Mountain Lakes & Fakes Cafe

A lake in the French mountains
by Jumpy_Lake_5981

A photography trick. I mean, a photography illusion. Tricks are what whores do for money. And some more photography whores.

Another photography whore. (I think the cat is on a telephone wire in foreground.)

Give me a squad of 10,000 of these dogs and we'll never see flooding again.

I've linked a video like this before -- but not this specific one. When they say "hippos are surprisingly fast in the water," they're not lying.

Farmer Fran makes her rounds.

Cats don't get enough credit. Probably because they're evil agents of chaos.

She would like you to admire her beaver.

Kangaroo fatigue is real.

This parrot is only a few IQ points slower than Dana Bash.

Manta ray shows off.

"They're demonstrating classic swarming behavior." "Yeah, they're swarming this way."

Big Tish James on an Indian holiday.

A beluga, which I'm now calling the Golden Retriever of the Sea, clowns around with some kids.

I guess dinner was a hit.

Oh what a cute little kitty-cat.

Brave baby elephant isn't afraid to step up to a chicken.

Golden retrievers being silly.

Koala and cub.

Some impressive agricultural technology.

This kid is the King of Cornhole.

What a journey.

Switzerland is full of places that don‘t even feel real! pic.twitter.com/KJCI3ZupWC
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) February 15, 2024

Tigers with a frozen milk brick on a hot day pic.twitter.com/1yKjEgQGez
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) August 21, 2025

The hunted becomes the hunter.

Oleeeee bravo bull! pic.twitter.com/cB3Ifp6guY
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) August 21, 2025

Some one in a million shots:

Coincidental moments. pic.twitter.com/YQAageUcsg
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) August 20, 2025

Another great shot.

Posted by: Ace at 07:43 PM

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1 Prime

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2025 07:43 PM (kkTda)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2025 07:43 PM (+qU29)

3 Hadrian you get em, Past my bedtime and only time for 1 video

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2025 07:44 PM (+qU29)

4
*polishes fingernails on lapel*

*examines them with a self-satisfied air*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2025 07:44 PM (kkTda)

5 Gyaaaah! Just tried my Kraken Scorpion hot pepper. The merest tiny nibble. A river of pain, just as advertised.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 21, 2025 07:45 PM (kpS4V)

6 Called the others on the thread below.

Posted by: gdgm+ at August 21, 2025 07:46 PM (C5GSe)

7 Gyaaaah! Just tried my Kraken Scorpion hot pepper. The merest tiny nibble. A river of pain, just as advertised.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 21, 2025 07:45 PM

Time to reconsider wearing pants for The Book Thread?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

8 Oleee Bravo Bull

1. Looks like some spectators picked a bad day to wear a red shirt.

2. The bull, he no always lose, senor.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 21, 2025 07:51 PM (wVcYX)

9 Are there frogs in that lake?

Asking for the Commentariat.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

10 Gyaaaah! Just tried my Kraken Scorpion hot pepper. The merest tiny nibble. A river of pain, just as advertised.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

In Soviet Russia, Kraken release you.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2025 07:51 PM (DgGvY)

11 Switzerland is fake like a movie set. They put it all away at nightfall.

Posted by: I Found Out at August 21, 2025 07:52 PM (G5+As)

12 Gyaaaah! Just tried my Kraken Scorpion hot pepper. The merest tiny nibble. A river of pain, just as advertised.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 21, 2025 07:45 PM (kpS4V)
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The name of the hot pepper wasn't warning enough?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 21, 2025 07:53 PM (IBQGV)

13 This kid is the King of Cornhole.

Offense wins games.

Defense wins championships.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2025 07:53 PM (DgGvY)

14 Goldens and belugas. Starting to worry that we might be related.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2025 07:53 PM (viF8m)

15 Never play cornhole with a penguin. They are very bad losers.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 21, 2025 07:54 PM (vFG9F)

16 >> I've linked a video like this before -- but not this specific one. When they say "hippos are surprisingly fast in the water," they're not lying.

The X readers context is interesting. It states the boat is going slow and hippos have a max speed of 5mph.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 21, 2025 07:54 PM (d61JP)

17 >>>She would like you to admire her beaver.

A little too young I would say.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 21, 2025 07:55 PM (i24o9)

18 Consarnit! Reading comments in last thread and realize a nood is up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 07:55 PM (zZu0s)

19 I'm going to wait for Ben Had to weigh in with a professional opinion on Farmer Fran's horse feeding technique.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 07:55 PM (0sNs1)

20 The name of the hot pepper wasn't warning enough?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 21, 2025 07:53 PM (IBQGV)
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"Hmmm, covered with symbols of flaming painful death. Must be delicious!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2025 07:55 PM (ZOv7s)

21 The name of the hot pepper wasn't warning enough?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 21, 2025 07:53 PM (IBQGV)
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Well I had to try it.

They should name one "Basket of Kittens" but it has a 55,000,000 Scoville rating.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 21, 2025 07:56 PM (kpS4V)

22 Ole

Bull 1
People 0

Posted by: Marcus T at August 21, 2025 07:56 PM (d61JP)

23 Gaur, is a strange looking beast.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 07:57 PM (MGY3l)

24 This is a good quip from last thread:
I mean, feel free. You’re “just asking questions” but understand, the question most people are hearing is, “Am I a douche?” Yes, yes you are.
Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 21, 2025 07:46 PM (hlNLQ)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 07:58 PM (zZu0s)

25 Once in a while I might have a rainy day or flat tire on vacation, but Dr. Quincy, ME had the worst string of luck. Every time he went on a cruse, vacation, or convention, some mystery communicable disease came up . What are the chances?

Posted by: Was He A Carrier? at August 21, 2025 07:59 PM (G5+As)

26 Time to reconsider wearing pants for The Book Thread?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

Hell need both gold bond healing AND prep H for his exit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 08:00 PM (zZu0s)

27 What are the chances?
Posted by: Was He A Carrier? at August 21, 2025 07:59 PM (G5+As)

Isn't that the Jessica Fletcher argument?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 08:01 PM (zZu0s)

28
Diana to the chiropractor today. Her weight is up from 55 to 59 pounds and the vet said she was easier to work with than ever. No treadmill for another month to give her the opportunity to put on more weight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2025 08:01 PM (kkTda)

29 Isn't that the Jessica Fletcher argument?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 08:01 PM (zZu0s)
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She's really a serial killer, but frames other people.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2025 08:02 PM (ZOv7s)

30 No pants necessary, I hope. I have a dragon's digestive system. It's just my palate that's sensitive.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 21, 2025 08:02 PM (kpS4V)

31
*gets out of recliner*

*adjusts rabbit ears on thread*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2025 08:09 PM (kkTda)

32 Some impressive agricultural technology.

Massively specialized tech, massively specialized tech, massively specialized tech, dudes putting hand-picked stuff on a conveyor belt, massively specialized tech, massively specialized tech, hand-cranked corncob peeler from your great-grandpa's barn, massively specialized tech.....

