Mid-Morning Art Thread

The New Bonnet
Eastman Johnson

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 1

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 01, 2024 09:30 AM (ENQN6)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2024 09:31 AM (uiWTm)

3 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 09:31 AM (J2vNu)

4 The poor guy on the left knows that when he turns around, she's going to ask him, "Does this new bonnet make me look fat?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2024 09:31 AM (7fElN)

5 MIssed it by a kitten's whisker!

Johnson later went into the new field of daguerrotypes and changed his name to "Kodak."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 09:31 AM (J2vNu)

6 Guy in green jacket: "the fish was this big, I tell ya!"

Women: "that's good dear".

Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2024 09:32 AM (uiWTm)

7 In your Easter bonnet
With all the frills upon it
You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade
I'll be all in clover
And when they look you over
I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter parade

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 01, 2024 09:32 AM (ENQN6)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

9 The guy estimating how much cash just got thrown into the fire (metaphorically, of course) to pay for the bonnet.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 01, 2024 09:32 AM (HnUIn)

10 I forget , was Eastman Johnson the artist in residence of Rock Ridge?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 01, 2024 09:32 AM (RMPpE)

11 Lots of stories to be made from this one.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2024 09:32 AM (nC+QA)

12 Being both a husband and the father of three daughters, I know EXACTLY what's going through that fellah's head!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 01, 2024 09:32 AM (T+Iwg)

13 The man seems uninterested in the new bonnet.

Posted by: runner at March 01, 2024 09:32 AM (V13WU)

14 There she goes again, spending money.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 01, 2024 09:32 AM (R4t5M)

15 The young lady in black is a looker.

But she's not in bed, so this art ranks below some of the other selections this week.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 01, 2024 09:33 AM (HnUIn)

16 Sure, he's talented, but WHY? This subject matter is pointless.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

17 "How much firewood could I have purchased for what she spent on that bonnet?"

--Man in front of fireplace...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2024 09:33 AM (7fElN)

18 They're hiding out from Count Orlok.

Posted by: XTC at March 01, 2024 09:33 AM (UnA8+)

19 Guy in green is practicing his big dick joke punchline.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 01, 2024 09:33 AM (ENQN6)

20 HE wears the hats in this family, dammit..

Posted by: huerfano at March 01, 2024 09:33 AM (Q4KYm)

21 And this looks like a scene out of Dickens. Any minute the fellow in the top hat is going to do a Mr. Micawber.

"Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds nought and six, result misery."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 09:34 AM (J2vNu)

22 Maybe..Man say "Heck with New Bonnet, it colder that witch's tit in here"

Posted by: MR. KIM at March 01, 2024 09:34 AM (11kd9)

23 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2024 09:33 AM (7fElN)

Yeah, that fire looks really tiny. Guy is practically sitting in it to get warm.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2024 09:34 AM (nC+QA)

24 The dude is asking himself why life can't be like a pron movie JUST THIS ONCE.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

25 Got them cold hands mama, help me warm them up!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 01, 2024 09:34 AM (hOUT3)

26 I'm a fan of tools hung on the wall as decoration, but I'm not sure I'd limit to hatchets and hammers and such. It makes you look a bit...unstable.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:34 AM (CsUN+)

27 This is a fine Lenten painting.

Posted by: scottst at March 01, 2024 09:34 AM (qcvs8)

28 Oh, a see thru shovel, always wanted one.

Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2024 09:34 AM (AwYPR)

29 See what a jolly bonnet I have now!

Posted by: Polly Nichols at March 01, 2024 09:34 AM (OyyDO)

30 Dude really doesn't give a shit, does he?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2024 09:35 AM (Q4IgG)

31 He's drying his gloves out all wrong.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 01, 2024 09:35 AM (R4t5M)

32 "You see, the original price was $100 but it was marked down 30%, so I saved $30 and spent it on something else!"

- Wife Math

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 01, 2024 09:35 AM (T+Iwg)

33 "Will this get me laid at the upcoming social this weekend?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

34 Oh, a see thru shovel, always wanted one.
Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2024 09:34 AM (AwYPR)
---
I think it's meant to be a pitchfork of some kind.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2024 09:35 AM (7fElN)

35 What was wrong with the old one?

Posted by: Most guys at March 01, 2024 09:36 AM (NBVIP)

36 Dude really doesn't give a shit, does he?

And it was at that moment that the phrase "no f***s to give" was born.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:36 AM (CsUN+)

37 There she goes again, spending money.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 01, 2024 09:32 AM (R4t5M)
+++++
There she goes
There she goes again
Spending all my cash
She makes such a splash
Burning through my stash

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 01, 2024 09:36 AM (HnUIn)

38 The MET

Title: The New Bonnet

Artist: Eastman Johnson (American, Lovell, Maine 1824–1906 New York)

Date: 1876

Culture: American

Medium: Oil on academy board

Dimensions: 20 3/4 x 27 in. (52.7 x 68.6 cm)

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 01, 2024 09:36 AM (ENQN6)

39 I see a couple of small hatchets on the wall. Is that a spear leaning against the wall?

Posted by: dantesed at March 01, 2024 09:36 AM (88xKn)

40 I'm a fan of tools hung on the wall as decoration, but I'm not sure I'd limit to hatchets and hammers and such. It makes you look a bit...unstable.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:34 AM (CsUN+)
----
The new bonnet is made from freshly tanned hoboskin!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2024 09:36 AM (7fElN)

41 I wonder if it was always this dark or if it needs cleaned.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2024 09:37 AM (nC+QA)

42 "What can you make of this?"

"I can make a hat, a broach, a pterodactyl."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

43 "You see, the original price was $100 but it was marked down 30%, so I saved $30 and spent it on something else!"

- Wife Math
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 01, 2024 09:35 AM (T+Iwg)
++++
And the other thing was $50, but it was on sale. Couldn't pass it up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 01, 2024 09:37 AM (HnUIn)

44 The poor guy on the left knows that when he turns around, she's going to ask him, "Does this new bonnet make me look fat?"

Decision tree

Yes: HOW DARE YOU (week long argument)

No: So you think I'm fat anyway! (week long argument)

No answer: You don't care about me! (week long argument)

Posted by: Some man that's been through this discussion at March 01, 2024 09:37 AM (ibTVg)

45 I see a couple of small hatchets on the wall. Is that a spear leaning against the wall?

There's a pitchfork and an ax.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:37 AM (CsUN+)

46 Johnson was a contemporary of Dickens, though the former was an American, born in Maine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 09:37 AM (J2vNu)

47 Thanks to whoever recommended Jack London's "To Build a Fire" recently--maybe in the art thread in honor of Bandersnatch? It was painful to read! And unforgettable. And in a nice edition here:

https://tinyurl.com/2u2k93hy

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 09:37 AM (o3SCB)

48 The poor guy on the left knows that when he turns around, she's going to ask him, "Does this new bonnet make me look fat?"

I answered yes to a similar question once.

Once.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

49 Alternate title:

"The Ladies Are Tired of Hearing and Ignore "Short Dick" Van Winkle's Story About How He Had a Foot Long Wang Until He Went Into and Met Those Mysterious Dutchmen Who Gave Him Strong Drink and When He Awoke His Magnificent Kielbasa Had Turned into a Cocktail Weenie"

Posted by: naturalfake at March 01, 2024 09:38 AM (nFnyb)

50 Thanks to whoever recommended Jack London's "To Build a Fire" recently--maybe in the art thread in honor of Bandersnatch? It was painful to read! And unforgettable. And in a nice edition here: ...
Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 09:37 AM (o3SCB)
++++
"To Build a Fire" is haunting and extremely well done.
I second this recommendation!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 01, 2024 09:38 AM (HnUIn)

51 I see a couple of small hatchets on the wall. Is that a spear leaning against the wall?

There's a pitchfork and an ax.

Also, a rather gay-looking pipe. I'd be embarrassed to be seen smoking that thing.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:38 AM (CsUN+)

52 28 Oh, a see thru shovel, always wanted one.
Posted by: BignJames

Need to embiggen this one fo' sho'!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 01, 2024 09:38 AM (hOUT3)

53 I wonder if it was always this dark or if it needs cleaned.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2024

***
Decades of smoke from the fireplace, stove, and the guy's pipe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 09:38 AM (J2vNu)

54
There's a pitchfork and an ax.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:37 AM (CsUN+)

Is he carrying Bud Light?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

55 Pimp warming his hands before putting his wimmen on the track...

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 01, 2024 09:39 AM (2ijlT)

56 Fireplace dude is plotting something.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 01, 2024 09:39 AM (VwHCD)

57 ++++
And the other thing was $50, but it was on sale. Couldn't pass it up.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 01, 2024 09:37 AM (HnUIn)

*touches nose, points, nods sadly*

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 01, 2024 09:39 AM (T+Iwg)

58 In an old-fashioned kitchen, a young woman shows off a new plumed hat to her more simply clothed sister. Their father, having returned with the shopper, warms his hands at the fireside and waits for the beverage being prepared by his more restrained daughter.

