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Hello everybody! Welcome to Thursday night. Everybody get LOUD!
Who knows, it might land you a job.
Space Cowboys
Meet the First 'Space Cowboys': 3 Guardians Complete Arduous Army Cavalry Spur Ride
After being covered in dust, sweat, dirt and blood, three officers emerged from the West Texas desert last week and were given their spurs and Stetson cowboy hats by the Army, becoming the first ever "space cowboys." The three Space Force Guardians traveled to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, to complete an Army Cavalry Spur Ride, a series of arduous combat tests and physical training exercises in which service members often ruck-march in between challenges -- the first members of the military's newest and smallest service to do so. Space Force Capt. Bradley Evans, an engineer at White Sands Missile Range who took part in the Spur Ride, told Military.com that all of the Guardians who participated completed the challenges, though some Army soldiers didn't make it through.TIL that members of the Space Force are called Guardians. Also, imagine being one of the soldiers who didn't finish. I bet their friends never let them forget.
Language Lesson
The sound of ancient languanges
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 9, 2024
[? EquatorAi]pic.twitter.com/3F8MgkgVUh
Crime Father, baby pistol-whipped during robbery, 3 men charged
During the robbery, the men pointed a gun at the baby's head and threatened to kill him if his father didn't turn over his property, police wrote in court papers. The incident began Wednesday at about 1:30 p.m. when three men in a stolen Toyota committed an auto burglary on Telegraph Avenue, police said. About 15 minutes later, two of the men walked up behind a father who was carrying his baby near Shattuck Avenue and Bancroft Way, police wrote. One of the men pistol-whipped the father, hitting the baby in the process, BPD said. Both sustained injuries, according to BPD.Hopefully some of their cellmates get wind of what they did and take exception.
Best And Brightest
It’s hard to believe that this isn’t a @TheBabylonBee sketch. This is Jared Bersnstein. He sets economic policy for the Biden admin. And he probably can’t even define what an economy is.
— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) May 4, 2024
pic.twitter.com/JtIY4DRGRz
We're doomed. Seems Excessive Aus man jailed for raping masked intruder in home
Klay Holland, 32, faced the Supreme Court of Victoria on Tuesday when he was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of four years and 10 months.The article is badly written. I think that he killed the thief, it says he was charged with manslaughter, but it's not real clear. Also, in the very last paragraph it mentions Holland'”mental impairment”, but never says what exactly it is.
Holland's victim, Shane Cox, had broken into a unit in Melton in Melbourne's west in March 2021 armed with a knife and wearing a mask. He had asked for money and drugs, and was allegedly linked to others who had gone to the home to stand over a resident. Cox, 36, who was high on methylamphetamine, was overpowered by Holland who was a guest at the home. Cox was beaten with a baseball bat and was incapacitated on the floor, where Holland then raped him.
Feel Good Cop Story
NEW: Body cam footage shows Boston Police showing up at man’s house after he called 911 wishing someone would wish him a happy birthday.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 5, 2024
This is the body cam footage we love to see.
Officers Israel Bracho and Franklin Ortiz showed up with a muffin and a candle to wish… pic.twitter.com/j2YU7NWpQU
Every Word Gad Saad: The West suffers from cultural self-delusion
Western politicians view magnanimity, empathy, kindness, and tolerance toward outgroup members as laudable traits. It is a form of virtuous largesse that permits Western leaders to pat themselves on the back whilst admiring their reflections in the mirror. Many middle eastern societies interpret these overt virtuous signals as manifestations of pathological weakness. This is because most Western leaders do not possess Cultural Theory of Mind (CToM). They consider the values that they hold dear as precisely those that any society will cherish with equal alacrity. This cultural blindness results in extraordinarily disastrous domestic and foreign policy errors. Granting entry to millions of immigrants who otherwise possess values that are perfectly antithetical to those of the host nations is a manifestation of cultural blindness. Exhibiting endless military restraint toward belligerent adversaries as a means of building compassionate trust is an exemplar of cultural blindness. There are many regions in the world where the maxim “might is right” is de rigueur. So, in the same way that I am unable to converse with someone who speaks Cantonese because I do not speak that language, politicians who do not “speak” the meta-language inherent to CToM will tackle geopolitical dynamics through a biased prism.Here's a simple maxim: When someone tells you who you are, believe them. It absolutely baffles me how many people seem unable to do this. Hamas jumps up and down screaming about Oct 7th: “We want to kill Jews. We want to terrorize them. We did it before and we're proud of it. We plan to do it again” and so many Westerners, especially on the left, respond “Oh, no, you're just misunderstood”. Insanity. Feel Bad Cop Story
Here's the story: Deputies who fatally shot black US airman burst into wrong apartment: attorney That's a bad shoot. He was holding a gun that he legally owned, pointed at the floor, in his own home. You're allowed to do that, even if there's a cop at the door. It's probably not a good idea, witness the video, but the airman apparently didn't realize it was a cop outside. I'm not even sure why the cop was on Defcon 1. There were no violent noises coming from the apartment, the report from the lady downstairs was vague and didn't even identify a specific location. He'll probably get off with a slap on the wrist, if that, because of qualified immunity. QI is a bad idea, it needs to be abolished. Cops must be held to the same laws they're enforcing, lest they become nothing more than state sanctioned gangs. We're seeing that evolution in real time. Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Tigers:
Women at a drive-through tiger zoo got mad at her husband and got out of the car to give him a piece of her mind. pic.twitter.com/xBncL1qS7D
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 9, 2024
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 09, 2024 09:54 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 09, 2024 09:55 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: Fastly Strokewater - Backstroking. Barely. at May 09, 2024 09:57 PM (gWAUD)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 09, 2024 09:57 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at May 09, 2024 09:58 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: Ciampino - Liberal shennanigans #15 at May 09, 2024 09:58 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2024 09:59 PM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2024 09:59 PM (HUdPZ)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 09:59 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2024 10:00 PM (PAqJs)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 10:00 PM (9yWhg)
About 15 minutes later, two of the men walked up behind a father who was carrying his baby near Shattuck Avenue and Bancroft Way, police wrote.
Pfffft. Berkeley. Shithole.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2024 10:01 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2024 10:01 PM (AJDwy)
Isn't that cute? Space Force got a new merit badge.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2024 10:01 PM (PAqJs)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 09, 2024 09:57 PM (kOluj
Doesn't last long the first time. But it gets better the more you do it.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2024 10:02 PM (AJDwy)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2024 10:02 PM (Y6cFB)
Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at May 09, 2024 10:03 PM (Yvx+v)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2024 10:03 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Stateless at May 09, 2024 10:03 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Chunderdome at May 09, 2024 10:04 PM (UtqQR)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:04 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2024 10:04 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Stateless at May 09, 2024 10:04 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: as Miklos recalls Graham Greene at May 09, 2024 10:04 PM (RhY13)
Posted by: caf at May 09, 2024 10:05 PM (/+mVZ)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2024 10:05 PM (HUdPZ)
Probably Latin since so much of modern English has Latin roots.
Posted by: davidt at May 09, 2024 10:05 PM (SYTee)
Homeowner unzips pants
'Since you're here...'
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2024 10:05 PM (AJDwy)
Posted by: Stateless at May 09, 2024 10:05 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: TRex at May 09, 2024 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: hart at May 09, 2024 10:06 PM (Or35E)
Posted by: mindful webworker - not sponge at May 09, 2024 10:06 PM (XC44l)
low chance of a kill shot.
However high chance of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Global mental issues as the EM field affects mental health. Internet disruptions, localized power outages will happen.
Biggest solar event observed in the modern era.
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And in other news of world wide effect - that annoying banner in the comments has gone.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2024 10:06 PM (cOq4q)
Jared Kushner (the best of the Jareds, by far, but still sus);
Jared Loughner (Gabby Giffords’ shooter);
That other Jared who did the Subway ads and was a pedo;
And now this Bernstein guy.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 10:06 PM (9yWhg)
mental nullity
typical of every Biden appointee
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2024 10:03 PM
The other attribute they all share is 100% loyalty to the Party!
How come our party's politicians are rank, self-serving opportunists that will sell out any Republican principles in a second for three nickels and a coupon to IHOP?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 10:07 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2024 10:07 PM (S5+ge)
The woman in the Jared Bernstein video is Stephanie Kelton, the foremost proponent of that economic snake-oil theory of 2022 called MMT. Basically, the gov't can 'borrow' as much money as possible and not have to pay it back at all, and everything will be A-OK.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2024 10:07 PM (Y6cFB)
Posted by: The Husband at May 09, 2024 10:07 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:07 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Not anymore.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2024 10:08 PM (HUdPZ)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2024 10:08 PM (PisyI)
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Australian Labor Party voter.
