Mid-Morning Art Thread

Bindo Altoviti
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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Posted by: r hennigantx at July 30, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 09:30 AM (PxkKd)

3 That's a looooooong neck.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (MGB5H)

4 Getting a trans vibe.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (0nHVk)

5 From the Flying Bindos?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (PxkKd)

6 Ghey

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (CJgdE)

7 This dude definitely performs barefoot with his local band.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (JCZqz)

8 Dandy

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (Dv3i1)

9
Looks gay.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (HZi96)

10 Tranny.

Posted by: Bulg at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

11 *cough*fag*cough*

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (aPyU0)

12 Looks like he's the manager of the Joytyme Touching Studio.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (6WCwE)

13 Lovely luxurious locks!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (hY4dx)

14 Who names their kid Bindo?

Posted by: redridinghood at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

15

Transition hormones are starting to kick in...

Posted by: Peter Bootygig at July 30, 2025 09:32 AM (f+zED)

16 But the painting seems well executed.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 30, 2025 09:32 AM (aPyU0)

17 Not sure he likes women.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 30, 2025 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

18 That’s a real purdy mouth.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at July 30, 2025 09:32 AM (YNVKB)

19 On third look... the hat looks kind of like an afterthought.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 30, 2025 09:33 AM (aPyU0)

20
He's not gay. He's sensitive and artistic.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 09:34 AM (HZi96)

21
Bimbo >>> Bindo

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 09:34 AM (HZi96)

22 14 Who names their kid Bindo?
Posted by: redridinghood at July 30, 2025 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

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Common Renaissance name. It's short for Bindovehiericum.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 09:34 AM (hY4dx)

23 *sings*

There was a trannie
With a hat
And Bindo was his name-o
B-I-N-D-O
B-I-N-D-O
B-I-N-D-O!
And Bindo was his name-o!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 30, 2025 09:34 AM (iJfKG)

24 Even Wiki notes it:

"The subject's graceful, almost effeminate pose..."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 30, 2025 09:35 AM (XvL8K)

25 Ecce Homo?

Posted by: sjdance at July 30, 2025 09:35 AM (mxEar)

26

Why does that pretty girl have thick sideburns?

Posted by: imp at July 30, 2025 09:35 AM (g6TN6)

27 "How do you like my hairpiece?"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 30, 2025 09:35 AM (Q4IgG)

28 I still bet he could kick David Hogg's ass.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 09:36 AM (hY4dx)

29 Nicely done

Posted by: Skip at July 30, 2025 09:36 AM (+qU29)

30
"His" brother Bondo went into the car patching business.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 09:36 AM (HZi96)

31 Caption:

"If I have one life...
Let me live it as a Blonde!"

Posted by: naturalfake at July 30, 2025 09:36 AM (iJfKG)

32 Those sideburns are telling me he's rocking both sides of the street.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 30, 2025 09:36 AM (u/fjM)

33 First reaction is to look for first ghey or trans comment.
For, or three including implications. Impressive.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 30, 2025 09:36 AM (n4GiU)

34 Creepy looking dude.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 09:36 AM (bss/y)

35 "almost" effeminate?

Posted by: Otto Pen at July 30, 2025 09:37 AM (sJHOI)

36 She's no Sydney Sweeney.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 30, 2025 09:37 AM (JCZqz)

37 He's got a long neck.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 30, 2025 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

38 The Portrait of Bindo Altoviti is a painting finished around 1515 by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. It is housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., United States. Bindo Altoviti, a wealthy banker born in Rome in 1491 of Florentine descent, was a cultured man with a strong appreciation for the arts. The subject's graceful, almost effeminate pose, combined with the pronounced contrast between light and shadow, is atypical of Raphael's portraits of men.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 30, 2025 09:37 AM (gbOdA)

39 Alternate title:

"Sydney Sweeney's Reincarnation Fail"

Posted by: naturalfake at July 30, 2025 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

40 What I want to know is, who's hand is that?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 09:38 AM (hY4dx)

41 That's a looooooong neck.
Posted by: BruceWayne

And a short jacket .

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 30, 2025 09:38 AM (SKGZc)

42 He’s a bit light in the loafers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 30, 2025 09:38 AM (mT+6a)

43 It's not even Pride Month.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 30, 2025 09:38 AM (JvZF+)

44 Tranny of the year. Don't think I'd hang this one, the painting I mean. Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 30, 2025 09:38 AM (A7hgX)

45
Pasta His Prime - a limerick

A young lad named Bindo Altoviti
Had skin that was oily and gritty
He blamed his complexion
On a noodle confection
Now his face is all covered wirh ziti!

Posted by: muldoon at July 30, 2025 09:38 AM (poXs5)

46 It's short for Bindovehiericum.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 09:34 AM (hY4dx)
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Gesundheit!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 09:39 AM (PxkKd)

47 She's no Sydney Sweeney.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 30, 2025 09:37 AM (JCZqz)
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Have you seen the other side of the canvas? WELL, HAVE YOU!?!?!?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 09:40 AM (PxkKd)

48 For another 20 florins he could have had a parrot on his shoulder.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 09:40 AM (hY4dx)

49 No capes!

Posted by: Edna Mode at July 30, 2025 09:40 AM (PiwSw)

50 Bindo he binds
Binda she binds
Bindamos we all bind

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 30, 2025 09:40 AM (gbOdA)

51 He’s rocking some traps tho.

Bindo Swol

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 30, 2025 09:40 AM (SKGZc)

52 It does almost have that creepy AI look. Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 09:40 AM (bss/y)

53 “Bindi! Crikey! What did you do to yourself?!”
— Zombie Steve Irwin

Posted by: Bulg at July 30, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

54 51 He’s rocking some traps tho.

