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Greece

"Autism service dog" sooths an autistic owner having a panic attack.

Lizard threat display involves standing up on its hind legs. Gojira!

The Four Yorkshiremen sketch, as interpreted by pandas. Grubs! Oh, how I used to dream about the day I'd break open a rotten bamboo shoot and find some grubs inside!

Everything is a playground for doggos.

Big "baby" wombat.

Dog philosopher.

I love when dogs parade around with sticks and act like you're so jealous of their stick. The other day I walked to the dog park. There was a pit bull there with a stone in his mouth about the size of a grapefruit. He kept pacing back and forth in front of me to show off the stone and taunt me with my non-possession of it.

Spider-sac trigger warning.

I've got to "peel my lizard," if you know what I mean.

Home Makeover: Stork's Nest Edition.

Ice cafe.

2024 domestic flying motorcycle.

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— Figen (@TheFigen_) April 10, 2024

A rhino walks straight up to him while he is filming and wants a belly scratch. 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/M6Gx47mklV
— Figen (@TheFigen_) April 10, 2024

Now this is pod-racing!

Luxury options available on a first class flight on a Singapore Airlines aircraft.pic.twitter.com/ZwvwtMuluB
— Figen (@TheFigen_) April 10, 2024

Small act of kindness.. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/lu01qhxW5X
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 9, 2024

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2024 07:30 PM (fwDg9)

2 Faust?

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 07:30 PM (vtyCZ)

3 Wombats are bat-adjacent.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2024 07:30 PM (a3Q+t)

4 Faust?

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 07:30 PM

Nicht faust.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2024 07:31 PM (QNSds)

5 Beautiful picture Ace!

Thank you for the Cafe!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2024 07:31 PM (DfCet)

6 Mephisto!!!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 07:31 PM (vtyCZ)

7 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2024 07:32 PM (WXNFJ)

8 That is a beautiful picture, but I would get tired of the blue paint everywhere in about 5 mins if I had to live there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 07:32 PM (di6C2)

9 Absoutely beautiful image at top...if I was into water.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2024 07:33 PM (ynpvh)

10 A rhino walks straight up to him while he is filming and wants a belly scratch.

That's NOT his belly...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2024 07:34 PM (ynpvh)

11 O-X-I-D-I-Z-E
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Doh! I never get any good tiles. Who could make a word out of those?

Posted by: homer simpson at April 10, 2024 07:34 PM (vtyCZ)

12 A rhino walks straight up to him while he is filming and wants a belly scratch.

Whatever rhino wants, rhino gets.

Because rhino.

Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2024 07:35 PM (DgGvY)

13 2 Faust?
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ

That was my last dog’s name. He was a German Shorthaired Pointer. I miss him.

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 07:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

14 Opa! Hellas!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Houskeeper at April 10, 2024 07:35 PM (PiwSw)

15 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 10, 2024 07:35 PM (sAmhv)

16 Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma
This is hilarious

https://tinyurl.com/54e9369y
IMAGE

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 07:35 PM (vtyCZ)

17 Please note the Ice Cafe has a strict no-penguins policy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2024 07:36 PM (a3Q+t)

18 Gyros!!!

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 07:36 PM (R7l+6)

19 That must be a pricey flight

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 10, 2024 07:36 PM (NtVYv)

20 That was my last dog’s name. He was a German Shorthaired Pointer. I miss him.
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My condolences even though it was, I take it, a while ago.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 07:37 PM (vtyCZ)

21 Couldn't imagine what a sleeping berth on a plane would be like.
Probably been 15 years since been on a plane

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2024 07:38 PM (fwDg9)

22
8 That is a beautiful picture, but I would get tired of the blue paint everywhere in about 5 mins if I had to live there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at

We were just talking about vacation potentials. I mentioned Santorini. I really want to go. However the look I got did not make me think it’s going to stay on the list. 🙂

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 07:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

23 Dolmades!

(But no Ouzo. Partied too hard back in '77 on it and well, you know. . . )

Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2024 07:39 PM (WXNFJ)

24 >>> I love when dogs parade around with sticks and act like you're so jealous of their stick. The other day I walked to the dog park. There was a pit bull there with a stone in his mouth about the size of a grapefruit. He kept pacing back and forth in front of me to show off the stone and taunt me with my non-possession of it.

And it breaks their spatial awareness because they will run into anything and everything with that stick, like gates that are 20% the length of the stick, BOOM!

Posted by: banana Dream is mostly made up of gases at April 10, 2024 07:39 PM (Y6IkP)

25 That isn't a stick, that is a branch of a tree. Pretty funny.
My dog is not usually interested in sticks -she is 9. But if I pick up a stick and throw it, she will go get it and then start chomping it to pieces.

Posted by: Glenn John at April 10, 2024 07:39 PM (nvKZ7)

26 Rhinos are alot more laidback than hippos, I guess.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 07:39 PM (vtyCZ)

27 Singapore airlines... do the Stewardesses... uh... service you?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2024 07:39 PM (xaFKb)

28 I'll never have the money for it but if I did I would want to fly to Singapore.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 10, 2024 07:40 PM (roH4R)

29 Panda: I'll call your bamboo and raise you a leaf

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2024 07:40 PM (ynpvh)

30 Everything is a playground for doggos.

It's hilarious, unless you're the schlub that has to vacuum the rugs.

Posted by: the schlub that has to vacuum the rugs at April 10, 2024 07:40 PM (DgGvY)

31 20 That was my last dog’s name. He was a German Shorthaired Pointer. I miss him.
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My condolences even though it was, I take it, a while ago.
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024

Yes, thank you. It’s fine, you just brought back fond feelings. He really was a good boy. I don’t have the bandwidth for a dog right now, but I love them.

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 07:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

32 23 Dolmades!

(But no Ouzo. Partied too hard back in '77 on it and well, you know. . . )
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2024 07:39 PM (WXNFJ)

*nods knowingly* Retsina.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Houskeeper at April 10, 2024 07:41 PM (PiwSw)

33 That top picture. Did Sherwin-Williams have a sale on light blue paint?

Posted by: Ciampino - c'mon blue doors? at April 10, 2024 07:42 PM (qfLjt)

34 #21 thinking it's been well over 25

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2024 07:42 PM (fwDg9)

35 2024 domestic flying motorcycle.

I can't imagine how far the FAA would be up your tailpipe if you actually tried to fly that thing around.

Posted by: Flyguy at April 10, 2024 07:42 PM (OYxA4)

36 28 I'll never have the money for it but if I did I would want to fly to Singapore.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 10, 2024 07

If you can ever go, do it. I love Singapore. It’s small, you can’t get lost, the food is great. The Garden Rhapsody lights are phenomenal. Heck, the airport is a sight in and of itself!

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 07:42 PM (ZdaMQ)

37 I've got to "peel my lizard," if you know what I mean.

The pendant part is extraordinarily girthy.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at April 10, 2024 07:42 PM (a3Q+t)

38 Political but humour, sort of...

New York Post @nypost
Biden mocked for shuffling around White House lawn with dazed look during Japanese PM ceremony

https://tinyurl.com/5n8b6d8w
1:00 minute; nice brass-band music for Marching Joe.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 07:43 PM (vtyCZ)

39 Mmmmmm. Egg protein and whole milk.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 07:43 PM (di6C2)

40 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 10, 2024 07:44 PM (9yWhg)

41 That isn't a stick, that is a branch of a tree. Pretty funny.
My dog is not usually interested in sticks -she is 9. But if I pick up a stick and throw it, she will go get it and then start chomping it to pieces.