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:08 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2024 10:09 PM (EcuTp)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2024 10:09 PM (HUdPZ)
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Apparently lack of good taste.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 09, 2024 10:09 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: The Brain Worm at May 09, 2024 10:09 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2024 10:09 PM (MoZTd)
I am loud, American, opinionated, taller than almost every Japanese manager (to stare down at them), AND a Moron!
How could I not kill at that job?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 10:09 PM (HlyYF)
Jared Bersnstein
mental nullity
typical of every Biden appointee
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2024 10:03 PM (xG4kz)
They really relish rubbing our noses in their power and stupidity!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at May 09, 2024 10:10 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: The Husband at May 09, 2024 10:10 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2024 10:02 PM (AJDwy
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Same as in town?
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 09, 2024 10:11 PM (kOluj)
Tiger park: It would take a heart of stone not to laugh uproariously.
"Vehicle innards --- they're grrrrrreat!"
-- Tony the Well-Fed Tiger
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2024 10:11 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 09, 2024 10:11 PM (8AONa)
I am loud, American, opinionated, taller than almost every Japanese manager (to stare down at them), AND a Moron!
How could I not kill at that job?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 10:09 PM (HlyYF)
Get in line, bro.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2024 10:11 PM (NxC5+)
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But first, let there be a Rectification of Names.
Good evening everyone.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 09, 2024 10:11 PM (lCWOD)
I took a History of English course. We spent a lot of time on old English and it was not as hard as I thought it would be. My experience is that it's easier to understand if read aloud.
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2024 10:12 PM (oaGWv)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
Let's be honest. The only party we really have are the MoMe's. Neither political party cares about citizens anymore.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 10:12 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: The Brain Worm at May 09, 2024 10:12 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: The Husband at May 09, 2024 10:12 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:13 PM (ZdexC)
There is/was a drive thru animal park in South Georgia. We went there with the kids several times.
We rented one of the jeeps and it was fun.
We stopped outside of the giraffe enclosure and one of the giraffes put his head through my open window, I was driving. It was amazing. He laid his head on my shoulder for about a minute.
Thank goodness it wasn't a tiger, lmao.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2024 10:13 PM (PisyI)
Posted by: Be Better, Karen at May 09, 2024 10:13 PM (UtqQR)
Posted by: Mars at May 09, 2024 10:13 PM (bo7UB)
This may be true. I think it is much more likely that it is simply that Western leaders really truly hate their own people.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2024 10:14 PM (gakDF)
Posted by: Chunderdome at May 09, 2024 10:04 PM (UtqQR)
To be fair, I thought he was a bigger than normal koala.
Posted by: Aussie Burglar Rapist at May 09, 2024 10:14 PM (EcuTp)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 10:14 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: a dude in MI at May 09, 2024 10:14 PM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: The Brain Worm at May 09, 2024 10:14 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 09, 2024 10:15 PM (qZdIZ)
https://youtu.be/DWfg5BhYL5I
Posted by: mikeski at May 09, 2024 10:15 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 09, 2024 10:15 PM (Y6IkP)
Jared Bersnstein
mental nullity
typical of every Biden appointee
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2024 10:03 PM (xG4kz)
__________
Thought he might have been a Harvard alum, but no.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2024 10:15 PM (MoZTd)
Tonight KotH episode addresses Japanese business culture. Hank Hill of course is the Loud American in the episode.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 10:16 PM (inGXk)
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2024 10:12 PM (oaGWv)
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Depends on how far back you go.
Even Chaucer is pretty much incomprehensible in the English of his day.
Unless you're a Frisian, that is.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 10:16 PM (bo7UB)
I don't know about that Buldgey. One of the kids told me, Mom, you have red clay on your shirt. I didn't care, you can't put a price on that experience.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2024 10:16 PM (PisyI)
LMAO at the stupid bitch at the drive thru animal park.
Why oh why are people so fucking stupid?
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2024 10:08 PM (PisyI)
I ended up finding the story on the interwebs. From what I read, the woman dragged away by the tiger survived the attack. Her mother (the person who got out of the car after her husband ran out first) was killed by the tiger.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2024 10:16 PM (Y6cFB)
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Happens all of the time, in all of the services (even the Air *cough* Force). Each service has its 'Special Ops' people/units, and in each case there are wash-outs during training.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at May 09, 2024 10:16 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: a dude in MI
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And this one is full of more than fun fun fun!
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 09, 2024 10:16 PM (8AONa)
T-Zero: May 9, 8:20 p.m. PDT, 11:20 EDT, (03:20 UTC, 05:20 CEST May 10).
https://www.youtube.com/live/sOR7QFns_n0
Posted by: Ciampino - Liberal shennanigans #16 at May 09, 2024 10:16 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 09, 2024 10:16 PM (fY84s)
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I'm pretty sure don't get out of the car is a priority.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 09, 2024 10:17 PM (L/fGl)
Also, I’m hoping the tiger lady wasn’t devoured or seriously injured. How do we know she was arguing with hubby? Do we know whether or not she survived?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2024 10:17 PM (xT8gx)
I am loud, American, opinionated, taller than almost every Japanese manager (to stare down at them), AND a Moron!
How could I not kill at that job?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 10:09 PM
Get in line, bro.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2024 10:11 PM
With both of us yelling at the managers, we could probably get Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build the U.S. a 600-ship Navy!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 10:17 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: The Brain Worm at May 09, 2024 10:18 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Robert at May 09, 2024 10:18 PM (DOa1e)
"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Well, then who the Hell else are you talking- You talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? Huh?"
Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2024 10:18 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2024 10:19 PM (EcuTp)
This mentality led to the nation building war objectives. IMO completely wrong in theory and experience.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2024 10:19 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Cooter Brown at May 09, 2024 10:19 PM (V5BDR)
I am loud, American, opinionated, taller than almost every Japanese manager (to stare down at them), AND a Moron!
How could I not kill at that job?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 10:09 PM
Get in line, bro.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2024 10:11 PM
With both of us yelling at the managers, we could probably get Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build the U.S. a 600-ship Navy!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
Let's go for 650. I want fast battleships again!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 10:19 PM (VNX3d)
Why oh why are people so fucking stupid?
Posted by: four seasons
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ASHEVILLE — After a group of people were videotaped pulling two young black bear cubs from a tree to take a selfie at an Asheville apartment complex April 16, officers with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission have decided not to press charges, drawing surprise and criticism from wildlife advocates.
Why mama wasn't there, I do not know, but if she had been, the outcome would have been different.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at May 09, 2024 10:19 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 09, 2024 10:20 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: The Brain Worm at May 09, 2024 10:20 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Cooter Brown at May 09, 2024 10:20 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Robert at May 09, 2024 10:21 PM (DOa1e)
Proof that political donations can buy a job.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2024 10:01 PM (AJDwy)
He repeated himself at least 3 times. And never made sense once. I guess Biden always wants to be the smartest person in the room.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 10:21 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
Let's be honest. The only party we really have are the MoMe's. Neither political party cares about citizens anymore.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 10:12 PM
Yep. And everyone I have met there would literally walk 5 miles on a hundred-degree day in Texas to give you the shirt off of their back if you really needed it.
Therefore, why do our politicians suck so much? There is some inversion of the message from what WE stand for and the politicians we get to represent us.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 10:22 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: The Brain Worm at May 09, 2024 10:22 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2024 10:22 PM (oaGWv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at May 09, 2024 10:19 PM (XeU6L)
Yeah, I'm dumb city slicker. But this was my first thought: where's the adult bear?!? If I saw cubs, I would vamoose.
Posted by: Unbearable at May 09, 2024 10:22 PM (UtqQR)
Why mama wasn't there, I do not know, but if she had been, the outcome would have been different.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc
Hopefully, the idiots now have to feed and support these two bear cubs until they die of old age. If they're lucky, they won't become the next meal.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 10:22 PM (VNX3d)
I like the trivia about the food we eat ; poultry, beef, mutton , venison , pork come from French because it was the Norman elite. The serfs still ate chicken, cow, sheep, deer and pig. Fish remained fish because the French word for fish is poisson.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 10:23 PM (inGXk)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at May 09, 2024 10:23 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Goofus N. Gallant at May 09, 2024 10:23 PM (4zxRq)
Posted by: The Brain Worm at May 09, 2024 10:12 PM
That might also explain the low birth rate.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 10:23 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2024 10:23 PM (PisyI)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Her: i'm mad
Him: about?
