Duncanthrax's Empire of Bats Cafe

Honduran white bats,
sheltering under a leaf

Basically this whole thread is to keep Duncanthrax appeased for the next six months.

TheBatBnB makes Bat Bed-and-Breakfast boxes for bats to congregate and sleep in, to help save the bats. They posted a lot of the pictures I'll be posting in this thread.

"Have you ever heard of 'electronic mail'? You'll be hearing about it in the future, some nerds tell us."

Bad-tomato rejecting machine. Pretty nifty.

Bike race in the 1920s.

Commenters were talking about the Tacoma Bridge a while ago. Here it is on the day of its collapse.

Bear home invasion. The cubs whine and yammer about who gets the seed-covered ball of suet (which was hung for the birds).

Picture via @MerlinsBats

Dogs just want to be doing whatever it is you're doing. You fascinate them.

What I hear in my head is, the sad end theme from The Incredible Hulk TV show...

Teaching a dog to "whisper-bark."

Percival's short-eared trident bat
Picture via @MerlinsBats

US-Japan relations, 1854-1940.

Big ol' whale.

Sheep dip.

Dolphin gives a dog a little smoocher:

Picture via @MerlinsBats

They thought they were out there to catch lunch, not serve lunch:

Picture via @MerlinsBats

Thanks to JackStraw:

Watch this endless river of bats emerging from this cave

This is Cueva de los Murciélagos in Mexico pic.twitter.com/JbmbhOdgHc
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) July 22, 2022

"Cueva de los Murcielagos" means "Cave of the Bats." If you're wondering how that word came to mean "bats:"

Old Spanish mur ("mouse") + ciego ("blind")

Mur for mouse comes from Latin mus.

🚨ALERT🚨 WE GOT EAR WIGGLES, THIS IS NOT A DRILL, EAR WIGGLES EVERYBODY!!!!! 🚨🦇 pic.twitter.com/Uqm15AfqVa
— Bats Nightly 🦇 (@BatsDaily) July 24, 2022

BAT boys preparing for the day. pic.twitter.com/SYia6HHl0T
— Aji Bussu Onye Mpiawa azụ 🏳️‍🌈 (@AfamDeluxo) July 27, 2022

What the what.

While not part of their usual behaviour, bats can swim, especially in stressful situations if the need arises. This video by Krishnendu Mitra, though, shows they are indeed surprisingly good at it [source, read more: https://t.co/sUeMlpkBvV] pic.twitter.com/3AaZJBgKFf
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 27, 2022

Le Bar Bat, shuttered nightclub in NYC
It tried too hard. And yet, not enough.
It was kind of gay. Not gay, but, you know.
Gay.
Garrett would've liked it.

Egyptian fruit-bat feeding on mango
Picture via @MerlinsBats

Posted by: Ace at 07:26 PM

Comments

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1 Bats! I'll call the others.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2022 07:29 PM (OX9vb)

2 >>>Honduran white bats

They look like pig bats.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 18, 2022 07:30 PM (hVqGz)

3 Le Bar Bat looks cool. I would stop in there for a Pinot Noir.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 18, 2022 07:31 PM (OX9vb)

4 Bats are leftists. They all look like antifa.

Posted by: JROD at August 18, 2022 07:31 PM (0jZnq)

5 Good evening again.

I'm hungry - but I wouldn't eat a bat.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2022 07:31 PM (cV68e)

6
One bat!

Two bats!

...

Seventeen bats!

Ah! Ah! Ah!

Posted by: The Count at August 18, 2022 07:31 PM (KYKwc)

7 Chiropteraphilia!

Gracias, Chuy.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at August 18, 2022 07:32 PM (Dc2NZ)

8 I saw Hole open for Bad Tomato at the Bottom Line.

Posted by: Splunge at August 18, 2022 07:32 PM (cm/80)

9 >>> 4 Bats are leftists. They all look like antifa.
Posted by: JROD at August 18, 2022 07:31 PM (0jZnq)

We are not commies! You're thinking of rats.

Posted by: bats at August 18, 2022 07:33 PM (llON8)

10 Those bat portraits look like school photos.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at August 18, 2022 07:33 PM (Dc2NZ)

11 Say, are there any bats that aren't as ugly as Rashida Tlaib?

Posted by: Splunge at August 18, 2022 07:33 PM (cm/80)

12 WTAF
where are the sea otters?

*sulks*

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 07:33 PM (U2p+3)

13 I hate bats.

**waves to nurse**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 18, 2022 07:35 PM (AW0uW)

14 >>> 11 Say, are there any bats that aren't as ugly as Rashida Tlaib?
Posted by: Splunge at August 18, 2022 07:33 PM (cm/80)

Oh, is *that* how it's going to be tonight? First we're commies, now we're ugly??

Posted by: bats at August 18, 2022 07:35 PM (llON8)

15 Honduran White Bat Lettuce Wrap.

I think I'll pass.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2022 07:35 PM (P1f+c)

16 Austin, TX is a commie shithole, but the nightly flight of the bats from under the Congress Street Bridge is cool as hell.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at August 18, 2022 07:37 PM (v23vE)

17 It would be nice if we could have a cocker spaniel cafe.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2022 07:37 PM (NpAcC)

18 I saw Hole open for Bad Tomato at the Bottom Line.
Posted by: Splunge at August 18, 2022 07:32 PM (cm/80)

That reminds me of a story: apparently Courtney Love was at some event where Algore happened to be infesting. When he saw her, Gore did the usual political bloviation of "wow, what a pleasure to meet you, I'm a yuge fan, yada, yada, yada."

Love looked him dead in the eye and said, "Name one of my songs."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 18, 2022 07:37 PM (AW0uW)

19 Hi Mr Poppins!
How are you?
I'm going to meet #1 son for dinner tonight.
❤️

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 07:38 PM (U2p+3)

20
electronic mail link is not working

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 18, 2022 07:38 PM (pNxlR)

21 The bats are back! The bats are back!

Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2022 07:38 PM (nfrXX)

22 We are not commies! You're thinking of rats.

Speaking of rats, I watched the Hurt / Burton 1984 today. What a terrible and depressing movie. If I were Hurt, I'd have needed a year of therapy afterwards.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 18, 2022 07:39 PM (AW0uW)

23 11 Say, are there any bats that aren't as ugly as Rashida Tlaib?
Posted by: Splunge

You're thinking of Pramila Jayapal.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 07:39 PM (U2p+3)

24
Basically this whole thread is to keep Duncanthrax appeased for the next six months.

==

I fully expect Galactic Empire of Penguins Cafe to be on the horizon. Fully. Expect. On the horizon. Soon. Any time now.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2022 07:39 PM (V13WU)

25 Percival's short-eared trident bat

Come on now, Percy. "Trident" should mean "three-toothed." That's a triceratops bat.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2022 07:39 PM (P1f+c)

26 "Those bat portraits look like school photos."

LOL. They do don't they.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2022 07:39 PM (gLRfa)

27 Batpigs!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2022 07:39 PM (63Dwl)

28
Oh, is *that* how it's going to be tonight? First we're commies, now we're ugly??
Posted by: bats

A little rhinoplasty would do all y'all some real good ... jus' sayin'

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 18, 2022 07:39 PM (pNxlR)

29 18 That reminds me of a story: apparently Courtney Love was at some event where Algore happened to be infesting. When he saw her, Gore did the usual political bloviation of "wow, what a pleasure to meet you, I'm a yuge fan, yada, yada, yada."

Love looked him dead in the eye and said, "Name one of my songs."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 18, 2022 07:37 PM (AW0uW)

That is perfect. This is the same woman who, years before Harvey Weinstein finally met justice, when asked what advice she had for young actresses, said "If Harvey Weinstein invites you to a party in his hotel room, don't go."

Posted by: Splunge at August 18, 2022 07:40 PM (cm/80)

30 Oh, and Duncanthrax will never be appeased. He will demand bats on every thread now. Every. Thread. Bats.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2022 07:40 PM (V13WU)

31 Bats! We have bats!!!! A most frabjous day!

¡El Sr. Chuy es magnífico! ¡Debemos esforzarnos por ser dignos de él!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 07:40 PM (a3Q+t)

32 Hi Mr Poppins!
How are you?
I'm going to meet #1 son for dinner tonight.
❤️
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 07:38 PM (U2p+3)

Oh, how wonderful! I hope you have a lovely time.

I'm OK. Have to be up early to work tomorrow, but with any luck I'll get out early. Then I'm meeting my muse for a few hours on Saturday to work out a basic plot for my new Theda Bara book.

