Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - November 25, 2025 [Doof]

It's almost Thanksgiving. Get yourself home any way you can!

The Tuesday night ONT is here. So glad you could make it.

How are your Thanksgiving planning and prepping efforts going? Doing anything unusual this year? Trying any new recipes? Expecting any nefarious guests? Tell us all about it!

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You Don't See This Every Day

Motorist in North Carolina tells 911: ‘I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield’

A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
In a call to 911, the unidentified driver on U.S. Route 74 in Swain County, near Bryson City, told a dispatcher that a bald eagle dropped the cat. Bryson City is about 65 miles (104 kilometers) southwest of Asheville.
It’s not clear if the feline slipped from the eagle’s talons Wednesday morning or was discarded simply because the big bird didn’t have a taste for it.
“You may not believe me, but I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield,” the incredulous driver said on the recorded 911 call. “It absolutely shattered my windshield.”

Check out the whole thing. I wonder if this falls into the "we've seen a thing or two" bucket that one insurance company always mentions.

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ONT Video Segment

Chicken wings are literally Hitler?

Lost footage of Donald Trump’s 2004 SNl Sketch titled “Donald Trump’s House of Wings.”

This sketch is missing from SNL DVDs and streams. pic.twitter.com/wSNtpl9P4J
— illuminatibot (@iluminatibot) November 23, 2025

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Young Morons!

The boys built a fort in the woods. This is what no phones can do to boys. They cook food over this fire too pic.twitter.com/cAR4XoQrdO
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) November 25, 2025

Please tell me they only cook what they shoot themselves.

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Touche!

“POV.. got tired of him saying he didn't understand why there was a wrong/ right way to load the
dishwasher. So I decided to mow today.”

You have just won that argument forever for every woman ever. 😆 pic.twitter.com/FNYIK0m2p4
— 👉M-Û-R-Č-H👈 (@TheEXECUTlONER_) November 17, 2025

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Live from AOP's place?

1967 rear blinker light sequence analog technology.

It is quite interesting. pic.twitter.com/gspgkRSbwO
— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) November 22, 2025

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Who Among You Has a Vanvera?

Come on, fess up. One of you has a 17th century fart catcher in your possession.

The vanvera was a strange accessory worn primarily by female aristocrats that allowed them to discreetly pass gas during social events.
The origins and history of the vanvera are shrouded in mystery; some sources claim it can be traced back to ancient Egypt, while others that it was inspired by Roman creativity, but there is no real evidence that this gas-muffling invention has its roots in ancient history. What everyone seems to agree on is that the vanvera was used by the aristocracy of that era, primarily women who could easily conceal it under their large, elaborate dresses.
The vanvera on display at the Sex Machines Museum in Prague consists of a leather pouch that connects to the wearer’s behind, muffling farts and containing the foul-smelling gases during social events. It can then be emptied in private by squeezing the pouch.

Guys would totally use this differently. "Dude, you shoulda smelled this one I ripped last night. Oh wait, I got it here in my vanvera - check it out!" {pooooofffff}

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DJ Doof - Guess the Theme (Easy Level) Edition

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by gratitude

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Comments

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1 ❤️
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
For the Lord is good;
His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nothing means anything at November 25, 2025 09:58 PM (LaTF/)

2 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 25, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2025 10:00 PM (cYBz/)

4 Today I made cranberry sauce and the cornbread for dressing. Tomorrow is pie.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 25, 2025 10:01 PM (ys6FW)

5 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 25, 2025 10:01 PM (zZu0s)

6 Lost footage of Donald Trump’s 2004 SNl Sketch titled “Donald Trump’s House of Wings.”

This sketch is missing from SNL DVDs and streams.

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The left always has been childish is so many ways.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2025 10:01 PM (cYBz/)

7 Don't pick her up Forrest!

Posted by: Jenny at November 25, 2025 10:01 PM (41CYW)

8 I'm sure the girl had no problem getting a ride outta somebody.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 25, 2025 10:01 PM (uQesX)

9 11th!

Posted by: mot at November 25, 2025 10:01 PM (fIPNY)

10 I'm sure the girl had no problem getting a ride outta somebody.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 25, 2025 10:01 PM (uQesX)

Gas, grass, or that other thing!

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:03 PM (QMAsf)

11 Guys would totally use this differently. "Dude, you shoulda smelled this one I ripped last night. Oh wait, I got it here in my vanvera - check it out!" {pooooofffff}

You've completely ignored the potential for demonstrating impressive conflagrations.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 25, 2025 10:03 PM (Riz8t)

12 On that sequential blinker, if you put on the hazards and the blinker at the same time you'll have both sides going out from the center.

Was on a road trip with about 30 Mercury Cougars one time and they all did that going down the road.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 25, 2025 10:03 PM (lUFok)

13 So basically a muffler, for a human. Or if you're ballistic minded, a suppressor.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:04 PM (3uBP9)

14 The great thing about being Grandpa with NO culinary skills is all I am required to bring is an appetite.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 25, 2025 10:04 PM (TfUTr)

15 Hey everybody. Hey Doof. Hey ONT!

Motorist in North Carolina tells 911: ‘I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield’

That darn cat!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 25, 2025 10:04 PM (xqw19)

16 I'd be ok if those boys cooked food they also obtained from trapping or fishing.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 25, 2025 10:04 PM (S/Y4j)

17 Sorry I'm late, I had to Polish the silverware for the big meal.

It will henceforth be known as silverwareski.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 10:04 PM (FVLcK)

18 Today I made cranberry sauce and the cornbread for dressing. Tomorrow is pie.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Mixed my bread dough today - I'll bake tomorrow. AND! *trumpet flourish* I finally found a local hog farm that sells leaf lard. I can now die a happy man.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2025 10:04 PM (cYBz/)

19 That fort video brings back memories. Out at the fort until mom called us for lunch then back at the fort until dark.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at November 25, 2025 10:04 PM (31p00)

20 Good evening morons e grazie Disco

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 25, 2025 10:04 PM (9ipOP)

21 BSMary, I took care of pies today. Went to the local supermarket and bought two! And a cake! You could do that, too.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 25, 2025 10:05 PM (47diA)

22 Love the fort. Thanks for the ONT, Disco.

Posted by: scampydog at November 25, 2025 10:05 PM (41CYW)

23 I'm sure the girl had no problem getting a ride outta somebody.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 25, 2025 10:01 PM (uQesX)

Gas, grass, or that other thing!
Posted by: Doof

Guys! She's a hippie! Crazy, dirty, and enough stds to scare off hunter biden.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 25, 2025 10:06 PM (TfUTr)

24 Eric Metaxas@ericmetaxas . 2h

@GenFlynn joins me to talk about the deep state, Pam Bondi, Sidney Powell, the seditious six, and why he believes Trump must move at the speed of war to bring real justice and fix our elections.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
(0:00) Intro
(0:43) General Michael Flynn Joins
(1:13) Pam Bondi And Justice Delay
(3:33) Deep State And Wrong People
(10:31) Seditious Six
(17:44) Obama, Russiagate, and Trump Duty
(24:25) Election Integrity And Speed Of War

https://tinyurl.com/26yhb3uy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 25, 2025 10:06 PM (P9xGM)

25 Thanksgiving this year is going to be low-key. Kiddo is in Japan, so it's just me, hubs, and Mom.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 25, 2025 10:06 PM (r+pQK)

26 Am I first? No way!

Posted by: Nerd Herd at November 25, 2025 10:07 PM (NZPfR)

27 About that fort. Didn't every kid build a fort in the woods at the edge of town?

Posted by: clarence at November 25, 2025 10:08 PM (GE9Fw)

28 The great thing about being Grandpa with NO culinary skills is all I am required to bring is an appetite.
Posted by: Some Rat at November 25, 2025 10:04 PM (TfUTr)

I'd say something witty but I'm not talking to you. You know what you did!

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:08 PM (QMAsf)

29 We are on the road...visiting MIL(who is in AL), so will bring her to our hotel room for Thanksgiving...will do a turkey breast in the crockpot (have a huge refrig, a dishwasher and a microwave - but no stovetop or oven), and reheat sides that I prepped at home and will assemble and cook tomorrow at another family member's stove and oven...it's like the ultimate science project!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:08 PM (cCn4/)

30 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 25, 2025 10:08 PM (w3u3d)

31 I had an atari game, Journey Escape, where you play a band member trying to race to the scarab/space ship while dodging crazy fans and photographers. Songs from the album in 8bit form play the whole time.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:09 PM (3uBP9)

32 Ace, from an earlier thread:

"They claimed disco was dead, too. But it still lives on in garrett's heart."

He literally has a CoB nicknamed Disco, yet it's Garrett's heart that gets down with the groove.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 10:09 PM (FVLcK)

33 About that fort. Didn't every kid build a fort in the woods at the edge of town?
Posted by: clarence

Edge of town? Geez, that's 30 miles away!

Posted by: Some poor kid in LA at November 25, 2025 10:09 PM (TfUTr)

34 14 The great thing about being Grandpa with NO culinary skills is all I am required to bring is an appetite.
Posted by: Some Rat
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Whoa whoa, I heard about a hotplate and a can opener. Stand tall, chef.

