First-World Problems...

Yup...I buy ketchup in 3-packs. Not because I use it as a condiment...I don't. I make a very nice barbecue sauce whose base is ketchup, and because I am a cheap bastard, why not get enough for a whole year's worth?

But getting the last bit of ketchup out of the container is a mess, because while the top is conveniently wide and flat so that the bottle can sit upside down in the refrigerator, the label does not conform to the upside-down position, and the symmetry of the world would be all akilter if the bottle position and the label do not match.

Yes...this is what keeps me up at night!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 I'll go let the others know this one's live...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 03, 2024 02:00 PM (O7YUW)

2 You’ve got to get out more.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 03, 2024 02:01 PM (AUZi0)

3 At a point of no returns, I toss em.

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2024 02:01 PM (fwDg9)

4 Upside-down pineapple cake must drive you crazy, CBD.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 03, 2024 02:01 PM (O7YUW)

5 I don't eat ketchup, not even with French fries. I can't explain why not.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 03, 2024 02:03 PM (kTd/k)

6 the label does not conform to the upside-down position,
_________________

Australians fail to see the problem.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 03, 2024 02:03 PM (YqDXo)

7 Zombie Bob Dole knows what keeps Zombie Bob Dole up at night...

Posted by: Zombie Bob Dole at November 03, 2024 02:03 PM (i0F8b)

8 cut the bottle in half use a spoon to get the rest out

Posted by: doug at November 03, 2024 02:04 PM (Hy+R4)

9 As said downstairs, my 1WP from now to Christmas will be leave collection and processing

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2024 02:04 PM (fwDg9)

10 And with that, we go from squirrels to ketchup.

I've resigned myself to throwing out the residual condiments, rather than fight the container.

Does that mean "they" win? In this case, yes. But this is not the hill on which I'll die.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 03, 2024 02:05 PM (5dU3l)

11 Iced tea spoon

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2024 02:05 PM (63Dwl)

12 Many shampoo bottles have the same issue.

Also, when one is leaf-blowing, how does the wind blow in the exact opposite direction of where you are (failing) blowing?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 03, 2024 02:06 PM (WXNFJ)

13 My bottle of Heinz ketchup has an upside-down label.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 03, 2024 02:06 PM (+H2BX)

14 "symmetry of the world would be all akilter"

Then get a centrifuge. Very symmetric !

Posted by: Next2Nothing at November 03, 2024 02:06 PM (tA1/w)

15 I saw your problem right off. Ketchup label should read HUNTS.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 02:06 PM (LHPAg)

16 Hunts? That would be catsup.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 03, 2024 02:07 PM (+H2BX)

17 The seal under the cap that you have to remove with your teeth is the real first world problem.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 03, 2024 02:08 PM (Q4IgG)

18 Hunts? That would be crapsup.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at November 03, 2024 02:08 PM (tA1/w)

19 Peanut memes.

https://is.gd/Md66zA

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at November 03, 2024 02:08 PM (L/fGl)

20 I saw your problem right off. Ketchup label should read HUNTS.
Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 02:06 PM (LHPAg)

Yeah, I'm still not buying Heinz product, after 20 years of holding this grudge.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 03, 2024 02:08 PM (+bEs4)

21 Upside-down pineapple cake must drive you crazy, CBD.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 03, 2024 02:01 PM (O7YUW)

ARRRGGHH! STOP!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 02:08 PM (d9fT1)

22 Whataburger Spicy Ketchup is the best ketchup you can get. Sold at stores in Texas.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 03, 2024 02:09 PM (S6gqv)

23 Ha! This is one of the best First-World Problems.

Posted by: t-bird at November 03, 2024 02:10 PM (JMsLj)

24 Australians fail to see the problem.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 03, 2024 02:03 PM (YqDXo)

Exactly! Their problem is 180 degrees rotated!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 02:10 PM (d9fT1)

25 I am desperately trying to not buy anything other than toothpaste from a squeeze tube or bottle, but it's a challenge. I prefer ketchup in glass.
I don't want any food that makes the "spluuuuhhh" sound, I find it repulsive.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 03, 2024 02:10 PM (MeG8a)

26 Peanut memes.

https://is.gd/Md66zA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at November 03, 2024 02:08 PM (L/fGl)

Egad, I love the Trump one.

Into the shadow lands, Peanut. Some heroes don't wear capes.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 03, 2024 02:10 PM (N2gIq)

27 And the best part is that on the Whataburger Spicy Ketchup, the label conforms to the upside down position!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 03, 2024 02:11 PM (S6gqv)

28 ...and because I am a cheap bastard, why not get enough for a whole year's worth?

Now now now.
You're not a cheap bastard. You're frugal. Doesn't that sound much better?

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 02:12 PM (W/lyH)

29 Un-freaking-believable...

Greg Price @greg_price11 30m
🚨 Kamala was just asked how she voted on California's Proposition 36, which would increase criminal penalties for shoplifters and drug traffickers:

"I am not gonna talk about the vote on that because, honestly, it's the Sunday before the election."

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 02:12 PM (hovnC)

30 Cn't you just make sure that the bottle lid is on good and tight, then put the bottle in the microwave for 23 minutes and 17 seconds on high?

This should soften the adhesive on the label, allowing you to slowly remove the label, and fix it in the correct orientation.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 03, 2024 02:12 PM (a1415)

31
Yeah, I'm still not buying Heinz product, after 20 years of holding this grudge.
Posted by: BurtTC
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It's renewable. They still support the Tides Foundation.

Posted by: Braenyard - they ain't kickin the can down the road anymore at November 03, 2024 02:14 PM (ozQLF)

32 I got ragged when I had a cook out and the ketchup and mustard in my fridge were like two years out of date.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 02:14 PM (qqxKa)

33 Just checked Amazon, Jeff Bezos has Heinz Ketchup with right-side-up and upside-down labels. So both USA and Australia can choose any direction that makes them happy.

World Peace is at hand.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at November 03, 2024 02:15 PM (tA1/w)

34 Remove the label. Problem solved.

Posted by: runner at November 03, 2024 02:15 PM (V13WU)

35 We so seldom use ketchup. It's annoying to me, that the Costco "Grill Pak" of condiments contains TWO ketchups.
It should contain 2 of pickle relish, or maybe a mayo instead...

Posted by: JQ at November 03, 2024 02:15 PM (njWTi)

36 "I got ragged when I had a cook out and the ketchup and mustard in my fridge were like two years out of date."

Folks like that don't need to be invited again.

Just sayin'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 03, 2024 02:16 PM (a1415)

37 And the best part is that on the Whataburger Spicy Ketchup, the label conforms to the upside down position!
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 03, 2024 02:11 PM (S6gqv)

I don't do spicy, but they sell a regular ketchup here. Ketchup is ketchup, as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 03, 2024 02:16 PM (sowmA)

38 CBD make your Bbq sauce in the ketchup comtainer. I will add 1 cup vinegar to the ketchup container shake and squeeze it out. Measure what comes out and subtract a cup. Easy clean up, if you are even cheeper make the Bbq sauce and put it back in the container, just be sure to mark it as not ketchup. My family gives me dirty looks when they put sauce on hamburgers.

Posted by: Picric at November 03, 2024 02:17 PM (13tTk)

39 Yeah, I'm still not buying Heinz product, after 20 years of holding this grudge.
Posted by: BurtTC
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It's renewable. They still support the Tides Foundation.
Posted by: Braenyard - they ain't kickin the can down the road anymore at November 03, 2024 02:14 PM (ozQLF)

Big Laundry?

Yeah, I don't buy their shit either.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 03, 2024 02:17 PM (pdGBc)

40 Number one problem. Stop putting Ketchup and Mustard in the fridge. It messes with the ingredients

Posted by: ducky at November 03, 2024 02:18 PM (+fruy)

41 Ketchup, catsup? Which one’s running the global warming scam?

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 02:18 PM (LHPAg)

42 Remove the label. Problem solved.
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2024 02:15 PM (V13WU)

Lol, wish I'd thought of that.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 02:18 PM (qqxKa)

43 [Phoney 'quote' for humorous reasons...]

Sean Davis @seanmdav 23h
These are nasty people, Joe. He was in the prime of his life. People loved him and they took him out. Very nasty people. I talked to him before they got him, if you can believe it. And you should believe it. But I talked to him and he was a character. He said, “I need you to win this election for bofadeez.” And I said “bofadeez?” What is that? Is this some kind of wise guy? What anre you even talking about? And then he yelled “Bofadeez NUTZ!” See what I mean? Peanut was a real character. And they killed him. Very nasty people.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 02:20 PM (hovnC)

44 Another thumbs up on Whataburger ketchup. FWIW, the one in the fridge and the backup in the pantry at our house have labels like CBD's. I'm a bit OCD but this is an annoyance I can live with.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at November 03, 2024 02:21 PM (FEVMW)

45 They still support the Tides Foundation.

Posted by: Braenyard - they ain't kickin the can down the road anymore at November 03, 2024 02:14 PM (ozQLF)

That is disappointing. That foundation is pure, unadulterated evil.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 02:21 PM (d9fT1)

46 When I store it upside down in the refrig, the ketchup makes a big mess when opened at the table. Can I get some help with this problem or should I speak with the manager?

Posted by: High tech at November 03, 2024 02:22 PM (37cEZ)

47 If - by any chance - you add Apple Cider Vinegar to your BBQ sauce (or any liquid) then just pour the liquid into your ketchup bottle, swish it around, then pour the congtents into your BBQ sauce mix. No more wasted ketchup remaining in the bottle!

