Sunbathing Seal Cafe

6 Biden thinks he's Clarence Darrow, Eugene Debs, Lyndon Johnson, Riff from the Jets, one the Kennedy Kids, you know the cool one who died, man, a black man raised by hispanic debuatantes who swung with the rich folks on Philly's main line.

but trump has an ego.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at March 24, 2023 07:40 PM (MLrvz)

7 I hate vendors.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 24, 2023 07:40 PM (up/3i)

8 Goldfish with built in crash helmets? Why not?

Posted by: mikeski at March 24, 2023 07:40 PM (DgGvY)

9 Thanks for the Cafe, Ace!

Posted by: Toni at March 24, 2023 07:41 PM (PgM6e)

10 County Mayo! May the leprechauns dance over your bed and bring you sweet dreams.

Posted by: Lola - Free Jacob Chansley at March 24, 2023 07:42 PM (GshMh)

11 Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 24, 2023 07:42 PM (Zqiq5)

12 Inside the park!
Posted by: AZ deplorable
________________

You hit for the cycle.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 24, 2023 07:43 PM (CcoDx)

13 Baby Elephant !!

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 07:43 PM (V13WU)

14 Hi Ace. Switzerland link goes to bloodhounds.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 24, 2023 07:44 PM (2NHgQ)

15 Yay cafe!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 24, 2023 07:44 PM (fUnHJ)

16 LOL seal steals the guys lounge chair

Posted by: wth at March 24, 2023 07:44 PM (v0R5T)

17 Aww. The bloodhounds of Switerland farm.

Posted by: Lola - Free Jacob Chansley at March 24, 2023 07:44 PM (GshMh)

18 ace, enough with the otters. let's see some penguins, or dolphins or something.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 07:44 PM (V13WU)

19 Just watch another Cafe like video of a dog in Thailand who waited on a road corner for 4 years for his old family to come back.

Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2023 07:45 PM (xhxe8)

20 hate owls; they are evil

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 07:46 PM (V13WU)

21 Friday evening dinner was egg salad on Ritz crackers, our beagle sat at my feet with that expectant look in her eyes, no quivering. They are master beggars.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 24, 2023 07:46 PM (2NHgQ)

22 ace, enough with the otters. let's see some penguins, or dolphins or something.

God, no. The only thing worse than penguins is pandas. How about something with a little less exposure, e.g. bison.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 24, 2023 07:46 PM (eOEVl)

23 all witches have a pet owl; owls see in the dark. good job eating mice, but always associated with the dark arts, no ?

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 07:47 PM (V13WU)

24 Sea otter! I love them! Did you know they hold hands while they sleep so they don't float away from each other?

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 07:47 PM (7VrcY)

25 Guys, if you like Achill Island, you really have to consider a vacation in the Maritimes. Hell, buy a house in rural Newfoundland. Wouldn't be your worst investment.

Posted by: trev006 at March 24, 2023 07:48 PM (DTm0P)

26 Bison are fine. But they are extinct.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 07:48 PM (V13WU)

27 Otters are nice snacks.

Posted by: Pod of Orca's at March 24, 2023 07:48 PM (OTXUv)

28 And anyone dissing the sea otters gets shot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 07:48 PM (7VrcY)

29 Not all otters are rapey, some are nice

Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2023 07:49 PM (xhxe8)

30 24 the chimpanzee! My heart!

Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 07:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

31 Spring is here with colts and calves cavorting in lush green pastures.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 07:49 PM (cjpp+)

32 I fixed the switzerland link and added another one of "The Venice of the Alps"

Posted by: ace the Muxe Gender at March 24, 2023 07:50 PM (iHBZj)

33 Thank you, ace.

I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 07:50 PM (7VrcY)

34 28 without warning? I mean you know I love a cute little otter so it won’t be me, NurseR!

Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 07:50 PM (ZdaMQ)

35 Otters....why'd it have to be otters?

Posted by: Indy at March 24, 2023 07:51 PM (Wnv9h)

36 How about something with a little less exposure, e.g. bison.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 24, 2023 07:46 PM

Purple martins and yaks have a constituency here, as well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 07:51 PM (a3Q+t)

37 anything but otters ace, or bats. c'mon, you have a large audience.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 07:52 PM (V13WU)

38 The raccoon whisperer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofp26_oc4CA

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 24, 2023 07:52 PM (CcoDx)

39 I like Owls. Interesting birds. I've seen a few over the years but they are not the easiest birds to spot. The big ones look like flying barrells with wings.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 24, 2023 07:52 PM (OTXUv)

40 Sea otters eat seafood and have BAD BREATH!

Posted by: A river otter at March 24, 2023 07:53 PM (iayUP)

41 Switzerland is by far my favorite country in Europe.

If it was only on the ocean ....

Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2023 07:53 PM (ZLI7S)

42
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 24, 2023 07:54 PM (ENBF0)

43 runner, no. They are commercialy raised now.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 07:54 PM (cjpp+)

44 Hey, Ace, in the movie you reviewed does the dwarf in the other adventuring group have a crossbow? Just guessing, here.

Though my favorite tabletop game is Paranoia. The problem is that lately I feel like I'm LIVING in a rip-off of Paranoia. Happiness is mandatory, citizen, and not believing the benevolent leadership has your best interests in mind is treasonous! Don't you want to try this new medicine from R&D?

Posted by: Locarno at March 24, 2023 07:54 PM (noJo6)

45 Owls are very cool. Deadly to small mammals. And they will attack joggers in the early morning hours, mistaking a pony tail for a squirrel.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 07:54 PM (aVl3I)

46
runner, no. They are commercialy raised now.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 07:54 PM (cjpp+)

any chance , those will be released back into the wild? just for the fun of it ??

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 07:54 PM (V13WU)

47 Awww... momma chimp reunited with her baby is just the sweetest thing.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 24, 2023 07:55 PM (NpAcC)

48 I like Owls. Interesting birds. I've seen a few over the years but they are not the easiest birds to spot. The big ones look like flying barrells with wings.

--

If you haven't seen it before, there's an interesting video of different birds flying over microphones and discussing how owls can fly so silently. Short and worth a watch.

https://youtu.be/d_FEaFgJyfA

Posted by: Daddy, why are muffin pans made with twelve spaces instead of five? at March 24, 2023 07:55 PM (O69GV)

49 Otters are nice snacks.
Posted by: Pod of Orca's at March 24, 2023 07:48 PM

You asked for it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQTX0ED_U6k

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 24, 2023 07:55 PM (Wnv9h)

50 Sea otters eat seafood and have BAD BREATH!

-

They're also misogynistic and have gained a lot of weight and might have a heart attack!

Posted by: Vlctoria at March 24, 2023 07:56 PM (O69GV)

51 I bet sea otters are good for target practice; they are not protected right ?

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 07:56 PM (V13WU)

52 Awww... momma chimp reunited with her baby is just the sweetest thing.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 24, 2023 07:55 PM

Yeah, it's all cute and shit until they try to rip your face off.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 24, 2023 07:56 PM (Wnv9h)

53 Spectacular chocolate detonation in West Reading. It's Twitter, so ur guess is good as mine whether it's true:
https://tinyurl.com/5d72ny2z

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 07:57 PM (MvF+J)

54 I love owls! Especially Owlbert who has been really thinning the squirrel herd.

Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 07:57 PM (ZdaMQ)

55 Baby elephant playing soccer

I've seen that exact fall down move on Soccer replay videos! It was trying to draw a flag!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 07:58 PM (dr1Vw)

56 runner, there are herds in Yellowstone National Park.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 07:59 PM (cjpp+)

57 "I've seen a few over the years but they are not the easiest birds to spot."

Look for trees being mobbed by clouds of birds.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 07:59 PM (MvF+J)

58 runner. Bison that are not grown for meat or hides and have been on open range since the late 1800's. The National Bison Range in MT.
https://tinyurl.com/3pbxswt8
Goes to Wikipedia

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 24, 2023 08:00 PM (2NHgQ)

59

Cafe cleanses mind and soul after nasty days. Simple but healing. Thanks boss.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at March 24, 2023 08:00 PM (OVGnc)

60 Following the story from the previous post, I just got done adding TikTok sites to my Pi-hole. There are some old blocklists out there but went with this guide instead as it'll handle wildcards:

https://coygeek.com/docs/pihole-tiktok/

I need to check out AdGuard Home soon as it's got some nice features included out-of-the-box that Pi-hole doesn't (e.g., encrypted upstream DNS).

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at March 24, 2023 08:00 PM (DTX3h)

61 Mega flop Ant Man and The Wasp now has grossed 464 million on its 200 million dollar cost
Pretty much certain to exceeded 500 million this weekend
Will update when it does break through the 1/2 billion mark

Posted by: Paul at March 24, 2023 08:01 PM (HhXAs)

62 runner, there are herds in Yellowstone National Park.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 07:59 PM (cjpp+)

I was joking , I know they are not extinct. It just that a lot was made about their possible extinction. Which is probably not funny business.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:01 PM (V13WU)

63 Utah has a wild herd of bison in the Henry Mountains, for which permits are drawn. There used to be a herd on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake, but I don't know its current status.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 08:02 PM (a3Q+t)

64 53 CBS sez it's Palmer chocolate Easter bunnies that blew up. Go out and stock up tonight before the price goes up.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:02 PM (MvF+J)

65 Is Ace now the host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 24, 2023 08:02 PM (rJ7Hd)

66 There are some in zoos around the country too.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:02 PM (V13WU)

67 Spectacular chocolate detonation in West Reading. It's Twitter, so ur guess is good as mine whether it's true:
https://tinyurl.com/5d72ny2z
Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing

Zounds!!

