First-World Problems...

What the hell? I open a box of chocolates (Sees Candy) and I see this? What has happened to American pride? What happened to our industrial base that a box of chocolates (dark chocolates with mostly caramels...of course) can slip past supposedly rigorous quality control and reveal a 180 degree catastrophe?

I guess I'll have to return the entire box.

Posted by: CBD at 01:59 PM

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1 wha?

Posted by: caf at May 05, 2024 02:01 PM (/+mVZ)

2 it's a slow day if I'm the first poster.....

Posted by: caf at May 05, 2024 02:01 PM (/+mVZ)

3 Napping

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 02:02 PM (fwDg9)

4 This is grounds for execution.

Posted by: Mr Crayola at May 05, 2024 02:03 PM (R4t5M)

5 distinguished guests notified and invited to participate.....

Posted by: caf at May 05, 2024 02:03 PM (/+mVZ)

6 off sock

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 05, 2024 02:03 PM (R4t5M)

7 Willowed but important

One business that’s apparently popular is on line ED drugs and hair restoration. For those that use those products do not buy from Hims.

The CEO has publicly supported the unhinged Hamas protesters and encouraged them to continue. He has offered jobs to those that have been effected by their protesting.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:03 PM (MNhXM)

8
Meh, big deal. It's chocolate.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:04 PM (MoZTd)

9 I do like the box of assorted chocolates that have a candy map printed on the inside of the lid.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:05 PM (MNhXM)

10 Would eat.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 05, 2024 02:05 PM (tA1/w)

11 Ya gotta eat that one first, and then two more just to ensure they're all good. The other two have to be from random locations in the box because psyance, bichez!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 02:05 PM (YRsIm)

12 Turtles are a first world treasure.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:06 PM (MNhXM)

13 I might have to fire somebody over this.

Posted by: Warren Buffett at May 05, 2024 02:06 PM (xPl2J)

14 Fantastic. More rain.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 05, 2024 02:06 PM (R4t5M)

15 I did buy a box of dark chocolate covered, sea salted carmel yesterday......

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 02:07 PM (YRsIm)

16 Is the candy upside down lol
Lucy Ricardo must have been on the assembly line that day

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2024 02:08 PM (pnOAT)

17
The only bad chocolate is white chocolate. The negation of confectionery art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:08 PM (MoZTd)

18 See's are the best widely available candies in the country. Sooooo good. But, in 50+ years of getting boxes from them, I've never seen this horrible travesty!

Posted by: Guy in Texas at May 05, 2024 02:09 PM (022x+)

19 Whizzo Chocolates!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy6uLfermPU

Posted by: andycanuck (UfUdn) at May 05, 2024 02:09 PM (UfUdn)

20 Hope everyone in the Houston area is dry and not flooded out.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 05, 2024 02:09 PM (R4t5M)

21 Coincidentally I am currently snacking on semisweet chocolate chips that are supposed to be used in the chocolate chip orange bread

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2024 02:09 PM (pnOAT)

22 Maybe it has pineapple as a filling and its aspiring to be an upside-down cake?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2024 02:10 PM (O7YUW)

23 Unfortunately dark chocolate is supposed to be one of the foods that contain a high amount of oxalates that help form kidney stones.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:11 PM (MNhXM)

24 I like chocolate, don't buy it so don't get it very often
Sadly

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 02:11 PM (fwDg9)

25 I ‘d thought baking season was done due to the hot weather last Thursday but today is delightfully cool and rainy so the oven’s about to get fired up again

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2024 02:11 PM (pnOAT)

26 @23/polynikes: I did not know this, thank you!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2024 02:12 PM (O7YUW)

27 I bought sea salt caramels, small batch, BOGO from Publix. Milk and dark. The dark chocolate bag was all melted together. Eating it anyway (and sooo good...) Bet they are as good as See's, which I can't afford, heh.

Posted by: skywch at May 05, 2024 02:12 PM (uqhmb)

28 Hope everyone in the Houston area is dry and not flooded out.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 05, 2024 02:09 PM (R4t5M)

North Houston hardest hit. Especially Kingwood.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:12 PM (MNhXM)

29 Send that one to Pixy, then it'll be right-side-up.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2024 02:13 PM (DgGvY)

30
Unfortunately dark chocolate is supposed to be one of the foods that contain a high amount of oxalates that help form kidney stones.
Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:11 PM (MNhXM)

__________

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:13 PM (MoZTd)

31 21>> that sounds amazing! Please to pass along a recipe....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 02:13 PM (YRsIm)

32 Almost as bad as opening a box of bullets and finding one all jacked up.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2024 02:13 PM (cOq4q)

33 Nuh Mr. CBD, that there piece of choccy was made in Australia, it was. Eat up. Fair Dinkum.

Posted by: The Antipodal Choccy Association at May 05, 2024 02:13 PM (PiwSw)

34 Take a bite out of it, then return the box.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 02:13 PM (W/lyH)

35 16 Is the candy upside down lol
Lucy Ricardo must have been on the assembly line that day
Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2024 02:08 PM (pnOAT)

hahahaha
I searched the comments to see if that bit had been mentioned yet!

Posted by: m at May 05, 2024 02:13 PM (o3SCB)

36
We're in Brazoria County and we're getting our first rain out of all this.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:14 PM (MoZTd)

37 You don't get it... that one is for your Australian friend!

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 05, 2024 02:14 PM (xaFKb)

38 Bernard Hill has died. He played Théoden in LOTR.

https://youtu.be/7lwJOxN_gXc?si=6QbvccN_GCdImuYe

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 05, 2024 02:14 PM (lhenN)

39 I see no problem as long as it's chocolate!

Posted by: Ciampino - If you take PEG you'll need chocolate ... wait at May 05, 2024 02:14 PM (qfLjt)

40 Willowed

I do not recall who was asking about assistance for macular degeneration, but maybe this info can be helpful. Heard about a group called low vision specialists of MD and VA. Do not have experience with them.
Posted by: Mrs JTB at May 05, 2024 02:00 PM (zudum)

It was Muldoon !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 02:14 PM (T4tVD)

41 I didn’t know until recently that chocolate chips as a commercial item were only introduced in the forties. I was reading the 1946 edition of Joy of Cooking several weeks ago and ran across:

A specially prepared chocolate may be bought for use in cookies. Any semisweet chocolate may be substituted, cut into pea-sized pieces.

Apparently, when chocolate “chip” cookies initially became popular companies like Nestlé started including a tool to help you turn a bar of chocolate into chipped chocolate. It was so popular that they introduced pre-chipped chocolate in 1941.

The 1946 Joy of Cooking is mostly a reprint of the 1943 edition, with the wartime chapter removed, so chocolate chips were still new when it was written.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 02:14 PM (EXyHK)

42 >>17 The only bad chocolate is white chocolate. The negation of confectionery art.

Heh. My wife agrees - she says it's false advertising.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at May 05, 2024 02:15 PM (IGKzA)

43 Burn the box, don’t return it,

Posted by: Montec at May 05, 2024 02:15 PM (DXvEo)

44 Noooo...you should eat the rest, return the one, and demand they replace the entire box, as well as $One Meeeeelion Dollahs....for emotional distress. "It's the (new) American Way"

Posted by: birdog at May 05, 2024 02:15 PM (+Fkyb)

45 Unfortunately dark chocolate is supposed to be one of the foods that contain a high amount of oxalates that help form kidney stones.

Starvation is a serious bitch. Eat the chocolate.

Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at May 05, 2024 02:15 PM (pTv5j)

46 You know what I hate? When you order a strawberry shake with chunks of real strawberry but they give you a .22 straw when you really need at least a .38 if not .45 or else the chunks clog up the straw.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 05, 2024 02:15 PM (VW0go)

47 You know what I hate? When you order a strawberry shake with chunks of real strawberry but they give you a .22 straw when you really need at least a .38 if not .45 or else the chunks clog up the straw.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 05, 2024 02:15 PM (VW0go)

*types*
*deletes*

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 02:16 PM (W/lyH)

48 Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 02:14 PM (EXyHK)

You must have been watching The Food That Built America😀

( that whole series of The —— That Built America is pretty good)

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:16 PM (MNhXM)

49 47 You know what I hate? When you order a strawberry shake with chunks of real strawberry but they give you a .22 straw when you really need at least a .38 if not .45 or else the chunks clog up the straw.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 05, 2024 02:15 PM (VW0go)

You’re supposed to get a long plastic spoon along with the straw.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:18 PM (MNhXM)

50 If you can drink a shake through a straw, it's not really a shake.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 02:18 PM (YRsIm)

51 Why do I always get the nasty coconut filled ones?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2024 02:18 PM (k3sRS)

52
Why do I always get the nasty coconut filled ones?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2024 02:18 PM (k3sRS)

_________

Feel free to send them to me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:18 PM (MoZTd)

53 You know what I hate? When you order a strawberry shake with chunks of real strawberry but they give you a .22 straw when you really need at least a .38 if not .45 or else the chunks clog up the straw.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 05, 2024 02:15 PM (VW0go)

*types*
*deletes*
Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 02:16 PM (W/lyH)

They should be caned.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 05, 2024 02:19 PM (R4t5M)

54 Even the chocolates are changing their orientation!

Posted by: Alex Jones at May 05, 2024 02:19 PM (di6C2)

55 That's the upside-down flavor.

Posted by: comradearthur at May 05, 2024 02:19 PM (OdNzD)

56 Feel free to send them to me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:18 PM (MoZTd)

Hmm Almond Joys

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:19 PM (MNhXM)

57 41 I didn’t know until recently that chocolate chips as a commercial item were only introduced in the forties. I was reading the 1946 edition of Joy of Cooking several weeks ago and ran across:

A specially prepared chocolate may be bought for use in cookies. Any semisweet chocolate may be substituted, cut into pea-sized pieces.

Apparently, when chocolate “chip” cookies initially became popular companies like Nestlé started including a tool to help you turn a bar of chocolate into chipped chocolate. It was so popular that they introduced pre-chipped chocolate in 1941.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 02:14 PM (EXyHK)

Yet some people believe the atom bomb was the top invention of the 1940s. Losers. I bet the only cookies they eat are fig newtons.

Posted by: Gref at May 05, 2024 02:20 PM (5fDan)

58 Why do I always get the nasty coconut filled ones?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2024 02:18 PM (k3sRS)

That's life

Posted by: Forrest Gump at May 05, 2024 02:20 PM (xPl2J)

59 Hmm Almond Joys
Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:19 PM (MNhXM)

Almonds good. Coconut, not so good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2024 02:20 PM (di6C2)

60
The nasty ones are the cherry liqueurs or (*shudders*) raisins.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:21 PM (MoZTd)

61 Coconut sucks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 05, 2024 02:21 PM (R4t5M)

62 Malt>>>>shake

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2024 02:21 PM (k3sRS)

63 I'll eat what I want, when I want, and how I want.

dark chocolate is supposed to be one of the foods that contain a high amount of oxalates that help form kidney stones.

Have at it, Conservatives. You sure are fun to watch.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 05, 2024 02:21 PM (zdLoL)

64 You must have been watching The Food That Built America

No, but it sounds like something I’d be interested in.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 02:21 PM (EXyHK)

65 Mebbe you're the one upside down, mate, and the choccy is rightside up? Didyer ever think of that?

Posted by: The Antipodal Choccy Association, after a few Fosters at May 05, 2024 02:21 PM (PiwSw)

66 29 Send that one to Pixy, then it'll be right-side-up.
Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2024 02:13 PM (DgGvY)

haha

Posted by: m at May 05, 2024 02:21 PM (o3SCB)

67 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 02:13 PM (YRsIm)

I’ll post it on the Food Thread. Look for it towards the end of the thread, ‘cause I’ll be occupied for a while

Posted by: kallisto at May 05, 2024 02:21 PM (tBInC)

68 60
The nasty ones are the cherry liqueurs or (*shudders*) raisins.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:21 PM (MoZTd)

Cherry ones are good. WTF are you getting raising filled chocolates? Never seen those in a box of candy, just those vile raisinettes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2024 02:22 PM (di6C2)

69 I guess I'll have to return the entire box.

I'd eat the entire box, thus saving some unsuspecting consumer from being a victim.

I'm a giver that way.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 05, 2024 02:22 PM (/HDaX)

70 Maybe I should carry a custom straw with me in a case. I could take it out of the case then screw it together before use like fancy pool players do with their cues.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 05, 2024 02:22 PM (VW0go)

71 If you can drink a shake through a straw, it's not really a shake.
-------
It depends on hard you suck.

Posted by: kamala at May 05, 2024 02:22 PM (UfUdn)

72 My sister in law pointed out that you can find a reason you "shouldn't eat" for just about anything.

Posted by: skywch at May 05, 2024 02:23 PM (uqhmb)

73 Those don't look like dark chocolate. So you could return them. Although I like both.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2024 02:23 PM (NpAcC)

74 50 If you can drink a shake through a straw, it's not really a shake.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 02:18 PM (YRsIm)

If you HAVE to have a spoon, it's just ice cream.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2024 02:23 PM (di6C2)

75 Are you sure those are raisins.....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 02:23 PM (YRsIm)

76 Coconut doesn't suck.

Coconut cream pie can be orgasmic.

But coconut and chocolate is disgusting.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2024 02:23 PM (k3sRS)

77 I can help you out with that box of See's

No need to suffer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 02:24 PM (RIvkX)

78 69 I guess I'll have to return the entire box.

I'd eat the entire box, thus saving some unsuspecting consumer from being a victim.

I'm a giver that way.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 05, 2024 02:22 PM (/HDaX)

Heh. Eat the whole box and just return the single upside down one. I would love to see the reaction.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2024 02:24 PM (di6C2)

79 Chewing George Lucas's Chocolate

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 05, 2024 02:24 PM (7Mvc7)

80 If you can drink a shake through a straw, it's not really a shake.

There’s a gas station in the middle of nowhere in on I8 in Arizona that specializes in date products. I often get a date shake when I drive to or from San Diego. It’s great but I pretty much have to wait for it to melt to be able to drink it while driving.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 02:24 PM (EXyHK)

81 You must have been watching The Food That Built America

No, but it sounds like something I’d be interested in.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 02:21 PM (EXyHK)

It started with The Men Who Built America and then the Food and then the Toys.

The Toys was really also surprisingly very goid.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:25 PM (MNhXM)

82 But coconut and chocolate is disgusting.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2024 02:23 PM (k3sRS)
===
Better than peanuts and chocolate. Which is heinous. Snickers of Doom.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 02:25 PM (RIvkX)

83 When a kid if the milk shake was thick enough you ate it with the straw

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 02:25 PM (fwDg9)

84
WTF are you getting raising filled chocolates?

__________

Millions of moons ago as a young shaver I got a Chunky. Disgusting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:25 PM (MoZTd)

85 71 If you can drink a shake through a straw, it's not really a shake.
-------
It depends on hard you suck.
Posted by: kamala at May 05, 2024 02:22 PM (UfUdn)

*time freezes*

*watches the pitch inch across the plate, high and in the open*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2024 02:25 PM (di6C2)

86 I like using coconut milk for curries. Shredded coconut in deserts or chocolate- no thanks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 05, 2024 02:25 PM (R4t5M)

87 The nasty ones are the cherry liqueurs or (*shudders*) raisins.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:21 PM (MoZTd)
******
I hate those. Reminds me of cough syrup.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2024 02:25 PM (NpAcC)

88 Thanks Kallisto! I'll be on watch for that!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 02:25 PM (YRsIm)

89 Dates, was going to get some this week and forgot.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 02:26 PM (fwDg9)

90 I bet the only cookies they eat are fig newtons.

Fig newtons and gasoline. That’s the story of my life.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 02:26 PM (EXyHK)

91 Life is like a box of chocolates. Sometimes it's upside down.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2024 02:26 PM (LkLld)

92 23 Unfortunately dark chocolate is supposed to be one of the foods that contain a high amount of oxalates that help form kidney stones.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:11 PM (MNhXM)
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That doesn't sound right.
Do you have a link for that?