I'm hoping to get a few miles on the bike come Sunday. If I'm near the ocean, I'll send you a picture.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 18, 2022 07:40 PM (AW0uW)

33 Nice butterfly stroke. But he's not going anywhere till he gets those legs involved.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2022 07:40 PM (ZLI7S)

34 I want that bat hanging over the door at Le Bar Bat.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at August 18, 2022 07:41 PM (Dc2NZ)

35 Bats are ugly but they do eat lots of bugs

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2022 07:41 PM (k8B25)

36 How does that tomato rejecting machine know which ones are green?

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2022 07:41 PM (gLRfa)

37 A methed out woman who was handcuffed in the back of a patrol car managed to get access to a rifle and she fired it, striking at least one person.

https://cnn.it/3PxLHzt (Goes to a video from inside the patrol vehicle hosted at CNN)

There's a partition, and the gun was locked. However, the partition can be reached around and the gun had a lock release button that was labeled, "gun."

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2022 07:41 PM (eyxn4)

38 Trump and FBI ? Bats. CNN firing all its "talent" ? Bats.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2022 07:42 PM (V13WU)

39 How does that tomato rejecting machine know which ones are green?
Posted by: Tuna

It's also powered by Minx 0.8 beta.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2022 07:42 PM (P1f+c)

40 I have about 75 fake bats that I keep in the attic and bring out for Halloween.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2022 07:43 PM (NpAcC)

41 Oh, and Duncanthrax will never be appeased. He will demand bats on every thread now. Every. Thread. Bats.
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2022 07:40 PM

You are far too young to be so cynical.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 07:43 PM (a3Q+t)

42 Sky otters!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 18, 2022 07:43 PM (hwoGt)

43 I have about 75 fake bats that I keep in the attic and bring out for Halloween.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2022 07:43 PM (NpAcC)

75 ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2022 07:43 PM (V13WU)

44
Thunderstorms passing through Brazoria County this evening. After the disaster last month I took care to shut down and unplug all the electronics.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2022 07:44 PM (8EFs+)

45 35 Bats are ugly but they do eat lots of bugs
Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2022 07:41 PM (k8B25)

Sure. And Camel Spiders eat scorpions. And Tarantula Hawk Wasps lay their eggs in tarantulas. But I'm not inviting either of those hideous creatures in for tea.

Posted by: Splunge at August 18, 2022 07:44 PM (cm/80)

46 >>>Basically this whole thread is to keep Duncanthrax appeased for the next six months.

Now you're getting it. You're welcome. Now shut up!

Posted by: CNN at August 18, 2022 07:44 PM (QYPq3)

47 Duncanthrax will be in heaven! Of course he'll skip today. Doh!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2022 07:44 PM (wDIfL)

48 While not part of their usual behaviour, bats can swim, especially in stressful situations if the need arises.
Posted by: Ace

Stressful situations, like suddenly finding yourself in a lake or river? I can't imagine swimming is ever unstressful for a mostly-blind flying creature. "Am I even swimming towards shore?"

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2022 07:45 PM (P1f+c)

49
We're going to need those bats to produce guano for fertilizer. The future has need of the past.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2022 07:45 PM (8EFs+)

50 20s bike race from suspended account.

Board track motorcycle races. Same era and earlier.
https://wheelsthroughtime.com/board-track-america/

Santa Paula oil museum had a nice exhibit circa 1994. Racers had nicknames like "splinters".

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at August 18, 2022 07:45 PM (Q2HUC)

51 On the other wing, the cartoon trope of "fell in a river, about to go over a waterfall" is a big win if you're a bat. Free trip back to mid-air!

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2022 07:46 PM (P1f+c)

52 The momma bear and cubs are cute, glad I don't have bears here

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2022 07:46 PM (k8B25)

53 Is it sea otters or river otters that don't play so nice?

Posted by: kraken at August 18, 2022 07:46 PM (Vr12I)

54 I was replacing window sash rope in my landlady's old three story house. Bats in the attic. Started running into droppings on the second and third floor windows. I got pretty sick for about a week.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2022 07:46 PM (lz5hY)

55 How does that tomato rejecting machine know which ones are green?
Posted by: Tuna

Easy. It rejects the ones that aren't red.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 18, 2022 07:46 PM (hwoGt)

56 75 ?
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2022 07:43 PM (V13WU)
******
That's a low estimate. We go all out for Halloween.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2022 07:46 PM (NpAcC)

57 49 We're going to need those bats to produce guano for fertilizer. The future has need of the past.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2022 07:45 PM (8EFs+)

I recommend the guano of the roseate spoonbill instead.

Posted by: Zombie Dr. No at August 18, 2022 07:47 PM (cm/80)

58 I don't like bats but I've been drinking.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 18, 2022 07:47 PM (eGTCV)

59 Awaken with JP on YouTube just put up a sick burn of the FBI.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 18, 2022 07:47 PM (cMXNt)

60 There's a partition, and the gun was locked. However, the partition can be reached around and the gun had a lock release button that was labeled, "gun."
Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2022 07:41 PM (eyxn4)

My only real contact with the FBI was when a local meth head got cuffed and stuffed, managed to get out of his cuffs, squeeze through the partition and take the full auto AR from where it was secured in the squad car, and run away unnoticed.
The FBI came and staked out our office because he was scheduled for an appointment the next day and he might have decided to keep it

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2022 07:47 PM (xhaym)

61
That endless cave o' bats would give those Wuhan fookers some serious wood ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 18, 2022 07:48 PM (pNxlR)

62 Stressful situation? The rent is due, the electric bill is $300, the bug harvest is down... sheesh I need a swim.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 18, 2022 07:48 PM (hwoGt)

63 Chiropteraphilia!

Gracias, Chuy.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at August 18, 2022 07:32 PM

If it weren't for the occasional lack of pants on the Book Thread, this comment is a prime rationale to win the prestigious AoSHQ Commenter of the Year Award yet again.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 07:48 PM (a3Q+t)

64 42 Sky otters!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

BLAM BLAM BLAM!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 07:48 PM (U2p+3)

65 54 I was replacing window sash rope in my landlady's old three story house. Bats in the attic. Started running into droppings on the second and third floor windows. I got pretty sick for about a week.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2022 07:46 PM (lz5hY)

Window sash rope, you say? Were there any suspicious knots?

Posted by: The FBI at August 18, 2022 07:48 PM (PiwSw)

66 I stand corrected, duncanthrax is here!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2022 07:48 PM (wDIfL)

67 GUYS ! DID YOU SEE THIS ?

"Breitbart Enters Film Distribution Business with ‘My Son Hunter’; Directed by Robert Davi, Starring Laurence Fox and Gina Carano

LOS ANGELES, California — Breitbart is announcing its first foray into scripted entertainment with My Son Hunter, directed by Robert Davi (Licensed to Kill, Die Hard, Goonies) and starring Laurence Fox (Victoria, Inspector Lewis, The Professor and the Madman), and Gina Carano (The Mandalorian, Dead Pool, Heist). The film follows the “smartest guy” the President of the United States knows as he navigates a tangled web of prostitution, partying, international business dealings, drugs, sex, Chinese spies, a laptop from Hell, Ukrainian oligarchs, more sex, more drugs, and, of course, his responsibilities to the leader of the free world."

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2022 07:48 PM (V13WU)

68 I know how that bat cloud show works
The first out fly in another entrance to come out again

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2022 07:49 PM (k8B25)

69 Guano.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2022 07:49 PM (BFigT)

70 Serious question do you sip or gulp martinis.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 18, 2022 07:49 PM (eGTCV)

71 Bats are ugly but they do eat lots of bugs
Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2022 07:41 PM (k8B25)
*****
That's going to be a problem since bugs will soon replace cows as our food source.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2022 07:49 PM (NpAcC)

72 Honduran white bats In COVID Sauce with a nice Chianti!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2022 07:49 PM (BRHaw)

73 61 That endless cave o' bats would give those Wuhan fookers some serious wood ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 18, 2022 07:48 PM (pNxlR)

Not so sure. It might be like a Kardashian boyfriend. Once they have given up their biological material, there is no more affection.

Posted by: Splunge at August 18, 2022 07:49 PM (cm/80)

74 How does that tomato rejecting machine know which ones are green?
Posted by: Tuna

Red duh!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2022 07:50 PM (BRHaw)

75 You're thinking of Pramila Jayapal.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 07:39 PM (U2p+3)

sheesh! Looks like she used her face to stop a runaway locomotive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2022 07:50 PM (ohCDI)

76 Histoplasmosis ain't no joke.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 18, 2022 07:50 PM (hwoGt)

77 The bat swarm is nightmare fuel.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 18, 2022 07:50 PM (yQpMk)

78 Speaking of bats, check out the Mexican movie The Batwoman on YouTube.

LOL.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 18, 2022 07:51 PM (ufFY8)

79 53 Is it sea otters or river otters that don't play so nice?
Posted by: kraken

FFS. Pay attention.