You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far
'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
You can rely on the old man's money
You can rely on the old man's money
It's a bitch, girl, but it's gone too far
'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
Say money but it won't get you too far
Get you too far

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 01, 2024 09:39 AM (ENQN6)

59 Bonnet > Baseball cap

Posted by: Women's hats at March 01, 2024 09:40 AM (ibTVg)

60 Thanks to whoever recommended Jack London's "To Build a Fire" recently--maybe in the art thread in honor of Bandersnatch? It was painful to read! And unforgettable. And in a nice edition here: ...
Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 09:37 AM (o3SCB)

You asked for it........

https://youtu.be/INXSTzGavec

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

61 While she shows me her shitty new hat, she'll never notice the arsenic I'm putting into to her drink.

Bitch.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 01, 2024 09:40 AM (2yu8s)

62 So how much did it cost me to save all this money?

Posted by: Guy on the left at March 01, 2024 09:40 AM (NBVIP)

63 When wife claims she saved 50 bux hold out your hand and ask for the money.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 01, 2024 09:40 AM (ENQN6)

64 I take it it's cold in that room.
Needs to put another log on the fire.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 01, 2024 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

65 *sigh*

"went into the forest"

Posted by: naturalfake at March 01, 2024 09:40 AM (nFnyb)

66 The left end of the mantel contains a collection of what appear to be "marital aids".

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:40 AM (CsUN+)

67 I forget , was Eastman Johnson the artist in residence of Rock Ridge?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 01, 2024 09:32 AM

I think Smell the Glove Johnson is right!

Posted by: RMBS Johnson at March 01, 2024 09:40 AM (Wnv9h)

68 There's an interesting clash of images happening here. The house is very modest, not upper-class or well-off. The man looks like he just came home and is warming himself over a meager fire. Meanwhile, the woman is showing off her pretty, new hat. The man looks sad and tired. The woman looks happy, almost oblivious. He works, she spends? That's what I'm seeing.

Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2024 09:41 AM (OyyDO)

69 The fire contemplates the new bonnet with hungry desire. Yummy.

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 09:41 AM (MvF+J)

70 Posted by: rhennigantx at March 01, 2024 09:39 AM (ENQN6)
++++
Thanks for the ear worm.

At least it's a Hall and Oates song I like.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 01, 2024 09:41 AM (HnUIn)

71 I think it's meant to be a pitchfork of some kind.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2024 09:35 AM (7fElN)

I see that now...must be new..looks like labels on the handle.

Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2024 09:41 AM (AwYPR)

72 What? No musket over the fireplace?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 09:41 AM (tkR6S)

73 Eastman Jackson's right!

Posted by: Kodak Johnson at March 01, 2024 09:41 AM (2yu8s)

74 Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 01, 2024 09:41 AM (dZVON)

75 The left end of the mantel contains a collection of what appear to be "marital aids".

Wow what are those things?!?

Posted by: Women's hats at March 01, 2024 09:41 AM (ibTVg)

76 Who cares? It's cold outside says the guy

Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2024 09:42 AM (WN6cG)

77 The poor guy on the left knows that when he turns around, she's going to ask him, "Does this new bonnet make me look fat?"

I answered yes to a similar question once.

Once.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)
---
The other day a friend of mine told me his wife asked him a similar question. I immediately said, "There's no right way to answer that. RUN!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2024 09:42 AM (7fElN)

78 Nicely detailed

Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2024 09:42 AM (WN6cG)

79 The more dour sister is saying "sure look at your new bonnet, I'm about to poison dad so we can get the money and you are worried about fashion"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 01, 2024 09:42 AM (RMPpE)

80 Also, a rather gay-looking pipe. I'd be embarrassed to be seen smoking that thing.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024

***
It looks pretty small, but that decorated and curvy stem is something else.

Now I see the date EJ put on this, 1876 -- about six years after Dickens passed away.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 09:42 AM (J2vNu)

81 I think it's meant to be a pitchfork of some kind.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2024 09:35 AM (7fElN)

I see that now...must be new..looks like labels on the handle.
Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2024 09:41 AM (AwYPR)
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So he gets a new pitchfork and it's no big deal. But SHE gets a brand new bonnet and suddenly she's the belle of the ball...I see how it goes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2024 09:43 AM (7fElN)

82 The left end of the mantel contains a collection of what appear to be "marital aids".

Wow what are those things?!?
Posted by: Women's hats

Singing aids. For when you have to hit the really high notes.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2024 09:43 AM (uiWTm)

83 ---
The other day a friend of mine told me his wife asked him a similar question. I immediately said, "There's no right way to answer that. RUN!"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2024 09:42 AM (7fElN)

Yes. It invokes Admiral Akbar immediately.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

84 So he gets a new pitchfork and it's no big deal. But SHE gets a brand new bonnet and suddenly she's the belle of the ball...I see how it goes.

I'm guessing this was a Everyone Love Raymond or King of Queens episode

Posted by: 18-1 at March 01, 2024 09:44 AM (ibTVg)

85 He's dressed like a leprechaun.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 01, 2024 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

86 One of the first pictures Eastman made with his revolutionary new camera was of his Johnson.

Posted by: Kodak Facts at March 01, 2024 09:44 AM (vFG9F)

87 *Wow what are those things?!?*

Allow me to demonstrate.

Posted by: Pete Booty Boot at March 01, 2024 09:44 AM (NBVIP)

88 The bonnet salesman was impaled on a stake at the town border, as a warning to other bonnet salesmen.

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 09:44 AM (MvF+J)

89 Women's hats > Lace Wigs > Machines for Sale

Posted by: 18-1 at March 01, 2024 09:44 AM (ibTVg)

90 What? No musket over the fireplace?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 09:41 AM (tkR6S)

City folk...Michael Bellesailles says no.

Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2024 09:44 AM (AwYPR)

91 It was mrp who recommended London's "To Build a Fire," in the comments on Wyeth's "Day Dream," here:

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=408488

117 One of the most gripping stories I read as a young lad was Jack London's "To Build a Fire".
Posted by: mrp at February 27, 2024 10:06 AM (rj6Yv)

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 09:45 AM (o3SCB)

92 Alternate title:

"Dame Emily Foursome Tries Out Her New Señora Wences Comedy Routine On the Widow Jenkins"

Posted by: naturalfake at March 01, 2024 09:45 AM (nFnyb)

93 "Why are you wasting money on something that's just going to wind up on the floor next to the bed in about 15 minutes?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

94 We live our hats and our shoes! Well, used to love hats anyway.

Posted by: kallisto at March 01, 2024 09:45 AM (zXoDK)

95 The left end of the mantel contains a collection of what appear to be "marital aids".

Wow what are those things?!?
Posted by: Women's hats at March 01, 2024 09:41 AM

I'll be a downer and suggest brass candlesticks.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 09:45 AM (Wnv9h)

96 So he gets a new pitchfork and it's no big deal. But SHE gets a brand new bonnet and suddenly she's the belle of the ball...I see how it goes.

Most of us here are married. We ALL know how it goes.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:46 AM (CsUN+)

97 66 The left end of the mantel contains a collection of what appear to be "marital aids".
Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:40 AM (CsUN+)

If you got marital AIDS, you might want to check your "wife" for a penis.

Posted by: XTC at March 01, 2024 09:46 AM (UnA8+)

98
City folk...Michael Bellesailles says no.

Its amazing how thoroughly that asshole got debunked.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 01, 2024 09:46 AM (ibTVg)

99 It's okay, honey. I like fat women!

Ow, my balls!

Posted by: top-hat guy at March 01, 2024 09:46 AM (2yu8s)

100 It must be cold in that room because that guy still his top hat on.

Posted by: dantesed at March 01, 2024 09:46 AM (88xKn)

101 Why the hell didn't I know about this artist before? He is superb. His subtle, appropriate use of color, the poses of the figures, his use of realistic-ish detail in the objects and facial expressions are impressive. Then he combines them to create an emotional response in the viewer. In this painting it is the delight of the woman in her new hat (the white veil really stands out in the dark room) while the man is just waiting, probably endlessly to him, trying to get warm by the inadequate hearth fire. Any guy who has sat for what feels like an eternity, holding madam's purse, while she looks at the nine hundredth outfit, can appreciate the man's attitude. Interesting how that hasn't changed in over 150 years.
The humor is delightful. A very effective painting.

BTW, look up some of Johnson's other works on Wiki. They are varied for subjects and mediums put manage to always convey what the artist wants. And not just the oil paintings. His chalk and pastel portraits are wonderful.

Posted by: JTB at March 01, 2024 09:46 AM (zudum)

102 It was mrp who recommended London's "To Build a Fire," in the comments on Wyeth's "Day Dream," here:

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=408488

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 09:45 AM (o3SCB)

You work in the research department, don't you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)

103 That lady better keep her new hat away from the fireplace. Looks highly flammable, or is it inflammable?

Posted by: Hair on Fire at March 01, 2024 09:46 AM (V5BDR)

104
If you got marital AIDS, you might want to check your "wife" for a penis.
Posted by: XTC at March 01, 2024 09:46 AM (UnA8+)

Which is better: Marital AIDS or Marital Monkeypox

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:47 AM (Zz0t1)

105 "Dame Emily Foursome Tries Out Her New Señora Wences Comedy Routine On the Widow Jenkins"
--------
S'alright?

Posted by: Dame Emily Foursome at March 01, 2024 09:47 AM (2yu8s)

106 It must be cold in that room because that guy still his top hat on.

That's what HE said...

Posted by: Obligatory at March 01, 2024 09:47 AM (ibTVg)

107 What's the definition of bonnet?

Posted by: Northernlurker at March 01, 2024 09:47 AM (xcrUy)

108 Looks highly flammable, or is it inflammable?
Posted by: Hair on Fire at March 01, 2024 09:46 AM

Yes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 09:47 AM (Wnv9h)

109 Everything's better
With Blue Bonnett
Onnnit

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 01, 2024 09:47 AM (na73u)

110 That lady better keep her new hat away from the fireplace. Looks highly flammable, or is it inflammable?
Posted by: Hair on Fire at March 01, 2024 09:46 AM (V5BDR)

*sobs*

*runs away screaming*

Posted by: Michael Jackson at March 01, 2024 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

111 105 "Dame Emily Foursome Tries Out Her New Señora Wences Comedy Routine On the Widow Jenkins"
--------
S'alright?
Posted by: Dame Emily Foursome at March 01, 2024 09:47 AM (2yu8s)

Close de door!

