Sunday Overnight Open Thread (11/24/24) Doof

Howdy Hordelings, and welcome to the Sunday ONT! A mixed bag of fun and interesting stuff -- at least I hope you think so too. Shall we begin?

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R.I.P. Chuck Woolery

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Best State Flags (according to your humble host)

Here in Maryland, people are obsessed with the state flag. It’s EVERYWHERE. The MD flag comprises the arms of the Calvert and Crossland families. The combination of symmetry and contrast works very well. There is a specific “official” direction the flag should be oriented (black square in the top left corner). Get that wrong, and many Marylanders will lose their ever-loving mind. Being as objective as possible, I do think it is the best of all of the state flags.

2 – Arizona

This flag is quite visually appealing. It first caught my eye back in the late 80s when the NFL Cardinals used to have it on the sleeve of their jerseys. Digging deeper, I found some really interesting things about the Arizona Flag.

The state flag consists of alternating red and yellow rays that represent the 13 original colonies and the western setting sun. The red and yellow are based on the colors of the Spanish flag that Coronado carried into the region. The bottom half of the flag is the same color blue found in the U. S. flag. The copper star identifies Arizona as the largest copper producing state in the union.

3 – South Carolina

The indigo blue flag of The Palmetto State of course features a palmetto tree. And a crescent. The color and the crescent tie back to Revolutionary War times. A very early version of the flag, designed by Colonel William Moultrie, had the word LIBERTY inside the crescent. It did not have the palmetto. The blue was the color of the SC militia’s uniforms, and the crescent was a part of the insignia on their caps. The palmetto was added during Civil War times, signifying the importance of the palmetto trees as defense against British cannons.

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See all 50 state flags here. For whatever reason, New Mexico’s flag is often rated very high in these types of lists. I think it’s just kinda “whelming”. Some state flags are honestly just downright boring. Where does your state’s flag rate on the boring to cool scale? I guess you hoseheads from up in the Great White North can chime in on flags up in your neck of the woods if you don’t want to feel left out!

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Something to make you smile

Hero abandoned dog saves 38 other animals and is then adopted herself

A remarkable tale of animal heroism unfolded when a 10-year-old Basset Hound ran away from her neglectful home and saved tens of other animals. The dog, now aptly named Hero, escaped wearing an ID tag that led animal control officers to a house with 38 animals in dire need of rescue.
Hero sparked a rescue effort that saved 36 dogs, a chicken, and a cat from a life of neglect and suffering. The shelter staff recognised the dogs’ incredible bravery when naming her:

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The Rhyme So Nice, I’m Sharing It Twice

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DJ Doof – 80s Alternative Rock Edition

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Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at November 24, 2024 10:01 PM (+HzbQ)

2 I told you!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 10:01 PM (d9fT1)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 10:01 PM (WXNFJ)

4 Is that the McDonald's bridge?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2024 10:01 PM (63Dwl)

5 Hello Open Blogger, thank you for putting together this ONT.
Now to read the content!

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at November 24, 2024 10:02 PM (+HzbQ)

6
On this day in History: It's official. The song "Popular" was sung publicly, on national radio, on Friday, by Ariana Grande. Not Kammie Harris.

And with apologies to A.G,.the entire cast of "Wicked" and Universal Studios,

It really is about aptitude,
Not just the way you're viewed.

Don't be offended by my frank analysis, think of it as personality dialysis.

I will refrain from swinging on a chandelier while doing a split. You're welcome.

- G.K.

Posted by: Guy Karate, Member, The League of Ugly-Shirted Gentlemen at November 24, 2024 10:02 PM (FlRtG)

7 DOOF!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 10:02 PM (KcwUg)

8 The MD is hideous. Sorry, Doof.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:02 PM (p4NUW)

9 Food!

Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2024 10:03 PM (v6JzV)

10 Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Hard to believe that Thursday is Thanksgiving...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 24, 2024 10:03 PM (rxCpr)

11 Cowabunga, dude!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 24, 2024 10:03 PM (RVmrv)

12 Sorry I'm late, I was playing charades. (Just for future reference, always try to get on the same team as Marcel Marceau.)

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2024 10:03 PM (R256O)

13 An ONT! And its on time!

Oh frabjous day!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:03 PM (dDmld)

14 So, is this what we have to look forward to? I mean, all this and more?

Howdy, Hordelings.

Posted by: mindful webworker - ready for this week... not! at November 24, 2024 10:04 PM (sFBIQ)

15 The MD flag is a pathetic reminder of the cowardly MD founders who were more European than any other state's bigwigs.

CA may be awful now, but the state flag is great!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 10:04 PM (d9fT1)

16 The MD is hideous. Sorry, Doof.
Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:02 PM (p4NUW)

I didn't design it!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:04 PM (vVhSt)

17 good time

Posted by: Ciampino - Affari spaziiali at November 24, 2024 10:04 PM (i0xsb)

18 Womers?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2024 10:04 PM (63Dwl)

19 Some state flags are honestly just downright boring.

Unfortunately several have been updated in the past decade or so for stupid commie reasons.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 10:05 PM (KcwUg)

20 Hero sparked a rescue effort that saved 36 dogs, a chicken, and a cat from a life of neglect and suffering.

The chicken, named adobo, was invited to dinner at a neighbors house.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 10:05 PM (0eaVi)

21 CA may be awful now, but the state flag is great!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 10:04 PM (d9fT1)

Ooooh - a bear!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:05 PM (vVhSt)

22 {watches Doof kick the ant hill of state flag arguments, ducks beneath the table}

Posted by: TRex at November 24, 2024 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

23 Not exactly a state flag, but I'm partial to the Ontario flag as it reminds me of the pre-1965 Canadian Ensign.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ontario

Posted by: MichiCanuck at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (LXNOR)

24 Um…Mt. Rushmore is in South Dakota. Which doesn’t border Canada. Just sayin’.

Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (v6JzV)

25 That Maryland flag has a strong undertone of Crusaders slaughtering assorted brown people.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (dDmld)

26 Be careful {{Doof}}!
You are quickly becoming a CoB...
Good evening dear sir!
Back to content....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (Z25uN)

27 VA flag has a dead tyrant. How can you beat that?

Posted by: Weasel at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (fghTy)

28 Good evening morons and thanks doof

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

29 10 Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Hard to believe that Thursday is Thanksgiving...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 24, 2024 10:03 PM (rxCpr)

Seriously. I went shopping today, and the contempt for humanity I have (after dealing with all the idiots) is off the charts.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:07 PM (v23vE)

30 Hard to believe that Thursday is Thanksgiving...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 24, 2024 10:03 PM (rxCpr)

It's only one month until Christmas Eve!

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at November 24, 2024 10:07 PM (+HzbQ)

31 The Maryland flag stinks. Sorry, Food.

Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2024 10:07 PM (v6JzV)

32 I think Doof is a Jr. COB now.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:08 PM (p4NUW)

33 24 Um…Mt. Rushmore is in South Dakota. Which doesn’t border Canada. Just sayin’.
Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (v6JzV)

North Dakota doesn't count.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:08 PM (v23vE)

34 Love Connection came on right after Letterman at 1:30 AM and both were mandatory viewing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

35 That Maryland flag has a strong undertone of Crusaders slaughtering assorted brown people.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (dDmld)

So you like it!!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:08 PM (RFPHU)

36 Richard Dawson > Chuck Woolery

CHANGE MY MIND

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:08 PM (dDmld)

37 CA may be awful now, but the state flag is great!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 10:04 PM (d9fT1)

I bearly even notice it.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2024 10:09 PM (R256O)

38 > North Dakota doesn't count.

Right? It’s all just Dakota.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 24, 2024 10:09 PM (olroh)

39 32 I think Doof is a Jr. COB now.
Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:08 PM (p4NUW)

I think the term of art is COBbit!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NEXT Year In Corsicana - again! ~ at November 24, 2024 10:09 PM (hOUT3)

40 I always “drive gently” in Maryland.

Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2024 10:09 PM (v6JzV)

41 Um…Mt. Rushmore is in South Dakota. Which doesn’t border Canada. Just sayin’.
Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (v6JzV)

Pssst -- there really aren't butts on the back of Mt. Rushmore. Just sayin!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (RFPHU)

42 27 VA flag has a dead tyrant. How can you beat that?
Posted by: Weasel at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (fghTy)

A great big red x? As in don’t come here, you dam* Yankees!

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (p4NUW)

43 Good evening, good people, from the Adirondacks, where we learned today in one easy lesson how to burn fudge and clean up the results.

There is no planned follow up to this experiment.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (hKoQL)

44 If you're stressed out tonight, remember stressed backwards is desserts.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (VNX3d)

45 37 CA may be awful now, but the state flag is great!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 10:04 PM (d9fT1)

I bearly even notice it.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2024 10:09 PM (R256O)

ISWYDT...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (v23vE)

46 Um…Mt. Rushmore is in South Dakota. Which doesn’t border Canada. Just sayin’.
Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (v6JzV)

North Dakota doesn't count.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

North Dakota is so flat that that's still the Canadian view.

Posted by: mikeski at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (DgGvY)

47 I think Doof is a Jr. COB now.
Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:08 PM (p4NUW)

Still just a Padawan

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (RFPHU)

48 Hello, Horde!

Thanks for the ONT, Doof ♥️♥️♥️

FTR, it really sucks to have the Thanksgiving food thread on a day when one is undergoing colonoscopy prep (Lord, I am hungry!)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth - AoS Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief. Eat the cheesecake, buy the yarn. at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (SRRAx)

49 34 Love Connection came on right after Letterman at 1:30 AM and both were mandatory viewing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (iZaDk)

50 19 Some state flags are honestly just downright boring.

Unfortunately several have been updated in the past decade or so for stupid commie reasons.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 10:05 PM (KcwUg)

Were I from Minnesota, I would he offended.

Not by your statement, but by the Somali flag retreat they just adopted.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (R256O)

51 Colorado state flag should have a limp disk prominently displayed...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (Z25uN)

52 Um…Mt. Rushmore is in South Dakota. Which doesn’t border Canada. Just sayin’.

Minor detail

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at November 24, 2024 10:11 PM (+HzbQ)

53 38 > North Dakota doesn't count.

Right? It’s all just Dakota.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 24, 2024 10:09 PM (olroh)

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Pfft. Throw in Wyoming and you have San Bernardino County.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:11 PM (dDmld)

54 27 VA flag has a dead tyrant. How can you beat that?

Posted by: Weasel at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (fghTy)
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And virtue, the lady that has quashed tyranny, has an exposed breast...on the Official State Flag. Boobie for the win!

Posted by: TRex at November 24, 2024 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

55 The MD is hideous. Sorry, Doof.
Posted by: Piper

Concur. It manages to combine a hideous color scheme with tiny, stupid symbols conveying no information. I mean, the German flag (black, red, and gold) is better.

The best national flags are the Union Jack and the French flag. In third place is the Rising Sun flag. Sorry, but that's the fact, Jack.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 24, 2024 10:11 PM (xCA6C)

56 CHANGE MY MIND
Posted by: Cicero

Heard the character he played in "The Running Man" was how he was in real life.

Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at November 24, 2024 10:11 PM (+VovS)

57 A great big red x? As in don’t come here, you dam* Yankees!
Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (p4NUW)
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Yeah! Dam* Yankees!

Posted by: Weasel at November 24, 2024 10:11 PM (fghTy)

58 What exactly was it that the dog did that was heroic?

Am I missing something?

