 PM (TNyrE)

17 For a while now my brother and I have been discussing what happens to the woke left when they realize almost all languages in the world have gender cases for their grammar. Masculine and feminine nouns, etc.

And of all of them, the French are super protective and defensive about their language.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 19, 2021 04:47 PM (KZzsI)

18 > Ceci n'est pas un penis.
> Posted by: Rene Magritte

Or, once again, Beatoff O'Cuck's wife.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 04:47 PM (bW8dp)

19 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 04:47 PM (Zz0t1)

20 France surrenders to the sodomites.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 19, 2021 04:47 PM (KOlLu)

21 >>"Le Petit Robert" literally means "The Little Robert" -- I presume it's an abridged edition of "Le Robert" that they also mention.

oh maybe, yeah that could be it. I've heard of Le Petit Robert, it makes sense there's just a Le Robert.

Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:47 PM (0G13K)

22 > Who uses French internationally?

The UN, I think.

But you probably meant something that matters, I guess.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 04:47 PM (bW8dp)

23 Time to just list people by chromosomes.
Posted by: Bete at November 19, 2021 04:46 PM (Ojki1)

But then boys couldn't pretend to be girls.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 04:47 PM (Ez6QX)

24 I am surprised. The French are normally so damn pissy about not getting their language right (the one really conservative trait in the whole bloody country).

Posted by: Legion of Boom at November 19, 2021 04:48 PM (WgWHG)

25 there's a female and male version of the new made-up non-binary pronoun

is it just me?!

Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:48 PM (0G13K)

26 Who uses French internationally?
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2021 04:47 PM (2JoB

No one even uses it "intentionally" - except maybe Kamala - she our new VP Pepe LePew.

Posted by: Boswell at November 19, 2021 04:48 PM (5iUNf)

27 I was under the mistaken impression that ace was on vacation already. Party on ace!

Posted by: f'd at November 19, 2021 04:48 PM (Tnijr)

28 Mon Dieu!!

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 19, 2021 04:48 PM (OalnH)

29 >>Like most languages except English, French has an authoritative academy

Is this true? I thought French was the outlier and most languages do not have a government mandated "official" spelling and grammar.

I don't think Japan does. God knows the Japanese make up words and grammar every time they open their mouths.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at November 19, 2021 04:48 PM (I64Vf)

30 Time to just list people by chromosomes.
Posted by: Bete at November 19, 2021 04:46 PM (Ojki1)

Just them, they've all got one extra.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 19, 2021 04:48 PM (wAnMi)

31

Didn't VP Harris just return from France? Was that nonsense part of her diplomatic mission?

Posted by: Lola at November 19, 2021 04:49 PM (VQp1G)

32 O zut

Bad, bad zut.

Posted by: Le Mikleuse, mes cheres amis at November 19, 2021 04:49 PM (QzkSJ)

33 >>>27 I was under the mistaken impression that ace was on vacation already. Party on ace!

no today i'm working. I had hoped to coast but we had Some News.

but it was good news.

Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:49 PM (0G13K)

34 The retard-o-meter just screamed in pain and blew up! It just blew the fuck up! I did not see that coming.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 19, 2021 04:49 PM (Vxu+H)

35 there's a female and male version of the new made-up non-binary pronoun

is it just me?!

Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:48 PM (0G13K)

No. It's giving me a headache. "Together with its plural and feminine form," WTF?

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 04:49 PM (Ez6QX)

36 They also have a "Le Grand Robert". A little bit like The Paolo, but with pastier skin.

Posted by: Grande Paolo at November 19, 2021 04:49 PM (sGnvY)

37 Here it's that little black midget guy who makes decisions about language. What's his name...had his own TV show...

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw at November 19, 2021 04:49 PM (II3Gr)

38 I blame Obamacore math.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper and Political Savant at November 19, 2021 04:49 PM (PiwSw)

39 Wewe.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 19, 2021 04:50 PM (KOlLu)

40 >>>Is this true? I thought French was the outlier and most languages do not have a government mandated "official" spelling and grammar.

spain has one, Italy has one

Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:50 PM (0G13K)

41 > oh maybe, yeah that could be it. I've heard of Le Petit Robert, it makes sense there's just a Le Robert.

Wikipedia (yeah, I know) says that Le Petit Robert is one volume, while the full Le Robert is eight.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 04:50 PM (bW8dp)

42 I don't think Japan does. God knows the Japanese make up words and grammar every time they open their mouths.

---

They have a whole bloody phonic alphabet (katakana?)
so they can import words.

Posted by: Legion of Boom at November 19, 2021 04:50 PM (WgWHG)

43 I think them frogs eat eils don't they?

Posted by: f'd at November 19, 2021 04:50 PM (Tnijr)

44 Oui oui! Le Cheese est smelly.

Posted by: Capital Eff believes #RonnaMustGo #McCarthyMustGo #McConnellMustGo at November 19, 2021 04:50 PM (2xGy+)

45 28 Mon Merde!!

Posted by: Shitting FJB at November 19, 2021 04:50 PM (ufFY8)

46 Didn't VP Harris just return from France? Was that nonsense part of her diplomatic mission?
Posted by: Lola at November 19, 2021 04:49 PM (VQp1G)

No doubt there was a meeting we weren't privy to.
All part of "ze plan!"

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 19, 2021 04:50 PM (wAnMi)

47 Ma, c'est ici un Ace Volant

Posted by: Le Mikleuse, who used to play Milles Bornes at November 19, 2021 04:50 PM (QzkSJ)

48 Or is it "iels". Do I look like I know french?

Posted by: f'd at November 19, 2021 04:51 PM (Tnijr)

49 So French literally uses our theme song?

It's raining men indeed. Two snaps up!

Posted by: Men on Film at November 19, 2021 04:51 PM (Ojki1)

50 The French won more battles than any other nation. It was those happy few band of brothers, and Henry V that ruined a winning streak almost as good as the British empire.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 19, 2021 04:51 PM (44ww/)

51 Mon Merde!!
Posted by: Shitting FJB at November 19, 2021 04:50 PM (ufFY

Soccer blue!

Posted by: Kamala Harris at November 19, 2021 04:51 PM (wAnMi)

52 Why does the whole state of North Carolina smell like ass.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 19, 2021 04:51 PM (KOlLu)

53 IELLE-IELLE-OH?

Posted by: Another Anon at November 19, 2021 04:51 PM (bW28E)

54 This seems like a more appropriate post for discussing appropriate wedding shower gifts.

Posted by: Just Lily at November 19, 2021 04:51 PM (nO0wu)

55 We may scoff at this but I find it truly amazing as the French are very very protective of their language. They even have some sort of regulatory agency to prevent new words.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 19, 2021 04:51 PM (jTmQV)

56 Woke: CHANGE YOUR LANGUAGE!

Everyone: FUCK OFF.

- How it should go, everywhere.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 04:51 PM (Zz0t1)

57 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 04:47 PM (Zz0t1)

Don't you mean LE FIRST!!!! ???

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 04:52 PM (mZUr4)

58 >>>52 Why does the whole state of North Carolina smell like ass.

We've opened a detective agency in Raleigh.

Posted by: Fatlock and Tater at November 19, 2021 04:52 PM (0G13K)

59 (the one really conservative trait in the whole bloody country).
Posted by: Legion of Boom

It's not just conservative, but it is also Authoritarian. Remember, the French think their educated elite are the only ones who matter and all the other shits in the country and out who speak *their* language need to be monitored closely and told what to think, say, and how to say it. This is a very French trait.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at November 19, 2021 04:52 PM (I64Vf)

60 spain has one, Italy has one
Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:50 PM (0G13K)

Yoo, fwoking Lawn Giland has won...ohhh - ayyy? Youse doubting meh?

Posted by: Boswell at November 19, 2021 04:52 PM (5iUNf)

61 > The French won more battles than any other nation.

As one famous parody noted, usually when they were being led by someone other than a Frenchman. Such as a Corsican, or a fourteen-year-old girl.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 04:52 PM (bW8dp)

62 Is this true? I thought French was the outlier and most languages do not have a government mandated "official" spelling and grammar.

spain has one, Italy has one
Posted by: ace

Hungary would have one, if anybody ever learned Hungarian.

Posted by: Miklos sees a funding opportunity, albeit in Forints at November 19, 2021 04:52 PM (QzkSJ)

63 French used to be the language of diplomats. No more, cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 19, 2021 04:52 PM (mNhhD)

64 52 Why does the whole state of North Carolina smell like ass.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 19, 2021 04:51 PM (KOlLu)

Feel free to keep on driving...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper and Political Savant at November 19, 2021 04:52 PM (PiwSw)

65 I haven't had a legit vacation in 20 years.

I'm taking all of December off.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 19, 2021 04:53 PM (oHeld)

66 To get a French speaker to understand your English if you speak English with a French accent they can understand it better.
The Ho

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2021 04:53 PM (2JoB8)

67 I saw Petit Robert open for Little Richard at the MGM Grand in '87

Posted by: Hand at November 19, 2021 04:53 PM (786Ro)

68 Man, I wish Trump was still president.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 19, 2021 04:53 PM (ZLI7S)

69 Stuff like this really make me iel.

Posted by: A French Heshe at November 19, 2021 04:53 PM (Tnijr)

70 The French are cool peeps. I lived amongst them for a while. Plus I love their autoroutes. Puts interstates to shame in terms of quality of road, you will be hard pressed to find a pothole. 80 MPH speed limits outside the cities too, with no cops ever. The only way they do speeding tickets is by photo radar and there are signs letting you know where the things are, lol. It's fucking amazing, practically an Autobahn.

Best part: nobody fucking drives in the left lane.

But I digress....

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 19, 2021 04:53 PM (OalnH)

71 i think germany has one, pretty sure

Posted by: Fatlock and Tater at November 19, 2021 04:54 PM (0G13K)

72 My hovercraft is full of eels.

Posted by: Archer at November 19, 2021 04:54 PM (gmo/4)

73 The French used to be badasses, until Napoleon got pretty much every male with a measurable testosterone level slaughtered in foreign lands.

See also: Scandis (Vikings) and English (Empire).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 04:54 PM (bW8dp)

74 Why does the whole state of North Carolina smell like ass.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 19, 2021 04:51 PM (KOlLu)

Roll down the car window, it's been up too long.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at November 19, 2021 04:54 PM (wAnMi)

75 Thank Heaven, for litttle Girlsssssss

Posted by: Maurice Chevalier who hath been cancelated at November 19, 2021 04:54 PM (oHd/0)

76
Don't you mean LE FIRST!!!! ???
Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 04:52 PM (mZUr4)

There was a video of the yoot riots in France a few years ago where they were running around burning things. The guy who recorded the deeds from a distance dubbed in some French rap music as accompaniment.

It sounded so faggy........

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 04:54 PM (Zz0t1)

77 Aren't you supposed to be on vacation, Ace?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 04:54 PM (2JVJo)

78 68 Man, I wish Trump was still president.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 19, 2021 04:53 PM (ZLI7S)

soon

Posted by: REDACTED at November 19, 2021 04:54 PM (us2H3)

79 Man, I wish Trump was still president.
Posted by: JackStraw

Me too! And I'm glad you're back.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 19, 2021 04:54 PM (Vxu+H)

80 On the other hand, the dictionary in France is Le Petit Robert, and that's the dictionary that has decided to go woke, without so much as a by-your-leave from the Academie.

