Happy Christmas Weekend

Mostly memes today! A special one above in honor of our Head Elf here at AoSHQ. Glad he is still with us. Hope he is skipping additional shelving adventures in the near future.

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Big Christmas Pyes

Eating Christmas Pie at Mount Vernon was customary in the Washington household.

In 1786, George Washington described the holiday meal as "the Attack of Christmas Pyes." He elaborated, "We had one yesterday on which all the company (and pretty numerous it was) were hardly able to make an impression."⁣

Standing pies (pies that stand up without the aid of pie tins, moulds or hoops) required a tremendous amount of coordination and preparation amongst the enslaved cooks of Mansion House, at that time led by Hercules Posey. Given the poultry boning and other preliminary steps involved, it could take at least two days to put together.

Smaller Yorkshire Turkey and Chicken Pie recipe (pictured) at the link above.

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Quotes

Proverbs 4:23, KJV

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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Music

Christmas in Killarney

Cross-valley Christmas music rivalry, University of Utah

vs. BYU

Robert Shaw Chorale

Sing along:

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

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Last week's thread, December 16, Things have changed for kids, since you were one

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:05 AM

Comments

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1 Hmm, nobody here.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 23, 2023 11:10 AM (VwHCD)

2 Merry Christmas to Ace, the COBs and the Horde!

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at December 23, 2023 11:12 AM (m0WlR)

3 Hiya

Posted by: BignJames at December 23, 2023 11:12 AM (AwYPR)

4 Hello?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 11:12 AM (XeU6L)

5 Read the whole post and still top 10?

Posted by: Jayhawkone at December 23, 2023 11:13 AM (vIlI2)

6 Read the whole post and still top 10?
Posted by: Jayhawkone
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I think others are busy cooking, wrapping, hanging stockings.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 11:14 AM (XeU6L)

7 Hark, the retard biden sings
glory to..you know..the thing

(i really need to finish that)

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 23, 2023 11:15 AM (VwHCD)

8 I just saw some charming commercial with a "MILF on a Shilf" which was apparently a commercial for a dating app where single parents can hook up and get laid.

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 23, 2023 11:16 AM (LsAl1)

9
(i really need to finish that)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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It's coping the outside corners that's a bugger.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 11:18 AM (XeU6L)

10 (i really need to finish that)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 23, 2023 11:15 AM (VwHCD)

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Yes, you do!

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 23, 2023 11:19 AM (LsAl1)

11 I just saw some charming commercial with a "MILF on a Shilf" which was apparently a commercial for a dating app where single parents can hook up and get laid.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 23, 2023 11:16 AM (LsAl1)

That's terrible!

*types into search engine*

Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 11:21 AM (TcM3i)

12 Why did I get up so early this morning?
I'm ready for a nap.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 23, 2023 11:23 AM (W/lyH)

13 I have that Robert Shaw Christmas album (vinyl) and two RS CDs. Wonderful music.

Posted by: mrp at December 23, 2023 11:24 AM (rj6Yv)

14 Holiday cheer:

http://tinyurl.com/26snppkr

Crowder does Rudolph.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 11:25 AM (TcM3i)

15 Everyone is out buying last-minute gifts and holiday eatables.

Posted by: mrp at December 23, 2023 11:25 AM (rj6Yv)

16 Look to the left. Look to the right.

One of you is a non-nooder.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2023 11:26 AM (RIvkX)

17 Merry Christmas to everyone

Including this cat

http://tinyurl.com/wheyhdym

Posted by: Kindltot at December 23, 2023 11:27 AM (D7oie)

18 Look to the left. Look to the right.

One of you is a non-nooder.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2023 11:26 AM (RIvkX)

It's part of the kink.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 11:27 AM (TcM3i)

19 Awesome thread K.T. Merry Christmas morons.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2023 11:28 AM (RIvkX)

20 what is a shilf or do I not want to ask?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 23, 2023 11:29 AM (D7oie)

21 >>>Shelf on the Elf
Bookcase on the Ace!

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 11:29 AM (x7m+Z)

22 I want that Turkey Pie.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 23, 2023 11:30 AM (aD39U)

23 Our favorite Christmas album was the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

And we learned "un flambeau, Jeannette Isbella." Still love it today. That school has some wonderful singers and players.

Posted by: PJ at December 23, 2023 11:30 AM (G1dq6)

24 Week in Pictures
http://tinyurl.com/3kuvj6fp

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2023 11:30 AM (RIvkX)

25 I got up and made apple crisp this morning. It is finished, it is filling the entire house with how good it smells, and I want to eat it for breakfast.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 23, 2023 11:32 AM (D7oie)

26 Saw "Snoop on a Stoop" (A Hood Tradition) at the store the other day. Regert not getting one.
Esp. if they had the "Martha on a Mantle" piece to go with it.
Always thought it funny that Snoop Dog would hang with the Homemaker Queen and swap recipes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 23, 2023 11:32 AM (cOq4q)

27 New Greta On The Shelf Doll Will Track Your Climate Sins

https://bityl.co/NAj6

How dare you!!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 23, 2023 11:33 AM (aD39U)

28 Merry Christmas everyone !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 11:34 AM (T4tVD)

29 Snoop says that he has given up weed.

I am .. skeptical.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 23, 2023 11:34 AM (aD39U)

30 My birdbath is frozen (if you're keeping score at home)

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 11:35 AM (T4tVD)

31 When do I get to go to the White House and shower with Pop-pop, mommy?

Posted by: Navy Joan at December 23, 2023 11:36 AM (NBVIP)

32 >>> I just saw some charming commercial with a "MILF on a Shilf" which was apparently a commercial for a dating app where single parents can hook up and get laid.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 23, 2023 11:16 AM (LsAl1)

That's terrible!