Posted by: Nosmo King at November 24, 2024 10:11 PM (991eG)

59 North Dakota is so flat that that's still the Canadian view.
Posted by: mikeski

Isn't the telephone pole the state tree of North Dakota?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 10:12 PM (WXNFJ)

60 46 Um…Mt. Rushmore is in South Dakota. Which doesn’t border Canada. Just sayin’.
Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (v6JzV)

North Dakota doesn't count.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

North Dakota is so flat that that's still the Canadian view.
Posted by: mikeski at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (DgGvY)

NoDak is so flat that you can watch your dog run away for two weeks...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:12 PM (v23vE)

61 27 VA flag has a dead tyrant. How can you beat that?
Posted by: Weasel at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (fghTy)

With a mallet, preferably, or a baseball bat if no mallet is available.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2024 10:12 PM (R256O)

62 "Here in Maryland, people are obsessed with the state flag. It’s EVERYWHERE. The MD flag comprises the arms of the Calvert and Crossland families."

Didn't we fight and win a revolution to be free from nobility and hereditary coats of arms, titles such as Lord Baltimore, and so on? No hosannas from me for the MD State Flag. Nothing personal, Doof.

Posted by: Gref at November 24, 2024 10:13 PM (aBgBM)

63 Hey Tonypete! Congratulations on the baby news! Nothing better than a brand new little life.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:13 PM (p4NUW)

64 Pssst -- there really aren't butts on the back of Mt. Rushmore. Just sayin!
Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (RFPHU)

Bullcrap! Don Martin begs to differ.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 10:13 PM (0eaVi)

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Posted by: Ciampino - Affari spaziiali oggi at November 24, 2024 10:13 PM (i0xsb)

66 That Maryland flag has a strong undertone of Crusaders slaughtering assorted brown people.
Posted by: Cicero

Minnesota's flag used to be one of the boring "it's just the state seal on a plain background" ones.

Now it looks like Bizarro Pac-man.

And it's got enough Somalia in it that those Maryland Crusaders have a target.

I agree with Cicero; of the fifty flags, it's the only one that would look good painted on a kite shield.

Posted by: mikeski at November 24, 2024 10:13 PM (DgGvY)

67 53 38 > North Dakota doesn't count.

Right? It’s all just Dakota.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 24, 2024 10:09 PM (olroh)

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Pfft. Throw in Wyoming and you have San Bernardino County.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:11 PM (dDmld)

Minus the wildfires, of course...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:13 PM (v23vE)

68 Canada's provincial and territorial flags:

https://tinyurl.com/2kjkffjb

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 10:14 PM (hovnC)

69 {{{Teresa}}} So you're posting from, ummmm, the throne room?

Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at November 24, 2024 10:14 PM (+VovS)

70 "What's all this I hear about fag design?"

Posted by: Zombie Emily Latella at November 24, 2024 10:15 PM (WXNFJ)

71 Isn't the telephone pole the state tree of North Dakota?
Posted by: Tonypete

It's the American Elm.

Not the whole species. They've just got this one outside of Minot.

Posted by: mikeski at November 24, 2024 10:15 PM (DgGvY)

72 Minnesota's flag used to be one of the boring "it's just the state seal on a plain background" ones.

Now it looks like Bizarro Pac-man.

And it's got enough Somalia in it that those Maryland Crusaders have a target.

I agree with Cicero; of the fifty flags, it's the only one that would look good painted on a kite shield.
Posted by: mikeski at November 24, 2024 10:13 PM (DgGvY)

Yet another reason to be happy that we, as a nation, dodged the bullet that is Tim Walz.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:15 PM (v23vE)

73 Canada's provincial and territorial flags:

https://tinyurl.com/2kjkffjb

I think the Nunavut flag has an image of the rock man from the Thor movies.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 24, 2024 10:15 PM (xCA6C)

74 No hosannas from me for the MD State Flag. Nothing personal, Doof.
Posted by: Gref at November 24, 2024 10:13 PM (aBgBM)

I'm not offended. Actually kinda proud -- only took me 3 ONTs to turn everyone against me! Now I can really start having fun.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:16 PM (RFPHU)

75 FWIW, I have always been partial to the Texas state flag (red stripe on the bottom, people!) 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth - AoS Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief. Eat the cheesecake, buy the yarn. at November 24, 2024 10:16 PM (SRRAx)

76 Hard to believe that Thursday is Thanksgiving...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient

The Thanksgiving lights line the front fascia !

And the Thanksgiving fairy light whose shapes are too small to be seen from the sidewalk are blink in the breakfast nook window.

Posted by: Adriane the Technically Inept Critic . . . at November 24, 2024 10:16 PM (TX4bP)

77 Wow. That MD flag could give someone a stroke.

Or vertigo.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 10:16 PM (iZaDk)

78 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 24, 2024 10:17 PM (6ePlE)

79 I used to like the NYS Excelsior-E Pluribus Unum flag 40 years ago when I lived there. It hasn't been on an onward and upward trajectory for some time. Ruined for me.

Posted by: Hiding in NC at November 24, 2024 10:17 PM (nS6qG)

80 Huh. I just realized that I've lived in Nebraska for almost a year now and couldn't describe the Nebraska flag to you if I had to.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 24, 2024 10:17 PM (/y8xj)

81 Heard the character he played in "The Running Man" was how he was in real life.

Just watched that movie again, last night with my dad. Still great. A little scary how real it’s become.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 24, 2024 10:17 PM (olroh)

82 Cool ONT, Doof. I Still Belueve is in my regular rotation, The Call, not the Tim Capello recording. MN flag *facepalm*

Posted by: scampydog at November 24, 2024 10:17 PM (41CYW)

83 I always kind of liked MD's flag. Wyoming's is cool too, but I'm biased.

Posted by: 496 at November 24, 2024 10:18 PM (t+VLa)

84 Goodnight, All. Gotta get to bed. Job interview tomorrow.

Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2024 10:18 PM (v6JzV)

85 I'm not offended. Actually kinda proud -- only took me 3 ONTs to turn everyone against me!

Not so! We turned against you from the start.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 24, 2024 10:18 PM (xCA6C)

86 74 No hosannas from me for the MD State Flag. Nothing personal, Doof.
Posted by: Gref at November 24, 2024 10:13 PM (aBgBM)

I'm not offended. Actually kinda proud -- only took me 3 ONTs to turn everyone against me! Now I can really start having fun.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:16 PM (RFPHU)

If someone in the Horde isn't pissed about something you post or didn't post in an ONT, or isn't arguing with you, you're not doing it right! Thanks for your ONTs, Doof!

Posted by: Gref at November 24, 2024 10:18 PM (aBgBM)

87 69 {{{Teresa}}} So you're posting from, ummmm, the throne room?
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at November 24, 2024 10:14 PM (+VovS)

Nope - haven't eaten anything solid for the last 2 days, so there isn't much left in there to begin with.... 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth - AoS Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief. Eat the cheesecake, buy the yarn. at November 24, 2024 10:18 PM (SRRAx)

88 84 Goodnight, All. Gotta get to bed. Job interview tomorrow.
Posted by: Bulg at November

Fingers staying crossed.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:18 PM (p4NUW)

89 #68 Notes:

Newfoundland & Labrador's new flag is a stylized British 'Grand Union' flag as before it joined the Canadian federation in 1949, it used the British flag as its colonial one.

I didn't like it when it came out [June 6, 1980] but it has grown on me since.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 10:19 PM (hovnC)

90
Pssst -- there really aren't butts on the back of Mt. Rushmore. Just sayin!
Posted by: Doof

Bullcrap! Don Martin begs to differ.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

SPLOTZ!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2024 10:19 PM (63Dwl)

91 44 If you're stressed out tonight, remember stressed backwards is desserts.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 24, 2024 10:10 PM (VNX3d)
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And muffins spelled backwards is Sniffem.

-Joe Biden

Posted by: 496 at November 24, 2024 10:20 PM (t+VLa)

92 Colorado state flag should have a limp disk prominently displayed...

It already looks like the Commodore logo. Isn’t that close enough?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 24, 2024 10:20 PM (olroh)

93 58

Yes. You're missing something.
You don't have, or perhaps never had, a dog...
Who's a good boy😽!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 10:20 PM (Z25uN)

94 Heard a Replacement song the other day, and I swore it was yet another song by The Alarm that doesn't sound like any other Alarm song. But if you gotta choose, 68 guns or Spirit of 76, I pity you!

Posted by: Bucky Dornster at November 24, 2024 10:20 PM (gMdOV)

95 RIP Chuck Woolery. I liked him. He was married to actress Jo An Pflug all through the 70s and they have a daughter together. They were a photogenic couple.

Posted by: Credit Where Due at November 24, 2024 10:20 PM (nS6qG)

96 There is a specific “official” direction the flag should be oriented (black square in the top left corner). Get that wrong, and many Marylanders will lose their ever-loving mind.

Well, upside-down flags are a distress signal.

What do you do if your flag is symmetrical, like Japan's, so it's the same upside-down as rightside-up?

Or if you're Indonesia, and turning it upside-down just turns it into Poland's flag? And vice-versa.

Posted by: mikeski at November 24, 2024 10:20 PM (DgGvY)

97 The Ledge is an awesome song, and I used to play the hell out of The Alarm on my Walkman about mumble mumble years ago.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2024 10:20 PM (R256O)

98 88 Thank you, Piper. All the best to you and yours.

Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2024 10:20 PM (v6JzV)

99
Newfoundland & Labrador's new flag is a stylized British 'Grand Union' flag as before it joined the Canadian federation in 1949, it used the British flag as its colonial one.

Shouldn't they have dogs on their flags?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2024 10:20 PM (63Dwl)

100 The Maryland flag is pretty damn cool and the state is too despite all the liberals that infest this place.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 24, 2024 10:21 PM (1FWWQ)

101 Good luck, Bulg.

Posted by: scampydog at November 24, 2024 10:21 PM (41CYW)

102 80 Huh. I just realized that I've lived in Nebraska for almost a year now and couldn't describe the Nebraska flag to you if I had to.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 24, 2024 10:17 PM (/y8xj)

I grew up there, Oddbob, and neither can I. Don't sweat it.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:21 PM (v23vE)

103 36 Richard Dawson > Chuck Woolery

CHANGE MY MIND
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:08 PM (dDmld)

____________________________

The Estate of Richard Dawson is currently dealing with 17,589 #METOO complaints from past old, fat and bitter women contestants.

Posted by: Orson at November 24, 2024 10:21 PM (dIske)

104 Goodnight, All. Gotta get to bed. Job interview tomorrow.
Posted by: Bulg at November 24, 2024 10:18 PM (v6JzV)
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Good luck, Bulg!

(I have one, too, but from the other side of the table...)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 24, 2024 10:21 PM (BpYfr)

105 I think we should all just start flying the Texas flag (in Co) and claim the support of the rule of adverse possession to gain ground for Texas.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 10:22 PM (vd6bO)

106 Newfoundland & Labrador's new flag is a stylized British 'Grand Union' flag as before it joined the Canadian federation in 1949, it used the British flag as its colonial one.