Posted by: Ciampino - chocolate ... mmm at May 05, 2024 02:27 PM (qfLjt)

93 You never know what you're going to get.

Posted by: Mama Gump at May 05, 2024 02:28 PM (DsA2n)

94 Sometimes you feel like a nut.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 05, 2024 02:28 PM (7Mvc7)

95 My sister in law pointed out that you can find a reason you "shouldn't eat" for just about anything.
Posted by: skywch at May 05, 2024 02:23 PM (uqhmb)

If you have had kidney stones before it’s a very good reason to watch what you eat. Diabetics don’t eat a lot of food because ‘reasons’ too.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:29 PM (MNhXM)

96 Unfortunately dark chocolate is supposed to be one of the foods that contain a high amount of oxalates that help form kidney stones.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:11 PM (MNhXM)
----
That doesn't sound right.
Do you have a link for that?
Posted by: Ciampino - chocolate ... mmm
*******
Dark chocolate is good for your heart.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2024 02:29 PM (NpAcC)

97 I blame this on LucyEth.

Posted by: look whats not at May 05, 2024 02:29 PM (nakGR)

98
The best place for chocolate chips is cookie dough.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:31 PM (MoZTd)

99 When a kid if the milk shake was thick enough you ate it with the straw
Posted by: Skip

We have the spark. Maybe we should invent the spraw.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 05, 2024 02:32 PM (VW0go)

100 The only bad chocolate is white chocolate. The negation of confectionery art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:08 PM (MoZTd)
*******
White chocolate macadamia nut cookies are the best.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2024 02:32 PM (NpAcC)

101 We added a second pump with a UV clarifier to the pond a couple of weeks ago. The water lillies are bustin out! Yellow, white and hot tropical magenta. So my FWP is I gotta change the filter every couple of weeks now.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 02:33 PM (YRsIm)

102 Slurpees already come with spraws.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 05, 2024 02:33 PM (7Mvc7)

103 Spoon straws are available on Amazon.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at May 05, 2024 02:34 PM (tA1/w)

104 Sometimes you feel like a nut.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 05, 2024 02:28 PM (7Mvc7)
*******
Sometimes you don't.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2024 02:34 PM (NpAcC)

105

Lickspittle Fascists of the World, Unite!

Posted by: Paul's Perianal Pustules at May 05, 2024 02:34 PM (9MqP4)

106 Spoon straws are available on Amazon.
Posted by: Next2Nothing

Bastards stole my idea!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 05, 2024 02:35 PM (VW0go)

107 If you want a shake from Baskin Robbins or Marble Slab Creamery these days you need a bank loan.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:35 PM (MNhXM)

108 I once emptied a little Whitman's Sampler, filled it with large, dead Rhino Beetles, and sent it to my sister-in-law that I "feud" with. She opened it when my mother-in-law was over her place. They took it as a fun joke eventually after screaming.

Posted by: Chocoholic at May 05, 2024 02:36 PM (V5BDR)

109 bet the only cookies they eat are fig newtons.

Fig newtons and gasoline. That’s the story of my life.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 02:26 PM (EXyH
*******
Fig newtons are the worst cookies in the world.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2024 02:36 PM (NpAcC)

110 @95, I'm not arguing against reasons. I'm just saying everyone can find their own reasons for what they eat or don't eat, no one else can tell you. Her husband, my brother, is a diabetic and has had kidney stones that put him into the hospital. He still enjoys pretty much what he wants to eat, and takes strong meds.

Posted by: skywch at May 05, 2024 02:37 PM (uqhmb)

111 I thought dark chocolate was good for you, I only like milk chocolate

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 02:37 PM (fwDg9)

112 Fig newtons are the worst cookies in the world.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2024 02:36 PM (NpAcC)

I’m not a fan of short bread cookies.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:38 PM (MNhXM)

113 English actor Bernard Hill *, who played Theoden, died today

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 05, 2024 02:38 PM (+L/r1)

114 White chocolate macadamia nut cookies are the best.

White chocolate is a lot like white pepper. It does taste good in its place, and it is technically correct to call it that, but there is something viscerally wrong with the name, as if it refers to some ancient horror long forgotten consciously but still bubbling deep in our racial history.

Posted by: Cadbury Price Lovecraft at May 05, 2024 02:38 PM (EXyHK)

115 107 If you want a shake from Baskin Robbins or Marble Slab Creamery these days you need a bank loan.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:35 PM (MNhXM)
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Marble Slab Creamery -- that's the one that doubles as the morgue, right?

Posted by: Ciampino - do not eat cream from there, it's Soylent at May 05, 2024 02:39 PM (qfLjt)

116 Unfortunately dark chocolate is supposed to be one of the foods that contain a high amount of oxalates that help form kidney stones.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:11 PM (MNhXM)

And yet you wonder why you ever lose an election. Turns out, conservatives are just puritans that read Adam Smith.

Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at May 05, 2024 02:41 PM (pTv5j)

117 My momma always said, "A box of chocolates. Thems for fags."

Posted by: Forrest Gump at May 05, 2024 02:41 PM (R/m4+)

118 thought dark chocolate was good for you, I only like milk chocolate
Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 02:37 PM (fwDg9)

It is good for you but for people susceptible to kidney stones it can cause quicker formation.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:41 PM (MNhXM)

119 "That built America"
History Channel, right?
I loved "Machines" and look forward to these others.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 05, 2024 02:42 PM (IZjwR)

120 Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at May 05, 2024 02:41 PM (pTv5

Always babbling nonsense about things you make up in your head.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:42 PM (MNhXM)

121 Oh yeah. That's definitely unacceptable in today's world.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 05, 2024 02:44 PM (ayRl+)

122 You know what doesn't cause kidney stones? Iced, cold brew coffee with real cream, and a cigar. While listening to baseball and sitting on the patio under the fan.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 02:44 PM (YRsIm)

123 Could have been a chocolate mint. Yuck

Posted by: javems at May 05, 2024 02:44 PM (8I4hW)

124 4 hours on the tractor, mowing grass. I'm beat. FWP... cleaning it off. Dust, dry grass, wet grass, mud, etc. The mowing deck is a "belly mount" (like a riding lawnmower) and is PTO driven. Gearbox needs attention, pullies need attention, belts need attention. Hands and knees job. For someone a lot younger than me. But... here I am.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2024 02:45 PM (Q4IgG)

125 pullies --> pulleys

See, I'm beat.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2024 02:46 PM (Q4IgG)

126 There’s a gas station in the middle of nowhere in on I8 in Arizona that specializes in date products. I often get a date shake when I drive to or from San Diego. It’s great but I pretty much have to wait for it to melt to be able to drink it while driving.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 02:24 PM (EXyHK)

Ever see the process to fertilize date palms? Water, being most valuable in the desert, you don't want to grow more male trees than you actually need. They can get the ratio of female to male trees around 50-1, but they physically collect the male pollen, bag the female flowers, and use a puffer to physically blow the pollen right onto the flowers. Very labor intensive, but it works. (And saves water, by not having to support a lot of male trees).