Posted by: scampydog at November 25, 2025 10:10 PM (41CYW)

35 3 Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2025 10:00 PM (cYBz/)

Good evening to you, Tonypete. Thank you for the warm greetings.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 10:10 PM (FVLcK)

36 With that rig and that area, I would always suggest starting in the middle and spiraling outward, finishing off by running the edges.

Then, of course you can lower the height of the blades, and carve a big H in the middle so helicopters might land!

Posted by: Kindltot at November 25, 2025 10:10 PM (rbvCR)

37 "They claimed disco was dead, too. But it still lives on in garrett's heart."

He literally has a CoB nicknamed Disco, yet it's Garrett's heart that gets down with the groove.
Posted by: tankdemon

Saw that, almost filed a formal complaint.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 25, 2025 10:10 PM (TfUTr)

38 Anyone who has owned a Mercury Cougar or an old Tbird has had to fool with that turn signal system. It can mess up your brake lights too

Fortunately there is a plug in sold state replacement nowadays.

Posted by: I M Simpleton at November 25, 2025 10:10 PM (KPAbF)

39 Remember when SNL was funny? About a quarter century before that clip.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 25, 2025 10:10 PM (3nLb4)

40 Sorry I'm late, I had to Polish the silverware for the big meal.

It will henceforth be known as silverwareski.
Posted by: tankdemon
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Silverware!!! Darn, I knew I'd forget something...do you deliver Tankdemon?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:11 PM (cCn4/)

41 Gas, grass, or that other thing!
Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:03 PM (QMAsf)

Comic book?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 25, 2025 10:11 PM (uQesX)

42 Boulder to Birmingham is one of my favorite songs of ever and always.

Posted by: huerfano at November 25, 2025 10:11 PM (98kQX)

43 ...consists of a leather pouch that connects to the wearer’s behind...containing the foul-smelling gases during social events. It can then be emptied in private by squeezing the pouch.

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So kind of like the Ghost Trap that the Ghostbusters used to capture ghosts and empty them into the containment facility later?

Posted by: TRex - keymaster dino at November 25, 2025 10:12 PM (cCn4/)

44 The lawn mowing incident would have been funnier if the mower had been an old Sears push mower and she had to pull the starter cord twenty times.

Posted by: clarence at November 25, 2025 10:12 PM (GE9Fw)

45 Whoa whoa, I heard about a hotplate and a can opener. Stand tall, chef.
Posted by: scampydog

Sigh, no one wants canned chili at Thanksgiving....or shredded wheat.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 25, 2025 10:13 PM (TfUTr)

46 We are on the road...visiting MIL(who is in AL), so will bring her to our hotel room for Thanksgiving...will do a turkey breast in the crockpot (have a huge refrig, a dishwasher and a microwave - but no stovetop or oven), and reheat sides that I prepped at home and will assemble and cook tomorrow at another family member's stove and oven...it's like the ultimate science project!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:08 PM (cCn4/)

Sounds awesome! Elder son of mine and I did something similar a few years ago. First Thanksgiving without the lovely late Mrs. Doof. Younger son was overseas doing his gap year thing. The 2 of us traveled to Lexington for several days. Did some stops on the Bourbon Trail. Went to the UK vs Louisville game. We made Thanksgiving dinner before we left MD and heated it up in the hotel. Watched hockey and college football and basketball, played cards, and drank bourbon. Was a fantastic time!

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

47 If those young men who built the fort live in California, I certainly hope they had the proper permits and inspections prior to beginning construction’

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at November 25, 2025 10:14 PM (ZTJjv)

48 Meow
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 25, 2025 10:08 PM (w3u3d)

The one that got away!

Posted by: The Eagle at November 25, 2025 10:14 PM (uQesX)

49 Ace, from an earlier thread:

"They claimed disco was dead, too. But it still lives on in garrett's heart."

He literally has a CoB nicknamed Disco, yet it's Garrett's heart that gets down with the groove.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 10:09 PM (FVLcK)

That's cute that you think Ace actually knows who I am.

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

50 I knew a guy with a Datsun station wagon. A warning message, for the lights or keys or something was on a little record that was played by a system needle, then set up again. Something like this:

youtu.be/6hJBko3-oV4

Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:15 PM (3uBP9)

51 >>Remember when SNL was funny? About a quarter century before that clip.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 25, 2025 10:10 PM

I remember when everyone thought it was funny because they were high. Looking back, it wasn't really.

Posted by: huerfano at November 25, 2025 10:15 PM (98kQX)

52 You know, I stripped apart a '67 Cougar back in the late '70's. I don't recall a motor-driven cam stepper like that. I seem to remember a module with a bunch of relays.

There is something about that wiring in the image that doesn't look like typical FoMoCo wiring practice.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:15 PM (npFr7)

53 29 We are on the road...visiting MIL(who is in AL), so will bring her to our hotel room for Thanksgiving...will do a turkey breast in the crockpot (have a huge refrig, a dishwasher and a microwave - but no stovetop or oven), and reheat sides that I prepped at home and will assemble and cook tomorrow at another family member's stove and oven...it's like the ultimate science project!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:08 PM (cCn4/)
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This is how great memories are made. Enjoy!

Posted by: scampydog at November 25, 2025 10:17 PM (41CYW)

54 I knew a guy with a Datsun station wagon. A warning message, for the lights or keys or something was on a little record that was played by a system needle, then set up again.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:15 PM (3uBP9)

Eddie Murphy did a bit about that. Was on his first album.
https://youtu.be/kMxdFwCU1OE

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

55 That's cute that you think Ace actually knows who I am.
Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

Well, he lets you have keys to the place. He has to know you. Maybe he just can't quit Garrett?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 25, 2025 10:18 PM (uQesX)

56 This is how great memories are made. Enjoy!
Posted by: scampydog
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We are considering introducing MIL to the concept of a Golden Birthday celebration!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:18 PM (cCn4/)

57 I had a 67 Mercury Cruiser with tail lights like that . Had y do wish I still had it .

Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at November 25, 2025 10:18 PM (8cPKb)

58 Was talking to my son, and he told me his turkey recipe: honey, chili powder, sugar, pancake mix, caramel, cinnamon, pine nuts, etc. then you cook it at 250 for 8 hours.

I told him he forgot the liquid smoke.

"Oh yeah, liquid smoke is awesome."

Not sure I want him cooking dinner for us.

Posted by: Michael Bluth at November 25, 2025 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

59 Guys! She's a hippie! Crazy, dirty, and enough stds to scare off hunter biden.
Posted by: Some Rat at November 25, 2025 10:06 PM (TfUTr)

Must be an Aussie hippie. She's hitching on the wrong side of the road.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:19 PM (npFr7)

60 When's the last time you saw someone hitching a ride?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 25, 2025 10:20 PM (pkeXY)

61 Must be an Aussie hippie. She's hitching on the wrong side of the road.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:19 PM (npFr7)

(Jump to top of page)

Nah, she'd be upside down.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 25, 2025 10:20 PM (uQesX)

62 Dumb ol' sock. You go squish now!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at November 25, 2025 10:21 PM (0aYVJ)

63 Morning Tech Report: What do dancing vamps in their undergarments have to do with the question what is love? And what does any of that have to do with Tech Reporting?

Overnight Thread answers, Love is like a rock

mindful opines, love is just a Game of Thieves
https://youtu.be/7vQIceKPvHo?t=646

Posted by: mindful webworker - a long time ago when the hair was long and the fingers worked at November 25, 2025 10:22 PM (LaTF/)

64 We are considering introducing MIL to the concept of a Golden Birthday celebration!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
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*Turns hat around. Retracts olive branch*

Posted by: scampydog at November 25, 2025 10:22 PM (41CYW)

65 Silverware!!! Darn, I knew I'd forget something...do you deliver Tankdemon?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:11 PM (cCn4/)

Do I look like an OB-GYN?

Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 10:22 PM (FVLcK)

66 61/ So she's in an UK country or Ireland? Other side of the road but not upside down?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:22 PM (cCn4/)

67 With that rig and that area, I would always suggest starting in the middle and spiraling outward, finishing off by running the edges.

Then, of course you can lower the height of the blades, and carve a big H in the middle so helicopters might land!
Posted by: Kindltot at November 25, 2025 10:10 PM (rbvCR)

I usually mow the perimeter first, and spiral in towards the center. Break the yard up into random quadrangles, mow each one in turn, or mow the facing sides of two quadrangles, until the quadrangles become narrower than the gap between, and then do each one in turn.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:23 PM (npFr7)

68 Must be an Aussie hippie. She's hitching on the wrong side of the road.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Or the front is hideous.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 25, 2025 10:23 PM (TfUTr)

69 When's the last time you saw someone hitching a ride?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I explained hitchhiking to my granddaughter once. She looked at me like I had three heads.

"You'd just stand on the side of the road, stick your thumb out and someone would stop and pick you up!!?"

Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2025 10:23 PM (cYBz/)

70 Tomorrow is pie.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Here too. I did make the crust today. Tomorrow will make apple, pumpkin, and a lemon tart.
Also dressing and corn pudding.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 25, 2025 10:23 PM (VCgbV)

71 Well, he lets you have keys to the place. He has to know you. Maybe he just can't quit Garrett?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 25, 2025 10:18 PM (uQesX)

I only have the valet key. I can't open the trunk or glove compartment. In M.C. parlance, I'm still a COB "prospect" - not a "full patch".

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:23 PM (QMAsf)

72 >>> There is something about that wiring in the image that doesn't look like typical FoMoCo wiring practice.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:15 PM (npFr7)

Every image and video on the internet has something close to a 60% chance of being flipped left/right from the original. I don't know why that is but I'm confident in the statistic.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:23 PM (3uBP9)

73 27 About that fort. Didn't every kid build a fort in the woods at the edge of town?

Not us. We played in the dump instead.

Posted by: The Neon Madman at November 25, 2025 10:24 PM (yNfcm)

74 Silverware!!! Darn, I knew I'd forget something...do you deliver Tankdemon?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:11 PM (cCn4/)

Do I look like an OB-GYN?
Posted by: tankdemon
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Silverware Tankdemon...nothing else, just silverware...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:24 PM (cCn4/)

75 And along comes Doof....
Slow walkin' sweet talkin' Doof...

Yeah...that's pretty bad...never mind🤪

Good to see ya darlin and a fine ONT it is 🎶🎶🎶

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 25, 2025 10:25 PM (3pxDZ)

76 Posted by: mindful webworker - nothing means anything at November 25, 2025 09:58 PM

Great start!

Posted by: KT at November 25, 2025 10:26 PM (7vIsy)

77 That's cute that you think Ace actually knows who I am.

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

Ace can't quit Gabe and the Meatball. What makes you think he knows what's going on past 2018?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 25, 2025 10:27 PM (n9ltV)

78 We are considering introducing MIL to the concept of a Golden Birthday celebration!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
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*Turns hat around. Retracts olive branch*
Posted by: scampydog
*****
Now, now...it's Thanksgiving week...we won't even mention your name, and I guarantee you she will look at me like she has no idea what I am talking about, lol....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:27 PM (cCn4/)

79 And along comes Doof....
Slow walkin' sweet talkin' Doof...

Yeah...that's pretty bad...never mind🤪

Good to see ya darlin and a fine ONT it is 🎶🎶🎶
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 25, 2025 10:25 PM (3pxDZ)

A for effort! Good to see you too - thanks for always having kind words for me!

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:27 PM (QMAsf)

80 51 >>Remember when SNL was funny? About a quarter century before that clip.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 25, 2025 10:10 PM

I remember when everyone thought it was funny because they were high. Looking back, it wasn't really.
Posted by: huerfano at November 25, 2025 10:15 PM (98kQX)

It was live and there wasn't much counter culture targeted programming in 1975. And they poked fun at everybody.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 25, 2025 10:27 PM (y171U)

81 I only hitchhiked once. It was when I worked in Yellowstone, and was transferring from Canyon Village to Lake Hotel after Canyon closed for the season. I was five miles down the road, heading to the Hayden valley where all the buffalo hang out. Finally I got a ride. Turns out it was a line cook who was also heading to Lake Hotel.

I never hitched again. And now that I think about it, why did my luggage get delivered but I didn't? The hell?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at November 25, 2025 10:28 PM (0aYVJ)

82 "Please tell me they only cook what they shoot themselves."

Shoot? No, they just need a rabbit stick ... throw it and knock the rabbit out (or kill it outright). I've actually tried that briefly, and came close a few times. Just a solid ~1' x 2" solid stick ... thrown hard at a rabbit, it would stop them. Or maybe that is some Indian trick, idk where I learned it. Maybe in my brief "Tracker School".

Posted by: illiniwek at November 25, 2025 10:28 PM (vbXSk)

83 "You'd just stand on the side of the road, stick your thumb out and someone would stop and pick you up!!?"
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And chances were, you *wouldn't* be harmed. Those were the days...

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2025 10:29 PM (rdVOm)

84 The pic on top - the redhead hitchhiking - takes me back to my yoot.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 25, 2025 10:29 PM (s0JqF)

85 Every image and video on the internet has something close to a 60% chance of being flipped left/right from the original. I don't know why that is but I'm confident in the statistic.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:23 PM (3uBP9)

I was thinking wire color and terminals just don't look "Ford" to me. I'm wondering if that motor stepper was some sort of aftermarket gadget built to replace an unreliable OEM solid-state module?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:29 PM (npFr7)

86 That's cute that you think Ace actually knows who I am.
Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:14 PM (QMAsf)
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Well, he lets you have keys to the place. He has to know you. Maybe he just can't quit Garrett?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 25, 2025 10:18 PM (uQesX)

Brokeback Blog.

Wait, I post here.

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2025 10:30 PM (gKDq2)

87 >>> When's the last time you saw someone hitching a ride?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 25, 2025 10:20 PM (pkeXY)

In the early 90s. I was driving to work late night, stopping at an intersection, and this chick suddenly comes up and asks for a ride home. My back seat was full of camping gear from the weekend that I hadn't cleared out. She asked what that stuff was in a quiet, "are you an axe murderer voice". Oh, that's just camping stuff, so where am I taking you, I got 10min to get to work. She told me and I dropped her off at a house then sped to work.

I think about her occasionally. I hope she makes better decisions.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:30 PM (3uBP9)

88 I come from a law enforcement family and there was one absolute rule: no hitchhiking. No putting out your thumb and no stopping to pick up someone. They went to extremes to emphasize this rule, and it's probably the only rule I never considered breaking...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:31 PM (cCn4/)

89 Silverware Tankdemon...nothing else, just silverware...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:24 PM (cCn4/)

Grandpa made sure everything got split evenly in the will, so each of us grandkids only got enough silver for one place setting, so I really don't have any to spare.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 10:31 PM (FVLcK)

90 If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at November 25, 2025 10:32 PM (6KcYW)

91 Vanvera is no marketing strategy.

What about the Big Bag O' Farts?

Posted by: Ron Popeil at November 25, 2025 10:32 PM (JkO4W)

92 I think about her occasionally. I hope she makes better decisions.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:30 PM (3uBP9)

Dude...how was her rack?

Sometimes I despair for you Morons!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 25, 2025 10:33 PM (n9ltV)

93 About that fort. Didn't every kid build a fort in the woods at the edge of town?
Posted by: clarence
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And, really shakey treehouses. I'm amzed that none of never plunged to an early demise.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 25, 2025 10:33 PM (XeU6L)

94 Hitched from college in Wisconsin to Chicago. Twice. Survived.

Hitched to Iowa to visit an ex-girlfriend. Bad idea, but not because of the hitching.

https://youtu.be/NdYWuo9OFAw

G'nite for now, y'all. Things to do for Thursday.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it was a different age at November 25, 2025 10:33 PM (LaTF/)

95 88 I come from a law enforcement family and there was one absolute rule: no hitchhiking. No putting out your thumb and no stopping to pick up someone. They went to extremes to emphasize this rule, and it's probably the only rule I never considered breaking...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:31 PM (cCn4/)

The hitchhiker is most likely to die rather than the driver by a ratio of 3 to 1.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 25, 2025 10:34 PM (6KcYW)

96 "...The vanvera on display at the Sex Machines Museum in Prague..."

Ok. I understand the need for a fart catcher in Victorian England. What I don't understand is how it ended up in a Sex Machines Museum.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 25, 2025 10:35 PM (0CU3H)

97 Ok. I understand the need for a fart catcher in Victorian England. What I don't understand is how it ended up in a Sex Machines Museum.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

The kink exhibited in the Universe is unlimited.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2025 10:36 PM (cYBz/)

98 >>> Dude...how was her rack?

Sometimes I despair for you Morons!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 25, 2025 10:33 PM (n9ltV)

I don't remember much, and I was dog tired. That was my second job on top of college courses which I wasn't doing great at. Little sleep. No money. Sometimes no where to live. I was basically running on autopilot those days.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:37 PM (3uBP9)

99 Before I had a car I hitchhiked with a surfboard to the beach almost every day.

Had a few real skeevy rides where I had to insist being let out at the next corner. Lots of creeps out there, even in the early 70s.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 25, 2025 10:37 PM (JkO4W)

100 Good choice on the Donnie Iris, Doof.

Posted by: scampydog at November 25, 2025 10:37 PM (41CYW)

101 I'm out...tomorrow is massive assemble and bake day...good night all....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:37 PM (cCn4/)

102 Fortunately there is a plug in sold state replacement nowadays.
Posted by: I M Simpleton
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Not so sure about that. The Made in China solid state flasher that replaced the 15 year old thermal flasher in my S-10 did not last one year. I actually packed it up and mailed it to The AutoZone customer service people. Never heard anything from them.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 25, 2025 10:38 PM (XeU6L)

103 Hitchiker- Thanks for picking me up, though I'm surprised you stopped. For all you know, I could be a serial killer.

Driver- I don't think that's very likely. The odds against two serial killer riding in the same car are astronomical.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 10:39 PM (FVLcK)

104 Guys would totally use this differently. "Dude, you shoulda smelled this one I ripped last night. Oh wait, I got it here in my vanvera - check it out!" {pooooofffff}

You've completely ignored the potential for demonstrating impressive conflagrations.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 25, 2025 10:03 PM (Riz8t)

Ok, next Texas MOME guys, everyone bring your vanvera!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 25, 2025 10:40 PM (nbLIj)

105 >>> Ok. I understand the need for a fart catcher in Victorian England. What I don't understand is how it ended up in a Sex Machines Museum.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 25, 2025 10:35 PM (0CU3H)

I guess because she had to keep it shoved up her wazoo.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:40 PM (3uBP9)

106 95 The hitchhiker is most likely to die rather than the driver by a ratio of 3 to 1.
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 25, 2025 10:34 PM (6KcYW)

Twilight Zone episode..."I believe you're going...my way?"