Shouldn't they have dogs on their flags?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2024 10:20 PM (63Dwl)

Burning bags of doggie doodoo?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 24, 2024 10:22 PM (VNX3d)

107 88 84 Goodnight, All. Gotta get to bed. Job interview tomorrow.
Posted by: Bulg at November

Fingers staying crossed.
Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:18 PM (p4NUW)

What Piper said, Bulg. Best wishes.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:22 PM (v23vE)

108 I think the Nunavut flag has an image of the rock man from the Thor movies.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 24, 2024 10:15 PM (xCA6

It's an Inukshuk, which is literally a "stick figure" of a man made from rocks. It's an Inuit thing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 10:22 PM (2ka5e)

109 Doof! Thanks.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2024 10:23 PM (mH6SG)

110 Good luck Bulg!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 10:23 PM (WXNFJ)

111 Heard a Replacement song the other day, and I swore it was yet another song by The Alarm that doesn't sound like any other Alarm song. But if you gotta choose, 68 guns or Spirit of 76, I pity you!
Posted by: Bucky Dornster at November 24, 2024 10:20 PM (gMdOV)

Almost went with The Stand, but I figured 68 Guns fit well following the previous thread

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:23 PM (RFPHU)

112 51
Limp DICK, you stupid autocucumber!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 10:23 PM (Z25uN)

113 The Estate of Richard Dawson is currently dealing with 17,589 #METOO complaints from past old, fat and bitter women contestants.
Posted by: Orson at November 24, 2024 10:21 PM (dIske)

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Meh. You host a game show for 20 years, you're going to honk a few boobs. It's like a law of nature.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:23 PM (dDmld)

114 I am off to bed, good people. Great ONT, Sir Doof.

I believe you are magic. Because we have to believe. Night!

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:24 PM (p4NUW)

115 15

'CA may be awful now, but the state flag is great!'

Isn't the NJ flag a graphic of a policeman arresting a gun owner?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 24, 2024 10:24 PM (3wi/L)

116 Doof!

Look at You being all impotent!

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 10:24 PM (iZaDk)

117 Goodnight, All. Gotta get to bed. Job interview tomorrow.
Posted by: Bulg at November

Good luck, Glub!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:24 PM (RFPHU)

118 The Thanksgiving lights line the front fascia !

And the Thanksgiving fairy light whose shapes are too small to be seen from the sidewalk are blink in the breakfast nook window.
Posted by: Adriane the Technically Inept Critic . . . at November 24, 2024 10:16 PM (TX4bP)

Wife said tonight why don't I turn on the Christmas lights. We have Thanksgiving lights on our fascia too. I told her I didn't want to insult Thanksgiving. Neighbors can do what they want, but I'm not gonna step on Thanksgiving.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 10:25 PM (0eaVi)

119 112 51
Limp DICK, you stupid autocucumber!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 10:23 PM (Z25uN)

It happens as we age, ma'am. Regrettable, but unfortunately unavoidable.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:25 PM (v23vE)

120 I think the Oklahoma flag could've rated a little higher, maybe four places. I've always thought it was genuinely classy.

Although, I may be partial to it.

Getting a jump on Thanksgiving here tonight. SonM picked up a cast-iron pie-plate for his mom, and brought it by this evening, with a maple-bourbon apple pecan-pumpkin pie in it.

Having a slice with a cup of hot chocolate, since it's too late for coffee. Won't be too late tomorrow morning, when we can have a slice for "second breakfast."

Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at November 24, 2024 10:26 PM (sFBIQ)

121 75 FWIW, I have always been partial to the Texas state flag (red stripe on the bottom, people!) 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth - AoS Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief. Eat the cheesecake, buy the yarn. at November 24, 2024 10:16 PM (SRRAx)

LOL. I see TX flags flying upside down not infrequently around here. They could be protesting, but I think just confused.

The Maryland flag is bold. It reminds me of an old guy that wears striped shirts and plaid pants and just doesn't care.

Posted by: Scarymary at November 24, 2024 10:26 PM (K1HkL)

122 Doof!

Look at You being all impotent!
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 10:24 PM (iZaDk)

I see what you did there!!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:26 PM (RFPHU)

123 I wouldn't drive through Maryland for any reason. State is horrible on gun rights and the State Police are the lackeys, thugs, and redcaps of the governor.

Posted by: Fweedom! at November 24, 2024 10:26 PM (nS6qG)

124 Wow. That MD flag could give someone a stroke.

Or vertigo.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 10:16 PM (iZaDk)

It's a dazzle design to fool the Germans.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 10:26 PM (0eaVi)

125 I think the Nunavut flag has an image of the rock man from the Thor movies.
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The official flag of Nunavut was proclaimed on 1 April 1999, along with the territory of Nunavut in Canada. It features a red inuksuk—a traditional Inuit land marker—and a blue star, which represents the Niqirtsuituq, the North Star, and the leadership of elders in the community. The colours blue and gold represent the riches of the land, sea and sky. It was adopted following a process where input was sought from local communities and submissions were solicited from the Canadian public.
===
A style of cairn, yes, imitating a man.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 10:27 PM (hovnC)

126 Forgot to mention the State Police are bullies, too.

Posted by: Fweedom! at November 24, 2024 10:27 PM (nS6qG)

127 I am off to bed, good people. Great ONT, Sir Doof.

I believe you are magic. Because we have to believe. Night!
Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:24 PM (p4NUW)

Thank you, lovely lady! And I see what you did with the magic thing. Disco Doof approves!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:27 PM (RFPHU)

128 116 Doof!

Look at You being all impotent!
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 10:24 PM (iZaDk)

It happens as we age, ma'am. Regrettable, but ...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:27 PM (v23vE)

129 The Maryland flag is pretty damn cool and the state is too despite all the liberals that infest this place.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 24, 2024 10:21 PM (1FWWQ)

You get it. Lots to love about MD. But I still want out!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:29 PM (RFPHU)

130 92

🤪!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 10:29 PM (Z25uN)

131 Huh. I just realized that I've lived in Nebraska for almost a year now and couldn't describe the Nebraska flag to you if I had to.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 24, 2024 10:17 PM (/y8xj)

I grew up there, Oddbob, and neither can I. Don't sweat it.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:21 PM (v23vE)

It's the Johnny Carson logo, isn't it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 10:29 PM (0eaVi)

132 25 That Maryland flag has a strong undertone of Crusaders slaughtering assorted brown people.
Posted by: Cicero

I already liked it. You didn't have to convince me.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2024 10:29 PM (0Htd1)

133 The Maryland flag is bold. It reminds me of an old guy that wears striped shirts and plaid pants and just doesn't care.

That's a good description, but you forgot the Crocs with black socks.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 24, 2024 10:29 PM (xCA6C)

134 Be careful {{Doof}}!
You are quickly becoming a CoB...
Good evening dear sir!
Back to content....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 10:06 PM (Z25uN)

Howdy COMM! Have you found all of the mystery clicks??

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM (RFPHU)

135 State seals (no, not the arf-arf-arf kind) on state flags are boring. At a distance you can hardly tell one from another. Great flags have distinctive, ideally unique, designs with few, high-contrast colors. I have to forgive the state seal flag states, though. It is difficult to come up with a distinctive design along with good (and few) colors when there are so many states.

Posted by: Gref at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM (aBgBM)

136 Seriously. I went shopping today, and the contempt for humanity I have (after dealing with all the idiots) is off the charts.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

I did also. There was a group of people clogging the aisle of the store. My cursing under my breath may have been heard.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM (0Htd1)

137 131 Huh. I just realized that I've lived in Nebraska for almost a year now and couldn't describe the Nebraska flag to you if I had to.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 24, 2024 10:17 PM (/y8xj)

I grew up there, Oddbob, and neither can I. Don't sweat it.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:21 PM (v23vE)

It's the Johnny Carson logo, isn't it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 10:29 PM (0eaVi)

You are correct, sir!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM (v23vE)

138 Something I learned while visiting Charleston this summer is that there's no one "official" design for the South Carolina flag, just as long as there's a white palmetto, a white crescent moon and the field is blue.

Posted by: Josephistan at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM (9XPe8)

139 In a toy soldier wargame I was in, a player had a brigade of Maryland militia and we all asked him if it was the cheesemakers' guild's flag. Checked when I got home and saw that, yes, it was indeed, and still is, Maryland's state flag.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 10:32 PM (hovnC)

140 I haven't heard or thought of The Alarm in decades. They had something.

Thanks for the ONT and for bringing them back to mind again Doof.

Posted by: 496 at November 24, 2024 10:32 PM (t+VLa)

141 Evenin'

The Replacements - youtu.be/fl9KQ1Mub6Q

The Call - youtu.be/to2KasivROc

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 24, 2024 10:32 PM (sAmhv)

142 137 Seriously. I went shopping today, and the contempt for humanity I have (after dealing with all the idiots) is off the charts.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

I did also. There was a group of people clogging the aisle of the store. My cursing under my breath may have been heard.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM (0Htd1)

There was so much discussion about turkey weights, I couldn't even.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:33 PM (v23vE)

143 Something I learned while visiting Charleston this summer is that there's no one "official" design for the South Carolina flag, just as long as there's a white palmetto, a white crescent moon and the field is blue.
Posted by: Josephistan at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM (9XPe

There's a bridge there that the locals are pretty proud of. I think I've seen a photo of it recently.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:33 PM (RFPHU)

144 I have some Maryland flag shorts. I might look like a fool when wearing them but I do not care.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 24, 2024 10:34 PM (1FWWQ)

145 The best national flags are the Union Jack and the French flag. In third place is the Rising Sun flag. Sorry, but that's the fact, Jack.
Posted by: Archimedes

Wales. It's got a Dragon!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 24, 2024 10:34 PM (sAmhv)

146 You all sound like you've finally figured out that one can have a lot of ...Fun With Flags!

Posted by: Dr. Sheldon Cooper at November 24, 2024 10:34 PM (xCA6C)

147 State seals (no, not the arf-arf-arf kind) on state flags are boring. At a distance you can hardly tell one from another. Great flags have distinctive, ideally unique, designs with few, high-contrast colors. I have to forgive the state seal flag states, though. It is difficult to come up with a distinctive design along with good (and few) colors when there are so many states.
Posted by: Gref at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM (aBgBM)

Well, you could give all the "blue" States the old Soviet flag. Russkies aren't using it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 10:34 PM (2ka5e)

148 144 Posted by: Josephistan at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM (9XPe

There's a bridge there that the locals are pretty proud of. I think I've seen a photo of it recently.
Posted by: Doof at November

I have frequented that bridge posted very recently, maybe even posted today! Going to bed first real now. Night!

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:35 PM (p4NUW)

149 There was so much discussion about turkey weights, I couldn't even.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:33 PM (v23vE)

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Metric or Imperial?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:35 PM (dDmld)

150 Excellent mystery click Mr. Doof sir.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Peanut at November 24, 2024 10:36 PM (F3SmE)

151 I haven't heard or thought of The Alarm in decades. They had something.

Thanks for the ONT and for bringing them back to mind again Doof.
Posted by: 496 at November 24, 2024 10:32 PM (t+VLa)

Under-appreciated band. Got overshadowed by U2 in the early-mid 80s.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:36 PM (RFPHU)

152 138 You are correct, sir!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM
***
Weird, wild stuff! I did not know that.

Posted by: TRex at November 24, 2024 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

153 Hagerstown, MD here, and there's a guy in the neighborhood with the flag upside down on his bumper (yellow square top left). I just don't have the heart to tell him.

Posted by: DougW at November 24, 2024 10:36 PM (oKgLe)

154 Metric or Imperial?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:35 PM (dDmld)

Doesn't really matter. Turkeys can't lift much.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 10:36 PM (2ka5e)

155 Excellent mystery click Mr. Doof sir.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Peanut at November 24, 2024 10:36 PM (F3SmE)

Thanks. There may or not be more than 1.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:36 PM (RFPHU)

156 149 144 Posted by: Josephistan at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM (9XPe

There's a bridge there that the locals are pretty proud of. I think I've seen a photo of it recently.
Posted by: Doof at November

I have frequented that bridge posted very recently, maybe even posted today! Going to bed first real now. Night!
Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 10:35 PM (p4NUW)

Autocucumber strikes again! Night, ma'am.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:36 PM (v23vE)

157 I always liked the Lion Rampant as a shield device.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:37 PM (dDmld)

158 129 The Maryland flag is pretty damn cool and the state is too despite all the liberals that infest this place.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 24, 2024 10:21 PM (1FWWQ)

You get it. Lots to love about MD. But I still want out!
Posted by: Doof

I love western MD. West of Hagerstown. I-68 (starts near Hancock) is an underrated gem of a drive. Pretty country out there.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 24, 2024 10:37 PM (sAmhv)

159 State flag of WA is pretty boring.

I love the British Colombia flag.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 10:38 PM (cdCuM)

160 144
'I've seen a photo of it recently.'