That was probably felt on top of Mount Penn at the Pagoda.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 08:02 PM (qoGsy)

68 That's where I saw them firs I think.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:03 PM (V13WU)

69 Those spooky girls do a stage show in costume. Pretty impressive.

Posted by: Javems at March 24, 2023 08:03 PM (AmoqO)

70 >>>61 Mega flop Ant Man and The Wasp now has grossed 464 million on its 200 million dollar cost
Pretty much certain to exceeded 500 million this weekend
Will update when it does break through the 1/2 billion mark

it's not going to break even. I don't know why it's hard to grasp that if the movie makes less money that it costs, it's a flop.

Posted by: ace the Muxe Gender at March 24, 2023 08:03 PM (iHBZj)

71 and it's not going to break 500 million, either. it's pulling in like $5 million per week now, and that keeps falling.

Posted by: ace the Muxe Gender at March 24, 2023 08:03 PM (iHBZj)

72 And anyone dissing the sea otters gets shot.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 07:48 PM (7VrcY)
******
🦦!

Posted by: redridinghood at March 24, 2023 08:03 PM (NpAcC)

73 69 Those spooky girls do a stage show in costume. Pretty impressive.
Posted by: Javems at March 24, 2023 08:03 PM (AmoqO

Most girls are spooky without costumes.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 24, 2023 08:04 PM (Fwhqy)

74 >>>Don't worry, they're reunited with Mama Duck at the end.

That is one ugly mama. She's got a face like a buzzard.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 24, 2023 08:05 PM (gv7Yb)

75 "I've seen a few over the years but they are not the easiest birds to spot."

Look for trees being mobbed by clouds of birds.
Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp

There are a flock of turkey buzzards that roost in the trees behind me most nights. Generally about 3-4 dozen. Kind of spooky really.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 08:05 PM (qoGsy)

76 $300 for a 3lb bison tenderloin.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 08:05 PM (cjpp+)

77 Paul, by the way, you can tell what a huge success Ant-Man is by the celebratory Sudden Unexpected Firing of Marvel's #2 executive. Whenever a movie's doing great business for a studio, they have a shock firing of their #2.

Everyone knows that!

Posted by: ace the Muxe Gender at March 24, 2023 08:05 PM (iHBZj)

78 Strigiformophiles, Lutraphiles, and Chiroptophiles are valued members of the AoSHQ Community and our Café culture.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 08:05 PM (a3Q+t)

79 Wonderful Cafe, Ace; Annecy was beautiful.

Thanks & good weekend.

Posted by: Lola - Free Jacob Chansley at March 24, 2023 08:05 PM (GshMh)

80 I just don't understand why bison don't get together and gang up on the wolves. They would destroy them. Instead, it's each bison for itself, guaranteeing someone is going to get eaten.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 24, 2023 08:07 PM (eOEVl)

81 I always root for the wolves.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 24, 2023 08:07 PM (Fwhqy)

82 Big box office is my number one indicator that a movie must be really good and worth watching. That is to say, for me to pee on.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:08 PM (MvF+J)

83 Is Ace now the host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom?

As ace retires to the safety of his Vespa, Lamont will attempt to rescue the otters from the jaws of the Great White.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 24, 2023 08:08 PM (Xrfse)

84 Those spooky girls do a stage show in costume. Pretty impressive.
Posted by: Javems at March 24, 2023 08:03 PM (AmoqO

Most girls are spooky without costumes.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Lots of fun to watch though!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:08 PM (dr1Vw)

85 Duncanthrax, a customer just went on a hunt there and was successful.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 08:08 PM (cjpp+)

86 Bison prairie oysters are $16.99 for a two pack (0.5 to 1.25 lbs. total). They are great when sliced, breaded, and fried, and pair well with aioli dips.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 08:08 PM (a3Q+t)

87 Some comic book artist on Tim Pool right now. Don't everybody rush over there all at once.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:08 PM (MvF+J)

88 That's not the type of chocolate fountain I was led to believe we'd be having.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 24, 2023 08:09 PM (Q4IgG)

89 I liked the little movie where the hand drew the pictures- very nice
would hang

Posted by: DB - something the thing at March 24, 2023 08:09 PM (geLO8)

90 After doom and gloom I am happy for fun furry animals videos

Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2023 08:09 PM (xhxe8)

91 *dons old crank hat*

I hate the word bison. I grew up calling them buffalo. My little brother tried correcting me a few times. I had to correct him on correcting me.

"Bison" is a faggy name for the American buffalo.
Bison Bill? Bison Trace? Bison Bills? Blech.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 08:10 PM (UQUAY)

92 $300 for a 3lb bison tenderloin.
Posted by: Ben Had

Cheaper to buy a tag for a once in a lifetime 'hunt'.
They don't 'hunt' them; they set up and shoot them when they walk out of bison reserves.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:10 PM (dr1Vw)

93 86 thank you, but no.

Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 08:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

94 20 hate owls; they are evil

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 07:46 PM (V13WU)

++++

I like owls and octopi. As non-domesticated animals go, they are pretty neat.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 24, 2023 08:13 PM (gv7Yb)

95 Tatanka. Tasiwoo.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:13 PM (V13WU)

96 "Is Ace now the host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom?"

I still can hear the Mutual of Omaha jingle in my head. Watched a lot of Wild Kingdom when I was a kid.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 08:13 PM (UQUAY)

97 and pair well with aioli dips.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 08:08 PM (a3Q+t)

And also buffalo penis.

Posted by: polynikes at March 24, 2023 08:13 PM (IhbYA)

98 thank you, but no.
Posted by: Piper

lol, you are *so* polite!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:13 PM (dr1Vw)

99 Random question: what's the difference between a drag show and a Thai ladyboy show?

Posted by: N. Lurker at March 24, 2023 08:13 PM (eGTCV)

100 Why did the Buffalo get the works?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 24, 2023 08:14 PM (aylmF)

101 I like owls and octopi. As non-domesticated animals go, they are pretty neat.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 24, 2023 08:13 PM (gv7Yb)

I guess hate is too extreme. Not fond of them is more like.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:14 PM (V13WU)

102 The ducks in my neighborhood are weird

Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 08:14 PM (geLO8)

103 Bison prairie oysters are $16.99 for a two pack (0.5 to 1.25 lbs. total). They are great when sliced, breaded, and fried, and pair well with aioli dips.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 08:08 PM (a3Q+t)

Is that anything like lamb fires?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 08:14 PM (UQUAY)

104 This is the first time I've seen a blackberry goldfish.
They have cute mouths, but a little creepy.

Now I'm craving blackberry cobbler.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 24, 2023 08:14 PM (NpAcC)

105 Were there Buffalo in NY at one time?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 24, 2023 08:15 PM (aylmF)

106 Duncanthrax, a customer just went on a hunt there and was successful.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 08:08 PM

Such a hunt is not a small undertaking. The terrain is pretty rough, and you'll likely need a small string of horses, not only to help cover ground, but to pack the meat and hide out afterwards.

I had a neighbor who had a small herd. Would occasionally get rustled. They are not docile animals.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 08:15 PM (a3Q+t)

107 A owl would be a awesome pet, a Bison wouldn't be

Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2023 08:15 PM (xhxe8)

108 The Platypus...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apmfhV_ko0E

Posted by: davidt at March 24, 2023 08:15 PM (SYTee)

109 I bought a picture years ago of a tree that changes seasons when you walk by and look it. It's pretty cool.

Posted by: Gwenn at March 24, 2023 08:15 PM (9Gr7n)

110 Random question: what's the difference between a drag show and a Thai ladyboy show?
Posted by: N. Lurker at March 24, 2023 08:13 PM (eGTCV

You'll never mistake a drag tranny for a woman.

Posted by: polynikes at March 24, 2023 08:15 PM (IhbYA)

111
Is that anything like lamb fires?
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Had to look it up. Yup.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:15 PM (dr1Vw)

112 Are there normal ducks?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 24, 2023 08:15 PM (aylmF)

113 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQTX0ED_U6k
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I so love that video! Makes me laugh every time.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 08:15 PM (U2p+3)

114 Is that anything like lamb fires?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 08:14 PM

The exact same thing.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 08:16 PM (a3Q+t)

115 Were there Buffalo in NY at one time?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

There were, they were 'forest bison' before hunted out.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:16 PM (dr1Vw)

116 Were there Buffalo in NY at one time?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 24, 2023 08:15 PM (aylmF)

Perhaps.

Buffalo Trace was named after a common trail that buffalo followed. Granted, that was in Kentucky, but, still, plausible.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 08:16 PM (UQUAY)

117 Buffalo and Bisone are two separate things : "It’s easy to understand why people confuse bison and buffalo. Both are large, horned, oxlike animals of the Bovidae family. There are two kinds of bison, the American bison and the European bison, and two forms of buffalo, water buffalo and Cape buffalo. However, it’s not difficult to distinguish between them, especially if you focus on the three H’s: home, hump, and horns."

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:16 PM (V13WU)

118 "what's the difference between a drag show and a Thai ladyboy show?"

Ladyboys actually commit.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 24, 2023 08:16 PM (ou9hh)

119 *Bison

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:17 PM (V13WU)

120 107@Skip

I think a Bison might ruin the floors.

Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 08:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

121
The exact same thing.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Might be just a tad larger.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:17 PM (dr1Vw)

122 Canadian buffalo are much more polite.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 24, 2023 08:17 PM (aylmF)

123 Grist for tomorrow perhaps...

prank phone interview w/ EU's LeGarde
by Russian radio guys.

She reveals quite a bit...
funny parts come in the 3rd cut

https://tinyurl.com/2ntkfvby
https://tinyurl.com/2h27n584
https://tinyurl.com/2g7j79cs

Posted by: McCool at March 24, 2023 08:18 PM (zWl33)

124 You know what those goldfish look like?

The clickers from Last of Us.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 24, 2023 08:18 PM (ou9hh)

125 An event in Corsicana history was a herd of Buffalo running south on I45.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 08:18 PM (cjpp+)

126 >>>Baby elephant playing soccer.

I guess you can call basketball without a hoop soccer. He's probably for shit at scoring, but he'd rule on D.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 24, 2023 08:18 PM (gv7Yb)

127 We have a good bird banding station near here. They let people hold the birds after banding to release them. A screech owl in the hand is an exquisitely beautiful bird! You see all the colors.