Posted by: Joemarine at November 25, 2025 10:40 PM (y171U)

107 There is a third option. The Bald Eagle thought it would be cool to drop the cat on the car. Just like every damn bird in my neighborhood sits on tree limbs silently smirking and trading side-eyes as I wash and wax my car.

And, yeah...fart catcher. Sure, why not. BUT, I'm more interested in the fact that there is an actual Sex Machines Museum in Prague.

Posted by: Orson at November 25, 2025 10:41 PM (dIske)

108 Hitched from college in Wisconsin to Chicago. Twice. Survived.
Hitched to Iowa to visit an ex-girlfriend. Bad idea, but not because of the hitching.
https://youtu.be/NdYWuo9OFAw
G'nite for now, y'all. Things to do for Thursday.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it was a different age at November 25, 2025 10:33 PM (LaTF/)

I thought you were going to post this one

youtu.be/QAxEJ67MIH4

Posted by: Kindltot at November 25, 2025 10:41 PM (rbvCR)

109 Doof, re Donald's House Of Wings:

There's actually a hot dog place in Chicago that's well know, called The Wieners Circle. Their 'specialty' is that their servers are really rude and insulting. Strange thing to be proud of. But at least the hot dogs are really good.

Anyway, I was reading about them last week. They obviously *hate* Trump and are always putting nasty jokes about him on their outside sign, but aren't above making money off him. They have a specialty, Trump Footlong Hot Dogs. (They're each three inches long.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 25, 2025 10:42 PM (xqw19)

110 104 Guys would totally use this differently. "Dude, you shoulda smelled this one I ripped last night. Oh wait, I got it here in my vanvera - check it out!" {pooooofffff}

You've completely ignored the potential for demonstrating impressive conflagrations.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 25, 2025 10:03 PM (Riz8t)

Ok, next Texas MOME guys, everyone bring your vanvera!
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 25, 2025 10:40 PM (nbLIj)

Vanvera > Vuvuzela

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 25, 2025 10:42 PM (0CU3H)

111 The pic on top - the redhead hitchhiking - takes me back to my yoot.
Posted by: Eeyore at November 25, 2025 10:29 PM (s0JqF)

I don't know why but I never pictured a commenter named Eeyore as a winsome redhead lass. More like a 29 year old.

Disclaimer - The term "youth" is generally considered a gender-neutral term for a young person. While it can refer to both males and females, the traditional feminine counterparts are "damsel" or "maiden," which are now considered archaic. In modern usage, "youth" is the most common and appropriate term to refer to any young person, regardless of gender.
Deep Gyan an internet genius

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 25, 2025 10:42 PM (CF1xw)

112 The kink exhibited in the Universe is unlimited.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2025 10:36 PM (cYBz/)

"I am not kink shaming, I am Kink asking why?"

Posted by: Kindltot at November 25, 2025 10:43 PM (rbvCR)

113 The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:08 PM

The science project sounds great! Don't forget plates, utensils, a sharp knife and olives with can opener if they're in a can.

Posted by: KT at November 25, 2025 10:43 PM (7vIsy)

114 I guess because she had to keep it shoved up her wazoo.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:40 PM (3uBP9)

I'm wondering how they managed to effect a good seal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:43 PM (npFr7)

115 I knew a guy with a Datsun station wagon. A warning message, for the lights or keys or something was on a little record that was played by a system needle, then set up again. ----------

I had one of those in an 1985 810. It could be defeated by an ON/OFF switch in the console. When Car & Driver did a review of the car, they had a photo of the switch witha caption, 'There's a nagging lady that lives under thhis switch'. I wa so interested in the mechanism that I bought one off of Ebay. Still have it. Obviously, the tone arm indexes across to the proper message.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 25, 2025 10:44 PM (XeU6L)

116 Vanvera > Vuvuzela
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 25, 2025 10:42 PM (0CU3H)

The two could be combined...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:44 PM (npFr7)

117 Jesus, a fart bag. Fucking primitives.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 25, 2025 10:45 PM (snZF9)

118 Hello folks, happy Thanksgiving eve eve.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 25, 2025 10:45 PM (CHHv1)

119 Ok, next Texas MOME guys, everyone bring your vanvera!
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 25, 2025 10:40 PM (nbLIj)

You guys have fun. I'm out. Too much methane for open flames.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 25, 2025 10:45 PM (CF1xw)

120 107 There is a third option. The Bald Eagle thought it would be cool to drop the cat on the car. Just like every damn bird in my neighborhood sits on tree limbs silently smirking and trading side-eyes as I wash and wax my car.

And, yeah...fart catcher. Sure, why not. BUT, I'm more interested in the fact that there is an actual Sex Machines Museum in Prague.
Posted by: Orson at November 25, 2025 10:41 PM (dIske)

A few years ago, we were in NYC to have lunch with a friend of my wife's at the Ritz Carlton in the Flatiron District. Afterwards, my son and I stepped out to check out the neighborhood while my wife stayed behind to catch up. Going down 5th Avenue, we passed the Museum of Sex on our way to the Museum of Mathematics just around the corner on the same block.

As Cindy Adams would say in the NY Post, "Only in New York, kids. Only in New York."

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 25, 2025 10:45 PM (0CU3H)

121 TV and pron would have American men believe women's, uh, 'down there' chamber is as roomy as a VW Bus.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 25, 2025 10:46 PM (xqw19)

122 And like a picture she was layin there

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 25, 2025 10:46 PM (gbOdA)

123 Good choice on the Donnie Iris, Doof.
Posted by: scampydog at November 25, 2025 10:37 PM (41CYW)

Glad you appreciate it!

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:46 PM (QMAsf)

124 I had one of those in an 1985 810. It could be defeated by an ON/OFF switch in the console. When Car & Driver did a review of the car, they had a photo of the switch witha caption, 'There's a nagging lady that lives under thhis switch'. I wa so interested in the mechanism that I bought one off of Ebay. Still have it. Obviously, the tone arm indexes across to the proper message.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 25, 2025 10:44 PM (XeU6L)

A Chatty Cathy doll, with a motor-driven skeleton hand to pull the string...now that would be cool.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:46 PM (npFr7)

125 >>> The two could be combined...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:44 PM (npFr7)

Like bagpipes, of a sort.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:47 PM (3uBP9)

126 113/Thanks KT...have plates, utensils, sharp knife, tablecloth, napkins, decorations, as well as a turkey breast, stuffing, corn pudding, sweet potato casserole, and zinfadel cranberry relish - and apple pie ala mode. But no olives. Please don't tell TRex, he will be most disappointed.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:47 PM (cCn4/)

127 Darrell:
wait 'til you see the Museum of Sex Gift Shop...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 25, 2025 10:48 PM (xqw19)

128 What, so the toot smell stays in a porous leather bag? Sure it does.

Posted by: Piper at November 25, 2025 10:48 PM (OoFl2)

129 Doof, I'm going down to the big southern county of Oklahoma to visit number two son and family. I think I may be the nefarious guest!

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 25, 2025 10:48 PM (47diA)

130 SNL had 3 peaks, each a little bit lower. First of course was the original cast - Akroyd, Belushi, Bill Murray, Jane Curtain, Chevy Chase - Buck Henry was one of the writers and they could make you laugh til you had tears in your eyes every week. That wave faded out, it went flat .
But in ‘84 it built to a second peak with Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman, Victoria Principal, Dana Carvey and others - a few more wonderful seasons til it faded again.
And the final high was the David Spade - Chris Farley - Norm McDonald era. After that, which was in the 90’s, it was never worth watching again.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 25, 2025 10:48 PM (ngbZu)

131 Thanksgiving dinner will be simple this year: I will join hubby at the nursing home. Probably will bring some cheese & crackers and onion dip.

I'll stay until he 'sundowns' and then go home & make that sloppy ol' bacon cheeseburger I've been craving!

Lovely holiday. 🤔

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2025 10:48 PM (rdVOm)

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Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2025 10:49 PM (gKDq2)

134 Evening, folken. It's been a strange day.

I remember the sequential blinker lights on the mid-'60s Thunderbirds. Though I'd forgotten that the Cougar, Mercury's answer to the T-Bird, had them too. Didn't some other car companies offer them a little later?