==

This is an effective strategy that the Left employs -go ahead and enact their agenda and dare anyone to object

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 04:55 PM (YZG/i)

81 >>>77 Aren't you supposed to be on vacation, Ace?

no today's the last day

Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:55 PM (0G13K)

82 For a sec here ace, I thought you were talking about David French.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 19, 2021 04:55 PM (L2ZTs)

83 when Le Petit Robert finally backs off and goes back to normal, the Maquis will take credit for it.

Posted by: x at November 19, 2021 04:55 PM (oA+QO)

84 >> The French are cool peeps. I lived amongst them for a while.

They smell.

Posted by: garrett at November 19, 2021 04:55 PM (HV76S)

85 You mean the same group of tardicals that call the American right wing "Nazis" as George Washington flips them the bird?

Posted by: Fisht at November 19, 2021 04:55 PM (g5ddn)

86
68 Man, I wish Trump was still president.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 19, 2021 04:53 PM (ZLI7S)

He is. But the junta removed him from office.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw at November 19, 2021 04:55 PM (II3Gr)

87 What is French for xer?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 19, 2021 04:55 PM (cSyAR)

88 ace, you wouldn't be coming to SoCal wouldja? :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 19, 2021 04:55 PM (L2ZTs)

89 no today's the last day

Well timed.

Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 04:55 PM (ZsR3z)

90
We need to get the message about this change to Inspector Clouseau:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=YHFE6WZK71s

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (Mzdiz)

91 The French should say, "Non."

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (nzEdf)

92 As I recall there was a huge fight in France over stores being called "supermarkets". I forget what compromise they came up with.

Posted by: JuJuBee at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (mNhhD)

93 As far as states having smell. I remember driving from Kentucky to Louisiana a few years ago and the minute I crossed into Mississippi, it started to smell like mildew.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (kBuGL)

94 The problem with France is that it is so full of the French.

Posted by: Idahonian at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (JUcCg)

95 Why does the whole state of North Carolina smell like ass.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 19, 2021 04:51 PM (KOlLu)

-----------
Its not the whole state, just Chapel Hill. The stench can be carried elsewhere by the wind, though.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (TNyrE)

96 Holiday Ace

I can't wait for the slide show when you get back.

Posted by: garrett at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (HV76S)

97 Remember, there is another self defense against an antifa gunman trial, which will be taking place in the Texas island of insanity which is Austin.

Its the self defense case of the concealed carry holder who shot the Antifag with the AK-47 when the latter pointed it at the former.

Police didn't want to charge him, but local asshole DA decided to do so.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (dP2ke)

98 92 As I recall there was a huge fight in France over stores being called "supermarkets". I forget what compromise they came up with.
Posted by: JuJuBee at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (mNhhD)

SupreTarge

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (kBuGL)

99 Fact: There are only two sexes. However, for argument:

If I'm remembering properly from HS French class; doesn't french have a neutral pronoun? Why not use that?

Posted by: Archer at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (gmo/4)

100 My hovercraft is full of eels.
Posted by: Archer

We can send somebody out after Halanap (Thanksgiving).

Posted by: Miklosian Eel Removals at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (QzkSJ)

101 I used to have to deal with the Frogs at the Iron Market in Paris

I would buy something and put my tag on it and when I would turn my back, they would try and sell it for more to someone else

fucking crooks

Posted by: REDACTED at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (us2H3)

102 >>>77 Aren't you supposed to be on vacation, Ace?

no staycation

Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (0G13K)

103 91 The French should say, "Non."
Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (nzEdf)

That reminds me of the best scene in Mel Brooks's Silent Movie...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper and Political Savant at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (PiwSw)

104
How am I supposed to pay for my bionic bicep now?

*falls back into daydream about turbo-molesting boys while Six Million Dollar Man reverberating piano wire noises are heard*

Posted by: Gaige Grosskreutz at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (rIFDN)

105 Funny, the entire state of Wisconsin smells a little better since this morning. Smells like victory!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (L2ZTs)

106 73 The French used to be badasses, until Napoleon got pretty much every male with a measurable testosterone level slaughtered in foreign lands.

See also: Scandis (Vikings) and English (Empire).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 04:54 PM (bW8dp)

Read an interesting paper that put France's problems starting earlier. Seems that almost 30% of the Male French Aristocracy killed itself off in duels... that bravest and most honorable part... left were the cucks and weak.

Which led to the French Revolution, which led to Napoleon. So Dueling killed off the good genes in the nobility, Napoleon did the same to the middle and lower classes.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (oHd/0)

107 I haven't had a vacation since been with this company 7 years or so, 1 month of thanks to Covid was a staycatikn as couldn't go but to grocery store or home improvement for repair materials.

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (2JoB8)

108 elsewhere in the EU:

"Days after Austria imposed a lockdown on the unvaccinated, it has announced a full national Covid-19 lockdown starting on Monday.
"Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said it would last a maximum of 20 days and there would be a legal requirement to get vaccinated from 1 February 2022."

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (nzEdf)

109 spain has one, Italy has one
Posted by: ace

Maybe the difference is no one on other countries pay any attention to the officials.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (I64Vf)

110 Best part: nobody fucking drives in the left lane.

But I digress....
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 19, 2021 04:53 PM (OalnH)

And you can take advantage of that as long as you were taking delivery of your new whip in Regensburg. If you're in a Peugeot or Citroen, that's all a pipe dream.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (wAnMi)

111 There was a video of the yoot riots in France a few years ago where they were running around burning things. The guy who recorded the deeds from a distance dubbed in some French rap music as accompaniment.

It sounded so faggy........
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 04:54 PM (Zz0t1)

How is it that Frenchmen are reputed to be total playahs, yet come across as such poofs?

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (II3Gr)

112 I think the French can also lay claim to having the biggest douche in the history of mankind. I speak, of course, about GENERAL DeGaulle. Yeah, I get what he was trying to do, but still colossal d-bag.

Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (ZsR3z)

113 So....

What is the point?

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The motive for everything the Death Cult Left does: chaos, nihilism, insanity, destruction, and eventual mass genocide ... but mostly eventual mass genocide.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (qFRAe)

114 ace's French lessons finally paid off.

Posted by: Golfman at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (hOMhY)

115 >>>If I'm remembering properly from HS French class; doesn't french have a neutral pronoun? Why not use that?

well the neutral pronoun is the male pronoun

it was in the post

which i know no one reads

I should just post bits of the post in the comments so people get the gist

Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (0G13K)

116 Austria, vaccine mandate:

https://tinyurl.com/cmfx92jb

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (nzEdf)

117 Il est probablement trop tard pour la sanité en anglais, mais pour Français, défendez les remparts!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (fs1hN)

118 Police didn't want to charge him, but local asshole DA decided to do so.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (dP2ke)

That went to trial? I remember hearing about the original incident, but I thought the police had not arrested him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (kBuGL)

119 We need an official non-binary pronoun. Can't let the Frenchies out pronoun us.

Posted by: Javems at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (AmoqO)

120 The problem with France is that it is so full of the French.
Posted by: Idahonian

*nods sadly*

*bums another Gauloise*

Posted by: Miklos Camus at November 19, 2021 04:58 PM (QzkSJ)

121 They have a whole bloody phonic alphabet (katakana?)
so they can import words.
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They're weirdos. Besides having separate phonetic alphabets (syllabaries) for native words and for imports, they still use Chinese characters in most words. And then the roman alphabet is used everywhere for marketing.

Their ministry of education has a list of "mandatory" Kanji, which everybody learns in primary and secondary school. Newspapers may also restrict themselves to the high school Kanji, though I'm not sure whether that's (a) true or (b) obligatory.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 19, 2021 04:58 PM (sGnvY)

122 92 As I recall there was a huge fight in France over stores being called "supermarkets". I forget what compromise they came up with.
Posted by: JuJuBee at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (mNhhD)

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supermarche

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 19, 2021 04:58 PM (OalnH)

123 >>I should just post bits of the post in the comments so people get the gist

That's dirty pool.

Posted by: garrett at November 19, 2021 04:58 PM (HV76S)

124 or a sec here ace, I thought you were talking about David French.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 19, 2021 04:55 PM (L2ZTs)

Dabid Fwansay c'est de la merde.

Posted by: Boswell at November 19, 2021 04:58 PM (5iUNf)

125 "Disgraced ex-governor Cuomo calls verdict "a stain on soul of America".

Maybe he should refrain from the use of the word "stain" given his disgusting personal activities.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 19, 2021 04:58 PM (acsaG)

126 There was a video of the yoot riots in France a few years ago where they were running around burning things. The guy who recorded the deeds from a distance dubbed in some French rap music as accompaniment.

It sounded so faggy........
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDERED Ashli Babbitt at November 19, 2021 04:54 PM (Zz0t1)

*beatbox on*
Alouette, gentille alouette
Alouette, je te plumerai

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 04:59 PM (mZUr4)

127 Japanese uses hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Kanji are the Chinese character looking dealies.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw at November 19, 2021 04:59 PM (II3Gr)

128 I heard about this yesterday and was appalled. I minored in French. It's not German! There is no neuter gender in the language. Push back, traditionalists. Push back hard.

Posted by: Beltway Elite at November 19, 2021 04:59 PM (+io4N)

129 I don't get the pronoun shit. The same with the trans shit. A trans man wants to bang another trans man or a trans woman? My head hurts.

MAKE IT STOP!!

Posted by: four seasons at November 19, 2021 04:59 PM (PisyI)

130 it was in the post

which i know no one reads

I should just post bits of the post in the comments so people get the gist

Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (0G13K)

Sorry ace. Autant pour moi...

Posted by: Archer at November 19, 2021 04:59 PM (gmo/4)

131
Merde! Said everyone in the room with a French 101 experience during the colonoscopy.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 19, 2021 04:59 PM (dQvv7)

132 Remember, there is another self defense against an antifa gunman trial, which will be taking place in the Texas island of insanity which is Austin.

Its the self defense case of the concealed carry holder who shot the Antifag with the AK-47 when the latter pointed it at the former.

Police didn't want to charge him, but local asshole DA decided to do so.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (dP2ke)

Jeez, another asshole DA. I'm sensing a pattern here.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2021 05:00 PM (VwHCD)

133 Le cuckiel ?

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at November 19, 2021 05:00 PM (2xGy+)

134 105 Funny, the entire state of Wisconsin smells a little better since this morning. Smells like victory!

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Victory smells like cheese?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 19, 2021 05:00 PM (fs1hN)

135 115 it was in the post

which i know no one reads

I should just post bits of the post in the comments so people get the gist
Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (0G13K)

Well, TLDR.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 05:00 PM (nzEdf)

136 idiotz/idiotx- keep trying to reinvent civilization. Try using this shit someplace where they would just as soon shoot you as look at you and see what happens.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 19, 2021 05:00 PM (K/GZa)

137 no staycation
Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (0G13K)

Get out of the house, ace. No staycation. Go do something. Get out of that hellhole and visit real people for once. Go to a bar and pick up a gal of dubious virtue and pick up an STD. Piss fire like no one is watching.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:00 PM (kBuGL)

138 Took to top of hour for CNN to announce Kyle was found not guilty.

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2021 05:01 PM (2JoB8)

139 I saw a clip on YT that claimed that 80% of the young Russian males born between 1919 and 1921 were dead by the end of the war. 80%. I really don't know how they kept going.

As for the French, Barbara Tuchman's Guns of August describes a plaque in the back of the chapel at St. Cyr, the French West Point. It lists the names of those killed in WW1 by graduating year. It lists "the entire class of 1914".

Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:01 PM (ZsR3z)

140 Are the French doing all of this in response to Kamala's fake French accent?

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 05:01 PM (nzEdf)

141 >>Get out of the house, ace.

Those shelves don't hang themselves, you know...

Posted by: garrett at November 19, 2021 05:01 PM (HV76S)

142 > Besides having separate phonetic alphabets (syllabaries) for native words and for imports, they still use Chinese characters in most words.

Korea is the same way. They have phonetic/syllabary characters (hangul) that are used for most everyday stuff, but still use Chinese characters for "fancy" purposes (some legal documents, university diplomas, etc... rather like the way we use "Old English" blackletter fonts for those things).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 05:01 PM (bW8dp)

143 "Days after Austria imposed a lockdown on the unvaccinated, it has announced a full national Covid-19 lockdown starting on Monday.
"Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said it would last a maximum of 20 days and there would be a legal requirement to get vaccinated from 1 February 2022."
Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (nzEdf)

7 of their 9 million population are already vaccinated. That is 77%, which we used to define as herd immunity. Add in folks that have already had it, and the Young, who should not be getting the Gene Therapy shot... and what you really have is a government panicing.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 19, 2021 05:02 PM (oHd/0)

144 Trying to remember my high school French...

I though the "Il" in "Il fait bon" literally referred to God, as in "He made nice [weather]", not simply "It's nice"

Posted by: Bacon Jeff at November 19, 2021 05:02 PM (VGRuw)

145 For the record I read the post and enjoy this kind of content. But I guess I'm the outcast.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 19, 2021 05:02 PM (acsaG)

146 Was it in France or Italy that Lucy and Ethel were stomping wine grapes? At least they kept Fred's fungus feet out of the vat.

Posted by: Joe from Scranton at November 19, 2021 05:02 PM (JPtHE)

147 We need an official non-binary pronoun. Can't let the Frenchies out pronoun us.
Posted by: Javems

It.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 19, 2021 05:02 PM (Vxu+H)

148 ace, I read the whole thing.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 19, 2021 05:02 PM (K/GZa)

149 "Le Petit Robert" literally means "The Little Robert" -- I presume it's an abridged edition of "Le Robert" that they also mention.

The first Tintin story, Tintin In the Land of the Soviets was printed in the newspaper Le Petit Vingtieme, which was the children's supplement to the adult paper Le Vingtieme Siecle.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 05:02 PM (2JVJo)

150 > I saw a clip on YT that claimed that 80% of the young Russian males born between 1919 and 1921 were dead by the end of the war. 80%. I really don't know how they kept going.

WWI did that to a bunch of countries. I recall Tolkien mentioning that out of his group of school friends with six or so members, only he and one other came back from WWI alive (and Tolkien himself came damned close to dying of trench fever).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 05:03 PM (bW8dp)

151 139 I saw a clip on YT that claimed that 80% of the young Russian males born between 1919 and 1921 were dead by the end of the war. 80%. I really don't know how they kept going.

As for the French, Barbara Tuchman's Guns of August describes a plaque in the back of the chapel at St. Cyr, the French West Point. It lists the names of those killed in WW1 by graduating year. It lists "the entire class of 1914".
Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:01 PM (ZsR3z)

People don't need to reproduce with those born in the same year. Furthermore, one man can impregnate multiple women.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 19, 2021 05:03 PM (z5Vrg)

152 I lived for a while in Tahiti.
French comes in very handy.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 19, 2021 05:03 PM (jTmQV)

153 Merde! Said everyone in the room with a French 101 experience during the colonoscopy.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 19, 2021 04:59 PM (dQvv7)

Its the only French word worth a...ummm

Posted by: Boswell at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (5iUNf)

154 Oh, lookie here. The crooked Khindri brothers are standing around in front of their dealership while Kyle stands post five steps away.

Hmm. Doesn't seem to square with their testimony given under oath.

https://bit.ly/3ct8Xxs

Posted by: bonhomme at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (sG4Hj)

155 "Sar cray blur!"

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (LDr37)

156 People really don't read the posts, half the comments are covered in the post. Read the posts.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (QZ/dC)

157 So some people got together and decided to just change their language, because reasons.

What in the FORK is wrong with these people?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (eFXb/)

158 >>For the record I read the post and enjoy this kind of content. But I guess I'm the outcast.

>> ace, I read the whole thing.

Look at these two Apple Polishers.

The way I recall it, Andrew Breitbart's dying wish was that we skip the Content and go straight to the Comments.

Posted by: garrett at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (HV76S)

159 I read Ace's thread earlier on Jan 6 but just read the essential Julie Kelly article on now the 2nd murder by Capital police that day. Was shocked earlier when read this as never heard about this woman,

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (2JoB8)

160 eunuch has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (K/GZa)

161 People don't need to reproduce with those born in the same year. Furthermore, one man can impregnate multiple women.

Of course, but young men are more than just a DNA vector. They make the society function.

Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (ZsR3z)

162 > Merde! Said everyone in the room with a French 101 experience during the colonoscopy.

Except for Mayor Pete, who had an anesthesia dream about his honeymoon.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 05:05 PM (bW8dp)

163 psssst - ace, il pleut. Pas pleuve.

Posted by: bluebell at November 19, 2021 05:05 PM (wyw4S)

164 Reminder: The Khindiris testified they didn't give anyone permission to anyone to guard the dealership and only learned about armed people guarding the dealership the day after the shooting.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 19, 2021 05:05 PM (sG4Hj)

165 Check out this Rittenhouse statement from the Chairman of Democrat House campaign fundraising effort. Unfuckingreal.

https://tinyurl.com/nbm6xb26

Posted by: Kyle Rittenhouse has his AR back at November 19, 2021 05:05 PM (PUXju)

166 no staycation
Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:56 PM (0G13K)

Putting up more shelves?

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 05:06 PM (YZG/i)

167 Having taken way too many semesters of French in my life, I know enough to know how monumentally stupid and utterly pointless this is.

Ace does a great job of explaining it.

Posted by: ballistic at November 19, 2021 05:06 PM (oXNqT)

168 >>I read Ace's thread earlier on Jan 6 but just read the essential Julie Kelly article on now the 2nd murder by Capital police that day. Was shocked earlier when read this as never heard about this woman,

There was a lot of Vid of Capitol Police just fucking bludgeoning the shit out of people that day. None of it ever gets any air, though.

Posted by: garrett at November 19, 2021 05:06 PM (HV76S)

169 Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said it would last a maximum of 20 days

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#TwoWeeks + a few days huh?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 19, 2021 05:06 PM (OalnH)

170 > People don't need to reproduce with those born in the same year. Furthermore, one man can impregnate multiple women.

True enough, and would matter more if soldiers were chosen at random. But they aren't. It's the best and the brightest, as a rule.

Possibly apocryphal, but I've seen claims that the reason the French tend to be short to this day is that Napoleon had a height requirement for his army.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 05:07 PM (bW8dp)

171 >>> "Sar cray blur!"
Posted by: Shooter McGavin at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (LDr37)

all feet are the same

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 05:07 PM (FdmAd)

172 iel, ielle

You'll be hearing from our barristers.

Posted by: Apple Corp. at November 19, 2021 05:07 PM (a3Q+t)

173 I should just post bits of the post in the comments so people get the gist
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"Anglo-French, it lies, from gisir to lie"

This movie review was a bit long, but I still think Brian Dennehy should have played the volcano

Posted by: Lrrr at November 19, 2021 05:07 PM (jIL4c)

174 158 >>For the record I read the post and enjoy this kind of content. But I guess I'm the outcast.

>> ace, I read the whole thing.

Look at these two Apple Polishers.

The way I recall it, Andrew Breitbart's dying wish was that we skip the Content and go straight to the Comments.
Posted by: garrett at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (HV76S)

"polisseurs de pommes"

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 05:08 PM (nzEdf)

175 >>>163 psssst - ace, il pleut. Pas pleuve.

ah thank you

Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 05:08 PM (0G13K)

176 there's a female and male version of the new made-up non-binary pronoun

is it just me?!

Posted by: ace at November 19, 2021 04:48 PM (0G13K)
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It's not just you. I wonder if one is meant for male to female transgender, and the other is meant for female to male? Don't ask me which would be which though.

Posted by: bluebell at November 19, 2021 05:08 PM (wyw4S)

177 Possibly apocryphal, but I've seen claims that the reason the French tend to be short to this day is that Napoleon had a height requirement for his army.

Why don't they just identify as tall?

Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:08 PM (ZsR3z)

178
Karl Schwarzschild, after whose first exact solution to the Einstein Field Equations for General Relativity is named, was serving in the Kraut Army during WWI.

He did shortly thereafter, after the war, due to complications from some terrible skin condition he developed during the war.

The name Schwarzschild translates as "black shield" which is a pretty good description of the event horizon of a black hole, which his first exact massenpunkt solution actually described.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 19, 2021 05:08 PM (Mzdiz)

179 161
Of course, but young men are more than just a DNA vector. They make the society function.
Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (ZsR3z)

Well that probably played a role in the Russian famine of 1921-22.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 19, 2021 05:08 PM (z5Vrg)

180 all feet are the same
Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 05:07 PM

Au contraire, mon ami...

Posted by: Quentin T. at November 19, 2021 05:08 PM (a3Q+t)

181
I'm pretty sure my HS French 101 and 201 years included at least three days of staycation at the bequest of the teacher and the administration.

Hated each and every minute of the experience.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 19, 2021 05:09 PM (dQvv7)

182 If France still had royalty, this would not be allowed.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 05:09 PM (nzEdf)

183 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RWiaDgKDrQ

Kyle's Lawyer.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2021 05:09 PM (Sz733)

184 Oh, the "Little Row-bear" and, bien sur, not my buddies at Cassell's.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 05:09 PM (UHVv4)

185 The name Schwarzschild translates as "black shield" which is a pretty good description of the event horizon of a black hole, which his first exact massenpunkt solution actually described.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 19, 2021 05:08 PM (Mzdiz)

Schwarzschild Radiation. That pops into my head.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:09 PM (kBuGL)

186 Ever here of Thermidor?
Or Primidi, Duodi, Tridi, Quartidi, Quintidi, Sextdi, Septidi, Octidi, Nonidi, Decadi?
Periodically the frikkin frogs just decide to rename sh*t.
I hate them all but for much better reasons.

Posted by: skunky choom at November 19, 2021 05:10 PM (4Go23)

187 They have phonetic/syllabary characters (hangul) that are used for most everyday stuff, but still use Chinese characters for "fancy" purposes
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In Japanese, it's more like the roots of words are written with Chinese characters, and the suffixes/conjugations/etc. are written with Hiragana. (Certain very common words or words that have "exotic" Kanji are written entirely with Hiragana, but that's not the norm.)

Somebody told me that some of the exotic Kanji are making a comeback, because computer input makes it much easier to use them. (You basically type the phonetic spelling and the computer suggests the Kanji spelling.)

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 19, 2021 05:10 PM (sGnvY)

188 The Khindris need to be charged with perjury.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 19, 2021 05:10 PM (sG4Hj)

189 CNN analyst woman saying now the rife ( carbine really) was legally owned by Kyle as opposed to their screaming he had it illegally.

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2021 05:10 PM (2JoB8)

190 Ceci n'est pas une vagin

Posted by: La Trahison des images at November 19, 2021 05:10 PM (FdmAd)

191 and what if someone wants to refer to himself herself or itself as "they"?

Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at November 19, 2021 05:10 PM (Ynyl9)

192 >>> "Sar cray blur!"
Posted by: Shooter McGavin at November 19, 2021 05:04 PM (LDr37)

Now pronounce the French word roi, Shooter!

Posted by: Gref at November 19, 2021 05:10 PM (AMIL/)

193 On the subject of French --

I just returned from a shopping trip to Sam's Club with the lovely Mrs Doof. On an end cap in the store was a Sous Vide Cooking Machine.

Is this going MAINSTREAM now?? Is CBD a pioneer???

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 05:11 PM (mZUr4)

194 "Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said it would last a maximum of 20 days and there would be a legal requirement to get vaccinated from 1 February 2022."
Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (nzEdf)

I just do NOT understand this continued push for the vaccine.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 05:11 PM (Ez6QX)

195 So what did the House pass this afternoon that costs $2T?

Posted by: Jen the original at November 19, 2021 05:11 PM (TuHbE)

196 CNN analyst woman saying now the rife ( carbine really) was legally owned by Kyle as opposed to their screaming he had it illegally.
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2021 05:10 PM (2JoB

They still can't get it right? Did they bother watching the trial? Kyle said his friend bought it for him, and he had planned to buy it when he turned 18.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 19, 2021 05:12 PM (wAnMi)

197 I'd've gone with "Eieio".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 19, 2021 05:12 PM (FVME7)

198 Wow just saw a FB post from a liberal "friend". One of the commenters said he got away with murder just like Zimmerman. He will kill again.

I'll never understand the liberal mind. It's sad really.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 19, 2021 05:12 PM (nxdel)

199 147 We need an official non-binary pronoun. Can't let the Frenchies out pronoun us.
Posted by: Javems

It.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 19, 2021 05:02 PM (Vxu+H)

Oh

Posted by: Javems at November 19, 2021 05:12 PM (AmoqO)

200
"polisseurs de pommes"

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 05:08 PM

Rub my nuts?

Posted by: The Guy Who Bought the Cheap French to English Translation Book From the Street Hooker at November 19, 2021 05:12 PM (dQvv7)

201 This panel on CNN blaming Judge a lot favoring the defense

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2021 05:12 PM (2JoB8)

202 I remember reading about the last time the French academicians and elite thinkers decided to change the French psyche by changing the language, the calendar the weights and measures and law and form of how the individual related to the government and by doing so remove all the ties the citizenry had to the dead past; the ties that kept France from becoming a modern productive nation.

Most of them were guillotined for their pains, and their severed heads paraded around for the cheering citizenry.
I especially have a warm spot in my heart for the death of Maximillian Robespierre and all his inner circle, especially his brother who plunged to his death in a cesspool in a panicked attempt to escape

Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2021 05:12 PM (P9T5R)

203 177 Possibly apocryphal, but I've seen claims that the reason the French tend to be short to this day is that Napoleon had a height requirement for his army.

Why don't they just identify as tall?
Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:08 PM (ZsR3z)

He used to put short agile men, into his 'Light' troops...

And you had to be a minimum of 6 Ft tall to be in the Old Guard.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 19, 2021 05:12 PM (oHd/0)

204 Possibly apocryphal, but I've seen claims that the reason the French tend to be short to this day is that Napoleon had a height requirement for his army.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 05:07 PM (bW8dp)

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WHHAAAAAAA? The French aren't short. They're one of the tallest countries in the world.

Quick Google search, France's average height for men is 179.73 cm. By comparison the US is 175.26.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 19, 2021 05:12 PM (OalnH)

205 Ace: "Sacre Merde, this is even stupider than I thought it was going to be."

I take it that you don't want to put your d*ck in any of the paragraphs of this story?

BTW, still laughing about that earlier story. It's a tangent of a "penis joke" that I don't think anyone's done before. Kudos for breaking ground. A meme is in order here.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at November 19, 2021 05:13 PM (aXxgO)

206 I just do NOT understand this continued push for the vaccine.

They've all been brainwashed.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 19, 2021 05:13 PM (nxdel)

207 > and what if someone wants to refer to himself herself or itself as "they"?

I believe they have medication nowadays that sometimes helps with that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 05:13 PM (bW8dp)

208 I only regret that KR didn't cap that shithead.

Posted by: torabora at November 19, 2021 05:13 PM (fbHXO)

209 Interestingly, Ace, my old Cassell's has a note on "canadianisms" -- that they've included true French-Canadian words/phrases but not any Englishisms common in Quebec.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 05:13 PM (UHVv4)

210 I just do NOT understand this continued push for the vaccine.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 05:11 PM (Ez6QX)

I bet it's some Lizard Overlord plot - some kind of marinade

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 05:13 PM (YZG/i)

211 Is "sodomite" a French word?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 19, 2021 05:13 PM (R/m4+)

212 >> Schwarzschild Radiation. That pops into my head.

Schwarzschild *radius*. There is a Schwarzschild's Law, also named after him, which has to do with optical density. Schwarzschild was also the first to discover the correct Lagrangian form for the classical EM field.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 19, 2021 05:13 PM (Mzdiz)

213 199 Wow just saw a FB post from a liberal "friend". One of the commenters said he got away with murder just like Zimmerman. He will kill again.

I'll never understand the liberal mind. It's sad really.
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 19, 2021 05:12 PM (nxdel)

I hate to say this Jewells, but watch CBS news. They are covering this shit here in the breakroom and they are feeding these people this shit. If that was all you knew of the case, you would think the same thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:13 PM (kBuGL)

214 Wow just saw a FB post from a liberal "friend". One of the commenters said he got away with murder just like Zimmerman. He will kill again.

I'll never understand the liberal mind. It's sad really.
Posted by: Jewells45

Dump your liberal friends. You have no idea how much more pleasant life is.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 05:13 PM (OCTRt)

215 Schwarzschild Radiation. That pops into my head.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:09

Ees better in the original Russian.

Posted by: Pavel Cherenkov at November 19, 2021 05:13 PM (a3Q+t)

216 We used to do that boil in a bag thing. It's ok if you plan your meals a couple of days in advance.

Posted by: A French Heshe at November 19, 2021 05:14 PM (Tnijr)

217 My niece came out as "non binary" at 13 years old, 2 years ago. I told her father, my brother in law, "if she pulls that shit around me I will let her know it pisses me off." Bro said "it pisses me off and she said it's all bullshit, because all her friends are doing it, that's why she did it." I said "She did it on snapchat and instagram, that shit is forever." He said "thats why I asked her." The point is that adults spend more time thinking this shit out in how to deal with it, than the kids do in making that decision, even if the kids admit it's all bullshit.

Posted by: Wickedpinto at November 19, 2021 05:14 PM (Qi8rI)

218 > Now pronounce the French word roi, Shooter!

A lot like "wah", but with a very slight r sound at the beginning.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 19, 2021 05:14 PM (sG4Hj)

219 Kyle's Lawyer...yah dere hey, dem dere death threats, whoa no joke.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at November 19, 2021 05:14 PM (ZZK0E)

220 So what did the House pass this afternoon that costs $2T?

Posted by: Jen the original

The reduced BBB bill. They think it will entice Manchin and Sinema to vote for it.

Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:14 PM (ZsR3z)

221 194 "Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said it would last a maximum of 20 days and there would be a legal requirement to get vaccinated from 1 February 2022."
Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (nzEdf)

I just do NOT understand this continued push for the vaccine.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 05:11 PM (Ez6QX)

Politicians only solution to failed government policy, is more stricter government policy.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 19, 2021 05:14 PM (oHd/0)

222 BTW, the MFM usage "overwhelmingly white" from, IIRC, the Bush Jr. Era resurfaces in Canada.

https://twitter.com/SheilaGunnReid/status/
1461790025339834371

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 05:14 PM (UHVv4)

223 Choke on your bile, Leftists. I hope the defamation suits swarm them like killer bees.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 19, 2021 05:15 PM (H8QX8)

224 What's this staycation crapola, ace? You need to get out! Go somewhere, visit family, get out of your place and for Pete's sake unplug.

Not that we don't like you, just that we want you to recharge so you can continue to post things and we can continue to not read them.

Posted by: bluebell at November 19, 2021 05:15 PM (wyw4S)

225 Had to look up "faugh." Learned a new word.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 19, 2021 05:15 PM (ju2Fy)

226 >>>Check out this Rittenhouse statement from the Chairman of Democrat House campaign fundraising effort. Unfuckingreal.

This is fund raising stuff put out for the 'Wine Moms of Essex County.' Photos NSFW or anything else.

Self defense against rioters and looters is a bread and butter issue for any Congress Critter that is campaigning outside NoVa or North Jersey or Manhattan - but these less metro districts don't have high net worth donors so they don't ever see these fund raising idiotic reach outs.

The GOP ought to be able to make them pay for being this stupid, but you need to be, well, not stupid yourself to capitalize, so this is why it is done to the degree of success that it is done.

Posted by: Boswell at November 19, 2021 05:15 PM (5iUNf)

227 Reminder: The Khindiris testified they didn't give anyone permission to anyone to guard the dealership and only learned about armed people guarding the dealership the day after the shooting.
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Defense lawyers immediately said they suspected the Khindiris wanted to avoid lawsuits from any shooting victims or their families. The Khindiris denied this was their motivation. Others in the Rittenhouse group said in press reports the Khindiris were lying.

Posted by: Kyle Rittenhouse has his AR back at November 19, 2021 05:15 PM (PUXju)

228 Harmeet K. Dhillon@pnjaban

Yesterday, after Project Veritas filed a discovery motion accusing @nytimes of violating a discovery stay order the paper itself asked for, the court ordered the Times to answer for its publication of PV's privileged legal memos. NYTimes appealed, and just lost! PV 3, NYT 0.

https://tinyurl.com/ygwctc5w

Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 05:15 PM (cF8AT)

229 "polisseurs de pommes"

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 05:08 PM

Rub my nuts?
Posted by: The Guy Who Bought the Cheap French to English Translation Book From the Street Hooker

Sounds good. Go with that!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 05:15 PM (OCTRt)

230 rickb.. she's not a friend, just an aquaintance. She's more my daughters friend. Thankfully my daughter isn't this ignorant.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 19, 2021 05:16 PM (nxdel)

231 WWI did that to a bunch of countries. I recall Tolkien mentioning that out of his group of school friends with six or so members, only he and one other came back from WWI alive (and Tolkien himself came damned close to dying of trench fever).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 05:03 PM (bW8dp)

That's nothing compared to the utter devastation of having somebody get your pronouns wrong even 2 days after you TOLD THEM what they were, and even wrote it down for them.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 19, 2021 05:16 PM (wAnMi)

232 Kyle's Lawyer "yeah, if Kyle knew his life would be ruined by an ungrateful community for just being there...he probably wouldn't have gone."

Posted by: Tim Riggins at November 19, 2021 05:16 PM (ZZK0E)

233 We should add a new pronoun in English for those neither male nor female. I suggest "Wtfbbq".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 19, 2021 05:16 PM (FVME7)

234 105 Funny, the entire state of Wisconsin smells a little better since this morning. Smells like victory!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (L2ZTs)

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Napalm Madison ... just to be sure.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 05:16 PM (qFRAe)

235 Eet eez absurde, non?

Posted by: Toad-O at November 19, 2021 05:16 PM (cct0t)

236 iel, ielle

You'll be hearing from our barristers.
Posted by: Apple Corp

Mine too

Posted by: Rielle, Silky Pony's Baby Mama at November 19, 2021 05:16 PM (QzkSJ)

237 Quick Google search, France's average height for men is 179.73 cm. By comparison the US is 175.26.

I imagine our average height will drop pretty dramatically once most of Central America gets citizenship.

Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:16 PM (ZsR3z)

238 Who would have thought that Joe's colonoscopy would be the Rittenhouse innocence verdict. Up yours, Brandon!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 19, 2021 05:17 PM (r5BVk)

239 *reads from little phrase book*
My hovercraft is full of eels.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at November 19, 2021 05:17 PM (xPJvm)

240 I just do NOT understand this continued push for the vaccine.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 05:11 PM (Ez6QX)

Too much invested to retreat or recant. And they believe the combined might of government and media is ultimately unbeatable. Pure power play.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 19, 2021 05:17 PM (H8QX8)

241 I just do NOT understand this continued push for the vaccine.
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There's an awful lot of cognitive dissonance on the other side. They still think that if we all get vaccinated, COVID will be as controlled as measles. But they also think we'll need boosters every year, just like the flu shot.

What the people telling them what to think are doing, I don't know. It's certainly been good business for Pfizer, J&J, Moderna, though.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 19, 2021 05:17 PM (sGnvY)

242 English is a mongrel language, spoken by mongrels in a mongrel like way. Just the way we like it....

Posted by: outide at November 19, 2021 05:17 PM (+UGno)

243 "Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said it would last a maximum of 20 days and there would be a legal requirement to get vaccinated from 1 February 2022."
Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (nzEdf)

I just do NOT understand this continued push for the vaccine.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 05:11 PM (Ez6QX)

I really think that now it's flailing anger more than anything else, because (as the devil cannot bear to me mocked) governments cannot bear to be defied - "goddammit, you fucking deplorables are going to KNEEL or you're going in the ovens!" No surprise the Austrians are going full Shickelgruber.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 05:18 PM (2JVJo)

244 Meh, they banned Pepe Le Pew who was the only French speaker I cared about.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 19, 2021 05:18 PM (kTF2Z)

245 Everything I know about the French language I learned from watching Pepe Le Pew cartoons ("Ah! La petite femme skunk fatale!")

Also, isn't Austin a sort of country-club concentration camp for leftists in Texas?

Posted by: Paco at November 19, 2021 05:18 PM (njExo)

246 Is this going MAINSTREAM now?? Is CBD a pioneer???
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I think it went mainstream five more more years ago, since my now-86 year old mom has had one for at least that long, though CBD is no doubt a pioneer in many ways.

Posted by: Kyle Rittenhouse has his AR back at November 19, 2021 05:18 PM (PUXju)

247 "Had to look up "faugh." Learned a new word."

I approve.

Posted by: f'd at November 19, 2021 05:18 PM (Tnijr)

248 Here, have some decaf.

Posted by: King Harv at November 19, 2021 05:18 PM (GcYi6)

249 It's all the rage ... because I never saw my Mom, Grand Mom, or anybody else ... put meet in a bag and boil it before putting it on the grill or in the oven.

Of course, they didn't call it Sous Vide. They called it a fucking boiling pot with dinner in a zip lock.
Posted by: Working on Mysteries

They called it a fucking Daisy Seal-a-Meal.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 05:18 PM (OCTRt)

250
WHHAAAAAAA? The French aren't short. They're one of the tallest countries in the world.

No wonder they eat that long bread.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 19, 2021 05:18 PM (63Dwl)

251 Pep, thanks,
I can't keep up with the trillion dollar bills anymore. The House seems to pass one at least every week.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 19, 2021 05:19 PM (TuHbE)

252 Faugh a Ballagh! Clear the way! [Irish Gaelic]

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 05:19 PM (UHVv4)

253 234 Kyle's Lawyer "yeah, if Kyle knew his life would be ruined by an ungrateful community for just being there...he probably wouldn't have gone."

Posted by: Tim Riggins at November 19, 2021 05:16 PM (ZZK0E)

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Jeebus, Mr. JD, don't confuse corrupt commie officials in the DA's office with "the community."

Hopefully, Kyle will use his billions for good ... by supporting our side.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 05:19 PM (qFRAe)

254
> WHHAAAAAAA? The French aren't short. They're one of the tallest countries in the world.

According to this, the French are indeed shorter.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ article/pii/S1570677X14000665

Probably even more so if you exclude the bazillion immigrants France has nowadays (some of whom are quite tall).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 05:19 PM (bW8dp)

255 May I just say, apropos of nothing, that I love those "inappropriate photo" ads that pop up from time to time?

Posted by: yep at November 19, 2021 05:19 PM (JxRAa)

256 I just do NOT understand this continued push for the vaccine.

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yeah, I've gone full super-red pill on everything over the last year.

me -2020- sure teh vax sounds ok
me early 2021, sure I got it but whatevers.
me now: fucking lizard demons trying to sterilize the world through continual vax boosters as part of the demon class's great reset.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at November 19, 2021 05:19 PM (ZZK0E)

257 Allons-y Brandon!

Posted by: Froggy Moron at November 19, 2021 05:20 PM (a3Q+t)

258 I think a lot of people think of the French as small frys.

Posted by: f'd at November 19, 2021 05:20 PM (Tnijr)

259 *reads from little phrase book*
My hovercraft is full of eels.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Bouncy bouncy.

Posted by: Miklos, Listen and Repeat at November 19, 2021 05:20 PM (QzkSJ)

260 elsewhere in the EU:
"Days after Austria imposed a lockdown on the unvaccinated, it has announced a full national Covid-19 lockdown starting on Monday.
"Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said it would last a maximum of 20 days and there would be a legal requirement to get vaccinated from 1 February 2022."
Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 04:57 PM (nzEdf)

Per a french site: Austria rises up against 'health dictatorship'

The police and army refuse to enforce vaxxpassports in the name of "freedom and human dignity". They will join a large demonstration against mandatory lockdown on 20 November 2021 in Vienna.
(you can read the rest yourselves since you all do the French stuff anyways)

https://tinyurl.com/9cexzbya

Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2021 05:20 PM (P9T5R)

261 We are so poor, we can't even afford our own language, just this stupid accent!

She's right! We all sound like Maurice Chevalier!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 19, 2021 05:20 PM (kTF2Z)

262 Actually ace I think you're greatly understating the particular idiocy here. French actually is a language that is policed by the acadame. And even there, some are trying to insert the idiocy from America's dumbest people into it.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 19, 2021 05:20 PM (OTzUX)

263 also me now: well, that vax sure af didn't help me at all.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at November 19, 2021 05:20 PM (ZZK0E)

264 "I just do NOT understand this continued push for the vaccine."

What's there not to understand? Pfizer and Moderna are printing money with this stuff. And they are paying off politicians to ensure they keep selling their vaccines.

That's all there is to it. The rest is noise.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 19, 2021 05:21 PM (OalnH)

265 Their ministry of education has a list of "mandatory" Kanji, which everybody learns in primary and secondary school. Newspapers may also restrict themselves to the high school Kanji, though I'm not sure whether that's (a) true or (b) obligatory.
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton

(a) Yes, mostly true. (b) not obligatory

You make a good point that this is for education use. The public can and do use whatever the f-- they want. There is also an official list of Kanji to be used for names, and that includes first names. But you can call your kid whatever you want, you only have to use the phonetic writing to do that.

And the names list of Kanji is just the most common. Hell, even the newspapers are always using unofficial kanji and I often have to search and search to find out what the f-- it means.

And this is only kanji. You stick a couple kanji together and you have a word. I am always coming across words that do not exist in the google search database. It is made up. And then there is the habit of sticking two words together phonetically to make a new one. Or creating new phonetic spellings using the modifiers from other spellings. .....

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at November 19, 2021 05:21 PM (I64Vf)

266 Of course, they didn't call it Sous Vide. They called it a fucking boiling pot with dinner in a zip lock.
Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 05:14 PM (zTvDU)

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Importantly, you'd almost never bring a water bath for sous vide to boiling.

The entire point is that you heat the water to the finishing temperature of the meat you're cooking, all but ensuring that it's never overcooked or undercooked.

Great method for steaks, brilliant for otherwise-shitty chicken breast, makes eggs like nobody's business.

Even sous vide veggies are great.

Posted by: ballistic at November 19, 2021 05:21 PM (oXNqT)

267 How do the French say "We Frogs Smell Like Ass And Like It That Way"?...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 19, 2021 05:21 PM (R/m4+)

268 @charliespiering 4m

Joe Biden is walking more stiffly because of "significant spinal arthritis, post-fracture 'limp and compensation' and a mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet" his doctor says'

Oh is that all?

Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 05:21 PM (cF8AT)

269 "Had to look up "faugh." Learned a new word."

I approve.
Posted by: f'd

How do you pronounce that?

Posted by: Brett "Miklos" Favre at November 19, 2021 05:21 PM (QzkSJ)

270 The French should just use "on" for everybody. Maybe.

Posted by: KT at November 19, 2021 05:21 PM (0ghg2)

271 "Importantly, you'd almost never bring a water bath for sous vide to boiling."

Oh sure that's what they all say.

Posted by: f'd at November 19, 2021 05:22 PM (Tnijr)

272 234 Kyle's Lawyer "yeah, if Kyle knew his life would be ruined by an ungrateful community for just being there...he probably wouldn't have gone."

Posted by: Tim Riggins at November 19, 2021 05:16 PM (ZZK0E)

Uhh, the community of twelve jurors just acquitted him, in spite of his dumbass lawyers. Why do these clowns seize on their fifteen minutes of fame to run to the microphone and prove how idiotic the legal profession seems to the rest of us?

Posted by: Jen the original at November 19, 2021 05:22 PM (TuHbE)

273 That's all there is to it. The rest is noise.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 19, 2021 05:21 PM (OalnH)

Would not surprise me if Hunter is getting some kickback from Pfizer and Moderna.

Posted by: IC - #FJB at November 19, 2021 05:22 PM (hV9ir)

274 As promised, I did pick up a bottle or Rittenhouse Rye this afternoon. Will have a VERY healthy pour later -- probably just before ONT time!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2021 05:22 PM (mZUr4)

275 Insisting that a non-English language comport to the woke usages of the Karen Korps is cultural appropriation - no, cultural denial - in the grossest, most offensive manner possible. That a noun-gendered language by its very existence makes the SJW campaign wholly nonsensical must not be allowed; therefore, they must change their language - NOW!

It's not just European languages which are noun-gendered. Native languages of POC are often similarly developed. This is flat-out cultural denial of those poor, benighted POC who don't have a home-grown Karen Kulture to defend them on their behalf.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at November 19, 2021 05:22 PM (K58O6)

276 Also, isn't Austin a sort of country-club ~~concentration camp~~ septic tank for leftists in Texas?
Posted by: Paco at November 19, 2021 05:18 PM

Suggested edit.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 19, 2021 05:23 PM (a3Q+t)

277 Probably even more so if you exclude the bazillion immigrants France has nowadays (some of whom are quite tall).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 19, 2021 05:19 PM (bW8dp)

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Yeah that is true, African immigration probably increased the average.

I dunno when I lived there I didn't think they were shorter than anywhere else. I never would have thought it.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 19, 2021 05:23 PM (OalnH)

278 > The French aren't short. They're one of the tallest countries in the world.