They do everything from itty bitty wrens up thru redtail hawks. When they uncap a can of hawk, and all you see sticking out of the end of the can is the huge legs and talons, it takes your breath away.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:19 PM (MvF+J)

128 What is the land speed velocity of a European Bison?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 24, 2023 08:19 PM (aylmF)

129 Buffalo.

I don't care about biology and whatnot.

Buffalo. this is my hill.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 08:19 PM (UQUAY)

130 water buffalo and Cape buffalo. However, it’s not difficult to distinguish between them, especially if you focus on the three H’s: home, hump, and horns."
Posted by: runner

Or the Cape buffalo hunts you down and attempts to kill you. That is when you know it isn't a water buffalo.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:19 PM (dr1Vw)

131 An event in Corsicana history was a herd of Buffalo running south on I45.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 08:18 PM (cjpp+)

Buffalo or Bison ? Hump or no hump ? Large horns or smallish ? Beard or no beard ??

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:20 PM (V13WU)

132 >>I like owls and octopi. As non-domesticated animals go, they are pretty neat.

Octopus are among my favorites. Amazing creatures and very smart.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2023 08:20 PM (ZLI7S)

133 I still can hear the Mutual of Omaha jingle in my head. Watched a lot of Wild Kingdom when I was a kid.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Me, too, but I never could understand the last few words. "mutual...of omahaaaaa....is pee-ee-ple...you can count on when you're (what the hell did they say here?)"

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 24, 2023 08:20 PM (OX9vb)

134 especially if you focus on the three H’s: home, hump, and horns."
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:16 PM

This applies to some of the subjects presented in the Art Thread, as well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 08:21 PM (a3Q+t)

135 Everybody's got a water Buffalo
Yours is fast but mine is slow
Oh, where'd we get them, I don't know
But everybody's got a water Buffalo, ooh

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 24, 2023 08:21 PM (aylmF)

136 7 A owl would be a awesome pet, a Bison wouldn't be
Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2023 08:15 PM (xhxe

*****
Just like Harry Potter had.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 24, 2023 08:21 PM (NpAcC)

137 >Octopus are among my favorites. Amazing creatures and very smart.

Posted by: JackStraw

but not really great to look at
and, they're related to the kraken

Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 08:21 PM (geLO8)

138 I'd like to have a three legged Buffalo Nickel.

Posted by: polynikes at March 24, 2023 08:22 PM (IhbYA)

139 Me, too, but I never could understand the last few words. "mutual...of omahaaaaa....is pee-ee-ple...you can count on when you're (what the hell did they say here?)"
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 24, 2023 08:20 PM (OX9vb)

I think it was "you can count when the going's rough", or something like that. *shrugs*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 08:22 PM (UQUAY)

140 Octopus are among my favorites. Amazing creatures and very smart.
Posted by: JackStraw

Which is why I choose not to eat them anymore. A company out here was trying to commercially raise octopuses. I believe they were rejected a permit.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 08:22 PM (U2p+3)

141 133 @Dash my lace wigs!

Mutual Of Omaha is people
You can count on when the going's tough

Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 08:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

142 Cool video of a bison calf defending itself against a young wolf

https://youtu.be/K6TnWW1s4hE

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 24, 2023 08:22 PM (aBJcM)

143 Shuffle off to Bison.

Posted by: davidt at March 24, 2023 08:23 PM (SYTee)

144 I'd like to have some 🦬 wings.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 24, 2023 08:23 PM (NpAcC)

145 Piper, did I see that your are considering a MoMe?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 08:23 PM (cjpp+)

146 MTG, visited the DC-gulag today to see the latest democrat human sacrifices.

some asshat antifa guy blew a whistle in everyone's faces during her outdoor press conference.

literal violence.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at March 24, 2023 08:23 PM (MLrvz)

147 Bison girls won't you come out tonight..

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 08:24 PM (UQUAY)

148 >Me, too, but I never could understand the last few words. "mutual...of omahaaaaa....is pee-ee-ple...you can count on when you're (what the hell did they say here?)"

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

My dad sold policies for Mutual Of Omaha, and naturally we watched the show on Sundays. Their commercial had the tagline 'the company that pays.' Dad would always add- '...some times'.

Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 08:24 PM (geLO8)

149 Octopus are among my favorites.

I had a saltwater tank for years. Thought about setting up a tank for an octopus but didn't want the hassle of keeping up with the water parameters.
Probably one of my favorite sea critters.

Posted by: Bosk at March 24, 2023 08:24 PM (ZVuYy)

150 Can I borrow your towel. My car just hit a Water Buffalo

Posted by: polynikes at March 24, 2023 08:24 PM (IhbYA)

151 What is the land speed velocity of a European Bison?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Laden or unladen?

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 08:24 PM (qoGsy)

152 Sea otter! I love them! Did you know they hold hands while they sleep so they don't float away from each other?
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 07:47 PM (7VrcY)

I figured the Nurse would be gushing over that vid.

I tried holding Mrs.D's hand one night while she was sleeping. Not trying that shit again!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 08:24 PM (anj39)

153 145 maybe! I am thinking about it, if I get brave enough.

Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 08:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

154 I feel like all mammals have souls. Can't justify it scripturally, but it feels that way.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:25 PM (MvF+J)

155 >>but not really great to look at
and, they're related to the kraken

Not much to look at? Look at this cute little thing.

https://tinyurl.com/mr45vhpu

Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2023 08:25 PM (ZLI7S)

156 I've read that octopi are quite the escape artists, from tanks etc.

Posted by: davidt at March 24, 2023 08:25 PM (SYTee)

157 What is the land speed velocity of a European Bison?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 24, 2023 08:19 PM

Between 94,080 and 107,520 furlongs/fortnight.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher, D&D Player of the Fortnight at March 24, 2023 08:26 PM (a3Q+t)

158 Bison girls won't you come out tonight..
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 08:24 PM (UQUAY)

LOL, I see your point.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:27 PM (V13WU)

159 Octopus are among my favorites. Amazing creatures and very smart.
Posted by: JackStraw

Ditto.
But those damn otters are cute.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 08:27 PM (anj39)

160 155 I've seen those in Ghibli cartoons. Did not know they were real.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:28 PM (MvF+J)

161 Oh wow.

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom! I loved that show. Wasn't Disney on right after it?

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 08:28 PM (U2p+3)

162 I feel like all mammals have souls. Can't justify it scripturally, but it feels that way.

=

every created entity has a soul

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:29 PM (V13WU)

163 Shuffle off to Bison.
Posted by: davidt

Browndog hardest hit.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:29 PM (dr1Vw)

164 Piper, nurse will help you find the courage. We are a very amiable group.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 08:30 PM (cjpp+)

165 145 maybe! I am thinking about it, if I get brave enough.
Posted by: Piper
---
Dooooooo it. You will have No Regerts.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 24, 2023 08:30 PM (aBJcM)

166 I tried holding Mrs.D's hand one night while she was sleeping. Not trying that shit again!
Posted by: Diogenes

lol, story of my life as well!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:31 PM (dr1Vw)

167 153 145 maybe! I am thinking about it, if I get brave enough.
Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 08:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

Grrrl, no bravery is necessary! You just show up and let the MoMe veterans do their job.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 24, 2023 08:31 PM (OX9vb)

168 ace, enough with the otters. let's see some penguins, or dolphins or something.

I was thinking something like a couple of Joe Mannix's redheads in the wild. As seen in their natural state.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 08:32 PM (anj39)

169 well , well , well : "Polling data from the Washington Post reveals that a sizable majority of adults who identify as transgender have not undergone medical interventions to aid their transition.

The article from The Washington Post, titled “Most trans adults say transitioning made them more satisfied with their lives,” found that a majority of the trans-identifying 515 respondents have only “socially transitioned.” fraudsters.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:33 PM (V13WU)

170 Michael Crichton wrote a novel, forget the title, and there was a part where somebody used a tiny venomous octopus as a murder weapon

Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 08:33 PM (geLO8)

171 I tried holding Mrs.D's hand one night while she was sleeping. Not trying that shit again!
Posted by: Diogenes

lol, story of my life as well!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:31 PM (dr1Vw)
***

You tried holding her hand too?
She kicks hard huh???

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 08:33 PM (anj39)

172 Aw. I watched until the end hoping there was a Great White lurking in the deep end, but nothing jumped out to murder the sunbathing seal.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 24, 2023 08:34 PM (Jg7EG)

173 >> had a saltwater tank for years. Thought about setting up a tank for an octopus but didn't want the hassle of keeping up with the water parameters.
Probably one of my favorite sea critters.

We had small reef octopuses on the reef we dove on in PR. They were very shy and skittish but every once in a while one of the smaller ones would let you hold him/her.

You could tell they were thinking when you looked in their eyes.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2023 08:34 PM (ZLI7S)

174 "ace, enough with the otters. let's see some penguins, or dolphins or something."

More microorganisms. Paramecia at play. Hydra courting rituals.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:34 PM (MvF+J)

175 I was thinking something like a couple of Joe Mannix's redheads in the wild. As seen in their natural state.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 08:32 PM (anj39)

Like, Celtic nymphs clad in foliage?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 08:34 PM (UQUAY)

176
The article from The Washington Post, titled “Most trans adults say transitioning made them more satisfied with their lives,” found that a majority of the trans-identifying 515 respondents have only “socially transitioned.” fraudsters.
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:33 PM (V13WU)

people will do anything for attention

if it was socially acceptable, they would shit in the aisles of theatres

Posted by: REDACTED at March 24, 2023 08:35 PM (us2H3)

177 Best MoMe story ever. Jewells" husband wanted phone numbers and references in case she was.meeting a cult
She will tell.you this story herself

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 08:35 PM (cjpp+)

178 lol, story of my life as well!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:31 PM (dr1Vw)
***

You tried holding her hand too?
She kicks hard huh???
Posted by: Diogenes

Doh, I might have worded that incorrectly.
(surely not your Mrs D. anyway!)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:36 PM (dr1Vw)

179 I tried holding Mrs.D's hand one night while she was sleeping. Not trying that shit again!
Posted by: Diogenes

lol, story of my life as well!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

The lovely Mrs. said - "Is that you?"