Well, yeah. It looks like the bridge you posted in this ONT.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 24, 2024 10:38 PM (3wi/L)

161 I know Trump picked her because she has big tits and is photogenic, but he needs to dump this jackass... Participating in that asinine Covid Dance is an automatic disqualification!

Scarlett Johnson
@scarlett4kids
Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, nominee for Surgeon General, was involved in the dumb TikTok trend that emerged during the Covid pandemic. This trend featured doctors & nurses performing annoying dance routines while telling us to mask up & “shelter in place."

Still makes my skin crawl.

https://tinyurl.com/yfxd8vrv

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 24, 2024 10:38 PM (TGPs7)

162 I always liked the Lion Rampant as a shield device.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:37 PM (dDmld)

Rampant Lyin' would be a good fit for DC. And Ottawa.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 10:38 PM (2ka5e)

163 I love western MD. West of Hagerstown. I-68 (starts near Hancock) is an underrated gem of a drive. Pretty country out there.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 24, 2024 10:37 PM

Perhaps a photo of Sideling Hill will make an appearance in a future ONT

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:39 PM (RFPHU)

164 I love western MD. West of Hagerstown. I-68 (starts near Hancock) is an underrated gem of a drive. Pretty country out there.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 24, 2024 10:37 PM (sAmhv)]

Yep. Drove that route home from central PA on 11 Sept 2001 to Ohio. I go that way whenever I can now.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2024 10:39 PM (v23vE)

165 Spent a good portion of my childhood in Maryland and loved every minute of it. Apparently the state now sucks bigly. Sigh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2024 10:39 PM (mH6SG)

166 135 Doof

Why yes. Yes I have. I'm just hoping someone will carry on the December Zappa tradition...
Maybe Mis.Hum will step in....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 10:40 PM (Z25uN)

167 Posted by: Josephistan at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM (9XPe

There's a bridge there that the locals are pretty proud of. I think I've seen a photo of it recently.
Posted by: Doof

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My hotel was right by the base of it, on the other side of the river in Mount Pleasant

Posted by: Josephistan at November 24, 2024 10:40 PM (9XPe8)

168 Racing news...

Red Bull's Max Verstappen wins his fourth Formula 1 world championship at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

George Russell finishes ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton to win the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 10:40 PM (hovnC)

169 'I've seen a photo of it recently.'

Well, yeah. It looks like the bridge you posted in this ONT.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 24, 2024 10:38 PM (3wi/L)

Thanks for paying attention!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:40 PM (RFPHU)

170 Limp DICK, you stupid autocucumber!
Posted by: COMountainMarie

I've never seen an automatic one, but I guess it could replace a limp dick?

Posted by: mikeski knows rule 34 has this covered at November 24, 2024 10:41 PM (DgGvY)

171 As a native Marylander transplanted to New Mexico I prefer the "clean, simple, elegant" design in my adopted state's emblem.

Posted by: DaveS at November 24, 2024 10:41 PM (bIrSo)

172 139 Something I learned while visiting Charleston this summer is that there's no one "official" design for the South Carolina flag, just as long as there's a white palmetto, a white crescent moon and the field is blue.
Posted by: Josephistan at November 24, 2024 10:31 PM (9XPe

Until 1912, there was no official arrangement for the stars in the US flag. As long as it had the proper number, it didn't really matter how they appeared.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2024 10:42 PM (R256O)

173 "I wouldn't drive through Maryland for any reason. State is horrible on gun rights and the State Police are the lackeys, thugs, and redcaps of the governor.
Posted by: Fweedom! "
*************
I have the misfortune of a necessary annual vist to Maryland. It's probably the only place I travel without a firearm and Baltimore is arguably a place you should have one.

Posted by: Cosda at November 24, 2024 10:42 PM (m5NGK)

174 Doof

Why yes. Yes I have. I'm just hoping someone will carry on the December Zappa tradition...
Maybe Mis.Hum will step in....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 10:40 PM (Z25uN)

FZ is from MD. Thus his appearance behind the MD flag. Hopefully Mis Hum saw it and appreciated it.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:42 PM (RFPHU)

175 Hagerstown, MD here, and there's a guy in the neighborhood with the flag upside down on his bumper (yellow square top left). I just don't have the heart to tell him.
Posted by: DougW
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LOL.

Posted by: scampydog at November 24, 2024 10:43 PM (41CYW)

176 Posted by: TRex at November 24, 2024 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

T, sent you invite.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 10:43 PM (0eaVi)

177 George Russell finishes ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton to win the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
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Missed "Mercedes teammate".

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 10:43 PM (hovnC)

178 Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, nominee for Surgeon General, was involved in the dumb TikTok trend that emerged during the Covid pandemic. This trend featured doctors & nurses performing annoying dance routines while telling us to mask up & “shelter in place."

Still makes my skin crawl.

Yep. Who thought that was a good idea to even consider her? You can do much better, PDT.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2024 10:44 PM (mH6SG)

179 I always liked the CO flag.

As a kid growing up in CO, it was very easy for me to draw.

The MO flag is much harder for children to draw...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 24, 2024 10:44 PM (BpYfr)

180
Doof's going to get initiated. "You get it straightened out?" "Naah, we had a problem. And we tried to do everything we could"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 24, 2024 10:44 PM (dxSpM)

181 T - 11 minutes

Posted by: Ciampino - Kiwi launch at November 24, 2024 10:44 PM (i0xsb)

182 I always liked the Lion Rampant as a shield device.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:37 PM (dDmld)

Rampant Lyin' would be a good fit for DC. And Ottawa.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 10:38 PM (2ka5e)

A poop icon, on a vermillion background. The shitheads are bleeding us dry.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 24, 2024 10:45 PM (VNX3d)

183 Until 1912, there was no official arrangement for the stars in the US flag. As long as it had the proper number, it didn't really matter how they appeared.
Posted by: tankdemon

Yeah, but television wouldn’t be around for another 15 years or so, so nobody knew who the stars were …

Posted by: Adriane the Technically Inept Critic . . . at November 24, 2024 10:45 PM (TX4bP)

184 Yep. Who thought that was a good idea to even consider her? You can do much better, PDT.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2024 10:44 PM (mH6SG)

Does the Surgeon General have much actual power? I expect she would be easy to get confirmed in the Senate. Give her the job, and when she fucks up, can her ass.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 10:47 PM (2ka5e)

185
Does the Surgeon General have much actual power?

IIRC, she is in charge of teaching the nation's youth to masturbate.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 24, 2024 10:48 PM (xCA6C)

186 Western Lensman @WesternLensman 12h
🚨NEW: Adam Schiff doesn’t believe that Trump AG pick Pam Bondi should be “prosecuting the prosecutors."

"Is she going to continue to say that the Justice Department should be prosecuting prosecutors who brought valid evidence before a grand jury?"

“A grand jury found probable cause to believe Donald Trump committed crimes. That's not a basis to go after them."

The American people who gave a mandate to Trump disagree, Adam.

The people responsible for the “Get Trump” op at the Biden DOJ must be held to account.

Monica Crowley @MonicaCrowley 10h
Somebody’s very very nervous

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 10:48 PM (hovnC)

187 176 T, sent you invite.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 10:43 PM
***
Accepted. Thanks!
{Looks around inconspicuously. Nothing to see here.}

Posted by: TRex at November 24, 2024 10:48 PM (IQ6Gq)

188 >> Electron - Ice AIS Baby

That's just a bit too cute. Ice ice baby.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 24, 2024 10:49 PM (w6EFb)

189 161 I know Trump picked her because she has big tits and is photogenic, but he needs to dump this jackass... Participating in that asinine Covid Dance is an automatic disqualification!

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 24, 2024 10:38 PM (TGPs7)
Trump is still proud of Operation Warp Speed.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2024 10:49 PM (R256O)

190
I always liked the Lion Rampant as a shield device.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 10:37 PM (dDmld)

________

Hound courant, therefore heraldry.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 24, 2024 10:49 PM (dxSpM)

191 Doof is getting quite good at this ONT stuff

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 24, 2024 10:49 PM (WL2lA)

192 Well {{Doof}}...
When you become famous, don't forget about us little people who got you here....👄🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 10:50 PM (Z25uN)

193 Best Zoroastrian Singer Of All Time...

Boston Radio Watch®️
@bostonradio
Remembering Queen’s frontman Freddie Mercury who passed away 33 years ago today, November 24, 1991. He was 45.

Mercury was known for his flamboyant stage persona and 4-octave vocal range. Undoubtedly one of rock’s greatest live performers of all time.

‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’(1980).

https://tinyurl.com/55s2ewcj

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 24, 2024 10:50 PM (TGPs7)

194 Last reminder

T - 5 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/live/KJmOFs5kZ0s

Posted by: Ciampino - Kiwi launch now at November 24, 2024 10:50 PM (i0xsb)

195 Doof's going to get initiated. "You get it straightened out?" "Naah, we had a problem. And we tried to do everything we could"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 24, 2024 10:44 PM (dxSpM)

No way - all the COBs really like me. Weasel even said he was gonna take me snipe hunting.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:51 PM (RFPHU)

196 184

'when she fucks up, can her ass.'

I'm embarrassed how my brain interpreted this on the 1st skim.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 24, 2024 10:51 PM (3wi/L)

197 Doof is getting quite good at this ONT stuff
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 24, 2024 10:49 PM (WL2lA)

Thank you vmom!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:53 PM (RFPHU)

198 Ha, ha!

End Wokeness @EndWokeness Nov 24
The moment reparations activist Sunny Hostin learns she descends from slave OWNERS:

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 14h
I watched this twenty times and I'm not nearly done.

https://tinyurl.com/yypm56kc
42 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 10:54 PM (hovnC)

199 197 Doof is getting quite good at this ONT stuff
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 24, 2024 10:49 PM (WL2lA)

Thank you vmom!
Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:53 PM (RFPHU)

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It's only a model.

Posted by: Patsy at November 24, 2024 10:54 PM (dDmld)

200 …As a kid growing up in CO, it was very easy for me to draw. The MO flag is much harder for children to draw…
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

The Oklahoma flag does not fall into the easy-to-draw category. It is even a challenge just to describe. Blue, with like a bunch of injun stuff in the center. It's a know-it-when-I-see-it flag, though. Glad the commie revisionists haven't gotten to it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at November 24, 2024 10:55 PM (sFBIQ)

201 PBD Podcast @PBDsPodcast Nov 23
EMBARRASSING!😂
@patrickbetdavid roasts CNN and MSNBC after report comes out that Hallmark beat them in viewership

"Imagine you wake up one day, and your producer comes to you, says guys Hallmark just beat us."

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 14h
Hallmark has more believable stories.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 10:56 PM (hovnC)

202 Well {{Doof}}...
When you become famous, don't forget about us little people who got you here....👄🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 10:50 PM (Z25uN)

That'll never happen COMM. The famous thing and the forgetting thing!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 10:57 PM (RFPHU)

203 Last reminder

T - 5 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/live/KJmOFs5kZ0s
Posted by: Ciampino - Kiwi launch now at November 24, 2024 10:50 PM (i0xsb)

Probably an unpopular opinion here, but space launches have become pretty routine. I'm not going to try to watch one live, unless it's going to be something historic, like a manned Moon or Mars mission.