*types into search engine*
Posted by: BurtTC

Free samples?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 23, 2023 11:37 AM (cOq4q)

33 I think others are busy cooking, wrapping, hanging stockings.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 11:14 AM (XeU6L)

You forgot the "cleaning."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2023 11:37 AM (Angsy)

34 My birdbath is frozen (if you're keeping score at home)
Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 11:35 AM (T4tVD)

Honestly, I'd just recommend using the one inside.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 11:38 AM (TcM3i)

35 sea pie. The one part of my brain is drooling, and the other analytical part tells me it would be easier to put the dough into a deep pan, blind bake it, and then fill it with cooked meats and cooled and gelled gravies, the various pastry separators, and then turn it out and bake it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 23, 2023 11:38 AM (D7oie)

36 I have that Robert Shaw Christmas album (vinyl) and two RS CDs. Wonderful music.
Posted by: mrp at December 23, 2023 11:24 AM (rj6Yv)

I heard that album. Yecch! Like nails on a chalkboard....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2023 11:38 AM (Angsy)

37 Was napping

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 11:38 AM (fwDg9)

38 >>> Snoop says that he has given up weed.
I am .. skeptical.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

I cvan see Martha and Snoop cooking up a huge spread, and while the main course is baking, they too get baked with a huge fatty.

Martha is a convict you know.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 23, 2023 11:39 AM (cOq4q)

39 Don Retardo, current resident of the White House but mostly Wilmington will surely visit the people of East Palestine, OH and Maui, HI to assure they have a Merry Christmas. Lying cocksucker will probably sit in his basement sipping Ovaltine.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2023 11:40 AM (0EOe9)

40 Free samples?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 23, 2023 11:37 AM (cOq4q)

That's how they getcha. "Make no payments now, accept our first one as a gift, and if you decided to keep it, we'll bill your credit card $4862 a month in perpetuity."

Good luck stopping payment on that one. Don't ask me how I know, just trust me on this.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 11:40 AM (TcM3i)

41 what is a shilf or do I not want to ask?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 23, 2023 11:29 AM (D7oie)

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I have no idea. She also used the term "shilf care." Which apparel is getting some random guy to bang you.

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 23, 2023 11:40 AM (LsAl1)

42 >>Martha is a convict you know

If you look closely you can see the prison tat tear under her makeup.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2023 11:41 AM (ZLI7S)

43 >>> Don Retardo, current resident of the White House but mostly Wilmington will surely visit the people of East Palestine, OH and Maui, HI to assure they have a Merry Christmas. Lying cocksucker will probably sit in his basement sipping Ovaltine.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

You misspelled "Ensure".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 23, 2023 11:41 AM (cOq4q)

44 I'm right outside your front door, you know.

Posted by: Snoop on the stoop at December 23, 2023 11:42 AM (NBVIP)

45 Was napping
Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 11:38 AM (fwDg9)

Good fer you !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 11:42 AM (T4tVD)

46 Apparently, not apparel. Stupid phone.

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 23, 2023 11:43 AM (LsAl1)

47 My birdbath is frozen (if you're keeping score at home)
Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 11:35 AM (T4tVD)

Honestly, I'd just recommend using the one inside.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 11:38 AM (TcM3i)

Do I look like Marlin Perkins ?

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 11:43 AM (T4tVD)

48 I have no idea. She also used the term "shilf care." Which apparel is getting some random guy to bang you.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 23, 2023 11:40 AM (LsAl1)

"Someone's husband I'd like to..."

You know the rest.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 11:44 AM (TcM3i)

49 My thinking about sleep loss is you don't make it up 1 for 1 but you will get it back at least a fraction thereof

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 11:44 AM (fwDg9)

50 Looks like I won't be getting a nap. Gonna have to pull an all-dayer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 23, 2023 11:45 AM (NBVIP)

51 Maybe Ace will have a New Year's Thread on stuff that has gone down the memory hole, like East Palestine, Maui, the Vegas mass shoot 'em up, other stuff.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2023 11:46 AM (0EOe9)

52 Do I look like Marlin Perkins ?
Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 11:43 AM (T4tVD)

Don't mind me, I'm just still mad the time you had Jim Fowler dart me, wrassle me to the ground and put a beeping collar around my neck.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 11:46 AM (TcM3i)

53 Merry Christmas, Ace & crew.

BYU does good Christmas Micks for a bunch of heathens.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 23, 2023 11:46 AM (nnp+f)

54 The sophisticated world is the devil's playground.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 23, 2023 11:46 AM (Mzdiz)

55 The elf on the shelf thing is kind of weird - a new Christmas tradition that seemed to have come out of nowhere and most people with kids adopted it...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 23, 2023 11:48 AM (XqcwY)

56 Week in Pictures
http://tinyurl.com/3kuvj6fp

The one with Justin Trudeau is a deep, deep burn.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2023 11:48 AM (RIvkX)

57 To be a Christian may mean you end up a martyr.

Posted by: Eromero at December 23, 2023 11:48 AM (sFHhj)

58 The elf on the shelf thing is kind of weird - a new Christmas tradition that seemed to have come out of nowhere and most people with kids adopted it...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 23, 2023 11:48 AM (XqcwY)

Niece does that with her two kids. Little gift or silly prank every day.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2023 11:49 AM (Angsy)

59 Martha is a convict you know
________

She has prison kitchen creed like nobody has.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2023 11:49 AM (Q4IgG)

60 Fantastic memos! Thanks!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 23, 2023 11:49 AM (Xt4o6)

61 The Christmas Micks used to tour with Alvin and the Chipmunks back in the day.

Posted by: IIRC at December 23, 2023 11:49 AM (NBVIP)

62 We were so poor we had a possum on the shelf. Fed the little bastard Kaboom. Dad would finally whack it when it got fattened up and we would have possum pie. Had to last.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2023 11:50 AM (0EOe9)

63 If you look closely you can see the prison tat tear under her makeup.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2023 11:41 AM (ZLI7S)

Speaking of things that don't exist anymore, Protein Wisdom (Jeff Goldstein) used to have a series when Martha was still in prison, all sorts of tips she recommended in that setting.