Bindo Swol
Posted by: haffhowershower at July 30, 2025 09:40 AM (SKGZc)

You could land planes on those shoulders.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 09:41 AM (bss/y)

55 Posted by: r hennigantx at July 30, 2025 09:37 AM (gbOdA)
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Please fix your nic!

You are triggering my proofreading compulsion in a major way.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 30, 2025 09:42 AM (JvZF+)

56

Join us this week, on "How full is my codpiece" with special mystery guest Bindo/Binda......

Posted by: imp at July 30, 2025 09:42 AM (g6TN6)

57 Actually, that could be me at 20-21 years old.
I think Raffaello just painted all men gay.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 30, 2025 09:42 AM (n4GiU)

58 The sitter's nickname is "The Beautiful Banker". For real.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at July 30, 2025 09:42 AM (BHrzb)

59 You can talk shit all you want about young Bindo, but not my man Raphael!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 30, 2025 09:42 AM (n9ltV)

60 fixed

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 30, 2025 09:42 AM (gbOdA)

61 Bindo is likely somewhere in the Baggins lineage.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 30, 2025 09:42 AM (GYGpZ)

62 Raphael's religious artwork ( not that this portrait is that ) is preferable to most of that of the artist from yesterday who had a lot of cluttered canvases.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 09:42 AM (2GCMq)

63 Bindo wasn't a fag at all, was an influential banker, financing various Popes. He and his descendants were grand, high, exalted, mystic, rulers.

Posted by: Morris Fink at July 30, 2025 09:43 AM (G5+As)

64 Speaking of cerulean...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at July 30, 2025 09:43 AM (OUMaO)

65 Raphael
Italian painter and architect (1483–1520)

37 years dayum

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 30, 2025 09:43 AM (gbOdA)

66 Don't think I'd hang this one, the painting I mean. Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 30, 2025 09:38 AM (A7hgX)

Well, I'll take it then.

I love Raphael, and I think this is a great portrait!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 30, 2025 09:44 AM (n9ltV)

67 Join us this week, on "How full is my codpiece" with special mystery guest Bindo/Binda......

Followed by a very special episode of Ow! My Balls! with guest star Conrad Bain!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 30, 2025 09:44 AM (Dg2sF)

68 Dudes didn't cut their hair...if they did, they wore girl wigs any way. It was how to be fashionable and rich...

Thankfully, we moved on from that...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 30, 2025 09:44 AM (tOcjL)

69 The sitter's nickname is "The Beautiful Banker". For real.
Posted by: Pete in Texas

He took the belt from Gorgeous George.

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 30, 2025 09:44 AM (SKGZc)

70 Bindo wasn't a fag at all, was an influential banker

Posted by: Morris Fink at July 30, 2025 09:43 AM (G5+As)
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He does have that "leave me a loan" look.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 09:45 AM (PxkKd)

71 61 Bindo is likely somewhere in the Baggins lineage.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 30, 2025 09:42 AM (GYGpZ)

He does bear a resemblance to Elijah Wood.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 30, 2025 09:45 AM (PiwSw)

72 Dudes didn't cut their hair...if they did, they wore girl wigs any way. It was how to be fashionable and rich...

Thankfully, we moved on from that...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 30, 2025 09:44 AM (tOcjL)
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Now you tell me?!?!?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 09:46 AM (PxkKd)

73 He looks a like one of My Grandsons.

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2025 09:46 AM (VE6XX)

74 Hunh. Doesn't look like a mutant ninja turtle, teenage or otherwise.

Posted by: Just got here at July 30, 2025 09:46 AM (nUA2B)

75 And this is a nice one by Raphael of an archangel and a Pope or other RC religious figure. Nice colors:

https://tinyurl.com/3wk2xwv5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 09:46 AM (2GCMq)

76 Posted by: rhennigantx at July 30, 2025 09:42 AM (gbOdA)
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Ahhhh. *takes huge huff of nitrous* Now I can relax. Thanks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 30, 2025 09:47 AM (JvZF+)

77 Obviously wearing a wig, as it was pulled off during a WNBA game for all to see.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 30, 2025 09:47 AM (w9Wax)

78 It's short for Bindovehiericum.

His name is my name, too!

Posted by: John Bindo Jingleheimer Altovidi at July 30, 2025 09:47 AM (Dg2sF)

79 Pretty spectacular paint work. Would hang.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 30, 2025 09:48 AM (pLN23)

80 Too many filters.

Posted by: toby928 at July 30, 2025 09:48 AM (jc0TO)

81 Bindo was a banker rockin pinstriped pants
He'd slash your granny's face up, given half a chance
He'd sell you back the pieces, all for less than half a quid

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 09:48 AM (hY4dx)

82 It would be hilarious if he were to remove his cap

To reveal

A mullet.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 30, 2025 09:48 AM (qDyMg)

83 Lovely philtrum.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 30, 2025 09:48 AM (PiwSw)

84 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 09:46 AM (2GCMq)

That's not by Raphael.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 30, 2025 09:48 AM (n9ltV)

85 What captures my attention with Raphael's paintings is the exquisite, delicate brushwork. It's like each hair on his head and the weave of his clothing is done with individual brush strokes. Even Bindo's eyes are realistic and detailed. Remarkable.

Posted by: JTB at July 30, 2025 09:49 AM (yTvNw)

86

He looks a like one of My Grandsons.
Posted by: It's me donna

Oh, so now we're speaking Italian, too?

Imagine growing up in a time that valued brutal decisiveness looking like that...

Posted by: imp at July 30, 2025 09:49 AM (g6TN6)

87 63 Bindo wasn't a fag at all, was an influential banker, financing various Popes. He and his descendants were grand, high, exalted, mystic, rulers.
Posted by: Morris Fink

I'm not saying he's an alien, but...