Posted by: Glenn John at April 10, 2024 07:39 PM

When we first got black dog three as a puppy she would pick up sticks constantly when we went on walks in the neighborhood. It was extremely rare if she didn't have one in her mouth on walks. The only time she didn't was when we couldn't find one. Then one day she quit doing it, she hasn't touched a stick since then.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 10, 2024 07:44 PM (QNSds)

42 27 Singapore airlines... do the Stewardesses... uh... service you?

No.

And that's a rattan-cane arse-whipping just for asking the question.

Posted by: Singapore at April 10, 2024 07:44 PM (hSwza)

43 Anybody else remember making a snare out of a piece of long grass and catching lizards?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 07:44 PM (R7l+6)

44 We were just talking about vacation potentials. I mentioned Santorini. I really want to go. However the look I got did not make me think it’s going to stay on the list. 🙂
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 07:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

Italy was pretty awesome, but I spent 13 days in Rome and there is still stuff there that I want to see.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 07:45 PM (di6C2)

45 "I can't imagine how far the FAA would be up your tailpipe if you actually tried to fly that thing around."

You're not lying. Even to fly a standard weight photo drone, lots of restrictions. Entire books.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 10, 2024 07:45 PM (MeG8a)

46 Aw. The best helper.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2024 07:45 PM (OX9vb)

47 My hoverbike is full of eels. Not a lot of eels, certainly not as many as I like to carry around in my hovercraft, but a fair amount still.

Posted by: banana Dream is mostly made up of gases at April 10, 2024 07:45 PM (Y6IkP)

48 The large tree lizard, popularly termed the iguana, is certainly not very attractive in appearance, and yet by most persons its flesh is highly esteemed, being reckoned as delicate as chicken, and but little inferior to puffin in flavor.

Posted by: Lizard Facts at April 10, 2024 07:46 PM (vFG9F)

49 That isn't a stick, that is a branch of a tree. Pretty funny.
My dog is not usually interested in sticks -she is 9. But if I pick up a stick and throw it, she will go get it and then start chomping it to pieces.
Posted by: Glenn John at April 10, 2024 07:39 PM (nvKZ7)

I had a cat that did that with paper wads and those little cards that fell out of magazines back then. If it fell on the floor it was her right to bite little bits off and spit them out.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2024 07:46 PM (eoQWY)

50 >>> Anybody else remember making a snare out of a piece of long grass and catching lizards?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 07:44 PM (R7l+6)

Never been that hungry.

Posted by: banana Dream is mostly made up of gases at April 10, 2024 07:47 PM (Y6IkP)

51 39 Mmmmmm. Egg protein and whole milk.
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No whey?!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 07:47 PM (vtyCZ)

52 Anybody else remember making a snare out of a piece of long grass and catching lizards?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 07:44 PM (R7l+6)

I show kids that know and they are blown away

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 10, 2024 07:47 PM (NtVYv)

53 Got a question for the Horde and sorry to go off base here. Is the move Oppenheimer worth watching or is it a bunch of woke garbage? Thanks in advance.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 10, 2024 07:47 PM (V8he0)

54 Apropos to nothing else at all, on today's date in 1970 the movie Patton previewed in NY.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 07:47 PM (W/lyH)

55
Biden mocked for shuffling around White House lawn with dazed look during Japanese PM ceremony

It's a stutter!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 10, 2024 07:48 PM (4zrly)

56 Spider-sac trigger warning.

Really Ace, have we become so soft as to require a warning? Just the word 'spider' is sufficient without further ado.

/s

Posted by: Ciampino - My younger has an aversion since she was bitten on the lip at April 10, 2024 07:48 PM (qfLjt)

57
Italy was pretty awesome, but I spent 13 days in Rome and there is still stuff there that I want to see.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 07:45 PM

Italy is my favorite place in the world. I didn’t get to join J on the usual trek there this year for some reasons, so I hope I don’t miss next year. He is from Cortona, if I make the TXMoMe I will share my mafia wedding story, because only me!

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 07:48 PM (ZdaMQ)

58 movie

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 10, 2024 07:49 PM (V8he0)

59 Got a question for the Horde and sorry to go off base here. Is the move Oppenheimer worth watching or is it a bunch of woke garbage? Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 10, 2024 07:47 PM (V8he0)

I will not watch it again.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 07:49 PM (W/lyH)

60 Is the move Oppenheimer worth watching or is it a bunch of woke garbage? Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

It bombed.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2024 07:50 PM (WXNFJ)

61 Discontinue the lithium.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 10, 2024 07:50 PM (X+Ku8)

62 I love Singapore. It’s small, you can’t get lost, the food is great. The Garden Rhapsody lights are phenomenal. Heck, the airport is a sight in and of itself!
Posted by: Piper

Went to Raffles and sat outside (Mark Twain liked Raffles).
Found out that they broke down the entire huge outdoor food court every night and hosed it clean. Walked through and tried a small bowl of everything I could.
Bought 6 yards of brocade silk for each of my sisters and mom.
Singapore was fun.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2024 07:50 PM (DfCet)

63 Piper, I'll be looking for ya.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 07:50 PM (R7l+6)

64 Bought 6 yards of brocade silk for each of my sisters and mom.
Singapore was fun.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

How fun for them! What did they make?

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 07:51 PM (ZdaMQ)

65 New York Post @nypost
Biden mocked for shuffling around White House lawn with dazed look during Japanese PM ceremony

https://tinyurl.com/5n8b6d8w
1:00 minute; nice brass-band music for Marching Joe.
Posted by: andycanuck
________

Is he so far gone that he thought he was supposed to march in step for some reason?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 10, 2024 07:52 PM (Dm8we)

66 But no Ouzo. Partied too hard back in '77 on it and well, you know. . . )
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2024 07:39 PM (WXNFJ)

Who among us has not made that mistake once? Or twice, or so.

In Colombia, it was Aguardiente. Why does every place have these awful anise liquors?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2024 07:52 PM (OX9vb)

67 Anybody else remember making a snare out of a piece of long grass and catching lizards?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 07:44 PM (R7l+6)

I show kids that know and they are blown away
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 10, 2024 07:47 PM (NtVYv)

I've made the snare loop from crabgrass before but no local lizards in Ohio to find. Sneks and turtles by hand.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2024 07:52 PM (eoQWY)

68 Jarron Duran is stupid fast

Posted by: Jamaica at April 10, 2024 07:53 PM (IG7T0)

69 63 Piper, I'll be looking for ya.
Posted by: Ben Had at April

I will clean some stalls for you!

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 07:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

70 Anybody else remember making a snare out of a piece of long grass and catching lizards?
Posted by: Ben Had

Of course!
And then putting them to sleep by rubbing their belly.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2024 07:53 PM (DfCet)

71 66 But no Ouzo. Partied too hard back in '77 on it and well, you know. . . )
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2024 07:39 PM (WXNFJ)

Who among us has not made that mistake once? Or twice, or so.

In Colombia, it was Aguardiente. Why does every place have these awful anise liquors?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2024 07:52 PM (OX9vb)

https://tinyurl.com/33snd5a8

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2024 07:54 PM (ynpvh)

72 Self-willowed:

I like to see Capri pants/clamdiggers on women and the lovely and stylish Mrs naturalfake rocks them.