Posted by: The Bonnet at March 01, 2024 09:48 AM (T+Iwg)

112 Everything's better
With Blue Bonnett
Onnnit
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 01, 2024 09:47 AM

I dunno...greased up river otters doesn't sound like an improvement.

I rate this ad slogan false.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 09:49 AM (Wnv9h)

113 *sobs*

*runs away screaming*
____
Is this about me?

Posted by: Richard Pryor at March 01, 2024 09:49 AM (NBVIP)

114 *sobs*

*runs away screaming*
Posted by: Michael Jackson at March 01, 2024 09:48 AM

I know, right?!

Posted by: Richard Pryor at March 01, 2024 09:50 AM (Wnv9h)

115 Everything's better
With Blue Bonnett
Onnnit

That's what I've always said. Now come over here Ben, Meggie's HUNGRY

Posted by: Meghan McCain at March 01, 2024 09:50 AM (ibTVg)

116 Off, sock!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 01, 2024 09:50 AM (T+Iwg)

117
I dunno...greased up river otters doesn't sound like an improvement.

I rate this ad slogan false.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 09:49 AM (Wnv9h)

De doo doo do, de daa daa daa

Is all I want to say to you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

118
What's The Buzz - a limerick

"Oh George, it's a eautiful onnet
I'n thrilled and so eager to don it"
Said George, "what the hell?
Woman, learn how to spell!
You've got to have a "B" in your bonnet!"

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2024 09:51 AM (991eG)

119 Whoa.
I showed up twice in a row.
And I'm dead!

Posted by: Richard Pryor at March 01, 2024 09:51 AM (NBVIP)

120 He must be burning the old bonnet. Why not try some firewood, Old Man, so you guys don't have to dress for winter in your house?

Posted by: t-bird at March 01, 2024 09:52 AM (7MVXo)

121
"Oh George, it's a eautiful onnet
I'n thrilled and so eager to don it"
Said George, "what the hell?
Woman, learn how to spell!
You've got to have a "B" in your bonnet!"
Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2024 09:51 AM (991eG)

BAH dum TISSSSS

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

122
Close de door!

Posted by: The Bonnet at March 01, 2024 09:48 AM (T+Iwg)

Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur

Posted by: Was at March 01, 2024 09:52 AM (ibTVg)

123 Definitely a guy wishing the 'bonnet money' had been spent on firewood.

Champagne on a beer budget comes to mind.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 01, 2024 09:52 AM (b5ztv)

124 I dunno...greased up river otters doesn't sound like an improvement.

I rate this ad slogan false.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 09:49 AM (Wnv9h)

De doo doo do, de daa daa daa

Is all I want to say to you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:50 AM

Great, the comment police have arrived.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 09:52 AM (Wnv9h)

125
Champagne on a beer budget comes to mind.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 01, 2024 09:52 AM (b5ztv)

If you've got the time, we've got the beer.

Posted by: Miller Beer at March 01, 2024 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

126 Richard Pryor got burned by coke!
Michael Jackson got burned by Pepsi!

Posted by: zombie Aaron Bushnell, USAF (ret.) at March 01, 2024 09:53 AM (2yu8s)

127 "Woman Holds Jellyfish; Man Actualizes Penis Length."

Posted by: ZOD Faulkner at March 01, 2024 09:53 AM (5HQE5)

128 If a woman asks you "does this make me look fat " respond "p-h-a-t, why ,yes , yes it does"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 01, 2024 09:53 AM (RMPpE)

129 Whoa.
I showed up twice in a row.
And I'm dead!
Posted by: Richard Pryor at March 01, 2024 09:51 AM

Hordemind...beautiful and terrible.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 09:54 AM (Wnv9h)

130 "I tell's ya, fire, swear ta God, when I pulled that lunker up outta the water, he was THIS BIG..."
- the dude to the left

Posted by: reason at March 01, 2024 09:54 AM (Uhisz)

131 Wasn't familiar with this artist. He co-founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Posted by: Tuna at March 01, 2024 09:54 AM (oaGWv)

132 If a woman asks you "does this make me look fat " respond "p-h-a-t, why ,yes , yes it does"

I'm smiling thinking about that moment, but sleeping on this couch is not very comfortable

Posted by: Some Husband that tried that at March 01, 2024 09:54 AM (ibTVg)

133 37 degrees and raining.

I wish it would snow.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 01, 2024 09:55 AM (sfObP)

134 "Woman Holds Jellyfish; Man Actualizes Penis Length."
Posted by: ZOD Faulkner at March 01, 2024 09:53 AM

Your interpretation is valid.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 09:55 AM (Wnv9h)

135 De doo doo do, de daa daa daa

Is all I want to say to you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:50 AM

I always think of Rick Moranis doing the "soft rock" version of that on SCTV.

I may need some help.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 01, 2024 09:55 AM (T+Iwg)

136 I'm smiling thinking about that moment, but sleeping on this couch is not very comfortable
Posted by: Some Husband that tried that at March 01, 2024 09:54 AM (ibTVg)
---
Buy a comfier couch. If she can afford a new bonnet, then you can get yourself a comfy couch.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2024 09:55 AM (7fElN)

137 "Woman Holds Jellyfish; Man Actualizes Penis Length."
Posted by: ZOD Faulkner at March 01, 2024 09:53 AM

Your interpretation is valid.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 09:55 AM (Wnv9h)

I DON'T GET IT.

Posted by: BEN ROTHLISBERGER at March 01, 2024 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

138
I always think of Rick Moranis doing the "soft rock" version of that on SCTV.

I may need some help.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 01, 2024 09:55 AM (T+Iwg)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

139 68 There's an interesting clash of images happening here. The house is very modest, not upper-class or well-off. The man looks like he just came home and is warming himself over a meager fire. Meanwhile, the woman is showing off her pretty, new hat. The man looks sad and tired. The woman looks happy, almost oblivious. He works, she spends? That's what I'm seeing.
Posted by: Kris at March 01, 2024 09:41 AM (OyyDO)

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

He looks old enough to be the father. He's thinking "when will some man marry her?"

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 01, 2024 09:56 AM (++4z6)

140 Is the guy telling the andiron how big the fish was that he almost caught?

Posted by: Eeyore at March 01, 2024 09:56 AM (1bNHn)

141 He looks old enough to be the father. He's thinking "when will some man marry her?"

Stupid bonnet. I don't want to sniff some hat.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:57 AM (ibTVg)

142 I’m still getting used to looking over my own shoulder as I key, to make sure iOS isn’t doing its helpful auto-complete thing.

Posted by: kallisto at March 01, 2024 09:57 AM (zXoDK)

143 I studied the embiggened image, looking at every detail except the damn bonnet. Not gonna be misled by artist's mischievous title.

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 09:57 AM (MvF+J)

144 OT: Alaskans to vote on whether or not to repeal Ranked Choice Voting. Murkowski hardest hit.

https://tinyurl.com/5xpzzfs8

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:57 AM (CsUN+)

145 That lady better keep her new hat away from the fireplace. Looks highly flammable, or is it inflammable?
Posted by: Hair on Fire at March 01, 2024

***
"Let's find out!"

WHOOSH!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 09:58 AM (J2vNu)

146 OT: Alaskans to vote on whether or not to repeal Ranked Choice Voting. Murkowski hardest hit.

https://tinyurl.com/5xpzzfs8
Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:57 AM

Not hard enough.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 09:58 AM (Wnv9h)

147 OT: Alaskans to vote on whether or not to repeal Ranked Choice Voting. Murkowski hardest hit.

https://tinyurl.com/5xpzzfs8
Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:57 AM (CsUN+)

Hopefully, Alaskans do the right thing. RCV is fraud in it's most obvious form.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at March 01, 2024 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

148 I’m still getting used to looking over my own shoulder as I key, to make sure iOS isn’t doing its helpful auto-complete thing.

What the duck
Stop it auto cucumber
No I am not saying duck
DUCK
DUCK
DUCK
DUCK OFF

Posted by: 18-1 at March 01, 2024 09:58 AM (ibTVg)

149 "Let's find out!"

WHOOSH!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 09:58 AM

Now that's a fire!!!

Posted by: Eddie Murphy's Father at March 01, 2024 09:59 AM (Wnv9h)

150 If a woman asks you "does this make me look fat " respond "p-h-a-t, why ,yes , yes it does"
----------
Sir Harry Flashman's response to murderous Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar who asked him "Do you like fat women?" while looking naked at herself in a mirror, after hum-hawing for a second trying to think of a diplomatic response that would let him keep his head [both of them!] was to grab her ass and start banging her.

Sound advice for all you young fellows out there.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 01, 2024 09:59 AM (2yu8s)

151 You've got to have a "B" in your bonnet!"
Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2024 09:51 AM (991eG)

So, Muldoon, are you here all week?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 01, 2024 09:59 AM (hOUT3)

152 Old and busted: Is a hot dog a sandwich?

New and trendy: Is a bonnet a hat?

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2024 10:00 AM (991eG)

153 Sir Harry Flashman's response to murderous Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar who asked him "Do you like fat women?" while looking naked at herself in a mirror, after hum-hawing for a second trying to think of a diplomatic response that would let him keep his head [both of them!] was to grab her ass and start banging her.

Sound advice for all you young fellows out there.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s)

+1

Posted by: Capt. Kirk at March 01, 2024 10:00 AM (R4t5M)

154 BBL

Off shopping after visiting my Brinks safety deposit box for grocery money.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 01, 2024 10:01 AM (2yu8s)

155 New and trendy: Is a bonnet a hat?

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2024 10:00 AM (991eG)

In the UK it's a car hood.

Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2024 10:01 AM (AwYPR)

156 So about that end of inflation. My health insurance went up 22% year over year. Now my auto insurance is going up about 20%.

The health insurance I can almost understand because of vaccine injury. I assume the auto is because of Newcomers who try to drive but can't read road signs and NEVER carry insurance.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 01, 2024 10:01 AM (BSF0H)

157 ----------
Sir Harry Flashman's response to murderous Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar who asked him "Do you like fat women?" while looking naked at herself in a mirror, after hum-hawing for a second trying to think of a diplomatic response that would let him keep his head [both of them!] was to grab her ass and start banging her.

Sound advice for all you young fellows out there.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 01, 2024 09:59 AM (2yu8s)

Nice!

*starts whistling "Drink, Puppy, Drink!"*

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 01, 2024 10:01 AM (T+Iwg)

158 When grandfather gets that sweet ass to the boudoir he won't have to warm his arthritic hands from the hearth

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 01, 2024 10:01 AM (EEgXH)

159 Sir Harry Flashman's response to murderous Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar

I looked up pictures of Queen Ranavalona and she definitely wasn't fat. Kind of looks like Barky Obalala with longer hair though

Posted by: 18-1 at March 01, 2024 10:02 AM (ibTVg)

160
In the UK it's a car hood.
Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2024 10:01 AM (AwYPR)

I like big boots and I cannot lie......

Posted by: Sir Brits A Lot at March 01, 2024 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)

161 32 "You see, the original price was $100 but it was marked down 30%, so I saved $30 and spent it on something else!"

- Wife Math
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 01, 2024 09:35 AM (T+Iwg)
______
I remember Gracie Allen using just that argument.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 01, 2024 10:02 AM (1bNHn)

162 In the UK it's a car hood.
Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2024 10:01 AM (AwYPR)

And if it's Scotch, it's a pepper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 10:02 AM (tkR6S)

163 Sir Harry Flashman's response to murderous Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar who asked him "Do you like fat women?" while looking naked at herself in a mirror, after hum-hawing for a second trying to think of a diplomatic response that would let him keep his head [both of them!] was to grab her ass and start banging her.

Sound advice for all you young fellows out there.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 01, 2024 09:59 AM

To be fair, that was pretty much his response to any female.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 10:03 AM (Wnv9h)

164 "Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar"

Least repulsive pic I could find:
https://tinyurl.com/4pyk7ejp

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:03 AM (MvF+J)

165 I think I saw that bonnet on Prince during a live show some years back.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2024 10:03 AM (Q4IgG)

166 The woman has stuck her hand into a bearded cosmic wormhole; the woman in the middle sees this, realizes that The End Times Are Near, and is mixing a poisonous drink. The man is stiff with rigor mortis.

Posted by: ZOD at March 01, 2024 10:03 AM (5HQE5)

167
If you've got the time, we've got the beer.
Posted by: Miller Beer

Go far away union scum.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 01, 2024 10:03 AM (b5ztv)

168 I like big boots and I cannot lie......
Posted by: Sir Brits A Lot at March 01, 2024 10:02 AM

This, sir, may be your lucky day.

Posted by: The Duke of Wellington at March 01, 2024 10:04 AM (Wnv9h)

169 - Wife Math
=====

Teenager math, as well.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2024 10:04 AM (MIKMs)

170 Car insurance is going up to pay for the $20,000 bill every time someone with an EV has a dead battery.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 01, 2024 10:04 AM (e7n2t)

171 Queen looks like Susan Rice a bit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 01, 2024 10:04 AM (R4t5M)

172 Least repulsive pic I could find:
https://tinyurl.com/4pyk7ejp

Or https://tinyurl.com/4mc6rp3a

Posted by: 18-1 at March 01, 2024 10:04 AM (ibTVg)

173 Guy's thought bubble:

"Meet the new bonnet, same as the old bonnet."

*POOF*

New thought bubble:

"If mama ain't happy, nobody's happy!"

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2024 10:04 AM (991eG)

174 these are fairly prosperous people, even the ceiling is painted. they look like they had just gone out for a shopping trip to town on a cold day and the lady is delighted with her purchases.
I wonder if it is a bonnet for a wedding, the girls look that delighted, where the older man merely looks tired and cold.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2024 10:05 AM (D7oie)

175 172 She dresses OK.

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:06 AM (MvF+J)

176 Or https://tinyurl.com/4mc6rp3a
Posted by: 18-1 at March 01, 2024 10:04 AM

Distant relative of Ilhan Omar?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 10:06 AM (Wnv9h)

177 For tradition's sake:

No dog, not art.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 01, 2024 10:06 AM (qPw5n)

178 I think "wetbacks" better conveys the status of illegal aliens than does "newcomers", even if used ironically.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 10:07 AM (tkR6S)

179 ______
I remember Gracie Allen using just that argument.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 01, 2024 10:02 AM (1bNHn)

George Burns told a story (I think on Carson): He only cheated on Gracie once in his life. He felt so guilty about it that he bought her a beautiful necklace. Nothing at all was said at the time. Years and years later, one day Gracie said out of the blue, "I wish you'd have another affair, George, because I could really use a new necklace!"

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 01, 2024 10:07 AM (T+Iwg)

180 Sounds like Queen Ranavalona was less-than-willing to see a bunch of foreigners run roughshod over country and devour her patrimony. No wonder Westerners thought she was a madwoman.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 01, 2024 10:07 AM (0FoWg)

181 Let's find out!"

WHOOSH!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2024 09:58 AM

Now that's a fire!!!
Posted by: Eddie Murphy's Father

Roll your little brother around on the ground.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2024 10:07 AM (uiWTm)

182 Possibly the man and the woman are married but there is a significant age difference between the two. Sex dried up quickly after the nuptials, if it ever happened at all. He wasn't a man of means of course, but did well by himself. However the wife needs to be pleased or there will be Hell to pay. He sits looking at the fading fire and realizes how it represents his life, for slowly, inexorably his freedom and desires he led in the past disappear to black. He says to himself, "I'm a stupid man."

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 01, 2024 10:08 AM (++4z6)

183 Nobody mentioned the composition: the titled subject of the painting is way the hell off in the corner. Title shenanigans.

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:08 AM (MvF+J)

184 Manufacturing PMI
Actual: 47.8 (unexpectedly!)
Forecast: 49.5
Previous: 49.1

Bidenomics is working!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 01, 2024 10:08 AM (LXrdm)

185 They might be in a basement room. I don't see any evidence of a window.

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 10:09 AM (o3SCB)

186 I'm a fan of tools hung on the wall as decoration, but I'm not sure I'd limit to hatchets and hammers and such. It makes you look a bit...unstable.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 09:34 AM (CsUN+)

It is a brand-new axe and a brand-new hay fork, I do think the father is getting the wedding gifts together to get his daughter set for her new home.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2024 10:09 AM (D7oie)

187 Possibly the man and the woman are married but there is a significant age difference between the two. Sex dried up quickly after the nuptials, if it ever happened at all. He wasn't a man of means of course, but did well by himself. However the wife needs to be pleased or there will be Hell to pay. He sits looking at the fading fire and realizes how it represents his life, for slowly, inexorably his freedom and desires he led in the past disappear to black. He says to himself, "I'm a stupid man."

You don't go to a lot of parties, do you?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 10:09 AM (CsUN+)

188 So, Muldoon, are you here all week?

***********

*checks schedule*

Yeah, I've got nothing on the schedule until mid-June. Why do you ask, need help moving a couch?

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2024 10:10 AM (991eG)

189 On the subject of art: took the family (less one rambunctious 4yo) to see Swan Lake last night. I've never seen it live before, and Lady YD's been wanting to see it since she was a kid. It exceeded expectations; beautifully done.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 01, 2024 10:10 AM (0FoWg)

190 You got trouble my friend
Right here in River City
With a capital T that rhymes with B
That stands for Bonnets!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 01, 2024 10:10 AM (4I/2K)

191 I call BS on the old-timey historicalyness of this painting. Why does the axe have a QR code and the two-tine pitchfork still have the labels from Tractor Supply?

Posted by: Shirtless Muscle-Bound Angry White Farmer at March 01, 2024 10:10 AM (G0xQl)

192 Least repulsive pic I could find:
https://tinyurl.com/4pyk7ejp
Posted by: gp Abides

Painted by guy that was watching 'cliff hangings' ordered by the queen.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 01, 2024 10:11 AM (b5ztv)

193 158 When grandfather gets that sweet ass to the boudoir he won't have to warm his arthritic hands from the hearth*****

Women between age 20-30 were surveyed as to their most fantasized scenario. 98.428 % reported they dream of having an old fossil’s bony mangled fingers groping that sweet ass.

FACT

Posted by: kallisto at March 01, 2024 10:11 AM (zXoDK)

194 Least repulsive pic I could find:
https://tinyurl.com/4pyk7ejp

Or https://tinyurl.com/4mc6rp3a
Posted by: 18-1

There are several better photos out there! https://tinyurl.com/4y85m64r is probably the best in my opinion...the hat's a little weird, but she's otherwise not a bad looking woman.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at March 01, 2024 10:12 AM (JCZqz)

195 >>He says to himself, "I'm a stupid man."

He says to himself, "A knife this long, yeah, just about this long, and I'll be rid of both of these bints."

Posted by: ZOD at March 01, 2024 10:12 AM (5HQE5)

196 At the far right on a wooden stool is a green box, with -- ANOTHER bonnet?

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 10:12 AM (o3SCB)

197 188 Your talent is so otherworldly clever, I have to ask: did you have to do some kind of Dr Faust dealio for that?