And the narrator just gave up about 8:00.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2025 08:11 PM (DgGvY)

33 Being of Swiss descent, I find those images to be strangely tugging at me.

Never having set foot in my families homeland, it seems odd to feel that way.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2025 08:11 PM (a1415)

34
Has the Rapture taken the Horde?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2025 08:12 PM (kkTda)

35 Hadrian, Good news about Diana.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 08:14 PM (dxWFK)

36 34 Has the Rapture taken the Horde?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2025 08:12 PM (kkTda)

That's impossible. I mean, we're still here.
... oh right

Posted by: gKWVE at August 21, 2025 08:14 PM (gKWVE)

37 33 Being of Swiss descent, I find those images to be strangely tugging at me.

Never having set foot in my families homeland, it seems odd to feel that way.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Can you even yodel at all?

Posted by: Little Old Lady Who at August 21, 2025 08:15 PM (G5+As)

38 Rapture taken the Horde?"

Blondie?

Posted by: man at August 21, 2025 08:15 PM (tubbA)

39 34
Has the Rapture taken the Horde?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2025 08:12 PM (kkTda)

Do I seem like the "Rapture" type to you?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2025 08:15 PM (ZGxq/)

40 Hadrian, I saw your comment yesterday about composer Franz Krommer, and I was not familiar with him, so I put his name in on youtube. The first piece of his that popped up was a beautiful clarinet concerto. I loved it -- so wonderful. Just wanted to let you know that when you mention a piece of music or a composer I don't know I look it up and learn something. Thank you.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 21, 2025 08:15 PM (mZ/55)

41 FeTV is replacing Quincy with the Jeffersons.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2025 08:15 PM (63Dwl)

42 Has the Rapture taken the Horde?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2025 08:12 PM (kkTda)

The impressive agricultural technology has.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 21, 2025 08:15 PM (i24o9)

43 *gets out of recliner*

*adjusts rabbit ears on thread*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2025 08:09 PM (kkTda)

****

Ooooo!
Fancy with your rabbit ears!
We were lucky to find enough foil gum wrappers to string together.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 21, 2025 08:15 PM (2WIwB)

44 She would like you to admire her beaver.

She should have it stuffed. It's trying to eat its own tail.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2025 08:16 PM (DgGvY)

45 Cracker Barrel's CEO is only qualified to be a disc jockey.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 21, 2025 08:17 PM (D+kq4)

46 Has the Rapture taken the Horde?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The impressive agricultural technology has.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

It was a long video.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2025 08:17 PM (DgGvY)

47 Calviniats.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 21, 2025 08:18 PM (D+kq4)

48 33 Village Idiot's Apprentice

When we visited Germany while I son was studying there, I had the exact same feeling -- I am 97% German and I had this odd sense of being connected to that land. I didn't expect that at all.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 21, 2025 08:18 PM (mZ/55)

49 "FeTV is replacing Quincy with the Jeffersons.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. "

Movin' on up!

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 21, 2025 08:18 PM (vFG9F)

50 The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released 50 years ago on September 26th, 1975.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 08:18 PM (0sNs1)

51 Bats are known to pollute lakes and contaminate scenic locales. What was once known as The Lake In the French Mountains, what was once a refuge for working mother s and children no longer exists. Bats overwhelmed the habitat with their demonic presence and it is no longer safe for humans.

Posted by: Bat Facts at August 21, 2025 08:18 PM (g47mK)

52 When we visited Germany while I son was studying there, I had the exact same feeling -- I am 97% German and I had this odd sense of being connected to that land. I didn't expect that at all.
Posted by: TecumsehTea

You know who else had a great love and affinity for the Fatherland? And was a terrific dancer?

Posted by: Franz Liebkind at August 21, 2025 08:20 PM (G5+As)

53 33 Being of Swiss descent, I find those images to be strangely tugging at me.

Never having set foot in my families homeland, it seems odd to feel that way.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2025 08:11 PM (a1415)

Are you sure about that?
https://youtu.be/gOO-tEjF9UE

Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2025 08:20 PM (ZGxq/)

54 Lordamighty, I knew agriculture was beginning to be automated, but I had no idea …

Posted by: RebeccaH at August 21, 2025 08:20 PM (VFung)

55 Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 21, 2025 08:15 PM (mZ/55)

_________

What a nice thing to say! You're welcome. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I have my uses.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2025 08:21 PM (kkTda)

56 Happy Feet was so bad I used the DVD for target practice. Imagine my disgust when they made a sequel.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 08:21 PM (dxWFK)

57 Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet meeeee
Small and white clean and bright
You look happy to meet meeeeee

Posted by: an Austrian at August 21, 2025 08:21 PM (g47mK)

58 "You know who else had a great love and affinity for the Fatherland? And was a terrific dancer?
Posted by: Franz Liebkind"

Do you think you should be asking this kind of question?

Posted by: fd at August 21, 2025 08:22 PM (vFG9F)

59 Those puppies napping after their meal remind me of thanes sleeping off a banquet in the mead hall.

Posted by: Paco at August 21, 2025 08:23 PM (mADJX)

60 Weasel featured an agricultural equipment clip which featured a couple of impressive equipment operators, IIRC.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 08:23 PM (0sNs1)

61 Erica.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 21, 2025 08:23 PM (D+kq4)

62 That is truly amazing.

Talk of family homelands and yodeling reminded me of an old Citibank commercial, which I linked to above.

On YouTube, before you can watch an actual commercial, they are showing ads. You literally have to watch at least a clip of an ad before clicking "skip" in order to watch an ad.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2025 08:23 PM (ZGxq/)

63 I don't dance.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 21, 2025 08:24 PM (mZ/55)

64
Food coma in puppies is a well-known phenomenon. Puppies have two speeds, 100 and 0.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2025 08:24 PM (kkTda)

65 we entered the war against Stalin on the German side then the Holocaust wouldn't have happened.

What? That is an odd one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 08:25 PM (zZu0s)

66 Nobody show my wife that video of the baby beaver or she will be begging for one of her own.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2025 08:25 PM (ZGxq/)

67 >50 The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released 50 years ago on September 26th, 1975.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 08:18 PM (0sNs1)

It's astounding; Time is fleeting; Madness takes its toll...

Posted by: Riff Raff at August 21, 2025 08:26 PM (GTqXr)

68 The agricultural equipment is interesting. I'd like to take one of those combines and chase James Comey across a broad treeless plain.