River otters are aggressive and nasty and will rip
Your puppy to pieces.

Sea otters are sweet and fuzzy. They hold hands while they sleep and are the keepers of the kelp forest.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 07:51 PM (U2p+3)

80 49 Guano was one of the main reasons for German's WW1 defeat. They could no longer obtain it, mostly from Chile, due to naval blockade. They came up with a way to synthesize the nitrates, but only in quantities sufficient for munitions, not fertilizer. Lack of fertilizer, and ending crop rotation resulted in poor quality followed by poor yield.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2022 07:51 PM (lz5hY)

81 This guy at Red Eagle Politics is good- today's he's discussing polls/cross tabs/election predictions for senate/house races.

https://tinyurl.com/49pzyfmu

Posted by: LASue at August 18, 2022 07:52 PM (Ed8Zd)

82 70 Serious question do you sip or gulp martinis.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens

Gulp the first three. Then sip.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 07:52 PM (U2p+3)

83 Ace has gone bats again.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 18, 2022 07:52 PM (m0zqP)

84 There us a whole industry on bat shit and Kaiju

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2022 07:52 PM (BRHaw)

85 Dolphins saved a life from sharks. I saw it

Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 18, 2022 07:52 PM (aEpdX)

86 Got to get up a little early tomorrow
Hope everyone has a nice nap hanging upside down in their cave

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2022 07:52 PM (k8B25)

87 Sea otters are sweet and fuzzy. They hold hands while they sleep and are the keepers of the kelp forest.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 07:51 PM (U2p+3)

-----------

They're also fags.

Posted by: Duke Lowell, AOSHQ Snarky Dick at August 18, 2022 07:53 PM (u73oe)

88 Serious question do you sip or gulp martinis.

Depends.

If a small pour gulp, if larger sip. But once a Martini gets to room temp, IMO they get a bit difficult to drink.

Not that I'm an expert.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2022 07:53 PM (BFigT)

89 Banana leaf bats

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2022 07:53 PM (89T5c)

90 Bats are ugly but they do eat lots of bugs
Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2022 07:41 PM (k8B25)
*****
That's going to be a problem since bugs will soon replace cows as our food source.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2022 07:49 PM (NpAcC)

But we also need the bat guano for fertilizer. Central Planning has some tough decisions coming up.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 18, 2022 07:53 PM (qH6FZ)

91 Good thing about living near that batcave - no mosquitos!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 18, 2022 07:54 PM (ufFY8)

92 Sea otters are sweet and fuzzy. They hold hands while they sleep and are the keepers of the kelp forest.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 07:51 PM (U2p+3)

And are tasty with a red wine!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 18, 2022 07:54 PM (BRHaw)

93 Thunderstorms passing through Brazoria County this evening. After the disaster last month I took care to shut down and unplug all the electronics.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2022 07:44 PM (8EFs+)

Based on the amount of damage, that's a very prudent course of action. (Of course, that means you're not reading this ... :grin

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at August 18, 2022 07:54 PM (v23vE)

94 36 How does that tomato rejecting machine know which ones are green?
Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2022 07:41 PM (gLRfa)

My guess would be a camera(possibly the camera recording the video) that feeds into the computer controlling the device using some sort of recognition software.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 07:54 PM (b2nrj)

95 If bats just had more attractive noses, I could be more accepting.

Posted by: Javems at August 18, 2022 07:54 PM (AmoqO)

96 Heh, bat-shit crazy, huh?

Posted by: Sassy at August 18, 2022 07:54 PM (xSICi)

97 I saw Tomato Rejection Machine open for Kraftwerk at the Sekzbot-Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at August 18, 2022 07:54 PM (Dc2NZ)

98 Sea Otter Café is gonna be lit.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 18, 2022 07:54 PM (yQpMk)

99 River Otter Cafe going to be bloody AF.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 18, 2022 07:55 PM (ufFY8)

100 "Histoplasmosis ain't no joke.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy"

It's bat news.

Posted by: Yogi at August 18, 2022 07:55 PM (sn5EN)

101 They're also fags.
Posted by: Duke Lowell, AOSHQ Snarky Dick

The he how do they make baby otters?
🦦

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 07:56 PM (X0iLW)

102 Brett art, dang. That will be on fire!

Dare we dream, or will Biden will burn them down?

Posted by: Sassy at August 18, 2022 07:56 PM (xSICi)

103
If bats just had more attractive noses, I could be more accepting.
Posted by: Javems at August 18, 2022 07:54 PM (AmoqO)

__________

How many bats will commit suicide because you're insufficiently inclusive and empathic?!?!?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2022 07:56 PM (8EFs+)

104 'night

https://youtu.be/mDTKdHJiOco

Back lurking around 0300.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 18, 2022 07:57 PM (sAmhv)

105 If bats just had more attractive noses, I could be more accepting.
Posted by: Javems at August 18, 2022 07:54 PM (AmoqO)

If they didn't carry rabies . Bats are the leading cause of rabies deaths in the US.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2022 07:57 PM (RH1Zb)

106 For some reason, we occasionally get a bat in the house, like once every 18 mo or so. Caught the little bugger Barnabas three out of three times, and let him out.

Can't figure out how he gets in.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 18, 2022 07:57 PM (ufFY8)

107 Oof, Breitbart got an auto correct. Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: Sassy at August 18, 2022 07:58 PM (xSICi)

108 Swam with sea otters in Monterey, CA. Pretty chill.

So were the otters.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2022 07:58 PM (BFigT)

109 Sea Otter Café is gonna be lit.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 18, 2022 07:54 PM (yQpMk)

I think either the Jack London, or the Virginia Wolfe Café is going to be lit.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2022 07:59 PM (xhaym)

110 Are there lake or pond otters? Irrigation ditch otters?

Posted by: kraken at August 18, 2022 07:59 PM (Vr12I)

111 Bat guano is the highest nitrogen you can get in an organic fertilizer. It works really well in the PNW.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 07:59 PM (5HBd1)

112 Guano was one of the main reasons for German's WW1 defeat. They could no longer obtain it, mostly from Chile, due to naval blockade.

Should have gone directly to the source: Congress.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2022 07:59 PM (/NCI4)

113 101 They're also fags.
Posted by: Duke Lowell, AOSHQ Snarky Dick

The he how do they make baby otters?
🦦
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 07:56 PM (X0iLW)

They sex up the lady otters to demonstrate their prowess to male potential sex partners.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 07:59 PM (b2nrj)

114 One of the finest drunkards I have ever known (who also owned a bar) bought a gazillion candle power spotlight, supposedly for his boat. Made a batman emblem cutout to put on the lens, and hilarity ensued on cloudy Erie PA nights.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2022 08:00 PM (lz5hY)

115 103
If bats just had more attractive noses, I could be more accepting.
Posted by: Javems at August 18, 2022 07:54 PM (AmoqO)

__________

How many bats will commit suicide because you're insufficiently inclusive and empathic?!?!?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2022 07:56 PM (8EFs+)

Have you seen how pointy those elbows are though?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 08:00 PM (b2nrj)

116 Guano was one of the main reasons for German's WW1 defeat. They could no longer obtain it, mostly from Chile, due to naval blockade.

Should have gone directly to the source: Congress.

Posted by: Archimedes

Congress is the source of bullshit. Universities are the source of batshit.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2022 08:02 PM (P1f+c)

117 >>Good thing about living near that batcave - no mosquitos!

My yard is bordered by conservation land some of which is wet. I also have a couple bats who cruise my yard and I have almost zero mosquitos.

I kind of like the bats.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2022 08:02 PM (ZLI7S)

118 We got some rain today in Central Texas, and there are 8 or 10 does out gamboling on the back pasture, literally.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 08:03 PM (a3Q+t)

119 Good thing about living near that batcave - no mosquitos!

My yard is bordered by conservation land some of which is wet. I also have a couple bats who cruise my yard and I have almost zero mosquitos.

I kind of like the bats.
Posted by: JackStraw

It's a delicate balance. If there aren't enough mosquitoes to feed the bats, they'll turn to vampirism.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2022 08:04 PM (P1f+c)

120 There are blind white sewer otters that live under Seattle. They are as nearly as gregarious as their ocean going counterparts, but they don't hold hands 'cause that's ghey.