Posted by: Giorgio Tsoukalos at July 30, 2025 09:49 AM (JCZqz)

88 That's not by Raphael.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 30, 2025 09:48 AM (n9ltV

Oops. Thanks for the correction. I like it anyway.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 09:49 AM (2GCMq)

89 At least Raphael didn’t sculpt naked dudes, like that fag Michelangelo.

Posted by: Bulg at July 30, 2025 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

90
He looks a like one of My Grandsons.
Posted by: It's me donna

Oh, so now we're speaking Italian, too?

LOL...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2025 09:50 AM (VE6XX)

91 79 Pretty spectacular paint work. Would hang.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Looking at the stretched neck, I think someone beat you to it.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 30, 2025 09:50 AM (JCZqz)

92 Every artist has a weakness.

Eyes- penetrating and mysterious
Nose- delicare and proportional
Lips- pouty and enticing
Ear - WTF?

Posted by: muldoon at July 30, 2025 09:51 AM (poXs5)

93 What captures my attention with Raphael's paintings is the exquisite, delicate brushwork.

Posted by: JTB at July 30, 2025 09:49 AM (yTvNw)

He is amazing. And you should see his "cartoons," at The Victoria & Albert Museum in London. They are massive, and yet in some ways as detailed and delicate as this one.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 30, 2025 09:51 AM (n9ltV)

94 I know this painting wasn't from the 1980's, but most guys in my town had hair that long. It's a nice painting, technically, but I wouldn't hang it.

Oh, I did commission some art work yesterday!!

I'm having a yard 'sale' where I'm just just giving away a ton of stuff I don't want in the house. So my neighbour's kids are each getting $5 to draw and colour my "FREE!" "PLEASE TAKE IT ALL" signs. They were happy.

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 15.5 % at July 30, 2025 09:52 AM (jvJvP)

95 Ladies, Bindo is just another Italian playboy.

https://tinyurl.com/j228c22j

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 30, 2025 09:52 AM (u/fjM)

96

I'm thinking Morris' last name might really be Altovidi.

Posted by: imp at July 30, 2025 09:52 AM (g6TN6)

97 Here he is older:

https://shorturl.at/GJM8F

Posted by: brak at July 30, 2025 09:52 AM (jGJov)

98 91 79 Pretty spectacular paint work. Would hang.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Looking at the stretched neck, I think someone beat you to it.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 30, 2025 09:50 AM (JCZqz

LOL. Thanks!

Everyone have a great day.

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 15.5 % at July 30, 2025 09:53 AM (jvJvP)

99 In other words that external auditory meatus is gaping and cavernous.

Posted by: muldoon at July 30, 2025 09:54 AM (poXs5)

100 I would call this "Portrait of every 7th year undergrad philosophy or sociology major I saw at Univ. of Oregon."

Posted by: PabloD at July 30, 2025 09:54 AM (eU7D4)

101 Good news. We survived the tsunami.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 30, 2025 09:55 AM (JvZF+)

102 I see my mistake . It was the angel who was Raphael. The painter was someone else. Comes from reading too quickly.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 09:55 AM (2GCMq)

103 Seth Mandel on Two-Tier Kier:

Is that how we create nation-states? Is it merely an exercise in negative reinforcement? A sibling of mine has a dog that chews socks. Should I tell her to try recognizing Palestine, so the ’doodle knows she’s serious?

“Recognizing Palestine” has indeed become some sort of standing threat, which I assume bothers Palestinians greatly. We’ll give you self-government, but only if the Jews make us so angry we don’t know what else to do.

Does the reverse work as well? Will Sir Keir welcome Israeli annexation of the West Bank if the Palestinians bother him enough?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 30, 2025 09:55 AM (JvZF+)

104 101 Good news. We survived the tsunami.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 30, 2025 09:55 AM (JvZF+

LOL.. Us too... I guess it did rise one foot...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2025 09:55 AM (VE6XX)

105 There's nothing funny about the WNBA!

WNBA’s “Hair Jordan” Moment: Fan Ejected for Laughing After Player’s Wig Falls off Mid-Game

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 30, 2025 09:56 AM (L/fGl)

106

Here he is older:

https://shorturl.at/GJM8F
Posted by: brak

Behold the power of the beard!

Posted by: imp at July 30, 2025 09:56 AM (g6TN6)

107 And this is by Raphael. It's a picture of St. Sebastian:

https://tinyurl.com/ydtrd6f9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 09:56 AM (2GCMq)

108 Happy Birthday, Donna!

Posted by: Bulg at July 30, 2025 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

109 108 Happy Birthday, Donna!
Posted by: Bulg at July 30, 2025 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

Thanks ! 29 again...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2025 09:57 AM (VE6XX)

110 Who has a longer neck: Bindo or TMNT Raphael? Discuss.

Posted by: pookysgirl thought Michelangelo was funny at July 30, 2025 09:57 AM (Wt5PA)

111 This art makes me angry.

Posted by: Weasel at July 30, 2025 09:58 AM (WoNrM)

112 Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2025 09:57 AM (VE6XX

I hope you have a lovely day!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 09:58 AM (2GCMq)

113

There's nothing funny about the WNBA!

WNBA’s “Hair Jordan” Moment: Fan Ejected for Laughing After Player’s Wig Falls off Mid-Game
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

That's really taking the old joke about feminists to the next level.

Posted by: imp at July 30, 2025 09:58 AM (g6TN6)

114 101 Good news. We survived the tsunami.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Whew! So did we. It was touch and go there for a moment.

Did you see the utter disillusionment on the faces of the weathercasters? They were squirming in their seats about to fully orgasm a natural disaster live.

Nothin.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 30, 2025 09:58 AM (qDyMg)

115 > "His" brother Bondo went into the car patching business.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 09:36 AM (HZi96)

Other brothers: Bingo, Bango, and Bungo.

They had a wandering troubadour band called the Trans Brothers.