To say it was a hoot is an understatement. It was a whole parliament of hoots.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 11:50 AM (TcM3i)

64 Speaking of things that don't exist anymore, Protein Wisdom (Jeff Goldstein) used to have a series when Martha was still in prison, all sorts of tips she recommended in that setting.

To say it was a hoot is an understatement. It was a whole parliament of hoots.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 11:50 AM (TcM3i)

Owl look and see if it's still online somewhere. Could be fun to read.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2023 11:52 AM (Angsy)

65 Merry Christmas to the beloved Horde!

I'm off to make brunch for the MiL. Then I'll roll out some cookies and put the lights on the tree. We spent $110 on this fucker and it's damn well gonna look fine. Publius said, let's just buy this one and be done with it. It's an 8 ft beauty.

I'm kicking myself, because last weekend the remaining trees at Food Lion were on sale for $9.99. Skinny and uneven. I should have bought two and made a Siamese Christmas tree. It would have been so cool!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 23, 2023 11:52 AM (Mzdiz)

66 The elf on the shelf thing is kind of weird - a new Christmas tradition that seemed to have come out of nowhere and most people with kids adopted it...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 23, 2023 11:48 AM (XqcwY)

I never bothered to look into too deeply, seemed weird to me, but some people like it.

My assumption is the proceeds from Elf sales goes to support the Church of Satan.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 11:52 AM (TcM3i)

67 Bob from NSA on the shelf. Always has his eyes on you.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2023 11:52 AM (0EOe9)

68 Parliament of Hoots barely lasted three weeks off, off Broadway.

Posted by: Snobby Theatre Critic at December 23, 2023 11:53 AM (NBVIP)

69 Owl look and see if it's still online somewhere. Could be fun to read.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2023 11:52 AM (Angsy)

I just looked him up, he's got a substack, but I don't really know if that's the sort of thing that could be compiled and added there.

Or maybe Protein Wisdom still exists, and it would be searchable to find all the posts.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 11:54 AM (TcM3i)

70 Hark, the retard biden sings
glory to..you know..the thing

(i really need to finish that)

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 23, 2023 11:15 AM (VwHCD)

Is there a metal version of that?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 23, 2023 11:54 AM (Mzdiz)

71 Great Memes KT !

Thank you and Merry Christmas !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 11:54 AM (T4tVD)

72 The sophisticated world is the devil's playground.
Posted by: Miley
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This. And I hearken back to Obama's birthday party, where a NYT reporter referred to it as "a sophisticated, vaccinated crowd"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 11:56 AM (XeU6L)

73 Morning.

Finally got a load and I'm movin' south.

South for the winter.

Like a duck.

Quack.

Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2023 11:57 AM (gaN+D)

74 I'm kicking myself, because last weekend the remaining trees at Food Lion were on sale for $9.99. Skinny and uneven. I should have bought two and made a Siamese Christmas tree. It would have been so cool!
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 23, 2023 11:52 AM (Mzdiz)

You can plant your own, you know. 3 - 5 years you can start cutting. I have a bit of land that I am planning to do that since the damned things are so expensive. My wife has cheap friends that want them, and they want Nobles. I am happy with the douglas fir. The extras I can give to the BSA or the Elks when they get too big.

when I was a kid it was a point of pride to cut our own, usually wild types that hadn't been trimmed. They looked kind of scraggly to people who buy the commercially grown ones, but I loved them.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 23, 2023 11:58 AM (D7oie)

75 Ya know what Christmas music needs more of?

Shred.

https://youtu.be/ZhgvqTcF5_g

Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2023 11:58 AM (gaN+D)

76 (continuation of Berserker's version)

"Peace on earth is for the suckers
Give me money, you fuckers"

(That's Zelenskyy's reply)

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 23, 2023 11:58 AM (Mzdiz)

77 I remember the PW ongoing bit about Martha. Jeff was hysterical back in the day. Total classics. Red pills found beneath the seat cushions could have been responsible.

Posted by: pawn at December 23, 2023 11:59 AM (QB+5g)

78 I thought of planting Christmas trees, but they tend not to do as well here.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 23, 2023 11:59 AM (Mzdiz)

79 I got up and made apple crisp this morning. It is finished, it is filling the entire house with how good it smells, and I want to eat it for breakfast.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 23, 2023 11:32 AM (D7oie)

this sounds excellent! what a way to start the day

later I'm baking pumpkin apricot bread

Posted by: kallisto at December 23, 2023 12:00 PM (dCxaZ)

80 Catching up on CJN Speaks

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 12:02 PM (fwDg9)

81 1 Hmm, nobody here.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 23, 2023 11:10 AM (VwHCD)

Well, YOU'RE here!

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 12:03 PM (x7m+Z)

82 Y'all should taste some of the Martha Stewart Pruno. Gently aged for up to six weeks. It is to die for.

Posted by: Galloping Gourmet at December 23, 2023 12:04 PM (V5BDR)

83 The perfect Christmas song. Everybody sing along!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 23, 2023 12:04 PM (iODuv)

84 I believe Greta has entered her prime breeding years. I would bend her over the sofa and pump her full of climate juice annually.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 23, 2023 12:04 PM (9v1kn)

85 My wife's going to make sausage balls today. Should be smelling some good stuff in a couple hours.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2023 12:05 PM (Q4IgG)

86 The perfect Christmas song. Everybody sing along!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHY3O3a82k0

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 23, 2023 12:05 PM (iODuv)

87 Carol: Anxiety of the Bells (with full thanks to someone called Pupster)

http://tinyurl.com/ywczj7ec

Posted by: Kindltot at December 23, 2023 12:05 PM (D7oie)

88 I learned as a kid that’s post Christmas trees catch fire like a phosphorus grenade.

Posted by: Drive by at December 23, 2023 12:06 PM (MNhXM)

89 >>when I was a kid it was a point of pride to cut our own, usually wild types that hadn't been trimmed. They looked kind of scraggly to people who buy the commercially grown ones, but I loved them.