Posted by: Yogirt at August 18, 2022 08:04 PM (sn5EN)

121 What do does gamble with?

Posted by: kraken at August 18, 2022 08:04 PM (Vr12I)

122 42 Sky otters!

sky captain > sky otters

Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 18, 2022 08:05 PM (oY6Yp)

123 Bat boy, bat boy! Whatcha guano do?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2022 08:05 PM (rJaY+)

124 It's a delicate balance. If there aren't enough mosquitoes to feed the bats, they'll turn to vampirism.

Some are trying to turn their lives around and aspire to be rappers.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2022 08:05 PM (/NCI4)

125 119 It's a delicate balance. If there aren't enough mosquitoes to feed the bats, they'll turn to vampirism.

you can tell when that happens because they become sparkly

Posted by: kulak anachronda at August 18, 2022 08:05 PM (oY6Yp)

126 I never liked any of you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 08:06 PM (U2p+3)

127 Unlike penguins, male bats have a baculum, which contributes to their significant BDE.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 08:06 PM (a3Q+t)

128 That's a lot of bats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 18, 2022 08:07 PM (HJDAV)

129 Unlike penguins, male bats have a baculum, which contributes to their significant BDE.

BDE = Big Damn Erection?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2022 08:07 PM (/NCI4)

130 It turns out male otters have baculums (baculii?), as well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 08:07 PM (a3Q+t)

131 Serious question do you sip or gulp martinis.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at August 18, 2022 07:49 PM (eGTCV)

If it's awful but by golly you paid for it, gulp.
If she's an Applebees 7 but a sure thing, gulp.
Otherwise, sip.

Posted by: Buddy at August 18, 2022 08:07 PM (MFphb)

132 Squids raising sea bats again?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 18, 2022 08:08 PM (2sHkt)

133 I always wondered where the term " Batshit Crazy" came from.

Posted by: kraken at August 18, 2022 08:08 PM (Vr12I)

134 130 It turns out male otters have baculums (baculii?), as well.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 08:07 PM (a3Q+t)

Ok but why are animal penis-bones now the topic of discussion?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 08:08 PM (b2nrj)

135 >>It's a delicate balance. If there aren't enough mosquitoes to feed the bats, they'll turn to vampirism.

Son of a ...

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2022 08:08 PM (ZLI7S)

136 Bat boy, bat boy! Whatcha guano do?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2022 08:05 PM (rJaY+)

Noice!

Posted by: Buddy at August 18, 2022 08:08 PM (MFphb)

137 male bats have a baculum
Posted by: Duncanthrax

The lady bats call me "Count Bacula."

Posted by: that bat at the end of the bar at August 18, 2022 08:08 PM (P1f+c)

138 OK, got to be up at 5, so taking a shower and heading to bed. See you all tomorrow.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 18, 2022 08:09 PM (AW0uW)

139 re Gutfeld

Remember Kids in the Hall. IIRC, there were a couple gays dudes in the cast, but one was fairly quiet while the other was flamboyant. The flamboyant one is what Gutfeld reminds me of when he does his pool boy routine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 18, 2022 08:09 PM (HJDAV)

140 130 It turns out male otters have baculums (baculii?), as well.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 08:07 PM (a3Q+t)

Ok but why are animal penis-bones now the topic of discussion?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 08:08 PM (b2nrj)

You're must be new here.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 18, 2022 08:09 PM (AiZBA)

141 There are blind white sewer otters that live under Seattle. They are as nearly as gregarious as their ocean going counterparts, but they don't hold hands 'cause that's ghey.
Posted by: Yogirt at August 18, 2022 08:04 PM (sn5EN)

I've seen shit, man.

Posted by: Blind white Seattle sewer Otter at August 18, 2022 08:09 PM (rJaY+)

142 I never liked any of you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 08:06 PM

You know that's not true.

Don't say something in a fit of pique that you may regret later. A moment on the lips, forever on the hips, or something like that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 08:10 PM (a3Q+t)

143 134 130 It turns out male otters have baculums (baculii?), as well.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 08:07 PM (a3Q+t)

Ok but why are animal penis-bones now the topic of discussion?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 08:08 PM (b2nrj)

I think this is just a natural continuation of our flouting of Chuy's order to quit discussing dicks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 18, 2022 08:11 PM (HJDAV)

144 BDE = Big Damn Erection?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2022 08:07 PM

Big D*ck Energy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 08:12 PM (a3Q+t)

145 Tucker sounding the alarm.

This opening monologue is depressing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2022 08:12 PM (V9b2V)

146 Scott Baculum was great in Quantum Leap.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 18, 2022 08:12 PM (hwoGt)

147 They sex up the lady otters to demonstrate their prowess to male potential sex partners.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 07:59 PM (b2nrj)

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

Posted by: blaster at August 18, 2022 08:13 PM (6TxNR)

148 where are the sea otters?

*sulks*
Posted by: nurse ratched

////

I also wanted sea otters. Can't look at bats. Ugh. Too much flying-rodenty look for me.

Posted by: Prime Sister at August 18, 2022 08:13 PM (tQL7r)

149 145 Tucker sounding the alarm.

This opening monologue is depressing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2022 08:12 PM (V9b2V)

Is it about otters??

Posted by: kraken at August 18, 2022 08:13 PM (Vr12I)

150 Unlike penguins, male bats have a baculum, which contributes to their significant BDE.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 08:06 PM (a3Q+t)

Unlike bats, Penguins do not collude with chicoms to murder the world.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2022 08:14 PM (V13WU)

151 Purple Martins eat mosquitos too. Where is the purple martin love around here?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:14 PM (P5Usb)

152 @149

>>Is it about otters??

It's about how we are all going to become Richard Gere.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2022 08:15 PM (V9b2V)

153 All of these bats, and not one pic of Henry Waxman?

Be better, ace. Be better.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2022 08:15 PM (RkC6l)

154 It turns out male otters have baculums (baculii?), as well.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 08:07 PM (a3Q+t)

Stick to the bats you prevert !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2022 08:15 PM (M+Lyo)

155 Wasn't Gutfeld the Editor of Mens Health otherwise known as You Aren't Fooling Anyone?

Posted by: blaster at August 18, 2022 08:16 PM (6TxNR)

156 151 Purple Martins eat mosquitos too. Where is the purple martin love around here?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:14 PM (P5Usb)

Anything that kills and eats insects gets a hearty thanks from me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 18, 2022 08:16 PM (HJDAV)

157 All of these bats, and not one pic of Henry Waxman?

Be better, ace. Be better.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2022 08:15 PM (RkC6l)

half bat, half rat. That dude is schmugly

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2022 08:16 PM (M+Lyo)

158 This woman needs to move to a different neighborhood.

Ten years ago, she found a man sleeping under her kid's bed. She bought a gun.

Three days ago, a man broke into her house, got attacked by their two pitbulls, but still kept coming. The homeowner grabbed her gun and shot the intruder.

https://bit.ly/3AyyMcu

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2022 08:16 PM (eyxn4)

159 151 Purple Martins eat mosquitos too. Where is the purple martin love around here?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:14 PM (P5Usb)

And Tree Swallows.

Posted by: Entwife at August 18, 2022 08:16 PM (oTZbj)

160 It's about how we are all going to become Richard Gere.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Wasn't that a gerbil?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 08:16 PM (U2p+3)

161 Tucker sounding the alarm.

This opening monologue is depressing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2022 08:12 PM (V9b2V)
*****
Yep. Dave in Fla is going to have to bring me off the ledge.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2022 08:16 PM (NpAcC)

162 Purple Martins eat mosquitos too. Where is the purple martin love around here?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:14 PM (P5Usb)

Beautiful birds

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2022 08:17 PM (M+Lyo)

163 @160

>>Wasn't that a gerbil?

An otter is a gerbil with more personality.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2022 08:17 PM (V9b2V)

164 162 Purple Martins eat mosquitos too. Where is the purple martin love around here?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:14 PM (P5Usb)

Beautiful birds
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway

Look at the plumage

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 08:18 PM (U2p+3)

165 Yep. Dave in Fla is going to have to bring me off the ledge.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2022 08:16 PM (NpAcC)

Let me help: there's no way they can cheat enough to win!

Just kidding! Love ya Dave!

Posted by: blaster at August 18, 2022 08:18 PM (6TxNR)

166 163 @160

>>Wasn't that a gerbil?

An otter is a gerbil with more personality.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2022 08:17 PM (V9b2V)

Considering the size disparity, it would be an 'advanced' gerbil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 18, 2022 08:18 PM (HJDAV)

167 new swimming event to add to the butterfly and then breaststroke...the batstroke.

ultimately that poor fellow will end up someone's lunch if he stays in the water an longer.

Posted by: zombie Marlon Perkins at August 18, 2022 08:19 PM (BgMrQ)

168 162 Purple Martins eat mosquitos too. Where is the purple martin love around here?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:14 PM (P5Usb)

Beautiful birds
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway

Look at the plumage
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 08:18 PM (U2p+3)

Is chinee

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 18, 2022 08:19 PM (M+Lyo)

169 166 163 @160

>>Wasn't that a gerbil?