Earlier this year we saw a Cougar, well-restored, outside a coffee shop/bakery in a suburban town near us. I knew what it was immediately, though I hadn't seen one since the late '90s in Denver. Black, with a red interior, it was amazing in its proportions and styling. The hood and trunk each seemed twice as long as a mid-size car today, and the vehicle was low to the ground -- though it hadn't been lowered as far as I know.

The owner said it was the first year, the 1967. Not the XR-7 model, the "sporty" one with the toggle switches on the dash like the Jaguar E-Type of those days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2025 10:49 PM (wzUl9)

135 And like a picture she was layin there
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 25, 2025 10:46 PM (gbOdA)

It's a shame I won't be passin' through again

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:49 PM (QMAsf)

136 Tom Servo: agreed re SNL's two peaks.

But it was Victoria Jackson, not Victoria Principal (who was on Dallas).

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 25, 2025 10:49 PM (xqw19)

137 Like bagpipes, of a sort.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:47 PM (3uBP9)

"eat your fill of beans and Melbourne cabbage tonight, Lassie. We be playin' Scotland The Brave tomorrow."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:50 PM (npFr7)

138 There was some talk of fine dining at Panera Bread yesterday so . . .

https://is.gd/UrRViE

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 25, 2025 10:50 PM (L/fGl)

139 137 Like bagpipes, of a sort.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:47 PM (3uBP9)

"eat your fill of beans and Melbourne cabbage tonight, Lassie. We be playin' Scotland The Brave tomorrow."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:50 PM (npFr7)

"Now, let's eat, drink and be merry. For tomorrow we die."

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 25, 2025 10:51 PM (0CU3H)

140 But it was Victoria Jackson, not Victoria Principal (who was on Dallas).

But what about their racks?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 25, 2025 10:51 PM (47diA)

141 What, so the toot smell stays in a porous leather bag? Sure it does.
Posted by: Piper at November 25, 2025 10:48 PM (OoFl2)

Hey there! Was REALLY hoping our resident fashion reporter would have some input.

OK, I didn't word that correctly.

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:52 PM (QMAsf)

142 LRob, they were interchangeable IIRC

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 25, 2025 10:52 PM (xqw19)

143 If anyone is close, there is room at our table for Thanksgiving!

Posted by: Piper at November 25, 2025 10:52 PM (OoFl2)

144 130 SNL had 3 peaks, each a little bit lower. First of course was the original cast - Akroyd, Belushi, Bill Murray, Jane Curtain, Chevy Chase - Buck Henry was one of the writers and they could make you laugh til you had tears in your eyes every week. That wave faded out, it went flat .

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 25, 2025 10:48 PM (ngbZu)

Murray wasn't part of the "original" cast-- he was a writer season one and came on in season two after Chevy Chase left to make movies. (Foul Play, not exactly a comedy classic.) They got into a fight when Chase returned as a guess host.

But I concede that Murray is considered part of original glory days.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 10:53 PM (FVLcK)

145 SNL had 3 peaks, each a little bit lower. First of course was the original cast - Akroyd, Belushi, Bill Murray, Jane Curtain, Chevy Chase - Buck Henry was one of the writers and they could make you laugh til you had tears in your eyes every week. That wave faded out, it went flat .

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 25, 2025 10:48 PM (ngbZu)

I don't think Bill Murray was in the original cast. I think he joined the second season. I remember him on the show doing a riff about 'being the new guy'.

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2025 10:53 PM (gKDq2)

146 The owner said it was the first year, the 1967. Not the XR-7 model, the "sporty" one with the toggle switches on the dash like the Jaguar E-Type of those days.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2025 10:49 PM (wzUl9)

Cougar was initially a gussied-up Mustang on the Mustang platform. At some point in the mid '70's, it became a clone of the Thunderbird on the Thunderbird platform.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:54 PM (npFr7)

147 137 Like bagpipes, of a sort.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:47 PM (3uBP9)

"eat your fill of beans and Melbourne cabbage tonight, Lassie. We be playin' Scotland The Brave tomorrow."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:50 PM (npFr7)

golf clap!

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:54 PM (QMAsf)

148 141 What, so the toot smell stays in a porous leather bag? Sure it does.
Posted by: Piper at November 25, 2025 10:48 PM (OoFl2)

Hey there! Was REALLY hoping our resident fashion reporter would have some input.

OK, I didn't word that correctly.
Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:52

Can you just imagine trying to pretend you didn’t hear Lady McGillicutty honk like a goose during the Walz because she trusted this thing?

Posted by: Piper at November 25, 2025 10:54 PM (OoFl2)

149 Tomorrow I have to work out, wash and gas up the car, and hit Walmart and another local chain grocery for just my usual supplies. We're going to a suburban restaurant on Thurs.. No need for things like large frozen barnyard birds.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2025 10:54 PM (wzUl9)

150 Probably didn't take a genius to look at the vanvera and think: "Wouldn't it be hilarious if I put a full one on someone's seat and they sat on it?"

Few people know that the original Whoopie Cushions were using live ammo.

Posted by: MartynWW at November 25, 2025 10:55 PM (+1tao)

151 Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2025 10:49 PM (gKDq2)

King Harv is going to put you on a list. And not on a good list like Santa Claus.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 10:55 PM (FVLcK)

152 Evening all!

I hope everyone expecting snow this weekend stays warm. We have a cold front coming in tonight with strong winds. Yeck!

Posted by: Joyenz at November 25, 2025 10:55 PM (2F0/Y)

153 Cougar was initially a gussied-up Mustang on the Mustang platform. At some point in the mid '70's, it became a clone of the Thunderbird on the Thunderbird platform.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:54 PM (npFr7)

---------

That was when the real Mustang devolved into the notorious Pintang. A so-called Mustang on a Pinto chassis.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 25, 2025 10:56 PM (JkO4W)

154
Cougar was initially a gussied-up Mustang on the Mustang platform. At some point in the mid '70's, it became a clone of the Thunderbird on the Thunderbird platform.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025

***
I think you're right. The T-Bird was a larger car than the original Cougar, which was closer in size to the Mustang.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2025 10:56 PM (wzUl9)

155 But what about their racks?
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 25, 2025 10:51 PM (47diA)

I don't think either of them hunted deer.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 10:57 PM (FVLcK)

156 FYI , I think the current Mustangs have the sequential turn signals.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 25, 2025 10:57 PM (JkO4W)

157 That was when the real Mustang

Which was built on a slightly extended Falcon setup. Flimsy.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 25, 2025 10:57 PM (47diA)

158 Doof, I'm going down to the big southern county of Oklahoma to visit number two son and family. I think I may be the nefarious guest!
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 25, 2025 10:48 PM (47diA)

Then represent us well!

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:57 PM (QMAsf)

159
Hey there! Was REALLY hoping our resident fashion reporter would have some input.

OK, I didn't word that correctly.
Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:52 PM (QMAsf

The word you were looking for was "output"

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 25, 2025 10:57 PM (CF1xw)

160 But I concede that Murray is considered part of original glory days.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 10:53 PM (FVLcK)

It has always surprised me that out of that cast, Murray was the one who went on to have the greatest movie career. Although Akroyd had some good roles in the 80’s and 90’s.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 25, 2025 10:57 PM (ngbZu)

161 golf clap!
Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 10:54 PM (QMAsf)

The "Melbourne cabbage" is stolen shamelessly from the original recording of the Crepitation Contest, which can be enjoyed on Youtube. Don't settle for the latter-day imitations; the original was recorded in Canada, at Maple Leaf Gardens.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 10:58 PM (npFr7)

162 Murray was the one who went on to have the greatest movie career.

Until he got shotgunned in Zombies! RIP!

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 25, 2025 10:59 PM (47diA)

163 JQ at November 25, 2025 10:48 PM

Hope you have a nice Thanksgiving. Thinking about stretching ours out over the weekend. The problem is eating all the traditional things in one day. Will probably try to do one of MIL's famous coconut cream pies on one of the Thanksgiving Weekend days. For DH, not for me. I'll have to go for apple (allergies).

Real whipped cream will be on hand.

Posted by: KT at November 25, 2025 10:59 PM (7vIsy)

164 Who did not know the Coach of year was not a child rapist?
He went missing HAHAHAHA

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 25, 2025 10:59 PM (gbOdA)

165 Victoria Principal was on SNL??? If I'd known that, I'd have watched it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2025 10:59 PM (wzUl9)

166 And, yeah...fart catcher. Sure, why not. BUT, I'm more interested in the fact that there is an actual Sex Machines Museum in Prague.
Posted by: Orson at November 25, 2025 10:41 PM (dIske)

I didn't know the Paolo was slavic?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 25, 2025 10:59 PM (uQesX)

167 Child porn = Child rapist

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 25, 2025 10:59 PM (gbOdA)

168 Really the device is to break up the sound of the fart. Kind of like the cones on the engines of the SR-71 which slow down the air before they enter the engines.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 25, 2025 11:00 PM (zZu0s)

169 Real whipped cream will be on hand.

Posted by: KT at November 25, 2025 10:59 PM (7vIsy)

now do mayo

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 25, 2025 11:01 PM (gbOdA)

170 Time I headed off to bed. I'll see some of you on the Tech Thread tomorrow!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2025 11:01 PM (wzUl9)

171 The only hitchhiking I did was during the annual Yellowstone river boat float. A three day float from Livingston to Laurel with about 200+ rafts, boats, pontoon boats as company.