Posted by: JTSmith at November 03, 2024 02:22 PM (Fa2n4)

48 Learn to read upside down.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 03, 2024 02:22 PM (ZVgZ4)

49 I got ragged when I had a cook out and the ketchup and mustard in my fridge were like two years out of date.
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I don't use either either! But I did renew my small mustard squeeze-bottle earlier this year and my small ketchup squeeze-bottle a few weeks ago.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 02:22 PM (hovnC)

50 Looks like Trump, Vance, and Walz each are doing 3 different rallies across multiple states today. Kamala only attending church and a rally in Michigan.

If Iowa were remotely In play, they would have her there.

Also, no events in PA for Harris or Walz today. Not sure what that means, but seems odd for the most critical state 3 days before election season.

Posted by: Caradoc at November 03, 2024 02:23 PM (T3HGz)

51 If - by any chance - you add Apple Cider Vinegar to your BBQ sauce (or any liquid) then just pour the liquid into your ketchup bottle, swish it around, then pour the congtents into your BBQ sauce mix. No more wasted ketchup remaining in the bottle!
Posted by: JTSmith

Gramma, iszat you?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 03, 2024 02:23 PM (WXNFJ)

52 Add water, shake vigorously, pour.

You're welcome.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 02:25 PM (tT6L1)

53 Went to top off the tire air in the wife's car and my truck because at this time of year with the temps dropping it sets off the low air pressure warning lights in both of our vehicles in the mornings.

While I was doing that I decided to check the air in the spare tire on the wife's honda CR-V. Some engineer at honda decided to put the air fill valve on the side of the tire that faces down in the back. You have to undo the entire spare tire assembly and flip the tire over to check the air or fill it.

That took some serious rocket surgeon skills.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 03, 2024 02:25 PM (QNSds)

54 Never been in sales, huh?

Posted by: Jak Sucio at November 03, 2024 02:25 PM (Aoykm)

55 Move to a different house with fresh condiments.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, this is the FWP thread, isn't it? at November 03, 2024 02:27 PM (PiwSw)

56 "Learn to read upside down."

Snort. I learned to do that in the first two years of my professional career while sitting across the desk in my bosses' offices.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at November 03, 2024 02:28 PM (FEVMW)

57 >>>While I was doing that I decided to check the air in the spare tire on the wife's honda CR-V. Some engineer at honda decided to put the air fill valve on the side of the tire that faces down in the back. You have to undo the entire spare tire assembly and flip the tire over to check the air or fill it.

That took some serious rocket surgeon skills.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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Now do flasher & relay on a F150.

Posted by: Braenyard - they ain't kickin the can down the road anymore at November 03, 2024 02:28 PM (ozQLF)

58 Hellmans makes a mayo bottle in the lid down/label up orientation.
I prefer avocado mayo.

Posted by: Jamaica at November 03, 2024 02:29 PM (28cZF)

59 Make your sauce from tomato paste and cut out the middleman. Ketchup is tomato flavored high fructose corn syrup.

Posted by: Joe at November 03, 2024 02:29 PM (zhWvq)

60 55 Move to a different house with fresh condiments.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, this is the FWP thread, isn't it

Ha!

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 02:30 PM (VDe78)

61 I can't help but be concerned, despite all evidence pointing to a decisive Trump win.

This is the first time since 2004 when the GOP was the favorite going into election day, and the first time since 1980 when the GOP was the out of power favorite.

The Dems are a lot more evil than they were 40 years ago, and even more evil than they were 20 years ago (or 8 years ago... or 4).

They know Trump has the votes.

1. Can they do enough to stop it?
2. Will they try or decide it's not worth the risk and hope for better prospects in 28?
3. Will they go all-in and decide to cheat bigger and more brazenly than ever and just hope that people roll over and take it?

These are the questions that make me worried. These are the thoughts I have as I utter my prayers.

Posted by: Shenanigans at November 03, 2024 02:30 PM (wGun1)

62 59 Make your sauce from tomato paste and cut out the middleman. Ketchup is tomato flavored high fructose corn syrup.

this!!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 03, 2024 02:30 PM (s3qiR)

63 It's hard to find anything other than Heinz products around here. Which sucks. I think Walmart's grocery department might have Hunts, but the grocery stores don't.

At least not that I've seen.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 03, 2024 02:31 PM (Q4IgG)

64 Make your sauce from tomato paste and cut out the middleman. Ketchup is tomato flavored high fructose corn syrup.
Posted by: Joe

The label in the pic says "no artificial sweeteners." So presumably real sugar.

Posted by: mikeski at November 03, 2024 02:31 PM (DgGvY)

65 The label in the pic says "no artificial sweeteners." So presumably real sugar.

wrong assumption they mean splenda et al

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 03, 2024 02:32 PM (s3qiR)

66 I think if the Deep State really wanted Harris to win, they would have had biden step down, had her take up The presidency and run as the incumbent.

Or. They just want to shove another cheat down our throats and make us gag on it.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 02:33 PM (VDe78)

67 My FWP...those damn plastic thingies that you use to seal a loaf of bread. You gotta twirl the loaf and then slip the plastic thing onto the twisted part of the wrapping. And that doesn't work at all.
After a few months those damn things are everywhere. Underfoot, all over the bread drawer, then the dog gets ahold of one and he's craping chewed up plastic.
How will I make it through life???

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 02:33 PM (W/lyH)

68 The purpose of ketchup is to make the burger bun palatable.

Posted by: Jamaica at November 03, 2024 02:33 PM (28cZF)

69 The label in the pic says "no artificial sweeteners." So presumably real sugar.
Posted by: mikeski

One has to be careful of assumptions of what 'artificial' means.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 03, 2024 02:33 PM (WXNFJ)

70 Also, no events in PA for Harris or Walz today. Not sure what that means, but seems odd for the most critical state 3 days before election season.
Posted by: Caradoc
********
I was feeling good about Trump here in PA. I live in the northeast and around here it's been all Trump, until lately a few Harris signs have been popping up. I was in central PA last week and it was all Trump in that farm country. I saw that Trump packed the hockey arena in downtown Allentown and the overflow was at least twice what was inside. But my brother was up from there today and said there is a lot of love for Harris around him in his neighborhood which disgusts him. So now I'm feeling worried.

Posted by: Cosda at November 03, 2024 02:35 PM (06dy/)

71 PDJT was in Lititz today! the cutest town

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 03, 2024 02:36 PM (s3qiR)

72 Is syrup made from corn not natural?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 03, 2024 02:36 PM (wBaIH)

73
These are the questions that make me worried. These are the thoughts I have as I utter my prayers.
Posted by: Shenanigans

=====================

Fight! Fight! Fight!

I've come to adopt Scott Adams's prediction that Trump will actually get the most votes, but the steal will give the White House to Kamala. Trump will contest at least one state and enter the White House in late January.

It sounds crazy, but then look at this election so far. And consider the fact that we did have a hot Civil War. All kinds of things can happen. Let your imagination run wild.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2024 02:37 PM (lCaJd)

74 Is syrup made from corn not natural?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 03, 2024 02:36 PM (wBaIH)

If it claims to be maple syrup, it isn't.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 02:37 PM (VNX3d)

75 72 Is syrup made from corn not natural?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 03, 2024 02:36 PM (wBaIH)

It is in R'lyeh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 02:38 PM (DDGz9)

76 The label in the pic says "no artificial sweeteners." So presumably real sugar.

wrong assumption they mean splenda et al
Posted by: BlackOrchid

I just looked at Amazon, where you can see a pic of the back label. The only sweetener is "cane sugar."

Posted by: mikeski at November 03, 2024 02:38 PM (DgGvY)

77 I got burned at Wally World over maple syrup. I bought "table syrup" made with a rice syrup and maple flavor.
Demand the maple label

Posted by: Jamaica at November 03, 2024 02:39 PM (28cZF)

78 If anyone needs some comedy to escape the news, you might try this YouTube channel (especially with Brave browser)

https://tinyurl.com/ycwk82mu

It has a lot of the old Match Game episodes.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 02:40 PM (VNX3d)

79 It's hard to find anything other than Heinz products around here. Which sucks. I think Walmart's grocery department might have Hunts, but the grocery stores don't.

At least not that I've seen.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 03, 2024 02:31 PM (Q4IgG)

We found that the King Sooper's (Kroger) brand is much better than Heinz. And cheaper.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Balding American at November 03, 2024 02:40 PM (Ad8y9)

80
cut the bottle in half use a spoon to get the rest out
Posted by: doug

================

There ya go. When the host is no longer viable, just gut it and extract the last bits of the resource.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2024 02:40 PM (lCaJd)

81 Both my bottles of Hunts and my bottles of Heinz tomato ketchup have lids at the bottom and labels inverted so they read right side up with lid down, and that’s how I store them and use them. I am proud to say I use ketchup as a condiment! (It wouldn’t be a proper omurice without writing on it with ketchup!)

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 03, 2024 02:40 PM (ZVgZ4)

82 The purpose of ketchup is to make the burger bun palatable.
Posted by: Jamaica at November 03, 2024 02:33 PM (28cZF)

Pretty much. Burger buns should be quickly seared with butter.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 02:41 PM (qqxKa)

83 I am desperately trying to not buy anything other than toothpaste from a squeeze tube or bottle, but it's a challenge. I prefer ketchup in glass.
I don't want any food that makes the "spluuuuhhh" sound, I find it repulsive.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Ginger is an exception

Posted by: MkY at November 03, 2024 02:41 PM (cPGH3)

84 PDJT was in Lititz today! the cutest town
Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 03, 2024 02:36 PM (s3qiR)

I bought a sink in Lititz. It's a great sink. Stopped at an amazing plant nursery on the way back and got tons of plants, too.