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:12 AM (MvF+J)

198 From the look of that guy, it might have been titled "Yet Another Accursed Bonnet (What? Does She Think I'm Made of Money?)"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 01, 2024 10:13 AM (0FoWg)

199 >>an old fossil’s bony mangled fingers

Bill Clinton

>>a young buttface's bony mangled fingers

Chelsea Clinton

Posted by: ZOD at March 01, 2024 10:14 AM (5HQE5)

200 196 At the far right on a wooden stool is a green box, with -- ANOTHER bonnet?
Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 10:12 AM (o3SCB)

The got bonnets for days!

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 01, 2024 10:14 AM (YwyqV)

201 Women between age 20-30 were surveyed as to their most fantasized scenario. 98.428 % reported they dream of having an old fossil’s bony mangled fingers groping that sweet ass.

FACT

I would like to subscribe to your newsletter

Posted by: Anna Nicole Smith at March 01, 2024 10:14 AM (ibTVg)

202 It is a brand-new axe and a brand-new hay fork, I do think the father is getting the wedding gifts together to get his daughter set for her new home.

I like this interpretation. It fits all the evidence -- age difference, recent shopping spree, maybe even the look on the other young woman's face as she's thinking "It was supposed to be my turn!"

Posted by: Oddbob at March 01, 2024 10:14 AM (sNc8Y)

203 I call BS on the old-timey historicalyness of this painting. Why does the axe have a QR code and the two-tine pitchfork still have the labels from Tractor Supply?

And it's Bluetooth enabled!

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 10:15 AM (CsUN+)

204 I've got old hammers and hatchets that look exactly like those hanging.
Both smaller than contemporary sizes. Not sure why that is.

Posted by: From about that Time at March 01, 2024 10:15 AM (4780s)

205 I'm thinking the guy bought the bonnet at a pawn shop on the cheap.

The wife's friend recognizes it as previously belonging to the Widow McGillicuddy.

She's about to tell the wife.

Sh!t's about to get real.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2024 10:15 AM (991eG)

206 >>an old fossil’s bony mangled fingers

Bill Clinton

>>a young buttface's bony mangled fingers

Chelsea Clinton
Posted by: ZOD at March 01, 2024 10:14 AM (5HQE5)

>>uncountably many tentacles with seemingly no point of origin grasping hectically and yet perfectly calmly at a part of the soul no one has ever yet known to exist

Hillary Clinton

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 01, 2024 10:16 AM (9UlRk)

207 I've got old hammers and hatchets that look exactly like those hanging.
Both smaller than contemporary sizes. Not sure why that is.
Posted by: From about that Time at March 01, 2024 10:15 AM (4780s)

The bonnet-loving spendthrift wives those beleaguered men had to dispense with were smaller back then, too.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 01, 2024 10:16 AM (0FoWg)

208 "two-tine pitchfork" For only the most delicate pitchables.

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:17 AM (MvF+J)

209 There are several better photos out there! https://tinyurl.com/4y85m64r is probably the best in my opinion...the hat's a little weird, but she's otherwise not a bad looking woman.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at March 01, 2024 10:12 AM (JCZqz)
---
Nice try, Admiral....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2024 10:17 AM (7fElN)

210 From the look of that guy, it might have been titled "Yet Another Accursed Bonnet (What? Does She Think I'm Made of Money?)"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 01, 2024 10:13 AM (0FoWg)

...

He knows the guys have started playing dice without him.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 01, 2024 10:17 AM (z/ifB)

211 This too, is the story of Jacob, Leah, and Rachel.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 01, 2024 10:17 AM (4I/2K)

212 There are some paper-wrapped packages on the mantelpiece; can't tell what they are.

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 10:18 AM (o3SCB)

213 The olden days don’t look fun.

Posted by: Montec at March 01, 2024 10:18 AM (bWsRe)

214 >>Hillary Clinton Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 01, 2024 10:16 AM (9UlRk)

Status: Still dreaming in R'lyeh.

Posted by: ZOD at March 01, 2024 10:18 AM (5HQE5)

215 Apparently, the new re-designed Toyota Tacoma is a piece O shite.

The TFL off-road guys broke the FWD transfer case on their TRD Off-Road Tacoma by driving, get this, Off-Road over a patch of ice.

Toyota also "redesigned" the sub frame by making it lighter, ie, cheaper and simply welded a little additional steel to some of the higher stress points. So that's going to break.

Also, the 4 cylinder turbo charged engine delivering a whopping 278 horsepower while delivering a grand total of 1MPG in gas savings over the previous 6 cylinder, is gutless and sounds like a cat being strangled and is overall, too high strung, which is going to lead to longevity issues.

Allegedly, the new 4 runner is going to be based on this platform, so it looks like Toyota reliability is being sacrificed to the EPA/CARB gods.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 01, 2024 10:18 AM (JIdXK)

216 The woman has stuck her hand into a bearded cosmic wormhole; the woman in the middle sees this, realizes that The End Times Are Near, and is mixing a poisonous drink. The man is stiff with rigor mortis.
Posted by: ZOD at March 01, 2024 10:03 AM (5HQE5)

...

I love this site.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 01, 2024 10:18 AM (z/ifB)

217 This artist certainly had a varied output. There's one painting of a young girl walking in the wind that I like very much. Also, one of the interior of his home that I think shows the influence of the 16th century Dutch painters. Thanks CBD for featuring him today.

Posted by: Tuna at March 01, 2024 10:18 AM (oaGWv)

218 Allegedly, the new 4 runner is going to be based on this platform, so it looks like Toyota reliability is being sacrificed to the EPA/CARB gods.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 01, 2024 10:18 AM (JIdXK)

...

This is when I look at the 97 and 98 4 runners in my driveway with eternal fondness. Even if the 97 is only RWD.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 01, 2024 10:20 AM (z/ifB)

219 There are some paper-wrapped packages on the mantelpiece; can't tell what they are.

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 10:18 AM (o3SCB)

Couple/three kilos.

Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2024 10:20 AM (AwYPR)

220 If you like fried food, Madagascar is your dream destination:
https://tinyurl.com/663bbb94

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:20 AM (MvF+J)

221 Your talent is so otherworldly clever, I have to ask: did you have to do some kind of Dr Faust dealio for that?
Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:12 AM (MvF+J)

The Devil stands at the crossroads with a sign:
~~guitar licks~~ (sold out)
Limericks

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 10:20 AM (tkR6S)

222 I like this interpretation. It fits all the evidence -- age difference, recent shopping spree, maybe even the look on the other young woman's face as she's thinking "It was supposed to be my turn!"
Posted by: Oddbob at March 01, 2024 10:14 AM (sNc8Y)

you can pretty much guess which one is Martha, and which one is Mary

Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2024 10:21 AM (D7oie)

223 @180 Ranavalona I did keep Europeans out of her realm , but she was also a raging murderous nutbag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 01, 2024 10:21 AM (RMPpE)

224 TheBlaze
@theblaze
1h
Blaze Media Investigative Journalist
@TPC4USA
has now been taken into FBI custody for his J6 reporting

Watch:

https://tinyurl.com/npj37uws

Posted by: redridinghood at March 01, 2024 10:22 AM (NpAcC)

225 The woman has stuck her hand into a bearded cosmic wormhole; the woman in the middle sees this, realizes that The End Times Are Near, and is mixing a poisonous drink. The man is stiff with rigor mortis.

Sounds legit

Posted by: Some Tzeentch Follower at March 01, 2024 10:22 AM (ibTVg)

226 Democrats' 'Shrinkflation' Bill Would Crack Down On Practice At Grocery Stores. Lawmakers want to make it an unfair trade practice when companies shrink food and household products but keep the price the same.

Sen. Bob Casey (Pa.) and other lawmakers say they now want to target the practice through the Federal Trade Commission, the independent agency that enforces civil antitrust law.

The legislation would direct the FTC to develop regulations classifying shrinkflation as an unfair or deceptive trade practice. It would also give the FTC and state attorneys general the green light to pursue civil actions and fines against companies that engage in it.

“Corporations are trying to pull the wool over our eyes by shrinking their products without reducing their prices — anyone on a tight budget sees it every time they go to the grocery store,” Casey said.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, a co-sponsor of the bill, said the legislation would ensure shoppers “get every ounce they pay for.”

The initial packaging should be required to have a period of time where it boldly says NEW PACKAGING WITH 5 OUNCES LESS PRODUCT.

Posted by: Intercepted Huffington Post Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 01, 2024 10:22 AM (2zFJ/)

227 166 The woman has stuck her hand into a bearded cosmic wormhole; the woman in the middle sees this, realizes that The End Times Are Near, and is mixing a poisonous drink. The man is stiff with rigor mortis.
Posted by: ZOD at March 01, 2024 10:03 AM (5HQE5)

heh

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 10:22 AM (o3SCB)

228 Everything is going to a 4 cylinder turbo. V8s are practically non existent and v6 are on their way to extinction too.

While I had a car in the shop I got an Audi Q5 loaner. It has the 2.0 engine and it’s sluggish as shit. I was shocked a car that heavy has a 4 cylinder engine. The v6 is an option but not for long.

Posted by: Montec at March 01, 2024 10:22 AM (bWsRe)

229 Things seem to have slowed down, so this was an excellent obliteration of Mitch McConnell's self-delusion that he is some sort of mastermind politician.

Mitch McConnell’s Entire Legacy Is ‘Misunderstanding Politics’

https://tinyurl.com/3hy864sv

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 10:23 AM (CsUN+)

230 The initial packaging should be required to have a period of time where it boldly says NEW PACKAGING WITH 5 OUNCES LESS PRODUCT.
Posted by: Intercepted Huffington Post Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 01, 2024 10:22 AM (2zFJ/)

I’m sure there’s many different ways to get around this.