But I know there are folks who like to watch them, so good on you for doing this work. (lifts glass in memory of RickL)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 10:57 PM (2ka5e)

204 Doof, the Zappa clip was good. Sometimes, though, when I see Frank performing songs off his albums, he seems a little bored; dry delivery on the lyrics. Probably just anxious to get to the guitar riff part. At least this one didn't abruptly cut off like so many of 'em do.

Posted by: mindful webworker - with the dust of the Grand Wazoo at November 24, 2024 10:58 PM (sFBIQ)

205 Does the Surgeon General have much actual power? I expect she would be easy to get confirmed in the Senate. Give her the job, and when she fucks up, can her ass.

Sorry, but I guess I don't care. I will never, ever forgive those who promoted the unwarranted coof hysteria.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2024 10:59 PM (mH6SG)

206 Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 14h
I watched this twenty times and I'm not nearly done.

https://tinyurl.com/yypm56kc
42 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 10:54 PM (hovnC)

Damn! Did she use linoleum mastic to fasten the wig to her head?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 11:00 PM (2ka5e)

207 The New York State flag has several iterations, got no idea which is prevalent, they're all forgettable.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 24, 2024 11:00 PM (hKoQL)

208 Breaking911 @Breaking911 2h
SEE IT: A passenger films a volcanic eruption in Iceland from an airplane.

https://tinyurl.com/mz8rcm9k
18 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 11:01 PM (hovnC)

209 Thanks. There may or not be more than 1.
Posted by: Doof

* hoists banana in salute*

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Peanut at November 24, 2024 11:02 PM (F3SmE)

210 "I Still Believe" is a great Christian rock song. I'm not sure if Russ Taff was the first to sing it, but his version is really good too.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at November 24, 2024 11:02 PM (wJdoI)

211 @patrickbetdavid roasts CNN and MSNBC after report comes out that Hallmark beat them in viewership

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 14h
Hallmark has more believable stories.
Posted by: andycanuck

On the cruelty scale, that's about 0.7 Ace.

Posted by: mikeski at November 24, 2024 11:03 PM (DgGvY)

212 MY flag is the American flag, which is the only one I swear fealty to.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 24, 2024 11:03 PM (hKoQL)

213 MD flag looks vaguely formula one
AZ flag looks like Vietnam conquered Macedonia
SC looks like it belongs to a Middle Easter country

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 24, 2024 11:03 PM (Wx316)

214 Doof, the Zappa clip was good. Sometimes, though, when I see Frank performing songs off his albums, he seems a little bored; dry delivery on the lyrics. Probably just anxious to get to the guitar riff part. At least this one didn't abruptly cut off like so many of 'em do.
Posted by: mindful webworker - with the dust of the Grand Wazoo at November 24, 2024 10:58 PM (sFBIQ)

I imagine boredom can set in for any musician who performs prolifically. Not letting it show is probably quite difficult.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 11:04 PM (RFPHU)

215 Well, the Star Trek: Unification thing gets better and better. Assuming Midnight's Edge was not just spoofed.

Someone got into their comment feed with the Otoy icon with some really cool background information.

The characters in the short film actually did speak. But at Bill Shatner's suggestion it was dropped. Otoy is licensed by Paramount and Paramount did give them guidance. The garden at the beginning was CGI, but Kirk's feet are real.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2024 11:04 PM (pieFP)

216 Vietnam could never conquer Macedonia.

Posted by: Phillip II at November 24, 2024 11:05 PM (dDmld)

217
Very nice views of the the NZ Mahia peninsula as it took off with a daylight launch.

I did not know that Mahia launch complex existed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 24, 2024 11:06 PM (w6EFb)

218 Love the AZ flag. Front plate on my cars. Imperial Japanese Navy of the desert!

Posted by: azjaeger at November 24, 2024 11:07 PM (3/XaG)

219 Roadrunner kills coyote...

Breaking911 @Breaking911 8h
Illegal migrant guide dies after jumping in canal to evade arrest by U.S. Border Patrol Agents

https://tinyurl.com/3brhr3wz
screencap of police [?] report.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 11:07 PM (hovnC)

220 Just got here so not sure what is in the comments.

I do like the MD flag but I'm still partial to the OH flag - I like that it has an unusual shape.

Also, Maine is changing it's flag to one with a pine tree on it to be more representative of the state. There were a couple versions but I think the one that was getting the nod was the cartoonish one...

Posted by: Iris at November 24, 2024 11:08 PM (bOJ2I)

221
219,

How sad, NOT

Posted by: four seasons at November 24, 2024 11:08 PM (3ek7K)

222 The Tx flag hanging rule is not difficult: white for the clouds overhead, red for the ground soaked with the blood of patriots.
Easy peasy.

Posted by: sal at November 24, 2024 11:09 PM (f+FmA)

223 The best national flags are the Union Jack and the French flag. In third place is the Rising Sun flag. Sorry, but that's the fact, Jack.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Giant pluss sign, you math deniers.

Posted by: Swiss Flag at November 24, 2024 11:10 PM (41CYW)

224 Breaking911 @Breaking911 2h
WATCH AND ENJOY: The team at the @TrumpWarRoom has put together the best media moments and left-wing meltdowns of Trump's historic victory.

https://tinyurl.com/4c54zm3f
2:09 minutes; very LOUD.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 11:11 PM (hovnC)

225 Breaking911 @Breaking911 2h
SEE IT: A passenger films a volcanic eruption in Iceland from an airplane.

https://tinyurl.com/mz8rcm9k
18 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 11:01 PM (hovnC)

See? Gaia is busy expanding Iceland, so when Global Warming really kicks in, it can accommodate more people. All those blonde Viking hula dancers in their grass skirts...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 11:11 PM (2ka5e)

226 I'm partial to Petoria's flag.

Posted by: The Duke of Ted at November 24, 2024 11:12 PM (UyyOe)

227 217
I think I have watchd 3-4 launches from there.

Posted by: Ciampino - No launch is routine at November 24, 2024 11:13 PM (i0xsb)

228 The Arizona flag was designed in the tents behind the firing line at Camp Perry. Arizona 'territorials' attended the national matches; statehood was pending, and everybody else had a state flag flying. There was no provision for a state flag yet, so the team made one up.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 11:14 PM (zdLoL)

229 More good news:
Leading Report @LeadingReport 4h
BREAKING: Trump is reportedly planning an executive order that would lead to the removal of all transgender members of the US military, defence sources say.

Leading Report @LeadingReport 5h
BREAKING: Rural counties in California and Illinois are pushing to secede from their blue states to separate from liberal-run cities and create their own, following Trump’s win.

Leading Report @LeadingReport 6h
BREAKING: Rand Paul says Denver’s mayor will be removed from office if he resists Trump’s deportations.

Leading Report @LeadingReport 7h
BREAKING: More Republican women own g*ns than Democratic men, according to Gallup survey data.

Leading Report @LeadingReport 8h
BREAKING: Some Haitian migrants are leaving Springfield, Ohio, out of fear of deportation, per CBS

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 11:15 PM (hovnC)

230 No love for Peruvian flag?

Posted by: scampydog at November 24, 2024 11:16 PM (41CYW)

231 The flag of OHIO is one of just two non rectangular flags

The other being the imaginary state of Rhode Island

I’m partial to the OHIO design …

Posted by: browndog runs it up the flag pole at November 24, 2024 11:16 PM (TTAGa)

232 The Arizona flag was designed in the tents behind the firing line at Camp Perry. Arizona 'territorials' attended the national matches; statehood was pending, and everybody else had a state flag flying. There was no provision for a state flag yet, so the team made one up.
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 11:14 PM (zdLoL)

Well, I think it's a good one. No text, no fiddly little drawings, no seals. Just an instantly recognizable colorful flag.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 11:17 PM (2ka5e)

233 Leading Report @LeadingReport 6h
BREAKING: Rand Paul says Denver’s mayor will be removed from office if he resists Trump’s deportations.

Hanged for insurrection counts as "removed from office", doesn't it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 11:19 PM (2ka5e)

234 167 went across that bridge for shrimp and grits. The guys said they went there all the time, but they were having trouble finding it. Realized later that they usually came by boat, as the place has its own dock. And the food? Fantastic.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 11:19 PM (vd6bO)

235 The flag of OHIO is one of just two non rectangular flags

The other being the imaginary state of Rhode Island

I’m partial to the OHIO design …
Posted by: browndog runs it up the flag pole at November 24, 2024 11:16 PM (TTAGa)

I missed an opportunity to feature this song with the flags
https://youtu.be/wYsMjEeEg4g

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 11:20 PM (RFPHU)

236 229 More good news:
Leading Report @LeadingReport 4h
BREAKING: Trump is reportedly planning an executive order that would lead to the removal of all transgender members of the US military, defence sources say.

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Good. Mentally ill people have no place in the U.S. military.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 11:21 PM (dDmld)

237 Hanged for insurrection counts as "removed from office", doesn't it?
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I think it depends where they display the corpse.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 11:21 PM (hovnC)

238
That electron rocket uses battery powered turbopumps I was reading. Not that big thrust wise, but the batteries have to supply 1MW power.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 24, 2024 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

239 I like the state flags with animals on them
Cute

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 24, 2024 11:21 PM (J5RCE)

240 Peruvia, gem of the ocean!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 11:21 PM (hovnC)

241 233

Hopefully....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 11:21 PM (Z25uN)

242 I like the state flags with animals on them
Cute
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 24, 2024 11:21 PM (J5RCE)

Nurse should start a grass roots campaign to get a sea otter on the WA flag.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 11:22 PM (RFPHU)

243 Game show host Chuck Woolery looking for fringe benefits.
OK by me.

Good evening Horde, glad to be here, glad to see everyone.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 24, 2024 11:24 PM (TDdfP)

244 Evening.

Sorry, but the Maryland state flag leaves me cross eyed.

Arizona is nice.

I didn't realize South Carolina was part of the caliphate.

I'm kind of biased towards the Texas flag myself.

Ohio's is pretty cool, too.

Posted by: Robert at November 24, 2024 11:25 PM (0yHIW)

245 I can’t believe no one has “socked”

Sheldon Cooper yet

Posted by: browndog runs it up the flag pole at November 24, 2024 11:25 PM (TTAGa)

246 …annnnd, that's a day. It was a nice one, clear blue skies with a high of 70°+; last warm day for a while it seems.

Did smash my little toe into the leg of the bed this morning, which still hurts like crazy. I've had a few cracked ribs, but the only broken bones I've had were my little toes. I've smashed them multiple times. They're both twisted all gnarly. Hard to clip the nails.

Other than that, a good day. I am thankful.

https://youtu.be/cx7ZXL01LAw

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - beyond the farthest star at November 24, 2024 11:26 PM (sFBIQ)

247 Nurse should start a grass roots campaign to get a sea otter on the WA flag.
Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 11:22 PM (RFPHU)

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Otter Rampant or Otter Passant?

You have to think these things through.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 11:26 PM (dDmld)

248 245 I can’t believe no one has “socked”

Sheldon Cooper yet

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He was upthread somewherez

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 11:27 PM (dDmld)

249 Bazinga!

146 You all sound like you've finally figured out that one can have a lot of ...Fun With Flags!
Posted by: Dr. Sheldon Cooper

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 24, 2024 11:27 PM (hovnC)

250 When vaquero first saw the California revolt flag they laughed at it because the grizzly bear looked more like a pig - and it did. The Porcine Rebellion!