They're in the top quarter, but there are a bunch of taller countries. Bosnia, Netherlands, Montenegro, Serbia, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, etc are all much taller.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 19, 2021 05:23 PM (sG4Hj)

279 One of my BILs is French. He is 6'2". His sister is about 5'8". Their parents were on the short side, however.

Posted by: washrivergal at November 19, 2021 05:23 PM (S7tFL)

280 Le Petit Robert is a part of Harper Collins. It was bound to happen. The woke American and British Karens will colonise more languages with this garbage.

Posted by: Mishdog at November 19, 2021 05:23 PM (/VWLE)

281 "How do you pronounce that?
Posted by: Brett "Miklos" Favre "

Like "Fa la la la laa la la la laa'd."

Posted by: f'd at November 19, 2021 05:23 PM (Tnijr)

282 246 Meh, they banned Pepe Le Pew who was the only French speaker I cared about.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 19, 2021 05:18 PM (kTF2Z)

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Yep. Him and Inspector Clouseau.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 05:23 PM (qFRAe)

283 Joe Biden is walking more stiffly because of "significant spinal arthritis, post-fracture 'limp and compensation' and a mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet" his doctor says'
Oh is that all?
Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 05:21 PM (cF8AT)

Maybe he should have had better doctors. Post fracture limp and compensation?

Posted by: Jen the original at November 19, 2021 05:24 PM (TuHbE)

284 Public courtesy tip to any obsessive media consumers who may see this..you are completely safe from "right wing armed vigilantes" if you a) stay away from riots and especially b) don't attack people carrying rifles. This will guarantee you don't get shot.

Posted by: azjaeger at November 19, 2021 05:24 PM (edcvS)

285 Baise Joe Biden.

Posted by: Boswell at November 19, 2021 05:24 PM (5iUNf)

286
Is "sodomite" a French word?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 19, 2021 05:13 PM

I believe it's the French national pastime.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 19, 2021 05:24 PM (dQvv7)

287
Here's a good piece on the tyranny in Austria:

https://tinyurl.com/3r9pvjxz

This is one of the top Substacks on this subject. The unvaccinated are an unclean under-class now. They are only allowed to leave their homes for specific reasons, and the police stop and make sure.

They are allowed to go to a supermarket to buy food for themselves, but only food, nothing else. Can't buy any non-food items. The police enforce this.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 19, 2021 05:24 PM (Mzdiz)

288 Maybe he should have had better doctors. Post fracture limp and compensation?
Posted by: Jen the original at November 19, 2021 05:24 PM (TuHbE)

Maybe he should not have pulled his dog's tail.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:24 PM (kBuGL)

289 English is now the international language, or you might say "La Lingua Franca ".

Posted by: Hawkpilot at November 19, 2021 05:25 PM (18UdP)

290 How do you pronounce that?

Faw. I'm not sure what it means but my ex used it alot when he got back from his tour in Turkey many years ago.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 19, 2021 05:25 PM (nxdel)

291 241 *reads from little phrase book*
My hovercraft is full of eels.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at November 19, 2021 05:17 PM (xPJvm)

Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 05:25 PM (nzEdf)

292 Btw if anyone is interested I put an update on Red's fundraiser that includes a video tribute to him. Link in nic.

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 05:25 PM (YZG/i)

293 The ancien regime French inch was longer than the English inch so when a Frog said he was 5' tall he was actually 5' 6" [or whatever it worked out to] but the Roast-Beefs thought he meant their 5'.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 05:25 PM (UHVv4)

294 it's FWENCH!!!!

Posted by: Kamala at November 19, 2021 05:25 PM (mZUr4)

295 Pink Panther movies were pretty funny.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at November 19, 2021 05:25 PM (TRGyz)

296 So Austria is now Australia?

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 19, 2021 05:26 PM (nxdel)

297 Food in water-tight bags is phoqued.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 19, 2021 05:26 PM (a3Q+t)

298 Missed the good threads earlier - but at least it's because hockey is back, it was a good workout - but need to note how the reactions to the verdict only darkened the already nearly pitch-black picture.

The complete inversion of facts, law, and morality by those dominating and even ruling America is - still - stunning.

And the families of the "victims", the Blake one and the mentally ill felon freak Kyle iced, really are the most vile, dangerous kind of vermin. A civilized society isn't viable with filth like them allowed to breathe while in it.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 19, 2021 05:26 PM (OTzUX)

299 @charliespiering 4m

Joe Biden is walking more stiffly because of "significant spinal arthritis, post-fracture 'limp and compensation' and a mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet" his doctor says'

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I thought it was head in ass disease.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 19, 2021 05:26 PM (FVME7)

300 Also, I'd like to say I've spent a bunch of time in France, during my three year Germany tour. I have never been treated rudely in France. Everyone was very nice.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at November 19, 2021 05:26 PM (18UdP)

301 Sous vide is good for beef and pork.

Pretty useless and kinda dumb to use for chicken and fish (which cook quickly).

I got caught up in the Sous Vide madness a few years ago. Sous Vide'd a lot to bestow this wisdom upon you all, you are welcome.

Gave my mom one for Xmas which somehow pissed her off. She refuses to use it. It's on the top shelf in the garage (Mom is 5'2").

Posted by: skunky choom at November 19, 2021 05:26 PM (4Go23)

302 Joe Biden is walking more stiffly because of "significant spinal arthritis, post-fracture 'limp and compensation' and a mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet" his doctor says'
Oh is that all?
Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 05:21 PM (cF8AT)

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It's not arthritis, it's the genital cuff.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 19, 2021 05:27 PM (kTF2Z)

303 Some TX state rep switched parties from dem. So now they can have another republican who consistently votes dem.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 05:27 PM (0ryfU)

304 Speaking of Harmeet Dhillon, remember all the deaths and property damage from wildfires that Clownifornia allowed to spread essentially unchecked?

Harmeet says (on her twitter feed) that environmentalists and conservationists ought to be pissed off, since 20% of its giant redwood trees were also destroyed. "The More You Know", as NBC likes to endlessly say....

Posted by: Kyle Rittenhouse has his AR back at November 19, 2021 05:27 PM (PUXju)

305 The French come by their height naturally. Gauls towered over the Romans- and I cannot imagine throwing in the Franks lowered em much.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:27 PM (kBuGL)

306 >>Joe Biden is walking more stiffly because of "significant spinal arthritis, post-fracture 'limp and compensation' and a mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet" his doctor says'
Oh is that all?

I walk stiff because of a fucked up back and a messed up knee but I don't walk like I have dementia.

Not full dementia anyway.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 19, 2021 05:27 PM (ZLI7S)

307 Maidson.com says the verdict is a (blank) message to Wisconsin and the country.

Is the word

a. Dangerous
b. Chilling
c. Disturbing
d. Horrific

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 19, 2021 05:27 PM (OalnH)

308 I hope Kyle Rittenhouse sues every one of these bastards for defamation and libel and ends up richer than Elon Musk.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at November 19, 2021 05:28 PM (18UdP)

309 Did they find the source of his GI bleed on the colonoscopy?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 05:28 PM (0ryfU)

310 ShainS: "Jeebus, Mr. JD, don't confuse corrupt commie officials in the DA's office with 'the community.'"

Good point. I wonder if the real community, aka that jury, just said more than what the verdict said. Maybe they were glad KR stepped in because the rioting in their community stopped after KR did the job those hired, paid, appointed, and elected failed to do. They abandoned their city and looked for a scapegoat. KR (and his small group of peers) ran to the city's aid.

Maybe they appreciate his action so they themselves don't have to man the posts.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at November 19, 2021 05:28 PM (aXxgO)

311 Joe Biden is walking more stiffly because of "significant spinal arthritis, post-fracture 'limp and compensation' and a mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet" his doctor says'

Oh is that all?
Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 05:21 PM (cF8AT)

Yeah, its hard to say "Punchy is suffering from Brain Puddin'fication" in like, medical-ese. So, they went with his feet hurt - its as far from the lack of solidified brain mass as they could get.

Posted by: Boswell at November 19, 2021 05:28 PM (5iUNf)

312
(AP) In an abundance of caution, Biden's doctors have advised he not resume Presidential duties until he is clearly lucid. When asked when that will happen, they politely replied, "We don't have a fvcking clue if that will ever happen."

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 19, 2021 05:28 PM (dQvv7)

313 299 So Austria is now Australia?
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 19, 2021 05:26 PM (nxdel)

Austria is just getting back to it's roots.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:28 PM (kBuGL)

314 English is now the international language, or you might say "La Lingua Franca ".
Posted by: Hawkpilot

Hey Frenchie! Sprechen ze Deutsch? Nein?

You're welcome.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (OCTRt)

315 The world is insane when we're redefining everything we know just to accommodate a mentally confused at best, disturbed at worst, 1% of the population.

Posted by: Shenanigans at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (ojwvu)

316 262 Per a french site: Austria rises up against 'health dictatorship'

The police and army refuse to enforce vaxxpassports in the name of "freedom and human dignity". They will join a large demonstration against mandatory lockdown on 20 November 2021 in Vienna.
(you can read the rest yourselves since you all do the French stuff anyways)

https://tinyurl.com/9cexzbya
Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2021 05:20 PM (P9T5R)

Oh, yay!

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (nzEdf)

317 Pretty useless and kinda dumb to use for chicken and fish (which cook quickly).

Posted by: skunky choom at November 19, 2021 05:26 PM (4Go23)

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Completely disagree on chicken, specifically breast. I generally loathe chicken breast because by the time it's done in the middle, it's dryer than Nancy Pelosi's dusty old poon on the outside.

SV chicken breast at 150F and it's *chef kiss*

Posted by: ballistic at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (oXNqT)

318 Where are they getting this white supremacist bs? Because he's white?

Posted by: dagny, first of her name at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (ySQBZ)

319 it's FWENCH!!!!

Posted by: Kamala at November 19, 2021 05:25 PM (mZUr4)

It's AWIENS!!!!

Posted by: Konspiracy Kitten at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (uhPTO)

320 Joe Biden is walking more stiffly because of "significant spinal arthritis, post-fracture 'limp and compensation' and a mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet" his doctor says'
Oh is that all?
Posted by: Tami at November 19, 2021 05:21 PM (cF8AT)
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Also that he's completely unaware of where he is at any given moment. That too.

Posted by: Kyle Rittenhouse has his AR back at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (PUXju)

321 They are allowed to go to a supermarket to buy food for themselves, but only food, nothing else. Can't buy any non-food items. The police enforce this.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 19, 2021 05:24 PM (Mzdiz)

Complete, cruel, f*cking insanity.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (H8QX8)

322 >>> oe Biden is walking more stiffly because of "significant spinal arthritis, post-fracture 'limp and compensation' and a mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet" his doctor says'
Oh is that all?

I walk stiff because of a fucked up back and a messed up knee but I don't walk like I have dementia.