Posted by: Ray Nagin at July 30, 2025 09:59 AM (qpyNK)

116 Happy Birthday Donna!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 30, 2025 09:59 AM (0nHVk)

117 > Ladies, Bindo is just another Italian playboy.

https://tinyurl.com/j228c22j
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 30, 2025 09:52 AM (u/fjM)

I fully believe this guy likes to play with boys.

Posted by: Ray Nagin at July 30, 2025 09:59 AM (qpyNK)

118 Will the Kennedy Center Be Renamed the Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts?

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I hope so. The lamentations of their women would be spectacular.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 30, 2025 10:00 AM (L/fGl)

119 Here in Rehoboth Beach, I felt the tide rise precipitously in my pants last night! Didn't drown, though.

Posted by: President Emeritus at July 30, 2025 10:00 AM (G5+As)

120 Ooooo!

Happy birthday, Donna!
Will there be cake?

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 30, 2025 10:00 AM (qDyMg)

121 120 Ooooo!

Happy birthday, Donna!
Will there be cake?
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 30, 2025 10:00 AM (qDyM

You bet.... Thank all of you for the B-Day wishes !

Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2025 10:01 AM (VE6XX)

122 They had a wandering troubadour band called the Trans Brothers.
Posted by: Ray Nagin at July 30, 2025 09:59 AM (qpyNK)

That's not funny!

Posted by: The Wachowskis at July 30, 2025 10:01 AM (PiwSw)

123 93 ... "And you should see his "cartoons," at The Victoria & Albert Museum in London. They are massive, and yet in some ways as detailed and delicate as this one."

CBD,
Wow! I hadn't seen those 'cartoons' before. Had to look them up. They are beyond amazing. Thanks so much for mentioning them. They have their own section on the Victoria and Albert museum website.

Posted by: JTB at July 30, 2025 10:02 AM (yTvNw)

124 > WNBA’s “Hair Jordan” Moment: Fan Ejected for Laughing After Player’s Wig Falls off Mid-Game
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 30, 2025 09:56 AM (L/fGl)

Who the fuck wears a wig while playing an active sport?

Why not wear stiletto heels and a ball gown while you're at it?

After all, a ball gown is designed for playing ball, right?

Posted by: Ray Nagin at July 30, 2025 10:02 AM (qpyNK)

125 Weasel-San!

How’s the organic tree farming?

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 30, 2025 10:03 AM (qDyMg)

126 A prankster threw what turned out to be a green dildo onto the court during the matchup between the Atlanta Dream and the Golden State Valkyries on Tuesday night. The game at the Gateway Center Arena came to a halt late in the fourth quarter over what was initially reported as a green object being thrown onto the court. It was later revealed to be a green dildo.

Posted by: SMOD at July 30, 2025 10:03 AM (RHGPo)

127 Gotta run to get my new reading glasses. Thanks for another great art thread.

Posted by: JTB at July 30, 2025 10:03 AM (yTvNw)

128 The ratio of Morons to cake is too big.

Posted by: toby928 at July 30, 2025 10:03 AM (jc0TO)

129 Matson, a major U.S.-based cargo shipping company, has announced an immediate and indefinite halt to all shipments of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) across its entire maritime network, citing rising concerns over fire hazards linked to lithium-ion batteries.

Posted by: SMOD at July 30, 2025 10:04 AM (RHGPo)

130 What makes the dildo green? Is it recyclable?

Posted by: Bulg at July 30, 2025 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

131 Here he is older:

https://shorturl.at/GJM8F
Posted by: brak

Next up, item 379, "Pole Dancing Goddess", by Giuseppe Giovanni. A lovely 15 inch replica of the original, cast in plaster. This would be a great gift to a family member, or perhaps an Ottoman merchant you do regular business with. While it typically retails for 15 denari, we're going to get a little crazy this evening and start at 11. Hurry, though, we only have 37 in stock, and at these prices, they won't last long.

Posted by: Older Bindo Altoviti at July 30, 2025 10:04 AM (JCZqz)

132 Who the fuck wears a wig while playing an active sport?

Posted by: Ray Nagin at July 30, 2025 10:02 AM (qpyNK)

Um...

Posted by: Andre Agassi at July 30, 2025 10:04 AM (mxEar)

133

The worst part about that stupid wig thing has to be the announcer making it sound like the dumb bitch broke her ankle or something. Unbelievable that they could eject a fan for making fun of a player when the game was in timeout. As if anyone needs a reason to not go to these crap fests

Posted by: imp at July 30, 2025 10:05 AM (g6TN6)

134 Posted by: nurse ratched at July 30, 2025 10:03 AM (qDyMg)
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Bueno, thank you very much! Did you get tsunamied?

Posted by: Weasel at July 30, 2025 10:06 AM (vt7xw)

135 What makes the dildo green? Is it recyclable?
Posted by: Bulg at July 30, 2025 10:04 AM

It is made of natural free range fair trade rubber.

Posted by: toby928 at July 30, 2025 10:06 AM (jc0TO)

136 It would be hilarious if he were to remove his cap

To reveal

A mullet.

Posted by: nurse ratched

Uccello libero!!!!!!

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at July 30, 2025 10:06 AM (OUMaO)

137 He needs to lose the hat and do his hair in a man bun. Maybe a gold nose ring. He would look like 20 million American guys today.

Posted by: Case at July 30, 2025 10:06 AM (q3kYF)

138

Also surprised there wasn't some scramble and pile up on top of the green dildo.

Posted by: imp at July 30, 2025 10:07 AM (g6TN6)

139 Do the Palestinians have a Constitution? What are their system of laws? Do they have local elections? Do they have a Central Bank? Can they maintain their own infrastructure ( power, water, comms ) ?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 30, 2025 10:08 AM (PiwSw)

140 A mullet.

Posted by: nurse ratched

Uccello libero!!!!!!
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at July 30, 2025 10:06 AM (OUMaO)

I haz sadz. Ciampino would have liked this...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 30, 2025 10:08 AM (PiwSw)

141 Fan Ejected for Laughing After Player’s Wig Falls off Mid-Game

*********

Alopecia Jackson had an amazing college career at Bald State University.