I shouldn't have such fond memories of the day we went to buy a sink in Lititz.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 02:41 PM (DDGz9)

85 72 Is syrup made from corn not natural?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 03, 2024 02:36 PM (wBaIH)
Your body really can't digest and burn corn syrup.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 02:41 PM (LHPAg)

86 FWP today-- lawnmower won't start. Battery needs a charge. Charger is buried *somewhere* in the barn.

Guess I'll just move the truck into the yard & put jumper cables on it....

Posted by: JQ at November 03, 2024 02:41 PM (njWTi)

87 77 I got burned at Wally World over maple syrup. I bought "table syrup" made with a rice syrup and maple flavor.
Demand the maple label
Posted by: Jamaica at November 03, 2024 02:39 PM (28cZF)

Unless waffles are involved.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, I know the rules at November 03, 2024 02:41 PM (PiwSw)

88 Burger buns should be quickly seared with butter.
Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 02:41 PM (qqxKa)

Like My Dad did. He made great burgers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Balding American at November 03, 2024 02:42 PM (Ad8y9)

89 Your body really can't digest and burn corn syrup.
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So, just like actual corn kernels? Except you can't, uh... see it... when the syrup exits?

Posted by: JQ at November 03, 2024 02:43 PM (njWTi)

90 Wait, Kamala went to church?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 03, 2024 02:43 PM (PiwSw)

91 Everybody complains about HFC but honey has a very similar fructose level.
Living Accomack, I can put ethanol free gas in my car. NYS I think that blend is banned.

Posted by: Jamaica at November 03, 2024 02:43 PM (28cZF)

92
my brother was up from there today and said there is a lot of love for Harris around him in his neighborhood which disgusts him. So now I'm feeling worried.
Posted by: Cosda

====================

Tell your brother to get like-minded acquaintances to vote. Byron York also says there's plenty of palpable Harris love in PA.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2024 02:44 PM (lCaJd)

93 I just put the entire bottle on top of the patty and cheese, right on the grill.

Next question please.

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at November 03, 2024 02:44 PM (guGkK)

94 93 I just put the entire bottle on top of the patty and cheese, right on the grill.

Next question please.
Posted by: Chuck Schumer at November 03, 2024 02:44 PM (guGkK)

So when you fixin' to light the grill, then?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 02:45 PM (DDGz9)

95 PDJT was in Lititz today! the cutest town
Posted by: BlackOrchid

I bought a sink in Lititz. It's a great sink. Stopped at an amazing plant nursery on the way back and got tons of plants, too.

I shouldn't have such fond memories of the day we went to buy a sink in Lititz.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Wilbur's Buds are made in Lititz also. At least they used to be. And Sturgis Pretzels. If it wasn't in PA, there would be no reason to ever leave!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 03, 2024 02:46 PM (WXNFJ)

96 89 Your body really can't digest and burn corn syrup.
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So, just like actual corn kernels? Except you can't, uh... see it... when the syrup exits?
Posted by: JQ at November 03, 2024 02:43 PM (njWTi)
Another problem, husks are cellulose, undigestible. Only thing you get from that is gas, and maybe diverticulitis.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 02:46 PM (LHPAg)

97 I have a concern because I saw something concerning. I wasn't concerned before but now I am really concerned. Normally I am not concerned but because of the really concerning thing I am now very concerned.

Posted by: Seamus Moon - Concerned at November 03, 2024 02:46 PM (vQTyY)

98 My Bold Prediction:

Trump loses PA. Trump wins NJ.

I apologize for nothing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 02:46 PM (DDGz9)

99 I get lazy sometimes and eat the whole peanut, shell and all.

Posted by: Jamaica at November 03, 2024 02:47 PM (28cZF)

100 Wait, Kamala went to church?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 03, 2024 02:43 PM (PiwSw)

Not all churches are on consecrated ground

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2024 02:47 PM (D7oie)

101 I have a confession to make. I don't buy Ketchup in the store. I slip a friend who owns a restaurant a few bucks and he hooks me up with the "restaurant grade" Ketchup. The reason is simple. It doesn't require refrigeration. I don't like it cold (which is obviously a by-product of having to store in the fridge). So, I ingest some extra chemicals.

Incidentally, condiments in restaurants are entirely different from what you by at the grocery store. None require refrigeration. I find that more convenient for storage and use.

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 02:48 PM (dIske)

102 Well darn. My Miracle Whip bottle has the same upside down labeling as CBD's ketchup bottle.

Posted by: Tuna at November 03, 2024 02:48 PM (oaGWv)

103 My problem with storing bottles upside down is sometimes the flip top isn't a tight enough seal and they leak. But I do it anyway for the last bit of ketchup and always for mustard if I can get the bottle propped up in the fridge - cuz that watery shit at the top of the mustard bottle is gross.

Posted by: PaleRider, deplorable basket of garbage at November 03, 2024 02:48 PM (CKOCg)

104 >>> 98 My Bold Prediction:

Trump loses PA. Trump wins NJ.

I apologize for nothing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 02:46 PM (DDGz9)

Now *that* would be unexpected.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 03, 2024 02:48 PM (0s6uJ)

105
Went to Confession this morning, took Communion and after Mass visited a cemetery to say prayers for the poor souls in Purgatory. It was an AME cemetery, but I don't think a De Profundis hurt them any.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2024 02:49 PM (EsZUh)

106 >>> 101 I have a confession to make. I don't buy Ketchup in the store. I slip a friend who owns a restaurant a few bucks and he hooks me up with the "restaurant grade" Ketchup. The reason is simple. It doesn't require refrigeration. I don't like it cold (which is obviously a by-product of having to store in the fridge). So, I ingest some extra chemicals.

Incidentally, condiments in restaurants are entirely different from what you by at the grocery store. None require refrigeration. I find that more convenient for storage and use.
Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 02:48 PM (dIske)

*lights another cigarette*

Posted by: RFK Jr. at November 03, 2024 02:49 PM (0s6uJ)

107 Maybe Kamala was touched by the Holy Ghost and has had a come to Jesus moment. Or maybe she’s just pretending and will continue in her willful and self-centered ways. I am currently reading in Ezekiel about what happened to Israel and the house of Judah when they decided to go their own way and not the Lord’s.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 03, 2024 02:49 PM (ZVgZ4)

108
Wait, Kamala went to church?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

________

Our Lady of the Evening

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2024 02:50 PM (EsZUh)

109 Even in Montgomery County way more Trump than Kamaunist signs, out to Lancaster it's 100 to 1

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2024 02:50 PM (fwDg9)

110 When I store it upside down in the refrig, the ketchup makes a big mess when opened at the table. Can I get some help with this problem or should I speak with the manager?
Posted by: High tech

This! By the time you need the "store it lid-side down" feature, the bottle will be 90%+ air. Which will expand when it warms up, and pressurize the bottle. As soon as you snap the lid open, BLORPHPH, ketchup or mustard or mayo everywhere.

Obviously, the bottles need lids on both ends, so you can depressurize the dry side before you open the business end.

Posted by: mikeski at November 03, 2024 02:50 PM (DgGvY)

111 Wait, Kamala went to church?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

________

Our Lady of the Evening
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The Church of What's Happenin' Now

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 02:51 PM (VNX3d)

112 Our Lady of the Evening
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2024 02:50 PM (EsZUh)

Well done

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 02:51 PM (DDGz9)

113 Wait, Kamala went to church?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Our Lady of the Evening
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I am so going to have to go to confession for laughing at this.

Posted by: mikeski at November 03, 2024 02:51 PM (DgGvY)

114 I hear people say Harris needs to be here or Trump needs to be there. Do campaigns change things up last minute like that? Seems like it takes some time to set up a rally for 10k people ready as well as all the logistics behind it to bring a candidate there.

Posted by: Walz is asshoe at November 03, 2024 02:51 PM (HBBTC)

115 I get lazy sometimes and eat the whole peanut, shell and all.
Posted by: Jamaica at November 03, 2024 02:47 PM (28cZF)

I grind corn to corn meal after parching it, the hull is ground down too. On the whole, it is not much different, though it does have the last bit of chew on it to be kind of gummy.

It all comes out in the end.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2024 02:51 PM (D7oie)

116 102 Well darn. My Miracle Whip bottle has the same upside down labeling as CBD's ketchup bottle.
Posted by: Tuna

Miracle Whip is of the devil. Nasty, vile stuff.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 02:51 PM (r6f6k)

117 >>>But getting the last bit of ketchup out of the container is a mess

Add a little water?

Posted by: m at November 03, 2024 02:52 PM (VnUSN)

118 I ordered a pack of mini rubber spatulas from Amazon, specifically to get the rest of the lotion from the bottom of a pump bottle. It's too costly to throw away. The one I use is 12" long and has a little rubber spatula on one end, and a little rubber spoon on the other. Genius.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 03, 2024 02:52 PM (w6EFb)

119 Add water, shake vigorously, pour.

You're welcome.
Posted by: blake

Add hot pickled chili pepper vinegar that you'd normally discard after you've eaten the peppers. You're more welcome.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 03, 2024 02:52 PM (IG4Id)

120 Or you could add a little water to the ketchup and cook it down.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 03, 2024 02:52 PM (w6EFb)

121 I don't like ketchup anymore, it is too sweet for me. I made grape ketchup one year, but I didn't much like it either.