We always had a tradition of putting the tree on Christmas Eve. One year we all were so busy we forgot to get a tree so I went out into the woods on our property to find one. I found a gorgeous tree, perfect shape, and cut it down. Dragged it through the snow all the way home and felt like the conquering hero. Until my father rudely pointed out the tree was about 15 feet tall and wouldn't even fit lying down let alone standing up.

The top third of the tree still looked nice.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2023 12:06 PM (ZLI7S)

90 My wife's going to make sausage balls today. Should be smelling some good stuff in a couple hours.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2023 12:05 PM (Q4IgG)

I would love to sample your wife' balls.

Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2023 12:07 PM (gaN+D)

91 climate juice
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 23, 2023 12:04 PM (9v1kn)

Stealing that.

Posted by: Robert at December 23, 2023 12:07 PM (gaN+D)

92 Sophisticated world / narcissistic world

220/221

Posted by: Drive by at December 23, 2023 12:08 PM (MNhXM)

93 65 ... the tree. We spent $110 on this fucker
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 23, 2023 11:52 AM (Mzdiz)

LOL ho, ho, ho!

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 12:09 PM (x7m+Z)

94 29 years ago spent a nice Christmas weekend at Deetjens Big Sur in. Very sweet decorations. Has gotten stupid expensive since.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 23, 2023 12:09 PM (XZaPZ)

95 I think Utah had better acoustics than BYU.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 23, 2023 12:09 PM (XtkZj)

96 in = inn

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 23, 2023 12:10 PM (XZaPZ)

97 I’m sure someone has made a mistletoe belt buckle .

Posted by: Drive by at December 23, 2023 12:11 PM (MNhXM)

98 I believe Greta has entered her prime breeding years. I would bend her over the sofa and pump her full of climate juice annually.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 23, 2023 12:04 PM (9v1kn)

I am of the serious belief that Greta was a totem of sorts, put out there by the climate zealots, when she was still a child, and worshipped, not for her wisdom (of course not), but hinted at as an object to be cultivated and eventually deflowered.

Of course I don't know, but I suspect she was offered up to the highest bidder. Whichever oligarch paid whatever amount, he was given the "honor" of first dibs.

And the poor autistic girl, who is now an adult, has had to live with the warped upbringing she's suffered her whole life, having been used and abused, she's now a basket case of unimaginable proportions.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 12:13 PM (TcM3i)

99 94 In my home town in Ohio we had a bar that would put one of those portable signs out this time of year. "No Christmas music on the juke box, no Christmas decorations". Holidays for the bitter. Used to pack them in.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2023 12:13 PM (0EOe9)

100 87 Carol: Anxiety of the Bells (with full thanks to someone called Pupster)

http://tinyurl.com/ywczj7ec
Posted by: Kindltot at December 23, 2023 12:05 PM (D7oie)

Thank you! I feel much better now.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 12:14 PM (x7m+Z)

101 Martha is a convict you know
________

She has prison kitchen creed like nobody has.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2023 11:49 AM (Q4IgG)
***

Friend of mine used to be in the news business. He got to interview her a few years ago. He said she was smart, funny, and even at her age, hawt.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 23, 2023 12:14 PM (W/lyH)

102 If you want to know what's going on with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's massive Koolau Ranch compound on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, there's no use asking anyone involved in its construction -- they're all bound by strict nondisclosure agreements.
According to an anonymous former contract employee who was willing to risk life and limb -- not really (?!?) -- to talk to Wired, "It's fight club. We don't talk about fight club." More ominously, he added, "Anything posted from here, they get wind of it right away."'

...

I missed this yesterday, but one of the folks consulting for Zuckerberg told me both that he was under an NDA and that he was working on this project. The guy makes bomb shelters (kinda--his shelters are not safe and I was trying to help him fix them structurally). How clueless do you have to be to sign an NDA with the kind of lawyers Zuckerberg has and then just flap your gums about it?

Posted by: TexasDan at December 23, 2023 12:16 PM (X7yt5)

103 Merry Christmas Eve eve, all ye Morons & Ettes, Ewoks & COBs.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 23, 2023 12:17 PM (IX0pp)

104 Hark, the retard biden sings
glory to..you know..the thing

(i really need to finish that)

listen fat that's a damn lie
trunalimunumaprzure

Posted by: TexasDan at December 23, 2023 12:19 PM (X7yt5)

105 Hey George, how many chickens do you have to bone to make a standing Pye?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 23, 2023 12:21 PM (d42j3)

106 I missed this yesterday, but one of the folks consulting for Zuckerberg told me both that he was under an NDA and that he was working on this project. The guy makes bomb shelters (kinda--his shelters are not safe and I was trying to help him fix them structurally). How clueless do you have to be to sign an NDA with the kind of lawyers Zuckerberg has and then just flap your gums about it?
Posted by: TexasDan at December 23, 2023 12:16 PM (X7yt5)

If you're collecting your bingo cards for 2024, make sure there's a spot on yours for "Oligarchs go underground while the world above burns."

If not, get a new bingo card.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 23, 2023 12:21 PM (TcM3i)

107 And the poor autistic girl, who is now an adult, has had to live with the warped upbringing she's suffered her whole life, having been used and abused, she's now a basket case of unimaginable proportions.

Posted by: BurtTC

"HOW DARE YOU!"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2023 12:22 PM (IaTa3)

108 What do you call it when you have a bunch of hordemates poking some sleazy computer nerd while singing?

A Moron Jab a Hacker Choir!

That's all I got.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 23, 2023 12:25 PM (W/lyH)

109 89 Dragged it through the snow all the way home and felt like the conquering hero. Until my father rudely pointed out the tree was about 15 feet tall and wouldn't even fit lying down let alone standing up.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2023 12:06 PM (ZLI7S)

"rudely"
hahahahaha!