People shuttled up and down the river to go back upstream or downstream pick up their cars and then drive them to the next stopping point. So people with cars at a location would pick up obvious hitchhiking float people and take them to their cars.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 25, 2025 11:01 PM (0714D)

172 But no olives. Please don't tell TRex, he will be most disappointed.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
-----------
What is this dark, dystopian Thanksgiving with no olives you speak of? Adds olives to the Dino crowdsource list.

Posted by: scampydog at November 25, 2025 11:01 PM (41CYW)

173 It’s bedtime but I had to stop in and support Doof’s ONT. I am still laughing right now at this contraption!

Posted by: Piper at November 25, 2025 11:02 PM (OoFl2)

174 Really the device is to break up the sound of the fart. Kind of like the cones on the engines of the SR-71 which slow down the air before they enter the engines.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 25, 2025 11:00 PM (zZu0s)

Vanveras fell out of fashion when the $200 tax stamp mandated by the National Firearms Act of 1934 kicked in.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 11:02 PM (npFr7)

175 FYI , I think the current Mustangs have the sequential turn signals.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 25, 2025 10:57 PM (JkO4W)

Yes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 25, 2025 11:02 PM (zZu0s)

176 The word you were looking for was "output"
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 25, 2025 10:57 PM (CF1xw)

Both kinda work though!

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 11:03 PM (QMAsf)

177 I had no idea all the D . candidates for Governor of California were so corrupt Which D candidate for Governor will to to jail first ?

Frontpage Magazine

https://tinyurl.com/m5hstd62

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 25, 2025 11:04 PM (ix8EF)

178 31 I had an atari game, Journey Escape, where you play a band member trying to race to the scarab/space ship while dodging crazy fans and photographers. Songs from the album in 8bit form play the whole time.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 25, 2025 10:09 PM (3uBP9)

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

I still have that game, and an Atari (well, Sears knock-off) to play it on. As I recall, the music is actually just the bass line from Don't Stop Believin' on repeat.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 25, 2025 11:04 PM (OGOaV)

179 now do mayo
Posted by: r hennigantx at November

Easy peasy in a blender! Egg yolks, oil, lemon juice and salt.

Posted by: Piper at November 25, 2025 11:04 PM (OoFl2)

180 It’s bedtime but I had to stop in and support Doof’s ONT. I am still laughing right now at this contraption!
Posted by: Piper at November 25, 2025 11:02 PM (OoFl2)

Thanks and good night!

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 11:05 PM (QMAsf)

181 Child porn = Child rapist
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 25, 2025 10:59 PM (gbOdA)

= A very long drop with a very short rope.

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2025 11:06 PM (gKDq2)

182 The difference between loading the dishwasher and mowing is that the wife expects the husband to load the dishwasher. I'd wager hubby wants her nowhere near the mower.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 25, 2025 11:06 PM (OGOaV)

183 We're still trying to think of a way to entice someone to adopt the Great Pyrenees dog that was abandoned up the road from us. Tough when a breed in known as a herding/one family dog, moves away from you (and other strangers) when you feed it and is huge. They have a reputation for NOT biting people and for being generally calm and good with kids, which are good things.

We have farms with coyotes nearby, but not many wolves or bears for these dogs to guard against.

Posted by: KT at November 25, 2025 11:08 PM (7vIsy)

184 DJ Doof - Guess the Theme (Easy Level) Edition

It's been an hour and nobody's guessed?

I think it was rock-paper-scissors, but there weren't any good "scissors" songs, so.....

Posted by: mikeski at November 25, 2025 11:08 PM (nhCoE)

185 The word you were looking for was "output"
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 25, 2025 10:57 PM (CF1xw)

Maybe outpoot?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 25, 2025 11:10 PM (uQesX)

186 I'd wager hubby wants her nowhere near the mower.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 25, 2025 11:06 PM (OGOaV)

It's like those humorous videos of how to scare your husband. You see the wife walking by with a small ladder, or carrying a drill or some other tool used in construction.

The husband's on the couch watching tv, sees the wife carrying whatever, and he immediately jumps up to follow her.

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2025 11:10 PM (gKDq2)

187 Guess the theme:
Picked out some real gems tonight. Musical picks solid like granite. Diamonds in the rough.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 11:10 PM (FVLcK)

188 We have farms with coyotes nearby, but not many wolves or bears for these dogs to guard against.
Posted by: KT

Wish I lived closer.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 25, 2025 11:11 PM (TfUTr)

189 We're still trying to think of a way to entice someone to adopt the Great Pyrenees dog that was abandoned up the road from us. Tough when a breed in known as a herding/one family dog, moves away from you (and other strangers) when you feed it and is huge. They have a reputation for NOT biting people and for being generally calm and good with kids, which are good things.

We have farms with coyotes nearby, but not many wolves or bears for these dogs to guard against.
Posted by: KT at November 25, 2025 11:08 PM (7vIsy)

Could you take a lawn chair and a bag of dog treats to the dog's yard, and just sit there calmly and offer some treats. Let the dog get used to your presence. It must be missing its humans now, and may become ready to accept a new one.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 11:12 PM (npFr7)

190 184 DJ Doof - Guess the Theme (Easy Level) Edition

It's been an hour and nobody's guessed?

I think it was rock-paper-scissors, but there weren't any good "scissors" songs, so.....
Posted by: mikeski at November 25, 2025 11:08 PM (nhCoE)

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

It's rock-paper-scissors Bart Simpson Edition

"Good old rock. Nothing beats rock."

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 25, 2025 11:12 PM (OGOaV)

191 Guess the theme:
Picked out some real gems tonight. Musical picks solid like granite. Diamonds in the rough.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 11:10 PM (FVLcK)

Keep going! Mohs better than less.

Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 11:12 PM (QMAsf)

192 184 DJ Doof - Guess the Theme (Easy Level) Edition

It's been an hour and nobody's guessed?

I think it was rock-paper-scissors, but there weren't any good "scissors" songs, so.....
Posted by: mikeski at November 25, 2025 11:08 PM (nhCoE)

wait wait wait

there was a theme? I went right to the content(!)

/jk

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 25, 2025 11:12 PM (0CU3H)

193 186 The husband's on the couch watching tv, sees the wife carrying whatever, and he immediately jumps up to follow her.
Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2025 11:10 PM (gKDq2)

How many follow to prevent a train wreck, and how many follow to witness it?

Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 11:12 PM (FVLcK)

194 182 The difference between loading the dishwasher and mowing is that the wife expects the husband to load the dishwasher. I'd wager hubby wants her nowhere near the mower.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 25, 2025 11:06 PM (OGOaV)

No one sees your washer, everyone sees your lawn

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 25, 2025 11:14 PM (EOjZq)

195 What is this dark, dystopian Thanksgiving with no olives you speak of? Adds olives to the Dino crowdsource list.
Posted by: scampydog
************
I informed the short armed one that you would supply his olives...thanks, and good night!

Posted by: The Grateful at November 25, 2025 11:14 PM (QvbcG)

196 191 Guess the theme:
Picked out some real gems tonight. Musical picks solid like granite. Diamonds in the rough.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 11:10 PM (FVLcK)

Keep going! Mohrs better than less.
Posted by: Doof at November 25, 2025 11:12 PM (QMAsf)

Having us guess the theme? Well, that's a gneiss idea.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 25, 2025 11:15 PM (0CU3H)

197 It's like those humorous videos of how to scare your husband. You see the wife walking by with a small ladder, or carrying a drill or some other tool used in construction.

The husband's on the couch watching tv, sees the wife carrying whatever, and he immediately jumps up to follow her.
Posted by: RickZ

How many follow to prevent a train wreck, and how many follow to witness it?
Posted by: tankdemon

In this crowd? Who wouldn't want to watch Ace put up more shelves?

Posted by: mikeski at November 25, 2025 11:15 PM (nhCoE)

198 Some Rat at November 25, 2025 11:11 PM

There are Great Pyrenees rescue organizations, but they seem geared to people who are preparing to give up a dog - BEFORE they give it up. Sort of makes sense, since these are not Golden Retrievers who will just feel comfortable with anybody right off the bat.

Posted by: KT at November 25, 2025 11:16 PM (7vIsy)

199 Guess the theme:
Picked out some real gems tonight. Musical picks solid like granite. Diamonds in the rough.
Posted by: tankdemon
-----------
Yes, a sedimental theme this evening.

Posted by: scampydog at November 25, 2025 11:16 PM (41CYW)

200 Thanks, KT! Have a wonderful holiday!

Yeah, stretching it out sounds like a plan-- there was always *too much food* on T-Day.

Leftovers FTW! Or, just cook one or two special dishes each day, all weekend.

It's ALL good!

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2025 11:16 PM (rdVOm)

201 197 In this crowd? Who wouldn't want to watch Ace put up more shelves?
Posted by: mikeski at November 25, 2025 11:15 PM (nhCoE)

Just asnlong as he isn't doing it in my house.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 25, 2025 11:17 PM (FVLcK)

202 189 We're still trying to think of a way to entice someone to adopt the Great Pyrenees dog that was abandoned up the road from us. Tough when a breed in known as a herding/one family dog, moves away from you (and other strangers) when you feed it and is huge. They have a reputation for NOT biting people and for being generally calm and good with kids, which are good things.