I will make a couple pints of chutney every summer, but that is also spicy.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2024 02:53 PM (D7oie)

122 Obviously, the bottles need lids on both ends, so you can depressurize the dry side before you open the business end.
Posted by: mikeski at November 03, 2024 02:50 PM (DgGvY)

Or you could just be a normal human being and wipe the excess on your palm, eat it off your palm, then wipe your hands on your jeans.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 02:53 PM (DDGz9)

123 Isn't a runcible spoon just a spork?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 03, 2024 02:53 PM (PiwSw)

124 Burger buns should be quickly seared with butter.
Posted by: Carly

Cheaper solve; just sear them in the pan with all of the 80/20 burger grease whilst you let the 10 pack of burgers rest.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 03, 2024 02:53 PM (IG4Id)

125 Our Lady Of The Evening

Posted by: Jamaica at November 03, 2024 02:54 PM (3U9lo)

126 Miracle Whip is of the devil. Nasty, vile stuff.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage

Condiment of angels. Can't stand the taste of mayo.

Posted by: Tuna at November 03, 2024 02:54 PM (oaGWv)

127 I don't eat ketchup, not even with French fries. I can't explain why not.
Posted by: Northernlurker

That is because French fries should be accompanied by tartar sauce

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 03, 2024 02:55 PM (3yQ81)

128 he label does not conform to the upside-down position, and the symmetry of the world would be all akilter if the bottle position and the label do not match.

Yes...this is what keeps me up at night!

Posted by CBD at 02:00 PM Comments

Seek help, man.
That's not a first world problem, that's a neurosis.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at November 03, 2024 02:55 PM (FCbAQ)

129 I don't eat ketchup, not even with French fries. I can't explain why not.
Posted by: Northernlurker

That is because French fries should be accompanied by tartar sauce
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Or chili - no carrots, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 02:55 PM (VNX3d)

130 I wonder how many foods, dishes and even condiments got their start by someone long ago daring another person to eat something.

"I shall give you a shilling if you eat that...ummm...tentacled sea creature."

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 02:56 PM (dIske)

131
Ketchup + Tartar Sauce = Russian Dressing

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2024 02:56 PM (EsZUh)

132 Paul is sooo embarrassing in social situations but I love him anyway.

Posted by: Paul's Mom at November 03, 2024 02:56 PM (guGkK)

133 Cleanup on aisles 126 and 129, please.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 03, 2024 02:56 PM (ZVgZ4)

134 Today after a hiatus of several months when we couldn't use our social hall for luncheons because we were gathering up things for.a rummage sale and finally having it over two weekends, today we had a church luncheon. It was nice to be able to gather and socialize over food. Some of the highlights were hot dogs with crescent rolls wrapped around them which had been cooked in the oven, roasted red pepper and tomato soup, home made macaroni and cheese, chili and delicious cookies made by our former organist, Jessie, who's 95 and her nurse.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2024 02:56 PM (OeUQC)

135 118 I ordered a pack of mini rubber spatulas from Amazon, specifically to get the rest of the lotion from the bottom of a pump bottle. It's too costly to throw away. The one I use is 12" long and has a little rubber spatula on one end, and a little rubber spoon on the other. Genius.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

I usually just cut open the tube or plastic bottle to get the dregs. Your idea is much less messy. Thanks.

Posted by: Tuna at November 03, 2024 02:57 PM (oaGWv)

136 Getting the last bit out of most anything is a pain. Two products that come to mind are peanut butter and toothpaste.

Even when I use a spatula, some PB remains in the jar.

I want every molecule of what I bought.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 03, 2024 02:57 PM (p/isN)

137 Miley, plastic spatulas are really cheap. If you're buying a "set" you are probably paying too much.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 02:57 PM (qqxKa)

138 OK, this rant is insane.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 02:58 PM (5AVMW)

139 It was nice to be able to gather and socialize over food. Some of the highlights were hot dogs with crescent rolls wrapped around them which had been cooked in the oven, roasted red pepper and tomato soup, home made macaroni and cheese, chili and delicious cookies made by our former organist, Jessie, who's 95 and her nurse.

So, no booze then?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2024 02:58 PM (guGkK)

140 115 I get lazy sometimes and eat the whole peanut, shell and all.
Posted by: Jamaica at November 03, 2024 02:47 PM (28cZF)
In the civilized parts of the world, peanuts are pulled up from the soil and about 10% will be immature. We call these 'pops'. They get pulled off the vine, washed, and boiled just like the mature peanuts. They can be eaten shell and all be cause they are soft. In boiled peanut circles, we say 'It's all good'.
-Eromero wishes he had a Cromer's in his AO

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 02:58 PM (LHPAg)

141 I used to be a professional organist.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at November 03, 2024 02:58 PM (guGkK)

142 As soon as you snap the lid open, BLORPHPH, ketchup or mustard or mayo everywhere.

Great description, I laughed. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2024 02:59 PM (OeUQC)

143 132 I wonder how many foods, dishes and even condiments got their start by someone long ago daring another person to eat something.

"I shall give you a shilling if you eat that...ummm...tentacled sea creature."
Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 02:56 PM (dIske)

I've come to the conclusion that we didn't expand our horizons to weird over the aeons, but rather pared them back from the truly disgusting.

"OK, so i won't suck the lichen off that rotten dead tentacled sea monster's ass anymore if you're gonna be all weird about it every time. But I'm still gonna eat the tentacles, dammit."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 02:59 PM (DDGz9)

144 Plus, why do you support John Kerry?!!?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:00 PM (5AVMW)

145
I wonder how many foods, dishes and even condiments got their start by someone long ago daring another person to eat something.

________

The tomato.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2024 03:00 PM (EsZUh)

146 Arguing over ketchup bottles? You people are weird.

Posted by: Dr. Sheldon Cooper PHD at November 03, 2024 03:00 PM (iODuv)

147 Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 02:59 PM (DDGz9)
__________________________

Ah, that's a mallow plant. I shall take your sister to the dance despite her appearance if you make a sweet candy treat out of that brackwater menace.

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 03:01 PM (dIske)

148 I want every molecule of what I bought.
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 03, 2024 02:57 PM (p/isN)

Every time you open that jar, millions of particles of peanut butter vapor escape into the ether and are lost forever.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:01 PM (DDGz9)

149 I think we can date the origins of America's decline to that time when ketchup in glass bottles with metal screw tops was replaced with ketchup in plastic bottles with plastic tops.

Btw, I like ketchup - a lot - and I wouldn't eat fries or burgers without it. My mother used to have to put ketchup on eggs and green beans to get me to eat them. I still occasionally like a smidgeon of ketchup on green beans.

Posted by: Paco at November 03, 2024 03:01 PM (njExo)

150 I wonder how many foods, dishes and even condiments got their start by someone long ago daring another person to eat something.

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Or being so desperate to eat that you're willing to try anything in the area.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 03:01 PM (VNX3d)

151 Or being so desperate to eat that you're willing to try anything in the area.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 03:01 PM (VNX3d)

*fistbump*

Posted by: The Chinese at November 03, 2024 03:02 PM (guGkK)

152 138 Getting the last bit out of most anything is a pain. Two products that come to mind are peanut butter and toothpaste.

Even when I use a spatula, some PB remains in the jar.

I want every molecule of what I bought.
Posted by: Weak Geek at November 03, 2024 02:57 PM (p/isN)
You need a aardvark.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 03:02 PM (LHPAg)

153 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2024 02:58 PM (guGkK

We're not Episcopal or RC or Orthodox. You can't have alcohol on church property for insurance purposes, although I don't know that those churches have booze at their church luncheons either.😉although they may have it at other special events aside from during the Eucharist or Holy Communion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2024 03:03 PM (3h8JG)

154 I wonder how many foods, dishes and even condiments got their start by someone long ago daring another person to eat something.

"I shall give you a shilling if you eat that...ummm...tentacled sea creature."
Posted by: Orson

I used to think the same way, but that's our modern American minds, fed by all the calories they could want, thinking.

If you're a peasant in 540 AD, anything that's not religiously taboo or outright poisonous is probably going to be dinner.

Posted by: mikeski at November 03, 2024 03:03 PM (DgGvY)

155
Ketchup in baked beans.
Ketchup in BBQ sauce.
Ketchup in horseradish seafood sauce.
Ketchup in a Bloody Mary... sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

Posted by: Auspex at November 03, 2024 03:04 PM (j4U/Z)

156 Or being so desperate to eat that you're willing to try anything in the area.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 03:01 PM (VNX3d)
_________________________________

Ok, that's a good point which reminds me of that old Sam Kinison bit about moving out of the Ethiopian desert.

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 03:04 PM (dIske)

157 I wonder how many foods, dishes and even condiments got their start by someone long ago daring another person to eat something.

Ahh. History's Great Toad-Licking Conundrum.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2024 03:04 PM (guGkK)

158 I want every molecule of what I bought.
Posted by: Weak Geek

Every time you open that jar, millions of particles of peanut butter vapor escape into the ether and are lost forever.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

You think we only get our share of bourbon?

Posted by: angels at November 03, 2024 03:04 PM (DgGvY)

159 My FWP

The LED ceiling light in my hallway is out. You can't just take it apart and replace a bulb, you have to replace the entire unit and it's hard wired. So, my landlady has to come in and have her electrician do it. When I'm not home.

Grrrrrrr.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 03:05 PM (jFyB2)

160
Condiment of angels. Can't stand the taste of mayo.
Posted by: Tuna
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Well said.