Her: if you don't already know, then i'm even madder
* opens door and exits car*
Tiger: nom nom has entered the park
Him: she should have gone with the bear
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 09, 2024 10:24 PM (MsrgL)
From.last thread, just got home
Sure Joe has a "moral compass". It looks like a regular compass except the N is replaced with a dollar sign
Posted by: azjaeger at May 09, 2024 10:24 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 09, 2024 10:24 PM (FkUwd)
Posted by: davidt at May 09, 2024 10:05 PM (SYTee)
The audio had a weird quality to it when the "actors" were speaking. Sounds like the entire video was produced by an AI. I would not place much credence in it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 10:24 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Mars at May 09, 2024 10:13 PM (bo7UB)
Mars chicks are red I think.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 09, 2024 10:24 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2024 10:16 PM (Y6cFB)
So the tiger ate his mother-in-law? Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2024 10:24 PM (EcuTp)
Posted by: Covering the Bases at May 09, 2024 10:24 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 09, 2024 10:24 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:25 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 10:25 PM (9yWhg)
What's wrong with astronaut as a general term? It's not like every sailor is in the Navy.
Posted by: Robert at May 09, 2024 10:26 PM (XD7PZ)
Posted by: Be Better, Karen at May 09, 2024 10:13 PM
It was definitely a set up. The park manager was tired of being yelled at by angry Karen's.
Pretty sure he promised the tiger an extra 64 oz t-bone at feeding time if he did the right thing.
The all you can eat appetizers was just a bonus for being a good tiger.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 10:26 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2024 10:27 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 09, 2024 10:27 PM (FkUwd)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2024 10:24 PM (EcuTp)
LOL. I almost woke up the house.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2024 10:27 PM (Y6cFB)
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Which way was his moral compass pointing when he was showering with young Ashley Biden?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2024 10:27 PM (gakDF)
Posted by: The Brain Worm at May 09, 2024 10:12 PM
That might also explain the low birth rate.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
So, Japanese men need to become, or at least mimic, fugu or porcupine fish?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 10:28 PM (VNX3d)
When the government sells a bond, it is either borrowing or lending or something, and there's a lot of words, and MMT is very confusing, and it's all very confusing.
Can you prove he's wrong?
Posted by: Goofus N. Gallant at May 09, 2024 10:28 PM (4zxRq)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2024 10:28 PM (gakDF)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2024 10:28 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2024 10:28 PM (pZEOD)
Wife:
If you don't stop this car I'm getting out....
Tiger:
Ohhhhh, hot lunch
Husband:
So, anyway....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2024 10:28 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 10:29 PM (inGXk)
Posted by: four seasons
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Yes...yes we can. But a large segment of population is simply divorced/isolated from reality, and consequences.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at May 09, 2024 10:29 PM (XeU6L)
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Leafs yeet Keefe
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2024 10:28 PM (gakDF)
So, Keefe Leefs.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2024 10:29 PM (Y6cFB)
Thanks for the reminder of the launch.
Posted by: oldraceral at May 09, 2024 10:30 PM (ebDT0)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 10:30 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: The Husband at May 09, 2024 10:30 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Robert at May 09, 2024 10:30 PM (XD7PZ)
Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2024 10:30 PM (41CYW)
Australian: Yeah, I will give you all my stuff.
Burglar: Oh no.
Posted by: Burglary is Australian for "I Consent" at May 09, 2024 10:30 PM (UtqQR)
But, I don't think they would've got there fast enough, with enough tranq loaded into the dart rifle, to have been...."in time."
Would've been much more cosmic though, had she been wearing a Red Checked Gingham dress.
Packaged as Purina Tiger Chow, of course!
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, HORDE!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 09, 2024 10:31 PM (e6UQI)
https://www.youtube.com/live/C_wWuuXffKw
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2024 10:31 PM (EcuTp)
What's wrong with astronaut as a general term? It's not like every sailor is in the Navy.
Posted by: Robert
For a very brief few moments, The Space Force was an efficient Federal Agency. They had one General on staff and that was it. It quickly changed to a bloated bureaucracy, as corrupt as the rest of the DoD.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2024 10:32 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: The Brain Worm at May 09, 2024 10:20 PM
I hate corporate welfare just on general principles.
However, in this case, I might be willing to send many good 'ol American greenbacks to any Japanese corporations willing to take a few thousand Karens off our hands.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 10:32 PM (HlyYF)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 09, 2024 10:31 PM (e6UQI)
"I'm here all night, folks. Try the veal. Tip your waitress."
- Jim SND
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2024 10:32 PM (Y6cFB)
People were very demoralized by this (I heard it from 3 people and no one would touch it with a ten-foot pole). So I went to the president and told him that this rumor was circulating, no idea if it was true or not but it had to end. He looked like he wanted to vomit, because they had groomed the VP to take over upon his retirement.
I believe that the only way out was to accept the young lady's resignation. I never heard what happened, but I guess they bought her off and the VP got a serious warning. He was a worm and probably guilty.
3 years later, the sales guy (typical sleazebag) went on to misdirect an email that resulted in us losing the account that I serviced. I ended up getting let go since I didn't have an account to service anymore.
So I'll be happy to accept your position for Loud American. $50K sign-on bonus. Thanks!
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 09, 2024 10:32 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
Daughter was tired of mom? How sad.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2024 10:32 PM (HUdPZ)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 10:32 PM (inGXk)
Sad. Imagine having to live with the fact that your stupidity killed your mother.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2024 10:33 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2024 10:33 PM (oaGWv)
Posted by: Covering the Bases
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My favorite had the verbage, 'Save energy with this one simple trick', showing a graphic of a hand holding a duplex outlet.
I thought, 'Aha! Remove all of your outlets and your energy usage will drop.' Brilliant!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at May 09, 2024 10:33 PM (XeU6L)
Is it possible to rape in self defense? The judge described it as "degrading and humiliating" but that seems to be the point. I'd say it was a lesson so the guy would never do it again but he died, so...
Anyway!
Posted by: Robert at May 09, 2024 10:34 PM (XD7PZ)
Australian: Yeah, I will give you all my stuff.
Burglar: Oh no.
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Deployed the Down Under self defense.
Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2024 10:35 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: mikeski
Tiger Zoo should have been the headliner. I heard they killed it.
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at May 09, 2024 10:36 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
Daughter was tired of mom? How sad.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2024 10:32 PM (HUdPZ)
The lady and the tiger story:
https://is.gd/4LRpT6
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2024 10:37 PM (Y6cFB)
Posted by: Tony at May 09, 2024 10:37 PM (VOSfB)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 10:37 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Henny Youngman at the Tiger Park at May 09, 2024 10:38 PM (RhY13)
Anyway!
Posted by: Robert at May 09, 2024 10:34 PM
The lesson worked perfectly.
I have never seen another type of criminal rehabilitation program that had a guaranteed 0% recidivism rate!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 10:38 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Robert at May 09, 2024 10:38 PM (XD7PZ)
Tuna,
Puppies are so much fun except when they're not, lol.
We got a Shih Tzu puppy 2 and half years ago and he almost drove us nuts. We realized it had been years since we had a puppy and forgot how "entertaining" they are, lol. He trained us well and he's the love of our lives now.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2024 10:38 PM (PisyI)
Posted by: hart
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Agree.
Give best advise.
Boss ignores and does stupid is as stupid does...
Not my fookin problem...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2024 10:39 PM (cOq4q)
Posted by: goulash > gulag at May 09, 2024 10:39 PM (UtqQR)
Posted by: The Brain Worm at May 09, 2024 10:20 PM (9yWhg)
Already have. These globalist entities have a lot of churn. DEI payouts are a rounding error.
This goes back to the nineties. Then big companies looked at settlements with incompetent blacks as "A cost of doing business."
Posted by: hart at May 09, 2024 10:39 PM (Or35E)
Posted by: The Brain Worm at May 09, 2024 10:20 PM
I hate corporate welfare just on general principles.
However, in this case, I might be willing to send many good 'ol American greenbacks to any Japanese corporations willing to take a few thousand Karens off our hands.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
Let's arm the Iranians and Chinese with several different models of Karens. Until they attack, America would be quieter.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 10:40 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 10:40 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Ripley at May 09, 2024 10:41 PM (PTDkx)
Posted by: Miklos, singing along to Ernie K-Doe's "Mother-in-Law" at May 09, 2024 10:41 PM (RhY13)
Posted by: HAL 9000 at May 09, 2024 10:41 PM (41CYW)
I guess he didn't notice the Pali flag at their tent camp.
Posted by: PJ at May 09, 2024 10:41 PM (G1dq6)
Posted by: Harcout Fenton Mudd at May 09, 2024 10:42 PM (4I/2K)
I have to imagine that if you understand any of the Mediterranean languages you'd have a leg up on the ancient ones.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2024 10:42 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
Maybe they just favor Mexican Circus Midgets.
- Jeb!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2024 10:42 PM (cOq4q)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 10:43 PM (9yWhg)
Not according to Jill's ex husband.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2024 10:44 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 10:44 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: goulash
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Awien
Posted by: HAL 9000
You're not supposed to say that
Posted by: Miklos, with less but better hair than the "it's Aliens" guy at May 09, 2024 10:45 PM (RhY13)
standover man
One who uses intimidation or coercion to extort money from someone. Primarily heard in Australia.