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 12:25 PM (x7m+Z)

110 If I were Antonin Scalia's English (or theology) professor I would mark up that quote of his with some suggested improvements to tighten it up.

1. God did not assume anything. He knew that Christians would be despised by, not "the wise of the world", but by the ungodly of the world. Those who hate Christianity are not wise. So either leave out the word 'wise' or put it in scare quotes or add the phrase 'so-called'.
2. Same thing with the ending sentence.
Have the courage to suffer the contempt of the ~~sophisticated~~ world.

It sounds (from the phrasing) as if Scalia is acknowledging that our "betters" are actually wise and sophisticated, neither of which are particularly evident.

B+

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2023 12:25 PM (991eG)

111 The guy makes bomb shelters (kinda--his shelters are not safe and I was trying to help him fix them structurally). How clueless do you have to be to sign an NDA with the kind of lawyers Zuckerberg has and then just flap your gums about it?
Posted by: TexasDan at December 23, 2023 12:16 PM (X7yt5)

If your bomb shelter, you know, doesn't, who you gonna sue?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 23, 2023 12:26 PM (tkR6S)

112 I can easily see everybody commenting by 1500 will be drunk.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 23, 2023 12:26 PM (0EOe9)

113 Greta is thing of pity, poor girl has been groomed by her parents to be some sort of circus attraction. Probably believes most of the garbage she's been fed. She'll probably get hooked up with some equally damaged mate of some sort.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 23, 2023 12:26 PM (MeG8a)

114 Thanks VMom !

Backatcha !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 12:27 PM (T4tVD)

115 Posted by: Diogenes

******

Needs work

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2023 12:28 PM (991eG)

116 113 Greta is thing of pity, poor girl has been groomed by her parents to be some sort of circus attraction.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 23, 2023 12:26 PM (MeG8a)

She is very much like a barking seal.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 12:29 PM (x7m+Z)

117 t would not surprise me on little bit if I were to learn that Greta Thunberg was a victim of incest.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 23, 2023 12:29 PM (tkR6S)

118 Comically depressing news from the Red Sea this morning; the great international coalition to respond to the Houthi threat has collapsed before it even got started, as England, France, and Spain all pulled out after learning they were supposed to take orders from Jake Sullivan, a purely political flunkie Biden had placed in supposed charge. Sullivan was the author of the Afghan rout, and it almost goes without saying that he has zero experience in naval operations of any kind.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 23, 2023 12:30 PM (Xt4o6)

119 116 113 Greta is thing of pity, poor girl has been groomed by her parents to be some sort of circus attraction.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 23, 2023 12:26 PM (MeG8a)

She is very much like a barking seal.
Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 12:29 PM (x7m+Z)

A pustulating barking seal.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 12:30 PM (x7m+Z)

120 I have the doorway to my apartment decorated, but not much inside. I have two young, ambitious cats who must simply examine anything new up close and personal. I did however buy the two Grogu ornaments from Lenox. I feel guilty about supporting Disney because they, of course, get a fee for everyone sold. But they are cute and I really like Grogu. Plus, I like Lenox.

Since all the kids are gone, neither the XO or I feel very Christmasy. Plus, I worked retail for 25 years which would ruin Christmas for anyone. If I still had my bookstore, I would be going to Market for sidelines for 2025. (Yes, you read that properly. It shocked the hell out of me the first time I ran into it.)

I suspect the XO and I are too old and tired to really get into the Christmas spirit.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at December 23, 2023 12:30 PM (6TzTY)

121 > I would love to sample your wife' balls.
Posted by: Robert
___________

Uhhhh.... how to put this......

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2023 12:32 PM (Q4IgG)

122 I thought of planting Christmas trees, but they tend not to do as well here.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 23, 2023 11:59 AM (Mzdiz)

I don't know where you are at, the Nobles and Douglas grow naturally here, but you could have some native evergreens that grow well instead. I seem to remember you are white pine type climate. You might talk to the state extension to see what will grow well for you.

One family I knew used to get sequoia trees, which I thought were spiky and unforgiving, there are always people who get spruce trees because of the shape, and dad cut a monterrey pine once, and it turned out that they will shed pollen in the winter when they warm up, and he found out that he was allergic to it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 23, 2023 12:36 PM (D7oie)

123 The perfect Christmas song.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

*******

Obligatory: What was he doing in your underwear?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2023 12:37 PM (991eG)

124 I live on a hill. When I bought my home, I noticed my neighbor, a widow, had planted a redwood in her backyard. Semper virens redwood (coastal redwood). I thought to myself "oh, that thing is going to block my magnificent view". And I was right about that. Now it is maybe 40 feet tall and is a thing of beauty and I feel like it is stabilizing the entire hillside. Funny thing, the widow speaks little English and I only speak a little Spanish, but we have such fun conversations. Her garden is impeccable. She is now 96 years old, walks several miles every day. Sharp as a tack.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 23, 2023 12:41 PM (MeG8a)

125 This Florida man applied Willie Sutton's advice about where to steal.

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
NEW: Florida police are searching for a man who 'caught' a 50-pound tarpon from a Bass Pro Shops' fish tank.
Only in Florida!
Lee County Sheriff's Office is searching for a suspect who walked off with a tarpon in a fishing net.
"Somebody came up to me holding a scale of a tarpon and said: 'Look, somebody just stole a tarpon,'" said a store employee.
"I couldn't believe it, honestly. I don't understand why they'd do that, and it was just so shocking to me that somebody would stoop low enough to do that."

http://tinyurl.com/4wksdjt4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 23, 2023 12:42 PM (FVME7)

126 The guy working support today keeps trying to get me to work. Finally told him I'm not taking calls and not working. I need to get over this cold and I can't do that if I am always working.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 23, 2023 12:44 PM (L8hCM)

127 Hiya, JT!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2023 12:45 PM (991eG)

128 'Tis the season.