Posted by: Braenyard - they ain't kickin the can down the road anymore at November 03, 2024 03:05 PM (ozQLF)

161 We're not Episcopal or RC or Orthodox. You can't have alcohol on church property for insurance purposes, although I don't know that those churches have booze at their church luncheons either.😉although they may have it at other special events aside from during the Eucharist or Holy Communion.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2024 03:03 PM (3h8JG)

So, bottom line, invest in a good flask.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2024 03:06 PM (guGkK)

162 My FWP
The LED ceiling light in my hallway is out. You can't just take it apart and replace a bulb, you have to replace the entire unit and it's hard wired. So, my landlady has to come in and have her electrician do it. When I'm not home.
Grrrrrrr.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Now that's a first-world problem. What dipstick designed a residential light fixture like that?

Narrator: one who realizes he'll make more money if you have to replace the whole fixture and not just a bulb.

Okay, what dipstick would install one in the first place, then?

Posted by: mikeski at November 03, 2024 03:07 PM (DgGvY)

163 Do not take counsel in your fears.
What happens will happen.
We will endure.
And I for one, plan on a celebratory breakfast of coffee, bacon, French Toast and a shitload of maple syrup!

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

164 163 My FWP

The LED ceiling light in my hallway is out. You can't just take it apart and replace a bulb, you have to replace the entire unit and it's hard wired. So, my landlady has to come in and have her electrician do it. When I'm not home.

Grrrrrrr.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 03:05 PM (jFyB2)
Lure an adult male sea otter in and leave him in the hallway.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 03:08 PM (LHPAg)

165 Ok, that's a good point which reminds me of that old Sam Kinison bit about moving out of the Ethiopian desert.
Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 03:04 PM (dIske)

There's some goofy shit out there. "Take this tuber. Don't eat it though. You gotta dig it up, dry it in the sun, then shred it, boil the pulp to hell and back, then strain it, dry the liquid out in a big bowl, scrape up the stuff left over when it's totally evaporated, then knead that into a disgusting paste that might nourish you for five minutes if it doesn't hurl you into a week long fit of dyspepsia...."

Because growing a regular old fucking yam is too much work or something i guess.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:08 PM (DDGz9)

166 Also, you could just use the entire bottle of ketchup on your next burger. Solved.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 03, 2024 03:08 PM (IG4Id)

167
Do not take counsel in your fears.
What happens will happen.
We will endure.

_________

Despair, I remind myself, is a sin.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2024 03:09 PM (EsZUh)

168 Or you could add a little water to the ketchup and cook it down.
---------
Let's cook.

Posted by: zombie Walter White at November 03, 2024 03:09 PM (hovnC)

169 Also, you could just use the entire bottle of ketchup on your next burger. Solved.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 03, 2024 03:08 PM (IG4Id)

Cook the burger before or after you add the ketchup?

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at November 03, 2024 03:09 PM (guGkK)

170 Ketchup on a severely over done steak. Yeah, I used to know someone who liked that.

It still makes me shudder.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 03:09 PM (qqxKa)

171 Cassava and soybeans, how many people died trying to make that stuff safe?

Posted by: Jamaica at November 03, 2024 03:09 PM (Udy3r)

172 “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

― Frank Herbert, Dune

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 03:10 PM (VNX3d)

173 168 Do not take counsel in your fears.
What happens will happen.
We will endure.
And I for one, plan on a celebratory breakfast of coffee, bacon, French Toast and a shitload of maple syrup!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 03:07 PM (W/lyH)
The words of Diogenes have iron for all men to see.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 03:10 PM (LHPAg)

174 Because growing a regular old fucking yam is too much work or something i guess.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:08 PM (DDGz9)
____________________________

"What's wrong with him?"
"He ate the rhubarb."
"What's wrong with the rhubarb?"
"Moron ate the leaves."
"Piker."

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 03:10 PM (dIske)

175 Cook the burger before or after you add the ketchup?
Posted by: Chuck Schumer

No, obviously you cook the burger in mustard, then add all of the ketchup. DUH~!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 03, 2024 03:10 PM (IG4Id)

176 155 Or being so desperate to eat that you're willing to try anything in the area.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 03:01 PM (VNX3d)

I've often wondered if the first person to eat snails wasn't perhaps in the last stages of starvation. The same with artichokes.

Posted by: Paco at November 03, 2024 03:10 PM (njExo)

177 Or being so desperate to eat that you're willing to try anything in the area.
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tinyurl.com/4fttpec7

Posted by: JQ at November 03, 2024 03:12 PM (njWTi)

178 Cook the burger before or after you add the ketchup?
Posted by: Chuck Schumer

I've wondered whether they successfully returned the grill after the photoshoot.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 03:12 PM (VNX3d)

179 175 - Ketchup on a severely over done steak. Yeah, I used to know someone who liked that. - Carlyl

Oh, have we met before?

Posted by: Paco at November 03, 2024 03:12 PM (njExo)

180 I get these weird notes about things in my computer. One of the latest was "Never put mustard in your refrigerator ." What's that all about?. It's in there and fortunately ( or unfortunately for some) I haven't died yet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2024 03:13 PM (mmqC8)

181 I've wondered whether they successfully returned the grill after the photoshoot.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 03:12 PM (VNX3d)

Those scumbags probably returned the meat and cheese.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:13 PM (DDGz9)

182 you have to replace the entire unit and it's hard wired.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 03:05 PM (jFyB2)

I am afraid of electricity and I replace that sort of fixture. It takes about five minutes...if you have a ladder tall enough.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 03:13 PM (d9fT1)

183 172
Do not take counsel in your fears.
What happens will happen.
We will endure.

_________

Despair, I remind myself, is a sin.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
=====
Well said.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:13 PM (ctrM5)

184 "What's wrong with him?"
"He ate the rhubarb."
"What's wrong with the rhubarb?"
"Moron ate the leaves."
"Piker."
Posted by: Orson

"How long do you have to cook this to make it not poisonous?"

"We're not sure yet. Six hours is plenty, Bill is still here. Thirty minutes ain't enough, we buried Tom last week."

Posted by: mikeski at November 03, 2024 03:14 PM (DgGvY)

185 There's some goofy shit out there. "Take this tuber. Don't eat it though. You gotta dig it up, dry it in the sun, then shred it, boil the pulp to hell and back, then strain it, dry the liquid out in a big bowl, scrape up the stuff left over when it's totally evaporated, then knead that into a disgusting paste that might nourish you for five minutes if it doesn't hurl you into a week long fit of dyspepsia...."

Because growing a regular old fucking yam is too much work or something i guess.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:08 PM (DDGz9)
When I was a kid I saw a picture in Life, Look, or NatGeo of a woman, may African or S. American don't recall. She was balancing a yam on her palm because her fingers had been ritually amputated. Obtaining yams was not her biggest problem.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 03:14 PM (LHPAg)

186 @53 --

Thanks for the notice. Wife just got a CR-V.

It sounds like the alien ships on "UFO" when she backs it out of the garage.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 03, 2024 03:15 PM (p/isN)

187 Seems that some folks around here don't honor the Lord, or His day. I can only imagine the sludge that fills their souls. Sad, but it's not too late, even for a troll.

Posted by: LASue at November 03, 2024 03:15 PM (lCppi)

188 I am afraid of electricity and I replace that sort of fixture. It takes about five minutes...if you have a ladder tall enough.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 03:13 PM (d9fT1)

Yeah, I always need to take a trip to the fuse box before changing those out. I'm not overly enthusiastic about sporting the Einstein hair.

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 03:15 PM (dIske)

189 Arguing over ketchup bottles? You people are weird.
Posted by: Dr. Sheldon Cooper PHD
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Scene: The university cafeteria.
Sheldon: Your argument is lacking in all scientific merit. It is well established Superman cleans his uniform by flying into Earth’s yellow sun, which incinerates any contaminate matter and leaves the invulnerable Kryptonian fabric unharmed and daisy fresh.
Howard: What if he gets something Kryptonian on it?
Sheldon: Like what?
Howard: I don’t know. Kryptonian mustard.
Sheldon: I think we can safely assume that all Kryptonian condiments were destroyed when the planet Krypton exploded.

https://is.gd/xhHjXp

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 03:16 PM (hovnC)

190 Kamala went to church.

Purple drank and Doritos for the Eucharist?

Posted by: Auspex at November 03, 2024 03:16 PM (j4U/Z)

191 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2024 03:06 PM (guGkK)

It might look a little questionable to have the pastor reeling from alcohol consumption at a church luncheon and sometimes I'm unsteady of my feet even without the booze.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2024 03:16 PM (mmqC8)

192 I vote for the Water People.

52 Add water, shake vigorously, pour.
You're welcome.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 02:25 PM (tT6L1)

117 Add a little water?
Posted by: m at November 03, 2024 02:52 PM (VnUSN)

120 Or you could add a little water to the ketchup and cook it down.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 03, 2024 02:52 PM (w6EFb)

Posted by: m at November 03, 2024 03:16 PM (VnUSN)

193 I am afraid of electricity and I replace that sort of fixture. It takes about five minutes...if you have a ladder tall enough.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 03:13 PM (d9fT1)

Turn off the breaker. Couple mounting screws. Couple wire nuts, color-for-color, big bang boom. A long as the box isn't fucked up and busted or stripped out, it's a dawdle. Think of it as an opportunity to put in a fixture you actually like.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:16 PM (DDGz9)

194 When I was a kid I saw a picture in Life, Look, or NatGeo of a woman, may African or S. American don't recall. She was balancing a yam on her palm because her fingers had been ritually amputated.