Posted by: Male Palms, Hardest Hit at May 05, 2024 02:47 PM (V5BDR)

127 Sees Candy is pretty darn good. The wife is from Clovis CA so she was raised on the stuff.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 05, 2024 02:47 PM (t1NcM)

128 RIP, Bernard Hill.
I loved Theoden, King.
He also played the captain of the Titanic.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 05, 2024 02:48 PM (IZjwR)

129 It is good for you but for people susceptible to kidney stones it can cause quicker formation.
Posted by: polynikes at May 05,

But they are delicious dark chocolate kidney stones.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 05, 2024 02:49 PM (t1NcM)

130 The Men Who Built America was a good series.
Couldn't believe the History Channel would allow
such a pro-American program.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 02:53 PM (lCWOD)

131 Special committees in the United States Department of Agriculture are now developing a program for the utilization of soy products—both in kitchen recipes and in prepared foodstuffs—to take full advantage of this important protein food in the American diet. Soy products already have played a significant wartime role. Rich in valuable protein, minerals and vitamins, they are readily adaptable to large scale use as a human food to supplement meat, milk, and eggs.

Posted by: Cadbury Price Lovecraft at May 05, 2024 02:54 PM (EXyHK)

132 123 Could have been a chocolate mint.
Yuck
Posted by: javems at May 05, 2024 02:44 PM (8I4hW)

No, it was York.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 05, 2024 02:54 PM (7Mvc7)

133 FWP.

Jacobin
@jacobin
Canada boasts one of the world’s highest assisted-death rates, supposedly enabling the terminally ill to die with dignity. But this suicide program increasingly resembles a dystopian replacement for care services, exchanging social welfare for euthanasia.

-
Remember when those nutty conservatives were saying socialized medicine would lead to death panels?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 05, 2024 02:55 PM (VW0go)

134 White chocolate reminds me of cocoa butter.

Aren't they basically the same thing?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 05, 2024 02:55 PM (7Mvc7)

135 Malt Shops, what happened to them? First it was malts, then it was malt or shake, then it was shakes only. Where's my malt shop?

Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 02:57 PM (lCWOD)

136 I miss a good malt!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 02:58 PM (W/lyH)

137 Dropping chocolate horror. Although Cadbury Price Lovecraft could be a great AOSHQ nick.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 02:58 PM (EXyHK)

138 [soy] Rich in valuable protein, minerals and vitamins, they are readily adaptable to large scale use as a human food to supplement meat, milk, and eggs.
Posted by: Cadbury Price Lovecraft
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Peanuts

Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 02:58 PM (lCWOD)

139 IIRC, dark chocolate was one of the triggers for stones. Tea as well. A few other thing.

I still drink tea from time to time and chocolate is not off the menu either.

Water. Drink a lot of water.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2024 02:58 PM (di6C2)

140 White Chocolate and Macadamia nut cookies (soft, chunks) are the #2 cookie. Damn good, but still in second place.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2024 02:59 PM (di6C2)

141
But this suicide program increasingly resembles a dystopian replacement for care services, exchanging social welfare for euthanasia.

___________

You have an obligation not to cost the State money. The lower your social credit score, the greater the obligation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:59 PM (MoZTd)

142 The Israel-Hamas truce negotiations have collapsed. Alternatively, I suppose one could describe these negotiations as comatose and on life support.

Personally, I've always believed Netanyahu whenever he's said that preparations for an offensive in Rafah are complete, and that the offensive is imminent. I think Israel has been waiting only in order to show the world that it was Hamas which rejected the truce.

This has economic implications, especially for oil & gas. Other than that, the emerging situation is hard to predict.

But we're entering a new phase.

Posted by: mnw at May 05, 2024 03:00 PM (NLIak)

143 Where's my malt shop?

The Dateland, Arizona date shop I mentioned earlier does in fact have malts, or at least has malt it can add to their shakes. Which I always do.

Top Notch in north Austin also still does malts.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 03:00 PM (EXyHK)

144
Where's my malt shop?
Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 02:57 PM (lCWOD)

__________

DQ has malts. The drawback is that you have to go to DQ.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 03:01 PM (MoZTd)

145 I am proud to be in charge of Quality Control. My Motto is "Given the Opportunity to Screw Something Up, I WILL" !!

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 05, 2024 03:01 PM (15lwl)

146 Great news. Mrs. F. says she increased my chocolate ration!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 03:01 PM (RIvkX)

147 White chocolate does not contain cacao and is not chocolate. It's some kind of dreck.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 03:03 PM (RIvkX)

148 This Candy is Racist because the Chocolate is only One Color !!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Kumalot Harris at May 05, 2024 03:03 PM (PYJJG)

149 Soy products already have played a significant wartime role. Rich in valuable protein, minerals and vitamins, they are readily adaptable to large scale use as a human food to supplement meat, milk, and eggs.
Posted by: Cadbury Price Lovecraft at May 05, 2024 02:54 PM (EXyHK

Is this about the addition of soy to food products in the past, or are there new plans for soy?

Posted by: Emmie at May 05, 2024 03:03 PM (Sf2cq)

150 This has economic implications, especially for oil & gas. Other than that, the emerging situation is hard to predict.

But we're entering a new phase.

Posted by: mnw at May 05, 2024 03:00 PM (NLIak)

Our asshole prez has shut off ammunition supplies to Israel. My loathing of democrats just grows. He's giving America a FWP.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 03:03 PM (W/lyH)

151 I miss a good malt!
Posted by: Diogenes

Got a blender?
Brewing supply stores have malt.
You can get it mail order as well.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 05, 2024 03:04 PM (HDU5E)

152 Looking up oxalates in cocoa I came across:
HPLC chromatography in a 'scientific' paper.
That's like ATM machine

(HPLC = high performance liquid chromatography)

https://tinyurl.com/4d6un7ha

Posted by: Ciampino - rhubarb at May 05, 2024 03:04 PM (qfLjt)

153 My message to Israel is..... DON'T..... DON'T

Five Minutes later CNN reports that Israel has entered the town of Rafah...

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 05, 2024 03:05 PM (PYJJG)

154 Good day, This is the Department of Homeland Security. We have a vital mission: to secure the nation from the many threats we face as well as internet Fraud. Our duties are wide-ranging, but our goal is clear - keeping America safe.

We are happy to inform you that your funds valued at US$2,750,000.00 have been approved by the Treasury Department of the United States as your E-mail address appeared in the payment list of beneficiaries that will receive their compensation payment this month.

Signed:
Mr. Alejandro Mayorkas

Obviously a scam. That has nothing to do with the DHS mission of saving the world from straight teens!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 03:06 PM (EXyHK)

155 147 White chocolate does not contain cacao and is not chocolate. It's some kind of dreck.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 03:03 PM (RIvkX)

Still tasty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2024 03:06 PM (di6C2)

156 I’m not a fan of short bread cookies.
Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:38 PM (MNhXM)

Mama's Little Baby Loves Shortnin' Bread

https://youtu.be/lyeyBlIjcAk

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2024 03:06 PM (8zz6B)

157 Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy Store makes malts. Their ice cream is very good and has the added benefit of being made with A2 milk, which is helpful for people with certain dairy sensitivities.

Posted by: Emmie at May 05, 2024 03:06 PM (Sf2cq)

158 Where's my malt shop?
Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 02:57 PM (lCWOD)

At Washington State University there is a concession Called Ferdinand's where they make Cougar Gold cheese. (Ask bluebell just how good it is.) Ferdinand's also makes their own ice cream and the malts there are the best in the Pacific Northwest.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 03:07 PM (W/lyH)

159 Kidney stones are not all that impressive looking, except for staghorn stones. Gall stones are impressive looking and can be quite a sight.