Who were you expecting?

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 08:36 PM (qoGsy)

180 151 What is the land speed velocity of a European Bison?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

twice as fast a European straight daughter

Posted by: REDACTED at March 24, 2023 08:37 PM (us2H3)

181 Climate models predicted this:

According to the National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, the CME pounded Earth's atmosphere last night with solar plasma in a G4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm. A G3 Warning was in effect until early Friday morning.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 24, 2023 08:37 PM (aylmF)

182 163 Shuffle off to Bison.
Posted by: davidt

Browndog hardest hit.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:29 PM (dr1Vw)

No beat, can’t dance to it
I give it a 1

Posted by: browndog on his cell at March 24, 2023 08:38 PM (CCSxw)

183 Which is why I choose not to eat them anymore. A company out here was trying to commercially raise octopuses. I believe they were rejected a permit.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 08:22 PM (U2p+3)

This is true too.
Vile.
The okra of the sea.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 08:38 PM (anj39)

184 The article from The Washington Post, titled “Most trans adults say transitioning made them more satisfied with their lives,” found that a majority of the trans-identifying 515 respondents have only “socially transitioned.” fraudsters.

////////

sure, right?

the trannies who didn't kill themselves after tranning were willing to lie to the post that they felt great.

Posted by: sockamster, gator at March 24, 2023 08:38 PM (MLrvz)

185 Piper, please attend if at all possible.

All of us introverts stand around in a small circle, staring at our shoes, and mumble to each other.

No kidding, there is something for everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 08:38 PM (qoGsy)

186 >>Michael Crichton wrote a novel, forget the title, and there was a part where somebody used a tiny venomous octopus as a murder weapon

Blue ringed octopus. No touchy.

Very beautiful but deadly.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2023 08:39 PM (ZLI7S)

187 177 Best MoMe story ever. Jewells" husband wanted phone numbers and references in case she was.meeting a cult

Posted by: Ben Had

Hahaha! I've been hanging out here longer than I've been married to Mr. April, so he knew better. But both of my parents were suspicious.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 24, 2023 08:39 PM (OX9vb)

188 I was thinking something like a couple of Joe Mannix's redheads in the wild. As seen in their natural state.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 08:32 PM (anj39)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8zwIphm5r4

Posted by: davidt at March 24, 2023 08:39 PM (SYTee)

189 164 She is very persuasive! And yes, the majority of people here are amazing.

Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 08:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

190 170 Michael Crichton wrote a novel, forget the title, and there was a part where somebody used a tiny venomous octopus as a murder weapon
Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 08:33 PM (geLO

Wasn’t that Dan Brown and that trashy book he wrote?

Posted by: browndog on his cell at March 24, 2023 08:39 PM (CCSxw)

191 We had small reef octopuses on the reef we dove on in PR. They were very shy and skittish but every once in a while one of the smaller ones would let you hold him/her.

You could tell they were thinking when you looked in their eyes.
Posted by: JackStraw

"Lookit that poor, giant animal. The poor thing lost six of his arms!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 08:39 PM (qoGsy)

192 We were looking forward to the CO Morondezvous, but since WDS passed away, we are now looking to go back to TX next fall.

Lord bless Diane and her husband.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 08:40 PM (UQUAY)

193 181 There are models for predicting CME impacts. See here and scroll down to WSA-ENLIL prediction:
https://tinyurl.com/y5fea9r6

The nice thing about CMEs (solar wind plasma pressure waves) is that we see them coming before they get here. 12-72 hours advance notice. Radiation from flares, on the other hand, comes at the speed of light, about 8 minutes. No warning.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:41 PM (MvF+J)

194 This is true too.
Vile.
The okra of the sea.
Posted by: Diogenes

I take it you didn't like chewing on rubber bands either.
I didn't see them in the 'seafood salad' until I had the thick rubber band in my mouth.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:41 PM (dr1Vw)

195 Apparently they eat living octopuses in Korea. They can sucker themselves to your throat and kill you dead.

Posted by: N. Lurker at March 24, 2023 08:41 PM (eGTCV)

196 It's my understanding American Buffalo are by right Bison Bison
Post then look this up as any moron would

Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2023 08:41 PM (xhxe8)

197 All right, y’all. I am in. 😂

Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 08:41 PM (ZdaMQ)

198 More microorganisms. Paramecia at play. Hydra courting rituals.
Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:34 PM

I've always appreciate Euglena. Animal AND plant!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 08:41 PM (a3Q+t)

199 Hahaha! I've been hanging out here longer than I've been married to Mr. April, so he knew better. But both of my parents were suspicious.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

"You are going where? to visit with people you've never met?!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 08:41 PM (qoGsy)

200 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison
I stand correct.
(Buffs fingernails)

Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2023 08:42 PM (xhxe8)

201 Lord bless Diane and her husband.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 08:40 PM (UQUAY)

Amen.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 24, 2023 08:42 PM (OX9vb)

202 Shuffle off to Bison.

Posted by: davidt at March 24, 2023 08:23 PM (SYTee)

Ta tonka

Posted by: BignJames at March 24, 2023 08:42 PM (AwYPR)

203 "You are going where? to visit with people you've never met?!!"
Posted by: Tonypete
---
"To do *what*?"

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 24, 2023 08:43 PM (aBJcM)

204 Do they make Bison Wings? Hell no! This is America and we have Buffalos dammit!

Posted by: A river otter at March 24, 2023 08:43 PM (iayUP)

205 I try and pay attention what I read all these years

Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2023 08:43 PM (xhxe8)

206 "You are going where? to visit with people you've never met?!!"
Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 08:41 PM (qoGsy)

Dad: "Sounds weird, but...ok..."

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 24, 2023 08:44 PM (OX9vb)

207 Piper the Txmome was great for our 1st time last October.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:44 PM (dr1Vw)

208 195 I've seen a video of that. It was the cruelest thing I think I've ever seen. People suck.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:45 PM (MvF+J)

209 Peak chill is Swissers scything on a steep hillside.

Scything is very soothing to me.

Posted by: Thesokorus at March 24, 2023 08:45 PM (1ais2)

210 Buffalo train station had a buffalo in the main lobby. We took Amtrak there a lot. American bison and European buffalo leather are not similar.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at March 24, 2023 08:45 PM (Eeb9P)

211 207 good to know! It sounded like a good time from the threads.

Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 08:45 PM (ZdaMQ)

212 Do they burn effigies at these meet-ups? Because that would be something.

Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 08:46 PM (geLO8)

213 O M G!
I am so triggered right now.
Mrs D is watching an old MacGyver. This show is set in Africa and has a very young Cuba Gooding in it. All about killing rhinos for their horns. (And selling them to the damned Chinese!) Anyway, some bad men of color try to hang Cuba G and they use a rope WITH A REAL NOOSE IN IT!!!
Reeeeee!!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 08:46 PM (anj39)

214 207 Piper the Txmome was great for our 1st time last October.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:44 PM (dr1Vw)

Same here, and I met AZ deplorable and his wife!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 24, 2023 08:47 PM (OX9vb)

215 I like octopus as food. But it's gotta be flash cooked or cooked to death.

Posted by: Thesokorus at March 24, 2023 08:47 PM (1ais2)

216 212 Do they burn effigies at these meet-ups? Because that would be something.
Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 08:46 PM (geLO

Burning Man MoMe?

Posted by: N. Lurker at March 24, 2023 08:47 PM (eGTCV)

217 I think, but not for sure , Europe had a Bison relative but they are wiped out or not many left.

Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2023 08:47 PM (xhxe8)

218 I've never seen a bison up close but it's my understanding that they're big, dumb, and built like a brick shithouse.

Posted by: CppThis at March 24, 2023 08:47 PM (PZvjL)

219 Apparently they eat living octopuses in Korea. They can sucker themselves to your throat and kill you dead.
Posted by: N. Lurker

There's a Korean film called Old Boy where a guy orders a live octopus and eats it. One of the most disgusting scenes I've ever seen.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 24, 2023 08:47 PM (R+nZe)

220 Beware of the mountain goat. If one of them gets sweet on you, there is no escape!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 24, 2023 08:48 PM (Jg7EG)

221 You could tell they were thinking when you looked in their eyes.
Posted by: JackStraw

"Lookit that poor, giant animal. The poor thing lost six of his arms!!"
Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 08:39 PM (qoGsy)

They better not start that shit with me...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 24, 2023 08:48 PM (CCSxw)

222 Wood buffalo not as I first mentioned 'forest buffalo'... In my defense the last time I read about them I was probably 11 which was mumble, mumble years ago.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:48 PM (dr1Vw)

223 Seems Koreans will eat anything

Posted by: Skip at March 24, 2023 08:48 PM (xhxe8)

224 AZ deplorable, you and your Mrs fit like this was your 7th instead of your first.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 08:49 PM (cjpp+)

225 Squid games.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:50 PM (V13WU)

226 224 AZ deplorable, you and your Mrs fit like this was your 7th instead of your first.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 08:49 PM (cjpp+)

Tequila will do that...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 24, 2023 08:50 PM (CCSxw)

227 TCM is running Dr. Strangelove right now. Damn I love that movie!

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2023 08:51 PM (r46W7)

228 God creating the octopus

God: OK, I want a blob with no bones;
Angel: ok;
G: Eight arms, no legs, and cover them in suction cups; A: Huh?
G: Psychedelic skin;
A: Are you high?
G: And give it a beak;
A: (sarcastically) I bet you want it to shoot ink out it’s ass too?
G: That’s Genius !!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 08:51 PM (anj39)

229 Poison octopus - Chrichton = State of Fear

He knew what time it was re Global Warming lies

Could have been a blockbuster, but politics

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 24, 2023 08:51 PM (fs1hN)

230 Plus, Piper, you get deep-fried bacon. And the other comestibles are 5-star. You might even get to meet Weasel, although he's quite shy. And I'll say "Howdy", assuming they let me out of the horse trailer.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 08:51 PM (a3Q+t)

231 any chance , those will be released back into the wild? just for the fun of it ??
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 07:54 PM (V13WU)

The ones in Wood Buffalo National Park can be regarded as wild. That population has always been there, and the park is yuge.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2023 08:52 PM (tkR6S)

232 I've never seen a bison up close but it's my understanding that they're big, dumb, and built like a brick shithouse.
Posted by: CppThis

On a motorcycle when a herd walked over the roadway. They are really big when they are that close and you are standing there with nothing between you and them.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:52 PM (dr1Vw)

233 "I've always appreciate Euglena. Animal AND plant!"