Posted by: Paco at August 21, 2025 08:26 PM (mADJX)

69 "You know who else had a great love and affinity for the Fatherland? And was a terrific dancer?
Posted by: Franz Liebkind"

Do you think you should be asking this kind of question?

Posted by: fd at August 21, 2025 08:22 PM (vFG9F)

You know who else took issue with asking questions?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 21, 2025 08:26 PM (i24o9)

70 Nobody show my wife that video of the baby beaver or she will be begging for one of her own.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2025 08:25 PM

They're quite nice, actually.

Posted by: Winona at August 21, 2025 08:26 PM (0sNs1)

71 Aetius

ooops

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 08:28 PM (V1cYe)

72 Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet meeeee
Small and white clean and bright
You look happy to meet meeeeee
Posted by: an Austrian at August 21, 2025 08:21 PM (g47mK)

Pulls up copy of Rammstein's "Dicke Titten".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 21, 2025 08:28 PM (/HDaX)

73 If you can't do the knee slap dance in lederhosen and festive hat w/feather, you ain't a Kraut.

Posted by: Klaus Klinglehoff at August 21, 2025 08:29 PM (G5+As)

74 A river of pain, just as advertised.

Why would you do that? I mean, what's the upside?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 21, 2025 08:29 PM (3nLb4)

75 "Are you sure about that?
https://youtu.be/gOO-tEjF9UE"

So If one were to know our actual last name, it would be safe to assume that we come from pure German lineage.

Bugt as it turns out, at the time in the 17th century that our forefather came to America, the small town that he came from was at the time inside the borders of Switzerland. And has gone back and forth several times from Swiss to German, and back again.

So...despite believing that we were German, we are actually of Swiss stock.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2025 08:30 PM (a1415)

76
Remember the motto of the Bengal Lancers.

Don't ask questions, you only get answers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2025 08:30 PM (kkTda)

77 Nobody show my wife that video of the baby beaver or she will be begging for one of her own.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2025 08:25 PM

She . . . wants another?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 21, 2025 08:30 PM (i24o9)

78 Re: the girl showing off her beaver. It is true not all beavers are as cute as that one.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 21, 2025 08:31 PM (kUNa5)

79 All that farm tech will be AI driven soon. Bloomberg is an a hole and expects not to need people to farm.

Posted by: Accomack at August 21, 2025 08:31 PM (6cOjz)

80 So...despite believing that we were German, we are actually of Swiss stock.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2025 08:30 PM (a1415)

My dad fixed that one. German *and* Swiss.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 21, 2025 08:32 PM (/HDaX)

81 50 The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released 50 years ago on September 26th, 1975.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 08:18 PM

That comment number. Who says there isn't kismet?

Posted by: Dr. Scott at August 21, 2025 08:32 PM (AVPA2)

82 73 If you can't do the knee slap dance in lederhosen and festive hat w/feather, you ain't a Kraut. - Klaus Klinglehoff

Don't forget the hand bells and the yodeling. Or is that just the Swiss?

Posted by: Paco at August 21, 2025 08:32 PM (mADJX)

83 " Re: the girl showing off her beaver. It is true not all beavers are as cute as that one."

Buy a girl a beaver, and next thing you know, she wants to go shagging.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2025 08:32 PM (a1415)

84 AI gonna be able to service and repair all that farm tech?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 08:33 PM (dxWFK)

85 fun fact beavers refer to female beaver junk as the sydney sweeney

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 08:33 PM (V1cYe)

86 84 haha no. And it will lie about when it was last serviced.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 21, 2025 08:34 PM (kUNa5)

87 AI gonna be able to service and repair all that farm tech?

robots

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 08:34 PM (V1cYe)

88 Beaver Facts: It is not actually a stork that delivers babies.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 21, 2025 08:34 PM (i24o9)

89 76 Remember the motto of the Bengal Lancers.

Don't ask questions, you only get answers. - Hadrian the Seventh

I thought it was "Let go when you stick a fat one."

Posted by: Paco at August 21, 2025 08:34 PM (mADJX)

90 However much you hate Big Penguin, it's not enough.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 08:34 PM (0sNs1)

91 So...despite believing that we were German, we are actually of Swiss stock.

==

There is an easy test. No , not genetics. Those are inaccurate. With which statement do you most agree:

A) If you ever ask me about my money, or my salary you will not visit my house ever again.
B) I feel like invading my neighbors to the East.

Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 08:35 PM (g47mK)

92 I'm watching that Charlton Heston/Christian Bale version of "Treasure Island", with Oliver Reed chewing up the scenery as Billy Bones and Christopher Lee as Blind Pew. Great cast.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 21, 2025 08:35 PM (kpS4V)

93 Beaver Facts: It is not actually a stork that delivers babies.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Of course not. They are found in cabbage patches.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2025 08:36 PM (XeU6L)

94 "Let go when you stick a fat one."
Posted by: Paco at August 21, 2025 08:34 PM

That would be antithetical to my entire literary approach.

Posted by: Stacey A. at August 21, 2025 08:36 PM (0sNs1)

95 Farmer Fran displayed remarkable wisdom from one so young.

"I'm not going that way," is definitely the right thing to say when an emu blocks your path.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2025 08:37 PM (ZGxq/)

96 They will have roadies drive around fixing stuff and will have their families in an urban area.
The country side is for nobility.

Posted by: Accomack at August 21, 2025 08:38 PM (+Bkka)

97 Photography whores link was actually very sweet and cool. The book trick I've seen before but it's still cool to see.

Posted by: Max Power at August 21, 2025 08:38 PM (q177U)

98
Some impressive agricultural technology.

I guess that's the answer to the question: "who will pick our vegetables?"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2025 08:39 PM (63Dwl)

99 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons!

Got the new motor mounts under the engine in the '99 Suburban, and the damned engine still sits cockeyed; low on the left side. Looks like I will have to remove the shim washers I installed yesterday.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 08:40 PM (phXJ2)

100 The TSA has just banned these items in your checked luggage:

Cordless curling irons or flatirons containing gas cartridges.

Butane-fueled curling irons or flat irons.

Gas refills (spare cartridges) for curling irons or flat irons.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 08:40 PM (0sNs1)

101 The TSA has just banned these items in your checked luggage:

Cordless curling irons or flatirons containing gas cartridges.

Butane-fueled curling irons or flat irons.

Gas refills (spare cartridges) for curling irons or flat irons.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 08:40 PM (0sNs1)

Oh, no! What are you going to do now ?!

Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 08:41 PM (g47mK)

102 Got the new motor mounts under the engine in the '99 Suburban, and the damned engine still sits cockeyed; low on the left side. Looks like I will have to remove the shim washers I installed yesterday.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 08:40 PM (phXJ2)

That's... annoying.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 21, 2025 08:41 PM (/HDaX)

103 Are there frogs in that lake?

Asking for the Commentariat.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

That looks like the rim of a cirque. I was in a similar one in the Coast Mountains of B.C. Every bit as jagged and rugged as those Alps.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 08:42 PM (phXJ2)

104 Reading the immigration documents right now, Family came from Sumiswald, Canton Bern, Switzerland on the ship 'Hope' of London, docking in Philadelphia on August 28th, 1733.

And as they say, the rest is history.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2025 08:42 PM (a1415)

105 Wow. Comments 50 and 100. I'm apparently quite quinquagesimatic this evening.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 08:43 PM (0sNs1)

106 ooops
Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 08:28 PM (V1cYe)

It's all right. I am more pissed at these pork rinds. They're horrible.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 08:43 PM (MDEil)

107 "and the damned engine still sits cockeyed; low on the left side."

It's designed that way for driving on the slope of a mountain.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2025 08:44 PM (a1415)

108 Oh, no! What are you going to do now ?!
Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 08:41 PM

Corded ones are still ok, apparently.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 08:45 PM (0sNs1)

109 VIA, one of my cousins did a family history with all the documents. Everything from the ship passage to the indentured servitude.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 08:46 PM (dxWFK)

110 I celebrate lint on laundry day.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 21, 2025 08:46 PM (D+kq4)

111 Huh. I am surprised they allowed butane or propane on in luggage.

Trump would make me very happy if we could kindly liquidate TSA now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 08:46 PM (MDEil)

112 Got the new motor mounts under the engine in the '99 Suburban, and the damned engine still sits cockeyed; low on the left side. Looks like I will have to remove the shim washers I installed yesterday.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
------

Just mount taller wheels/tires on the driver's side.

In the medical profession, it's called 'Treat the symptom'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2025 08:46 PM (XeU6L)

113 On YouTube, before you can watch an actual commercial, they are showing ads. You literally have to watch at least a clip of an ad before clicking "skip" in order to watch an ad.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2025 08:23 PM (ZGxq/)

Meet Brave browser. No EweToob ads.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 08:47 PM (phXJ2)

114 Meet Brave browser. No EweToob ads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 08:47 PM (phXJ2)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 08:48 PM (MDEil)

115 OK, after watching the trailer, I want to see CAUGHT STEALING.

Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 08:48 PM (g47mK)

116 There's some spectacularly bad teeth in this production. Like, barnacle-covered.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 21, 2025 08:49 PM (kpS4V)

117 F5 takes out ads.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 21, 2025 08:50 PM (D+kq4)

118 90 However much you hate Big Penguin, it's not enough. - Duncanthrax

Sal Ghiaccio, il Pinguino de tutti pinguini: "Say, Tony"

Tony: "Yeah, boss?"

Sal: This Dinklethrax guy. I want yez to send him an invite to come down to the garage and join us for a Valentine's Day party.

Tony: "But it ain't Valentine's Day, boss"

Sal: "Hmm. Let's look at the calendar. Ah, even better. It's Burger Day. Yeh, tell him to come over for a bite. Alone."

Posted by: Paco at August 21, 2025 08:50 PM (mADJX)

119

Hulk Hogan may have died due to a devastating medical mistake that cost him his life, according to an explosive new report from TMZ.

Law enforcement sources familiar with the Clearwater Police Department’s report on the 911 response told the outlet that an occupational therapist was present at Hogan’s Florida home when he stopped breathing. The therapist allegedly told police the 71-year-old legend was a victim of medical malpractice.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2025 08:51 PM (63Dwl)

120 "VIA, one of my cousins did a family history with all the documents. Everything from the ship passage to the indentured servitude."

My MiL is sort of a semi-pro genealogy researcher.
Over 7,000 family members documented, and cross checked.

Turns out, on my mother's side, my Grandmother grew up in the shadow of the RMS Titanic being built, and emigrated as a child with her widowed mother. Widow of a British sailor.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2025 08:51 PM (a1415)

121 112 Got the new motor mounts under the engine in the '99 Suburban, and the damned engine still sits cockeyed; low on the left side. Looks like I will have to remove the shim washers I installed yesterday.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Crown of road is higher on left, so your engine probably sits dead level.*

Posted by: *Not Approved in UK or Japan. at August 21, 2025 08:51 PM (G5+As)

122 Does Brave have a customizeable start page?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 21, 2025 08:51 PM (D+kq4)

123 The harvesters was the absolutest bestest.

Posted by: Eromero at August 21, 2025 08:52 PM (LHPAg)

124 There's some spectacularly bad teeth in this production. Like, barnacle-covered.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 21, 2025 08:49 PM (kpS4V)

Caught Stealing ? that one ?

Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 08:53 PM (g47mK)

125 115 OK, after watching the trailer, I want to see CAUGHT STEALING.
Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 08:48 PM (g47mK)

Trailer here.
https://youtu.be/Lceg3HEKI4E

Bonus- trailer for Good Boy
https://youtu.be/q4-CRkd_74g

Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2025 08:56 PM (ZGxq/)

126 Being of Swiss descent, I find those images to be strangely tugging at me.
Never having set foot in my families homeland, it seems odd to feel that way.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
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Look at a picture of that same scene six months later (beautiful but almost uninhabitable) and you'll realize why your forebears moved here.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 21, 2025 08:56 PM (e16Yw)

127 The moral of the story from The Hulk Hogan Debacle is, don't get plastic surgery.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 21, 2025 08:56 PM (XV/Pl)

128 Beaver Facts: It is not actually a stork that delivers babies.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
----
Of course not. They are found in cabbage patches.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

* ponders cabbage harvester in the ag tech video *

I'm glad I came out of the patch with all my parts attached!

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2025 08:56 PM (DgGvY)

129 >>Being of Swiss descent, I find those images to be strangely tugging at me.

>>Never having set foot in my families homeland, it seems odd to feel that way.

Also of partial Swiss descent. I've been there a number of times. I think if you will know why you keep getting the tug if you go for a visit. It really is a beautiful place.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2025 08:57 PM (viF8m)

130 Does Brave have a customizeable start page?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 21, 2025 08:51 PM (D+kq4)

Yes. Look up 'how to change homepage on brave browser'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 08:57 PM (MDEil)

131 It's all right. I am more pissed at these pork rinds. They're horrible.
Posted by: Aetius

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 08:57 PM (Cxbde)

132 Ace, I've got a question. "Beefy obese lesbian" is quite a nice turn of phrase, but a little redundant, no?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2025 08:58 PM (RIvkX)

133 Does Brave have a customizeable start page?
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 21, 2025 08:51 PM (D+kq4)

Yes. Or you can have none at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 08:58 PM (phXJ2)

134 It's all right. I am more pissed at these pork rinds. They're horrible.
Posted by: Aetius

ai and robots

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 08:58 PM (Cxbde)

135 Ever wonder just exactly how Ace manages to gather up so many great cafe videos while doing all the day's wealth of posting?