Posted by: muldoon at July 30, 2025 10:09 AM (poXs5)

142 hilarious if he were to remove his cap

A festive little hat?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 30, 2025 10:10 AM (BDPQB)

143 130 What makes the dildo green? Is it recyclable?
____

Meaning, can all the players use it? Then yes.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 30, 2025 10:10 AM (Dv3i1)

144 Did Hawaii flip over?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 30, 2025 10:10 AM (uqNg8)

145 I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords.

YouTube will now use AI to predict your age ... and require government ID if it thinks you're a kid

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Lying Dogface Pony Soldier at July 30, 2025 10:13 AM (L/fGl)

146 144 Did Hawaii flip over?
Posted by: Boss Moss

The concern is over Guam, and it's not a joke!!!

Posted by: Representative Hank Johnson at July 30, 2025 10:13 AM (JCZqz)

147 Thanks ! 29 again...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 30, 2025 09:57 AM

Happy birfday!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 30, 2025 10:14 AM (dPfyF)

148 Just realeased - GDP for the quarter BEAT expectations, and grew nicely. Just yesterday all the of the leftist financial scribes were wondering if it was going to be negative, and oh what would Trump do then? Well nothing except Smile and Wave, since once again Trump was right and all of the wonderful prognosticators were wrong.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 30, 2025 10:14 AM (uWKK8)

149 Sounds like you guys are talking about team names in The UK.

Posted by: Dreamingrobot at July 30, 2025 10:14 AM (LZSsH)

150 Dear Sir or Ma'am...please shave your sideburns at least two inches. They offend my eyes.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 30, 2025 10:15 AM (6PCLE)

151 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at July 30, 2025 10:15 AM (aBgBM)

152
Meh,, this painting needs a happy little green dildo

Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at July 30, 2025 10:15 AM (5hfjS)

153 Ecce Homo?
Posted by: sjdance at July 30, 2025 09:35 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 30, 2025 10:16 AM (dPfyF)

154 Renaissance Mannix Babe.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 30, 2025 10:16 AM (DYnHh)

155
There once was this guy, Altoviti
Who was just improbably priti.
His look was so soft,
And his hair had great loft,
But his back was all hairy and..dammit, Muldoon!

Posted by: Bombadil at July 30, 2025 10:16 AM (MX0bI)

156 Just realeased - GDP for the quarter BEAT expectations, and grew nicely.

-----------------

Unexpectedly!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 30, 2025 10:18 AM (DYnHh)

157 The game at the Gateway Center Arena came to a halt late in the fourth quarter over what was initially reported as a green object being thrown onto the court. It was later revealed to be a green dildo.
Posted by: SMOD at July 30, 2025 10:03 AM (RHGPo)

I assume that the initial confusion stemmed from no one in the WNBA being familiar with a penis.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 10:18 AM (ExV1e)

158 DEI police chief scolds Americans for sharing videos of black mob attacking white couple .. cause it makes her look incompetent

Posted by: SMOD at July 30, 2025 10:18 AM (RHGPo)

159
Do the Palestinians have a Constitution? What are their system of laws? Do they have local elections? Do they have a Central Bank? Can they maintain their own infrastructure ( power, water, comms ) ?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 30, 2025 10:08 AM (PiwSw)

________

It's like the Irish. They blame being a shithole on being occupied, but when they get independence they just continue right along being a shithole.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 10:19 AM (HZi96)

160 Did Renaissance Banks give away toasters and Mr. Coffees when you opened a new account? I miss that!

Posted by: Did They Chain Their Pens, Too? at July 30, 2025 10:20 AM (G5+As)

161 The media is still reporting the shooter's rifle as an "M4." It was not. There is clearly no select fire switch in the photo's of the rifle.

Posted by: front toward enemy at July 30, 2025 10:20 AM (TIizU)

162 There once was this guy, Altoviti
Who was just improbably priti.
His look was so soft,
And his hair had great loft,
But his back was all hairy and..dammit, Muldoon!

Posted by: Bombadil at July 30, 2025 10:16 AM (MX0bI)

--------------

... twitti?
... gritti?
... switti?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 30, 2025 10:21 AM (DYnHh)

163 But does he have good jeans

Posted by: NP at July 30, 2025 10:21 AM (HcoTw)

164
Just realeased - GDP for the quarter BEAT expectations, and grew nicely.

_______

The "experts" told me tariffs were going to plunge us into another Great Depression. And James Carville - THE James Carville! - said Trump wouldn't last three months.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 10:22 AM (HZi96)

165 Shove a salami down Bindo's pants and strap a a Flying V plugged into a Marshall amp on him: the Glam Metal Rock Star is born!

This Raffaello guy, if he doesn't up come up with a case of syphilis and a drinking problem, has a shot, a real shot at dethroning that Kincade guy as the #1 shopping mall artist.

This painting is a mind blow. Such control over the dynamic range of the light, high and to the left, and how it plays out across Bindo's face and clothing. Never harsh, detail where it must be, shadows that make those details essential. The composition places the chin dead center and in immediate tension the right eye. Such subtlety, serenity. Great pick CBD. I can only partially imagine what it would be like to see this painting in a museum.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 30, 2025 10:22 AM (9vYpt)

166 You can't blame the Irish. It's impossible for white people to establish a civilization on a landmass that isn't shaped like anything.

Australia, too.