Looks like something I could harvest in ponds around here, bring home and peek at. I'll install some furin cleavage sites on em and see what pops out.

Euglena drove taxonomists nuts (or nuttier than usual) for a while. Current compromise is to give these flagellate snot globules their own whole phylum.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:52 PM (MvF+J)

234 Ben Had
♩ Good evening! ♬

Another story of jewells45's first TxMoMeet.

She called her daughter on the phone outside Love Field. We were talking loudly about how sketchy that liquor store was. And I was all prepared to shout when Jewells45 was wishing "Happy Birthday" to her daughter: "Hey everybody, Jewells45 is talking to her daughter. Put on your pants!"

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 24, 2023 08:53 PM (u82oZ)

235 I've never seen a bison up close but it's my understanding that they're big, dumb, and built like a brick shithouse.
Posted by: CppThis at March 24, 2023 08:47 PM

Dunno about the dumb part. They say you can make a bison do anything it wants to do.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 08:53 PM (a3Q+t)

236 AZ deplorable, you and your Mrs fit like this was your 7th instead of your first.
Posted by: Ben Had

That was because of the sterling welcomes from all of the veteran MoMe'ers.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:54 PM (dr1Vw)

237
The ones in Wood Buffalo National Park can be regarded as wild. That population has always been there, and the park is yuge.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2023 08:52 PM (tkR6S)

Canada ?? They won't let me in....

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:54 PM (V13WU)

238 TCM is running Dr. Strangelove right now. Damn I love that movie!
Posted by: Tom Servo

I wish we had one of them Doomsday bombs!

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 24, 2023 08:54 PM (R+nZe)

239 "Poison octopus - Crichton = State of Fear"

The greenie villains could summon lightning bolts down on their enemies. Even still, I read it to the very end.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:54 PM (MvF+J)

240 I've only ever seen a trace of buffalo.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 24, 2023 08:54 PM (4I/2K)

241
Tequila will do that...
Posted by: browndog

Note to self: Drink some of Browndog's scotch as well as tequila.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 08:55 PM (dr1Vw)

242 If the 2024 TX meetup was held April 4, you morons would see a total eclipse of the sun

path of totality passing just south of Dallas

Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 08:55 PM (geLO8)

243 I will never be able to Thank You enough for all of you that have made the TXMOME the highlight of my life.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 08:55 PM (cjpp+)

244 Now, let's talk about buffalo wings....

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 08:56 PM (V13WU)

245 Nightmare fuel. Humboldt squid.

https://tinyurl.com/mw9bhfwy

Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2023 08:56 PM (ZLI7S)

246 I've never seen a bison up close but it's my understanding that they're big, dumb, and built like a brick shithouse.
Posted by: CppThis

I think I dated her in college.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 08:56 PM (anj39)

247 I've only ever seen a trace of buffalo.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 24, 2023 08:54 PM

Buffalo Trace > Buffalo apples

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 08:56 PM (a3Q+t)

248 All of us introverts stand around in a small circle, staring at our shoes, and mumble to each other.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 08:38 PM (qoGsy)

You're hardly an introvert.

Posted by: clutch at March 24, 2023 08:57 PM (9UmRs)

249 230 well you know, I have ridden since I was 8. My pony is 29, and just a big pet now, but he is the best. I just started the horse hunt for a new steed. J, who has moments of incredible, thought a new horse is what I need for the blues with my mom, being away from my oldest 2, my pony 29 and the inevitable with him soon.

Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 08:57 PM (ZdaMQ)

250 DB - confronting the thing

Saturday night we burn up the dance floor. Is that what you mean?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 24, 2023 08:57 PM (u82oZ)

251 Mega flop Ant Man and The Wasp now has grossed 464 million on its 200 million dollar cost

Posted by: Paul at March 24, 2023 08:01 PM (HhXAs)

You spent every dime of you glory hole earnings on tickets, didn't you? Go ahead and tell us; you are among friends here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2023 08:57 PM (tkR6S)

252 I saw Flagellate Snot Globules on I-90 near Elgin, IL, where their tour bus broke down. Impromptu gig, like that Beatles rooftop performance.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 08:57 PM (MvF+J)

253 clutch

I overcome my shyness at a MoMeet.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 24, 2023 08:58 PM (u82oZ)

254 If the 2024 TX meetup was held April 4, you morons would see a total eclipse of the sun

path of totality passing just south of Dallas
Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 08:55 PM (geLO

I could walk there from my broke down truck!
https://youtu.be/q3LK1Mt3CZA

Posted by: Junior Brown at March 24, 2023 08:58 PM (4I/2K)

255 President Joe Biden defended his handling of the banking crisis, saying he has done a 'damn good job'

Biden accidentally thanks CHINA during speech to Canada's Parliament as politicians break into laughter

Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 08:59 PM (geLO8)

256 State Of Fear was a pretty good book. Sure, there's some techno-magic to keep it entertaining but the basic message isn't even political per se, it's a warning against what happens when the eggheads are being incentivized by radical social activists and both parties come to depend on each other.

Posted by: CppThis at March 24, 2023 09:00 PM (PZvjL)

257 If the 2024 TX meetup was held April 4, you morons would see a total eclipse of the sun

path of totality passing just south of Dallas
Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 08:55 PM (geLO

But your chances of getting mooned at any MoMe are excellent, no matter where it is!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 09:00 PM (anj39)

258 Ben Had

If we could see souls, we would need welder's. helmets to even look in your direction. You and your team of closed-mouthed friends are awesome.

I asked one of them for stories about you my first MoMeet. Got a withering stare look --- As if. You have loyal friends.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 24, 2023 09:01 PM (u82oZ)

259 Being one who has spent a lot of time in Yellowstone, buffalo are far less mean than moose. Now, keep in mind, during the buffalo rut in August, that is a much different story.

Moose, though, females especially, can be very aggressive. My little brother and his friend were treed for hours because Mama moose was defending her little one just because they were in her AO.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 09:01 PM (UQUAY)

260 I overcome my shyness at a MoMeet.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 24, 2023 08:58 PM

Veracity status:

[x] True
[ ] Not True

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 09:01 PM (a3Q+t)

261 Posted by: Tonypete

You're hardly an introvert.
Posted by: clutch

HA!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:02 PM (qoGsy)

262 Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg

Did a moose bite your brother?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 24, 2023 09:02 PM (u82oZ)

263 Greetings from sunny and based Poland. I'm so jet/lagged that I put Skip's early morning risings to shame.

Really nice to not see a single shred of Covid here. No masks, no left-over signs, no plexiglass, zero mentions or admonitions from the TV. People are completely normal and enjoying the spring in numbers.

Gas and diesel is about $30 per gallon here. Imagine how that warps an economy.

Posted by: t-bird at March 24, 2023 09:03 PM (yxCk0)

264 "State Of Fear was a pretty good book."

When I was a kid, my mom got me "Andromeda Strain" book for a birthday present. I read it all in one night; it's a can't-put-it-down. When I told her, she got mad that I didn't make it last longer.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 09:03 PM (MvF+J)

265 >Saturday night we burn up the dance floor. Is that what you mean?

Posted by: NaCly Dog

can't remember the last time I even saw a dance floor

Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 09:03 PM (geLO8)

266 Duncanthrax

It is always fun to talk to you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 24, 2023 09:03 PM (u82oZ)

267 Women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake. But I do deny them my essence.

Posted by: Jack D Ripper at March 24, 2023 09:03 PM (ufFY8)

268 Piper, The TXMoMe is held on a working cattle ranch that breeds and raises there own stock. Other customers are also breders of exceptional horses

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 09:03 PM (cjpp+)

269 >"State Of Fear was a pretty good book."

that's the one- thanks

Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 09:04 PM (geLO8)

270 The most interesting animal we saw on our Idaho - Montana - Cody trip was a bighorn sheep. Had just stopped at the Logan Pass Visitor Center and got back on Going-to-the-Sun Road when I spotted one not 10 feet off the road. J slowed down as much as possible, I managed to fish the phone out of my pocket in time to take one blurry photo of the whole sheep - looking right at me - and one perfectly focused shot of the south end of a northbound sheep.

Also saw a grizzly - from a distance, which suited me fine. I was absolutely terrified of encountering one on the trail, but I didn't.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 24, 2023 09:04 PM (aBJcM)

271 145 Piper, did I see that your are considering a MoMe?
Posted by: Ben Had

I'm working on her.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 09:04 PM (U2p+3)

272 Col. Jack Ripper: " I don't avoid the presence of women, but I do deny them my Essence."

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2023 09:04 PM (svpwD)

273 245 Nightmare fuel. Humboldt squid.

https://tinyurl.com/mw9bhfwy
Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2023 08:56 PM (ZLI7S)

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

A while back, there was a boat competing for the Jules Verne Trophy that had a giant squid latch onto it for a spell.