Posted by: Everybody Must Get Stoned at May 05, 2024 03:07 PM (V5BDR)

160 Strawberry licorice is like white chocolate

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 03:08 PM (fwDg9)

161
I’m not a fan of short bread cookies.
Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 02:38 PM (MNhXM)

_______

Her Majesty and I keep Walker's in business.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 03:08 PM (MoZTd)

162 after sampling one (or more) of each.

Posted by: feds are here to help at May 05, 2024 03:08 PM (FAQlI)

163 Dark chocolate is good for your heart.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2024 02:29 PM (NpAcC)

The more ya eat, the more ya fart !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 03:08 PM (T4tVD)

164 IIRC, dark chocolate was one of the triggers for stones. Tea as well. A few other thing.

I still drink tea from time to time and chocolate is not off the menu either.

Water. Drink a lot of water.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2024 02:58 PM (di6C2

Nothing is off the menu but limited by choice. You take the information and make your own choices.

I don’t know how people misinterpret that or get angry at the information .

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 03:08 PM (MNhXM)

165 123 Could have been a chocolate mint. Yuck

Posted by: javems at May 05, 2024 02:44 PM (8I4hW)
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Putting mint into chocolate is a crime. Mint is only nice to smell.

Posted by: Ciampino - rhubarb for oxalates at May 05, 2024 03:09 PM (qfLjt)

166 You're supposed to poke a hole in the bottom of boxed chocolates with a finger to make sure you don't accidentally eat a nasty one. If it isn't the kind you like you tuck it back in the box and let someone else eat the candy you poked with your nasty finger.

Fig Newtons are super food.

Posted by: JROD at May 05, 2024 03:09 PM (IlL6s)

167 CBD, what’s worse is the paper is bent down. Which means some unskilled, illegal immigrant working on the chocolate assembly line used his/her dirty illegal finger to flip it over.
Now that is a FWP. But I bet DJT can solve it

Posted by: RI Red at May 05, 2024 03:09 PM (wrDSd)

168 I miss a good malt!
Posted by: Diogenes

Got a blender?
Brewing supply stores have malt.
You can get it mail order as well.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 05, 2024 03:04 PM (HDU5E)

I do indeed and I make my own now. AND there is a microbrewery near by and walking in there smells like heaven!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 03:10 PM (W/lyH)

169 Is this about the addition of soy to food products in the past, or are there new plans for soy?

It’s from a 1943 pamphlet I just finished scanning in. A. E. Staley Mfg. Co. was a leading processor of soy before and after World War II. As far as I can tell even they only marketed soy flour as a wartime substitute, dumping their excess product a few years after the war ended.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 03:10 PM (EXyHK)

170 If you had more Maple Syrup in your diet you wouldn't flip so easily.

Posted by: DaveA at May 05, 2024 03:10 PM (FhXTo)

171 I did not have ice cream once last year I think
I like ice cream

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 03:10 PM (fwDg9)

172 Top Notch in north Austin also still does malts.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 03:00 PM (EXyHK)

In and Out does not have malts. Big zero, there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2024 03:11 PM (8zz6B)

173 My Ninja coffee maker started getting confused, and stopped brewing 3/4 of the way through. It thought I had the drip stop on, when I didn't.

Several rounds of de-scaling didn't solve the problem. Since it's long out of warranty, and wasn't going to work anyway, I decided to take apart to see if I could find the problem.

Guess what's inside a Ninja coffeemaker? Tiny TAMPER-PROOF screws! WTAF?

Six hours of disassembly and re-assembly, and it was all for naught. Had to get a new one.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 05, 2024 03:12 PM (OX9vb)

174 CBD, what’s worse is the paper is bent down. Which means some unskilled, illegal immigrant working on the chocolate assembly line used his/her dirty illegal finger to flip it over.
Now that is a FWP. But I bet DJT can solve it
Posted by: RI Red at May 05, 2024 03:09 PM (wrDSd)

And you do NOT want to think about where that finger was earlier!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 03:12 PM (W/lyH)

175 Why is a microbrewery a good thing, but a micropenis is bad?

Posted by: David Hogg at May 05, 2024 03:13 PM (V5BDR)

176 AND there is a microbrewery near by and walking in there smells like heaven!
Posted by: Diogenes

When I brewed the neighborhood knew due to the malt smell of the 1 hour boil.
I'd have 'friends' coming over because they knew there would be beer served and a month later they'd be over to taste that batch.
It was a good neighborhood!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 05, 2024 03:13 PM (HDU5E)

177 I did not have ice cream once last year I think
I like ice cream

Serendipitously, today’s Padgett Sunday Supper Club recipe (clubpadgett.com) is an easy chocolate ice cream made with evaporated milk and marshmallows, with no churning required. Just requires freezing several hours in the refrigerator.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 03:13 PM (EXyHK)

178 I’ve never had a malt because I’m not crazy about malt balls / Whoppers. I’m just assuming a malt would taste somewhat similar?

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 03:15 PM (MNhXM)

179 It’s from a 1943 pamphlet I just finished scanning in. A. E. Staley Mfg. Co. was a leading processor of soy before and after World War II. As far as I can tell even they only marketed soy flour as a wartime substitute, dumping their excess product a few years after the war ended.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2024 03:10 PM (EXyHK)

Thanks for the information. As a former consumer of public school lunches, I'm sure I've had my share of soy.

Posted by: Emmie at May 05, 2024 03:15 PM (Sf2cq)

180 163 Dark chocolate is good for your heart.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2024 02:29 PM (NpAcC)

The more ya eat, the more ya fart !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 03:08 PM (T4tVD)
----
Wait, I thought that was beans .....

Posted by: Ciampino - confused fava beaner at May 05, 2024 03:15 PM (qfLjt)

181 150 Dio

Israel emphatically denied today that the U.S. has done that.

Posted by: mnw at May 05, 2024 03:15 PM (NLIak)

182 178 I’ve never had a malt because I’m not crazy about malt balls / Whoppers. I’m just assuming a malt would taste somewhat similar?
Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 03:15 PM (MNhXM)

To my taste, yes.

Posted by: Emmie at May 05, 2024 03:16 PM (Sf2cq)

183 My FWP.
Mrs.D.bought a new washer and dryer a couple of years ago. Very fancy. All kinds of bells and whistles. Now before this we had the basic washer and dryer. Throw in clothes, some soap, and out come clean clothes. Into the dryer and all done.
But I hate the new set. It has, get this, a cleaning cycle! WTAF???
It's a friggin' washer! It's supposed to finish clean! And worse, the cleaning cycle takes nearly three hours.
Ugh!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 03:17 PM (W/lyH)

184 I’ve never had a malt because I’m not crazy about malt balls / Whoppers. I’m just assuming a malt would taste somewhat similar?
Posted by: polynikes

Yes.
You can get your malted barley by drinking beer instead of having it with ice cream.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 05, 2024 03:17 PM (HDU5E)

185 163 Dark chocolate is good for your heart.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2024 02:29 PM (NpAcC)

The more ya eat, the more ya fart !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 03:08 PM (T4tVD)
----
Wait, I thought that was beans .....
Posted by: Ciampino - confused fava beaner at May 05, 2024 03:15 PM (qfLjt)

Oh, that's right ! The Musical Fruit !
The more ya eat, the more ya Toot !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 03:17 PM (T4tVD)

186 Dio

Israel emphatically denied today that the U.S. has done that.
Posted by: mnw at May 05, 2024 03:15 PM (NLIak)

Of course the WH could have just answered the direct question with a direct answer but they had to do political spin that never answered the question whether they have delayed the ammunition shipment.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 03:18 PM (MNhXM)

187 The Bowery Boys were always consuming malts at Louie's Sweet Shop, but don't think they ever paid for one.

Posted by: Bernard Gorcey at May 05, 2024 03:19 PM (V5BDR)

188 Dio

Israel emphatically denied today that the U.S. has done that.
Posted by: mnw at May 05, 2024 03:15 PM (NLIak)
***

Huh?
Still a headline at Faux On-Line.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 03:19 PM (W/lyH)

189 >>Why do I always get the nasty coconut filled ones?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Because the penguin filled ones go bad too quick?