We have farms with coyotes nearby, but not many wolves or bears for these dogs to guard against.
Posted by: KT at November 25, 2025 11:08 PM (7vIsy)

Could you take a lawn chair and a bag of dog treats to the dog's yard, and just sit there calmly and offer some treats. Let the dog get used to your presence. It must be missing its humans now, and may become ready to accept a new one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 11:12 PM (npFr7)

I'm a recently converted (6 years) pet person after a lifetime of happily living without them. Even before that happened, the reasoning about why someone would simply abandon their pet dog - much less a Pyrenees - escapes me completely.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 25, 2025 11:18 PM (0CU3H)

203 Easy peasy in a blender! Egg yolks, oil, lemon juice and salt.
Posted by: Piper at November 25, 2025 11:04 PM (OoFl2)

And a bit of dry mustard powder for that extra edge

Posted by: Kindltot at November 25, 2025 11:18 PM (rbvCR)

204 Re mower

Its like a car. How many dudes like anyone- including their girl- drive their car? I'd wager it's worse if it's a manual.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 25, 2025 11:19 PM (zZu0s)

205 There are Great Pyrenees rescue organizations, but they seem geared to people who are preparing to give up a dog - BEFORE they give it up. Sort of makes sense, since these are not Golden Retrievers who will just feel comfortable with anybody right off the bat.

Posted by: KT

----
I hope things turn out well for this poor dog. Bless you for caring and helping him.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 25, 2025 11:19 PM (ys6FW)

206 Wake up!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 25, 2025 11:24 PM (uQesX)

207 The difference between loading the dishwasher and mowing is that the wife expects the husband to load the dishwasher. I'd wager hubby wants her nowhere near the mower.
Posted by: No One of Consequence

No one sees your washer, everyone sees your lawn
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Hubby used to get upset-- offended, even-- when I rearranged items in the dishwasher before starting it.
I tried to explain: "honey, you loaded it *just fine* but now there are *more* dishes and I'm trying to make everything fit so I don't need to hand-wash (as much)"

Mowing? I'd rather hubby did it. I do it the same way he did it-- except for running over the hose or getting hung up on that one big tree root, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2025 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

208 I never really did understand what “Stone in Love” meant. I guessed, but still wondered.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 25, 2025 11:29 PM (3U2FH)

209 Tonypete, I remember learning pie crust from my mom *mumble* years ago, with leaf lard, and cutting it in with two knives.
I cheat now and use one of those hand pastry blender things.
Tonight was pies (last one almost done)
Tomorrow is corn muffins, stuffing sausage/vegs/herbs, and start the stockpot before bed (in the crockpot overnight).
Last night was cookies, with lots of chocolate, because if there aren't any, grandgirl is disappointed. Granny gotta granny, therefore.

Posted by: barbarausa at November 25, 2025 11:30 PM (enw9G)

210 Nice ginger up top, at least from behind.

But beware the hair paradox.

Posted by: Bulg at November 25, 2025 11:30 PM (77rzZ)

211 Re mower

Its like a car. How many dudes like anyone- including their girl- drive their car? I'd wager it's worse if it's a manual.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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LMAO. Hubby & I had our own cars. I rarely drove his and vice versa. Mine was a manual, his was automatic.

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2025 11:31 PM (rdVOm)

212 Pies will be done tomorrow. I mistakenly picked up low-fat evaporated milk. I'll add a tablespoon or two of heavy cream to compensate. If we were a proper country, low fat ingredients would have their own aisle. It would be unlit, but with motion sensors to warn any shoppers that items found herein are completely lacking in anything that makes life worth living. There would be suicide counselors bearing homemade fudge to remind them what real butter and sugar taste like...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 25, 2025 11:32 PM (nbLIj)

213 212 Pies will be done tomorrow.

Silly, pi is never done.

Posted by: Bulg at November 25, 2025 11:34 PM (77rzZ)

214 Turkeys are brining, Snowstorm going on, 8 inches overnight, gonna be a pain to shovel tomorrow and will need to put up a windblock around the smoker.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 25, 2025 11:37 PM (4p0Xq)

215 Pies will be done tomorrow. I mistakenly picked up low-fat evaporated milk. I'll add a tablespoon or two of heavy cream to compensate...
Posted by: Joe Kidd
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Need to add a little bit anyway, because evap milk cans are now an ounce shy of their former volume.

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2025 11:37 PM (rdVOm)

216 Nice ginger up top, at least from behind.
But beware the hair paradox.
Posted by: Bulg

I saw Hair Paradox open for Spock's Beard at The Locks last year.

https://youtu.be/K8gfPPCt80k

I think Hair Paradox opened for both Jinjer and Four Non Blondes, too. Weird band. Or maybe "eclectic?"

Posted by: mikeski fit the Art Thread into this one, too at November 25, 2025 11:38 PM (nhCoE)

217 I found a can of evaporated milk in the pantry that expired in 2023. I like my family, so won't use it in the pie. But I'm thinking it could still be okay for something.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 25, 2025 11:40 PM (ys6FW)

218 Shoot? No, they just need a rabbit stick ... throw it and knock the rabbit out (or kill it outright). I've actually tried that briefly, and came close a few times. Just a solid ~1' x 2" solid stick ... thrown hard at a rabbit, it would stop them. Or maybe that is some Indian trick, idk where I learned it. Maybe in my brief "Tracker School".

Posted by: illiniwek at November 25, 2025 10:28 PM

My grandfather hunted rabbits by that method (ball peen hammer) when he was a youth during the Depression.

He said he got one out of about every three throws. He said a hit only stunned the rabbits, so you had to run up and throttle them before they re-gathered their wits.

I have eaten rabbit stew and squirrel pot pie at his house when I was a youth. However, he could afford .22lr ammo by that time!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 25, 2025 11:41 PM (HlyYF)

219 217 Magwitch will take it.

Posted by: Bulg at November 25, 2025 11:41 PM (77rzZ)

220 Yay! Happy Birthday to me today! Had a really nice dinner at the place I mention below.

I posted this earlier today but I'll repost because I know I have friends here who care about me:

"My two sons are home plus one 's girlfriend. They're taking us to dinner tonight for my mumble mumble th birthday. I think we're going to that chef with the unfortunate name's place - Andrew Gruel - over in Huntington Harbor....maybe he'll come by and sing happy birthday LOL!!"

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 25, 2025 11:41 PM (QGaXH)

221 Hillary Clinton will never be president!

Tee-hee!

Happy Thanksgiving week!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at November 25, 2025 11:42 PM (WFC1M)

222 HBD, ARiK. Enjoy the fam time.

Posted by: scampydog at November 25, 2025 11:43 PM (41CYW)

223 Beware rabbit starvation.

Posted by: Bulg at November 25, 2025 11:43 PM (77rzZ)

224 Need to add a little bit anyway, because evap milk cans are now an ounce shy of their former volume.
Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2025 11:37 PM (rdVOm)

Oh yeah, that's another thing - wait I'll need a bigger soapbox...

(sounds of power tools and hammers as Joe Kidd mutters...)

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 25, 2025 11:44 PM (nbLIj)

225 29 We are on the road...visiting MIL(who is in AL), so will bring her to our hotel room for Thanksgiving...will do a turkey breast in the crockpot (have a huge refrig, a dishwasher and a microwave - but no stovetop or oven), and reheat sides that I prepped at home and will assemble and cook tomorrow at another family member's stove and oven...it's like the ultimate science project!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 25, 2025 10:08 PM (cCn4/)

^^Very impressive, Grateful!

Posted by: Iris at November 25, 2025 11:44 PM (bOJ2I)

226 I found a can of evaporated milk in the pantry that expired in 2023. I like my family, so won't use it in the pie. But I'm thinking it could still be okay for something.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Eh. I've had bad luck with expired evap milk. I no longer buy "extra" when it's on sale.

Open it & sniff. If it has no smell, pour a little bit into a glass & check the color. Should be off-white, not yellow. Bet it's soured.

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2025 11:44 PM (rdVOm)

227 November birthdays are the best.

Posted by: Bulg at November 25, 2025 11:45 PM (77rzZ)

228 Happy Birthday, ARiK! May you have an enjoyable meal with your family.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 25, 2025 11:45 PM (ys6FW)

229 Gop worried thread seems like DU talking about democrat leaders! If dump is looking for seditious traitors committing treason he can start with steve witkoff and j.d. vance who believe America is in decline. Exposed: witkoff's telling russian officials how to fool dump into excepting putin's plan as his own sell out of Ukraine.

Posted by: raimondo at November 25, 2025 11:45 PM (lW9IP)

230 I am doing a molasses pie and apple slaw to take to the dinner.
I think I have the pie plates still. If not I have two half-sized ones and do one plum tart and one molasses pie

Posted by: Kindltot at November 25, 2025 11:46 PM (rbvCR)

231 Need to add a little bit anyway, because evap milk cans are now an ounce shy of their former volume.
Posted by: JQ

Oh yeah, that's another thing - wait I'll need a bigger soapbox...
(sounds of power tools and hammers as Joe Kidd mutters...)
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Nice soapbox!