Be sure to hit Ace's donation button so he can continue to buy gruel for his cafe-content-gathering hobo slaves.

Posted by: mindful webworker - be a pal and pay? at August 21, 2025 08:58 PM (KZXmj)

136 AI gonna be able to service and repair all that farm tech?
Posted by: Ben H

ai and robots

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 08:59 PM (Cxbde)

137 My retirement fantasy is a small Italian village where I shop in the marketplace and enjoy the wine and scenery. My reality is retirement come on the day I die.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:00 PM (dxWFK)

138 Ever wonder just exactly how Ace manages to gather up so many great cafe videos while doing all the day's wealth of posting?

==

interns

Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 09:00 PM (g47mK)

139 The harvesters was the absolutest bestest.
Posted by: Eromero at August 21, 2025 08:52 PM (LHPAg)

There was one of those bale wrappers working on the quarter south of me. Field looked like a marshmallow ranch.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2025 09:00 PM (phXJ2)

140 "It's all right. I am more pissed at these pork rinds. They're horrible.
Posted by: Aetius"

Mrs VIA found a bag of Fried Chicken Skins.

Basically, Fried Chicken Rinds.

Nasty.....very nasty.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2025 09:00 PM (a1415)

141 Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:00 PM (dxWF

How about a two month leave of absence?

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:01 PM (EYmYM)

142 Puppies and Kittens can calm down the Hulk .

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:03 PM (EYmYM)

143 Ace, I've got a question. "Beefy obese lesbian" is quite a nice turn of phrase, but a little redundant, no?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2025 08:58 PM (RIvkX)

Actually I'd like to add big boned to that description.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:04 PM (EYmYM)

144 polynikes, that is not an available option. My goal is to make it to JackStraw 's house for lobster and martinis.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:04 PM (dxWFK)

145 Being of Swiss descent, I find those images to be strangely tugging at me.
Never having set foot in my families homeland, it seems odd to feel that way.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
---------

I feel the same way about England. It's rather odd, being generations removed, but the sense of belonging is certainly something I feel. What's happening there now is very distressing.

Tune by 'Everything But The Girl'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_wG0ZsBrL4

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2025 09:04 PM (XeU6L)

146 Had a bag o' pork rinds one time and there was a piece of dried hog fat with bristles sticking out of it. Kinda soured me on pork rinds.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 21, 2025 09:04 PM (kpS4V)

147 Damn I hit the Trifecta.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:04 PM (EYmYM)

148 And of course SHTF the day before I take my first Friday off in something like 5 years.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 21, 2025 09:04 PM (XV/Pl)

149 132 Ace, I've got a question. "Beefy obese lesbian" is quite a nice turn of phrase, but a little redundant, no?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2025 08:58 PM (RIvkX)

You have to be able to distinguish them from the porky obese lesbians.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2025 09:04 PM (ZGxq/)

150 The small mountain lake in the top photo looks like it might be near Mont Blanc.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2025 09:05 PM (ZVgZ4)

151 Blackberry/ habanero pork rinds were the very best.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:07 PM (dxWFK)

152 >>polynikes, that is not an available option. My goal is to make it to JackStraw 's house for lobster and martinis.

Don't keep Elvis waiting forever. He's not getting any younger.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2025 09:07 PM (viF8m)

153 Beefy obese lesbians vs. porky obese lesbians: are either kosher?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2025 09:08 PM (ZVgZ4)

154 Nasty.....very nasty.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2025 09:00 PM (a1415)

There was one brand here that used the 'chicarones' name for pork rinds that had a bunch of really thick, hard bits. Wth likes the hard bits?

I like them airy and crunchy- but not hard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:09 PM (zZu0s)

155 theres a canadin ytuber that refers to doug ford the premiere of ontaro, by "the fat pig with rabies"

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:09 PM (SGZ8k)

156 JackStraw, neither am I but my life is dictated by an attrition rate at this point.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:09 PM (dxWFK)

157 who is fucking spellchecking my comments!

theres a canadian ytuber that refers to doug ford the premiere of ontario, by nom de fellatio "the fat pig with rabies"

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:10 PM (SGZ8k)

158 I understand the pull to see one's homeland but it's something I've never felt and I'm just a second generation American.

I'd have to visit four different countries.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:11 PM (EYmYM)

159 Blackberry/ habanero pork rinds were the very best.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:07 PM (dxWFK)

With all due respect Ms Had, I hate the flavor of habenero. It has that Wang that is disgusting. Jalapeño or Cayenne were always preferable to me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:11 PM (zZu0s)

160 I understand the pull to see one's homeland but it's something I've never felt and I'm just a second generation American.

I'd have to visit four different countries.

I have no interest in my ancestors or homelands its is who you are not where youre from

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:12 PM (SGZ8k)

161 With all due respect Ms Had, I hate the flavor of habenero. It has that Wang that is disgusting. Jalapeño or Cayenne were always preferable to me.
Posted by: Aetius

however youre using the word "wang" youre right, nearly another cilantro

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:13 PM (SGZ8k)

162 Aetius, somehow the blackberry combination moderated the habanero. Moot point now because they don't offer them anymore.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:14 PM (dxWFK)

163 The door is always open, Ben Had.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2025 09:14 PM (viF8m)

164 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:11 PM (zZu0s)

Curry is disgusting to me. India probably last destination I would visit.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:14 PM (EYmYM)

165 150 The small mountain lake in the top photo looks like it might be near Mont Blanc.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2025 09:05 PM (ZVgZ4)

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I buy my pens from there but I don't see a factory.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 21, 2025 09:15 PM (hY4dx)

166 This kid is the King of Cornhole.

---------

Michael Jackson?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 21, 2025 09:17 PM (hY4dx)

167 The door is always open, Ben Had.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2025 09:14 PM (viF8m)

Does Rhode Island limit the number of guests you can have because of the lack of room?

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:17 PM (EYmYM)

168 I love cilantro.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:17 PM (dxWFK)

169 VIA, Check out research on genetic memory. Interesting.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 21, 2025 09:18 PM (yTvNw)

170 Who should not be proud of their homeland is Gypsies! They have no homeland because all they have-they steal!

Posted by: Leutonian Benevolent Society.y at August 21, 2025 09:18 PM (G5+As)

171 Well, sugar helps heat and i suspect the weird flavor of habenero gets washed away partially by the blackberry.

Huh. Never thought of eating pork rings with say a blackberry mogen David.