Ami Horowitz
@AmiHorowitz
My new video!
How bad is Antisemitism on campus?
Will Leftist college students give me money to kill Jews?!!!

http://tinyurl.com/2k4wtx5y

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 23, 2023 12:45 PM (FVME7)

129 Hamas killed 1200 Jews on October 7th.

2600 Jews have moved to Israel since October 7th.

Am Yisrael Chai.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 23, 2023 12:48 PM (YAtuc)

130 Hiya Muldoon !

Merry Christmas !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 12:49 PM (T4tVD)

131 The Glorious Sounds of Christmas, from 1962. This is what I grew up on at Christmas time. (remove space)

https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=UFRhvmr4glg

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 23, 2023 12:51 PM (Mzdiz)

132 It's more bah humbug and less Merry Christmas this year but for everyone else may you have a lovely Christmas with you and yours.

Posted by: And have a nice weekend free of last ditch shopping at December 23, 2023 12:51 PM (wtpA4)

133 TSA Says Illegals May Use Arrest Warrants as ID for Travel

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I guess they're smarter than blacks because blacks don't know how to get ID.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 23, 2023 12:51 PM (FVME7)

134

Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so never more shall we see you again.

Posted by: Robert Shaw chorale on a boat at December 23, 2023 12:53 PM (63Dwl)

135 Hi, Berserker. Merry Christmas to you, sir.

Last present ordered just arrived. I'm done two days early. This is a record.

Now to wrap them.

Posted by: creeper at December 23, 2023 12:55 PM (cTCuP)

136 Visiting Jacksonville Beach this Christmas holiday.
So many spoiled rich folks here driving their fancy SUVs and Audi automobiles you would think they don’t know about Bidenomics.

Off to Pete’s for beer and jukebox Christmas tunes.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 23, 2023 12:55 PM (6FtXF)

137 Obama Privately Lobbied on Behalf of Harvard President Claudine Gay

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Well, gays gotta stick together.

By the way, I heard Claudine has written a new book, Mein Kampf.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 23, 2023 12:55 PM (FVME7)

138 Charlie Sheen Attacked by Woman Who Broke Into His Malibu Home

Police: Charlie Sheen’s Neighbor Tried to Strangle the ‘Two and a Half Men’ Star

http://tinyurl.com/bdfk4738

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 23, 2023 12:58 PM (FVME7)

139 Obama Privately Lobbied on Behalf of Harvard President Claudine Gay

-
Well, gays gotta stick together.

By the way, I heard Claudine has written a new book, Mein Kampf.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 23, 2023 12:55 PM (FVME7)

This still has me chuckling

Claudine Gay Responds To Plagiarism Accusations By Giving Inspiring 'I Have A Dream' Speech

https://bityl.co/NAoH

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 23, 2023 12:59 PM (aD39U)

140 I am waiting for the wife to give me the grocery list for whatever we are lacking for the holiday feed.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 23, 2023 01:00 PM (aD39U)

141 Today's history lesson.

Syrian Dictator Assad: “No Evidence” for Holocaust, U.S. Supported Nazis

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 23, 2023 01:02 PM (FVME7)

142 Posted by: Diogenes

******

Needs work
Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2023 12:28 PM (991eG)

Or more eggnog.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 23, 2023 01:03 PM (W/lyH)

143 We have a division of labor. I wash pots and go to the grocery store, she cooks.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 23, 2023 01:03 PM (aD39U)

144 Prized Japanese Pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto Inks $325 Million Deal With Dodgers

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Yamamoto? He'll probably throw the first pitch while the other team is still in the locker room.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 23, 2023 01:06 PM (FVME7)

145 So, Zuckerberg is positioning himself as a Morlock. Nothing surprising about that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 01:07 PM (XeU6L)

146 -
Yamamoto? He'll probably throw the first pitch while the other team is still in the locker room.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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LOL

In the end, though, he'll go down in flames.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 01:08 PM (XeU6L)

147 134
Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so never more shall we see you again.
Posted by: Robert Shaw chorale on a boat at December 23, 2023 12:53 PM (63Dwl)

Very nice.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 01:08 PM (x7m+Z)

148 We are very minimalist with our decorations this year. A simple artificial tree, and a lovely Nambé Nativity set. Small family gatherings on the 24th and the 25th.

As I've gotten older I still appreciate Christmas, but not as much for the Jesus of the manger but for the fact that the Nativity heralds the Jesus of the Cross and the Resurrection.

So, Merry Christmas all.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2023 01:09 PM (991eG)

149 Charlie Sheen Attacked by Woman Who Broke Into His Malibu Home
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'Hell hath no fury...'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 01:10 PM (XeU6L)

150 Merry Christmas, Muldoon, and to all.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 01:11 PM (XeU6L)

151 Greta is thing of pity, poor girl has been groomed by her parents to be some sort of circus attraction. Probably believes most of the garbage she's been fed. She'll probably get hooked up with some equally damaged mate of some sort.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 23, 2023 12:26 PM (MeG8a)

His soy level will be off the charts, and he will be sterile (because you don't want to reproduce with that one).

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 23, 2023 01:13 PM (Mzdiz)

152 RE: net in-migration to Israel

I think that's inspirational.

I read an interesting article at Powerline about net-outmigration from blue states. Bullet points:

1) In absolute terms, the numbers are tiny. For eg., CA had net population loss of 75000 so far this year. CA's total pop is appx 39 million.

2) More importantly, the people leaving the blue states (CA; NY; IL; & MN are suffering the greatest out-migration)) are disproportionately high income or upper middle class.

3) That is largely offset by new residents moving INTO these states, although not quite.

4) However, the people moving in don't have a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out of.

So, it LOOKS like it's no big deal that CA has been experiencing a net loss of 75000/yr, but that ignores the fact that CA is losing major taxpayers & gaining (almost but not quite) an equal number of penniless illegal immigrants & derelicts.