They've been trying to blackmail me for days. Now they've sent their standover man to pay me a visit and try to collect.
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Now the family of Polish heritage is trying to protect its interests as the NSW Crime Commission moves to freeze the dead gangster's estate.
The situation serves as a sobering example of the standover tactics and protection practices that flourish in Sydney's south-western suburbs and leave many innocent business owners stuck in a corner.
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:47 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 10:40 PM
If we can send enough Karens, both countries will use their nuclear weapons on their own cities!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2024 10:47 PM (HlyYF)
Because they love ghoul ash.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
STOP PAPRIKING ON ME!!!
Posted by: Miklos, mere Magyar, muthas at May 09, 2024 10:47 PM (RhY13)
Posted by: goulash
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Awien
Posted by: HAL 9000
You're not supposed to say that
Posted by: Miklos, with less but better hair than the "it's Aliens" guy
Miklos is like Gonzo from the Muppets, we're not quite sure what he is, but it's good having him around.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 10:47 PM (VNX3d)
That's what diplomats are for, right? They should have a pretty good understanding of the customs and cultural meaning of the host's country, right? I learned that in my first year of high school German. Certain words or phrases are not to be taken literally.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 09, 2024 10:48 PM (ET1Q8)
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2024 10:48 PM (/7KEl)
Of course, Crump had to throw in the obligatory “I cain’t breave!”
Posted by: Marty at May 09, 2024 10:49 PM (2VYdP)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2024 10:19 PM (EcuTp)
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Use this other weird trick. Instead pf picking them off with your fingers and dropping them in alcohol, you could be sneaky and get them from the inside by first drinking the alcohol.
Posted by: Ciampino - Liberal shennanigans #17 at May 09, 2024 10:49 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: that burglar at May 09, 2024 10:49 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 10:49 PM (9yWhg)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
Example: Joe Biden said ....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 10:49 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Yes. And the best Miklos is Random Miklos.
Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2024 10:50 PM (41CYW)
Anyway!
Posted by: Robert at May 09, 2024 10:34 PM (XD7PZ)
Re: the Melbuggery story. Sounds like it was all gang-related to me. "Standing over" sounds like "watching and besetting", which is basically stalking. If the rapist had the intruder subdued enough to be able to cornhole him, "self defense" had been achieved by subduing him. The buggery is just plain old pervery.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 10:50 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
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Money Shot
maybe
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2024 10:51 PM (cOq4q)
Those of you out west, check out the moon right after sunset. It's a thin waxing crescent and a "wet" setting moon, almost a vertical bowl about the horizon.
Tonight was the first night to see much of anything in a few days.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 09, 2024 10:51 PM (w6EFb)
***
Ancient Latin or Greek, since English already uses so many root words from them.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 09, 2024 10:52 PM (yD62l)
Also: Thank you for the ONT!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2024 10:53 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: scampydog says Hi NSA Bob at May 09, 2024 10:53 PM (41CYW)
____
I love a happy ending.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2024 10:54 PM (gakDF)
Posted by: says Miklos, with a suggestive Clark Gable leer at May 09, 2024 10:54 PM (RhY13)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 10:37 PM (9yWhg)
Beats being nibbled to death by ducks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 10:55 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Or that Aussie thing.
Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2024 10:56 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2024 10:56 PM (gakDF)
Fish remained fish because the French word for fish is poisson.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 10:23 PM (inGXk)
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fish = poisson --- poison = gift (in Afrikaans)
Posted by: Ciampino - Language shennanigans #01 at May 09, 2024 10:56 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 09, 2024 10:52 PM (yD62l)
The cadence of the Greek sounded most like the normal cadence of English.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 10:56 PM (8zz6B)
Fritz Feld *POP!*
Posted by: the Zit Lawyers at May 09, 2024 10:57 PM (RhY13)
***
o_O
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 09, 2024 10:57 PM (yD62l)
Posted by: hart at May 09, 2024 10:58 PM (Or35E)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I pronounce that "cadinsay".
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at May 09, 2024 10:58 PM (RhY13)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 09, 2024 10:52 PM (yD62l)
The cadence of the Greek sounded most like the normal cadence of English.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 10:56 PM (8zz6B)
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VDH says all our language came from the Greek.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 09, 2024 10:58 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2024 10:58 PM (/7KEl)
Make America Great Again is a terrific moral compass.
FJB never had a moral compass. He couldn't because he has no morals.
Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2024 10:59 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Place of death clearly established.
Posted by: the Geoduck Detectives at May 09, 2024 11:00 PM (RhY13)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2024 11:01 PM (8sMut)
Make America Great Again is a terrific moral compass.
FJB never had a moral compass. He couldn't because he has no morals.
Posted by: Gref
... and he sold the compass long ago in order to get elected the first time.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 11:01 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2024 10:59 PM (5fDan)
His "moral" compass is power.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2024 11:01 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: davidt at May 09, 2024 10:05 PM (SYTee)
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Meh. Not really.
English is a base of North Central Germanic with an admixture of Scandi Germanic, a massive injection of Norman French, a small frisson of Latin (frisson -- see what I did there?) and essentially no Gaelic.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:01 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Mickey "Miklos" Bigmouth at May 09, 2024 11:02 PM (RhY13)
Posted by: RFK, JR. at May 09, 2024 11:03 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:03 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2024 11:03 PM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Barry Soetoro
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Hi Barry, all the guys at ChiTown BathHaus miss you.
_Bois @ the bathhouse
Posted by: Braenyard at May 09, 2024 11:03 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 11:04 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Trans-Miklos McMiklos, gonna get me kilt at May 09, 2024 11:04 PM (RhY13)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 09, 2024 10:52 PM (yD62l)
The cadence of the Greek sounded most like the normal cadence of English.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 10:56 PM (8zz6B)
I don't think anyone today has a clue about the cadence and inflections of long-dead languages. It's all "expert" guesswork based on each individual's assumptions and biases.
Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2024 11:04 PM (5fDan)
The Old Scandinavian because right there you have the split between old Scandinavian languages and old German. German shares a lot of words with contemporary English. On the other hand, you still have the screwed up sentence structoure to deal with.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 09, 2024 11:04 PM (ET1Q8)
Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at May 09, 2024 11:04 PM (WvGHv)
Posted by: Minnfidel at May 09, 2024 11:04 PM (4p0Xq)
Posted by: four seasons
Mine's a mini dachshund who thinks he's bigger than he actually is and entertaining he is. I can't remember laughing so hard since before my husband passed away. The healing power of pets. I love the little guy.
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2024 11:04 PM (oaGWv)
See, e.g., Welsh.
Posted by: Cicero
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Tense correction suggested -
replace 'was' with 'is'
- Bill Clinton
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2024 11:05 PM (cOq4q)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2024 11:05 PM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Didn't O. Henry have a story about that?
Posted by: But then Ol' Beau died at May 09, 2024 11:05 PM (RhY13)
Cafe Thread, someone expressed dismay that the Kennedys were considered in some circles, as "Good Catholics". I'll include Biden in this category.
Well, they *are* "Good Catholics" in "Good Standing" in some circles.
One or more of Dante's Circles of Hell, I presume.
And they all wear their Apostle Judas medallions, with pride.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 09, 2024 11:06 PM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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If you look at the back pages of your Webster's Dictionary there's a page with a word tree. All of those languages come from the Greek/Latin root.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 09, 2024 11:06 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 11:07 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: davidt at May 09, 2024 10:05 PM (SYTee)
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Meh. Not really.
English is a base of North Central Germanic with an admixture of Scandi Germanic, a massive injection of Norman French, a small frisson of Latin (frisson -- see what I did there?) and essentially no Gaelic.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:01 PM (bo7UB)
'The English' is a corruption of The Angles. The 'Anglo' in the term Anglo-Saxon.
Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2024 11:07 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: Minnfidel at May 09, 2024 11:07 PM (4p0Xq)
Posted by: Weirddave at May 09, 2024 11:08 PM (NGHju)
Posted by: four seasons
Mine's a mini dachshund who thinks he's bigger than he actually is and entertaining he is. I can't remember laughing so hard since before my husband passed away. The healing power of pets. I love the little guy.
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2024 11:04 PM (oaGWv)
There's an awesome YT video that features two basset hounds teaching their golden retriever buddy how to use the doggie door.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2024 11:08 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 09, 2024 10:27 PM (FkUwd)
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I grew up in Northern Vermont and loved watching Don Cherry. They broke the mold the day he was born.
(Rumor has it the beat the hell out of the mold-maker too.)
Posted by: 496 at May 09, 2024 11:09 PM (AcsA+)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2024 11:05 PM (S6gqv)
Don't tell Father.