“It’s not a re-package, we merely started a new size line!”

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 01, 2024 10:24 AM (YwyqV)

231 Democrats' 'Shrinkflation' Bill Would Crack Down On Practice At Grocery Stores. Lawmakers want to make it an unfair trade practice when companies shrink food and household products but keep the price the same.

I guess Dems are as knowledgeable about food packaging and pricing as they are about assessing the cost of NYC real estate. They truly are polymaths.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 10:24 AM (CsUN+)

232 228 Everything is going to a 4 cylinder turbo. V8s are practically non existent and v6 are on their way to extinction too.

While I had a car in the shop I got an Audi Q5 loaner. It has the 2.0 engine and it’s sluggish as shit. I was shocked a car that heavy has a 4 cylinder engine. The v6 is an option but not for long.
Posted by: Montec at March 01, 2024 10:22 AM (bWsRe)

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

In ten years we'll be like Cuba with cars.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 01, 2024 10:25 AM (++4z6)

233 "two-tine pitchfork" For only the most delicate pitchables.
Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:17 AM (MvF+J)

It is a hay fork for gathering up and lifting sheaves of hay in the field, It has two tines to get it to work faster and is specifically a field tool.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2024 10:25 AM (D7oie)

234 Biden Shrinkflation.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 01, 2024 10:25 AM (FmapG)

235 While I had a car in the shop I got an Audi Q5 loaner. It has the 2.0 engine and it’s sluggish as shit. I was shocked a car that heavy has a 4 cylinder engine. The v6 is an option but not for long.
Posted by: Montec at March 01, 2024 10:22 AM (bWsRe)

The correct pronunciation of Audi is "Owey". (while grimacing and clasping your wallet)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 10:25 AM (tkR6S)

236 “It’s not a re-package, we merely started a new size line!”

Then: Fun size

Now: Happy Fun Sized

Posted by: 18-1 at March 01, 2024 10:25 AM (ibTVg)

237 4 cyl, 40hp air-cooled VW engines will return.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 01, 2024 10:25 AM (4I/2K)

238 Mitch McConnell’s Entire Legacy Is ‘Misunderstanding Politics’

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I think the corrupt old double-dealing crook understands politics just fine.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 01, 2024 10:26 AM (0FoWg)

239 Alternate title: "bitch, I bought you a new hat, where's my sammich?''

Posted by: TC at March 01, 2024 10:26 AM (FjlUt)

240 Sometimes I look at old-timey cars just to admire the artistry that went into the design. Very surprised to learn that Cadillac once produced a V16.

Posted by: kallisto at March 01, 2024 10:26 AM (zXoDK)

241 238 Mitch McConnell’s Entire Legacy Is ‘Misunderstanding Politics’

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I think the corrupt old double-dealing crook understands politics just fine.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 01, 2024 10:26 AM (0FoWg)

=======

If he were a Democrat in charge of the Republican caucus who understood politics really, really well, what would he have done differently?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:26 AM (GBKbO)

242 The initial packaging should be required to have a period of time where it boldly says NEW PACKAGING WITH 5 OUNCES LESS PRODUCT.
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I WAS IN THE POOL!

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld Reference at March 01, 2024 10:27 AM (1eY81)

243 “Corporations are trying to pull the wool over our eyes by shrinking their products without reducing their prices — anyone on a tight budget sees it every time they go to the grocery store,” Casey said.

Well, so which is it? Are consumers being fooled or not? Can't have it both ways.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 01, 2024 10:27 AM (sNc8Y)

244 Turtle time is over!

Posted by: Marvin the mail carrier at March 01, 2024 10:27 AM (4I/2K)

245 If he were a Democrat in charge of the Republican caucus who understood politics really, really well, what would he have done differently?

Put Merrick Garland on SCOTUS. That's about it.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 10:28 AM (CsUN+)

246 Bitch McConnell voted for the FACE act back in the 90s. The guy has always been an asshole

Posted by: 18-1 at March 01, 2024 10:28 AM (ibTVg)

247 229 Things seem to have slowed down, so this was an excellent obliteration of Mitch McConnell's self-delusion that he is some sort of mastermind politician.

Mitch McConnell’s Entire Legacy Is ‘Misunderstanding Politics’

https://tinyurl.com/3hy864sv
Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 10:23 AM (CsUN+)

I think the author mis-understands what Mitch was all about. Mitch not delivering for his voters was a feature, not a bug.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 01, 2024 10:28 AM (YwyqV)

248 243 “Corporations are trying to pull the wool over our eyes by shrinking their products without reducing their prices — anyone on a tight budget sees it every time they go to the grocery store,” Casey said.

Well, so which is it? Are consumers being fooled or not? Can't have it both ways.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 01, 2024 10:27 AM (sNc8Y)

=======

Are they giving credit for the decreased inflation numbers released yesterday to corporations for being less greedy?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

249 “It’s not a re-package, we merely started a new size line!”
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 01, 2024 10:24 AM (YwyqV)

"Our product has now been Biden-sized. You voted for it, you got it, assholes."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 10:28 AM (tkR6S)

250 245 If he were a Democrat in charge of the Republican caucus who understood politics really, really well, what would he have done differently?

Put Merrick Garland on SCOTUS. That's about it.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 10:28 AM (CsUN+)

=======

He refused Merrick Garland because he thought it would hurt Trump.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

251 240 Sometimes I look at old-timey cars just to admire the artistry that went into the design. Very surprised to learn that Cadillac once produced a V16.
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Ford had a V12. I think it was their Lincoln in the 30s.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 01, 2024 10:29 AM (FmapG)

252 Well, so which is it? Are consumers being fooled or not? Can't have it both ways.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 01, 2024 10:27 AM (sNc8Y)

the dems hold the executive branch and the Senate, and most of the Judicial branch. They can have it any way they deem it acceptable.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2024 10:29 AM (D7oie)

253 From wiki:

"The accused would be fed the poison along with three pieces of chicken skin: if all three pieces of skin were vomited up then innocence was declared, but death or a failure to regurgitate all three pieces of skin indicated guilt.[22]"

Yes. Please do tell me more about how those evil colonizers ruined everything for everyone.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 01, 2024 10:29 AM (9UlRk)

254 I've noticed that Kroger's bakery cookies now come 12 to a clamshell whereas before is was 16.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 01, 2024 10:29 AM (4I/2K)

255 The Cass freight index update is out. Shipments have been declining since mid 2022, and since last August they have been on a straight line decline. Best economy ever.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 01, 2024 10:29 AM (T+WCI)

256 It might be a gang of thieves, and he hid this one in his long coat. I know the title says the hat is new, but maybe it's just new for them.

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 10:29 AM (o3SCB)

257 Champagne in the 1800s was a manly drink, EG Ulysses S Grant's favorite. Then 1900s the delicate stereotype for Audrey Hepburn and Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 01, 2024 10:29 AM (cf/0E)

258 He refused Merrick Garland because he thought it would hurt Trump.

I've seen that asserted, but it's a bit too rococo for me.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 10:30 AM (CsUN+)

259 I think the author mis-understands what Mitch was all about. Mitch not delivering for his voters was a feature, not a bug.

A lot of the nominal rightwing pundits seem to believe GOPe leaders are always "making mistakes" and "not getting it"

Occam's razor says that if you are always making the wrong choice for your voters it isn't because you just keep screwing up.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 01, 2024 10:30 AM (ibTVg)

260 Dune 2: Pretty good. Chani is a disaster. Spectacle top notch.

New book out today: Buy now, or the Democrats win.

https://amzn.to/430Wt9R

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:30 AM (GBKbO)

261 Eastman Johnson was co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, and his name inscribed at its entrance. It's a wonderful end of the week painting, beautifully done, like a photograph as most of Johnson's pieces were. His subject matter was very broad and included portraits, New England, Ojibwe people, and slavery.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - We're done for now. We just don't have the guts to turn off the lights on the show at March 01, 2024 10:31 AM (GshMh)

262 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Blue Bonnet was shitty margarine, as I recall.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 01, 2024 10:31 AM (W/lyH)

263 “Corporations are trying to pull the wool over our eyes by shrinking their products without reducing their prices — anyone on a tight budget sees it every time they go to the grocery store,” Casey said.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, a co-sponsor of the bill, said the legislation would ensure shoppers “get every ounce they pay for.”

The initial packaging should be required to have a period of time where it boldly says NEW PACKAGING WITH 5 OUNCES LESS PRODUCT.
Posted by: Intercepted

If this bill passes I'd stop the shrinkflation and add a boldly stated "Increase in price caused by 20% inflation due to Fed deficit spending".

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 01, 2024 10:31 AM (b5ztv)

264 @218

>>This is when I look at the 97 and 98 4 runners in my driveway with eternal fondness. Even if the 97 is only RWD.

I just bought a 2009 4Runner, it's mint, and a one owner Texas car, with zero rust with a bullet proof 1GR-FE engine.

Might throw a supercharger on it, might swap in a 2UZ-FE V8 into it, might keep it as is, time will tell, but it's looking like the new Toyota Taco and 4Runner lineup is going to be sketchy going forward.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 01, 2024 10:31 AM (JIdXK)

265 It would be delightfully Jacobin if the junta declared that all products must be sold in 16oz packages, for "fairness"

Enjoy your $25 box of cereal, jackasses. It's OK. I'm sure you got some room left on one of those cards.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 01, 2024 10:31 AM (9UlRk)

266 I realized a long time ago that Flashman was just the hook allowing George MacDonald Fraser to do what he really wanted, that is wallow about in Victorian military history.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 01, 2024 10:31 AM (T+Iwg)

267 233 I wonder how folks reacted when multitine forks were first introduced. Big productivity boost over the old unitine forks.