Posted by: mnw at December 23, 2023 01:14 PM (NLIak)

153 Merry Christmas, K.T., and thanks for all that you do!

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 01:14 PM (x7m+Z)

154 http://tinyurl.com/Nambe-nativity

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2023 01:15 PM (991eG)

155 151 Greta is thing of pity, poor girl has been groomed by her parents to be some sort of circus attraction. Probably believes most of the garbage she's been fed. She'll probably get hooked up with some equally damaged mate of some sort.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 23, 2023 12:26 PM (MeG8a)

His soy level will be off the charts, and he will be sterile (because you don't want to reproduce with that one).
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 23, 2023 01:13 PM (Mzdiz)

And "he" might end up being a girl.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 01:15 PM (x7m+Z)

156 "Grogu"

This sounds like hydroponic fertilizer.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 23, 2023 01:16 PM (Mzdiz)

157 And now, a word from Barbra Streisand . . .

Barbra Streisand
@BarbraStreisand
The GOP Supreme Court does a great disservice to the American people by adding unnecessary delay to the trial of Donald Trump in his an attempt to overturn our democracy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 23, 2023 01:16 PM (FVME7)

158 157 And now, a word from Barbra Streisand . . .

Barbra Streisand
@BarbraStreisand
The GOP Supreme Court does a great disservice to the American people by adding unnecessary delay to the trial of Donald Trump in his an attempt to overturn our democracy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 23, 2023 01:16 PM (FVME7)

I wonder if she's ever been on trial, or had a friend on trial.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 01:18 PM (x7m+Z)

159 Sentence first, Trial afterwards!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 23, 2023 01:19 PM (Xt4o6)

160 Back to waiting mode. It's the hardest part.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2023 01:23 PM (991eG)

161 Sentence first, Trial afterwards!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo
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A crime so heinous that even innocence is no excuse!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 01:23 PM (XeU6L)

162 KT,
Thanks for all the humor and links to that glorious music in the post.

Got some errands done earlier today. Traffic is wacky, even for this area. Christmas will be quiet this year as everyone we know is either sick with a cold or busy with family. Quiet is good with wonderful books to read and music to listen to. And after a Christmas eve dinner tomorrow, we won't need to leave the house until Tuesday or Wednesday.

Posted by: JTB at December 23, 2023 01:23 PM (7EjX1)

163 Poor Babs. she has never understood that a want is not a right.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 23, 2023 01:23 PM (D7oie)

164 Poor Babs. she has never understood that a want is not a right.
Posted by: Kindltot

Color Her Stupid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 23, 2023 01:25 PM (FVME7)

165 I think Leftists brought up in the bubble are true believers as they never seen any opposition views

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 01:27 PM (fwDg9)

166
Hit the gym and was back by noon, by 1:00 pm stew in the InstaPot with lid on. Stew meat, onions, olive oil, garlic, tomato soup, corn, peas, celery, potatoes, sweet potatoes, red pepper, cauliflower, string beans, parsley, beef broth, carrots, mushrooms...

I'm a little worried I might have forgotten something.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 01:29 PM (enJYY)

167 New gardening thread.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 23, 2023 01:30 PM (nC+QA)

168 I think Greta is on the autism spectrum, right?
The parents weaponized her by preying on her weaknesses.
What's been done to her is abusive.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 23, 2023 01:31 PM (IX0pp)

169 166 ... by 1:00 pm stew in the InstaPot with lid on. Stew meat, onions, olive oil, garlic, tomato soup, corn, peas, celery, potatoes, sweet potatoes, red pepper, cauliflower, string beans, parsley, beef broth, carrots, mushrooms...

I'm a little worried I might have forgotten something.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 01:29 PM (enJYY)

Water?

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 01:31 PM (x7m+Z)

170 I'm a little worried I might have forgotten something.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 01:29 PM (enJYY)

salt & pepper?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 23, 2023 01:32 PM (IX0pp)

171 Hit the gym and was back by noon, by 1:00 pm stew in the InstaPot with lid on. Stew meat, onions, olive oil, garlic, tomato soup, corn, peas, celery, potatoes, sweet potatoes, red pepper, cauliflower, string beans, parsley, beef broth, carrots, mushrooms...

I'm a little worried I might have forgotten something.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 01:29 PM (enJYY)

A Number 10 can of Dinty Moore stew?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 23, 2023 01:34 PM (aT4eL)

172 I'm a little worried I might have forgotten something.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 01:29 PM (enJYY)

salt & pepper?
Posted by: vmom
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A dash of red wine?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 01:34 PM (XeU6L)

173 A Number 10 can of Dinty Moore stew?
Posted by: Chairborne!
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Ah. A man after my own heart. Also, see above 'dash of red wine'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 01:35 PM (XeU6L)

174 >>>@BarbraStreisand
The GOP Supreme Court does a great disservice to the American people by adding unnecessary delay to the trial of Donald Trump in his an attempt to overturn our democracy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
=========

Barbara, shut up and sing.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 23, 2023 01:36 PM (MFHSd)

175
salt & pepper?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 23, 2023 01:32 PM

Low sodium diet though I didn't drain the juice out of the canned mushrooms. It's spinach! I knew there was something. The wife loves spinach. I tolerate it.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 01:36 PM (enJYY)

176
Low sodium diet though I didn't drain the juice out of the canned mushrooms. It's spinach! I knew there was something. The wife loves spinach. I tolerate it.
Posted by: Divide by Zero
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Kale, there should be Kale.