What's the big blade up there for?

Posted by: mikeski fit the Art Thread into this one, too at November 25, 2025 11:46 PM (nhCoE)

232 Oops, no Saint Jerome there. Off sock.

Posted by: mikeski at November 25, 2025 11:47 PM (nhCoE)

233 The 911 call about the eagle-dropped cat...

Demerits to the dispatcher for not asking if the cat had a collar and tag.

Posted by: GWB at November 25, 2025 11:47 PM (eRgRR)

234 230 Molasses pie? Is that like the Amish shoo-fly pie?

Posted by: Bulg at November 25, 2025 11:48 PM (77rzZ)

235 Hope you've enjoyed your birfday, ARiK!

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2025 11:48 PM (rdVOm)

236 I'll be having thanksgiving dinner at the fire house on Thursday. We'll have all the families together for a great meal and fellowship. Done it for many years.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at November 25, 2025 11:48 PM (XY7MO)

237 Open it & sniff. If it has no smell, pour a little bit into a glass & check the color. Should be off-white, not yellow. Bet it's soured.

Posted by: JQ

----
Thanks JQ. I'll open it out of curiosity, but will toss it.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 25, 2025 11:48 PM (ys6FW)

238 Molasses pie? Is that like the Amish shoo-fly pie?
Posted by: Bulg at November 25, 2025 11:48 PM (77rzZ)

Just the same. I used to make it a lot since it pairs nicely with coffee. It does not pair well with metformin though . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at November 25, 2025 11:50 PM (rbvCR)

239 "I have eaten rabbit stew and squirrel pot pie at his house when I was a youth. However, he could afford .22lr ammo by that time!" Posted by: Pillage Idiot

cool, yeah, I never heard of anyone of our era doing it. 22 is much easier.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 25, 2025 11:50 PM (vbXSk)

240 I'll open it out of curiosity, but will toss it.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
---------

Yeah. A month or two? Maybe. Two years? Nah, girlfriend, it's spoiled.

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2025 11:50 PM (rdVOm)

241 217 I found a can of evaporated milk in the pantry that expired in 2023. I like my family, so won't use it in the pie. But I'm thinking it could still be okay for something.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 25, 2025 11:40 PM

Any plaster walls in your current house?

I bet you could use it to fill in the cracks. Should be pretty easy to sand smooth afterwards.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 25, 2025 11:50 PM (HlyYF)

242 π = 3.
1415926535
8979323846
2643383279
5028841971
6939937510
5820974944
5923078164
0628620899
8628034825
3421170679…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 25, 2025 11:51 PM (kd1a0)

243 They took me off metformin, though. I stopped eating all the sugar and a lot of the starches. That is so I can eat Thanksgiving and not worry too much

Posted by: Kindltot at November 25, 2025 11:52 PM (rbvCR)

244 238 As a diabetic, no kidding to that last sentence.

Posted by: Bulg at November 25, 2025 11:53 PM (77rzZ)

245 Greetings Hordlings from your Old China Hand, Publius Redux. Was up early this AM here in Singapore, and saw that somehow you guys had all p*ssed of Ace, forcing him to punish us with the insane scribblings of non-entity, attention-whore, mentally-imbalanced and talent-lacking Olivia Nuzzi. Why? What did you guys do? Kick Ace's dog? Sleep with his girlfriend, I mean, wth? On a serious note, why does this idiot Nuzzi even get any attention by anyone? Because she "almost" had an affair with RFKJr? I believe we have another way to say "almost had an affair" and I believe that other way is "didn't" - as in "Nuzzi didn't have an affair with RFK Jr." No, sending someone insane, bunny-boiler, stalker texts does not count as "having an affair." Also - slight point of order from the other day - I believe the Ace stye guide would dictate that instead of "James Carville's less attractive testicle," you should instead say "James Carville's LEAST attractive testicle."

Posted by: Publius Redux at November 25, 2025 11:54 PM (2GQCf)

246 242 Geek.

Posted by: Bulg at November 25, 2025 11:54 PM (77rzZ)

247 I'm working up some green bean / bacon kind of medley thing. Also going to attack the gravy deficit. Maybe even a pie.

Trump wings may be the perfect thing for the yuge game.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at November 25, 2025 11:55 PM (WFC1M)

248 No clue whats going on for thanksgiving. I'm supposed to go to my brothers. His inlaws, AKA "the wax museum" who are way into their 90's and biden loving pricks may or may not be there. Getting them out of the car, and then into the car is like prepping the Apollo astronauts for launch, because they drive and are content to be a road disaster in the making. My inlaws are probably going to Mrs B's sister's house. My MIL, AKA "the ham fairy" switched it up this year and blew off the ham and i her infinite wisdom decided to get a 25 pound turkey.... for 5 people. I'm sensing a turkey fairy in my future. Mrs B's sister got her hand operated on today, so I'm sure she'll appreciate the ease of hauling around a 25 pound turkey. Sooo, the decision is do we go there so Mrs B can help her sister since her parents aren't strong enough to lift the fart bag shown above, and we come home with a trunk load of turkey, or go to my brothers and watch the wax museum face plant into their dinner plate when they fall asleep in the middle of a sentence.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 25, 2025 11:55 PM (snZF9)

249 π = 3.
1415926535
8979323846
2643383279
5028841971
6939937510
5820974944
5923078164
0628620899
8628034825
3421170679…
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Hey! This pie is rectangular!

Posted by: mikeski at November 25, 2025 11:55 PM (nhCoE)

250 Mmmmmm, gravy. The booze of food.

Posted by: Bulg at November 25, 2025 11:58 PM (77rzZ)

251 I found a can of evaporated milk in the pantry that expired in 2023. I like my family, so won't use it in the pie. But I'm thinking it could still be okay for something.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Had a can that was five years beyond the expiration date. Opened it. Contents were an orange hue. Took a taste. Let's just say a vanvera would have bean bursting at the seams about thirty minutes later...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 25, 2025 11:58 PM (nbLIj)

252 Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go

Posted by: Archer at November 25, 2025 11:58 PM (YGRGv)

253 I'm working up some green bean / bacon kind of medley thing.
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Mmm. Brown some chopped bacon, add onion & cook until clear/carmelized... put in the trimmed fresh green beans and a little chicken broth... simmer... maybe garlic and ground black pepper... oh yes!

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2025 11:59 PM (rdVOm)

254 The sequential taillight mechanism reminded me of how 1980's Volvo's 'lamp out' module worked. It was essentially a round red plastic canister about three inches high by maybe one and one-half inches diameter with about 13 plug pins on the bottom.

Inside were three boards with small reed switches corresponding to various outside lights. Each reed switch corresponded to a set of lights - headlights, taillights, etc. Wrapped around each reed switch were the wires corresponding to the left and right bulbs of each set of lights. As long as both bulbs were lit, the magnetic field from each wire cancelled out and the switch stayed in the neutral 'off' position. If a bulb was out, no current would flow in the corresponding wire, and the magnetic field from the other wire pulled the switch to a closed position and illuminated a 'bulb out' lamp on the dash.

Gabich?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 26, 2025 12:02 AM (QGaXH)

255 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 26, 2025 12:02 AM (SRRAx)

256 252 My grandmother lives in a condominium.
— Charlie Brown

Posted by: Bulg at November 26, 2025 12:03 AM (77rzZ)

257 ARiK: this site is where I first learned about the wonder of Lucas Electric.

Tail light won't work? Whole car won't work.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2025 12:03 AM (xqw19)

258 Wow, Bers. Sucky choices!

Probably should help Mrs B's sister though. Unless you've already accepted your bro's invitation.

Posted by: JQ at November 26, 2025 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

259 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 26, 2025 12:02 AM (SRRAx)

Helloooo. How are you feeling?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 26, 2025 12:03 AM (snZF9)

260 So I opened that old can of milk. It smelled okay but the contents were caramel-colored. Did not taste it. Down the sink it went.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 26, 2025 12:03 AM (ys6FW)

261 KT, I'd gladly take the Pyrenees, but I think (read: know) my wife would kill me. We already have a big guard dog with an Anatolian shepherd. They would be great protecting the tiny homeland we inhabit. Good luck with rehoming that glorious puppers.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at November 26, 2025 12:03 AM (XY7MO)

262 255 Teresa, Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted by: Bulg at November 26, 2025 12:04 AM (77rzZ)

263 So I opened that old can of milk. It smelled okay but the contents were caramel-colored. Did not taste it. Down the sink it went.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 26, 2025 12:03 AM (ys6FW)

You'd figure a can of evaporated milk that old would be empty.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 26, 2025 12:05 AM (uQesX)

264 Fun fact: condensed milk is apparently also a topping for cheesecake. I learned of that recently, looking at the menu at a nearby dessert place.,

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2025 12:05 AM (xqw19)

265 Hello, TiFW!

Posted by: JQ at November 26, 2025 12:05 AM (rdVOm)

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