“On June 14th, a small band of frontiersmen led by Ezekiel “Stuttering Zeke” Merritt and William Ide captured the town of Sonoma, just north of San Francisco and arrested the commander, Mariano Vallejo. They declared the creation of the California Republic. Sporting a battle flag with a picture of a grizzly bear on it, the rebels began calling themselves Bear Flaggers.”

Posted by: 13times at November 24, 2024 11:28 PM (vBoto)

251 … and that’s what I get for not using my laptop for a “control +F” 🤦‍♂️

How does one search on an iPhone 🤔

Posted by: browndog runs it up the flag pole at November 24, 2024 11:30 PM (TTAGa)

252 So Doof.
I had to go back and listen to Rucker. Such a lovely song...
When he was a Hootie, he never had the recognition he deserved. The Blowfish seem to be gone; we still have Darius..
Good stuff...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 11:30 PM (Z25uN)

253 Now do official state ties. Clue: you won't be surprised.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 11:31 PM (XeU6L)

254 252. Wasn't he the ruler of Persian for a bit?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 11:31 PM (3VfXK)

255
Leading Report @LeadingReport 8h
BREAKING: Some Haitian migrants are leaving Springfield, Ohio, out of fear of deportation, per CBS
Posted by: andycanuck

The cat in the hat comes back.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2024 11:31 PM (63Dwl)

256 Re the bridge pic. It has a failed lamp. Probably LED.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 11:32 PM (XeU6L)

257 254 Persia. Sorry. Ottokorrekt is killing me.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 11:32 PM (vd6bO)

258 Know why the MD flag looks so familiar?

Just look at The Joker on any given deck of fifty-two....

*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2024 11:33 PM (Xo+UM)

259 254 252. Wasn't he the ruler of Persian for a bit?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 11:31 PM (3VfXK)

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Darius I claimed to be an Achaemenid but the jury is still out.

FUN FACT: His successor Darius III was murdered by a servant who hoped to curry favor with the rampaging Alexander the Great, thus bringing an end to the once-dominant Persian Achaemenid Empire.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 11:35 PM (dDmld)

260 Well. My missing bewb is hurting.
Imma gonna sign off...
Thanks for making the evening fun Doof!

A blessed good night to all🙏💤🧡🧡🧡

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 24, 2024 11:35 PM (Z25uN)

261
Ask Orval Faubus how defying federal authority worked out for him.

Ike sent in the 101st Airborne under the Insurrection Act and federalized the Arkansas National Guard, taking it out of control of Faubus.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 24, 2024 11:35 PM (w6EFb)

262 Wisconsin should change their flag to a yellow pendant - for all the cheeseheads in the state. If it needs more, then add 1848, for the year it was admitted to the union.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 24, 2024 11:36 PM (VNX3d)

263 How does one search on an iPhone 🤔
Posted by: browndog

Long-press a word, and "find selection" is an option. Or start typing in the address bar, and "find on this page" will be an option below the search selections.

Posted by: mikeski at November 24, 2024 11:36 PM (DgGvY)

264 How does one search on an iPhone 🤔
Posted by: browndog

If it's safari on iPhone, at the bottom of the screen, the share button also has a find on page if you scroll down

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 24, 2024 11:36 PM (J5RCE)

265 Hanged for insurrection counts as "removed from office", doesn't it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2024 11:19 PM (2ka5e)

Let's do incremental quartering for insurrection. One horse every 60 seconds.

It's been a shitty 4 years.

Posted by: Stateless at November 24, 2024 11:37 PM (jvJvP)

266 Otter Rampant or Otter Passant?

Sea Otther in Repose.
River Otter Rampant.

Posted by: 13times at November 24, 2024 11:41 PM (vBoto)

267 Probably an unpopular opinion here, but space launches have become pretty routine. I'm not going to try to watch one live, unless it's going to be something historic, like a manned Moon or Mars mission.

But I know there are folks who like to watch them, so good on you for doing this work. (lifts glass in memory of RickL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I started college as an astrophysics major, damn near retirement, and ended up working in the 'space coast'. I pay no attention to rocket launches anymore after being here years.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 24, 2024 11:42 PM (/lPRQ)

268 The ONT is hearby declared

GIRTHY

All in favor say aye

Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at November 24, 2024 11:43 PM (+w4kg)

269 For those interested in SFBA politics (corruption).

https://thevoicesf.org/the-bonta-money-trail/

Posted by: 13times at November 24, 2024 11:43 PM (vBoto)

270 Thank you Mikeski and votermom …

Posted by: browndog runs it up the flag pole at November 24, 2024 11:43 PM (TTAGa)

271 All in favor say aye
Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at November 24, 2024 11:43 PM (+w4kg)
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*belches*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 11:44 PM (RIvkX)

272 How many people go to the airport just to watch planes take off?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2024 11:45 PM (63Dwl)

273 259. And yet another Wikipedia visit on my part. I plan to read more about that whole era, but I have been spending time lately reading about the DeMedici family. Book called "Lorenzo the Magnificent" by David Loth. Best biographical read ever.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 11:45 PM (vd6bO)

274 For whatever reason, New Mexico’s flag is often rated very high in these types of lists. - Doof

For whatever reason, you must be an escaped mental patient who has the artistic sensibility of a goat header. No offense to goat headers. - New Mexico.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 24, 2024 11:45 PM (lEyUm)

275 >>>242 I like the state flags with animals on them
Cute
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
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We could annex Mexico they've a really good animal flag.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 24, 2024 11:45 PM (TDdfP)

276 “Find on Page”

Worked perfectly …

Posted by: browndog runs it up the flag pole at November 24, 2024 11:46 PM (TTAGa)

277 The Alarm 68 Guns is a classic non-disco Doof move.

Doof, you ain't foolin' nobody.

Posted by: Miklos so knows and swears at November 24, 2024 11:46 PM (+w4kg)

278 I like the launches. There is always a chance that there may be a spectacular ka-boom.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 24, 2024 11:46 PM (c9fCQ)

279 I would like to have every one of the J6 upon their pardon, be replaced in their cells by a democrat govt. official that was on the hearing staff up to and including the primary staff that wrongfully imprisoned them.

ESPECIALLY CHENNY. And can we get a hell YEAH for publicly disbarring a judge or two??

RETRIBUTION BITCHES!!!!

You have NO IDEA what is coming as payback for our pain for the last 4 years!!!

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 24, 2024 11:47 PM (TDvv2)

280 Top Democrat makes admission about Republican party's reputation

https://mol.im/a/14120247

Posted by: Ciampino - opinions at November 24, 2024 11:48 PM (i0xsb)

281 Arizona’s flag gives the vibes of “New Soviet Man”

Colorado … gay

New York … boring

Posted by: browndog runs it up the flag pole at November 24, 2024 11:48 PM (TTAGa)

282 267 Probably an unpopular opinion here, but space launches have become pretty routine. I'm not going to try to watch one live, unless it's going to be something historic, like a manned Moon or Mars mission.

But I know there are folks who like to watch them, so good on you for doing this work. (lifts glass in memory of RickL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I had big exuberance the time he launched from Vandenberg, Boca Chica and Florida the same day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 24, 2024 11:49 PM (TDdfP)

283 FUN FACT: His successor Darius III was murdered by a servant who hoped to curry favor with the rampaging Alexander the Great, thus bringing an end to the once-dominant Persian Achaemenid Empire.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 11:35 PM (dDmld)

FUN FACT

The only Darius I ever met was the lead singer for Hootie and the Blowfish.

Posted by: Mikos is reasonably honest at November 24, 2024 11:49 PM (+w4kg)

284 Most people don't know that one of Chuck Woolery's famous lines from Wheel of Fortune was "Once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep". That's because originally, at the end of each round, the winner would pick from a bunch of prizes with price tags on them. It was kind of cool.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 24, 2024 11:49 PM (KAi1n)

285
*belches*
Posted by: San Franpsycho

This man needs some Unicum

You can look that up, it is a drink in Hungary

Posted by: Miklos provides advice at November 24, 2024 11:52 PM (+w4kg)

286 283 But was he a Hootie or just another Blowfish?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 11:53 PM (3VfXK)

287 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

I am pleased to announce that President Donald J. Trump has asked me to join his administration as Mockery Czar. Also, Czar of Every Little Bureaucratic Thing.

No tolerance for any government employee who violates, or has ever violated any rule or regulation of any kind whatsoever.

Fire, and

Then mock them.

Posted by: DOGEklos at November 24, 2024 11:55 PM (+w4kg)

288 Arizona’s flag gives the vibes of “New Soviet Man”
Posted by: browndog runs it up the flag pole

Close. Middle California, a difference without distinction. Calling Arizona East California would make the most sense but New Mexico already owns the copyright to East California.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 24, 2024 11:55 PM (lEyUm)

289 Probably an unpopular opinion here, but space launches have become pretty routine. I'm not going to try to watch one live, unless it's going to be something historic, like a manned Moon or Mars mission.

But I know there are folks who like to watch them, so good on you for doing this work. (lifts glass in memory of RickL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

I had big exuberance the time he launched from Vandenberg, Boca Chica and Florida the same day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others

I'll watch a number of the Falcon or Electron launches after the fact. Starship launches, though, I want to watch live, because they're still pushing the boundaries of what it might do.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 24, 2024 11:57 PM (VNX3d)

290 >>>> 273 259

Lorenzo the Magnificent by Loth, David. Thanks for the tip guys. Just DL’d it and will begin reading it tonight.

archive.org have the free 1929 public domain PDF.

Posted by: 13times at November 24, 2024 11:58 PM (+4yUt)

291 288 That makes me think of a Clever Plan to get the Californians to leave their leftist politics behind when coming to Colorado. It's a copyright violation, fer cryin' out loud!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 11:58 PM (vd6bO)

292 Pfft. Lorenzo wasn't that magnificent.

Posted by: Cosimo DiMedici at November 24, 2024 11:59 PM (dDmld)

293 I suspect that if North California separated from coastal California there might be another Sutter's Mill Situation.

Posted by: Miklos just guesses at November 25, 2024 12:00 AM (+w4kg)

294 Why father was freed for 12 days after 'trying to honor kill daughter'

https:// .im/a/14105749

Posted by: Ciampino - opinion? at November 25, 2024 12:02 AM (i0xsb)

295 292 Pfft. Lorenzo wasn't that magnificent.
Posted by: Cosimo DiMedici at November 24, 2024 11:59 PM (dDmld)

You tell it, Girl.

Posted by: Miklos in just an Effendi, and a Mensch at November 25, 2024 12:02 AM (+w4kg)

296 I think it was the Democrat SET UP and the lies, the MSM spinning the LIES for the SET UP, the fact that it never WAS an INSERECTION
CNN...die a slow death...media speaking of course.

ABC, NBC, CBC...you as well are soon to be done..."We don't trust you at all anymore and have not for many years (see your propped up ratings you stupid fools.)

And NSNBC...I save you for last as it is my wish the ELON will indeed BUY your worthless network just to give me the pleasure of watching him FIRE JOY, RACHEL, and the Nimby Twins Joe & Mika. I will have a party with a BBQ for that one...thinking WHOLE ROAST PIG!!!

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 25, 2024 12:02 AM (TDvv2)

297 Probably an unpopular opinion here, but space launches have become pretty routine. I'm not going to try to watch one live, unless it's going to be something historic, like a manned Moon or Mars mission.

Not at all, at least IMHO. I'm as big of a space exploration geek as there is. I'll just sit back and wait for a milestone.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 25, 2024 12:05 AM (mH6SG)

298 Ha ha. South Korean man, 26, dodged Army draft by binge eating to gain weight

https://mol.im/a/14120891

Posted by: Ciampino - well that's a new way at November 25, 2024 12:06 AM (i0xsb)

299 283 Miklos

Good grief...WHAT did I just say!??