An otter is a gerbil with more personality.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2022 08:17 PM (V9b2V)

Considering the size disparity, it would be an 'advanced' gerbil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 18, 2022 08:18 PM (HJDAV)

I would think it'd be a dire gerbil. Perhaps a giant dire gerbil.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 08:20 PM (b2nrj)

170 For some reason, we occasionally get a bat in the house, like once every 18 mo or so. Caught the little bugger Barnabas three out of three times, and let him out.

Can't figure out how he gets in.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

Does he have a key ?

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2022 08:20 PM (T4tVD)

171 >>>Purple Martins eat mosquitos too. Where is the purple martin love around here?
Posted by: Ben Had

They are my favorite birds for that very reason.

Posted by: Prime Sister at August 18, 2022 08:21 PM (tQL7r)

172 You don't need Dave in Fla. You need NaClyDog:

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 08:21 PM (5HBd1)

173 >>Yep. Dave in Fla is going to have to bring me off the ledge.

I like Tucker but remember, every host on Fox bases their political predictions on Fox polls.

Here's how they did in 2020. They are one of the worst pollsters in the business.

https://tinyurl.com/yzbpc4tz

McConnell is awful and he is a big problem but none of the people Tucker talked about are losing the way he just reported.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2022 08:21 PM (ZLI7S)

174 Is it about otters??
Posted by: kraken at August 18, 2022 08:13 PM (Vr12I)
******
More like the blue wave that's coming.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2022 08:21 PM (NpAcC)

175 How many bats will commit suicide because you're insufficiently inclusive and empathic?!?!?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2022 07:56 PM (8EFs+

-whistles innocently-

Posted by: wind turbines at August 18, 2022 08:22 PM (/6GbT)

176 I don't know if Joe Kent can beat the Dem, but people here will be a lot happier to vote for him than for Jamie.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 08:23 PM (5HBd1)

177 And Tree Swallows.
Posted by: Entwife at August 18, 2022 08:16 PM (oTZbj)

Easily recognized by their huge bills, not unlike dentists.

Posted by: Blind white Seattle sewer Otter at August 18, 2022 08:24 PM (rJaY+)

178 ...But once a Martini gets to room temp, IMO they get a bit difficult to drink.

Not that I'm an expert.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2022 07:53 PM (BFigT)

Get to room temp? How does that happen???

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 18, 2022 08:24 PM (BgMrQ)

179 Someone mentioned in the last thread that Embracer Group is buying Tolken Enterprises, which as the main holding company for Tolkein's work would put them in charge of who gets to do what with the hobbitses.

This is not necessarily a bad thing. Embracer is the business entity behind Nordic Games, aka THQ Nordic, and they're generally considered one of the less evil publishers. They've been buying a lot of good but mismanaged properties lately. Of course, it's useful to bear in mind that EA was famously the good guys until they got big enough to morph into the bad guys, but at least for now

It does mean that you might see more niche LOTR stuff. Historically, the Nordic business model is that two interesting but not quite AAA games are better than one AAA game.

Posted by: CppThis at August 18, 2022 08:25 PM (UewuT)

180 Giant Cave Gerbil

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi's Cueva de los Murcielagos at August 18, 2022 08:25 PM (sn5EN)

181 We have little brown bat activity around my place of employment. I find bat poop [BAT SIGN!] in the dark quiet alcoves around the perimeter, and sometimes we find them inappropriately sleeping in the entrance way. It's always my job to gently relocate them. They must love the insects attracted to the nighttime outdoor security lights. I think it's pretty neat... however, my boss and several other people in the office are terrified of bats. I'm going to go bat commando and quietly install several bat houses in the right spots at my own expense.

Posted by: Twinkle, twinkle, little bat... at August 18, 2022 08:26 PM (gFL6k)

182 McConnell is awful and he is a big problem but none of the people Tucker talked about are losing the way he just reported.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2022 08:21 PM (ZLI7S)
*****
I'll be calling his office as well as Rick Scott who was put in charge of winning back the Senate.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 18, 2022 08:27 PM (NpAcC)

183 But once a Martini gets to room temp, IMO they get a bit difficult to drink.
Not that I'm an expert.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Get to room temp? How does that happen???
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard

Distracting conversation with the woman in the short red cocktail dress?

Posted by: Bond. James Bond. at August 18, 2022 08:27 PM (P1f+c)

184 The Purple Martin's follow me around on the tractor when I'm mowing the property. Get really close.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 18, 2022 08:28 PM (BFigT)

185 >>> 45 35 Bats are ugly but they do eat lots of bugs
Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2022 07:41 PM (k8B25)

Sure. And Camel Spiders eat scorpions. And Tarantula Hawk Wasps lay their eggs in tarantulas. But I'm not inviting either of those hideous creatures in for tea.
Posted by: Splunge at August 18, 2022 07:44 PM (cm/80)

We don't want tea, we just want some respect! Maybe we'll stop eating any bugs around your house, see how you like that, buddy!

Posted by: bats at August 18, 2022 08:28 PM (llON8)

186 Natures janitor is the buzzard.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:30 PM (P5Usb)

187 Outside of primates, bats are our closest relatives, surprisingly.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at August 18, 2022 08:32 PM (V84eP)

188 Regarding the "electronic mail" link (which is broken for me), I remember reading a late '50's electronics mag which assured me that U.S. Mail was about go "electronic fax". Never happened, did it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2022 08:32 PM (rJaY+)

189 Fun fact: bats don't need to bite you to transmit rabies. They spit a little bit when they echolocate, the virus is in their spittle.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 18, 2022 08:33 PM (hwoGt)

190 Martini Farmer, Red Tail Hawks follow me around when mowing the pasture.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:34 PM (P5Usb)

191 The bat in the pic between the boats is the golden retriever of bats.

Posted by: JuJuBee, fact checker hammered by events at August 18, 2022 08:34 PM (X+DXM)

192 >>> 156 151 Purple Martins eat mosquitos too. Where is the purple martin love around here?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:14 PM (P5Usb)

Anything that kills and eats insects gets a hearty thanks from me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at August 18, 2022 08:16 PM (HJDAV)

But do we get a laurel?

Posted by: purple martins at August 18, 2022 08:36 PM (llON8)

193 And my dog knows how to whisper bark. That's how he wakes me up at 11, 1 and 3.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 08:37 PM (5HBd1)

194 Martini Farmer, Red Tail Hawks follow me around when mowing the pasture.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:34 PM (P5Usb)

You are flushing the mice out. Around here with the cutting hay and grass seed, it is a buzzards' buffet. They are walking around cut fields looking for the critters killed by the combines

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2022 08:37 PM (xhaym)

195 >>> 175 How many bats will commit suicide because you're insufficiently inclusive and empathic?!?!?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2022 07:56 PM (8EFs+

-whistles innocently-
Posted by: wind turbines at August 18, 2022 08:22 PM (/6GbT)

GFY!!!

Posted by: purple martins & bats at August 18, 2022 08:38 PM (llON8)

196 Percival's short-eared trident bat is the bat version of the alien from Predator. That is one UGLY mofo.

Posted by: JuJuBee, fact checker hammered by events at August 18, 2022 08:38 PM (X+DXM)

197 I have bats that come out at twilight in my courtyard. Between them and the hummingbirds it's a very active area. Then the owls start hooting.

The Northern Lights are supposed to be visible at around 2am.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 08:38 PM (U2p+3)

198 purple martins get a six room condo at my house.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:39 PM (P5Usb)

199 >>> 198 purple martins get a six room condo at my house.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:39 PM (P5Usb)

Not to be ungrateful or anything, but could we maybe expand a little bit for the grandkids?

Posted by: purple martins at August 18, 2022 08:40 PM (llON8)

200 Lisa Boothe is cute.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2022 08:41 PM (V9b2V)

201 They spit a little bit when they echolocate, the virus is in their spittle.

Flying Monkey Bat Pox is next.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2022 08:42 PM (Jg92y)

202 37 Percent Of U.S. Farmers In The Western Half Of The Country Are Killing Their Own Crops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-iWg-fLxQ

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 08:43 PM (FUGaR)

203 kindltot, hawks here are catching live rats and the occasional rabbit during mowing.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:43 PM (P5Usb)

204 Yep, it's drought related. Some ranchers are saying beef could hit $50 a pound.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 08:44 PM (5HBd1)

205 >>> 203 kindltot, hawks here are catching live rats and the occasional rabbit during mowing.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:43 PM (P5Usb)

We love buffets.