Luckily, that ritual can only go on for so long.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2024 03:16 PM (guGkK)

195 200

Posted by: m at November 03, 2024 03:17 PM (VnUSN)

196 Despair, I remind myself, is a sin.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

It is one of the most powerful weapons in the Devil's arsenal.

Posted by: Paco at November 03, 2024 03:17 PM (njExo)

197 My guess would be Kamaunist went to church not to listen but to preach Cultural Marxism.

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2024 03:17 PM (fwDg9)

198 Now that's a first-world problem. What dipstick designed a residential light fixture like that?

Narrator: one who realizes he'll make more money if you have to replace the whole fixture and not just a bulb.

Okay, what dipstick would install one in the first place, then?
Posted by: mikeski
--------
Rule applies--do not buy cheap shit. Cheap led builder's grade light fixtures just as cheap led bulbs fail to last.

But, the bulb shape is actually counterproductive for optimal led lighting because you can disperse the cells to give better lighting with less shadows and less glare than using bulb designs optimized for incandescent lighting.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:17 PM (ctrM5)

199 175 - Ketchup on a severely over done steak. Yeah, I used to know someone who liked that. - Carlyl

Damn you, now I want to try it.

Posted by: Auspex at November 03, 2024 03:17 PM (j4U/Z)

200 My guess would be Kamaunist went to church not to listen but to preach Cultural Marxism.
Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2024 03:17 PM (fwDg9)

I'll bet even the Jesus statue gave her the stink-eye.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2024 03:18 PM (guGkK)

201 Anyone who is the praying sort.....
I would appreciate it if you can send some up for Hubbymayhem. His kidney issue has taken a different turn and he is out on the road. Should be in Tue night. He is going to call the urology center first thing in the morning. Hopefully this will get resolved sooner rather than later.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at November 03, 2024 03:18 PM (4XwPj)

202 I hope the pastor didn't make an analogy ( as one did) between Queen Esther and Kamala.🫤

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2024 03:19 PM (mmqC8)

203 Really??? Jesus, CBD....

So Heinz Ketchup is SO superior to Hunts, or any grocery store brand, that you feel the need to promote it????

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:19 PM (5AVMW)

204 204 175 - Ketchup on a severely over done steak. Yeah, I used to know someone who liked that. - Carlyl

Damn you, now I want to try it.
Posted by: Auspex at November 03, 2024 03:17 PM (j4U/Z)

It's yummy. It's its own thing.

Posted by: m at November 03, 2024 03:20 PM (VnUSN)

205 Luckily, that ritual can only go on for so long.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2024 03:16 PM (guGkK)

"Would you take a toe?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:20 PM (DDGz9)

206 Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at November 03, 2024 03:18 PM (4XwPj

Sorry for the stress of that. Will pray that rough places are made smooth and for healing for him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2024 03:20 PM (mmqC8)

207 Turn off the breaker. Couple mounting screws. Couple wire nuts, color-for-color, big bang boom. A long as the box isn't fucked up and busted or stripped out, it's a dawdle. Think of it as an opportunity to put in a fixture you actually like.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Pretty much. Advantage too as they are getting far better at using less electricity for more light. Longevity is a wash as led lights deteriorate in output over time just like florescent lights do and a lot of issues with modern electronics are being caused by the EU's demand for lead free solder. Using pure tin results in whiskers forming sometimes which can short out the circuit.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:20 PM (ctrM5)

208 208 So Heinz Ketchup is SO superior to Hunts
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:19 PM (5AVMW)

Heinz:Ceinz
Hunts:

Posted by: m at November 03, 2024 03:21 PM (VnUSN)

209 you feel the need to promote it????

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:19 PM (5AVMW)

Promote it? No...I am bitterly critical of their flawed design!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 03:21 PM (d9fT1)

210 199 When I was a kid I saw a picture in Life, Look, or NatGeo of a woman, may African or S. American don't recall. She was balancing a yam on her palm because her fingers had been ritually amputated.

Luckily, that ritual can only go on for so long.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2024 03:16 PM (guGk
Savages been trimming parts off women for long time. but our generation has turned that torture/mutilation/sacrament into an industry.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 03:22 PM (LHPAg)

211 you have to replace the entire unit and it's hard wired.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 03:05 PM (jFyB2)

I am afraid of electricity and I replace that sort of fixture. It takes about five minutes...if you have a ladder tall enough.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 03:13 PM (d9fT1)

What he said.

Easy peasy if you're even moderately handy, you don't even have to turn off the power. One wire at a time.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at November 03, 2024 03:22 PM (FCbAQ)

212 OT, funny:

CO Libertarian Party sues Jenna Griswold et al:
https://x.com/BehizyTweets
/status
/1852432801561489455

NY SDEC head looks about like you would expect:
https://x.com/Oilfield_Rando
/status
/1852822272957944044

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 03, 2024 03:22 PM (0s6uJ)

213 There's some goofy shit out there. "Take this tuber. Don't eat it though. You gotta dig it up, dry it in the sun, then shred it, boil the pulp to hell and back, then strain it, dry the liquid out in a big bowl, scrape up the stuff left over when it's totally evaporated, then knead that into a disgusting paste that might nourish you for five minutes if it doesn't hurl you into a week long fit of dyspepsia...."

Because growing a regular old fucking yam is too much work or something i guess.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:08 PM (DDGz9)

cassava and Taro have entered the chat . . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at November 03, 2024 03:23 PM (D7oie)

214 Prayers up for Hubbymayhem.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 03, 2024 03:23 PM (ZVgZ4)

215 I'll tell you an interesting food discussion:

Japanese cuisine, and the stigmas attached to each dish. I'm going to have to respond with "YIKES!!!" on a good number of them. Raw horse meat, fish prostate, your neighbor. Ok, maybe that last one isn't true.

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 03:24 PM (dIske)

216 Despair, I remind myself, is a sin.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
=====
Well said.
Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:13 PM (ctrM5)

Whig the Bible said all the important things. That is why the modern Left has been at war with Christianity.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 03:24 PM (qqxKa)

217 207 I hope the pastor didn't make an analogy ( as one did) between Queen Esther and Kamala.🫤
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2024 03:19 PM (mmqC

You meant Aunt Esther, right?

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 03:24 PM (LHPAg)

218 >>> 206 Anyone who is the praying sort.....
I would appreciate it if you can send some up for Hubbymayhem. His kidney issue has taken a different turn and he is out on the road. Should be in Tue night. He is going to call the urology center first thing in the morning. Hopefully this will get resolved sooner rather than later.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at November 03, 2024 03:18 PM (4XwPj)

Sure thing.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 03, 2024 03:25 PM (0s6uJ)

219 you feel the need to promote it????

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:19 PM (5AVMW)

Promote it? No...I am bitterly critical of their flawed design!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 03:21 PM (d9fT1)

Understood... seriously, it's probably my flawed brain talking, but I wonder why you buy this ketchup with the massive flaw in it's bottling design? I mean, to the point that you have a bottle still in your house to take a picture of..... again, sorry, I'm retarded, plus I am watching the Bills game....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:26 PM (5AVMW)

220 >>> 224
==
plus I am watching the Bills game....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:26 PM (5AVMW)

Is Ms Occasional-Cortex winning???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 03, 2024 03:27 PM (0s6uJ)

221 I sti like:
“Mom I don’t want to get killed in Ukraine.”
“Honey, we need a woman president.”

Posted by: See? Nobody cares at November 03, 2024 03:27 PM (Lnjzl)

222 Everybody had the Bills canning the fish.

Posted by: Jamaica at November 03, 2024 03:28 PM (Y6Ecf)

223 I wonder why you buy this ketchup with the massive flaw in it's bottling design?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:26 PM (5AVMW)

Because I am a cheap bastard!

[and because this thread is 100% tongue-in-cheek!]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 03:28 PM (d9fT1)

224 Because that’s what we get with this woman president

Posted by: See? Nobody cares at November 03, 2024 03:28 PM (Lnjzl)

225 225 >>> 224
==
plus I am watching the Bills game....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:26 PM (5AVMW)

Is Ms Occasional-Cortex winning???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 03, 2024 03:27 PM (0s6uJ)

She's paying her own Bills?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 03:28 PM (VNX3d)

226 226 I sti like:
Posted by: See? Nobody cares at November 03, 2024 03:27 PM (Lnjzl)

?

Posted by: m at November 03, 2024 03:28 PM (VnUSN)

227 I think Aunt Esther was probably more intelligent than Kamala. I was on board discussing religion and I said Kamala = Queen Esther was a lousy analogy and some of the Harris voters took offense

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2024 03:28 PM (3234G)

228 53
While I was doing that I decided to check the air in the spare tire on the wife's honda CR-V. Some engineer at honda decided to put the air fill valve on the side of the tire that faces down in the back. You have to undo the entire spare tire assembly and flip the tire over to check the air or fill it.

That took some serious rocket surgeon skills.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 03, 2024 02:25 PM (QNSds)
----
I bet that was done to ward off vandals letting out the air in the spare when no one was looking.

Posted by: Ciampino - Positive thinking at November 03, 2024 03:29 PM (i0xsb)

229 One batch of leaves taken care of, lots to go

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2024 03:30 PM (fwDg9)

230 Mayo comes in these "upside down" bottles too. The other day I was opening a new one for my wife. It has that seal on the lid you have to pull off before using it.

Well, it was stubborn and I was gripping the bottle pretty hard when it popped off. Shot a wad of mayo clear across the kitchen.