Posted by: No One Of Consequence at March 24, 2023 09:04 PM (uPgE/)

274 Used to have little dinners back in the day where we watched (a VHS, probably) of Dr. Strangelove afterwards. All Cold War nuke geeks and people involved in various aspects of the thing. Probably the ultimate example of a work of fiction that works so well on multiple levels, and the only one partly inspired by big actual issues and personalities in the real-world field.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 24, 2023 09:04 PM (OTzUX)

275 'Eromero! What the hell have you been doing on this beach towel? It smells like...like...I don't know what!'
Mrs. E
'It was a sea lion came out of the pool and laid down on it. Honest.'
Eromero

Posted by: Eromero at March 24, 2023 09:05 PM (MF3yS)

276 It is always fun to talk to you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 24, 2023 09:03 PM

Likewise!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 24, 2023 09:05 PM (a3Q+t)

277 >>A while back, there was a boat competing for the Jules Verne Trophy that had a giant squid latch onto it for a spell.

How appropriate.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2023 09:07 PM (ZLI7S)

278 HR5 Parents Bill of rights passed. All Dems voting against. Matt Gaetz also votes against. Hmm.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 24, 2023 09:07 PM (fs1hN)

279 Speaking of the TXMOME, I wore my "Ashli Babbitt Society" tee shirt while working in the yard.

Lest we forget.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:07 PM (qoGsy)

280 The brilliance of Dr. Strangelove is that it managed to map the Current Things it was satirizing onto more general human-condition tropes that transcended its time. To wit, you don't have to have knowledge of 1950s strategic doctrine to giggle at the guy who's trying to start a huge war because his dick don't work.

Posted by: CppThis at March 24, 2023 09:08 PM (PZvjL)

281 t-bird, Poland is another Euro country I've never visited and want to.

Just yesterday saw something odd. A hockey team (not sure what level, I think junior or college) had a game on a TV schedule: "Unia Oswiecim". That's Auschwitz, in kraut talk. Trying to imagine the imagery, slogans, and logos for a team with, basically, "Auschwitz" in their name.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 24, 2023 09:08 PM (OTzUX)

282 According to the National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, the CME pounded Earth's atmosphere last night with solar plasma in a G4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm. A G3 Warning was in effect until early Friday morning.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 24, 2023 08:37 PM (aylmF)

So that's why I had to get up to pee at 0400!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2023 09:08 PM (tkR6S)

283 Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg

Did a moose bite your brother?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 24, 2023 09:02 PM (u82oZ)

No. He was smarter than my sister. Get thee to a tree!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 09:08 PM (UQUAY)

284 Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:02 PM (qoGsy)

The guy who organized the Ahia MoMe disappeared from here.

Posted by: clutch at March 24, 2023 09:09 PM (9UmRs)

285 274 Used to have little dinners back in the day where we watched (a VHS, probably) of Dr. Strangelove afterwards. All Cold War nuke geeks and people involved in various aspects of the thing. Probably the ultimate example of a work of fiction that works so well on multiple levels, and the only one partly inspired by big actual issues and personalities in the real-world field.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 24, 2023 09:04 PM (OTzUX)

How about a "7 Days in May" dinner?

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 24, 2023 09:09 PM (CCSxw)

286 I'm working on her.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 09:04 PM

Let us know if we can be of assistance.

Posted by: HordeSource (tm), your One Stop Advice Shop at March 24, 2023 09:09 PM (a3Q+t)

287 Piper

Talk to sharron(willow's apprentice) about the TxMoMeet. She has adventures and Annie Oakley shooting skills.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 24, 2023 09:09 PM (u82oZ)

288 According to the National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, the CME pounded Earth's atmosphere last night with solar plasma in a G4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm. A G3 Warning was in effect until early Friday morning.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 24, 2023 08:37 PM (aylmF)

So that's why I had to get up to pee at 0400!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2023 09:08 PM (tkR6S)

Cigarettes afterward.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 09:11 PM (anj39)

289 The guy who organized the Ahia MoMe disappeared from here.
Posted by: clutch

I know! He asked me to reach out to him by email, and I did. Never heard back. Hmmmmm.. This was a few years ago.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:11 PM (qoGsy)

290 You are going to have to answer to the Coca Cola Company.

Posted by: Colonel Bat Guano at March 24, 2023 09:11 PM (ufFY8)

291 Nah, "Seven Days in May" was enjoyable as a fiction flick, but the real-world allusions and stuff were lame, clueless, standard "right thinking" bigotries and myths. Union of Concerned Scientists' and swanky NYC cocktail party type stuff.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 24, 2023 09:12 PM (OTzUX)

292 The guy who organized the Ahia MoMe disappeared from here.

Posted by: clutch at March 24, 2023 09:09 PM (9UmRs)

Got friends in Zanesville.

Posted by: BignJames at March 24, 2023 09:13 PM (AwYPR)

293 When the USA breaks up into successor states, Ashli Babbitt is gonna wind up being someone's Crispus Attucks.

Posted by: CppThis at March 24, 2023 09:13 PM (PZvjL)

294 Nah, "Seven Days in May" was enjoyable as a fiction flick, but the real-world allusions and stuff were lame, clueless, standard "right thinking" bigotries and myths. Union of Concerned Scientists' and swanky NYC cocktail party type stuff.
Posted by: rhomboid

When I am elected King, there will be a Mount Thunder.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:13 PM (qoGsy)

295 I think you are some sort of deviated prevert!

Posted by: Colonel Bat Guano at March 24, 2023 09:14 PM (ufFY8)

296 Speaking of the TXMOME, I wore my "Ashli Babbitt Society" tee shirt while working in the yard.

Lest we forget.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:07 PM (qoGsy)

Hey. I saw you. But I met so many folks that weekend that it embarrasses me that I cannot remember all y'all.

And yes, never forget Ashli Babbitt. Yeesh.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at March 24, 2023 09:15 PM (UQUAY)

297 Have you ever thought to yourself that if you were the lead character in It's A Wonderful Life that if you imagined a world without yourself that it wouldn't really be any different and maybe even a little better?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 24, 2023 09:15 PM (Stc3i)

298 The guy who organized the Ahia MoMe disappeared from here.
Posted by: clutch

I know! He asked me to reach out to him by email, and I did. Never heard back. Hmmmmm.. This was a few years ago.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:11 PM (qoGsy)

Ohio?

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 09:15 PM (V13WU)

299 so an Army Reservist Civil Affairs soldier spends parts of 22 years helping foreign national deal with the aftermath of conflict...

goes home returning to his civilian job as an insurance claims adjuster eventually losing his wife and adult child to an organized vehicular fraud team....

may make that an origin for one of the characters in the DATE Land extended universe.

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 09:15 PM (Lzpvj)

300 And Gen. Ripper in real life was an OSS operative who parachuted behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia and worked on pilot rescue lines during the Italian campaign.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 24, 2023 09:16 PM (OTzUX)

301 Ohio?
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 09:15 PM (V13WU)

No, Ahia.

Posted by: clutch at March 24, 2023 09:17 PM (9UmRs)

302 Got friends in Zanesville.
Posted by: BignJames

One of my roomies at THE OSU was from the mighty Zanesburg.

It truly had to be experienced to fully appreciate it. Among other things, they had (may still have) a performing dance troupe called the Devilettes that performed at may HS football halftime shows and parades. Imagine girls from 6 to 26 all made up and stuffed into dance outfits. I can't even. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:17 PM (qoGsy)

303 OK

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 09:17 PM (V13WU)

304 I'm glad someone thinks 7 days in May is lame.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2023 09:17 PM (r46W7)

305 Thank you all for the encouragement, I am excited. I need to go finish my Choreo stuff for tomorrow morning. Have a great evening beautiful people!

Posted by: Piper at March 24, 2023 09:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

306 The top barbecue joint in every state, according to Yelp

https://tinyurl.com/23ftpv7s

Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 09:19 PM (geLO8)

307 Have a great evening beautiful people!
Posted by: Piper

Who is the lovely Piper talking to?

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:19 PM (qoGsy)

308 293 When the USA breaks up into successor states, Ashli Babbitt is gonna wind up being someone's Crispus Attucks.
Posted by: CppThis at March 24, 2023 09:13 PM
Ashli Babbitt, Roseann Boyland, Kevin Greeson, Benjamin Phillips.

Posted by: Eromero at March 24, 2023 09:20 PM (MF3yS)

309 Ohio?
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 09:15 PM (V13WU)

No, Ahia.
Posted by: clutch at March 24, 2023 09:17 PM (9UmRs)
***

Da dum dum!
Try the veal.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 09:20 PM (anj39)

310 Bitter Clinger, I love your prose and thoughts here! So do a lot of people. We'd all be poorer without you.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2023 09:20 PM (svpwD)

311 304 Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2023 09:17 PM (r46W7)

Seven Days in May was part of the "it takes a tough man to be a pussy" pathfinder titles of the 60s.

"Better red than dead comrade", luckily the country rejected that shit in my youth....unluckily this generation does not have the WW2 gen telling them the notion of 7DIM is bullshit.

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 09:21 PM (Lzpvj)

312 >>Have you ever thought to yourself that if you were the lead character in It's A Wonderful Life that if you imagined a world without yourself that it wouldn't really be any different and maybe even a little better?

I don't think there is a single regular here the world would have been better without. Quite the opposite, the world would be poorer.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2023 09:22 PM (ZLI7S)

313 300 And Gen. Ripper in real life was an OSS operative who parachuted behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia and worked on pilot rescue lines during the Italian campaign.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 24, 2023 09:16 PM
Read The Forgotten Five Hundred, forgotten who the author is but it's the story of how the Allies first screwed the Serbs and handed Yugoslavia over to the commies.

Posted by: Eromero at March 24, 2023 09:23 PM (MF3yS)

314 Ahia and we swim in cricks.

I have not been home since last year when my sister died.

I need to go home, get a Cassano's pizza visit the family and walk in John Bryan.