Posted by: hawks at August 18, 2022 08:44 PM (llON8)

206 Farmers culling crops, ranchers culling cows...what could go wrong?

Posted by: CppThis at August 18, 2022 08:45 PM (UewuT)

207 The really bad thing is...it's not just happening in this country.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 08:46 PM (5HBd1)

208 Farmers culling crops, ranchers culling cows...what could go wrong?
Posted by: CppThis at August 18, 2022 08:45 PM (UewuT)

My time to shine.

Posted by: Cricket & Worm Rancher at August 18, 2022 08:47 PM (4I/2K)

209 Rabies vector!

Posted by: Tennessee Volunteer at August 18, 2022 08:47 PM (PWu2j)

210 I'd "do" a bat, if it were a card-carrying member of the Chinese Communist Party.

Posted by: Eric Swalwell at August 18, 2022 08:47 PM (cm/80)

211 The hawks in my area are slacking. Mucho rabbits and squirrels this year.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 18, 2022 08:47 PM (89T5c)

212 Have seen very few bunnies this year, but lots of foxes. Next year will be different, I'm sure. The predator/prey sine curve of life.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2022 08:48 PM (3ImbR)

213 It's beer o'clock.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2022 08:48 PM (aaGzp)

214 208 Farmers culling crops, ranchers culling cows...what could go wrong?
Posted by: CppThis at August 18, 2022 08:45 PM (UewuT)

My time to shine.
Posted by: Cricket & Worm Rancher at August 18, 2022 08:47 PM (4I/2K)

Yeah.... about that.... just saw a study that was all about how eating insects could be a vector for a number of diseases.

It's like they WANT us all to die off.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2022 08:49 PM (oHd/0)

215 And my dog knows how to whisper bark. That's how he wakes me up at 11, 1 and 3.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 08:37 PM (5HBd1)
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At least he's considerate. Mine walks around body-slamming the bed until I get up.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2022 08:50 PM (3ImbR)

216 Guano was one of the main reasons for German's WW1 defeat. They could no longer obtain it, mostly from Chile, due to naval blockade. They came up with a way to synthesize the nitrates, but only in quantities sufficient for munitions, not fertilizer. Lack of fertilizer, and ending crop rotation resulted in poor quality followed by poor yield.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 18, 2022 07:51 PM (lz5hY)

Yes, forgetting where your ammo comes from is just one of the smart things the clever Germans did. But Germany was also not self sufficient on food, and when they went to war they were in trouble, fertilizer / blockade problems aside. They needed to import food from just the countries they went to war with, and then they took millions of agricultural workers off to war as well.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2022 08:50 PM (eoQWY)

217 193 And my dog knows how to whisper bark. That's how he wakes me up at 11, 1 and 3.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 08:37 PM (5HBd1)

if he did that at 10, 2, and 4, you should call him Dr. Pepper

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 18, 2022 08:52 PM (BgMrQ)

218
It's like they WANT us all to die off.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 18, 2022 08:49 PM (oHd/0)

Yes, there is a fair degree of openness about this. A crazy death cult.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 08:52 PM (b2nrj)

219 The Northern Lights are supposed to be visible at around 2am.

DAY OF THE TRIFIDS!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at August 18, 2022 08:52 PM (Iz2Z7)

220 Also, something like a third of the world's food exports come from...*checks notes*...Russia. This winter is going to be SUPER SHITTY for a lot of people all over the world.

Posted by: CppThis at August 18, 2022 08:53 PM (UewuT)

221 A quandary- the coyotes kill the feral hogs and the hogs move out of the area. If I shoot the coyotes I have a food supply that tears the shit out of my pastures. Coyotes lose on this one.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:54 PM (P5Usb)

222 Yeah.... about that.... just saw a study that was all about how eating insects could be a vector for a number of diseases.

It's like they WANT us all to die off.
Posted by: Romeo13

Disease vectors and darn little food value, perfect food for the masses!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 18, 2022 08:54 PM (hOUT3)

223
Yes, forgetting where your ammo comes from is just one of the smart things the clever Germans did. But Germany was also not self sufficient on food, and when they went to war they were in trouble, fertilizer / blockade problems aside. They needed to import food from just the countries they went to war with, and then they took millions of agricultural workers off to war as well.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2022 08:50 PM (eoQWY)

So there's the merit in that incorrect theory that free trade would keep Europe(and the world) at peace. Turns out people will go to war anyways, they're just not set up to supply themselves internally anymore.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 08:55 PM (b2nrj)

224 Five hundred years ago, I predicted the rise to power of Henry "Nostrilitis" Waxman.

Posted by: Nostrildamus at August 18, 2022 08:56 PM (PIlQh)

225 Use The Force to eject beer from from nostrils.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 18, 2022 08:58 PM (2Arl/)

226 my dog knows how to whisper bark.

Psciticene phelbotomist has an alarm clock somewhere in his covered at bedtime cage. Good mornings he uses his patented cute "Hi!" otherwise spoiled Senegal whistles meaning "get up!"

But every morning is Christmas morning to have him as a companion.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at August 18, 2022 08:58 PM (Iz2Z7)

227 OK, this bat stuff is just getting weird.

Posted by: Naked, sitting in a sensory deprivation room, smoking crack. at August 18, 2022 09:00 PM (QY+6a)

228 We've got coyotes in SF. They've been seen attacking pet cats and dogs, but we're not allowed to harm them.... On Nextdoor, someone posted a pic of one carrying a cat in its mouth. No idea if the cat was feral or someone's but i love cats and that pic broke my heart. Thankfully the coyotes can't get into the backyards in my neighborhood (unless they can jump 10'+ fences) and i only let PG out front when i'm there to protect her. She's pretty alert, and her "freak-the-F-out-and-run-in-the-house"-dar is strong.

Posted by: SFGoth at August 18, 2022 09:01 PM (KAi1n)

229 Five hundred years ago, I predicted the rise to power of Henry "Nostrilitis" Waxman.

I'm beginning to smell a big fat commie rat!
I can smell the future up the butt!

Posted by: Nostril'dAnus at August 18, 2022 09:02 PM (Iz2Z7)

230 I kicked the dog out of the bedroom this week for waking me up. Then I heard howling. He was so happy when I let him back in that he curled up and let me sleep through the night. I'm pretty sure he hears something out back and wants to check it out.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 09:02 PM (5HBd1)

231 Thankfully the coyotes can't get into the backyards in my neighborhood (unless they can jump 10'+ fences)

Surprise! ain't just for anal otters!

Posted by: Frisco Coyotes at August 18, 2022 09:04 PM (Iz2Z7)

232 Romeo13. It's like they WANT us all to die off.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 18, 2022 09:06 PM (u82oZ)

233 "Five hundred years ago, I predicted the rise to power of Henry "Nostrilitis" Waxman.

Posted by: Nostrildamus "

Did Nostrildamus tell us that Waxman would be designed by HR Giger?

Posted by: Naked, sitting in a sensory deprivation room, smoking crack. at August 18, 2022 09:06 PM (QY+6a)

234 Posted by: SFGoth
We have coyotes here too.

Have you seen the recent movement to declare cats as "invasive species " and not allow them to freely roam outdoors? This means the authorities can fine you, imprison or kill your cat if they find it outdoors outside of your yard. Because they kill birds. And other critters.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 09:06 PM (U2p+3)

235 Thankfully the coyotes can't get into the backyards in my neighborhood (unless they can jump 10'+ fences)

Knew a bird lady near Santa Barbara who had to electrify her tall fences to defeat predators.
All it takes is a claw thru a cage and the bird will be flustered into it.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at August 18, 2022 09:07 PM (Iz2Z7)

236 They spit a little bit when they echolocate, the virus is in their spittle.

Posted by: t-bird

had to double check i wasn't surfing a pr0n site with that post

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (MrZQl) - at August 18, 2022 09:07 PM (MrZQl)

237 OK ranchers predict $50 per pound beef.

https://z94.com/oklahoma-beef-prices/

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 09:08 PM (FUGaR)

238 >>>The Northern Lights are supposed to be visible at around 2am.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I would love to see that show. 2 AM though.

Posted by: Prime Sister at August 18, 2022 09:09 PM (tQL7r)

239 This is Cueva de los Murciélagos in Mexico

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In my family, we just get one bat every Thanksgiving, and it's from one of Fauci's dumpsters.

Mexicans have it too easy.

Posted by: Chinaman at August 18, 2022 09:10 PM (IXpV7)

240 nurse ratched

Hope your dinner with son #1 went well.