Kind of sounds like a disgusting combination.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:18 PM (zZu0s)

172 Go birds!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 21, 2025 09:18 PM (mT+6a)

173 I love cilantro.
Posted by: Ben H

good for you?

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:18 PM (/RLGD)

174 "Curry is disgusting to me. India probably last destination I would visit."

There are some spices that simply remind me of the period of time known as 'Before refrigeration'

Curry is one of them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2025 09:18 PM (a1415)

175 8 I love cilantro.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:17 PM (dxWFK)

As do many. I'm one that has the soap tasting gene unfortunately.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:19 PM (EYmYM)

176 Evenin’, All. Happy Friday Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2025 09:19 PM (77rzZ)

177 I love habanero and cilantro together in a mango chutney.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 21, 2025 09:19 PM (kpS4V)

178 >>>President Volodymyr Zelensky states that they believe several missiles which targeted an American-owned electronics factory in the Zakarpattia Oblast of Western Ukraine during last night’s Russian drone and missile attack, were not accidental;
---

Of course they weren't dummy, he's going to pound your ass until you realize the best option or your people put you on a pike.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 09:19 PM (MGY3l)

179 Cilantro alas =soap.

There was something... the taco bell street tacos have a teace of cilantro and i could still eat them. Tasty. Crap food but tasty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:20 PM (zZu0s)

180 "Check out research on genetic memory. Interesting."

I will have to look into it.

Thanks!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 21, 2025 09:20 PM (a1415)

181 So, the ukes struck our factory, eh?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:20 PM (zZu0s)

182 I love habanero and cilantro together in a mango chutney.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

that is the same as somebody saying the adore artichoks with bacon, hollandaise, and a box of wine

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:21 PM (/RLGD)

183 So, the ukes struck our factory, eh?
Posted by: Aetius

false flag?

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:21 PM (/RLGD)

184 Eris, have you ever had a mango chamoy?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:22 PM (dxWFK)

185 I love habanero and cilantro together in a mango chutney.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 21, 2025 09:19 PM (kpS4V)

...

I am glad you enjoy it. Maybe have a dentist drill as background while watching Sean Hannity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:22 PM (zZu0s)

186 What’s so bad about the taste of soap?

Posted by: Ralphie at August 21, 2025 09:22 PM (77rzZ)

187 False flag? Maybe, or it could be an accident and zelensky is just saying g it was intentional. Who knows. I do not trust zelensky unless I had control of his coke.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:23 PM (zZu0s)

188 The number of killed in the described massive aerial attack was exactly one.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:23 PM (EYmYM)

189 I love habanero and cilantro together in a mango chutney.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

that is the same as somebody saying the adore sandra bernhardt , they want to spend the weekend banging her with her feet behind her ears, with a bag over her head, somebody elses dick, a box of wine

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:24 PM (/RLGD)

190 Picture of Nixon the Press never published.

https://tinyurl.com/3bkjm5z5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 09:25 PM (MGY3l)

191 The number of killed in the described massive aerial attack was exactly one.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:23 PM (EYmYM)

It would be nice to just have access to 100% real information about Ukraine. I suspect it is not very close to the picture we have.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:25 PM (zZu0s)

192 What’s so bad about the taste of soap?
Posted by: R

some say it tastes similar to cilantro

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:25 PM (/RLGD)

193 It would be nice to just have access to 100% real information about Ukraine. I suspect it is not very close to the picture we have.
Posted by: Aetius

it the covid of forign affairs, you have no idea what the truth is but you know everybody is lying

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:26 PM (/RLGD)

194 I don’t trust that “electronics factory” farther than I could throw Lena Dunham.

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2025 09:26 PM (77rzZ)

195 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:25 PM (zZu0s)

Agree. I just hate having to type the disclaimer every time : According to reports ...

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:26 PM (EYmYM)

196 Wait, are you saying you fantasize about being Sandra bernhardts cucked boyfriend?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:26 PM (zZu0s)

197 Wait, are you saying you fantasize about being Sandra bernhardts cucked boyfriend?
Posted by: Aetius

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:27 PM (/RLGD)

198 It can be quite zesty!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 09:27 PM (0sNs1)

199 Wait, are you saying you fantasize about being Sandra bernhardts cucked boyfriend?
Posted by: Aetius

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:27 PM (/RLGD)

198 It can be quite zesty!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 09:27 PM (0sNs1)

Hey. No judgements. Consenting adults and all that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:28 PM (zZu0s)

200 Ukraine's new, fantastic cruise type missile is designed and engineered by the Milanion Group from the UAE.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 09:29 PM (MGY3l)

201 King of Cornhole was an Elvis Presley movie.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2025 09:29 PM (63Dwl)

202 I love cilantro.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:17 PM (dxWFK)

Same here. Can't get enough.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 21, 2025 09:29 PM (i24o9)

203 What aggravates me is pico de gallo has cilantro in it because I love everything else about it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:29 PM (EYmYM)

204 On YouTube, before you can watch an actual commercial, they are showing ads. You literally have to watch at least a clip of an ad before clicking "skip" in order to watch an ad.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2025 08:23 PM (ZGxq/)

Meet Brave browser. No EweToob ads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---
I use Brave on this tablet, and sometimes on the laptop and desktop, but there are financial institutions whose website won't use it gracefully. I guess I have to accept their nose up my butt to access my account.
Even worse is utoob as an app on my Dish box. Watching a how to install video for something like Carli ball joints on a 50" screen shows a lot more detail. That's the only reason to fire up that app and put up with the ads that freeze, lose vid/audio sync and delay/interrupt a 20 minute video for 4 or 5 minutes.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 21, 2025 09:30 PM (e16Yw)

205 Give me cilantro over cucumber anytime.

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2025 09:31 PM (77rzZ)

206 190

'Picture of Nixon the Press never published.'

The interpreter looks like the same guy

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 21, 2025 09:31 PM (3wi/L)

207 What aggravates me is pico de gallo has cilantro in it because I love everything else about it.
Posted by: polynikes
----
Well, cilantro is the signature Mexican "spice". I know, I know, it's an herb.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 21, 2025 09:33 PM (e16Yw)

208 Picture of Nixon the Press never published.'

The interpreter looks like the same guy
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Family business?