Almost pornographic it was.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 03, 2024 03:30 PM (Q4IgG)

231 Heinz has not crossed my sill since Kerry the Purple Faggot.

Posted by: Ciampino - I left out Hearts at November 03, 2024 03:30 PM (i0xsb)

232 We had about a dozen ketchup companies around when I was a kid, three huge ones and a stand of mom-and-pop canneries. Every recipe was different, some were just barely red (if you've made ketchup, you'll know), and they all had oddball 'other' products alongside. Heinz triumphed through machine picking and the fast-food driven transition to a universal taste for red dye and sugar sauce. But mostly sugar.

Hunts bought out a family plant at the end of the road, and between them and Hirzel's Star Cross (Dei Fratelli), tomatoes cooking was the overwhelming smell of fall. They start earlier now.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 03, 2024 03:31 PM (zdLoL)

233
NY SDEC head looks about like you would expect:
https://x.com/Oilfield_Rando
/status
/1852822272957944044
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 03, 2024 03:22 PM (0s6uJ)
And her name is Karen.
'Ve must see you squirrel now, fraulein!'

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 03:31 PM (LHPAg)

234 Easy peasy if you're even moderately handy, you don't even have to turn off the power. One wire at a time.
Posted by: OneEyedJack

If you must play with live wires, insulated gloves and insulated tools are a must. Can save you a nasty shock or metal splatter if you somehow short something.

Some of those old timey bastard electricians used to do stuff to save a nickel on wiring that was not safe. Same as using the shitty builder's grade outlets and lights.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:32 PM (ctrM5)

235 I made pineapple pork in a crockpot, and used a lot of catsup.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 03, 2024 03:33 PM (lhenN)

236 Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 03, 2024 03:30 PM (Q4IgG)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2024 03:33 PM (3234G)

237 Whig the Bible said all the important things. That is why the modern Left has been at war with Christianity.
Posted by: Carlyl
=======
Yes it did. One living by Proverbs, Eccleisastes, and Psalms in combination with the NT will have a better way to live.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:33 PM (ctrM5)

238 Ve must see you squirrel now, fraulein!'
Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 03:31 PM (LHPAg

It's funny because German uses "Squirrel" as a euphemism the same way we use "Pussy"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:33 PM (DDGz9)

239 Ketchup?
AKA, white people hot sauce.

Ketchup, siracha and mayo = fry sauce.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 03, 2024 03:34 PM (xkwZj)

240 Will Trump win two days from now? Obviously in a nominally fair election he would. The massive cheating by the Democrat's puts iti in doubt.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 03:34 PM (qqxKa)

241 Long leaf pine needles don't make the same inviting pile as poplar and maple leaves

Posted by: Accomack at November 03, 2024 03:34 PM (dJCmT)

242 Ve must see you squirrel now, fraulein!'
Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 03:31 PM (LHPAg)

Und, vere is Moose?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 03:35 PM (VNX3d)

243 Often wondered if John Heinz was rolling in his grave

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2024 03:36 PM (fwDg9)

244 How timely. For for my artisanal homemade toasted ham sandwich today, my squeeze bottle of Duke's mayonnaise would surrender no more mayo. I used a teaspoon to scrape enough mayo out for this sandwich, then I had to decide whether to pitch the bottle, or put it back in the fridge. I have another bottle in the cupboard, but the cheap part of me just can't throw the bottle out yet, knowing I can probably get one more sandwich out of it.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at November 03, 2024 03:36 PM (d9Cw3)

245
If you must play with live wires, insulated gloves and insulated tools are a must. Can save you a nasty shock or metal splatter if you somehow short something.

Some of those old timey bastard electricians used to do stuff to save a nickel on wiring that was not safe. Same as using the shitty builder's grade outlets and lights.
Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:32 PM (ctrM5)

Sound advice.
I've successfully changed many things without turning power off, and there's one or two times I got zapped. Nurse being a shooter, there's no way she doesn't choose the "safest" course of action, based on a Morons advice.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at November 03, 2024 03:37 PM (FCbAQ)

246 228 I wonder why you buy this ketchup with the massive flaw in it's bottling design?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:26 PM (5AVMW)

Because I am a cheap bastard!

[and because this thread is 100% tongue-in-cheek!]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 03:28 PM (d9fT1)

LOL!! Alrighty then, I am cool with it all!

GO BILLS!!!!!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:38 PM (5AVMW)

247 Not because I use it as a condiment...I don't. I make a very nice barbecue sauce whose base is ketchup

See, logic says you do use it as a condiment, just not as is.
I add ghost pepper sauce to mine and make my own spicy catsup suitable for fry-dipping.

Label problem? Remove label from your next empty bottle and affix your preferred way to new bottle.

Why are you buying Heinz?

Posted by: Ciampino - Fries and catsup at November 03, 2024 03:38 PM (i0xsb)

248 And it' really funny hearing a German person saying the English word "squirrel".

https://is.gd/vmOZib
24 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 03:39 PM (hovnC)

249 Tennessee Jed.

Some Dead head is working production at FOX sports these days.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2024 03:39 PM (LkLld)

250 I remember when McDonalds used Heintz ketchup in all their stores...then Heintz took on the past CEO of Burger King as their new CEO and McDonalds cut them off after something like 40 years. I think McDonalds makes their own now.

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 03:40 PM (dIske)

251 The safest course of action is to insulate yourself entirely and slowly raise your entire body potential to 110VAC with a portable generator attached to you, then you can grab all the live wires you like with impunity.

Just don't touch the box. Or the ground wire. Or literally anything else.

But other than that, you're golden.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:40 PM (DDGz9)

252 LED light bulb/fixture contains several small element wired in a series. If one goes out they all go out. Get your handy son to determine which one is out pull it and solder a path connecting all the good elements.

_as seen on utoob

Posted by: Braenyard - they ain't kickin the can down the road anymore at November 03, 2024 03:41 PM (ozQLF)

253 Hold bottom of bottle, do your best Pete Townsend air-guitar imitation, and since we're all 29, worry about rotator cuff repair later. Problem solved.

Posted by: Turn 2 at November 03, 2024 03:41 PM (JfxgE)

254 257 The safest course of action is to insulate yourself entirely and slowly raise your entire body potential to 110VAC with a portable generator attached to you, then you can grab all the live wires you like with impunity.

Just don't touch the box. Or the ground wire. Or literally anything else.

But other than that, you're golden.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
======
You got your own youtube diy channel doncha.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:41 PM (ctrM5)

255 You got your own youtube diy channel doncha.
Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:41 PM (ctrM5)

If it ain't broke, you're not trying.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:42 PM (DDGz9)

256 If the Bills defense could ever force a punt to win a game....

Posted by: Accomack at November 03, 2024 03:44 PM (4c58h)

257 I think McDonalds makes their own now.
Posted by: Orson

McDonald's ketchup tastes like medicine now and the fries have a cardboard taste instead of luxurious beef tallow they used to use.

Wendy's taste bitter now as I think they use canola oil or something like that.

Peanut oil though is a nice tasting substitute for french fries.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:44 PM (ctrM5)

258 Peanut oil though is a nice tasting substitute for french fries.
Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:44 PM (ctrM5)

I'm honestly surprised they haven't all switched to using air fryers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:45 PM (DDGz9)

259 If it ain't broke, you're not trying.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
========
Wise words. Breaking things is basically how we learn not to do certain things. Best though that we don't start by breaking things that we need at the time.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:45 PM (ctrM5)

260 I'm honestly surprised they haven't all switched to using air fryers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:45 PM (DDGz9)

Time. It just takes too long.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 03:46 PM (d9fT1)

261 I'm honestly surprised they haven't all switched to using air fryers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Speed and energy consumption I bet. Hot oil is very fast in transferring heat to food compared with air and once a fry oil bin is hot, doesn't take much juice to sustain it.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:47 PM (ctrM5)

262 262 If the Bills defense could ever force a punt to win a game....
Posted by: Accomack at November 03, 2024 03:44 PM (4c58h)

THIS is what we are expecting right now...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:48 PM (5AVMW)

263 I am following the score on NFL site.

Posted by: Accomack at November 03, 2024 03:49 PM (Y6Ecf)

264 >> I'm honestly surprised they haven't all switched to using air fryers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

>>Speed and energy consumption I bet. Hot oil is very fast in transferring heat to food compared with air and once a fry oil bin is hot, doesn't take much juice to sustain it.
Posted by: whig
***********
And you keep that great greasy taste.

Posted by: Cosda at November 03, 2024 03:49 PM (bYIqg)

265 I replaced a receptacle in our kitchen, just a couple weeks ago.

Everything 'downstream' of it quit suddenly, including the dishwasher. Wasn't sure what happened until I tried, out of habit, to switch on the over-sink light (which was part of the total failure) but it *worked*. Hmm.

Then remembered the light would flicker sometimes if I bumped the toaster, plugged into a receptacle next to the light switch.

Finding the correct breaker was another adventure, but finally did-- and labelled it!

Old receptacle was cracked.

Posted by: JQ at November 03, 2024 03:50 PM (njWTi)

266 The real first world problem is…

Why is that, no matter if you store the ketchup upright or upside down, you still have to shake it to mix it back up prior to use?