Posted by: Aviator at May 05, 2024 03:19 PM (HQ9Sl)

190 Because the penguin filled ones go bad too quick?

THIS is how hatred spreads so quickly.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at May 05, 2024 03:21 PM (V5BDR)

191 185
The Musical Fruit !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 03:17 PM (T4tVD)
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For some strange reason I now have 'The Logical Song' going in my head.

Posted by: Ciampino - confused fava beaners at May 05, 2024 03:22 PM (qfLjt)

192 Where is my jet pack?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1SCu9yiBlo

Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 03:23 PM (lCWOD)

193 The only bad chocolate is white chocolate. The negation of confectionery art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 02:08 PM (MoZTd)

I think it's a pleasant enough confection, but it should not be called chocolate. Get another name, chocolate's taken.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 05, 2024 03:26 PM (OX9vb)

194 >Huh?
>Still a headline at Faux On-Line.

Still a headline at many sites including Ynet

>>Axios: Biden admin delaying weapons shipments to Israel amid Rafah considerations

https://tinyurl.com/yk6v2fj2

But it's only impeachable when Trump does it.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2024 03:26 PM (LkLld)

195 Kings of old couldn't get produce out of season.

I'm eating a lemon right now. It's fucking sour!

Posted by: Tom Perry at May 05, 2024 03:26 PM (MX0bI)

196 Hah, The Food That Built America is on right now . This is episode on Heinz.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 03:27 PM (MNhXM)

197 The regime does not have the guts to face the political firestorm which would result from sanctioning Israel, imo.

Considering that Hamas is just playing for time now, & hoping that something might turn up (like Mister Micawber), I suspect the Biden regime is running out of patience with them.

All Blinken's stuff about "Israel has made a very generous offer and Hamas should take it" leads me to conclude that the U.S. has grown sick of Hamas equivocating.

Posted by: mnw at May 05, 2024 03:27 PM (NLIak)

198 I'm fine with mint, coconut, peanut butter, marshmallows and basically anything in my chocolates with the exception of anything jellied like cherries.
Although, I don't mind the cherries when they're whipped.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2024 03:27 PM (NpAcC)

199 i saw 180 degree catastrophe open for mostly harmless at the castle argh back in the noughties.

Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2024 03:28 PM (edU/H)

200 I've a Whirlpool top loader, don't put your hand in there while it's running - the raise lid cut-off switch broke but now it's 'fixed'. It's better than ten years old and running strong.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 03:28 PM (lCWOD)

201 198 I'm fine with mint, coconut, peanut butter, marshmallows and basically anything in my chocolates with the exception of anything jellied like cherries.
Although, I don't mind the cherries when they're whipped.

keeps 'em from gettin' uppity. whip 'em. whip 'em good.

Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2024 03:29 PM (edU/H)

202 >>All Blinken's stuff about "Israel has made a very generous offer and Hamas should take it" leads me to conclude that the U.S. has grown sick of Hamas equivocating.

Gonna be a hot time at the DNC in Chicago this year.

The Days of Rage are back in style.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2024 03:31 PM (LkLld)

203 Why is a microbrewery a good thing, but a micropenis is bad?
Posted by: David Hogg at May 05, 2024 03:13 PM (V5BDR)
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If you have to ask...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 05, 2024 03:31 PM (Be/+i)

204 I guess I'll have to ~~return~~ the entire box.

Posted by: There's a reason I don't keep candy in the house at May 05, 2024 03:31 PM (HnUIn)

205 Dio

Check out Times of Israel (ToI). Israel says Axios is dead-ass wrong. Period, the end.

I scan ToI several times a day. Politically, ToI is leftish & not to my taste, but it's war reporting has been very solid, imo.

Posted by: mnw at May 05, 2024 03:32 PM (NLIak)

206 That upside down chocolate could easily be a critical nut on a 737 wing. QC is shit in this country right now.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 05, 2024 03:33 PM (aFNOf)

207 What happened to our industrial base that a box of chocolates (dark chocolates with mostly caramels...of course) can slip past supposedly rigorous quality control and reveal a 180 degree catastrophe?
++++
Hmmm. Perhaps. It's less damning that the Oreo where both cookies are in the same orientation (one cookie has the embossed side stuffed into the cream layer). At least with this, I could speculate that it happened during shipping because someone was a little rough with the forklift...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 05, 2024 03:33 PM (HnUIn)

208 Miami Grand Prix in less than 1/2 hour

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 03:33 PM (fwDg9)

209

The Days of Rage are back in style.
Posted by: JackStraw

The dems earned every bit of what they're going to get.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 05, 2024 03:33 PM (HDU5E)

210 I wonder if they are peaking too early or just practicing for October?

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 03:35 PM (fwDg9)

211 Check out Times of Israel (ToI). Israel says Axios is dead-ass wrong. Period, the end.

I scan ToI several times a day. Politically, ToI is leftish & not to my taste, but it's war reporting has been very solid, imo.
Posted by: mnw at May 05, 2024 03:32 PM (NLIak)
***

I'll do that, thanxs. Agree about ToI. Good coverage.
Getting ready here for family visits so I haven't been on line much.
Well, except for here, and only then when Ace doesn't drop a shelf onto the server.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 03:35 PM (W/lyH)

212 My Mr Coffee does not disassemble

you cannot take the electrics out to give the housing a good scrub

tried once

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2024 03:36 PM (/7KEl)

213 Okay The —- That Built America has just jumped the shark. The latest series that I just saw promo for is Disney That Built America.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 03:36 PM (MNhXM)

214 when Ace doesn't drop a shelf onto the server.
Posted by: Diogenes

I thought that was Pixy's job?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 05, 2024 03:36 PM (HDU5E)

215 >>The dems earned every bit of what they're going to get.

Having their convention in Chicago with Barry's friend from the neighborhooo, Bill Ayers, is just asking for festivities.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2024 03:37 PM (LkLld)

216 So many things...

@TheBabylonBee 6m
Disney World Announces New 'The Chosen' Roller Coaster Which Goes Underground For 3 Days Before Rising Again

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2024 03:37 PM (IG4Id)

217 aw geez

with the candy up top I thought this was the food thread

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2024 03:37 PM (/7KEl)

218 147 White chocolate does not contain cacao and is not chocolate. It's some kind of dreck.

it's transchocolate.

Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2024 03:38 PM (edU/H)

219 'We will fight alone if we have to. Never again is now'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday addressed the opening ceremony of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Israel National News
May 5, 2024, 9:08 PM (GMT+3)

Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 03:38 PM (lCWOD)

220 The best thing you can do with a Mr Coffee is toss it and replace it with a French press

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 03:38 PM (YRsIm)

221 The best thing you can do with a Mr Coffee is toss it and replace it with a French press
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 03:38 PM (YRsIm)
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But it was endorsed by Joe diMaggio!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 05, 2024 03:39 PM (Be/+i)

222 I hope you tried the ram's bladder cup. It's quite breathtaking. The larks' vomit really sets it off.

Posted by: Whiz O at May 05, 2024 03:39 PM (Vf0uo)

223 "Eighty years ago, in the Holocaust, the Jewish people were totally defenseless against those who sought our destruction. No nation came to our aid.

"Today, we again confront enemies bent on our destruction."