Unless you've got cankles or a mega-ass or some such thing, I've rarely seen a woman that doesn't look good in them.

Though......the weirdest fashion trend I've seen was Capri pants for men which was popular in Japan last time we visited there.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 10, 2024 07:55 PM (eDfFs)

73 Piper I bet we can arrange a ride around the ranch for you.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 07:55 PM (R7l+6)

74 How fun for them! What did they make?
Posted by: Piper

Wedding dress (white brocade), I forget. 4 sister and mom got silk, I was busy in school.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2024 07:56 PM (DfCet)

75 That last clip with the fawn was very cute, thanks.

Posted by: Ciampino - love animals - they have pure hearts, no deception of love at April 10, 2024 07:56 PM (qfLjt)

76 Though......the weirdest fashion trend I've seen was Capri pants for men which was popular in Japan last time we visited there.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 10, 2024 07:55 PM (eDfFs)

Was at the Seattle airport last week. Apparently the style for men now is business casual but no socks.
Ugh

Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 07:57 PM (W/lyH)

77 I remember the Brit drama Raffles on PBS from my childhood but don't recall any of the stories.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 07:57 PM (vtyCZ)

78 73 Piper I bet we can arrange a ride around the ranch for you.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024

Yay!

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 07:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

79 Piper, unless you would like to ride a cutter on cattle.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 07:59 PM (R7l+6)

80 Speaking of lizards the hatch has begun where I work. Soon I will find tens of little Bluebellys and Leopard lizard babies smashed by forklift wheels. Chase way more out if they'll play along with me trying to save their life. Over the years I have gotten good at getting them to run up a slanted cardboard piece and catching them as the launch off. Take them out to the field side of the property and let them go.
As well as soon will be the Rattlesnake birthings and those damn 8 inch long babies in every crack and crevasse. They die on sight after verification they are not a Gopher snakes which eats rattlesnakes but look almost the same.
Cold nights right now has all them seeking heat and a Foundry makes plenty.

Posted by: Reforger at April 10, 2024 07:59 PM (B705c)

81 72
Are clamdiggers the same as winklepickers?

Posted by: Barnacle Bill The Sailor at April 10, 2024 07:59 PM (qfLjt)

82 Interesting, Jim, that list shows aguardente as a grape liquor, and Portuguese. But the stuff by that name in Colombia was definitely licorice.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2024 08:00 PM (OX9vb)

83 Italy is my favorite place in the world. I didn’t get to join J on the usual trek there this year for some reasons, so I hope I don’t miss next year. He is from Cortona, if I make the TXMoMe I will share my mafia wedding story, because only me!
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 07:48 PM (ZdaMQ)
I officiated at a wedding which, 'might' have been a mafia wedding. Controlled environment, lotta fun.

Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2024 08:00 PM (NxC5+)

84 A little background on the stork nest.
It caught fire and they had spray it. In Central Europe it seems storks are pretty common and many countries have those nest risers to keep them away from wires. They do not put the risers up everywhere, but only where storks want a nest.

I have read that stork nests are multi-generational people claim that the same family have used the same nest in their home town for 30 years or more, so the nest is a very big deal. (I did not check with my local storkologist or read any peer reviewed studies, but sounds legit.)

So in jurisdictions where they do this, it is common for humans to help rebuild after removing the nest from the wires.

Posted by: The astonishing Gentlemen TIJM at April 10, 2024 08:00 PM (ePOMS)

85 I am on the board of a charity that places these autism service dogs. The dogs are first trained as standard service dogs, then have another year of training to help them accept the extra challenges of an owner with autism.

These dogs change lives, for the kids and their families.

Posted by: Candidus at April 10, 2024 08:00 PM (3Yefj)

86 That's a lovely picture up top. I always thought Greece was bigger, though.

Posted by: Philip at April 10, 2024 08:01 PM (46Cfy)

87 No whey?!
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 07:47 PM (vtyCZ)

I HATE the taste of whey or soy protein. It just had an odd taste. Egg is smoother and nowhere near as gagworthy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:01 PM (di6C2)

88 87 No whey?!
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 07:47 PM (vtyCZ)

I HATE the taste of whey or soy protein. It just had an odd taste. Egg is smoother and nowhere near as gagworthy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:01 PM (di6C2)

I read that as "No Whey!" (No Way!)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2024 08:02 PM (ynpvh)

89 Beautiful picture up top.

The autism support doggie is wonderful.

Wish I could jump around on piles of oriental rugs worth thousands of dollars like those doggies are.

The wombat is adorable and the corgi with the big branch is so cute.

Posted by: Tuna at April 10, 2024 08:02 PM (oaGWv)

90 I am cleaning out my Dad's house and I found a picture of him and his best friend in high school. They look like they are going to go on in life and re-invent sub-atomic particle physics.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2024 08:03 PM (D7oie)

91 78 73 Piper I bet we can arrange a ride around the ranch for you.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024

Yay!
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 07:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

Women are odd about horses. I get it, I think. But since I was a kid and rode a bit when we were at my grandparents, I have felt no need to try to get on another one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:03 PM (di6C2)

92 I read that as "No Whey!" (No Way!)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2024 08:02 PM (ynpvh)

That's what he meant. I decided to take it literally because I hate the taste of whey.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:03 PM (di6C2)

93 In Colombia, it was Aguardiente. Why does every place have these awful anise liquors?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2024 07:52 PM (OX9vb)

What ever you don't want, send my way ...

Except Retsina, that shit is paint thinner !!!

Posted by: browndog knows a hangover when he drinks one at April 10, 2024 08:04 PM (TTAGa)

94 Aetius, horses have fed housed and kept me employed
I am grateful for them.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:05 PM (R7l+6)

95 Did someone say "clamdigger?"

Posted by: Megan Rapinoe at April 10, 2024 08:05 PM (PiwSw)

96 What ever you don't want, send my way ...

Except Retsina, that shit is paint thinner !!!
Posted by: browndog knows a hangover when he drinks one at April 10, 2024 08:04 PM (TTAGa)

I hate black licorice and all forms of the devil's fruit, anise.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:05 PM (di6C2)

97 I officiated at a wedding which, 'might' have been a mafia wedding. Controlled environment, lotta fun.
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Did you take the cannoli??

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 08:05 PM (vtyCZ)

98 92 I read that as "No Whey!" (No Way!)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2024 08:02 PM (ynpvh)

That's what he meant. I decided to take it literally because I hate the taste of whey.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:03 PM (di6C2)

Just don't call a Mexican that; he'll not like it.
::: moving away like an inuit :::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2024 08:05 PM (ynpvh)

99 94 Aetius, horses have fed housed and kept me employed
I am grateful for them.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:05 PM (R7l+6)

I understand, ma'am. Not casting aspersions on those who do, just do not share the fascination myself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:06 PM (di6C2)

100 When we visited Santorini are guide told us they were outlawing the white paint. It's so bright in the sunlight that it causes eye sight issues. True or not, who knows.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 10, 2024 08:06 PM (2NHgQ)

101 76
Was at the Seattle airport last week. Apparently the style for men now is business casual but no socks.
Ugh

Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 07:57 PM (W/lyH)
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I can't imagine wearing any type of shoe without socks. Sticky and stinky. Hello blisters.
What are Capri pants? Should it be Caprí for pronunciation?