Posted by: Mooch at December 23, 2023 01:40 PM (XeU6L)

177 nood garden

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 01:41 PM (x7m+Z)

178 Yamamoto throws the first pitch while the other team is still in the locker room.

Seen his fastball? Like a rifle behind a blade of grass.
It's enough to awaken the sleeping Giants.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 23, 2023 01:45 PM (FCs/J)

179 Seen his fastball? Like a rifle behind a blade of grass.
It's enough to awaken the sleeping Giants.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
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Pfft. It's his sinker that will get you.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 23, 2023 01:47 PM (XeU6L)

180 GOP Supreme Court, loaded up with Cultural Marxists and Judge who are afraid of Leftists
Yeah sure

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 01:49 PM (fwDg9)

181
Neighborhood alert: Alpaca running loose on local road.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 01:49 PM (enJYY)

182 Looks like I won't be getting a nap. Gonna have to pull an all-dayer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I got yer back. Nap commences shortly.

Posted by: BifBewalski at December 23, 2023 01:56 PM (3CCua)

183 Neighborhood alert: Alpaca running loose on local road.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

*******

Call the local Fire Dept. and a back-up crew!! It's a two alarmer!!

(best to read this with a Bahhston accent)

Posted by: Muldoon at December 23, 2023 01:58 PM (991eG)

184 Escalation: Combat Drone Fired Directly from Iran Hits Israeli-Linked Tanker Off India’s Coast...
The attack, which started a fire on the vessel, took place some 200 nautical miles southwest of Veraval, India,...
This is the first such known attack so far away from the Red Sea since the start of the war
_Jewish Press

Posted by: Braenyard at December 23, 2023 02:06 PM (MFHSd)

185 Nothing to do with Hunter Biden having a published account there, is it?

...Pornhub’s parent company, pleaded not guilty to a charge of engaging in unlawful monetary transactions involving sex trafficking proceeds.

But through an agreement with prosecutors, the company agreed to pay damages to women who said they were forced to appear in pornographic videos that were then posted

Posted by: Braenyard at December 23, 2023 02:12 PM (MFHSd)

186 Well the Muslims want z world War, no way it can end well for them but you have to play it out to know

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 02:15 PM (fwDg9)

187
Muldoon:

Hehe. To check my spelling of 'Alpaca' I hit DDG and every link seems to be how to tell them apart from llama. So I got it... but it took a second. Who the hell raises South American livestock in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania? Maybe I shouldn't ask.

Diversity is our our strength and our normal everyday road hazard.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 02:17 PM (enJYY)

188 Llama, llama, alpaca is the new DDG

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 23, 2023 02:25 PM (IX0pp)

189 Babs is yet another entertainment figure who has been in a coddled bubble for 60 years, is old enough to be as senile as Brandon, knows nothing really beyond how to sing, and probably thinks Trump is Nixon and "all the kids" dont want to go to Nam

Posted by: azjaeger at December 23, 2023 02:32 PM (3/XaG)

190 To check my spelling of 'Alpaca' I hit DDG and every link seems to be how to tell them apart from llama. So I got it... but it took a second. Who the hell raises South American livestock in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania? Maybe I shouldn't ask.
=================
the folks who own the land next to my Ohio family place raise Alpacas. The young kids in our extended group love to walk over to their pasture every now and again for some views. Very different from what they're used to seeing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2023 02:32 PM (R4pPC)

191 It will all backfire on the Dodgers when Yamamoto places his trust in his personal coach and translator Nagumo

Posted by: azjaeger at December 23, 2023 02:34 PM (3/XaG)

192 Holiday News Dump, seems as if it's 'sweep under the rug holiday'.

Biden’s , (DHS) illegal immigration figures for November.
...more than 670,000 foreign nationals have been released into the U.S. interior through the “humanitarian parole” pipeline.

DHS officials privately told Congress this month that the Biden administration is releasing about 5,000 border crossers and illegal aliens into the U.S. interior every day. That figure suggests that Biden is releasing about 150,000 border crossers and illegal aliens into American communities every month and about two million annually.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 23, 2023 02:35 PM (MFHSd)

193 Old article said when Babs goes shopping she travels in a motor home. She doesn't want to wash her hands in a public bathroom.
-Those icky people on Rodeo Drive-

Posted by: Braenyard at December 23, 2023 02:38 PM (MFHSd)

194 December 23, 1776

Thomas Paine - The Crisis

A timely read for our times.

These are the times that try men's souls.

http://tinyurl.com/2mt3bjkf

Posted by: JackStraw at December 23, 2023 02:47 PM (ZLI7S)

195 21 Year old MARINE VETERAN killed in Ukraine.

Uh, how the hell are you a 21 year old Veteran, when the shortest contract you get is 6 years total time?

Yeah, another lie told by our own government... this guy was allowed to fight there... hell, probably ordered there.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 23, 2023 02:55 PM (xaFKb)

196 Hit the gym and was back by noon, by 1:00 pm stew in the InstaPot with lid on. Stew meat, onions, olive oil, garlic, tomato soup, corn, peas, celery, potatoes, sweet potatoes, red pepper, cauliflower, string beans, parsley, beef broth, carrots, mushrooms...

I'm a little worried I might have forgotten something.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 01:29 PM (enJYY)

red wine..

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 23, 2023 02:58 PM (xaFKb)

197 I feel more like crossing the Delaware than decking the halls.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 23, 2023 03:12 PM (MFHSd)

198 Would guess got discharged some way

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 03:20 PM (fwDg9)

199
I feel more like crossing the Delaware than decking the halls.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 23, 2023 03:12 PM

The Delaware should be pretty ice free tomorrow night and I hit the rowing machine today, so count me in... though I think the Potomac River might be closer to the problem then the Delaware.

/Note to Bob from NSA - sarcasm!

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 03:23 PM (enJYY)

200 PET NOOD IS A

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 03:37 PM (fwDg9)

201 Potomac won't bother Bob, he's out in Utah.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 23, 2023 03:50 PM (MFHSd)

202
https://youtu.be/v6JN7NyL8KI

Kyle Dunnigan
Revenge of the Swifties Ep. 9

Posted by: zigzag at December 23, 2023 05:43 PM (iuiqh)

203 Yo

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but? at December 23, 2023 07:10 PM (Y86ux)

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