Not full dementia anyway.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 19, 2021 05:27 PM (ZLI7S)

It's poopy pants. I've seen that walk before.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (FdmAd)

323 I'd like to see joe walking stiffly because his colon prolapsed.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (K/GZa)

324 296 The ancien regime French inch was longer than the English inch so when a Frog said he was 5' tall he was actually 5' 6" [or whatever it worked out to] but the Roast-Beefs thought he meant their 5'.
Posted by: andycanuck

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Zis explains why les mademoiselles found l'anglais to be, comme ce dit - disappointing cher amis

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 05:30 PM (YZG/i)

325 320 262 Per a french site: Austria rises up against 'health dictatorship'

The police and army refuse to enforce vaxxpassports in the name of "freedom and human dignity". They will join a large demonstration against mandatory lockdown on 20 November 2021 in Vienna.
(you can read the rest yourselves since you all do the French stuff anyways)

https://tinyurl.com/9cexzbya
Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2021 05:20 PM (P9T5R)

Oh, yay!
Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (nzEdf)

Was there some sort of population swap (leaving leaders) between Austria and Australia while no one was looking?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:30 PM (kBuGL)

326 Completely disagree on chicken, specifically breast. I generally loathe chicken breast because by the time it's done in the middle, it's dryer than Nancy Pelosi's dusty old poon on the outside.

You can't get this kind of quality commentary on any other site.

Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:30 PM (ZsR3z)

327 325 They are allowed to go to a supermarket to buy food for themselves, but only food, nothing else. Can't buy any non-food items. The police enforce this.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 19, 2021 05:24 PM (Mzdiz)

Complete, cruel, f*cking insanity.
Posted by: Ordinary American at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (H8QX

This. I will also add 'bloody hell'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:31 PM (kBuGL)

328 Some TX state rep switched parties from dem. So now they can have another republican who consistently votes dem.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Hispanic dude from the Rio Grande Valley. He's pissed off about open borders.
Probably because his legal constituents can't find work.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 05:31 PM (OCTRt)

329 To be fully woke, you must first assume you are more powerful than a certain group. Then assume to know what that group would be offended by. Then assume that the group is incapable of voicing their offense out of weakness. Therefore, you must protect the weak from the offense by projecting your power.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 05:31 PM (0ryfU)

330 Zis explains why les mademoiselles found l'anglais to be, comme ce dit - disappointing cher amis
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And why the French stole the Mona Lisa from Paolo's ancestors -- jealousy!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 19, 2021 05:31 PM (UHVv4)

331 Why did Rittenhouse have to shoot 3 people? Because the left has defanged and handcuffed the Police so chaos ensues.

You wanted this you SOBs on the left, now suck on it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 19, 2021 05:32 PM (Irn0L)

332 Until you bring water to boil - there is no effective heat transfer.

Wut?

Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:32 PM (ZsR3z)

333 Emily Compagno on The Five.

Oh my.

Posted by: blaster at November 19, 2021 05:32 PM (mbFEM)

334 "The ancien regime French inch..."

Does Mrs. French know about this?

Posted by: Toad-O at November 19, 2021 05:32 PM (cct0t)

335 283 Le Petit Robert is a part of Harper Collins. It was bound to happen. The woke American and British Karens will colonise more languages with this garbage.

Posted by: Mishdog at November 19, 2021 05:23 PM (/VWLE)

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We've been part of a conservative countywide prepper group, under the nominal auspices of a CPT Community Preparedness Team, for a couple years now.

One of the recommendations was to go out and buy up old classic dictionaries before they disappear and are replaced by this new.woke bullshit and the ongoing destruction of the language and historical definitions of various words.

Same with classic history books as they airbrush actual history out of revised woke history.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 19, 2021 05:32 PM (qFRAe)

336 330 I'm just warming up.

Until you bring water to boil - there is no effective heat transfer. It's just a matter of "I'll put my room temp steak in here until it somehow gets close, but not quite to, the temp of this water".

Once you start boiling water - as any good high school physics kid knows - it changes state, and BTUs transfer. Hence - why steam is so good for cooking.

If you want to cook under boiling point ? Just put the shit in a pot of water, in the oven, and wait.
Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 05:30 PM (zTvDU)

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Um, no offense or anything, but are you VERY high on drugs right now?

Posted by: ballistic at November 19, 2021 05:32 PM (oXNqT)

337 Dangerous, chilling, disturbing and horrific to the anarchists
Sure, not to me.

Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2021 05:33 PM (2JoB8)

338 It's poopy pants. I've seen that walk before.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 05:29 PM (FdmAd)
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Huh? Did someone call my name?

Posted by: Jerry Nadler at November 19, 2021 05:33 PM (PUXju)

339 SV chicken breast at 150F and it's *chef kiss*
Posted by: ballistic

Blah. I pulled out a sirloin tip roast out of the freezer yesterday. Still partially frozen. Will cook tomorrow in oven. Hot to sear, then low and slow. Maybe melted potatoes.

Posted by: Infidel at November 19, 2021 05:33 PM (pA4Ca)

340 They are allowed to go to a supermarket to buy food for themselves, but only food, nothing else. Can't buy any non-food items. The police enforce this.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 19, 2021 05:24 PM (Mzdiz)

Do you think they locked down the whole country because they're afraid of what will happen if just the "unclean" are locked away? i.e., just as many people get sick as before?

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 19, 2021 05:33 PM (Ez6QX)

341 >>Um, no offense or anything, but are you VERY high on drugs right now?

Is that a question for the class because I'm pretty sure garrett is high as a kite.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 19, 2021 05:34 PM (ZLI7S)

342 "If you want to cook under boiling point ? Just put the shit in a pot of water, in the oven, and wait."

I like to leave it in the hot sun for a couple of hours.

Posted by: the buzzard at November 19, 2021 05:34 PM (Tnijr)

343 >>> Completely disagree on chicken, specifically breast. I generally loathe chicken breast because by the time it's done in the middle, it's dryer than Nancy Pelosi's dusty old poon on the outside.

You can't get this kind of quality commentary on any other site.
Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:30 PM (ZsR3z)

Dusty old pelosi poon might be a better descriptor for a good dry wine like a cabernet sauvignon. On a luxurious and very classy AoS wine and cheese tasting thread.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 05:34 PM (FdmAd)

344 Does Colin Kaepernick actually endorse pedophilia? It seems to me he does.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker at November 19, 2021 05:34 PM (cSyAR)

345 It would be a shame if they perforated his 80 year old flaccid diverticulosis ridden colon for a totally useless cancer screening.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 05:34 PM (0ryfU)

346 Blah. I pulled out a sirloin tip roast out of the freezer yesterday. Still partially frozen. Will cook tomorrow in oven. Hot to sear, then low and slow. Maybe melted potatoes.
Posted by: Infidel at November 19, 2021 05:33 PM (pA4Ca)

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Reverse sear and finish in pan with butter and herbs. Searing first is inferior.

Posted by: ballistic at November 19, 2021 05:34 PM (oXNqT)

347 Water transfer heats as it warms.

The cool thing about water (or any matter) is that while undergoing a phase change, it stays as a constant temp. So the water maintains a very constant temp of whatever it's boiling point it. Which makes time the only variable in cooking.

If'n you want to boil everything.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:35 PM (kBuGL)

348
Um, no offense or anything, but are you VERY high on drugs right now?

Posted by: ballistic at November 19, 2021 05:32 PM

A poster who used to go by the nic of 'Scooge Dog' or thereabouts. As to the first part of your question... most certainly.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at November 19, 2021 05:35 PM (dQvv7)

349 290
Here's a good piece on the tyranny in Austria:

https://tinyurl.com/3r9pvjxz

This is one of the top Substacks on this subject. The unvaccinated are an unclean under-class now. They are only allowed to leave their homes for specific reasons, and the police stop and make sure.

They are allowed to go to a supermarket to buy food for themselves, but only food, nothing else. Can't buy any non-food items. The police enforce this.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 19, 2021 05:24 PM (Mzdiz)

Scary, scary stuff.

Posted by: m at November 19, 2021 05:35 PM (nzEdf)

350 Pink Panther movies were pretty funny.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at November 19, 2021 05:25 PM (TRGyz)

I always liked The Inspector cartoon shorts from the mid 1960s

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 19, 2021 05:35 PM (2JVJo)

351
Just put the shit in a water bath, in the oven. You're doing the same damn thing. This is not magic.
Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 05:27 PM (Ee/1W)

Wrong

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 19, 2021 05:35 PM (WF/xn)

352 I"m having a difficult time understanding how a 79 year old had a colonoscopy this am with anesthetic and then returned to the WH to make pronouncements about the Rittenhouse trial and then participated in a turkey pardoning ceremony.

Something isn't adding up. Everyone I know that had a colonoscopy is rather sleepy, tired, and full of gas the rest of the day. Not to mention needing to eat and having blood sugar ups and downs.

I remember Bush having a colonoscopy and it was a big deal because Cheney assumed duties for about six or seven hours. I remember Bush had polyps removed, regardless, he wasn't out until the next day.

I'm not buying the colonoscopy story on Joe and additionally having this full work up. The colonoscopy itself is a full morning deal even if you are president.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 19, 2021 05:35 PM (TuHbE)

353 "iel" -- a combination of "il" and "elle,"
__________

Unfortunately, my own idea along these lines hasn't caught on. That is "s/he/it". Pronounced with a Southern accent.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 19, 2021 05:36 PM (7X3UV)

354 Dusty old pelosi poon might be a better descriptor for a good dry wine like a cabernet sauvignon. On a luxurious and very classy AoS wine and cheese tasting thread.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 05:34 PM (FdmAd)

I want to start an Ouzo brand called Dusty Poon w/ Nancy's portrait.

God I hate anise anything.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:36 PM (kBuGL)

355 Why did Rittenhouse have to shoot 3 people?

Because the third one didn't learn from the first 2?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 05:36 PM (0ryfU)

356 "Had to look up "faugh." Learned a new word."

I approve.
Posted by: f'd

How do you pronounce that?

Posted by: Brett "Miklos" Favre at November 19, 2021 05:21
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Doesn't have an "r" in it, so I'm going with sounds like "laugh." I may not be right, but I know I'm not wrong.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 19, 2021 05:36 PM (ju2Fy)

357 A poster who used to go by the nic of 'Scooge Dog' or thereabouts. As to the first part of your question... most certainly.

That guy AGAIN? It seems he just can't quit us.

Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:36 PM (ZsR3z)

358 "Everything woke turns to shit"

Again, PDJT perfectly captures the Biden essence

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 19, 2021 05:36 PM (PUXju)

359 In Re Woke:

The French don't care about your virtue signaling, they're French and Fuck You Very Much, You Barbarian.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Summer Biden Special! Sunblock 10,000 SPF 20% Off! at November 19, 2021 05:37 PM (HfND3)

360 Until you bring water to boil - there is no effective heat transfer.

Even I can't concur with that statement.

Posted by: Bill Nye, the mechanical engineer guy at November 19, 2021 05:37 PM (a3Q+t)

361 I want to start an Ouzo brand called Dusty Poon w/ Nancy's portrait.

God I hate anise anything.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:36 PM (kBuGL)

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Ugh, same.

Posted by: ballistic at November 19, 2021 05:37 PM (oXNqT)

362 Completely disagree on chicken, specifically breast. I generally loathe chicken breast because by the time it's done in the middle, it's dryer than Nancy Pelosi's dusty old poon on the outside.

You can't get this kind of quality commentary on any other site.
Posted by: pep

But, are they lying?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 19, 2021 05:37 PM (OCTRt)

363 Where are they getting this white supremacist bs?
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They say that math, and orthodox english grammar, and deferred gratification, and punctuality are all aspects of white supremacy.

And KR arrived at the riot right on fucking time.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at November 19, 2021 05:37 PM (sGnvY)

364 357 I"m having a difficult time understanding how a 79 year old had a colonoscopy this am with anesthetic and then returned to the WH to make pronouncements about the Rittenhouse trial and then participated in a turkey pardoning ceremony

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Either they prepared statements (one for not guilty, one for guilty), or the staff wrote it without him, or he didn't get a coloniscopy, he got brain scans. Or all of the above.