Government kills birds every hour with wind power. Can we fine, imprison, or kill the authorities that authorize wind turbines?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 18, 2022 09:10 PM (u82oZ)

241 Well, I need nap. later.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2022 09:11 PM (rJaY+)

242 Bats and cats and ellyphants but sure as you're born.....

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2022 09:11 PM (0OP+5)

243 Have you seen the recent movement to declare cats as "invasive species " and not allow them to freely roam outdoors? This means the authorities can fine you, imprison or kill your cat if they find it outdoors outside of your yard. Because they kill birds. And other critters.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2022 09:06 PM (U2p+3)

Not as much as windmills.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 18, 2022 09:11 PM (7cRTM)

244 I've always wanted to put up a bat house for skeeter's. Maybe at the new place if it has that problem.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2022 09:12 PM (cV68e)

245 My other cousin in OK has a daughter in college. She's decided to do college in AZ and tried to get her dad to move there too. He says nah, I like to have water to drink.

It's going to be a big problem, especially since they are cutting water to AZ and leaving CA alone.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 09:13 PM (5HBd1)

246 "Add in the deepening widespread drought, a shortage of hay and feed, skyrocketing prices, transport costs, and various other metrics, some Southwest Oklahoma beef producers suggest cheap ground beef could eventually top $50 per pound."
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Bye-bye burger joints.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 09:13 PM (FUGaR)

247 They are walking around cut fields looking for the critters killed by the combines
Posted by: Kindltot

Killing critters? That is terrible. You should have kids walking in front of the combines banging pots.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 18, 2022 09:14 PM (hwoGt)

248 Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead!

The book that answers these questions is The Causes of War by Geoffrey Blainey. Great foundational book.

What keeps the peace is possessing nuclear weapons. We are in the longest peace between Great Powers since the Treaty of Westphalia.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 18, 2022 09:14 PM (u82oZ)

249 198 purple martins get a six room condo at my house.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 08:39 PM (P5Usb)
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Barn swallows do a good job too, not as pretty but very aerobatic.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at August 18, 2022 09:15 PM (07iSR)

250 This nation is running on fumes.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 09:15 PM (FUGaR)

251 Hey, if you can steal elections you can make beef cost $50/pound.

Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2022 09:15 PM (0OP+5)

252 Waxman, Frank, Trafficant... they get some odd critters in Congress.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 18, 2022 09:16 PM (hwoGt)

253 Notsothoreau - move forward

Is Arizona is upstream of CA for river access? Oh, wait. CA voted Dem. AZ is sorta Rep. By, by AZ.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 18, 2022 09:17 PM (u82oZ)

254 Batty ear wiggles! <3

Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at August 18, 2022 09:18 PM (0udfB)

255 Buzzfeed but here's an article on it. It's the water they get from the Colorado river.

https://tinyurl.com/2p94fx99

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 09:19 PM (5HBd1)

256 244 I've always wanted to put up a bat house for skeeter's. Maybe at the new place if it has that problem.
Posted by: Tonypete at
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Purple martins or barn swallows are much cleaner, work in the daytime and fun to watch. They are very territorial so it's one or the other.

unless you have acres

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at August 18, 2022 09:19 PM (07iSR)

257 Have a great night, everyone.

May your Op Plans work. Work those Plan Bs. We may need them. And remember -- OPSEC, OPSEC, OPSEC.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 18, 2022 09:20 PM (u82oZ)

258 When Trump gets back in, he needs to declare the Davos crowd international terrorists. Then start seizing assets. Enough of this shit.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2022 09:22 PM (u73oe)

259 Greetings:

Consider this bird, the Pelican,
Whose mouth can hold more than his belly can.

Posted by: 11B40 at August 18, 2022 09:22 PM (uuklp)

260 Braenyard, the barn swallows are great but they nest inside and shit all over everything. The purple martins roost in their condos outside,

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 09:23 PM (P5Usb)

261 Also, something like a third of the world's food exports come from...*checks notes*...Russia. This winter is going to be SUPER SHITTY for a lot of people all over the world.
Posted by: CppThis at August 18, 2022 08:53 PM (UewuT)

There's a kind of hush
All over the world
this winter

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2022 09:23 PM (4I/2K)

262 When Trump gets back in, he needs to declare the Davos crowd international terrorists. Then start seizing assets. Enough of this shit.
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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Unless the tech giants are brought to heel, that's not going to happen, despite all the tough talk.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 09:24 PM (v896E)

263 Yep, and Russia has fertilizer, so their crops will do fine. Ours, not so much.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 09:24 PM (5HBd1)

264 Ok, he needs to go after big tech too.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 18, 2022 09:27 PM (u73oe)

265 There are plans for barn swallow nest boxes to be placed in the pasture or away from the barn.

But yeah, they don't make for a happy barn.

I had ten generations nest on my front porch - same nest. They didn't shit every where but they did beneath the nest. A 3' piece of plastic bag helped that.
_no skeeters on the front porch

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at August 18, 2022 09:29 PM (07iSR)

266 SMH, I agree with the on fumes comment but we are going to hug each other, laugh until you cry, dance until your feet hurt and enjoy each other in Oct.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 09:30 PM (P5Usb)

267 This has been a fine Thread, a replete buffet for the many chiroptophiles of the Horde. Thank you, Chuy. I'll vote for you over Beto any day!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2022 09:30 PM (a3Q+t)

268 258
'Then start seizing assets.'
Now you're talking my language. They're only rich because no one bigger than them has taken away their money. We should seize their assets and prosecute them in friendly courts until they cry uncle.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2022 09:30 PM (roH4R)

269 You who in AZ really relies on Colorado River water, by way of the CAP canal? Tucson, that haven of liberals. Dinner thing about a field of somethings... I'm all out of the them for Tucson/Pima county.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2022 09:31 PM (RvTqw)

270 Gee thanks, Duncanthrax. Eek.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2022 09:31 PM (aeePL)

271 SMH, I agree with the on fumes comment but we are going to hug each other, laugh until you cry, dance until your feet hurt and enjoy each other in Oct.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Dunno about the dancing part...back's been acting up for a few weeks now.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 09:31 PM (BQwGr)

272 268 258
'Then start seizing assets.'
Now you're talking my language. They're only rich because no one bigger than them has taken away their money. We should seize their assets and prosecute them in friendly courts until they cry uncle.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2022 09:30 PM (roH4R)

They should be court-martialed, shot, and sent to the Russian front!

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 09:33 PM (b2nrj)

273 SMH, you are the DJ extrodinaire to keep it rocking. Can you hunt me up some swing?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 09:35 PM (P5Usb)

274 This nation is running on fumes.

The entire world is running on fumes.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 18, 2022 09:35 PM (Xrfse)

275 I feel sorry for Brian Stelter.

He is an outstanding journalist with incredible insight, who provided an incredibly valuable service to the public. It's only because of CNN's shortsightedness in allowing the hateful mob, who made everyone boycott the station, that he lost his key role at the news agency.

Brian will move on to better things, in spite of the hateful sites like this making light of his setback.

Also, his wife has multiple orgasms every time they have sex.

And he's hung like a horse.

Losers.

Posted by: Brian Smith at August 18, 2022 09:35 PM (mE7cY)

276 272
'and sent to the Russian front!'

There actually is a Russian front now. So yeah, go ahead.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 18, 2022 09:35 PM (roH4R)

277 I treat bats basically like I treat spiders and snakes. I let them do their thing as long as they're not in my face and space. Otherwise I must remove them.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 18, 2022 09:35 PM (iRfpu)

278 Wow, typos are easy on a phone!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 18, 2022 09:35 PM (RvTqw)

279 For you Ben Had, of course.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 09:35 PM (BQwGr)

280 This post is just bats.

Posted by: Caliban at August 18, 2022 09:36 PM (HgGBT)

281 Not going to be back in time to place in the race for first. Enjoyed this thread too much and now I'm running late. I'm always late.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at August 18, 2022 09:36 PM (07iSR)

282 MTG is introducing legislation to make it illegal to sexually mutilate children AKA "gender affirming care."

https://bit.ly/3Ax4Tcp

I am absolutely thrilled. I'm also curious why this legislation isn't being introduced by a more mainstream member. So far MTG has five co-sponsors. I'm hopeful she'll have a number more.