Posted by: Tuna at August 21, 2025 09:33 PM (lJ0H4)

209 Bulg, you can't have tzatziki without cucumber.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:33 PM (dxWFK)

210 Cilantro is a staple of island Spanish food, if you don't like Cilantro then you probably don't like Spanish food.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 21, 2025 09:34 PM (XV/Pl)

211 Guajillo is the number one Mexican spice.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:35 PM (dxWFK)

212 The interpreter looks like the same guy
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Family business?
Posted by: Tuna at August 21, 2025 09:33 PM (lJ0H4)

Highlander.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:35 PM (zZu0s)

213 Hello, friends!

Posted by: Piper at August 21, 2025 09:35 PM (p4NUW)

214 Cilantro is a staple of island Spanish food, if you don't like Cilantro then you probably don't like Spanish food.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 21, 2025 09:34 PM (XV/Pl)

It's ok, I love tex mex.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:36 PM (zZu0s)

215 Piper, hurry up and get in the spice wars!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:36 PM (dxWFK)

216 209 I can tolerate tzatziki. But, seriously, gyro meat and doner kebob need nothing added to be wonderful. A carnivore’s paradise on earth.

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2025 09:37 PM (77rzZ)

217 JuanPorrasFL

I am seriously considering legislation to repeal Homeowner Associations (HOA’s).
In the Free State of Florida, we should not have authoritarian boards dictate your day to day life with no accountability.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 09:38 PM (MGY3l)

218 I know Tucker Carlson has become personana-na-grata here.

Trump was the same at one point.

Posted by: Davis

nazi

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:38 PM (gviCe)

219 Ukraine's new, fantastic cruise type missile is designed and engineered by the Milanion Group from the UAE.

==

Private company, 75% "owned" by a British Citizen, offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Not MI6 concoction at all !

Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 09:38 PM (g47mK)

220 Cayenne is the best of all the peppers because it has the cleanest flavor profile without adding any odd aftertaste.

Change my mind.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:38 PM (zZu0s)

221 I am seriously considering legislation to repeal Homeowner Associations (HOA’s).
In the Free State of Florida, we should not have authoritarian boards dictate your day to day life with no accountability.
Posted by: Braenyard - s

theres a guy in our hoa who flies a sov cit flag

wtf

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:39 PM (gviCe)

222 All right, Piper’s here! Let the partay start!

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2025 09:39 PM (77rzZ)

223 Aetius, have you tried guajillo? I make a dipping sauce for shrimp that is the best ever.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:40 PM (dxWFK)

224 @214

>>It's ok, I love tex mex.

Cilantro forms on prong of the Latin quinine mirapau.

It's present in mexican, Tex-mex, island and Latin America cuisine.

It's pretty much what gives Spanish food the Spanish flavor.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 21, 2025 09:40 PM (XV/Pl)

225 One person owns a company that makes ballistic missiles. That's quite a company!

Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 09:40 PM (g47mK)

226 Baby Spice was the cutest one.

Posted by: davidt at August 21, 2025 09:40 PM (i0F8b)

227 Hell, tru.p could be persona non grata again if thats the way the wind blows.

I doubt it though.

Who knows, maybe Tucker will quit bacging the black nationalist or pali chick with the great rack* and get his mind right.

*speculation on my part. Few things can cause people to have mental status changes. One is mind bending sex and the other is drugs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:41 PM (zZu0s)

228 Change my mind.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:38 PM (zZu0s

***

Dr. Pepper is the best pepper.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at August 21, 2025 09:42 PM (ycs3a)

229 It's pretty much what gives Spanish food the Spanish flavor.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 21, 2025 09:40 PM (XV/Pl)

*snicker*

I just had a mental image of you going door to door evangelizing for cilantro.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:42 PM (zZu0s)

230 Dr. Pepper is the best pepper.
Posted by: Life of Wryly at August 21, 2025 09:42 PM (ycs3a)

Not since that week in '96.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:43 PM (zZu0s)

231 >>>
Private company, 75% "owned" by a British Citizen, offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Not MI6 concoction at all !
Posted by: runner
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Wait. Are you intimating that the Brits designed something that works well?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 09:43 PM (MGY3l)

232 The Paolo, his mind it is not what gets bent during the dance of love.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 21, 2025 09:43 PM (hY4dx)

233 Nobody expects the Cilantro Witnesses.

Posted by: davidt at August 21, 2025 09:43 PM (i0F8b)

234 In the Free State of Florida, we should not have authoritarian boards dictate your day to day life with no accountability.
Posted by: Braenyard - s
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I feel complete sympathy, but you, like myself, bought into the Covenants (or Declarations) when you bought the property. We're pretty much stuck. I have butted heads with the Board of Commissioners more often than you can imagine.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2025 09:44 PM (XeU6L)

235 A company with 6 employees. Makes :

Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs): These are designed for various operational needs, providing autonomous capabilities for military and security applications.
Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs): These vessels are equipped for maritime operations, enhancing naval capabilities.
Mobile Mortar Systems: Milanion produces mobile mortar carriers that are combat-proven and designed for multi-mission capabilities.
Remote Weapons Stations (RWS): These systems allow for remote operation of weaponry, enhancing safety and operational effectiveness.
Loitering Munitions: These are advanced munitions designed to provide precision strike capabilities.\

They must be very productive !

Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 09:44 PM (g47mK)

236 Aetius, have you tried guajillo? I make a dipping sauce for shrimp that is the best ever.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:40 PM (dxWFK)

Maybe. Probably?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:44 PM (zZu0s)

237 Wait. Are you intimating that the Brits designed something that works well?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 09:43 PM (MGY3l)

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It must have no electronics and run entirely on steam.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 21, 2025 09:44 PM (hY4dx)

238 Spice wars? Like Chinese 5 spice? Yum!

Posted by: Piper at August 21, 2025 09:45 PM (p4NUW)

239 Very capable little company. Too bad it is very private...otherwise looks like a good investment !

Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 09:46 PM (g47mK)

240 209 Bulg, you can't have tzatziki without cucumber.
Posted by: Ben Had at August

Truth! And it’s is so good!

Posted by: Piper at August 21, 2025 09:46 PM (p4NUW)

241 John Bolton used to be popular here.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2025 09:46 PM (63Dwl)

242 @230

>>I just had a mental image of you going door to door evangelizing for cilantro.

I mean, it doesn't belong in Italian or Polish dishes.

They have their own signature herbs.

I'll eat anything except liver and malanga.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 21, 2025 09:46 PM (XV/Pl)

243 John Bolton used to be popular here.
Posted by: Ber

it was not stupidity but treachery that was his undoing here, traitors get the rope

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:48 PM (gviCe)

244 Any missile like the one they tested needs satellite guidance systems. maybe even advanced AI ....hmmm..who in Europe has satelites ...hmmm

Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 09:48 PM (g47mK)

245 *satellites

Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 09:48 PM (g47mK)

246 HOA, no fucking way. Some manky bitch dictating my private property rights? Never.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:48 PM (dxWFK)

247 Cucumbers also “give” us pickles.

Gack! *spiit*

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2025 09:48 PM (77rzZ)

248 American Chinese food is my favorite 'foreign' food. I imagine authentic Chinese food is quite different.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:49 PM (EYmYM)

249 John Bolton used to be popular here.

==

Game Balor and a few others were too. But we grew up.