Posted by: English Rose at May 09, 2024 11:09 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 11:07 PM
Roscoe finally got him.
Posted by: Minnfidel at May 09, 2024 11:10 PM (4p0Xq)
Wishful thinking. Their cellmates are just like them.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 09, 2024 11:10 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 09, 2024 10:58 PM (lCWOD)
And culminated in English. KJV, Shakespeare, Lincoln and Churchill.
Posted by: hart at May 09, 2024 11:10 PM (Or35E)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Didn't O. Henry have a story about that?
Posted by: But then Ol' Beau died
He might have. It's been a long time since I read his works. That would be more useful than reading the news.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 11:10 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2024 11:07 PM (5fDan)
"She's got all the curves, and I got all the angles."
Posted by: zombie Wolfman Jack at May 09, 2024 11:10 PM (8zz6B)
Is it possible to rape in self defense? The judge described it as "degrading and humiliating" but that seems to be the point. I'd say it was a lesson so the guy would never do it again but he died, so...
Anyway!
Posted by: Robert at May 09, 2024 10:34 PM (XD7PZ)
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Did the host know his guest was a queer and a rapist?
Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #53 at May 09, 2024 11:11 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2024 11:05 PM (S6gqv)
Then English began pilfering from every language English speakers encountered.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2024 11:11 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2024 11:11 PM (EcuTp)
Posted by: Minnfidel
Or the Buck Owens song I've Got a Tiger by the Tail.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 11:12 PM (VNX3d)
English vocabulary is c. 70% from Latin, with an Old German grammar.
German vocabulary is c. 70% from Old German, with a modified Latin grammar.
The languages switched because of Nixon's Southern Strategy.
Posted by: Democratic Linguistic Talking Points at May 09, 2024 11:12 PM (RhY13)
I think it was more of the 17 UN violations laid out in detail. Also it was almost a year before military action was taken. There was no cultural misunderstanding.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 11:12 PM (inGXk)
No, it was the Mountain. As the song goes, "Someday the Mountain might get 'em, but the law never will."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 09, 2024 11:13 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Mortimer and Randolph Duke, cornering the Mayo market at May 09, 2024 11:14 PM (RhY13)
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French is a version of Latin mangled by people who couldn't be bothered to pronounce the last few syllables.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:15 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 10:47 PM (VNX3d)
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Miklos is fricking hilarious, and a big reason why I lurk these comments every night.
As Mis Hum says, this is the best bunch of commenters on the web. Many thanks for all the entertainment, all.
Posted by: 496 at May 09, 2024 11:15 PM (vnqcJ)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 09, 2024 11:16 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 11:16 PM (8zz6B)
Me? "Tiger? What tiger? I didn't see any tiger."
Posted by: mnw at May 09, 2024 11:16 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 09, 2024 11:18 PM (lCWOD)
Sure...coach is always the fall guy..could be its because they are the Leafs
Posted by: a dude in MI at May 09, 2024 11:18 PM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 11:18 PM (inGXk)
As I recall, that goober was a rabid Democrat in real life and kept challenging Newt for his seat.
Posted by: Barney Fife > Rosco P. Coltrane at May 09, 2024 11:19 PM (UtqQR)
Posted by: mnw
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Hobbes! What have you done?
Posted by: Calvin at May 09, 2024 11:19 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Mortimer and Randolph Duke
No love for Patty Duke?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2024 11:19 PM (oIV3h)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 09, 2024 11:19 PM (a/7LW)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 09, 2024 11:19 PM (ET1Q8)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 11:18 PM (inGXk)
Dont get off the boat-or out of the car
Posted by: a dude in MI at May 09, 2024 11:20 PM (+I6Y/)
Because they love ghoul ash.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 10:43 PM (9yWhg)
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Good one but it was easy since they are always Hungary and looking for food.
Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #54 at May 09, 2024 11:20 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 09, 2024 11:21 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 09, 2024 11:21 PM (u73oe)
Sure...coach is always the fall guy..could be its because they are the Leafs
Posted by: a dude in MI at May 09, 2024 11:18 PM (+I6Y/)
The Leafs, yeah. But how long has it been since les Habs made a deep run into the playoffs?
Posted by: Gref, mostly clueless about hockey at May 09, 2024 11:21 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:22 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2024 11:22 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 09, 2024 11:22 PM (a/7LW)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 09, 2024 11:19 PM (ET1Q
Some thanks.
Posted by: Zombie J. Christopher Stevens at May 09, 2024 11:23 PM (UtqQR)
Left the bachelor party (pizza, beer and poker) at their home early to let those crazy kids have their space. All parental units are thrilled!
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2024 11:23 PM (oIV3h)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
Yep. English is the most conservative language meaning that it conserves whatever it finds useful. That History of the English language course I took was so much fun and endlessly fascinating. I was so sorry when the semester was over.
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2024 11:24 PM (oaGWv)
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2024 11:25 PM (/7KEl)
Tyger Tyger, burning bright
Will I eat that? Yes I might;
Yell at your man, have a fight
Get out the car bitch (takes a bite)
Posted by: Mystic and poet Miklos Blake at May 09, 2024 11:25 PM (RhY13)
Note says that they USED to let guests drive through the tiger park.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2024 11:25 PM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
>Cooter and Anus were his weaknesses.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 09, 2024 11:26 PM (fY84s)
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2024 11:26 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 11:18 PM (inGXk)
"The first thing to do when you're being stalked by an ugly mob with raspberries is to -- release the tiger!"
Who knows where this classic line comes from?
Posted by: Gref, mostly clueless about hockey at May 09, 2024 11:26 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: hart at May 09, 2024 11:26 PM (Or35E)
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2024 11:24 PM (oaGWv)
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Subscribe to my Youtube channel.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:26 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2024 11:25 PM (S6gqv)
Should be a huge sign - you get out and are Tiger toy...not our problem
Posted by: a dude in MI at May 09, 2024 11:27 PM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 09, 2024 11:28 PM (ET1Q8)
Left the bachelor party (pizza, beer and poker) at their home early to let those crazy kids have their space. All parental units are thrilled!
Posted by: Tonypete
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That is great. Congrats.
Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2024 11:28 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: mnw at May 09, 2024 11:29 PM (NLIak)
Chef got out of the boat and almost got taken by a tiger. Never get out of the boat.
Posted by: Don Black
Quint: Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark.
Quint: Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2024 11:30 PM (63Dwl)
1. Something that resembles gasoline in tank? Check.
2. Oil on dipstick? Check.
3. Air up tires, only two of which are flat? Check.
Take seat on mower. Turn key. Nothing happens.
Inspect the battery I "recently" installed. Turns out I put it in 3 years ago. Briefly consider putting it on the charger and fighting with it all season. Hopped in car and got a new battery instead.
Just as I got the new battery installed, it began to pour down rain.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2024 11:31 PM (EcuTp)
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2024 11:31 PM (/7KEl)
1. Something that resembles gasoline in tank? Check.
2. Oil on dipstick? Check.
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Gas stabilizer is your friend!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:32 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Inquiring Mind of SOLKIM at May 09, 2024 11:34 PM (RhY13)
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2024 11:34 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: mnw at May 09, 2024 11:35 PM (NLIak)
1. Something that resembles gasoline in tank? Check.
2. Oil on dipstick? Check.
3. Air up tires, only two of which are flat? Check.
Take seat on mower. Turn key. Nothing happens.
Inspect the battery I "recently" installed. Turns out I put it in 3 years ago. Briefly consider putting it on the charger and fighting with it all season. Hopped in car and got a new battery instead.
Just as I got the new battery installed, it began to pour down rain.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2024 11:31 PM (EcuTp)
Don't be angry. You now have invaluable information if you experience drought. Installing a new battery in your riding mower will cause rain to fall on your property.
Posted by: Gref, mostly clueless about hockey at May 09, 2024 11:35 PM (5fDan)
Left the bachelor party (pizza, beer and poker) at their home early to let those crazy kids have their space. All parental units are thrilled!
Posted by: Tonypete
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Grrrrreat.
I'm sure young son will do his part assuring that we do not have a declining population.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 09, 2024 11:36 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Inquiring Mind of SOLKIM at May 09, 2024 11:34 PM (RhY13)
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Naw, I just make shit up.
The therapist said it was because my dad treated me like crap.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:36 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Don Black
The sauciers get all the saucy wenches.
Posted by: Miklos wouldn't mind a bit of basting at May 09, 2024 11:36 PM (RhY13)
Just as I got the new battery installed, it began to pour down rain.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Perfect timing!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2024 11:36 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Miklos gets at Wally's for about 7 bucks at May 09, 2024 11:37 PM (RhY13)
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2024 11:37 PM (oaGWv)
Instead they fucked up their societal norms all by themselves.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2024 11:38 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 09, 2024 11:28 PM (ET1Q
It all started in Africa. Then was stolen and magically erased from the memory of the creators in the first act of cultural appropriation.