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:31 AM (MvF+J)

268 A lot of the nominal rightwing pundits seem to believe GOPe leaders are always "making mistakes" and "not getting it"

Occam's razor says that if you are always making the wrong choice for your voters it isn't because you just keep screwing up.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 01, 2024 10:30 AM (ibTVg)

Stated intentions vs. experienced results.

If there keeps being a mismatch, then (obviously) the person is lying about their stated intentions.

Of course now he’s just open about what his priorities are: Keep laundering that $$$ through Ukraine!

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 01, 2024 10:32 AM (YwyqV)

269 No dog. Not art.

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 10:32 AM (o3SCB)

270 258 He refused Merrick Garland because he thought it would hurt Trump.

I've seen that asserted, but it's a bit too rococo for me.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 10:30 AM (CsUN+)

=======

The idea that Mitch is super concerned about the makeup of the courts is completely overridden by the fact that he has directed absolutely no opposition to Biden's picks, managed no serious opposition to Obama's picks, and Republicans have regularly passed more Democrat nominees onto the courts at higher rates than Democrats ever did.

Joe Mannix did a post about this last year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

271 If this bill passes I'd stop the shrinkflation and add a boldly stated "Increase in price caused by 20% inflation due to Fed deficit spending and Biden's lunatic policies".

FIFY

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 10:32 AM (CsUN+)

272 It might be a gang of thieves, and he hid this one in his long coat.

We'll accept that apology now.

Posted by: FBI Twitter Team at March 01, 2024 10:32 AM (sNc8Y)

273 Alternate title:

The 500 Bonnets of Mrs. Bartholomew Cubbins

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2024 10:33 AM (991eG)

274 Ford had a V12. I think it was their Lincoln in the 30s.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 01, 2024 10:29 AM (FmapG)

Daddy said, "Son you're gonna' drive me to drinkin' if you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln."

Posted by: BignJames at March 01, 2024 10:33 AM (AwYPR)

275 Interesting that S&P Global and ISM don't see eye to eye:

S&P Global sees Manufacturing expanding at its strongest since June 2022, but ISM sees it contracting for the last 15 months.

Somebody is wrong, or somebody is cooking the books

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 01, 2024 10:33 AM (25sND)

276 Somebody is wrong, or somebody is cooking the books

*Everyone has entered the chat*

Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 10:34 AM (CsUN+)

277 226. “The consumer would get every oz they pay for”. There are already regulations requiring packages to weigh what they state on the label. Does this idiot think the packages are smaller but still state the same weight?

Posted by: Jen the original at March 01, 2024 10:34 AM (1q8Fq)

278 254 I've noticed that Kroger's bakery cookies now come 12 to a clamshell whereas before is was 16.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 01, 2024 10:29 AM (4I/2K)

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Venus remains stable at one to a clamshell.

Posted by: Botticelli at March 01, 2024 10:34 AM (bo7UB)

279 Compliments on the V-8, Henry! Makes an excellent getaway car.

Posted by: Clyde Barrow, 10 April, 1934 at March 01, 2024 10:35 AM (4I/2K)

280 “The consumer would get every oz they pay for”. There are already regulations requiring packages to weigh what they state on the label. Does this idiot think the packages are smaller but still state the same weight?

Ummmm....

Posted by: Unit pricing at March 01, 2024 10:35 AM (CsUN+)

281 “The consumer would get every oz they pay for”. There are already regulations requiring packages to weigh what they state on the label. Does this idiot think the packages are smaller but still state the same weight?
Posted by: Jen the original at March 01, 2024 10:34 AM (1q8Fq)

well, it's a Democrat, so "idiot" is a given.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 10:35 AM (tkR6S)

282 Why do men make the best accountants?

Because every waking moment is spent ciphering how much pussy a man can get for every dollar spent on a bonnet.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 01, 2024 10:35 AM (EEgXH)

283 Why do men make the best accountants?

Because every waking moment is spent ciphering how much pussy a man can get for every dollar spent on a bonnet.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 01, 2024 10:35 AM (EEgXH)

*tips green eyeshade*

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 01, 2024 10:37 AM (4I/2K)

284 ...or A well-dressed Nord on Solstheim fondles a newborn Netch.

Posted by: Dovahkiin at March 01, 2024 10:37 AM (G0xQl)

285 I'm surprised they never came out and called it "Economy Sized"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 01, 2024 10:37 AM (9UlRk)

286 282 You can always bone the bonnet in a pinch.

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:38 AM (MvF+J)

287 The 500 Bonnets of Mrs. Bartholomew Cubbins

**********

First in a series...

Posted by: Muldoon at March 01, 2024 10:38 AM (991eG)

288 I wonder how folks reacted when multitine forks were first introduced. Big productivity boost over the old unitine forks.
Posted by: gp Abides

I'm trying to recall when table forks were invented. I'm pretty sure that up into the 1600s people only used knives and spoons.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 01, 2024 10:38 AM (egD1y)

289 I'm surprised they never came out and called it "Economy Sized"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 01, 2024 10:37 AM (9UlRk)

That would make a good meme: "Old and busted: Giant Economy Size. New and hot: Biden Economy Size." with huge and runty packages respectively.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 10:40 AM (tkR6S)

290 BREAKING: Now that Kamala Harris has fixed the border Biden is assigning her to address the shrinkflation issue.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 01, 2024 10:41 AM (bo7UB)

291 I'm pretty sure that up into the 1600s people only used knives and spoons.

The spork was invented when some idiot kept denting the edge of his spoon with his knife.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 01, 2024 10:41 AM (sNc8Y)

292 290 BREAKING: Now that Kamala Harris has fixed the border Biden is assigning her to address the shrinkflation issue.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 01, 2024 10:41 AM (bo7UB)

========

"I was in the pool!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:42 AM (GBKbO)

293 Also, the 4 cylinder turbo charged engine delivering a whopping 278 horsepower while delivering a grand total of 1MPG in gas savings over the previous 6 cylinder, is gutless and sounds like a cat being strangled and is overall, too high strung, which is going to lead to longevity issues.

IIRC, Toyota said that it was to reduce emissions, not improve MPG.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 01, 2024 10:42 AM (1Z8zZ)

294 BREAKING: Now that Kamala Harris has fixed the border Biden is assigning her to address the shrinkflation issue.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 01, 2024 10:41 AM (bo7UB)

Don't want no short, short man.

Posted by: VP Kamala aka "Gillette" at March 01, 2024 10:42 AM (4I/2K)

295 Catherine De' Medici. Introduced the fork in 1533.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 01, 2024 10:42 AM (SwYJN)

296 Most awesome looking engine was Cadillac's original V-16, although I think it was too heavy to ever be very practical. I think they basically took two straight 8's and set them at a 90 degree angle to each other.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 01, 2024 10:42 AM (e7n2t)

297 291 I'm pretty sure that up into the 1600s people only used knives and spoons.

The spork was invented when some idiot kept denting the edge of his spoon with his knife.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 01, 2024 10:41 AM (sNc8Y)

Spork! Spork! Spork!

Posted by: The Swedish Chef, Setting the Table at March 01, 2024 10:43 AM (T+Iwg)

298 Why do men make the best accountants?

Because every waking moment is spent ciphering how much pussy a man can get for every dollar spent on a bonnet.
Posted by: Dr. Bone

--

That reminds me of a joke:

Why do women close their eyes during sex?

Posted by: Nikki Haley's luxuriously hairy nipples - Alex Jones Was Right at March 01, 2024 10:43 AM (Yui9f)

299 258 He refused Merrick Garland because he thought it would hurt Trump.

I've seen that asserted, but it's a bit too rococo for me.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 01, 2024 10:30 AM (CsUN+)
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Nobody thought Trump could win, especially Mitch. So if he wasn't holding it for Trump, he must of been holding it for Hillary.

Posted by: WisRich at March 01, 2024 10:44 AM (G0vdT)

300 This proposed bill is an example of the continuous term legislators in Congress. A pundit on Newsmax last night was talking about how one of the long time Senators who left Congress recently was panicking over having to drive himself to his destinations, having to shop, and do laundry, and all the other mundane things ordinary people do. These clowns are completely waited on and cared for, which is why they think the population is just as helpless and as a result, victimized.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 01, 2024 10:44 AM (1q8Fq)

301 It's a good one, CBD!

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 10:44 AM (o3SCB)

302 The idea that Mitch is super concerned about the makeup of the courts is completely overridden by the fact that he has directed absolutely no opposition to Biden's picks, managed no serious opposition to Obama's picks, and Republicans have regularly passed more Democrat nominees onto the courts at higher rates than Democrats ever did.

Joe Mannix did a post about this last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

Seems to me the life of a Senatron goes through several phases. He/she starts out full of vim and vigor, wants to make a difference. Then starts to get power, and works on making the connections that allow him/her to move up the chain. Then starts taking out rivals to that power chain, to move up, and prevent being moved down.

Mitch is in the phase, where his brain is jelly, and he only exists as a puppet, a shell, and his staff keeps the corpse moving, while trying to hold onto the power that is slipping through their grips.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 01, 2024 10:44 AM (dGCAG)

303 Most awesome looking engine was Cadillac's original V-16, although I think it was too heavy to ever be very practical. I think they basically took two straight 8's and set them at a 90 degree angle to each other.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 01, 2024 10:42 AM (e7n2t)

We did this with the 924's 4-cyl engine to make the 928 GT.

Posted by: Porsche at March 01, 2024 10:44 AM (4I/2K)

304 With the proposed new Democrat package labeling, I'll feel so much more empowered when paying $4.59 for a three ounce bag of chips. Bullshit is Power.