Posted by: Ciampino - Like the Island or the Car? at April 10, 2024 08:06 PM (qfLjt)

102
Though......the weirdest fashion trend I've seen was Capri pants for men which was popular in Japan last time we visited there.
Posted by: naturalfake at April

It’s here now. J is eurotrash ( I say that with love in my heart) so he wears the fitted trousers and suits with little to no break, and the loud socks. But thank goodness no crops.

Petal pushers are different than capris and don’t hit at that weird middle of the calf spot. But there are the amazing looking women who can pull either off. I am not one! I am short and can’t wear palazzo pants either, but I love them.

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

103 100 When we visited Santorini are guide told us they were outlawing the white paint. It's so bright in the sunlight that it causes eye sight issues. True or not, who knows.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 10, 2024 08:06 PM (2NHgQ)

BLM is pleased.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2024 08:06 PM (ynpvh)

104 Damn, the hoverbike almost got me.

Posted by: McLurkerson at April 10, 2024 08:07 PM (wNDOJ)

105
Women are odd about horses. I get it, I think. But since I was a kid and rode a bit when we were at my grandparents, I have felt no need to try to get on another one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024

I have had horses since I was 8. My paint is in a retirement home. I will not be okay when he passes, he is my spirit animal and always has been.

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

106 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S A HOMONYM!

Posted by: Ben Roethlisberger at April 10, 2024 08:08 PM (vtyCZ)

107 I think the luxury suite on the airplane was the one shown in Crazy Rich Asians.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 10, 2024 08:08 PM (CsUN+)

108 100 When we visited Santorini are guide told us they were outlawing the white paint. It's so bright in the sunlight that it causes eye sight issues. True or not, who knows.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at

Officially jealous. I want to go so badly.

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

109 What are Capri pants? Should it be Caprí for pronunciation?
Posted by: Ciampino - Like the Island or the Car? at April 10, 2024 08:06 PM (qfLjt)

Capri pants:

https://tinyurl.com/47u7t7ab

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:08 PM (di6C2)

110 In Colombia, it was Aguardiente. Why does every place have these awful anise liquors?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2024 07:52 PM (OX9vb)

Anise hides the flavor of cheap liquor, and it luouches when you add water. Aguardiente, Ouzo, Raki, Aquavit, it all is the same. I soak anise in cheap white rum and get the same effect at much cheaper cost per 750 ml plastic bottle. An added benefit, it is good to add to my pie crusts and it is slightly yellow to make it even more repulsive while drinking straight shots.

Colombian aguardiente traditionally was made from sugar cane bagasse, and was known to cause blindness, and really needed the liquorice to hide the nasty undertaste.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2024 08:08 PM (D7oie)

111 99 94 Aetius, horses have fed housed and kept me employed
I am grateful for them.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:05 PM (R7l+6)

I understand, ma'am. Not casting aspersions on those who do, just do not share the fascination myself.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:06 PM (di6C2)

I rode as a kid, and into my late teens ... enjoyed every minute around a horse.

My boys ... cut from your cloth they were, much to my chagrin.

Posted by: browndog has mucked a stall or two at April 10, 2024 08:08 PM (TTAGa)

112 Aetius, you are far from alone on that.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:09 PM (R7l+6)

113 Did you take the cannoli??
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 08:05 PM (vtyCZ)
Just my fee, and I went home owing no favors.

Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2024 08:11 PM (NxC5+)

114 How To Deal With An Elephant In Your Room
https://youtu.be/_ZzUKNZYnC4

Posted by: Ciampino - Never had THAT problem! at April 10, 2024 08:12 PM (qfLjt)

115 Always loved horses. For me, just a part of growing up.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 10, 2024 08:13 PM (V8he0)

116 Well better turn this off
At least much closer to home tomorrow

Hope everyone has a great evening

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2024 08:16 PM (fwDg9)

117 92 I read that as "No Whey!" (No Way!)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 10, 2024 08:02 PM (ynpvh)

That's one of those regional pronunciations. About half the U.S. pronounces those two words the same. The rest of us pronounce "wh" more as an "hw," with a little throaty aspiration at the beginning.

It's annoying for me as a crossword fan, because crossword composers from other parts of the country often will, as a clue, use a pun that only makes sense if "w" and "wh" are pronounced the same.

Pretty much a first world problem, though.

Posted by: Philip at April 10, 2024 08:16 PM (46Cfy)

118 >>>"Autism service dog" sooths an autistic owner having a panic attack.

I think a more effective therapy would be if someone would throw her in a lake every time.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 10, 2024 08:16 PM (klJTj)

119 Darn! I can't find photos of either Betty Draper or Megan Calvert-Draper in Capri pants for Ciampino! And I'm sure they both wore them in the series.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 08:17 PM (vtyCZ)

120 I have to say there are worse ways to spend an evening than sitting on the swing, with a scotch in hand, watching 10 foals .playing run and chase in the pasture.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:17 PM (R7l+6)

121 It’s pouring again so doesn’t look like I am running today. I had to cancel afternoon classes, so I only taught 2 and never took a class. I am about to jump out of my skin.

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

122 Women are odd about horses. I get it, I think. But since I was a kid and rode a bit when we were at my grandparents, I have felt no need to try to get on another one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:03 PM (di6C2)

I was never one of those horse-crazy girls, which seemed to be most girls. Now in my dotage I think I would like riding.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 10, 2024 08:18 PM (OX9vb)

123 109 What are Capri pants? Should it be Caprí for pronunciation?
Posted by: Ciampino - Like the Island or the Car? at April 10, 2024 08:06 PM (qfLjt)

Capri pants:

https://tinyurl.com/47u7t7ab

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:08 PM (di6C2)
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Thank you. In my youth I remember girls wearing those, including my sister. Until jeans became de rigor those were very common. However I don't remember what we called them.

Posted by: Ciampino - On the Isle of Capri at April 10, 2024 08:18 PM (qfLjt)

124
Ouzo and Coke is a very popular summer drink in more or less worldwide.

It's a good afternoon highball.

Another odd combo but very refreshing and popular in Argentina is-

Fernet Branca and Coke.

Expand your drinking world people!

Give them a whirl!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 10, 2024 08:18 PM (eDfFs)

125 Just my fee, and I went home owing no favors.
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R.I.P. Joe Flaherty.
https://tinyurl.com/yaf9xpp5
2:15 minutes

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 08:21 PM (vtyCZ)

126 I am on a cruise ship on the way to Rome..10 days there and then 10 days on a Greek cruise. Santorini, here we come!

Posted by: Catman at April 10, 2024 08:22 PM (bOFjd)

127 Catman, fantastic!

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:23 PM (R7l+6)

128 120 I have to say there are worse ways to spend an evening than sitting on the swing, with a scotch in hand, watching 10 foals .playing run and chase in the pasture.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10

Pick the one out for me that wants a career as a lower level dressage / eventer!

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

129 —-Thank you. In my youth I remember girls wearing those, including my sister. Until jeans became de rigor those were very common. However I don't remember what we called them.
Posted by: Ciampino - On the Isle of Capri at April 10, 2024 08:18 PM (qfLjt)
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I remember Mary Tyler Moore would wear those o the Dick Van Dyke show. Funny show.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 10, 2024 08:25 PM (VFjIl)

130 126 I am on a cruise ship on the way to Rome..10 days there and then 10 days on a Greek cruise. Santorini, here we come!
Posted by: Catman at April 10

Just rubbing my nose in it now!