Posted by: hart at May 09, 2024 11:38 PM (Or35E)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Perfect timing!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Se pasa aqui
Posted by: The Plains of Spain, mainly at May 09, 2024 11:38 PM (RhY13)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:32 PM (bo7UB)
Yes indeed. When I fill up the gas cans at the start of the season, I always add stabilizer.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2024 11:39 PM (EcuTp)
Posted by: Cicero
Seafoam has a very deceptive name.
Posted by: Miklos gets at Wally's
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Someone said it keeps your gas from degrading but doesn't help your gas lines or carb. I think it helps the carb,
Posted by: Braenyard at May 09, 2024 11:40 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2024 11:41 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:41 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: hart at May 09, 2024 11:41 PM (Or35E)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:42 PM (bo7UB)
298 Anyone interested in English should read "The Professor and the Madman" by Simon Winchester about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. Very interesting story.
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2024 11:37 PM (oaGWv)
Or watch the Blackadder episode about Samuel Johnson and the first dictionary.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2024 11:43 PM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Cicero
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Sta-bil here. Definitely not fuels gold. Stuff works well.
Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2024 11:44 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 11:44 PM (inGXk)
Instead they fucked up their societal norms all by themselves.
Posted by: JackStraw
I think Yamamoto tried.
Richard Pryor had a bit about if Yamamoto (who studied at Harvard) had gone to Alabama or Mississippi he woulda gone back and said "NUH UH BUBBA they got all these big-ass White Boys and they MEAN"
Posted by: Miklos thinks it has been censored for my convenience at May 09, 2024 11:44 PM (RhY13)
"The first thing to do when you're being stalked by an ugly mob with raspberries is to -- release the tiger!"
Who knows where this classic line comes from?
Posted by: Gref, mostly clueless about hockey at May 09, 2024 11:26 PM (5fDan)
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Who else would attack you with fruit?
(mind you they did have that Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch)
Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #55 at May 09, 2024 11:45 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at May 09, 2024 10:48 PM (ET1Q
Like 'Death To Jews' and 'Death To America' chants on college campus encampments now.
It's just the innocent hijinks of modern college student life. Nothing to see, or hear, here.
Posted by: RickZ at May 09, 2024 11:46 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: hart at May 09, 2024 11:38 PM (Or35
I don't know of any clicking words in Western languages.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 11:46 PM (inGXk)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2024 11:39 PM (EcuTp)
The batteries for my outdoor over-Wintering vehicles, including tractor and lawnmower, get removed, charged, and stored in the heated shop over winter. And the batteries for the two cars I leave here in Arizona for the summer, will ride home to Alberta with me, and get put in the rotation. Because summering over in the AZ heat kills unused batteries dead, dead, dead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 11:46 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: a dude in MI at May 09, 2024 11:46 PM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: polynikes
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A certain rhythm and consistency with these happenings. Another fine example of Biden's America.
Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2024 11:46 PM (41CYW)
A good 20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2024 11:47 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 11:44 PM (inGXk)
That's terrible!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 11:48 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Take your time going and hurry back.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 09, 2024 11:50 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: a dude in MI at May 09, 2024 11:46 PM (+I6Y/)
Sea Foam helps free sticky valves, too. For real.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 11:50 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 11:46 PM (8zz6B)
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Went through batteries faster in Valley of the Sun than harsh MN winters. That heat, damn. I use a combo of what you described and battery tenders for one I run randomly in winter.
Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2024 11:50 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 11:50 PM (8zz6B)
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Do tell. I'm using Yamaha gas conditioner in the 4-stroke outboard but maybe I'll check this out.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:52 PM (bo7UB)
I don't know of any clicking words in Western languages.
Posted by: polynikes
The Addams Family TV show theme song
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2024 11:52 PM (63Dwl)
A good 20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2024 11:47 PM (fwDg9)
Why are YOU awake ?
Posted by: JT at May 09, 2024 11:53 PM (T4tVD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2024 11:52 PM (63Dwl)
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Good point.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 11:54 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: hart at May 09, 2024 11:38 PM (Or35
I don't know of any clicking words in Western languages.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2024 11:46 PM (inGXk)
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Well see, those clicking sounds became the guttural throat-clearing sounds the Dutch make.
Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #56 at May 09, 2024 11:55 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 09, 2024 11:55 PM (lCWOD)
Too bad the Japs didn't have a loud American on their staff to tell the them "Hey assholes, don't attack Pearl Harbor. Americans will fuck up your country."
There were two loud Americans in August 1945.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2024 11:55 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 09, 2024 11:56 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2024 11:46 PM (8zz6B)
Taking the leads off will get 2-3 years for us less able stumblebums.
Posted by: hart at May 09, 2024 11:56 PM (Or35E)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
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Did not know that. Thanks.
Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2024 11:59 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: hart
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I disconnect the ground. When cutting time comes I put it on 2amp trickle for 20minutes then connect the ground and fire it up.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 10, 2024 12:01 AM (lCWOD)
Just realized i bought a battery the first year I moved out of the Valley of the Sunstroke, and none since. If I were still down there I would have expected to have gone through two more by now.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 10, 2024 12:02 AM (dZVON)
Good evening, all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's office at May 10, 2024 12:04 AM (Tvyd+)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
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Did not know that. Thanks.
Posted by: scampydog
And stay away from De-Sta-Bil. It has a nasty habit of blowing up in your face.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 10, 2024 12:05 AM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 10, 2024 12:06 AM (zdLoL)
Good evening horde. I just got back from the beach. Beautiful evening. Not a cloud in the sky. Still light out.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 10, 2024 12:06 AM (82ELq)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 10, 2024 12:06 AM (82ELq)
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Did you spot any geoducks?
Sorry
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 10, 2024 12:07 AM (bo7UB)
https://tinyurl.com/338cmu5m
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2024 12:08 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 10, 2024 12:08 AM (lCWOD)
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 12:08 AM (Or35E)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 10, 2024 12:08 AM (EcuTp)
Just as I got the new battery installed, it began to pour down rain.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2024 11:31 PM (EcuTp)
Don't be angry. You now have invaluable information if you experience drought. Installing a new battery in your riding mower will cause rain to fall on your property.
Posted by: Gref, mostly clueless about hockey at May 09, 2024 11:35 PM (5fDan)
I have personally caused it to rain here in arid Southern California merely by taking the car to the self-wash....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 10, 2024 12:09 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Didn't O. Henry have a story about that?
Posted by: But then Ol' Beau
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Faustian, I would call it. It explains everything.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at May 10, 2024 12:13 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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It seems we share the same superpower.
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2024 12:13 AM (41CYW)
Tsk, tsk.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 10, 2024 12:06 AM (zdLoL)
Rap and Hip Hop.
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 12:13 AM (Or35E)
So many thoughts piled up like a multi-vehicle wreck in a blizzard. Gotta sleep and let my brain sort it out. It does that pretty well. It's like my brain has a mind of its own.
https://youtu.be/_2hXBf1DakE
G'nite y'all.
💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - humans at May 10, 2024 12:13 AM (ojtEE)
Posted by: the barrel at May 10, 2024 12:14 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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It seems we share the same superpower.
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2024 12:13 AM (41CYW)
'tis an awesome responsibility.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 10, 2024 12:15 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 10, 2024 12:17 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #56 at May 09, 2024 11:55 PM (qfLjt)
They're not bringing up loogies ?
Posted by: JT at May 10, 2024 12:18 AM (T4tVD)
Launch 12:20 AM
Posted by: Braenyard at May 10, 2024 12:19 AM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Ciampino - Vitreous Humour is funny glass #57 at May 10, 2024 12:21 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 10, 2024 12:17 AM (QGaXH)
Thanks. Departure Day is set to be Sunday, if I get all my ducks in a row.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2024 12:21 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 10, 2024 12:22 AM (lCWOD)
Thanks. Departure Day is set to be Sunday, if I get all my ducks in a row.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2024 12:21 AM (8zz6B)
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Seconded. Safe and uneventful travels.
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2024 12:25 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 10, 2024 12:26 AM (EcuTp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2024 12:21 AM (8zz6B)
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Seconded. Safe and uneventful travels.
Posted by: scampydog
I thought Castreau didn't issue Canadian visas to Albertans.
Posted by: Miklos has distinct impressions at May 10, 2024 12:27 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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We will wave as we float by.
Posted by: Noah and the animals at May 10, 2024 12:27 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 10, 2024 12:30 AM (TcRmE)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 10, 2024 12:26 AM (EcuTp)
Isn't it Ironic- Alanis Morrissette.
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 12:31 AM (Or35E)
Posted by: Miklos
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CalGary. He can assist with the papers.