"I say to the leaders of the world, no amount of pressure, no decision by any international forum, will stop Israel from defending itself."

"As the Prime Minister of Israel – the one and only Jewish state – I pledge here today from Jerusalem on this Holocaust Remembrance Day: If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone. But we know we are not alone because countless decent people around the world support our just cause. And I say to you, we will defeat our genocidal enemies. Never again is now!"

Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 03:39 PM (lCWOD)

224 216 So many things...

@TheBabylonBee 6m
Disney World Announces New 'The Chosen' Roller Coaster Which Goes Underground For 3 Days Before Rising Again

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2024 03:37 PM (IG4Id)
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So they finally admitted it. It goes to Hell for 3 days.

Posted by: Ciampino - Satan Bugs for dinner? at May 05, 2024 03:40 PM (qfLjt)

225 I hope you tried the ram's bladder cup. It's quite breathtaking. The larks' vomit really sets it off.
Posted by: Whiz O at May 05, 2024 03:39 PM (Vf0uo)
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Couldn't get past the Spring Surprise. Too much blood loss.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 05, 2024 03:40 PM (Be/+i)

226 206 That upside down chocolate could easily be a critical nut on a 737 wing. QC is shit in this country right now.

as with boeing, i blame agile.

Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2024 03:40 PM (edU/H)

227 The machine works fine

I just wanted to break it down and GI the hell out of it

but it won't come apart

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2024 03:41 PM (/7KEl)

228 The best thing you can do with a Mr Coffee is toss it and replace it with a French press
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 03:38 PM (YRsIm)
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Heh. I love automatic drip coffee makers. French Presses can make a better quality product, but auto-drips are easy and consistent and good enough.

There's a better reason to toss your Mr. Coffee, though. The product was first introduced to the market in 1973, which is also the first year that Joe Biden had political power in this country. Clearly, Mr. Coffee was a wrong turn somehow...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 05, 2024 03:42 PM (HnUIn)

229 That upside down chocolate could easily be a critical nut on a 737 wing. QC is shit in this country right now.

as with boeing, i blame agile.
Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2024 03:40 PM (edU/H)
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How about Lean? That was a thing at Boeing for awhile.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 05, 2024 03:42 PM (Be/+i)

230 and if it ever conks out I'll just make pour over

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2024 03:42 PM (/7KEl)

231 212 My Mr Coffee does not disassemble
you cannot take the electrics out to give the housing a good scrub
tried once
Posted by: Don Black
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Brew up a couple of pots of distilled white vinegar 9%.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 03:42 PM (lCWOD)

232 as with boeing, i blame agile.
Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2024 03:40 PM (edU/H)
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How about Lean? That was a thing at Boeing for awhile.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 05, 2024 03:42 PM (Be/+i)
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Ooh! Ooh! Six Sigma!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 05, 2024 03:42 PM (HnUIn)

233 Check out Times of Israel (ToI). Israel says Axios is dead-ass wrong. Period, the end.

I scan ToI several times a day. Politically, ToI is leftish & not to my taste, but it's war reporting has been very solid, imo.
Posted by: mnw at May 05, 2024 03:32 PM (NLIak)

Why can’t the WH just make a statement they have not delayed the shipment? Most likely because they have. The other possibility is that they don’t want to lose more lefty Hamas supporting votes.

Posted by: polynikes at May 05, 2024 03:43 PM (MNhXM)

234 Brew up a couple of pots of distilled white vinegar 9%.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 03:42 PM (lCWOD)
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Yup, this is what I do.

Except the first time, when I didn't dilute the vinegar and just ran it through. It took maybe 15 full pots of water to rinse it enough. I wasn't sure it would ever be usable again.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 05, 2024 03:43 PM (HnUIn)

235 Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 03:39 PM (lCWOD)

Good to hear that stated out loud for everyone to hear. No equivocation, no 'politically correct' or 'statesmanship' language.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 03:43 PM (YRsIm)

236
The fvcking law firm suing the Boy Scouts of America likes to contact me on weekends and especially holidays for testimony. My BP is probably through the sky right now as they contacted me today. The BSA had a database of abusers. Give me the names of people employed at Resica Falls Reservation, PA you fired between 1960 and 1980. I'll find the perp.

Then sue the pedophile individually. The justice system in this country is bass ackwards.

:: kicks soapbox away in disgust ::

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 05, 2024 03:43 PM (RKVpM)

237 Never again is now!

A great phrase that should be echoed around the world.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 03:44 PM (W/lyH)

238 229 That upside down chocolate could easily be a critical nut on a 737 wing. QC is shit in this country right now.

as with boeing, i blame agile.
Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2024 03:40 PM (edU/H)
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How about Lean? That was a thing at Boeing for awhile.

there's still a big banner proclaiming pride in being the organization's first cmmi level 5 outfit painted all over the building next to the one i work in. i suspect no one is agile enough to climb up there and graffiti over it.

Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2024 03:45 PM (edU/H)

239 I was just looking forward to the unbridled joy that every man feels when he dismantles a coffee maker

I am going to be ALLOWED
to FULFILL MY DESTINY

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2024 03:45 PM (/7KEl)

240 Chocolate was made for cherries and cherries made for chocolate. Give me a See's Mayfair, please.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 03:46 PM (RIvkX)

241 Is Jimmy Carter still alive?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2024 03:47 PM (GN2QT)

242 234
So what is the proper dilution? To 1%?

Posted by: Ciampino - Satan Bugs for dinner?! at May 05, 2024 03:48 PM (qfLjt)

243 So what is the proper dilution? To 1%?
Posted by: Ciampino - Satan Bugs for dinner?! at May 05, 2024 03:48 PM (qfLjt)
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Normal off-the-shelf supermarket vinegar, i use 1:3 ratio to distilled water. I am sure others have other answers.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 05, 2024 03:49 PM (HnUIn)

244 Is Jimmy Carter still alive?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2024 03:47 PM (GN2QT)
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*checks wristwatch*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 03:50 PM (RIvkX)

245
there's still a big banner proclaiming pride in being the organization's first cmmi level 5 outfit painted all over the building next to the one i work in.

What is CMMI?
The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)® is a proven set of global best practices that drives business performance through building and benchmarking key capabilities.

Hello Dilbert!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2024 03:50 PM (63Dwl)

246 Jimmy ain't going to meet his maker anytime soon

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 03:51 PM (fwDg9)

247 I hope Jimmah's last vision is Hamas begging Israel for mercy before being destroyed.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 03:51 PM (YRsIm)

248 Speaking of dark chocolate

Consumer Report just published a report on the lead and cadmium levels in dark chocolate. They used California's legal levels as the reference.

Ghirardelli measured in at IIRC 39% below the CA limit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2024 03:52 PM (GN2QT)

249 In Desert Storm, my NCOIC packed up a Mr Coffee. It made the trip from Germany to Saudi Arabia, to Iraq and Kuwait. It survived dust storms, howling winds, SCUD attacks, and frequent moves. It never failed.
I wonder what ever happened to it?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 03:54 PM (W/lyH)

250 Drop the puck you hosers.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2024 03:54 PM (LkLld)

251
The BSA had a database of abusers. Give me the names of people employed at Resica Falls Reservation, PA you fired between 1960 and 1980. I'll find the perp.

Then sue the pedophile individually. The justice system in this country is bass ackwards.

:: kicks soapbox away in disgust ::
Posted by: Divide by Zero

But that's why Willie Sutton wasn't a pickpocket.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2024 03:54 PM (63Dwl)

252 >>> 248 Speaking of dark chocolate

Consumer Report just published a report on the lead and cadmium levels in dark chocolate. They used California's legal levels as the reference.