Posted by: Bombadil at July 30, 2025 10:22 AM (MX0bI)

167 Now they've gone too far!

Federal Judge Orders Sydney Sweeney To Gain 100 Pounds And Get One Of Those Butch Haircuts https://buff.ly/7RIAiQA (The Bee)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 30, 2025 10:22 AM (Dv3i1)

168

I assume that the initial confusion stemmed from no one in the WNBA being familiar with a penis.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Lol, I'm certain they ALL know their way around a dildo, the confusion probably came from them all having to check to make sure the ones they keep inside them on game day didn't fall out

Posted by: imp at July 30, 2025 10:22 AM (g6TN6)

169 160 I think the Fuggers gave out toasters…

Posted by: Bulg at July 30, 2025 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

170 The "experts" told me tariffs were going to plunge us into another Great Depression.

Just cuz they haven't done it yet doesn't mean they won't. -- Experts R Us

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 10:23 AM (ExV1e)

171
THE James Carville! - said Trump wouldn't last three months.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I think his original prediction was six weeks.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 30, 2025 10:23 AM (63Dwl)

172 The Bowery, the Bowery,
The Bowery pays a lot.
The Bowery pays you six percent,
While Bindo and his crooked banksters,
Simply do not!

Posted by: Bowery Savings Bank, 1965 at July 30, 2025 10:24 AM (G5+As)

173
Hochul, predictably, is blaming lax gun laws in other states for the shooting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 10:25 AM (HZi96)

174 Carville has a “THE” now? Who does he think he is, that school in Columbus?

Posted by: Bulg at July 30, 2025 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

175 I saw Green Dildo open for the Dead Milkmen in a punk club in Philly back in '87.

At some point they decided that "Green Day" was a more marketing-friendly name.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 30, 2025 10:26 AM (qpyNK)

176 That guy has a neck like an alpaca.

Posted by: front toward enemy at July 30, 2025 10:26 AM (TIizU)

177 Speaking of shootings in NYC, when does that PoS Mangioni go on trial?

Posted by: Bulg at July 30, 2025 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

178 > Federal Judge Orders Sydney Sweeney To Gain 100 Pounds And Get One Of Those Butch Haircuts https://buff.ly/7RIAiQA (The Bee)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 30, 2025 10:22 AM (Dv3i1)

Don't forget the prison tatts and so many piercings she looks like the victim of some horrific tacklebox accident.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 30, 2025 10:27 AM (qpyNK)

179 Tinder pic? Normal size head, body like a beluga.

Posted by: TC at July 30, 2025 10:27 AM (cHOHf)

180 Hochul, predictably, is blaming lax gun laws in other states for the shooting.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Nope. Lax driver's license laws. If sensible DL control laws existed this guy never would have been able to drive to NYC.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 30, 2025 10:27 AM (9vYpt)

181 Are green dildos a renewable resource?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 30, 2025 10:27 AM (uqNg8)

182 What makes the dildo green?

Envy.

Posted by: DaveA at July 30, 2025 10:29 AM (FhXTo)

183 I think his original prediction was six weeks.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 30, 2025 10:23 AM (63Dwl)

In fairness to Carville, he didn't specify WHICH six weeks.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 10:29 AM (ExV1e)

184 The offensive translator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc8tfioOKvU

Posted by: Archimedes at July 30, 2025 10:29 AM (Riz8t)

185 Painted by a master...and it shows

excellent work

Posted by: kallisto at July 30, 2025 10:29 AM (dCxaZ)

186 Was it really a "dildo"? If it had a motor it would be a vibrator, or was it a butt plug? This needs to be investigated and not just glossed over.

Posted by: Blue Ribbon Commission at July 30, 2025 10:30 AM (G5+As)

187 Kind man is unable to extricate a woman from an overturned car , so he holds her hand until more help arrives:

https://tinyurl.com/y522cf42

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 10:31 AM (2GCMq)

188 GDP for the quarter BEAT expectations, and grew nicely.

Am I supposed to believe that? All economic news from government agencies is now suspect due to purges of "non-loyalists"

A cooked book diversion from epstein. That uptick couldn’t possibly be due to everything being more expensive because of the tariffs could it?

Maybe things have improved for the upper class. not where I am tho. Prices are getting ridiculous. Veggies are not in good shape, etc. And eggs are still too damn high.

I retired this spring from a national homebuilding company. They are laying people off right and left in our area. Employees are stressed and worried.

I, and those around me, are living the "anecdotal evidence." Certainly nothing has improved for me personally.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 30, 2025 10:31 AM (JCZqz)

189
Painted by a master...and it shows

excellent work
Posted by: kallisto at July 30, 2025 10:29 AM (dCxaZ)

__________

Masterful painting, poor subject. Now Sydney Sweeney painted by Raphael....

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 10:31 AM (HZi96)

190 Morning, Art Folken,

This is a painting of the young Kid Rock?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:32 AM (omVj0)

191 I saw Green Dildo open for the Dead Milkmen in a punk club in Philly back in '87.

"Green Dildo" was the Lemon Pipers' unsuccessful follow-up to "Green Tambourine."

Posted by: John Bindo Jingleheimer Altovidi at July 30, 2025 10:32 AM (Dg2sF)

192 That gal has some healthy sideburns.

Posted by: fd at July 30, 2025 10:33 AM (vFG9F)

193
I, and those around me, are living the "anecdotal evidence." Certainly nothing has improved for me personally.

----------

Life is hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 10:34 AM (JkO4W)

194 For myself, Raphael is technically great, but soulless.

Plus, he had the misfortune to be an artist at the same time and era as Caravaggio and Michel-fucking-angelo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 10:35 AM (bss/y)

195 I suck just three dicks and everyone thinks I'm gay.

------Bendo Altoviti

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 30, 2025 10:35 AM (g8Ew8)

196 192 That gal has some healthy sideburns.
Posted by: fd

So, similar to the ladies leaked in the Tea app spillage...except prettier.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 30, 2025 10:35 AM (JCZqz)

197 "I saw Green Dildo open for the Dead Milkmen in a punk club in Philly back in '87."