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2024 12:34 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 10, 2024 12:34 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2024 12:37 AM (+87un)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 10, 2024 12:30 AM (TcRmE)
Jared the Subway guy is a greater threat.
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 12:38 AM (Or35E)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
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My pleasure, just subbing for Ciampino. Don't know where he disappeared.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 10, 2024 12:40 AM (lCWOD)
Jared Bernstein graduated with a bachelor's degree in music from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied double bass with Orin O'Brien. Throughout the '80s, Bernstein was a mainstay on the jazz scene in NYC.
He also earned a Master of Social Work from Hunter College as well as a DSW in social welfare from Columbia University's school of social work.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2024 12:40 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
You would think a guy named Berstein would be smarter about money.
Oy vey
Posted by: Miklostein, actual alumus of Karl Mark University of Economics at May 10, 2024 12:43 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: Weirddave at May 10, 2024 12:43 AM (NGHju)
Posted by: Weirddave
Shoulda hired a Mexican mower.
Posted by: Miklos, doing other jobs Americans just won't do at May 10, 2024 12:45 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 12:49 AM (Or35E)
Posted by: Weirddave at May 10, 2024 12:43 AM (NGHju)
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Sounds similar to the applicants I interview. They can't buckle down.
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2024 12:49 AM (41CYW)
My riding mower's belt was bad. "Weed Eater" brand, required some long, serpentine belt of about 80" loop.
Pro Lawn Tractor Shop (they service the pro landscacper trade)... wanted about $90 for one.
I tracked down the Industrial Belt Supplier for Industrial Warehouses, package handling, air blowers, belt driven equipment of all kinds, etc.
Walked out for just over $8.
You read it right. EIGHT dollahs.
There'll be one in your area. Find 'em!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2024 12:49 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: hart
Yu spel gud
Posted by: van driver and Former National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor at May 10, 2024 12:55 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2024 01:01 AM (41CYW)
https://is.gd/R2L9rM
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 10, 2024 01:02 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: scampydog
I never graduated from Junior College.
Posted by: Miklos, turnin' his life around since birf at May 10, 2024 01:03 AM (RhY13)
Sorry
Posted by: Cicero
Funny you should say that. Super low tide today -3,2. If I was in the right spot and had a shovel I coulda gotten some of those tasty bivalves.
Alas. I have this thing called a job. And it's pissing me off right now. Because it's beautiful outside and I want to be out there.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 10, 2024 01:05 AM (NK5f7)
You read it right. EIGHT dollahs.
There'll be one in your area. Find 'em!
Jim
Hell, you left $882 on the table.
Posted by: California Shoplifting Laws at May 10, 2024 01:07 AM (RhY13)
"Rethredded it through the pulleys, back to work. 5 minutes later the drive belt broke. Guess the mower just didn't want to work that day."
That'll happen once a belt starts to stretch. It'll just keep popping off the pulleys and eventually it'll get caught in a guide or something else and just get shredded or broken.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 10, 2024 01:09 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: nurse ratched
The mandatory Tik-Tok dancing workshops, right?
Posted by: Miklos was in Seattle once (1-ce) at May 10, 2024 01:10 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
I try to tell Darleen that when she gets frisky.
Don't listen though
Posted by: Miklos has Bigger Problems at May 10, 2024 01:11 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: Miklos has geo-cached some likker at May 10, 2024 01:14 AM (RhY13)
I took both Latin and Old English in grad school. OE is much easier to pick up than Latin, especially if you know German. OE grammar is pretty regular, especially in the word order. Latin... doesn't have a set word order, and it's a vocabulary-poor language, which means there are words that can mean totally different things depending on context--and it's not always easy to sort out the context just from the word order, especially when you've got someone like Virgil playing with word order in ways that Do Not Compute for yours truly. (I mean, honestly, would *you* be able to take "Fierce where of the Achaean by the spear lies Hector" and untangle it into a logical English phrase without help? )
As for Middle English, Chaucer's easy enough. It's when you get away from the London dialect--something like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, say, which is in a West Midlands dialect--that you run into difficulties.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 10, 2024 01:16 AM (LLJRz)
Walked out for just over $8.
>>>You read it right. EIGHT dollahs.
There'll be one in your area. Find 'em!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
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It happens too often. Needed a wheel bearing for my travel trailer so, naturally, I went to a trailer place and the price was outrageous. Taking a chance, I passed and went to the local parts store and showed them the bearing. He looked it up, oh, it's part #***, it's $10.
Some places take advantage. Caveat emptor.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 10, 2024 01:17 AM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 10, 2024 01:18 AM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Miklosius ad infinitum at May 10, 2024 01:18 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 10, 2024 01:19 AM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Miklosius ad infinitum at May 10, 2024 01:18 AM (RhY13)
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That was good timing. There were a lot less words back then.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 10, 2024 01:20 AM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 10, 2024 01:23 AM (lCWOD)
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed Pixy in swich licóur
Of which vertú engendred is the back end flour;
Whan Aceius eek with his swete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre commentes, and the yonge 29+ sonne
Hath in the Vespa his halfe cours y-ronne,
And smale Troll foweles maken melodye
Posted by: Miklos lngs for the old days of Proper English at May 10, 2024 01:23 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: Medieval Grammar Nazi Miklos at May 10, 2024 01:25 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: Prof. Miklos Henry-Higgins from the East Midlands at May 10, 2024 01:28 AM (RhY13)
I know two words of Old English.
Eight Hundred
Posted by: Mickey "Miklos" Bigmouth at May 09, 2024 11:02 PM (RhY13)
Here's the first sentence of two related manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (minus special characters):
Brytene igland is ehta hund mila lang and twa hund mila brad, and her synd on tham iglande fif getheodu: Aenglisc, Brytwylsc, Scottysc, Pittisc, and Boclaeden.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 10, 2024 01:28 AM (LLJRz)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe
Yer learnin' kid.
Posted by: Miklos ap Mikloterllywllygirllwallich at May 10, 2024 01:32 AM (RhY13)
My pick is Churchill.
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 01:33 AM (Or35E)
His wife was recently (sadly) diagnosed w dementia, but it appears Jay too is demented and sad.
Posted by: Son of Dad at May 10, 2024 01:34 AM (8JB5s)
Posted by: Miklos, a man of Fixed Opinions at May 10, 2024 01:36 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 10, 2024 01:28 AM (LLJRz)
Funny, I don't see 'Mohammedan' in there. I don't think the sound of 'Death to Britain' would have gone over well with those olde English guys.
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2024 01:38 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2024 01:39 AM (emlEe)
For somebody with dozens of cars that are each worth more than my house, I'm sure it is all good.
Posted by: Miklos, who likes cars too, but not paying for gas at May 10, 2024 01:39 AM (RhY13)
Sidestepping The Barrel.
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2024 01:40 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: Miklos with one thumb up (the other helps with the beverage) at May 10, 2024 01:41 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: RickZ
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Pithy
We like Pithy
Posted by: Miklos with one thumb up (the other helps with the beverage) at May 10, 2024 01:41 AM (RhY13)
That wasn't pithy: That was a kick save, and a beauty!
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2024 01:42 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: Beloved 101 year old custodian "Uncle" Miklos at May 10, 2024 01:43 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: a dude in MI at May 10, 2024 01:45 AM (+I6Y/)
“Am trenching up the sparry-grass, and am gaun to saw some Misegun beans; they winna want them to their swine's flesh, I'se warrant—muckle gude may it do them. And siclike dung as the grieve has gien me!—it should be wheat-strae, or aiten at the warst o't, and it's pease dirt, as fizzenless as chuckie-stanes. But the huntsman guides a' as he likes about the stable-yard, and he's selled the best o' the litter, I'se warrant. But, howsoever, we mauna lose a turn o' this Saturday at e'en, for the wather's sair broken, and if there's a fair day in seven, Sunday's sure to come and lick it up—Howsomever, I'm no denying that it may settle, if it be Heaven's will, till Monday morning,—and what's the use o' my breaking my back at this rate?—I think, I'll e'en awa' hame, for yon's the curfew, as they ca' their jowing-in bell.”
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at May 10, 2024 01:45 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: RickZ
RickZ nil
Throat Warble Wanderers nil
Posted by: Miklos in best BBC football commenter voice at May 10, 2024 01:49 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 10, 2024 01:51 AM (LLJRz)
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 01:52 AM (Or35E)
Some relatives (increasingly distant) were descended from early settlers on the NC barrier islands.
Into the 60s, they talked funny. Probably would still have the Scots, but radio, TV, and bridges put paid to all that.
Posted by: Miklos knows what "ge oot tha hoose" means at May 10, 2024 01:53 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at May 10, 2024 01:45 AM (XeU6L)
See? Too many white people.