Kidding aside, have the best time. Sounds amazing.

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

131 I've petted a rhino. Michael was a juvenile and very friendly (small island on Lake Victoria, just off Mwanza, a sort of open air zoo. No predators). Touching its back was like touching a tree trunk. Solid, not-giving and rough. The animal loved fresh thorn branches (Acacia), branch 1-2" in diameter, full of >1.5" thorns, just chewed away as we would on a celery stem.

Posted by: Ciampino - Why a rhino? at April 10, 2024 08:27 PM (qfLjt)

132 I have to say there are worse ways to spend an evening than sitting on the swing, with a scotch in hand, watching 10 foals .playing run and chase in the pasture.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10

Just wow.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2024 08:28 PM (gnGBL)

133 Weren't Capris also called Clamdiggers?
I thought the point was pants you could wade into the ocean with and not get your pants all wet.

Posted by: Reforger at April 10, 2024 08:28 PM (B705c)

134 123 109 What are Capri pants? Should it be Caprí for pronunciation?
Posted by: Ciampino - Like the Island or the Car? at April 10, 2024 08:06 PM (qfLjt)

Capri pants:

https://tinyurl.com/47u7t7ab

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:08 PM (di6C2)
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Thank you. In my youth I remember girls wearing those, including my sister. Until jeans became de rigor those were very common. However I don't remember what we called them.
Posted by: Ciampino - On the Isle of Capri at April 10, 2024 08:18 PM (qfLjt)

Pencil skirts > Capri pants

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 10, 2024 08:28 PM (9isyS)

135 Colombian aguardiente traditionally was made from sugar cane bagasse, and was known to cause blindness, and really needed the liquorice to hide the nasty undertaste.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2024 08:08 PM

I didn't know it masked the bad taste.
I don't care for licorice but I like sweet anise roasted. It doesn't taste like licorice after it's cooked. My friend grows anise or sweet anise and your clothes will stink if you walk in the field. So will your truck. Maybe people that like black licorice like the smell too?
I like cilantro but I don't like the way you smell after walking a field.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2024 08:28 PM (VJUAc)

136 123 109 What are Capri pants? Should it be Caprí for pronunciation?
Posted by: Ciampino - Like the Island or the Car? at April 10, 2024 08:06 PM (qfLjt)

Capri pants:

https://tinyurl.com/47u7t7ab

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 10, 2024 08:08 PM (di6C2)
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Thank you. In my youth I remember girls wearing those, including my sister. Until jeans became de rigor those were very common. However I don't remember what we called them.
Posted by: Ciampino - On

Those are pedal pushers. These are capris:

https://tinyurl.com/2k9z53ky

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Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

137 133 Weren't Capris also called Clamdiggers?
I thought the point was pants you could wade into the ocean with and not get your pants all wet.
Posted by: Reforger at April 10, 2024 08:28 PM

I think they are the same thing but I'm probably wrong.
Capri, cropped, clamdiggers, pedal pushers. I think they're all the same.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2024 08:30 PM (VJUAc)

138 Capri pants were cool. Bellbottoms (looking back)...not so much.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2024 08:31 PM (gnGBL)

139

I bought a MahJong set 4 years ago at an estate sale. The tiles are made of ivory. Am I going to be arrested for having it?

I would like to sell it, but don't know what the resurrections will be.

Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2024 08:31 PM (PisyI)

140 124
Ouzo and Coke is a very popular summer drink in more or less worldwide.

It's a good afternoon highball.

Another odd combo but very refreshing and popular in Argentina is-

Fernet Branca and Coke.

Expand your drinking world people!

Give them a whirl!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 10, 2024 08:18 PM (eDfFs)
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Fernet and coke is a typical Italian beverage. I ca remember drinking it as a kid. Fernet is a exceedingly bitter liquid originally made by monks. Supposed to be good for stomach/digestive problems. Good in espresso too.

Posted by: Ciampino - As bad as strychnine at April 10, 2024 08:32 PM (qfLjt)

141
repurcussions, lmao

I think I'm still spelling that wrong, lol.
'

Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2024 08:32 PM (PisyI)

142 I think they are the same thing but I'm probably wrong.

Capri, cropped, clamdiggers, pedal pushers. I think they're all the same.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2024 08:30 PM (VJUAc)

LOL. yes, Same. Nerver thought of that.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2024 08:32 PM (gnGBL)

143
https://tinyurl.com/2k9z53ky

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Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:29 PM

I knew there was probably a proper definition for the different length pants.

I don't like that length, the capri in your link, the ones I like are a lot longer, ankle length. I'm not sure what to call them. Maybe just cropped?

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2024 08:33 PM (VJUAc)

144
138 Capri pants were cool. Bellbottoms (looking back)...not so much.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10

They’re bacaaaccckkkk….

https://thelacecactus.com/collections/flares-bell-bottoms

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

145
They’re bacaaaccckkkk….

https://thelacecactus.com/collections/flares-bell-bottoms
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:33 PM

The first pair, the pink pair look like dittos. Or I'm old.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2024 08:35 PM (VJUAc)

146
I don't like that length, the capri in your link, the ones I like are a lot longer, ankle length. I'm not sure what to call them. Maybe just cropped?
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2024 08:33 PM

Yes, that is cropped. Pedal pushers are longer than capris and more flattering.

Cropped look super with booties, heels or sandals of all types.

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

147 I bought a MahJong set 4 years ago at an estate sale. The tiles are made of ivory. Am I going to be arrested for having it?

I would like to sell it, but don't know what the resurrections will be.
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It depends on what year it was made. There's an exception for the sale of ivory if it's an antique piece. It might not literally be 100 years or more -- maybe from before, say, 1970 or whenever the international law came into effect?? It's probably online somewhere.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 08:36 PM (vtyCZ)

148
https://thelacecactus.com/collections/flares-bell-bottoms

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

Ugh. If I had kept my "vintage" 60's bell bottoms I could have auctioned them off.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2024 08:36 PM (gnGBL)

149 Capri pants and the woman who made them stylish.

https://tinyurl.com/3sr3jzjj

Posted by: JackStraw at April 10, 2024 08:36 PM (LkLld)

150 Capris just make my legs look stumpy. #shortgirl problems

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 10, 2024 08:38 PM (ftFVW)

151 146
I don't like that length, the capri in your link, the ones I like are a lot longer, ankle length. I'm not sure what to call them. Maybe just cropped?
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2024 08:33 PM

Yes, that is cropped. Pedal pushers are longer than capris and more flattering.