Posted by: runner at August 21, 2025 09:49 PM (g47mK)

250 HOA, no fucking way. Some manky bitch dictating my private property rights? Never.
Posted by: Ben H

theyre necessary evils

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:50 PM (gviCe)

251 George W Bush used to be popular here too.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at August 21, 2025 09:50 PM (ycs3a)

252 Who doesn't have satellites?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2025 09:51 PM (63Dwl)

253 Went to WalMart for stuff, saw a guy with a yellow lab, with a harness that said "Do not pet."

It always seems wrong to me to see a lab and NOT pet the heck out of him/her. Labs are the best people ever, and certainly the most deserving of all the love ever.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 21, 2025 09:51 PM (CHHv1)

254 Hear ye, hear ye, flavor faithful!
Let it be known across kitchens and cookfires, taco trucks and temple bowls, that cilantro is no mere herb. It is the verdant anointing, the leaf of the gods, the crowned emissary of freshness.
Where there is blandness, it brings boldness.
Where there is heaviness, it cuts with grace.
Where there is soup, salsa, curry, or pho—it stands ready, holy and whole.
You say it tastes like soap? Nay, sinner—that is the flavor of your own genetic chains, not cilantro's crime. Blame not the leaf for the bitterness you bear.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 21, 2025 09:51 PM (XV/Pl)

255 John Bolton used to be popular here.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2025 09:46 PM (63Dwl)

He at least used to make intellectual arguments but now he regurgitates NeverTrump stupidity. Like he lost 50 IQ points overnight.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:51 PM (EYmYM)

256 George W Bush used to be popular here too.

indeed, thats the thing eventually you find out nearly everybody was lying

Posted by: n at August 21, 2025 09:52 PM (gviCe)

257 Picture of Nixon the Press never published.
https://tinyurl.com/3bkjm5z5

Posted by: Braenyard

"And one more thing you Commie bastard. . . . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at August 21, 2025 09:52 PM (cYBz/)

258 He at least used to make intellectual arguments but now he regurgitates NeverTrump stupidity. Like he lost 50 IQ points overnight.
Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:51 PM (EYmYM)

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See, e.g., Max Boot.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 21, 2025 09:53 PM (hY4dx)

259 George W Bush used to be popular here too.
Posted by: Life of Wryly at August 21, 2025 09:50 PM (ycs3a)

Believe me he was never popular here.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 09:53 PM (EYmYM)

260 Wait. Are you intimating that the Brits designed something that works well?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 09:43 PM (MGY3l)

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It must have no electronics and run entirely on steam.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 21, 2025 09:44 PM

One such instance has been throughly documented in the lyrics of The Engineer's Song.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2025 09:53 PM (0sNs1)

261 say hey

Posted by: Don Black at August 21, 2025 09:54 PM (AOsQT)

262 I kind of fear that Bolton was always a pretentious douche canoe, it is just we were not critical because he seemed to be on our side.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:55 PM (zZu0s)

263 254 BC, the cops in Union Station used to have dogs like that, too.

OK, can the cute puppy sniff my hand for explosives or drugs? I promise I’ll give eat scitches in return.

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2025 09:56 PM (77rzZ)

264 Wait. Are you intimating that the Brits designed something that works well?

Posted by: Braenyard
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The flush toilet.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2025 09:56 PM (XeU6L)

265 Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 21, 2025 09:51 PM (XV/Pl)

Nice. More rabble rousing than evangelizing, but

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:56 PM (zZu0s)

266 You know who had the good sense to go away? Condeleeza Rice.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:57 PM (dxWFK)

267 I actually supported Mitt Romney.

*hangs head in shame*

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 21, 2025 09:57 PM (mT+6a)

268 Poland has torn down another communist statue.

"Polish-Soviet Brotherhood in Arms" in Ploty is no more.

Poland is tearing down monuments glorifying communism across the country after the introduction of a new law that bans communist propaganda.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2025 09:57 PM (MGY3l)

269 *ear* scritches

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2025 09:57 PM (77rzZ)

270 You know who had the good sense to go away? Condeleeza Rice.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:57 PM (dxWFK)

Heh. Valid. I seem to recall her saying something in the past 8 years, but it was a nothingburger.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:58 PM (zZu0s)

271 268 I actually supported Mitt Romney.

*hangs head in shame*
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 21, 2025 09:57 PM (mT+6a)

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I sent money to that cockholster.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 21, 2025 09:58 PM (hY4dx)

272 I actually supported Mitt Romney.

*hangs head in shame*
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 21, 2025 09:57 PM (mT+6a)

I was more enthusiastic about him than fuckjng mccain.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:59 PM (zZu0s)

273 nurse, I did too because Barky scared the shit out of me.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2025 09:59 PM (dxWFK)

274 Ah, Condoleeza. Those boots…

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2025 09:59 PM (77rzZ)

275 The Engineer's Song.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Are you, mayhap, referring to the ditty I know (and love) as The Monstrous Wheel. I always thought it was of maritime origin.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 21, 2025 09:59 PM (e16Yw)

276 Oleee Bravo Bull

1. Looks like some spectators picked a bad day to wear a red shirt.

2. The bull, he no always lose, senor.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 21, 2025 07:51 PM (wVcYX)

And a good day to wear brown pants!

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 21, 2025 10:00 PM (144I4)

277 @266

>>*golfclap*

Next I will dissect the and analyze the Ginger/MaryAnn conundrum.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 21, 2025 10:00 PM (XV/Pl)

278 kind of fear that Bolton was always a pretentious douche canoe, it is just we were not critical because he seemed to be on our side.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2025 09:55 PM (zZu0s)

He was a foreign policy hard liner willing to use military action or threat of military action at the drop of a hat. He didn't like people disagreeing with him. He was right though that our adversaries aren't going to change short of military action. But he never weighed the consequences against the status quo.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2025 10:01 PM (EYmYM)

279 NOOD ONT awaits you
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=416184

Posted by: mindful webworker - go now at August 21, 2025 10:01 PM (KZXmj)

280 Food is soon.

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2025 10:02 PM (77rzZ)

281 Food is doon, I meant.

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2025 10:03 PM (77rzZ)

282 Being of Swiss descent, I find those images to be strangely tugging at me.

Never having set foot in my families homeland, it seems odd to feel that way.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Can you even yodel at all?
Posted by: Little Old Lady Who at August 21, 2025 08:15 PM (G5+As)

Do you even yodel, bro?

"knock knock"

Who's there?

"Little old lady"

Little old lady who?

"Oh wow, I didn't know you knew how to yodel"

Posted by: haffhowershower at August 21, 2025 10:15 PM (144I4)

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