Green Day cover band?

Posted by: fd at July 30, 2025 10:35 AM (vFG9F)

198 He does bear a resemblance to Elijah Wood.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 30, 2025 09:45 AM

Now I can't unsee it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 30, 2025 10:36 AM (dPfyF)

199 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 10:31 AM (HZi96)

She's an attractive woman but he probably wouldn't paint her with much of her décolletage showing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 10:36 AM (2GCMq)

200 Anecdotal Evidence > Useful Idiots

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 30, 2025 10:37 AM (JvZF+)

201 Dead Milkmen was an actual group in the late 90's, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 10:37 AM (bss/y)

202 Last weekend we saw the Fantastic Four.

It was fun. Not woke at all. No sucker punches.

But the main villain, Galactus reminded me of this guy:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062851/

and made me laugh a bit.

Of Superman and the FF, I think Superman was the better summer movie and a lot more fun to watch.

Both are worth watching, however on the big screen with a great sound system.

Check them out.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 30, 2025 10:39 AM (iJfKG)

203 If this guy were around today, he'd live in San Francisco and drive a Mata.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:40 AM (omVj0)

204 Miata, I meant.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:40 AM (omVj0)

205 >201 Dead Milkmen was an actual group in the late 90's, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 10:37 AM (bss/y)

When not singing about bitchin' Camaros, they sang this:
https://youtu.be/ZyaK3jo4Sl4?feature=shared

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 30, 2025 10:40 AM (NgqoH)

206 202 Last weekend we saw the Fantastic Four.

It was fun. Not woke at all. No sucker punches.

---------

But did Pedro Pascal lick any green dildos?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 10:40 AM (JkO4W)

207 Altoviti had a couple of children so it's quite possible he was not gay.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 10:41 AM (2GCMq)

208 204 Miata, I meant.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:40 AM (omVj0)

Hey, Wolfus.

I drove this with pride.

https://tinyurl.com/4a7944z3

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 10:42 AM (bss/y)

209 But did Pedro Pascal lick any green dildos?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 10:40 AM (JkO4W)

As I understand it, he portrayed a heterosexual reasonably well so he may be looking at an Oscar.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 10:42 AM (ExV1e)

210 Dead Milkmen were late 80’s!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 30, 2025 10:42 AM (F+xcO)

211 Due to the similarity of her name to that of today’s art subject, I did an image search on Bindi Irwin. Talk about a weird face. She bears an unfortunate resemblance to Greta, but with this huge mouth. At least she uses it to smile, unlike Greta.

Posted by: Bulg at July 30, 2025 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

212 Dead Milkmen

Punk Rock Girl vid filmed on South Street

ahh memories

the irony is the Milkmen weren't really punk

Posted by: kallisto at July 30, 2025 10:43 AM (dCxaZ)

213 If this guy were around today, he'd live in San Francisco and drive a Miata.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:40 AM (omVj0)

------------------

And he'd never miss squat day at the gym.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 30, 2025 10:43 AM (VOLAr)

214 Boyz 2 Men filmed a video a few doors down from me in the early 90s

The Lights! the Cameras! the Groupies!

a sight to behold

Posted by: kallisto at July 30, 2025 10:44 AM (dCxaZ)

215 >>> Dead Milkmen was an actual group in the late 90's, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD

>Dead Milkman are a cover band for the Grateful Dead. People still travel to see them because all of that LSD isn't being consumed by anyone younger than 50.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 30, 2025 10:44 AM (u/fjM)

216 Have the happiest of birthday's Donna.

By next year's birthday, we'll all forget about the WNBA green dildo on your last birthday.

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 15.5 % at July 30, 2025 10:45 AM (jvJvP)

217 Dear Sir or Ma'am...please shave your sideburns at least two inches. They offend my eyes.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 30, 2025

***
That's what my high school told guys in the late Sixties and early Seventies. No mustaches or beards either, and we all had to dress like young ladies and gentlemen -- dresses or skirts and blouses, khakis and collared shirts, no T-shirts or jeans at school. I kinda miss those days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:45 AM (omVj0)

218 I saw Dead Milkmen open for The Dead Presidents at the Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium in 1992.

Posted by: Confused Moron at July 30, 2025 10:46 AM (JCZqz)

219 When not singing about bitchin' Camaros, they sang this:
https://youtu.be/ZyaK3jo4Sl4?feature=shared
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 30, 2025 10:40 AM (NgqoH)

That's... horrible.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 10:46 AM (bss/y)

220 I drove this with pride.

https://tinyurl.com/4a7944z3
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025

***
Sharp-looking car -- like a Jaguar E-Type's younger brother! I'd buy one myself, but the roads here are too lousy to drive a sporty small car on comfortably. Maybe someday . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:47 AM (omVj0)

221 >That's... horrible.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 10:46 AM (bss/y)

The heavy Delco accent cracks me up everytime.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 30, 2025 10:49 AM (NgqoH)

222 That's what my high school told guys in the late Sixties and early Seventies. No mustaches or beards either, and we all had to dress like young ladies and gentlemen -- dresses or skirts and blouses, khakis and collared shirts, no T-shirts or jeans at school. I kinda miss those days.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:45 AM (omVj0)

Boys' haircuts had to be high and tight in my HS. And no, I don't miss those days.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 30, 2025 10:49 AM (g8Ew8)

223 Sharp-looking car -- like a Jaguar E-Type's younger brother! I'd buy one myself, but the roads here are too lousy to drive a sporty small car on comfortably. Maybe someday . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:47 AM (omVj0)

It was beautiful. Like a Triumph Spitfire that you could actually drive!

Plus a miata is a LOT of fun to drive. For the money? Hard to beat.