Cropped look super with booties, heels or sandals of all types.
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:35 PM

Thanks! The other style I like is pedal pushers then.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2024 08:38 PM (VJUAc)

152 Capri pants and the woman who made them stylish.

https://tinyurl.com/3sr3jzjj
Posted by: JackStraw at April 10, 2024 08:36 PM (LkLld)

Wow. Exactly. On her. Even I'd buy 10 pairs.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2024 08:38 PM (gnGBL)

153 I would gladly strangle the idiot that made jeans hiphuggers. I tell my female clients, don't show up in that shit at a horseshow because it makes you look like a gunsel and not up to my standards.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:38 PM (R7l+6)

154
Thanks Andy. I need to research it more. The best we can figure out is it is from the ninety fortyes.

Yes, I've had almost two bottles of red wine, so my spelling sucks, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2024 08:39 PM (PisyI)

155 Ugh. If I had kept my "vintage" 60's bell bottoms I could have auctioned them off.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2024 08:36 PM (gnGBL)
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I wore bell bottom jeans as a kid. Walking home from school in the snow they turned into denim church bells.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Come Sail Away with me, You guys at April 10, 2024 08:39 PM (MvA9C)

156 For Ciampino -- a cappuccino joke.

An ugly old lady is in a café bar and seeing a Capuchin monk seated next to her, sneeringly orders a cappuccino. The monk looks at the old woman and orders a strega.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 08:39 PM (vtyCZ)

157 I have good legs. I need a kilt to show them off.

Even got a tartan for my clan.

But kilts ain't cheap.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Come Sail Away with me, You guys at April 10, 2024 08:41 PM (MvA9C)

158 I think I could have smoked my bells bottoms.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2024 08:41 PM (gnGBL)

159 Strega and Swita, my mom's most used words

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:41 PM (R7l+6)

160 Late to the party and missed the prior Quick Hits thread, but needed to respond to this part quoted by Ace:

"The group is only the latest political or business effort launched by Hogg, who previously tried to start a "progressive pillow company" before stepping away from the enterprise."

[Shamelessly stolen from some Moron back then:]

"The Bite MyPillow?"

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 10, 2024 08:42 PM (okqOD)

161 Thanks Andy. I need to research it more. The best we can figure out is it is from the ninety fortyes.
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99% certain that will be okay if you can get it certified as that old.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 08:42 PM (vtyCZ)

162 Loved reading Strega Nona to my little hobbits. Illustrations are fun.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 10, 2024 08:43 PM (ftFVW)

163 Shades of the dress threads.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 10, 2024 08:43 PM (R4t5M)

164 I want that flying bike. Even if it is all CGI.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 10, 2024 08:43 PM (4780s)

165 Cropped look super with booties, heels or sandals of all types.
Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:35 PM

Best with Manolos or Jimmy Choos?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at April 10, 2024 08:44 PM (a3Q+t)

166 How can you all talk about capri pants and not bring up MTM (Mary Tyler Moore.

She made them famous on the DVD show. She was a feminist and wanted to show a "typical" housewife in slacks instead of a dress. Enough said.

capri are not to be confused with clamdiggers (shorter) or pedal pushers (shorter, older and not as chic)

Posted by: The astonishing Gentlemen TIJM at April 10, 2024 08:44 PM (ePOMS)

167 153 I would gladly strangle the idiot that made jeans hiphuggers. I tell my female clients, don't show up in that shit at a horseshow because it makes you look like a gunsel and not up to my standards.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:38 PM

I never thought about that. A lot of the cowgirls wear lower cut jeans than the young girls I know. The younger girls all wear super high rise jeans.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2024 08:44 PM (VJUAc)

168 Having some vanilla ice cream and bourbon, great combo.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 08:44 PM (XV/Pl)

169 Shades of the dress threads.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner

Miss the chess/dress thread and OM.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 10, 2024 08:45 PM (ftFVW)

170 I want that flying bike. Even if it is all CGI.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 10, 2024 08:43 PM (4780s)

Jetsons. They lied to us.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2024 08:45 PM (gnGBL)

171 162 Loved reading Strega Nona to my little hobbits. Illustrations are fun.
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A net search has me opine, those look like alot of fun.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 08:46 PM (vtyCZ)

172 The younger girls all wear super high rise jeans.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Which is sad cause mom jeans don't look good on anybody.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 10, 2024 08:47 PM (ftFVW)

173 She made them famous on the DVD show. She was a feminist and wanted to show a "typical" housewife in slacks instead of a dress. Enough said.
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Plus, she had an excellent derriere.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at April 10, 2024 08:47 PM (Be/+i)

174
Best with Manolos or Jimmy Choos?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at April 10, 2024

Depends on which style of Jimmy Choos or Manolos. Jimmy Choos run very narrow so also depends on your foot.

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 08:48 PM (ZdaMQ)

175 Real life flying bike thing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzhREYOK0oo

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2024 08:48 PM (Q4IgG)

176 Which is sad cause mom jeans don't look good on anybody.
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 10, 2024 08:47 PM (ftFVW)

I don't know about that.

Posted by: Barack Obama at April 10, 2024 08:48 PM (PiwSw)

177 This is extremely willowed, but I don't want people to miss how wonderful this comment is:

"For the first time in 75 years, Mattel is making a major change to the iconic board game Scrabble -- and touting a "No More Scoring" gameplay option (with) one side with a "less competitive" version to appeal to Gen Z gamers."
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Wait until you see Risk.
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No fistfuls of dice, you just talk out you problems with the other side every turn.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Whoever gives Ukraine the most money wins.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 10, 2024 06:35 PM (x+yFS)

Posted by: Moron Robbie has 2020 hindsight at April 10, 2024 08:49 PM (Gakra)

178 CaliGirl, presentation is important to me. As a Judge I want to see a complete package. Separates the wheat from the chaff. Can chasers, not my thing.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:49 PM (R7l+6)

179 Can chasers, not my thing.
Posted by: Ben Had

But how else does one show off their tramp stamp?

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 10, 2024 08:50 PM (ftFVW)

180 She Hobbit, at the bar.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:51 PM (R7l+6)

181 172 The younger girls all wear super high rise jeans.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Which is sad cause mom jeans don't look good on anybody.
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 10, 2024 08:47 PM

I know, right? That's what me and my old friends try to tell them, but it's a style. And they don't listen. I will save the pics to remind them, though.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2024 08:51 PM (VJUAc)

182 Having some vanilla ice cream and bourbon, great combo.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 08:44 PM (XV/Pl

We had a dinner and served "Adult Dessert".

Vanilla and Chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, chopped nuts, and single serve "flights". Baileys, crème de mente, amaretto, lemon, Kalua, and any other flavored flights. We were a hit.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2024 08:52 PM (gnGBL)

183 Ben Had, ... fair enough.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 10, 2024 08:53 PM (ftFVW)

184 I have good legs. I need a kilt to show them off.

Even got a tartan for my clan.

But kilts ain't cheap.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Come Sail Away with me, You guys at April 10, 2024 08:41 PM (MvA9C)

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Indeed, four figures for an authentic one made in Scotland.IIRC.

My direct paternal line of MacNeils (not my surname owing to some past hanky-panky) leads back to Highlanders in Kinlochmoidart; however, I've been told that they likely would have worn the tartan of the Kinlochmoidart MacDonalds -- the ruling clan of that region and with whom those MacNeils intermarried.

I decided to opt for a khaki utility kilt for those occasions & gatherings when I want to show off my legs as well.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 10, 2024 08:53 PM (okqOD)

185 I will save the pics to remind them, though.
Posted by: CaliGirl

I save those types of pictures for the graduation yearbook team. They seem to appreciate them and they show up in the yearbook.
The subjects usually really dislike those pictures forever in their yearbook.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2024 08:54 PM (DfCet)

186 178 CaliGirl, presentation is important to me. As a Judge I want to see a complete package. Separates the wheat from the chaff. Can chasers, not my thing.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:49 PM

Lol, that makes me laugh. This cowboy I know I sat next to at the rodeo and he gave me a running commentary about how barrel racing isn't a sport and shouldn't be an event.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2024 08:54 PM (VJUAc)

187 Can chasers, not my thing.
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Jodhpurs for the win! [Speaking of Indian words introduced into English by the Brits.]