Grumble...and I was just turning in...
Pay attention Miklos!
Anyway, hi and good night💗💤

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 25, 2024 12:06 AM (Z25uN)

300 295 292 Pfft. Lorenzo wasn't that magnificent.
Posted by: Cosimo DiMedici at November 24, 2024 11:59 PM (dDmld)

You tell it, Girl.

But, but, Cosimo was not a girl, effendi.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 25, 2024 12:06 AM (vd6bO)

301 Minnesota's new state flag oddly looks as if it was approved in Somalia. This should not be surprising since it likely was. Or in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, a difference without distinction.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 25, 2024 12:06 AM (lEyUm)

302 Woohoo !
Granddaughter of Diogenes soccer' team makes it to the Elite Eight!!!
Go Hokies.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 25, 2024 12:09 AM (W/lyH)

303 As far as the flags go, I perceicve some Doof bias.

Which is OK, as I personally imbibed a Quantity of Natty Bo.

Posted by: Mikols recalls his time in Bawlamer with affection at November 25, 2024 12:11 AM (+w4kg)

304 America,

We can get REAL news from much better sources these days.

And the Legacy News Networks have truly dug their own graves by slipping into the trap of becoming PROPOGANDA for the LEFT. So, this is NOT a funeral but a joyful realization that WE DO NOT HAVE TO DEPEND ON THEM ANYMORE. Because they LIE!!! AND WE KNOW IT!!!

Shout it out in the streets America!!

And goodnight HORDE!!

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 25, 2024 12:16 AM (TDvv2)

305 Granddaughter of Diogenes soccer' team makes it to the Elite Eight!!!
Go Hokies.
Posted by: Diogenes
------------
That's fantastic! Exciting times. Daughter played in a CWS, great experience and memories for her, team, and family. Enjoy the run!

Posted by: scampydog at November 25, 2024 12:17 AM (41CYW)

306 303 A Bal'moron perhaps?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 25, 2024 12:18 AM (vd6bO)

307 Video of hydrogen and oxygen combining to water - at the atomic level.

https://tinyurl.com/5eh5v37x

Posted by: Ciampino - how much more efficient can you make it at November 25, 2024 12:18 AM (i0xsb)

308 Dog food recall - Salmonella

https://tinyurl.com/mu7aakdm

Posted by: Ciampino - to kibble or not to kibble at November 25, 2024 12:20 AM (i0xsb)

309 The original 1929 typeface in the book Lorenzo the Magnificent is uncommon but very nice.

Posted by: 13times at November 25, 2024 12:20 AM (7eMFb)

310 309 'tis

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 25, 2024 12:23 AM (vd6bO)

311 Dog food recall - Salmonella

The new Plandemic. Poisoned food.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 25, 2024 12:24 AM (mH6SG)

312 Inside the insidious Democratic plot to keep Biden in office using terrifying harassment tactics

https://mol.im/a/14120789

Posted by: Ciampino - to plot or not to plot at November 25, 2024 12:25 AM (i0xsb)

313 Hey Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 25, 2024 12:26 AM (Sgq8y)

314
313 Hey Horde.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 25, 2024 12:26 AM (Sgq8y

--------

Hey

Posted by: The Horde at November 25, 2024 12:27 AM (dDmld)

315 Dog food recall - Salmonella

https://tinyurl.com/mu7aakdm
Posted by: Ciampino -

I do not feed Miss Dixie Doodle "dog food".

I would not feed her anything I would not eat myself.

Also, dog food, the little "Cesar" packets are, once per ounce, much more expensive than ordinary "people" food.

Posted by: Miklos thinks Dixie agrees at November 25, 2024 12:28 AM (+w4kg)

316 Hey Debby

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2024 12:28 AM (njWTi)

317 He excommunicated Malatesta for the crimes of heresy, sacrilege, rebellion against the Holy See, rape, adultery, violation, incest, parricide, felony and murder. The Lord of Rimini was actually guilty of most of these offences, and a few others which the Pope in his hasty rage forgot to mention, but he declined the Pontiff's invitation to come to Rome and be burned for his sins. Pius had to be content with consigning his effigy to the flames.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 25, 2024 12:28 AM (vd6bO)

318
Hate to admit it, but the Tennessee flag might be the best. It caused Jarles Chonson to majorly lose his mind.

Good times.

Posted by: Guy Karate, Member, The League of Ugly-Shirted Gentlemen at November 25, 2024 12:28 AM (FlRtG)

319 Developing Nations blast COP29 climate deal.

https://tinyurl.com/nbes23ar

Posted by: Ciampino - Give us more money at November 25, 2024 12:28 AM (i0xsb)

320 313 Hey Horde.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

The most Distinguished Return Hey is hereby presented.

The Tzampotli is now fully illuminated.

Posted by: Crazy Miklos' Tzampotli Family Fun Park and Sacrificial Games Emporium with Full Bar at November 25, 2024 12:31 AM (+w4kg)

321 Hey
Posted by: The Horde

Hiya

Posted by: Miklos hopes JT is getting better at November 25, 2024 12:32 AM (+w4kg)

322 319
Fourth bullet: Trump has pledged to remove US from climate pact.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 25, 2024 12:33 AM (vd6bO)

323 Rural counties in California, Illinois push to secede from blue states to separate from liberal-run cities after Trump’s win.

https://tinyurl.com/58jkbhph

Posted by: Ciampino - YES! YES! YES! at November 25, 2024 12:33 AM (i0xsb)

324 Pius had to be content with consigning his effigy to the flames.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

So

I am relatively OK

Posted by: Miklos is not as evil as they say at November 25, 2024 12:34 AM (+w4kg)

325 Mysterious find could prove THIS about life on Mars, scientists say

https://mol.im/a/14117691

Posted by: Ciampino - too much scifi at November 25, 2024 12:35 AM (i0xsb)

326 As the Texans say, "We're proud to be Americans at least until we can secede." per the Austin Lounge Lizards.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 25, 2024 12:36 AM (vd6bO)

327 325 Mysterious find could prove THIS about life on Mars, scientists say

---------

It ain't the kind of place to raise a kid?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 25, 2024 12:36 AM (dDmld)

328 Enjoy the run!
Posted by: scampydog at November 25, 2024 12:17 AM (41CYW)

No kidding. Amazing they made it this far.
A great experience!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 25, 2024 12:37 AM (W/lyH)

329 318
Hate to admit it, but the Tennessee flag might be the best. It caused Jarles Chonson to majorly lose his mind.

Good times.
Posted by: Guy Karate,
................................
TBF, that was an extremely low bar.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 25, 2024 12:38 AM (6ePlE)

330 for the crimes of heresy, sacrilege, rebellion against the Holy See, rape, adultery, violation, incest, parricide, felony and murder.

I am actually innocent of all of those, but in a DC or New York Court who knows.

Posted by: Miklos is Presbyterian predestined to guilt regardless of facts or law at November 25, 2024 12:39 AM (+w4kg)

331 324 As you have not typo-ed Miklos as bad as Malatesta yet. Only Mikos and Mikols. Totally in the clear. -Pius

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 25, 2024 12:39 AM (vd6bO)

332 As you have not typo-ed Miklos as bad as Malatesta yet. Only Mikos and Mikols. Totally in the clear. -Pius
Posted by: Don in SoCo

Much as with "antique" furniture, it is the small flaws that guarantee authenticity.

Posted by: Miklos was accused of being a "bot" maybe 8 years ago already at November 25, 2024 12:44 AM (+w4kg)

333 Much as with "antique" furniture, it is the small flaws that guarantee authenticity.
Posted by: Miklos was accused of being a "bot" maybe 8 years ago already at November 25, 2024 12:44 AM (+w4kg)

It's Moops.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 25, 2024 12:46 AM (0eaVi)

334 It ain't the kind of place to raise a kid?
Posted by: Cicero

"Get Home before sundown or you go hungry!"

Posted by: Old Mama on Mars at November 25, 2024 12:46 AM (+w4kg)

335 Much as with "antique" furniture, it is the small flaws that guarantee authenticity.

It's like sincerity, the key to success. Once you learn to fake that, you're good.

Posted by: Don in SoCo who knows Miklos is not a bot at November 25, 2024 12:47 AM (3VfXK)

336 Seen in an ad: "Genuine Louis XV imitation furniture."

Posted by: Ciampino - too authentic at November 25, 2024 12:48 AM (i0xsb)

337 "Get Home before sundown or you go hungry!"
Posted by: Old Mama on Mars

"Get Home before sundown or you go hungry and the Glumphenikkle won’t!!!”

Posted by: Adriane the Glumphenikkle Phobic Critic . . . at November 25, 2024 12:49 AM (TX4bP)

338 Passing back through on my way to pee...can't sleep dammit....
But...hi {{DDS}}!!! Always good to see your smiling face 😁😁💟💟💟!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 25, 2024 12:50 AM (Z25uN)

339 336 Seen in an ad: "Genuine Louis XV imitation furniture."

Everything is real. I myself feel authenticer by the day. Horror of horrors, I saw in a furniture catalog once a picture of a woman wearing safety glasses and holding some sort of tool like a small mace to put "wear marks" on their furniture.

Posted by: Don in SoCo who knows Miklos is not a bot at November 25, 2024 12:54 AM (vd6bO)

340
Seen in an ad: "Genuine Louis XV imitation furniture."
Posted by: Ciampino - too authentic

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

The Philippines?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 25, 2024 12:55 AM (bVHdT)

341 336 Seen in an ad: "Genuine Louis XV imitation furniture."
Posted by: Ciampino - too authentic at November 25, 2024 12:48 AM (i0xsb)

Rich Corinthian Naugahyde

Posted by: Miklos likes wood and steel, but that's the pesky Y chromosome at November 25, 2024 12:58 AM (+w4kg)

342 Rural counties in California, Illinois push to secede from blue states to separate from liberal-run cities after Trump’s win.

https://tinyurl.com/58jkbhph
Posted by: Ciampino - YES! YES! YES! at November 25, 2024 12:33 AM (i0xsb)

Tazewell County is not among them.

Posted by: Maybe someday i'll choose a nick and stick with it! Today is not that day. Dangerous Radical at November 25, 2024 12:59 AM (89Sog)

343
Also, good evening, everyone.

Here's what I think should happen: Trump should phone up Kamala and tell her to 25th Biden out and assume the presidency and pick him as her veep so they can steward the country safely over the next 2 months and facilitate a smooth transition to Trump's re-presidency. Think she'd go for it?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 25, 2024 01:00 AM (bVHdT)

344 341 Like Ricardo Montalban, I approach my old beat up truck and proclaim, "Look what they've done to my car!"

Posted by: Don in SoCo who has only seen Bal'more once at November 25, 2024 01:02 AM (vd6bO)

345 Passing back through on my way to pee...can't sleep dammit....
But...hi {{DDS}}!!! Always good to see your smiling face 😁😁💟💟💟!
Posted by: COMountainMarie

As far as I am concerned, you may both pass and pee here any time.

You can also help me design post cards.

Posted by: Greetings from Mar-a-Miklos at November 25, 2024 01:03 AM (+w4kg)

346 You can't threepeat playing like they did 2day.

In their last 3 games, the Chefs have lost one, & SHOULD have lost all 3.

Of the 3 games, their best performance was in the one they lost.

Luckily, they have the Las Vegas Craters next Friday-- which is tantamount to a second by week.