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 09:23 PM (Lzpvj)

315 Who is the lovely Piper talking to?
Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:19 PM (qoGsy)

She must have mistaken us for someone else.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 24, 2023 09:25 PM (OX9vb)

316 I also enjoyed Thirteen Days.
We lived that.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 09:25 PM (anj39)

317 Paul I have a project that will only cost you 20 bucks but you need to spend another 20 on promoting it.....

It'll make 40 dollars I'll pay you back out of the profits you fucking retard.

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 09:26 PM (Lzpvj)

318 The top barbecue joint in every state, according to Yelp

https://tinyurl.com/23ftpv7s
Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 09:19 PM (geLO

I hate Yelp. You do a Web search for "XYZ Company", and all too often, the first hit you get a Yelp review of them. Pissants.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2023 09:26 PM (tkR6S)

319 No #1 seeds left in men's bball tourney...first time ever.

Posted by: BignJames at March 24, 2023 09:27 PM (AwYPR)

320 Yelp says the best Wash DC BBQ joint is a place called "Federalist Pig"

fitting

Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 09:28 PM (geLO8)

321 319 Posted by: BignJames at March 24, 2023 09:27 PM (AwYPR)

Man I can go back to not caring....

I think I have not watched a game of college basketball in 14 years....

right around the time they sucked Obama off like Kamala Toe and Willie Brown.

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 09:29 PM (Lzpvj)

322 Can's trust yelp. gave a list of top seafood restaurants in my small city. 3 on the list were closed for the last 3 years.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 09:29 PM (V13WU)

323 319 No #1 seeds left in men's bball tourney...first time ever.
Posted by: BignJames at March 24, 2023 09:27 PM
So it's possible they all might lose? That would be so funny.

Posted by: Eromero at March 24, 2023 09:29 PM (MF3yS)

324 I just linked it as a conversation piece

goodnight, people

Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 09:30 PM (geLO8)

325 The top barbecue joint in every state, according to Yelp

https://tinyurl.com/23ftpv7s
Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 09:19 PM (geLO

that one is accurate - for my locale; best BBq evah

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 09:31 PM (V13WU)

326 Oh shoot. Maybe the gas prices are in PLZ instead of Euros.

Posted by: t-bird at March 24, 2023 09:31 PM (yxCk0)

327 good night DB

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 09:31 PM (V13WU)

328 312 >>Have you ever thought to yourself that if you were the lead character in It's A Wonderful Life that if you imagined a world without yourself that it wouldn't really be any different and maybe even a little better?

I don't think there is a single regular here the world would have been better without. Quite the opposite, the world would be poorer.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2023 09:22 PM (ZLI7S)

I did...

But a whole bunch of vastly different people disabused me of that notion.

I got better...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 24, 2023 09:31 PM (CCSxw)

329 So it's possible they all might lose? That would be so funny.

Posted by: Eromero at March 24, 2023 09:29 PM (MF3yS)

Well, no #1s for sure.

Posted by: BignJames at March 24, 2023 09:31 PM (AwYPR)

330 Can's trust yelp. gave a list of top seafood restaurants in my small city. 3 on the list were closed for the last 3 years.
Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 09:29 PM (V13WU)

So...yelp is saying the oceans are dying?

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 09:32 PM (anj39)

331 Piper you MUST come to the Texas MoMe. It's life changing believe me!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 24, 2023 09:32 PM (wagHN)

332 As to the Cafe, I prefer the room with a balcony in Positano

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 09:33 PM (cjpp+)

333 323 Posted by: Eromero at March 24, 2023 09:29 PM (MF3yS)

Almost as interesting as the WNBA....

all the really good players skip school now.

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 09:33 PM (Lzpvj)

334 Evening all

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 24, 2023 09:33 PM (gryET)

335 I just linked it as a conversation piece

goodnight, people
Posted by: DB - confronting the thing at March 24, 2023 09:30 PM (geLO

Well, it started a conversation, didn't it? No offense intended toward you, at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2023 09:34 PM (tkR6S)

336 Anybody here ever write a yelp review ?

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 09:35 PM (V13WU)

337 In commemoration of National Cocktail Day I am sipping on a perfect Whiskey Sour. What is everyone else drinking?

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 24, 2023 09:35 PM (gryET)

338 Sidebar: David Lee Roth. Yeah, that guy's whole solo career was just an embarrassing extended fart.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 24, 2023 09:35 PM (KFhLj)

339 313 Posted by: Eromero at March 24, 2023 09:23 PM (MF3yS)

If you want to be really depressed look into Operation Rollback.

James Burnham started operations as the OSS was shut down, Kim Philby betrayed the operation and it had a ~ 90% attrition rate. Kind of reminds me of the last 20 years come to think on it.

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 09:36 PM (Lzpvj)

340 Can you say, "Underwear?"

Posted by: President Merkin at March 24, 2023 09:36 PM (SYTee)

341 In commemoration of National Cocktail Day I am sipping on a perfect Whiskey Sour. What is everyone else drinking?

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 24, 2023 09:35 PM (gryET)

Just had some Bluebell strawberry/lemon ice cream....too much lemon.

Posted by: BignJames at March 24, 2023 09:37 PM (AwYPR)

342 If you're a small business owner and wish to be hounded by young, in-your-face "marketing" types for the rest of your natural life, sign a contract with Yelp.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 24, 2023 09:38 PM (Xrfse)

343 DB thanks for the link, whether I like Yelp or not it is always interesting to see the names of local joints.

I ordinarily travel a lot, and I enjoy trying local eateries.

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 09:38 PM (Lzpvj)

344 >>I did...

>>But a whole bunch of vastly different people disabused me of that notion.

>>I got better...

Good. Cause you were wrong. And we have a playoff to enjoy.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2023 09:38 PM (ZLI7S)

345 Anybody here ever write a yelp review ?

Posted by: runner

Hell no. We were eating at a place once in San Diego and the manager came over and asked if everything was okay as we hadn't taken a picture of our food.

Oh fer Judas Priest's sake. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:38 PM (qoGsy)

346 336 I try to do online reviews for every instance of good service. Somebody has to.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 09:38 PM (MvF+J)

347 {{{jewells45 }}}

Hope your chemo today was easy.

Fuck cancer. (See how you have corrupted me?)

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 24, 2023 09:39 PM (u82oZ)

348 Hell no. We were eating at a place once in San Diego and the manager came over and asked if everything was okay as we hadn't taken a picture of our food.

Oh fer Judas Priest's sake. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:38 PM (qoGsy)

Do you take mug shots of your coffee?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2023 09:40 PM (tkR6S)

349 I ordinarily travel a lot, and I enjoy trying local eateries.
Posted by: sven

I always ask the hotel's housekeeping staff for recommendations - No, not the touristy places but rather, where would you eat? It rarely fails.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:40 PM (qoGsy)

350 Do you take mug shots of your coffee?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

HEYOHHHHHHH!!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:40 PM (qoGsy)

351 >I always ask the hotel's housekeeping staff for recommendations - No, not the touristy places but rather, where would you eat? It rarely fails.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:40 PM (qoGsy)

Solid strategy. I always ask the hotel bartender where he/she goes for a bite to eat. Bar staff knows things.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 24, 2023 09:41 PM (gryET)

352 I always ask the hotel's housekeeping staff for recommendations - No, not the touristy places but rather, where would you eat? It rarely fails.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 09:40 PM (qoGsy)

That is very good advice!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 09:41 PM (anj39)

353 The Day the Earth Stood Still on now. I haven't seen it since it was first on TV.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 09:43 PM (dr1Vw)

354 333 323 Posted by: Eromero at March 24, 2023 09:29 PM (MF3yS)

Almost as interesting as the WNBA....

all the really good players skip school now.
Posted by: sven

The NCAA CB Tournament is embarrassing the NBA right now. NBA is a garbage league now so that isn't too hard to do.

As a comedian (name escapes me. Burr maybe?) once said; Nobody in the WNBA got Covid.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 24, 2023 09:43 PM (xSnmX)

355 Anybody here ever write a yelp review

I wrote a detailed negative review once. Place was awful on every level, but my review was factual and stated in even-keeled language. It did not take long for the review to get disappeared, which is how I know Yelp reviews are not on the up and up.

You may as well ask a Ouija board where to eat.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 24, 2023 09:43 PM (KFhLj)

356 lol NaCly!! It went well. I posted earlier but it got lost in the crowd. Short version. Doc doesn't think Zometa caused the liver issue. He thinks it's the Keytruda and we're hoping it was just a once off. Only took Keytruda and pemetrexed (chemo) today. Feeling ok, eating like a damn pig.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 24, 2023 09:44 PM (wagHN)

357 I did not write any Yelp reviews...

I do the occasional review on Google.

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 09:44 PM (Lzpvj)

358 354 Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 24, 2023 09:43 PM (xSnmX)

I'll take your word for it, I don't watch the Maron James show either.

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 09:45 PM (Lzpvj)

359 >The NCAA CB Tournament is embarrassing the NBA right now. NBA is a garbage league now so that isn't too hard to do.

College men actually play, ya know, defence. Of course with NIL, the college game is becoming NBA lite.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 24, 2023 09:45 PM (gryET)

360 The Day the Earth Stood Still on now. I haven't seen it since it was first on TV.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 09:43 PM (dr1Vw)

The original is one of my favs. The second one could have been so much better. sadly, it sucked.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 09:46 PM (anj39)

361 Piper, did I see that your are considering a MoMe?
Posted by: Ben Had

I'm working on her.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 24, 2023 09:04 PM

Corsicana beckons...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 24, 2023 09:47 PM (Wnv9h)

362 Jewells, me and G-D talk about you everyday.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 09:48 PM (fCZII)

363 I wrote a detailed negative review once. Place was awful on every level, but my review was factual and stated in even-keeled language. It did not take long for the review to get disappeared, which is how I know Yelp reviews are not on the up and up.

Probably cost the business owner about $500 to get that removed.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 24, 2023 09:48 PM (Bd6X8)

364 "The Day the Earth Stood Still on now."

Old one or new one? If old one, notice how good the sound track music is. It really sells the story and the terror.

Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp at March 24, 2023 09:50 PM (MvF+J)

365 362 Jewells, me and G-D talk about you everyday.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 24, 2023 09:48 PM (fCZII)

G-D has a party line for the Horde..

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 24, 2023 09:50 PM (CCSxw)

366 HAve a great night, everyone.

May your bracket be active and not busted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at March 24, 2023 09:50 PM (u82oZ)

367 The old one I remember, black and white.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 09:51 PM (dr1Vw)

368 Hampton Beach, NH. 1984. You New England morons know what I'm talking about.

https://tinyurl.com/yveb8ayw

Goodnight.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 24, 2023 09:52 PM (ZLI7S)

369 I wrote a detailed negative review once. Place was awful on every level, but my review was factual and stated in even-keeled language. It did not take long for the review to get disappeared, which is how I know Yelp reviews are not on the up and up.

Probably cost the business owner about $500 to get that removed.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 24, 2023 09:48 PM (Bd6X

brilliant business model ! open forum reviews, then charge to remove !

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 09:52 PM (V13WU)

370 363 Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 24, 2023 09:48 PM (Bd6X

"Not extortion..."

//Yelp

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 09:53 PM (Lzpvj)

371 It's like The Kid, but more modern.

Posted by: runner at March 24, 2023 09:53 PM (V13WU)

372 The old one I remember, black and white.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 24, 2023 09:51 PM (dr1Vw)

Years ago, one of the late-nite DJ's on WWOZ, Jamie del 'Appa, did a show of outer space/alien encounters-based music, and his running joke was that Gort, the giant robot in the original movie, was a real alien robot, and that he was going to return, and Boy! is he pissed. I recorded the show, missing the first two tunes or so. It is a hoot. I could make you a copy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 24, 2023 09:57 PM (tkR6S)

373 The military defends woke diversity training, claiming it helps soldiers feel seen.
-----------------

I’m in my old neighborhood the other day. I bumped into my, my good friend, Fred. Hadn’t seen him in years. Hadn’t seen him in years. Fred got a new job at AT&T, okay? So, I’m like, “Hey, Fred, how’s the job?” And Fred’s like, “Oh, I love the job.” “It’s a safe space.” “I feel seen, I feel heard.” “There’s a lot of diversity.” And I’m looking at him. I’m like… “N****, it’s me.” What, you think I’m wearing a wire or some shit? What the fuck you talking about, safe space? N****, you did eight years for manslaughter. Nobody’s safe around you.

-Chris Rock

Posted by: ... at March 24, 2023 09:58 PM (BXxcV)

374 G-D has a party line for the Horde..

lol for sure!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 24, 2023 09:59 PM (wagHN)

375 {{Ben Had}}

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 24, 2023 09:59 PM (wagHN)

376 G-D has a party line for the Horde..
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at March 24, 2023 09:50 PM

*looks up guiltily*

Are we bothering You?

Posted by: Tevye at March 24, 2023 10:00 PM (Wnv9h)

377 The Day the Earth Stood Still was one of the first sci-fi movies I really loved. Of course when I was young I didn't grasp all of the Space Jesus bits written into it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2023 10:02 PM (r46W7)

378 "The Day the Earth Stood Still on now."

Old one or new one? If old one, notice how good the sound track music is. It really sells the story and the terror.
Posted by: Mentholated Smooth-Drawing gp

Bernard Herrman.
I have a record I bought about a million years ago, that is called "The Fantasy Filmworld of Bernard Herrman", that has the soundtrack to 'Fahrenheit 451', 'The Day the Earth Stood Still', 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' and 'The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad'.

Bernard Herrman scored a lot of Alfred Hitchcock movies (especially 'North by Northwest'), and actually makes a cameo of himself in "The Man Who Knew Too Much".

Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at March 24, 2023 10:03 PM (tjZg/)

379 Where’s Weird Dave?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 24, 2023 10:11 PM (ffbyg)

380 I've been busy at night lately. Did they change the time for the ONT? It used to be 10, right?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 24, 2023 10:11 PM (oINRc)

381 f5f5f5f5f5f5f5f5...

Posted by: davidt at March 24, 2023 10:12 PM (SYTee)

382 380 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 24, 2023 10:11 PM (oINRc)

a watched pot seldom boils...

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 10:13 PM (Lzpvj)

383 Based on the sidebar, I sort of went down a Louis Prima rabbit hole. Whoa!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 10:13 PM (qoGsy)

384 Hey, Tonypete.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 24, 2023 10:14 PM (ffbyg)

385 I wrote a detailed negative review once. Place was awful on every level, but my review was factual and stated in even-keeled language. It did not take long for the review to get disappeared, which is how I know Yelp reviews are not on the up and up.

--

Amazon is the same. I reviewed a product - a bad product, and I gave a fair review pointing out the faults - and it got something like 300 helpful votes.

But it doesn't come up in the reviews unless you click on the specific star ratings and scroll through to find it. It has the most helpful votes by far, but it doesn't even show up in "most helpful negative review"

Posted by: Daddy, why are muffin pans made with twelve spaces instead of five? at March 24, 2023 10:14 PM (OeAlt)

386 I feel a great disturbance in the Force

Posted by: Obi Wan Kenobi at March 24, 2023 10:15 PM (4I/2K)

387 Big B! Happy Friday.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 24, 2023 10:16 PM (qoGsy)

388 I had a houseguest board a plane out of here, so I'm bumping music tonight. I haven't listened to this song since I was smoking a cigarette on Wadsworth & Jewell maybe 5 years back. When I still smoked.

Anyway, it seems like a natural Horde favorite. I got yer Forgotten '80s Mystery Click... RIGHT HEAH!

https://youtu.be/GY_Mg5hSFEYP

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 24, 2023 10:17 PM (oINRc)

389 I'd forgotten about it, but I experienced something similar with google reviews. I ate at a BBQ restaurant when visiting another state, and where I sat I could see that the smoke that was supposed to be coming out of the restaurant was just a small walmart grill out back burning wood to create smoke. Nothing at all was happening inside. They were probably taking the food out of Cisco buckets.

I took a photo of the grill and the smokestack routed into the building and posted an honest review.

It disappeared in a week.

Posted by: Daddy, why are muffin pans made with twelve spaces instead of five? at March 24, 2023 10:17 PM (OeAlt)

390 Happy Friday to you, Tonypete!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 24, 2023 10:17 PM (ffbyg)

391 I liked Van Hagar better than Van Halen....Roth was a distraction w/his yipping/barking/squealing...just my opinion, of course.

Posted by: BignJames at March 24, 2023 10:18 PM (AwYPR)

392 >388 I had a houseguest board a plane out of here, so I'm bumping music tonight. I haven't listened to this song since I was smoking a cigarette on Wadsworth & Jewell maybe 5 years back. When I still smoked.

IOW - don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 24, 2023 10:18 PM (gryET)

393 It's a test.

Posted by: Infidel at March 24, 2023 10:19 PM (DnRmW)

394 Is there a pool going on what excuse WD will have tonight?

Power out? Little's football? Lawnmower catastrophe?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at March 24, 2023 10:20 PM (Sk15o)

395 A client called wd again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 24, 2023 10:22 PM (EZebt)

396 >394 Is there a pool going on what excuse WD will have tonight?

Power out? Little's football? Lawnmower catastrophe?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at March 24, 2023 10:20 PM (Sk15o)

I ran outta gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from outta town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locusts! It wasn't my fault! I swear to God!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 24, 2023 10:23 PM (gryET)

397 ONT is more than 20 minutes late!

Posted by: Lynne at March 24, 2023 10:23 PM (xCOLA)

398 I wrote a review for a Ball of Twine on Amazon and it is still up. It began " This was one of the most amazing purchases I have ever made - Ball of Twine has changed my life!"

Easily my most popular review.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 24, 2023 10:23 PM (r46W7)

399 Peeks in....Nope.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 10:23 PM (anj39)

400 Power out? Little's football? Lawnmower catastrophe?
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at March 24, 2023 10:20 PM (Sk15o)

Blog emergency. Boss stapled another shelf to his forehead.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 24, 2023 10:23 PM (oINRc)

401 He's gonna go with solar flare.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 24, 2023 10:24 PM (anj39)

402 We are a bit like crack addicts jonesing for a fix when our ONT is late...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 24, 2023 10:24 PM (BpYfr)

403 "Nightmare fuel. Humboldt squid."
WOW, you ain't lyin'
Not on my bucket list.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, passes the gourmet popcorn at March 24, 2023 10:25 PM (jTmQV)

404 I've been busy at night lately. Did they change the time for the ONT? It used to be 10, right?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 24, 2023 10:11 PM (oINRc)

9PM in the Real America time zone.

Last night he got busy talking with a client. I assume he's probably following through on the job.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Weird Dave works as a hitman for hire, right?

Posted by: Robert at March 24, 2023 10:26 PM (1Yy3c)

405 I don't wanna be fuckin seen...Sir.

Posted by: Dof faced pony soldier at March 24, 2023 10:26 PM (rI+1i)

406 https://youtu.be/SgMtaQkXmd8

mandrake the magician (1939)

Posted by: sven at March 24, 2023 10:28 PM (Lzpvj)

407 379 Where’s Weird Dave?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 24, 2023 10:11 PM (ffbyg)

He posted to twitter 7h ago.

https://twitter.com/Weirddave0

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 24, 2023 10:28 PM (iKFmR)

408 NOOD Dave

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at March 24, 2023 10:28 PM (iKFmR)

409 The American West is intoxicatingly beautiful, but spending time in Der Schweiz was even better.

Posted by: Danimal28 at March 25, 2023 09:10 AM (ryUqI)

410 Those Swiss pictures must be Chamber of Commerce productions. You couldn't feed a college dorm with their produce, combined.

Posted by: Richard Aubrey at March 25, 2023 01:03 PM (dSnnl)

411 Нi there, I check your blоgs daily. Yоur stߋгy-telling
style is awesome, keep it up!

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