Ghirardelli measured in at IIRC 39% below the CA limit.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2024 03:52 PM (GN2QT)

So, one could melt dark chocolate, put it in a centrifuge, and extract lead for ammo???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 05, 2024 03:54 PM (llON8)

253 So, one could melt dark chocolate, put it in a centrifuge, and extract lead for ammo???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 05, 2024 03:54 PM (llON

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And cadmium for control rods!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 05, 2024 03:55 PM (Be/+i)

254 >>> Consumer Report just published a report on the lead and cadmium levels in dark chocolate. They used California's legal levels as the reference.

Ghirardelli measured in at IIRC 39% below the CA limit.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Ralph Nader has entered the conversation

Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 03:55 PM (lCWOD)

255 189 >>Why do I always get the nasty coconut filled ones?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Because the penguin filled ones go bad too quick?
Posted by: Aviator at May 05, 2024 03:19 PM (HQ9Sl)

heh

Posted by: m at May 05, 2024 03:56 PM (o3SCB)

256 Ralph Nader has entered the conversation
Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 03:55 PM (lCWOD)

My Corvair was a FWP.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2024 03:57 PM (W/lyH)

257 Is Ralph Nader still alive?

RFK Jr/Nader 2024

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2024 03:57 PM (GN2QT)

258 US held up ammo shipment to Israel
According to Israeli officials, the incident raised serious concerns inside the Israeli government and sent officials scrambling to understand why the shipment was held.
Israel National News
May 5, 2024, 10:28 PM (GMT+3)

Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 04:00 PM (lCWOD)

259 Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio, our nation turns it's coffee eyes to you?

Posted by: S &G at May 05, 2024 04:00 PM (dg+HA)

260 I have a Cuisinhart (sp?) that is over 15 years. Starting to leak at the outflow valve above the pot so will probably be replaced. I have a similar one I bought on sale 10+ years ago, still in its box. Also daughter bought one that can do 1 cup to 12 cups plus ice-coffees. Also still in box.

Posted by: Ciampino - coffee-makers are cheap at May 05, 2024 04:00 PM (qfLjt)

261 219 'We will fight alone if we have to. Never again is now'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday addressed the opening ceremony of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Israel National News
May 5, 2024, 9:08 PM (GMT+3)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 03:38 PM (lCWOD)

Blessings on him.

Posted by: m at May 05, 2024 04:01 PM (o3SCB)

262 FOODIE NOODIE TIME TO GET CLEANED UP AND UPSTAIRS

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 04:01 PM (fwDg9)

263 NOOD FOOD

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 05, 2024 04:02 PM (llON8)

264 258
According to Israeli officials, the incident raised serious concerns inside the Israeli government and sent officials scrambling to understand why the shipment was held.

--
Because they want you to lose.

Posted by: Ciampino - quit dawdling and wipe that scum up at May 05, 2024 04:02 PM (qfLjt)

265
But that's why Willie Sutton wasn't a pickpocket.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2024 03:54 PM

Yeah, but money flows to me from the BSA, it flows to my lawyer, and I make some pedophile bankrupt himself defending against a true accusation of abuse. If he's still alive and the various means that G-d has to take these pervs off the planet haven't already escorted him to his justly (and very hot) reward.

Just give me some names, BSA. I'll find him. F'n Guaranteed.

If you don't, you deserve to die - as a RICO organization.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 05, 2024 04:03 PM (RKVpM)

266 257 Is Ralph Nader still alive?

RFK Jr/Nader 2024
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2024 03:57 PM (GN2QT)

*kicks dirt*

Posted by: Zombie Pat Paulsen at May 05, 2024 04:03 PM (PiwSw)

267 The pot on my Faber is cracked, doesn't leak. Going to strip an old extension cord piece and wrap a wire around the neck.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 05, 2024 04:03 PM (lCWOD)

268 And now, for your listening pleasure, climate crisis wacko gets all shouty and threatening.

https://shorturl.at/ksyPZ

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 05, 2024 04:06 PM (L/fGl)

269 for comparison

At the signing of the agreement that brought an end to 2,194 days of global war, MacArthur told the world in a radio broadcast, “Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won.”

Posted by: m at May 05, 2024 04:12 PM (o3SCB)

270 Goal!

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2024 04:14 PM (LkLld)

271 Every box of blueberries has to be closely scrutinized for stems and dead flower heads. Every. Damn. Box!

Aelishdad

Posted by: Dale Sigler at May 05, 2024 04:27 PM (lBBcD)

272 First lesson I learned after moving to Massachusetts

I ordered a chocolate shake and got chocolate milk
……… oooh… you want a Frappe

Didn't take long before I left that heathen state

Posted by: kactus at May 05, 2024 04:48 PM (K93PH)

273 The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding a new contract that pays for free abortions, $2,000 for each illegal immigrant, for unused schools to be turned into migrant homes, they want the ability to lie to parents about their kid’s gender identity and $50 billion in wage hikes to take their average salary from $93,182 to $144,620 by 2027.

For context the ENTIRE state of Illinois only brought in $50.7 Billion in taxes last year.

They also want educators to be trained YEARLY on LGBTQ+ issues (also known as forced indoctrination into the woke cult) AND to have gender neutral bathrooms in schools.

Oh and they want to have a "newcomer liaison" hired at every school for illegal aliens.

Only 21% of 8th grade kids are proficient readers in Chicago and they have the gall to ask for this. Teachers unions might be the most damaging thing to the education of children today. No accountability and no competition breeds failure and entitlement.

https://bit.ly/4b0IxzK

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 05, 2024 04:53 PM (P5BPp)

274 Even though Google Translate exists the internet does not really support irony. First World Problems always risked disappearing into its own belly button lint and finally succeeded with upside down chocolate bonbon.

Posted by: Setsoru at May 05, 2024 04:54 PM (EQ18D)

275 Cadmium Bars are made in England, right?

Posted by: Chocoholic at May 05, 2024 05:31 PM (V5BDR)

276 Holy shit. This is Harvard’s Medical School. I’d trust Medical Advice from a Conspiracy Theorist over these Idiots on any day at any time.

Dancing "Harvard MDs":

https://bit.ly/3Ur5KE9

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 05, 2024 05:39 PM (P5BPp)

277 You can forget about Trump having any chance at all winning Michigan. That was already assumed after the ridiculous Proposal 2 was passed in 2022, which pretty much enshrined election fraud in the state constitution. This legislation will now pretty much guarantee Democrat victory in elections for the foreseeable future.

Michigan Senator Releases Stunning Video Exposing Corrupt Bill Democrats Just Passed to Cheat in Elections

https://bit.ly/3wqdVbZ

SB603 Repeals the current law, which gives bipartisan county Boards of Canvassers the authority to investigate fraud and other wrongdoing, including ballot tampering during recounts.

With the passage of their (election-fraud-enabling) Bill, there will be no future route for requesting a recount if you believe there was fraud.

Under their corruption bill, candidates will be prohibited from requesting a recount if they suspect fraud, and is designed to stop investigations of election fraud by the Board of Canvassers.

This disgusting bill will now permit clerks to recount ballots even if seals are broken on ballot containers and was essentially written by the Secretary of State, who was reversed multiple times...

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 05, 2024 06:16 PM (P5BPp)

278 Chocolates are what you use to lure random prostitutes into your boxcar so you can bide your time until the next central station.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 05, 2024 06:20 PM (pDQ/8)

279 Test
🙄

Posted by: Oddbob at May 05, 2024 07:59 PM (/y8xj)

280 "Teachers unions might be the most damaging thing to the education of children today."

The School of Education in every university: lowest SATs, highest GPAs.
A B.A. in education is 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th grades, with "social promotion".
A graduate degree in education is a participation trophy.
Teacher's Unions (NEA included) are just distilled concentrated "Education".

Posted by: buddhaha at May 05, 2024 08:19 PM (uOiZ0)

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