Not for really tall or fat people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 10:49 AM (bss/y)

224 I drove this with pride.

https://tinyurl.com/4a7944z3
Posted by: Aetius451AD

So, in June with a rainbow flag flying and non-binary they/them in the passenger seat ready to give you consensual road head during a parade?

Posted by: Confused Moron at July 30, 2025 10:51 AM (JCZqz)

225 Sharp-looking car -- like a Jaguar E-Type's younger brother! I'd buy one myself, but the roads here are too lousy to drive a sporty small car on comfortably. Maybe someday . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:47 AM (omVj0)

It was beautiful. Like a Triumph Spitfire that you could actually drive!

Plus a miata is a LOT of fun to drive. For the money? Hard to beat.

Not for really tall or fat people.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025

***
And a convertible or roadster in a climate too hot for human beings ten months a year? Seems kinda pointless.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:51 AM (omVj0)

226 Bindo Altoviti was from a wealthy and powerful family and was a very successful banker and patron of the arts. He was a close friend of Raphael and many other Renaissance painters of his era. His mother was niece to the pope and one of his direct descendants became pope.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 30, 2025 10:52 AM (wZlsB)

227 >Not for really tall or fat people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 10:49 AM (bss/y)

I test drove one when I got my first big gig. At almost 6' 5" it was a no go. But it felt quick and the gearbox was really slick. Very short throws and precise.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 30, 2025 10:52 AM (NgqoH)

228 The sideburn doesn't look right. No seriously--it doesn't. It looks like a older man's sideburn, not a young man's sideburn.

Posted by: Crusader at July 30, 2025 10:53 AM (TN0g+)

229 Doesn't look swarthy enough for an Italican.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 30, 2025 10:54 AM (mlg/3)

230 I test drove one when I got my first big gig. At almost 6' 5" it was a no go. But it felt quick and the gearbox was really slick. Very short throws and precise.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 30, 2025 10:52 AM (NgqoH)

I had two of the 2001 SEs (long story involving a semi.) The gearbox on the first one (only 6k miles when I got it) was smooth as silk. The 2nd one (like 29k miles on it when I got it) was ... notchy between 2nd and 3rd. Still better than most but just a bit off.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 10:54 AM (bss/y)

231 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. So...tsunamigedeon?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 30, 2025 10:55 AM (W/lyH)

232 Doesn't look swarthy enough for an Italican.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 30, 2025

***
Them Northern Italicans is pretty fair.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:55 AM (omVj0)

233 portraiture is my least favorite painting genre. I don't know why the Mona Lisa is the most popular painting in the world. I think it is because people are told its supposed to be so they jump on the band wagon.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2025 10:56 AM (VofaG)

234 Northern Italy has more wealth per square mile than even Germany.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 30, 2025 10:56 AM (uqNg8)

235 There's a 2016 Mazda Miata in black with tan interior for sale through CarGurus, under $21,000.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 10:58 AM (omVj0)

236 Northern Italy has more wealth per square mile than even Germany.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 30, 2025 10:56 AM (uqNg

That's where all the best Italian food is too.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 30, 2025 10:58 AM (g8Ew8)

237 Northern Italy has more wealth per square mile than even Germany.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 30, 2025 10:56 AM (uqNg

An Italian billionaire ruined my retirement.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2025 10:58 AM (VofaG)

238 Let’s judge the fashion of other ages by our current moirés rather than try to understand the past on its own terms. It strikes as a kind of temporal provincialism.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 30, 2025 11:00 AM (wZlsB)

239 Oprah's still a Pig and Probably White...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 30, 2025 11:00 AM (TGPs7)

240 I was a passenger in a Miata for a 2 1/2 hour trip on I-10.

Never again.

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2025 11:00 AM (VofaG)

241 Noodus mannicus

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 11:01 AM (omVj0)

242 Let’s judge the fashion of other ages by our current moirés rather than try to understand the past on its own terms. It strikes as a kind of temporal provincialism.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 30, 2025 11:00 AM (wZlsB)

Presentism

Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2025 11:01 AM (VofaG)

243
That's... horrible.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 10:46 AM (bss/y)

The heavy Delco accent cracks me up everytime.
Posted by: Heavy Meta

The living envying the dead horrible

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 11:02 AM (xG4kz)

244 Hot NOODz!

Posted by: Polka will never die at July 30, 2025 11:02 AM (uxAXv)

245 I was a passenger in a Miata for a 2 1/2 hour trip on I-10.

Never again.
Posted by: polynikes

Ai Columbus~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 30, 2025 11:02 AM (mlg/3)

246 Northern Italians are Lombards. The Lombards were a German tribe that conquered northern Italy. Northern Italy is German, only nowadays they speak Italian.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 30, 2025 11:03 AM (wZlsB)

247 What! Am I chopped liver?

Posted by: Fabio at July 30, 2025 11:06 AM (ZmEVT)

248 Beautifully done. Looks like Sydney's brother.

I'd pass hanging it, but it's nice it's in the National Gallery if anyone was interested.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 30, 2025 11:07 AM (NFX2v)

249 temporal provincialism

Ayup. I'm usin' that term.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 30, 2025 11:28 AM (vd6bO)

250 what is striking about this particular work is that Raphael's trademark jewel tones are not present

he is expert at rendering subjects in high key as well as low key palettes

some artists get into a groove and don't really wish to stray

Posted by: kallisto at July 30, 2025 12:59 PM (dCxaZ)

251 46 "...Gesundheit!"
kumzoutloos!

Posted by: cmeat at July 30, 2025 01:30 PM (GAyiy)

252 looks like he got caught in the act. that's plinko the croat's hand.

Posted by: cmeat at July 30, 2025 01:38 PM (GAyiy)

253 124 "Why not wear stiletto heels and a ball gown while you're at it?"
this concept deserves serious development.

Posted by: cmeat at July 30, 2025 01:56 PM (hmebG)

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