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 08:54 PM (vtyCZ)

188 Wore clam diggers for a couple of summers as a boy, 7 to 8years old I'd gue, so late 50s. Harbor town. Passing fad, younger subs didn't that I recall.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 10, 2024 08:54 PM (4780s)

189 It would be neat for someone to make a Mary Tyler Moore follow up where she wonders why she wanted to work 50 hour weeks for a corporation that didn't give a damn about her and realizing that it was just an attempt to replace the husband she insisted she didn't need.

Surrounded by cats, lonely, with some money for retirement and a paid off house, but with nothing of value or actual lasting substance. Nothing at all. Just memories of a job where no one remembers her anymore and where she was replaced the day after she left and the company didn't skip a beat.

You go, girl.

Posted by: Moron Robbie has 2020 hindsight at April 10, 2024 08:54 PM (Gakra)

190 Have your ass in the saddle 10 hours a day you find out real quick you don't want to be wearing tight fitting jeans.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:54 PM (R7l+6)

191 She hates can chasers.

Posted by: Navin at April 10, 2024 08:55 PM (SYTee)

192 Can chasers, not my thing.

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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at April 10, 2024 08:56 PM (Gakra)

193 Which is sad cause mom jeans don't look good on anybody.
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 10, 2024 08:47 PM (ftFVW)

I don't know about that.
Posted by: Barack Obama at April 10, 2024 08:48 PM (PiwSw)

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Dammit Mapes, beat me to it -- although I was gonna go with the cliched "Back off, bitch!" response.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 10, 2024 08:56 PM (okqOD)

194 One often gets asked whilst wearing a kilt if anything is worn under it.

"No, it's all in perfect working order."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2024 08:57 PM (a3Q+t)

195 Wore clam diggers for a couple of summers as a boy, 7 to 8years old I'd gue, so late 50s. Harbor town. Passing fad, younger subs didn't that I recall.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 10, 2024 08:54 PM (4780s)

If you actually are barefoot digging clams in Biddeford Maine, they seemed to be useful.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2024 08:57 PM (gnGBL)

196 Jodhpurs for the win! [Speaking of Indian words introduced into English by the Brits.]
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 08:54 PM (vtyCZ)
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Some of you might be wondering what happened to my pants. They ran out of material about halfway down.

Posted by: Tug Benson, ADM USS ESSESS at April 10, 2024 08:57 PM (MvA9C)

197 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at April 10, 2024 08:56 PM (Gakra)

Not necessarily.

Posted by: David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel at April 10, 2024 08:58 PM (PiwSw)

198 Have your ass in the saddle 10 hours a day you find out real quick you don't want to be wearing tight fitting jeans.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:54 PM (R7l+6)

Ben. LMAO.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at April 10, 2024 08:58 PM (gnGBL)

199 >>Jodhpurs for the win!

I spent many years surrounded by women in jodhpurs as if they were a uniform. Not a horrible memory.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 10, 2024 08:59 PM (LkLld)

200 It would be neat for someone to make a Mary Tyler Moore follow up where she wonders why she wanted to work 50 hour weeks for a corporation that didn't give a damn about her and realizing that it was just an attempt to replace the husband she insisted she didn't need.

Surrounded by cats, lonely, with some money for retirement and a paid off house, but with nothing of value or actual lasting substance. Nothing at all. Just memories of a job where no one remembers her anymore and where she was replaced the day after she left and the company didn't skip a beat.

You go, girl.

Posted by: Moron Robbie has 2020 hindsight at April 10, 2024 08:54 PM (Gakra)

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I'd watch that, especially if it starred Trigglypuff and was written by Kyle Dunnigan.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 10, 2024 08:59 PM (okqOD)

201 I spent a while on the rodeo circuit being a can chaser then I learned about making a living.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:59 PM (R7l+6)

202 Khaki or saffron like Irish kilts??

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:00 PM (vtyCZ)

203 Ha. I went to look at the wikipedia of the Mary Tyler Moore show:

"Mary is later promoted to producer of the show, though her duties remain the same."

I'm not sure that is exactly how they intended that to work out re: girl power.

Posted by: Moron Robbie has 2020 hindsight at April 10, 2024 09:00 PM (Gakra)

204 And khaki is also an Indian word!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:00 PM (vtyCZ)

205 I, too, am pro-jodhpur

Posted by: Moron Robbie has 2020 hindsight at April 10, 2024 09:01 PM (Gakra)

206 (sort of remembers it as a type/form of material but goes to look up chino)

Posted by: Moron Robbie has 2020 hindsight at April 10, 2024 09:01 PM (Gakra)

207 One often gets asked whilst wearing a kilt if anything is worn under it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Three shades.

Posted by: just the punchline at April 10, 2024 09:02 PM (DgGvY)

208 One often gets asked whilst wearing a kilt if anything is worn under it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Just a blue ribbon, amirite!?

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 10, 2024 09:03 PM (ftFVW)

209 My boy I don't know where ye been, but I kin see ye won first prize!

Posted by: Moron Robbie has 2020 hindsight at April 10, 2024 09:03 PM (Gakra)

210 I thought Mary Richards was killed in ~~Nam~~ the George Floyd riots??

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:03 PM (vtyCZ)

211 Jodhpurs are comfortable because guess where they aren't tight.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 09:04 PM (R7l+6)

212 Beau Biden was killed by Mary Tyler Moore.

Posted by: Moron Robbie has 2020 hindsight at April 10, 2024 09:04 PM (Gakra)

213 My boy I don't know where ye been, but I kin see ye won first prize!
Posted by: Moron Robbie has 2020 hindsight

Yes! But Donald Where's You Trousers is my favorite on that subject.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 10, 2024 09:05 PM (ftFVW)

214 Jodhpurs are comfortable because guess where they aren't tight.

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(thinks of how to say "all the best places" respectfully)

Posted by: Moron Robbie has 2020 hindsight at April 10, 2024 09:05 PM (Gakra)

215 One often gets asked whilst wearing a kilt if anything is worn under it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Just a blue ribbon, amirite!?
Posted by: She Hobbit

My boy I don't know where ye been, but I kin see ye won first prize!
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Horde mine alert.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2024 09:06 PM (DfCet)

216 Some of you might be wondering what happened to my pants. They ran out of material about halfway down.
Posted by: Tug Benson, ADM USS ESSESS
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Very good joke although I'm unfamiliar with the reference.

LOL. I see it's a Hot Shots, Part Deux reference I had forgotten.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:06 PM (vtyCZ)

217 Horde mine alert.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Everyone remembers the ribbon joke, but not the lipstick joke.

I guess the ribbon joke is safer in mixed company.

Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2024 09:07 PM (DgGvY)

218 Put your hand up there again, and it'll grew some more.

Posted by: just the punchline at April 10, 2024 09:08 PM (vtyCZ)

219 Contemplating the age old competition of kilt versus cutoff jort... hmmmmmmmm.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 10, 2024 09:09 PM (ftFVW)

220 To a Scotsman on a snowy, windy day:
Are you cold with the kilt, Jimmy?

Nae, but I'm near killt with the cold.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:09 PM (vtyCZ)

221 201 I spent a while on the rodeo circuit being a can chaser then I learned about making a living.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08:59 PM (R7l+6)

The people I know that do that have wealthy parents. It's an expensive sport.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2024 09:09 PM (VJUAc)

222 156 For Ciampino -- a cappuccino joke.

An ugly old lady is in a café bar and seeing a Capuchin monk seated next to her, sneeringly orders a cappuccino. The monk looks at the old woman and orders a strega.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 08:39 PM (vtyCZ)
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I liked that. I adore strega and ever since my childhood we've always had a bottle in the house. The other I like is Gagliano. I like sweet stuff, even wine. Muscatel anyone?

Posted by: Ciampino - sweet sherry at April 10, 2024 09:09 PM (qfLjt)

223 Ciampino, I can do a Moscato.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 09:12 PM (R7l+6)

224 Look at them luscious little bottles, sittin' up on the shelf
Red green and yellow, Lord, they are somethin' else, hmmm
They mesmerize me, the way they sparkle and shine
Drinkin' that wine wine, wine
Keep your head stoned all the time

One snort of Ruby Port really rings the bell
Then a glass of Muscatel sets my head up well
Then this sweetest bottle of cheapest sherry wine
I say goodbye to my mind

Posted by: The Youngbloods at April 10, 2024 09:14 PM (XeU6L)

225 207 One often gets asked whilst wearing a kilt if anything is worn under it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Nae, everything is in perfect working order.

Posted by: Ciampino - like a well-lubricated machine at April 10, 2024 09:16 PM (qfLjt)

226 And khaki is also an Indian word!
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:00 PM (vtyCZ)

It means "persimmon"

Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2024 09:16 PM (D7oie)

227 I liked that.
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I learned it in my high school Italian class where the teacher told us strega/cappuccino jokes were like childhood knock-knock jokes here. BTW, she Italian was married to a Welshman so I've oddly had gallese in my Italian vocabulary!

I also told it to my Calabrese future sister-in-law and she laughed too.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:16 PM (vtyCZ)

228 Santorini: my brother, a United pilot, texted early this morning to say he and his family are in Santorini vacationing for a week.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at April 10, 2024 09:19 PM (zudum)

229 How can you all talk about capri pants and not bring up MTM (Mary Tyler Moore.

She made them famous on the DVD show. She was a feminist and wanted to show a "typical" housewife in slacks instead of a dress. Enough said.

capri are not to be confused with clamdiggers (shorter) or pedal pushers (shorter, older and not as chic)
Posted by: The astonishing Gentlemen TIJM at April 10, 2024 08:44 PM (ePOMS)

I did bring her up in that thread.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2024 09:20 PM (eoQWY)

230 andycanuck. Your sister in law brought vowels to that wedding

Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 09:20 PM (R7l+6)

231 211 Jodhpurs are comfortable because guess where they aren't tight.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 09:04

Breeches, jodhpur or paddock boots and 1/2 chaps for the win because tall boots aren’t very comfortable.

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 09:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

232 Are 1/2 chaps also half-assed??

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:27 PM (vtyCZ)

233 182 Having some vanilla ice cream and bourbon, great combo.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 10, 2024 08:44 PM (XV/Pl
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Agreed. My adult kids don't understand my putting a tablespoonful of scotch in vanilla ice cream.

Posted by: Ciampino - Really in any ice cream at April 10, 2024 09:27 PM (qfLjt)

234
"If you believed they put a man on the Sun
Man on the Sun
If you believe there's nothing in my skull
Then you fools be dull"

-- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, MENSA Member in Hood Standing

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 10, 2024 09:29 PM (okqOD)

235 Was at the Seattle airport last week. Apparently the style for men now is business casual but no socks.
Ugh
Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2024 07:57 PM (W/lyH)

Stole that from Miami Vice. Everything new is old.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 10, 2024 09:30 PM (eoQWY)

236 Stole that from Miami Vice. Everything new is old.
Posted by: Oldcat

But where are the shoulder pads and rolled up sleeves?!

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 10, 2024 09:32 PM (ftFVW)

237 201 I spent a while on the rodeo circuit being a can chaser then I learned about making a living.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 10, 2024 08

I am in awe. I jump fences that don’t come down, but barrel racing scares the hades out of me. I rode. A friends reiner once, and also, holy cheese. I thought my dressage horse had buttons!

Posted by: Piper at April 10, 2024 09:32 PM (ZdaMQ)

238 >>>Is the move Oppenheimer worth watching or is it a bunch of woke garbage? Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

It bombed.

Posted by: Tonypete

>General Leslie Groves portrayed by Matt Damon was the cunt-punt to every thinking person involved in the Manhattan Project and everyone who wanted to see an entertaining film.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 10, 2024 09:37 PM (fY84s)

239 Is the move Oppenheimer worth watching or is it a bunch of woke garbage? Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

It bombed.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2024 07:50 PM (WXNFJ)

Uhh, I have a friend who worked the projection booth during its run in Paramus. Sold out every show AND it was held over. Over all, the movie grossed $965 million. Some bomb.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at April 10, 2024 09:37 PM (iODuv)

240 Shades of the dress threads.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner

Dearly missed.

Posted by: Tuna at April 10, 2024 09:38 PM (oaGWv)

241 Is the move Oppenheimer worth watching or is it a bunch of woke garbage? Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

It bombed.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 10, 2024 07:50 PM (WXNFJ)

Uhh, I have a friend who worked the projection booth during its run in Paramus. Sold out every show AND it was held over. Over all, the movie grossed $965 million. Some bomb.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at April 10, 2024 09:37 PM (iODuv)

I'll take "what did Oppenheimer work on" for 2000, alex

Posted by: Outside of Life at April 10, 2024 09:40 PM (89Sog)

242 Ben Roethlisberger, are nation turns its lonely eyes to you!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:43 PM (vtyCZ)

243 ... our nation...

Crap, it's getting late.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:44 PM (vtyCZ)

244 Just got off the phone with my projectionist friend.....Oppenheimer sold out every show for 7 1/2 weeks. He ran it in 70mm. 3 shows daily, Monday through Thursday, and 4 shows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at April 10, 2024 09:46 PM (iODuv)

245 Ben Roethlisberger, are nation turns its lonely eyes to you!
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:43 PM

... our nation...

Crap, it's getting late.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:44 PM

It must be the hour, eh?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 10, 2024 09:56 PM (a3Q+t)

246 204 And khaki is also an Indian word!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 10, 2024 09:00 PM (vtyCZ)
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You get your khakis washed at the dhobi.

Posted by: Ciampino - Really in any ice cream. at April 10, 2024 09:58 PM (qfLjt)

247

It is sad near the end of a thread. Most people are waiting on the next thread so they can be first.

Such a goal in life.

Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2024 10:00 PM (PisyI)

248 It is sad near the end of a thread. Most people are waiting on the next thread so they can be first.

Such a goal in life.

Posted by: four seasons at April 10, 2024 10:00 PM (PisyI)

FIRST!!! No? Crap. *kicks dirt*

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at April 10, 2024 10:04 PM (iODuv)

249 3 Wombats are bat-adjacent.

Me too, or so they say.

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