Posted by: Humza Yousaf at May 10, 2024 01:55 AM (emlEe)
Probably not Ol’ English, but just as completely non-understandable …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7pxmPxSUZE
Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict, Pink FLoyd …
Posted by: Adriane the Old Time Music Critic . . . at May 10, 2024 01:57 AM (4Winp)
There is NO "best". There is LEGION.
In no particular order. Churchill. Victor Davis Hanson. Chesterson. Adams. Jefferson. Sowell. Fredrick Douglas.
Taft, Cleveland, T.R., MacArthur, W.F.B., P.J. O'Rourke.
(... I have missed HUNDREDS)
Ace. *mic drop*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2024 02:02 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Humza Yousaf
We'll set aboot ye
https://tinyurl.com/w2f36amu
Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at May 10, 2024 02:03 AM (RhY13)
You listed so many greats without even getting into music.
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 02:04 AM (Or35E)
@Mike Hammer: Scots is heavily influenced by the Northumbrian dialect of OE, and I find it helps to hear it spoken. Even so... yeah, there are some tough words in there. (That's my clan, though! "MacGregor despite them!")
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 10, 2024 02:07 AM (LLJRz)
And just a few minutes ago, I got the P38 reconfigured back to its OEM parts, and all seems to be well. The Gaialoop red dot worked well enough insofar as aiming goes, but the added mass was too great, and the piece would not cycle, at all. Now, I know.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2024 02:07 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe
Oh child
Posted by: Thomas Wolfe at May 10, 2024 02:10 AM (RhY13)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Overdoing it a bit?
Posted by: Miklos has a P 38 can opener too at May 10, 2024 02:11 AM (RhY13)
The Newfoundland, Nova Scotia accent and the Belfast, Northern Ireland accent, are one and the same.
Drinking communities, with a minor and shared, seafaring problem.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2024 02:14 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2024 02:14 AM (8zz6B)
Jim
"There is a New Orleans city accent ... associated with downtown New Orleans, particularly with the German and Irish Third Ward, that is hard to distinguish from the accent of Hoboken, Jersey City, and Astoria, Long Island, where the Al Smith inflection, extinct in Manhattan, has taken refuge. The reason, as you might expect, is that the same stocks that brought the accent to Manhattan imposed it on New Orleans."
Posted by: Miklos quotes AJ Liebling as in Confederacy of Dunces by Toole at May 10, 2024 02:17 AM (RhY13)
As nice as he seems, he lives in a bubble. Everyone inside that bubble is doing fine.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 10, 2024 02:18 AM (K861k)
Posted by: Thomas Wolfe at May 10, 2024 02:10 AM (RhY13)
HEH! (Not related to the real Tom Wolfe, btw.)
Jim SND, great additions to the list. And hart, absolutely agree with Reagan--one of the greatest American orators, certainly of my lifetime and arguably of all time, alongside Lincoln. Although if we were to include extemporaneous speech? Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (lux perpetua).
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 10, 2024 02:19 AM (LLJRz)
The Newfoundland, Nova Scotia accent and the Belfast, Northern Ireland accent, are one and the same.
Drinking communities, with a minor and shared, seafaring problem.
Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2024 02:14 AM (e6UQI)
Wait a minute. You're telling me being islands and the inhabitants drinking while all those sheep are around have nothing to do with anything? Color me surprised. No wonder Mohammedans are conquering The British Isles. They like the same thing -- sans alcohol.
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2024 02:21 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: Kumbayah as sung at Universities at May 10, 2024 02:21 AM (RhY13)
We like Pithy
Posted by: Miklos with one thumb up (the other helps with the beverage) at May 10, 2024 01:41 AM (RhY13)
Speak for yourself
Posted by: a dude inMI at May 10, 2024 02:23 AM (+I6Y/)
They had, or in the case of VDH, have a romanticized idea of the US that bears little resemblance to what it is now.
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 02:23 AM (Or35E)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 10, 2024 02:18 AM (K861k)
Well, he is a comedian, after all. Really, that sounds to me like "damning with faint praise", more than a full-throated endorsement. He said just enough to avoid being canceled.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2024 02:23 AM (8zz6B)
... all the more validation of my ex, whose Dad was said to have been mowed down by Chicago Typewriter in the late '40s, 'round about New Orleans or thereabouts.
And yeah. She looked to be the exact cross between Annete Funicello and Edie Gormet.
Pity though. She had a Black Belt in Shopping with an Eighth Dan in Badgering.
I yielded, and stepped out of the Rings.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2024 02:25 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2024 02:30 AM (8zz6B)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
Who kept the Ring?
Posted by: Gollum-like divorce lawyer at May 10, 2024 02:31 AM (Mxkdu)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Hello, Sack Protective Services? He' going to hit me again
Posted by: the Sack, getting you arrested in Canada on Suspicion at May 10, 2024 02:33 AM (Mxkdu)
Posted by: Peter Rabbit at May 10, 2024 02:44 AM (XeU6L)
Saturday is pretty OK too, though.
Might need two of those next week.
Posted by: the Miklosian Calendar at May 10, 2024 02:46 AM (Mxkdu)
Posted by: Elmer McFudd at May 10, 2024 02:47 AM (Mxkdu)
Are there any actresses like that now?
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 02:50 AM (Or35E)
Posted by: Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail . . . at May 10, 2024 02:51 AM (4Winp)
Posted by: Archer at May 10, 2024 02:58 AM (rskKm)
Posted by: Peter Rabbit at May 10, 2024 02:44 AM (XeU6L)
*grabs a sieve* Ye'll no' be gettin' at MY veg, laddie!
(I don't do much gardening, but I've been watching a lot of Gardeners' World lately, and it's *just now* dawned on me why Mr. MacGregor would have a sieve in his garden.)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 10, 2024 03:01 AM (LLJRz)
Do not eat eggs before boiling them and inspection by an Approved Government Boiled Egg Inspection Agency.
In case of any question, submit to the Experts (again).
AVIAN FLU WILL KILL US ALL UNLESS YOU WEAR A MASK
And socially distance from chickens
WEIDOS AND PEFRTS DIVERSICALLY EXEMPTED under Executive Order
Posted by: FDA2024! at May 10, 2024 03:06 AM (Mxkdu)
Posted by: Bugs Bunny and Bazooka Joe at May 10, 2024 03:08 AM (Mxkdu)
Posted by: Miklos, counting his marbles at May 10, 2024 03:13 AM (Mxkdu)
(Gen. Burkhalter: It is Saturday night, Klink! AND THAT'S AN ORDER!)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 10, 2024 03:17 AM (LLJRz)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at May 10, 2024 03:24 AM (LLJRz)
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 03:27 AM (Or35E)
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 03:29 AM (Or35E)
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 03:40 AM (Or35E)
Posted by: hart
Miklos was taught to swim by this lady-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOZCbWJhwt4
She was actually a swim teacher of Days of Youth
Posted by: Miklos, AKA "Eugene" counting his 29 years one at a time at May 10, 2024 03:57 AM (Mxkdu)
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2024 03:57 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Skip
What a reformed scamp!
You just do that. Extra Blueberries!
Posted by: Auntie Miklos will party with "Uncle" Eugene at May 10, 2024 04:00 AM (Mxkdu)
Posted by: hart at May 10, 2024 03:40 AM (Or35E)
Agreed!
Posted by: m at May 10, 2024 04:03 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: m at May 10, 2024 04:04 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: m
*nods head up and down*
*Which in Korea and Bulgaria means "no"*
Posted by: Miklos guesses you can figure out what means "yes" there at May 10, 2024 04:07 AM (Mxkdu)
Posted by: m at May 10, 2024 04:10 AM (o3SCB)
If a Japanese Person of Business nods his head up and down, it does not mean "I agree" or "I approve".
It only means "I understand your barbarian English speakings".
Posted by: Miklos is usually lost in translation at May 10, 2024 04:12 AM (Mxkdu)
Posted by: m at May 10, 2024 04:13 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2024 04:14 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Miklos, rule-stickler at May 10, 2024 04:15 AM (Mxkdu)
Posted by: Youknowme at May 10, 2024 04:37 AM (RCAte)
Posted by: Tiger Drive-Thru Guy at May 10, 2024 08:11 AM (26Lj9)
Posted by: Candidus at May 10, 2024 08:12 AM (26Lj9)
Posted by: Fed Up to Here at May 10, 2024 08:47 AM (VcHM+)
Well, true or not, I can think of quite a few Western companies that could use a Loud American to tell management when they're doing something stupid.
In fact, what management needs is the equivalent of a medieval court jester: someone who has license to tell the boss the truth to his face, and not be executed for it.
Posted by: Nemo at May 10, 2024 09:11 AM (S6ArX)
When someone tells you who they are *and it's an admission against interest,* you can believe 'em.
But I realize that's "too long, too clunky." Oh well.
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