This is a winning issue that will definitely highlight the difference between them and us. Unfortunately, I'm fairly certain "them" will include several of our squishy rogue's gallery including Romney, Graham, and the usual suspects.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2022 09:39 PM (eyxn4)

283 a certain someone has his eye on the tater

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2022 09:41 PM (us2H3)

284 281 Not going to be back in time to place in the race for first. Enjoyed this thread too much and now I'm running late. I'm always late.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at August 18, 2022 09:36 PM (07iSR

For a very important date?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2022 09:42 PM (mE7cY)

285 Okay, this is funny.

Troll Level: Master! Trump Endorses Dems Who Loathe Him, Hilarity Ensues

In true, New York City-style ball-busting form, former President Trump jokingly endorsed two Democrats who can’t stand him, both of whom are running for House of Representative seats in New York.

https://tinyurl.com/5dk3kmv4

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 09:43 PM (BQwGr)

286 Going grocery shopping has been making me mad for a while now, but today the prices on even low end staples like peanut butter and Spam were so high I felt scared. Thank goodness I've been stocking up for a while now.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at August 18, 2022 09:44 PM (Dc2NZ)

287 Jesus...Ace!

Duncanthrax is a full-blown lunatic. Just ask him about 1911s, and then duck!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2022 09:45 PM (XIJ/X)

288 286 Going grocery shopping has been making me mad for a while now, but today the prices on even low end staples like peanut butter and Spam were so high I felt scared. Thank goodness I've been stocking up for a while now.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at August 18, 2022 09:44 PM (Dc2NZ

I've heard from reliable sources that inflation is 0.0% and if it's increased at all, it's a necessary thing to accomplish the future for the children.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2022 09:46 PM (mE7cY)

289 Going grocery shopping has been making me mad for a while now, but today the prices on even low end staples like peanut butter and Spam were so high I felt scared. Thank goodness I've been stocking up for a while now.
Posted by: All Hail Eris
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Yep.

I almost feel sorry for those that are gonna be caught unprepared.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 09:46 PM (BQwGr)

290 Still having difficulty imagining fifty bucks per pound ground beef.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 09:47 PM (BQwGr)

291 I remember how bad it was when gas was high under Obama and I had to commute to work. So grateful that I can work from home now.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 09:48 PM (5HBd1)

292 Evening.

It rained in Houston today. Which means everyone forgot how to drive.

"Ooohhh n n n n nooooo!!!! W w w w w water is falling and n n n n n now everything is w w w w wet and we're sc sc sc sc sc scared!"

On the plus side, I didn't see any wrecks. That's good. Always a minimum is six thousand car accidents when it rains in Houston.

Posted by: Robert at August 18, 2022 09:49 PM (0uZoN)

293 CBD, that could only be said by someone that knows the man.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2022 09:49 PM (P5Usb)

294 Still having difficulty imagining fifty bucks per pound ground beef.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 09:47 PM (BQwGr)

Cattle in the field will become a yuge target for rustlers. Zoo animals will be under siege.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2022 09:50 PM (4I/2K)

295 I just hope all the younger people actually paid attention in school and understand that spending an additional 750 billion to 'bring down inflation' doesn't actually bring down inflation.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2022 09:50 PM (mE7cY)

296 > today the prices on even low end staples like peanut butter and Spam were so high I felt scared.

Peanut Butter has always been expensive. Jiff had a huge recall recently due to salmonella, too. That drove up the price a lot. Of course, it's even worse lately.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2022 09:51 PM (eyxn4)

297 290 Still having difficulty imagining fifty bucks per pound ground beef.
Posted by: SMH

{{{SMH}}}, I truly believe that we ain't seen nothing yet but portents!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 18, 2022 09:51 PM (hOUT3)

298 Cattle in the field will become a yuge target for rustlers. Zoo animals will be under siege.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2022 09:50 PM (4I/2K)
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Slow lemurs will be the easiest targets.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at August 18, 2022 09:51 PM (Dc2NZ)

299 I just hope all the younger people actually paid attention in school and understand that spending an additional 750 billion to 'bring down inflation' doesn't actually bring down inflation.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2022 09:50 PM (mE7cY)

The condom goes on the banana.

Posted by: A Young Dude at August 18, 2022 09:51 PM (0uZoN)

300 https://mysonhunter.com/

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 09:51 PM (BQwGr)

301 Slow lemurs will be the easiest targets.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at August 18, 2022 09:51 PM (Dc2NZ)
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Sloths.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2022 09:52 PM (aeePL)

302 It's not that far away now, at least for the premium beef cuts. I bought a half pound of filet mignon. (I buy it sometimes because my teeth are messed up and it's about the only steak I can eat). Pricing on that was $40.19 a pound. I need to start using my pressure cooker on tougher meat.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 09:52 PM (5HBd1)

303 I'm stocking up on beans and tuna.

That should get me through the wilding times.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2022 09:52 PM (mE7cY)

304 Damn, talk about bat shit crazy.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2022 09:53 PM (VwHCD)

305 I just hope all the younger people actually paid attention in school and understand that spending an additional 750 billion to 'bring down inflation' doesn't actually bring down inflation.
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LOL!

They're about to learn the hard way.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 18, 2022 09:53 PM (BQwGr)

306 Pet food is another area where prices have skyrocketed.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2022 09:53 PM (mE7cY)

307 303 I'm stocking up on beans and tuna.

That should get me through the wilding times.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2022 09:52 PM (mE7cY)

And the smell will keep away bandits!

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 09:53 PM (b2nrj)

308 Andy Ngo has some pretty weird tweets from the leftist Mayor of Port Townsend, WA.

https://bit.ly/3T2Soww

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2022 09:54 PM (eyxn4)

309 Speaking of food...

Why do our WEF overlords focus on crickets so much? Cockroaches are meatier.

Posted by: Robert at August 18, 2022 09:55 PM (0uZoN)

310 I don't notice the pet food prices so much because I'm down to one dog and one cat. I'm so used to feeding a lot more. But I think I will get back into making my own dog food.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 09:55 PM (5HBd1)

311 303 I'm stocking up on beans and tuna.

That should get me through the wilding times.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2022 09:52 PM (mE7cY)

And the smell will keep away bandits!
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 09:53 PM (b2nrj)

Toothpaste, brushes, mouthwash, who can afford?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2022 09:55 PM (4I/2K)

312 Speaking of food...

Why do our WEF overlords focus on crickets so much? Cockroaches are meatier.
Posted by: Robert at August 18, 2022 09:55 PM (0uZoN)

They're the lobsta of the urban enclaves.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2022 09:56 PM (4I/2K)

313 Tater will be back with the stamina and drive of a breeding steed off a stud farm.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 18, 2022 09:56 PM (iRfpu)

314 307 303 I'm stocking up on beans and tuna.

That should get me through the wilding times.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2022 09:52 PM (mE7cY)

And the smell will keep away bandits!
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at August 18, 2022 09:53 PM (b2nrj

I call these 'side benefits'.

Enter at your own risk, all ye who enter here.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2022 09:56 PM (mE7cY)

315 Still having difficulty imagining fifty bucks per pound ground beef.

I'll still enjoy my Waygu beef, beeotches!

Posted by: Princess Obammy at August 18, 2022 09:56 PM (Yu9rW)

316 I think it's the kink. Poor folks have always eaten beans and rice or beans and cornbread. No one eats bugs

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at August 18, 2022 09:57 PM (5HBd1)

317 I have drank three very tasty beers in honor of Spuds McMicroPenis' last day at CNN.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 18, 2022 09:58 PM (mE7cY)

318 I learned just today that Norwegian black metal god Fenriz was elected to his local municipal council in a landslide. His "campaign" was a photo of him holding his cat with the caption "Please Don't Vote For Me"

https://tinyurl.com/mpk25dbk

"Apparently charmed by his lack of enthusiasm for the office, Kolbotn residents voted for him overwhelmingly."

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at August 18, 2022 09:59 PM (Dc2NZ)

319 Hooooo boy.

NY has dipped its toes into making a text, history, or tradition argument in defense of their "good moral character" requirement of their conceal carry permit system.

They have argued in a real court filing that Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia passed laws to forbid American Indians from carrying. Yes, friends, they really are arguing their laws have history or tradition roots in racist laws.

https://bit.ly/3A9cpbU

Posted by: bonhomme at August 18, 2022 10:09 PM (eyxn4)

320 There is an organization called Bat Conservation International (www.batcon.org). They own a cave near San Antonio, TX named Bracken Cave. The cave houses a maternity colony of Mexican Freetail bats, the largest concentration of bats in the world. When the population of the cave is at its peak, there are upwards of 30 MILLION bats living in it. When they leave the cave at night, it takes over 3 hours for all of them to depart!

If you are a member of BATCON, you can visit the cave once a year to see the bats leave. I've done it twice. It is breathtakingly incredible.

Posted by: RobertM at August 18, 2022 11:01 PM (qWhQP)

321 The bat photos and videos are adorable! Thank you for posting them.

Posted by: Jill at August 19, 2022 01:27 AM (mAaQ4)

322 319, I don’t mean to be mean to a NY Hordian. But run. If that advice is dated five days in the future, at that time I want you to run.

These people want to harm you, not sure what else I can say.

Posted by: Quint at August 19, 2022 03:04 AM (b3OHk)

323 Q. Whats Dracula's favorite Circus Proforers? A. The Accro-Bats

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 19, 2022 06:41 PM (wGqjj)

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