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at November 19, 2021 05:37 PM (YZG/i)

365 God I hate anise anything.

No, just no. It is excellent for flavoring your own cocktail cherries.

Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:37 PM (ZsR3z)

366 I highly recommend Tucker's long interview with Dr. Scott Atlas. He covers all the bases of the Covid mess sparing nothing and no one.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 19, 2021 05:38 PM (H8QX8)

367 239 Quick Google search, France's average height for men is 179.73 cm. By comparison the US is 175.26.

I imagine our average height will drop pretty dramatically once most of Central America gets citizenship.

Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:16 PM (ZsR3z)

My son, who has done a lot of international travel for work, said he can pick out a lot of nationalities just by looks. He call us mongrels.

Posted by: Javems at November 19, 2021 05:38 PM (AmoqO)

368 Now - put that same piece of steak over a boiling pot of water ? Now - you have a legit thermal energy transfer situation. You can actually add fuel, below the water, to make it boil quicker, to send more steam to your steak.

Or - you can buy one of these Sous Vide shits - because you don't like the idea of doing the same thing with Zip Loc bags and a candy thermometer in your oven.
Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 05:36 PM (Ee/1W)

Yeah, but you are not changing the thermal transfer properties- you are just increasing the temperature gradient between the two.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at November 19, 2021 05:38 PM (kBuGL)

369 How do you say "Will You Please Take a Hot Bath" in French?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 19, 2021 05:38 PM (R/m4+)

370 Reverse sear and finish in pan with butter and herbs. Searing first is inferior.
Posted by: ballistic

Hmm, that's usually what I do with steak in the winter.

Posted by: Infidel at November 19, 2021 05:38 PM (pA4Ca)

371 Sit a piece of room temp steak in a 150 degree water bath. All you're fucking doing is waiting until that shit reached equilibrium. And you can't rush the process. It's a static thermal dynamics problem.

Now - put that same piece of steak over a boiling pot of water ? Now - you have a legit thermal energy transfer situation. You can actually add fuel, below the water, to make it boil quicker, to send more steam to your steak.

Or - you can buy one of these Sous Vide shits - because you don't like the idea of doing the same thing with Zip Loc bags and a candy thermometer in your oven.
Posted by: Working on Mysteries at November 19, 2021 05:36 PM (Ee/1W)

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Roll another one, Cheech

Posted by: ballistic at November 19, 2021 05:38 PM (oXNqT)

372 NOOD y'all

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 19, 2021 05:38 PM (BFigT)

373 Does Mrs. French know about this?
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No, she get the Italian foot.

Posted by: paolo at November 19, 2021 05:39 PM (UHVv4)

374 371 God I hate anise anything.

Don't knock it til you try it

-Mayor Secretary Pete

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 19, 2021 05:39 PM (5xQgm)

375 Is that a question for the class because I'm pretty sure garrett is high as a kite.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 19, 2021 05:34 PM

No reference to us?

Posted by: Blingy, fur-lined Crocs at November 19, 2021 05:40 PM (a3Q+t)

376 The colonoscopy itself is a full morning deal even if you are president.
Posted by: Jen the original at November 19, 2021 05:35 PM (TuHbE)
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I thought they don't generally perform colonoscopies on 78 year old men, on the theory most prostate cancers take decades to kill you. I know some prostate cancers are aggressive and kill faster, but I've never heard of a man that old getting a colonoscopy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 19, 2021 05:40 PM (PUXju)

377 I saw a clip on YT that claimed that 80% of the young Russian males born between 1919 and 1921 were dead by the end of the war. 80%. I really don't know how they kept going.

As for the French, Barbara Tuchman's Guns of August describes a plaque in the back of the chapel at St. Cyr, the French West Point. It lists the names of those killed in WW1 by graduating year. It lists "the entire class of 1914".
Posted by: pep at November 19, 2021 05:01 PM (ZsR3z)

People don't need to reproduce with those born in the same year. Furthermore, one man can impregnate multiple women.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 19, 2021 05:03 PM (z5Vrg)

The ones that didn't die, were away, in the trenches. And they didn't get leave. One of the reforms put in by Petain after the Mutiny in 1917 where the troops refused the latest idiot attack was to start allowing troops leave to go on leave on rotation.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 19, 2021 05:40 PM (eoQWY)

378 On radio news this A.M., one voice would say something about Austria, the other voice would clearly say "Australia". I guess that like the squirrels, the countries got married.

Posted by: klaftern at November 19, 2021 05:40 PM (taPSh)

379 This whole French non-binary non-binary pronoun crap is reveille fuckery le phew with testicules. The French should stick to eating snails and leave the Woke crap to the experts, Karen Le American.

Posted by: LostInSpace at November 19, 2021 05:41 PM (ESLBo)

380 My son, who has done a lot of international travel for work, said he can pick out a lot of nationalities just by looks. He call us mongrels.
Posted by: Javems at November 19, 2021 05:38 PM (AmoqO)

And we are, that is our charm.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2021 05:41 PM (P9T5R)

381 My son, who has done a lot of international travel for work, said he can pick out a lot of nationalities just by looks. He call us mongrels.
Posted by: Javems at November 19, 2021 05:38 PM (AmoqO)

The term is 'hybrid vigour'

Posted by: Oldcat at November 19, 2021 05:41 PM (eoQWY)

382 >>> Something isn't adding up. Everyone I know that had a colonoscopy is rather sleepy, tired, and full of gas the rest of the day. Not to mention needing to eat and having blood sugar ups and downs.
Posted by: Jen the original at November 19, 2021 05:35 PM (TuHbE)

They make you drink awful stuff that makes you feel bad for a while and pump you up like a tire. I knew a British dude that had an emergency one and they didn't have time to drink the stuff and so when they started to pump him up he was blowing exploding messy farts at the whole nurse and doctor crew who had plastic shields up all while he was saying in a British accent, "BOOOOF, pardon me, PHPHPPHPSSSS oh pardon" on and on until he conked out. That's the story he told us and it was funny.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2021 05:41 PM (FdmAd)

383 Begun the Sous Vide Wars have.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper and Political Savant at November 19, 2021 05:41 PM (PiwSw)

384 Okay, let's start calling them Belgian fries because, incredibly, the French are now more gay than both the Flemish and the Walloons.

Posted by: some guy out west at November 19, 2021 05:42 PM (UKjwp)

385 Also, I'd like to say I've spent a bunch of time in France, during my three year Germany tour. I have never been treated rudely in France. Everyone was very nice.
Posted by: Hawkpilot at November 19, 2021 05:26 PM (18UdP)

My time in France was night and day. First time, most locals I dealt with were worse than Boston drivers. Second time on the frontier with Germany they were very helpful and accommodating.

In one small town we were trying to check-in to glorified hotel. The receptionist didn't speak any of the 3 languages my buddy and I spoke (English, German, Spanish). A complete comedy of errors trying to get a room and dinner.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 19, 2021 05:42 PM (KTaZ8)

386 I'm not buying the colonoscopy story on Joe and additionally having this full work up. The colonoscopy itself is a full morning deal even if you are president.
Posted by: Jen the original at November 19, 2021 05:35 PM (TuHbE)

You think Biden writes his statements and tweets, or even dictates them?

Posted by: Oldcat at November 19, 2021 05:43 PM (eoQWY)

387 When I was a French major, mumbledy-mumble years ago, the native speakers in the French department faculty uniformly considered L'Academie Française to be a joke. Back then, the Academy seemed to regard its highest calling as eliminating anglicisms which were creeping into popular use. God forbid that any "self-respecting" Frenchman or woman should ever wish anyone "Bon Weekend." So it's interesting to see that the Academy actually is around and being taken seriously.

Posted by: Introverted Elephocentric Hypochondriac at November 19, 2021 05:44 PM (Qs5a6)

388 I want to write "ça, je m'en fou" but je isn't sufficiently non-binary.

Posted by: some guy out west at November 19, 2021 05:45 PM (UKjwp)

389 quick hits nood.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper and Political Savant at November 19, 2021 05:45 PM (PiwSw)

390 Jen, I tend to agree. The drug they give you now though you are pretty much over it after about an hour. Still every doctor recommends taking it easy for 24 hours. I'm not buying it either.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 19, 2021 05:45 PM (nxdel)

391 Here's a good piece on the tyranny in Austria:

https://tinyurl.com/3r9pvjxz

This is one of the top Substacks on this subject. The unvaccinated are an unclean under-class now. They are only allowed to leave their homes for specific reasons, and the police stop and make sure.

They are allowed to go to a supermarket to buy food for themselves, but only food, nothing else. Can't buy any non-food items. The police enforce this.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 19, 2021 05:24 PM (Mzdiz)

Just goes to show that if the Europeans can't find Jews, they will make their own to persecute.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 19, 2021 05:46 PM (eoQWY)

392 You think Biden writes his statements and tweets, or even dictates them? Posted by: Oldcat

You forgot the he can't even repeat these statements when necessary half the time without slurring and stuttering like a bedwetter that sets fires.

Posted by: LostInSpace at November 19, 2021 05:46 PM (ESLBo)

393 I drank ouzo - once -, it was unpleasant but I have to admit, it did get the job done. And, it was free to me so....

Friend of mine did a semester abroad and brought back a lot of it because it was so damn cheap. Like, under a buck a bottle in 1989.

After the first drink I almost punched him for trying to f*ck with me. But he wasn't and we drank it earnestly until we couldn't anymore.

Grapa? He had that too. Worse than ouzo.

Posted by: skunky choom at November 19, 2021 05:50 PM (4Go23)

394 I'm sick and tired of people saying Kyle R. shouldn't have gone there, etc., etc. I'm grateful there are still people willing to defend their families, neighbors, community, city, state, and country. Especially against these deranged leftist maniacs. Thank God for Kyle Rittenhouse.

Posted by: FriscoYoda at November 19, 2021 05:51 PM (+56GQ)

395 >> I don't think we're wrong. I'm pretty sure we're not.

Yep, you're not even wrong, as Wolfgang Pauli famously said.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 19, 2021 05:51 PM (Mzdiz)

396 French's neutral pronoun is on; Catalan is hom.Soanish uses the reflexive se.

So these are the non binary pronouns

Posted by: Xavier Basora at November 19, 2021 05:51 PM (HZCl6)

397 "A poster who used to go by the nic of 'Scooge Dog' or thereabouts."

ScoggDogg is back? ScoggDogg is back?? Scoggy!!!!

Welcome back.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 19, 2021 05:57 PM (Ocv6A)

398 So teaching is a "science," huh?

Good lord, people with education degrees have well deserved inferiority complexes. They're "professionals." They're "heroes." And now they're "scientists."

Two of the Furious Juniors are teachers, as were Mrs. Furious and Ma Furious, and they, along with four out of five dentists surveyed, agree that journalism majors and all the various grievance studies majors are geniuses by comparison.

Posted by: Furious George at November 19, 2021 06:15 PM (9vQJW)

399 That's a new one on me. Though several years ago I saw a proposal by a French feminist group to call all women "Madame" (Mrs.) and retire the word "Mademoiselle" (Miss), thus creating an equivalent to "Ms." that did not until then exist.

I never found out if the Academie approved the idea.

Posted by: jdgalt1 at November 19, 2021 09:47 PM (3SFo/)

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