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:45 AM (MvF+J)

305 I miss the pre-engine cover days when there needed to be some aesthetic to an engine bay and not just "we'll put this big piece of plastic over everything."

Posted by: Nikki Haley's luxuriously hairy nipples - Alex Jones Was Right at March 01, 2024 10:45 AM (Yui9f)

306 304 With the proposed new Democrat package labeling, I'll feel so much more empowered when paying $4.59 for a three ounce bag of chips. Bullshit is Power.
Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:45 AM (MvF+J)

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Why not just make inflation illegal?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

307 Also have you figured out that EVs were an Overton window maneuver?

Everyone breathes a sigh of relief as they accept 3 and
4 cylinder hybrids.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's luxuriously hairy nipples - Alex Jones Was Right at March 01, 2024 10:46 AM (Yui9f)

308 I like black tape
('RON WORTHY)

LETS DANCE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isd9jL7exWE

Posted by: Jim at March 01, 2024 10:46 AM (X4yCj)

309 I guess that's an ostrich feather.

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 10:46 AM (o3SCB)

310 New York Post
@nypost
Scientists may have started the Covid pandemic: article

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Let he who has not unleashed a deadly virus on the world for political purposes cast the first stone.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 01, 2024 10:46 AM (FVME7)

311 Most awesome looking engine was Cadillac's original V-16, although I think it was too heavy to ever be very practical. I think they basically took two straight 8's and set them at a 90 degree angle to each other.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 01, 2024 10:42 AM (e7n2t)

The rationale behind those multi-cylinder engines was very smooth, vibration-free power, and plenty of torque at low RPM's.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2024 10:47 AM (tkR6S)

312 With the proposed new Democrat package labeling, I'll feel so much more empowered when paying $4.59 for a three ounce bag of chips. Bullshit is Power.
Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:45 AM (MvF+J)

The Party Size? Whoa!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 01, 2024 10:47 AM (4I/2K)

313 310 New York Post
@nypost
Scientists may have started the Covid pandemic: article

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Let he who has not unleashed a deadly virus on the world for political purposes cast the first stone.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 01, 2024 10:46 AM (FVME7)

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I have a few more than the first stone, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:47 AM (GBKbO)

314 “The consumer would get every oz they pay for”. There are already regulations requiring packages to weigh what they state on the label. Does this idiot think the packages are smaller but still state the same weight?
Posted by: Jen the original at March 01, 2024 10:34 AM (1q8Fq)

At one point in Rome there was an argument that slaves be required to wear distinctive dress, which was beat down with the argument, "do you want them to know how many they are and how they outnumber us?"

Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2024 10:48 AM (D7oie)

315 This proposed bill is an example of the continuous term legislators in Congress. A pundit on Newsmax last night was talking about how one of the long time Senators who left Congress recently was panicking over having to drive himself to his destinations, having to shop, and do laundry, and all the other mundane things ordinary people do. These clowns are completely waited on and cared for, which is why they think the population is just as helpless and as a result, victimized.
Posted by: Jen the original at March 01, 2024 10:44 AM (1q8Fq)

What kind of a damn fool quits the Senate. You're supposed to die in office.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 01, 2024 10:48 AM (dGCAG)

316 Why not just make inflation illegal?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

+1

Posted by: King Canute the Great at March 01, 2024 10:48 AM (4I/2K)

317 Scientists may have started the Covid pandemic: article

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Ha.

No one would've ever known except for the part where they stopped counting flu deaths while also refusing to treat people with the post-viral pneumonia and being paid for the deaths.

Bing bang boom you gots a pandemic.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's luxuriously hairy nipples - Alex Jones Was Right at March 01, 2024 10:48 AM (Yui9f)

318 Why not just make inflation illegal?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

Make packaging illegal. Then just dump filthy handfuls of whatever you want straight from the bins into your plastic five gallon shopping bucket and when you get home you can glog some water in there from your garden hose and eat your gross pig slop big man dinner bug cereal straight from the bucket you miserable fucking peasants.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 01, 2024 10:49 AM (9UlRk)

319 Then just dump filthy handfuls of whatever you want straight from the bins into your plastic five gallon shopping bucket and when you get home you can glog some water in there from your garden hose and eat your gross pig slop big man dinner bug cereal straight from the bucket you miserable fucking peasants.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

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Ah, the Golden Corral solution.

Posted by: Nikki Haley's luxuriously hairy nipples - Alex Jones Was Right at March 01, 2024 10:50 AM (Yui9f)

320 Then just dump filthy handfuls of whatever you want straight from the bins into your plastic five gallon shopping bucket and when you get home you can glog some water in there from your garden hose and eat your gross pig slop big man dinner bug cereal straight from the bucket you miserable fucking peasants.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

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Ah, the Golden Corral solution.
Posted by: Nikki Haley's luxuriously hairy nipples - Alex Jones Was Right at March 01, 2024 10:50 AM (Yui9f)

And Garza aid station.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 01, 2024 10:50 AM (4I/2K)

321 Make packaging illegal. Then just dump filthy handfuls of whatever you want straight from the bins into your plastic five gallon shopping bucket and when you get home you can glog some water in there from your garden hose and eat your gross pig slop big man dinner bug cereal straight from the bucket you miserable fucking peasants.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 01, 2024 10:49 AM (9UlRk)

Another one of those plans that meshes perfectly with the oligarch's dream of killing off 90% of the world's poopulation.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 01, 2024 10:51 AM (dGCAG)

322 "Why not just make inflation illegal?"

Don't give them any ideas.

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:51 AM (MvF+J)

323 Making inflation illegal worked great for China.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 01, 2024 10:52 AM (9UlRk)

324 318 i don't know why, but roflmao

Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:52 AM (MvF+J)

325 You can always bone the bonnet in a pinch.
Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:38 AM (MvF+J)

Actually you bone a corset

Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2024 10:53 AM (D7oie)

326 Democrats' 'Shrinkflation' Bill Would Crack Down On Practice At Grocery Stores.

Are they really this stupid or do they think we are?

Posted by: Diogenes at March 01, 2024 10:53 AM (W/lyH)

327 "Why not just make inflation illegal?"
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Don't give them any ideas.
Posted by: gp Abides at March 01, 2024 10:51 AM (MvF+J)

Actually, I like this. So when the fed and congress and presidents fadiddle around with the money supply, we can toss all their asses in prison for it.

Where they belong.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 01, 2024 10:53 AM (dGCAG)

328 Posted by: Intercepted Huffington Post Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 01, 2024 10:22 AM

That's some weapons-grade stoopid right there.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 10:53 AM (Wnv9h)

329 Democrats' 'Shrinkflation' Bill Would Crack Down On Practice At Grocery Stores.

Are they really this stupid or do they think we are?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 01, 2024 10:53 AM

Yes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2024 10:54 AM (Wnv9h)

330 Actually, I like this. So when the fed and congress and presidents fadiddle around with the money supply, we can toss all their asses in prison for it.
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Hanging them from telephone poles would be moar effective. It will cut down on recidivism.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 01, 2024 10:56 AM (FmapG)

331
Are they really this stupid or do they think we are?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 01, 2024 10:53 AM

Yes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Horde mind is real, I was about to say the same.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 01, 2024 10:56 AM (b5ztv)

332 Grocery stores aren't the ones packaging product.

Posted by: Halfhand at March 01, 2024 10:56 AM (rKbFS)

333 Actually, I like this. So when the fed and congress and presidents fadiddle around with the money supply, we can toss all their asses in prison for it.
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Hanging them from telephone poles would be moar effective. It will cut down on recidivism.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 01, 2024 10:56 AM (FmapG)

Hmmm, keep talking. I think we're hatching a brilliant plan here, with just a few more details before it'll be ready to implement.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 01, 2024 10:57 AM (dGCAG)

334 Hey democrats! What weighs more?
A pound of cereal or a pound of butter?

Posted by: Diogenes at March 01, 2024 10:57 AM (W/lyH)

335 Catherine De' Medici. Introduced the fork in 1533.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 01, 2024 10:42 AM (SwYJN)

was she a fan of forking? I can't remember.

was she known as La forchettera, and have an opera written about her?

Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2024 10:57 AM (D7oie)

336 334 Hey democrats! What weighs more?
A pound of cereal or a pound of butter?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 01, 2024 10:57 AM (W/lyH)

Trick question. They're both racist and should be eliminated.

Posted by: Montec at March 01, 2024 10:58 AM (bWsRe)

337 Shirnkflation stuff will work because voters are idiots. They thing greedy corporations are the reason for inflation. Never mind that they only god GREEDY in 2021.

Posted by: Montec at March 01, 2024 11:00 AM (bWsRe)

338 NOOD BUCK

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 01, 2024 11:00 AM (HnUIn)

339 Comedian Richard Lewis is dead. He's probably even more unhappy with even more to complain about, if that's possible.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at March 01, 2024 11:00 AM (xcxpd)

340 Why not just make inflation illegal?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

argentina tried that, which is why all the financial papers in Argentina list not only the official exchange rates, but also the current black market rates

Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2024 11:00 AM (D7oie)

341 Biden's America.

Posted by: mpfs at March 01, 2024 11:01 AM (wMSZ1)

342 318 Why not just make inflation illegal?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at March 01, 2024 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

Make packaging illegal. Then just dump filthy handfuls of whatever you want straight from the bins into your plastic five gallon shopping bucket and when you get home you can glog some water in there from your garden hose and eat your gross pig slop big man dinner bug cereal straight from the bucket you miserable fucking peasants.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 01, 2024 10:49 AM (9UlRk)

"Please, sir! May I have some more?"

Posted by: m at March 01, 2024 11:06 AM (o3SCB)

343 Everything's better with Blue Bonnet on it

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