Posted by: K.C. Wolf (mnw) at November 25, 2024 01:08 AM (NLIak)

347 Horror of horrors, I saw in a furniture catalog once a picture of a woman wearing safety glasses and holding some sort of tool like a small mace to put "wear marks" on their furniture.
Posted by: Don in SoCo who knows Miklos is not a bot at November 25, 2024 12:54 AM (vd6bO)

Antiqueing. My sister used a metal chain with about 1/2 inch links. Beat the wood up real nice and left 'age' marks. Fire is another antiqueing device for wood. Just not too much fire.

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2024 01:12 AM (gKDq2)

348 Aw, Miklos and COMM, it is truly a week to be thankful!

Um, RickZ, I think it was you that posted a really good recipe for green beans, care to give me the quick version, I am gearing up for the last Thanksgiving in this location.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 25, 2024 01:15 AM (Sgq8y)

349 Hmmm, blue states letting their red portions go peacefully is highly unlikely. This leaves non-peaceful means as the alternative. The red portions form militias, and start serious resistance. Then adjoining red states can send in their National Guards to provide "humanitarian" assistance.

The Split is coming.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 25, 2024 01:17 AM (c9fCQ)

350 345 Miklos, or whoever you might be in this time and place...😜

Silly boy...
And yeah. I got some postcard designs. I'm not sure you'd understand them...but, hey...let's talk😏....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 25, 2024 01:19 AM (Z25uN)

351
More good news:
...
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC)

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

I've had a slightly upset stomach for about 5 days. I think I may be sick of winning.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 25, 2024 01:20 AM (bVHdT)

352 343 Run it up the flagpole and see who salutes it, eh?

Posted by: Don in SoCo who has only seen Bal'more once at November 25, 2024 01:20 AM (vd6bO)

353 Debbie,

Here's my recipe.

Fresh string beans, a lot.
One package sliced almonds.
Garlic
Butter
Better Than Bouillon Chicken
Frech black Pepper
One lemon, zested, juiced and strained

In a the cooking pot, add butter and a 1/4 to 1/2 cups of almonds. Toast in butter until golden. Remove and drain.

Add a little more butter and about 6 or so cloved of sliced garlic. Toast until golden and and the rinsed and cut string beans. Add water to cover.

1/

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2024 01:22 AM (gKDq2)

354 Miklos is not a bot.

Bots ASPIRE to be Miklos, should they ever achieve sentience.

Given that bots operate while running Shitware 2.1, the odds of their success, are slim to none.

And Slim is boarding the redeye to Topeka.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 25, 2024 01:24 AM (Xo+UM)

355 348 I am gearing up for the lastThanksgiving in this location.

DDS! Where you be going girl ??!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 25, 2024 01:25 AM (Z25uN)

356 2/

Add lemon juice, black pepper and the bouillon and a little dried basil. I cook uncolver on high, stirring occassionally, until the liquid cooks off, or almost cooks off. The beans should be done but nor mush. If still a little raw, cover and vook on look for a short time. I hate muchy string beans.

Once beans are cooked, toss in lemon zest and almonds and stir to mix.

That's the basics. Questions?

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2024 01:26 AM (gKDq2)

357 People have been talking about splitting California into two or three separate entities for decades.

Ceding the coastline/ports to leftist rats is silly-minded tomfoolery.

Posted by: 13times at November 25, 2024 01:26 AM (JqbO1)

358 Antique furniture? Ha! I worked in a plant that made structural laminated beams. Occasionally a customer asked for a "rough timber" finish on the beams.
We had a huge electric chainsaw mounted on a wheeled carriage. Two of us would push the chainsaw along, using it to gnaw off an eighth of an inch off the exposed surfaces of the beams.
We produced an epic amount of sawdust.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 25, 2024 01:27 AM (c9fCQ)

359 347. My oldest boy is currently a second year apprentice plumber. He cleans up for shows we play (family band) but often wears his work boots because he sometimes forgets to bring his "good" ones. So, a lady was admiring his "authentic-looking" boots and wondering where she could buy boots like that. Uh...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 25, 2024 01:27 AM (vd6bO)

360 Ceding the coastline/ports to leftist rats is silly-minded tomfoolery.
Posted by: 13times at November 25, 2024 01:26 AM (JqbO1)

Yep. The left can't run a Navy, except into the ground.

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2024 01:29 AM (gKDq2)

361 And Jim SND TX...
Always, always, good to see ya....even in the middle of the night!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 25, 2024 01:30 AM (Z25uN)

362 354
Hi, Jim!
What Miklos is, is entertaining for certain.

Posted by: Don in SoCo who is convinced Miklos is real at November 25, 2024 01:31 AM (vd6bO)

363 I guess it's time for bed, there's an owl hooting outside my window telling me to pack it in for the day.

Posted by: Archer at November 25, 2024 01:32 AM (IDphi)

364 I guess I'm sleepy enough now.
Love you guys!
Goodnight.

"Sleep is the best meditation.”

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 25, 2024 01:39 AM (Z25uN)

365 Ceding the coastline/ports to leftist rats is silly-minded tomfoolery.
Posted by: 13times at November 25, 2024 01:26 AM (JqbO1)

After The Split, taking the California ports would be a huge project, and there's no large ports in Oregon. Therefore, we'll need to invade Washington and take Seattle, driving a wave of rainbow-haired refugees before us. I'm sure Portland would be happy to take them in.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 25, 2024 01:39 AM (c9fCQ)

366 RickZ, Perhaps minor questions, but my cooktop does not offer vook or look settings, is there a conversion chart that I might consult? Thanks for the recipe, they do sound delish, I think I might shake things up a bit and try them. This will entail yet another trip to the grocery store tomorrow. It is not so painful if you shop in $80.00 increments.

COMM, I really need to downsize, taxes are killing me and the lesbo Guv insists that we continue to welcome all migrants with open arms, minds and wallets.

JIM SND, Happy Thanksgiving to you and herself.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 25, 2024 01:44 AM (Sgq8y)

367
People have been talking about splitting California into two or three separate entities for decades.

Ceding the coastline/ports to leftist rats is silly-minded tomfoolery.
Posted by: 13times

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

That's not the split that's been proposed. It's North and South, above San Francisco (which makes you wonder why bother since the South part will be SF, LA, and an even smaller population of inlanders than before to resist them.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 25, 2024 01:45 AM (bVHdT)

368 What Miklos is, is entertaining for certain.
Posted by: Don in SoCo who

My work here is done.

*eats chili that I cooked, prepares for another round at Probate Court*

Posted by: Miklos did not inherit any of the necessary documents at November 25, 2024 01:46 AM (+w4kg)

369 Mysterious find could prove THIS about life on Mars, scientists say

https://mol.im/a/14117691
Posted by: Ciampino - too much scifi at November 25, 2024 12:35 AM (i0xsb)

Jeepers, that's a poorly-written story, even by DM standards. Almost Grauniad-worthy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2024 01:47 AM (QAzxD)

370 And virtue, the lady that has quashed tyranny, has an exposed breast...on the Official State Flag. Boobie for the win!
Posted by: TRex at November 24, 2024 10:11

My family surname goes back to a Scottish clan. The old family crest shows a standing bare breasted woman, with the motto "Amo", Latin for I love.

I really should dig into the origins of that. But it seems self-explanatory. Plus I was breastfed. Hey, this is just my heritage.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at November 25, 2024 01:47 AM (55Qr6)

371 "Sleep is the best meditation.”
Posted by: COMountainMarie

"Laughter is the Best Medicine"

Posted by: Miklos is old enough to remember Readers' Digest at November 25, 2024 01:48 AM (+w4kg)

372 I really should dig into the origins of that. But it seems self-explanatory. Plus I was breastfed. Hey, this is just my heritage.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at November 25, 2024 01:47 AM (55Qr6)

How is Jules doing today?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2024 01:51 AM (QAzxD)

373 Hey Farmer, I am glad that you are here, I seem to have lost your email. I am praying for you and for Jules, I am sure that this is very tough on you. How is your Dad doing too? Hang in there. I hope that you can enjoy a nice Thanksgiving despite your situation.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 25, 2024 01:53 AM (Sgq8y)

374 "Laughter is the Best Medicine"
Posted by: Miklos is old enough to remember Readers' Digest

But chocolate runs a close second !!!

Posted by: Adriane the Confectionary Critic . . . at November 25, 2024 01:54 AM (TX4bP)

375 But chocolate runs a close second !!!
Posted by: Adriane the Confectionary Critic

*awards a Cafe du Mond cafe au Chocolat*

Posted by: Le Mikleuse de la Nouvelle Orleans at November 25, 2024 01:57 AM (+w4kg)

376 Posted by: Miklos is old enough to remember Readers' Digest at November 25, 2024 01:48 AM (+w4kg)

I have a Readers' Digest Dictionary since in high school. There is an irony here as the dictionary is well over 3-1/4 inches thick, so not abridged. A real dictionary with hard to find words. From Readers' Digest. Go figure.

On the inside, it says it's a third edition Funk and Wagnalls from 1969, under the Readers' Digest name. The fact that I still have it tells you it's a good dictionary.

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2024 02:00 AM (gKDq2)

377 My prayer system is basically to ask The Father to be with all those who call upon Thy Name.

Call me lazy, but sincere.

Posted by: Miklos at November 25, 2024 02:01 AM (+w4kg)

378 Current proposals include a coastal-inland division. It's stupid on the level of epic stupidity. That's being run up the flagpole.

Every proposal leaves the radical left in charge of our ports. Unless one considers Elk Snout Harbor a viable international port.

Posted by: 13times at November 25, 2024 02:04 AM (UGS7U)

379 On the inside, it says it's a third edition Funk and Wagnalls from 1969, under the Readers' Digest name. The fact that I still have it tells you it's a good dictionary.
Posted by: RickZ

Put that in your Funk and Wagnalls

Posted by: Miklos is old enough (barely) to remeber Laugh-In at November 25, 2024 02:04 AM (+w4kg)

380 You beat me to it, Miklos!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 25, 2024 02:06 AM (Sgq8y)

381 Every proposal leaves the radical left in charge of our ports. Unless one considers Elk Snout Harbor a viable international port.

Posted by: 13times

heh

Federalize

Moar heh

Posted by: Kelo. v. City of New London at November 25, 2024 02:06 AM (+w4kg)

382 379 Eighth grade teacher in our small rural school told us "Ain't ain't a word, 'cause ain't ain't in the dictionary", circa 1977.

Posted by: Don in SoCo who is convinced Miklos is real at November 25, 2024 02:08 AM (vd6bO)

383 Eighth grade teacher in our small rural school told us "Ain't ain't a word, 'cause ain't ain't in the dictionary", circa 1977.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

I wonder what the definition of "gay" was in 1977.

Posted by: Inquiring mind of Miklos at November 25, 2024 02:13 AM (+w4kg)

384 Stan Statham's "two and three" state split options. Like I said, this is a decades old thing leaving us Northerners with lots of fresh water reserves and no intl. shipping ports.

https://www.phrelin.com/3Cals/Statham.htm

Posted by: 13times at November 25, 2024 02:15 AM (UGS7U)

385 Eighth grade teacher in our small rural school told us "Ain't ain't a word, 'cause ain't ain't in the dictionary", circa 1977.
Posted by: Don in SoCo who is convinced

"Ain't" was certainly never used in any foundational American literature.

Posted by: Miklos Langhorne Clemens at November 25, 2024 02:22 AM (+w4kg)

386 Stan Statham's "two and three" state split options. Like I said, this is a decades old thing leaving us Northerners with lots of fresh water reserves and no intl. shipping ports.

https://www.phrelin.com/3Cals/Statham.htm
Posted by: 13times at November 25, 2024 02:15 AM (UGS7U)

Going by the maps at the link, it would appear that the city of SF would be in "central" CA, but much of the harbor coastline would be in "north" CA.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2024 02:24 AM (QAzxD)

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