That big squirt of water from not shaking has ruined so many hotdogs

Posted by: PMRich at November 03, 2024 03:50 PM (eh5ud)

267 Today’s FWP…trying to get the wife motivated to look at tile and a walk-in tub for this bathroom renovation. Took her out for lunch and a Bloody Mary and now she’s napping so I gotta watch hockey.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 03, 2024 03:51 PM (3Ope8)

268 Water floats up. Upside down ketchup gives pure ketchup goodness. I shake it anyways.

Posted by: Accomack at November 03, 2024 03:51 PM (Y6Ecf)

269
Five Guys has terrible fries, but makes it up to you by encouraging you to take away huge bags of salted peanuts free.

Posted by: Auspex at November 03, 2024 03:52 PM (j4U/Z)

270 Peanut oil though is a nice tasting substitute for french fries.
Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:44 PM (ctrM5)
_________________________

I use peanut oil on everything...not necessarily for the taste (although I think it's better than veg oil)...but because it has such a high combustion temp. It's not as likely to start smoking in the pan.

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 03:52 PM (dIske)

271 Sigh

Posted by: Accomack at November 03, 2024 03:52 PM (Y6Ecf)

272 ARGH Bills Dolphins tied.... but still Buffalo has 1:38 to go....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:54 PM (5AVMW)

273 Pffttt....fuckers

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 03:54 PM (5AVMW)

274
I love you all, but would encourage those of you who add water to the last teaspoon of ketchup in a bottle like some deranged oil fracker to seek counseling.

Posted by: Auspex at November 03, 2024 03:54 PM (j4U/Z)

275 The worst fries on the planet...nay, the universe...are at In-and-Out Burger. Gah, pure tasteless cardboard.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 03, 2024 03:54 PM (XMwZJ)

276 I hate self checkout, but did it ten minutes ago.

Way way back when I was in high school I got a job in a supermarket, starting off as a bag boy. Load the bags, learn to do it efficiently and fast, carry them out in my arms for the ladies, say you're welcome.

Graduated up through shelf-stocker to cashier, this was way way back before credit cards, the cash registers a big array of keys like on a typewriter. Learn to make change fast, break the occasional hundred, store all the bills head up facing left.

Got so fast the old mamas (part of Akron that was heavily Italian) would yell at me to slow down so they could see I was ringing it all up right.

Now they're wanting me to go all robot. Maybe I'll get fast at it, too.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at November 03, 2024 03:55 PM (ZtgZZ)

277 281 The worst fries on the planet...nay, the universe...are at In-and-Out Burger. Gah, pure tasteless cardboard.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 03, 2024 03:54 PM (XMwZJ)
__________________________________

What's wrong with cardboard?

Posted by: That annoying mouse you haven't been able to catch at November 03, 2024 03:56 PM (dIske)

278 I've never had a ketchup go to the bitter end before expiring, anyway.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:56 PM (DDGz9)

279 Transfer the ketchup to a generic squeeze bottle to that has no label. Put the close-to-empty name brand bottle of ketchup somewhere in the back of the pantry or cabinet (no need to refrigerate) where you can't see the label.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 03, 2024 03:57 PM (dg+HA)

280 And the best ketchup is from Whataburger.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 03, 2024 03:57 PM (XMwZJ)

281 179
"What's wrong with him?"
"He ate the rhubarb."
"What's wrong with the rhubarb?"
"Moron ate the leaves."
"Piker."

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 03:10 PM (dIske)
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Would KMnO4 (Potassium Permanganate) treatment get rid of the Oxalic Acid? (Chemists here will understand).

Posted by: Ciampino - No but it'll tell you how much oxalate at November 03, 2024 03:57 PM (i0xsb)

282 Five Guys has terrible fries,....

The worst fries on the planet...nay, the universe...are at In-and-Out Burger.
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How the hell does anyone manage to fcuk up *potatoes* fer cryin' out loud?!

That's a FWP, for sure.

Posted by: JQ at November 03, 2024 03:57 PM (njWTi)

283 You can go back to a time when French fries were great. They used to be fried in fat.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 03:59 PM (qqxKa)

284 And you keep that great greasy taste.
Posted by: Cosda
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That is from using oil that is not hot enough or old cooking oil. Fresh cooking oil at high temps penetrates the food minimally.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 03:59 PM (ctrM5)

285 Royal Farms slices the potatoes into long chunks, pressure cooks them and calls the result fries.
As cooked potatoes, they are ok. As fries, they're not ok.

Posted by: Accomack at November 03, 2024 03:59 PM (Y6Ecf)

286 Found greasy spoon burger place out on the west side that may have potential. Passed by it last Sunday about 11 after spending some time on the driving range. Parking lot was filled with trucks and bikes…

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 03, 2024 03:59 PM (3Ope8)

287 My son wanted to eat a Steak 'n Shake a couple years ago.

You want to talk about lousy fries? Thinking about them makes me want to barf. Steak 'n Shake, not 'just' the fries there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 03, 2024 04:00 PM (Q4IgG)

288 OMG

Posted by: Accomack at November 03, 2024 04:00 PM (Y6Ecf)

289 Get cleaned up and upstairs
FOODIE NOODIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2024 04:01 PM (fwDg9)

290 61 yard FG!!!!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 04:01 PM (5AVMW)

291 294 OMG
Posted by: Accomack at November 03, 2024 04:00 PM (Y6Ecf)

wut

Posted by: m at November 03, 2024 04:01 PM (VnUSN)

292 284 I've never had a ketchup go to the bitter end before expiring, anyway.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 03, 2024 03:56 PM (DDGz9)
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You actually read and go by expiry dates? They are all made up anyway. It's another form of Planned Obsolescence.

Posted by: Ciampino - Expiry date: when we need more of your money at November 03, 2024 04:02 PM (i0xsb)

293 I shudder to think what all this watery ketchup talk portends for CBD's art threads this week.

Posted by: fly gal at November 03, 2024 04:02 PM (+KJ2T)

294 300

Posted by: m at November 03, 2024 04:02 PM (VnUSN)

295 Posted by: Auspex at November 03, 2024 03:54 PM (j4U/Z

I laughed. Arguing about ketchup and ketchup. Bottles is so much more entertaining that the doom-y election threads with numerous trolls.
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Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 03, 2024 04:03 PM (waphF)

296 I saw your problem right off. Ketchup label should read HUNTS.
Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 02:06 PM (LHPAg)

Yeah, I'm still not buying Heinz product, after 20 years of holding this grudge.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 03, 2024 02:0

Yes Burt, we too weren't buying Teresa's ketchup for yrs. Guess the Heinz family has been out of it for several yrs, bought up by one off the big food conglomerates.

Recently we found the best commercial Ketchup, damn great taste to Hunts 100% Natural. Truly a better taste than all the others, even Hunts. Try it, you'll like it!

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at November 03, 2024 04:03 PM (55Qr6)

297 Man, tough game....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2024 04:03 PM (5AVMW)

298 It would seem the only franchise restaurants still using beef tallow on their fries are Outback Steakhouse and Smashburger.

Health Nazis ruin everything.

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2024 04:03 PM (dIske)

299 I got to see the kick and Rousseau ending it all.

Posted by: Accomack at November 03, 2024 04:04 PM (Y6Ecf)

300 Proper BBQ sauce is mustard & vinegar based, ketchup is for french fries.

Posted by: Bob at November 03, 2024 04:04 PM (YiqZD)

301 This historian (in Tennessee I guess) talks about Stephen King's The Stand.

https://youtu.be/JHSdEuiIZSQ?si=SkiXcJLciqx8kZq-

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 03, 2024 04:07 PM (lhenN)

302 Food nood

Posted by: Accomack at November 03, 2024 04:08 PM (Y6Ecf)

303 FLA
Democrat
2,649,490 (32.82%)
58.81% of 2016 Clinton votes
72.75% of 2016 Democrat votes
Republican
3,508,595 (43.46%)
75.98% of 2016 Trump votes
94.74% of 2016 Republican votes
Percent of total votes to date.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 03, 2024 04:20 PM (gbOdA)

304 If you vote for me, all of your wildest dreams will come true.

Posted by: Pedro at November 03, 2024 04:28 PM (ufFY8)

305 Don't order the fries at In-and-Out. They use fresh towels to get all that wonderful grease out and they are underdone to begin with. But. The burgers and shakes are great.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 03, 2024 04:34 PM (+H2BX)

306 A first-world solution, here to the Geometric Langlands conjecture
people.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/gaitsgde/GLC/

Posted by: Willie! at November 03, 2024 05:33 PM (gKWVE)

307 CBD If you use vinegar in your BBQ sauce, save it until after putting the ketchup in. Pour it into the near empty bottle, shake well and pour into your mix from a now clean ketchup bottle.

Posted by: Mark needs a nck at November 03, 2024 06:28 PM (4m3eH)

308 "But getting the last bit of ketchup out of the container is a mess..."

Not if you slice the bottle in half with your Ginsu frozen food knife and use a small rubber spatula.

Posted by: drdrwilliams at November 03, 2024 07:21 PM (c3dDP)

309 Removing a half-empty inverted ketchup from the refrigerator and placing it on the table cap down is what's called (in this house anyway) a "ketchup bomb." After about fifteen minutes, the air has warmed sufficiently to put the bottle under pressure. When you flip the cap, the only thing between that pressure and the atmosphere (your plate, your hamburger, your lap, whatever) is a couple inches of ketchup--which enthusiastically squirts out in great volumes.

Posted by: shuzensoxon at November 04, 2024 01:45 PM (8+nu6)

310 smart move , especially if you eat as much BBQ as we do here in TX.

Posted by: Whiskey Dale at November 04, 2024 04:52 PM (wJaDM)

311 Old Catsup Commercials pitted Heinz against the others and the Antispation one

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at November 04, 2024 04:53 PM (wGqjj)

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