Friday Night Cafe

Llanddwyn Island (Angelsea),
by Gareth Mon Jones

Australian sheep dog asks random park-goers to play Dog Biathalon, which seems to be part fetch, part hide-and-seek.

Living in a low-trust society.

Cat waves bye-bye.

Hanging out.

Golden retriever is very protective of the new kitten.

Sneaking kisses.

Steve Inman:

Beatdown in Brazil.

Internet "prankster" attempts to provoke strong men, succeeds beyond his expectations.

"Man" shows he is very capable of beating the shit out of a woman. Against an actual man -- or against six other dudes who joined in -- not so much.

Bringing a knife to a fistfight.

He brought a steel rod to a carfight.

The first two clips of motorcycle mayhem are worth the watch, because the iniquitous get some rough justice. But most of the other clips are just guys wiping out, and I can't really get into that. Attempting stunts may be stupid, but it's not immoral. I don't want to see guys get wiped just for being dopey guys. Do watch the first couple, though.

Pro wrestling heel disrespects the wrong dad's kid.

Ratchet bitch starts a fight with a woman while she has a confederate film it for TikTok. Unfortunately, she brought a nothing to a fist fight.

Rudolph is ready for Christmas.. 😅

Sound onpic.twitter.com/Q3i8BPuCTG
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 12, 2025

I never heard this -- cats get mad if you mess up the spot they just cleaned with their tongue?

Touching the spot the cat just cleaned..🐈🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/CybwFK0OTN
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) December 12, 2025

This cat was stuck in the snow, so the dog made a path for her..🐕🐾🐈😍 pic.twitter.com/LyN7d9M7E6
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) December 11, 2025

Happy oink.. Friday vibes..🐷😅 pic.twitter.com/srv5kfoyJu
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) December 12, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 07:15 PM

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1 First without even trying

Posted by: fd at December 12, 2025 07:15 PM (vFG9F)

2 Evening. Hope ya'll are doing well.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at December 12, 2025 07:16 PM (2VheN)

3 nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 12, 2025 07:18 PM (2GVsD)

4 Evenin ', Cafe folk.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 12, 2025 07:18 PM (jdPY0)

5 Rudolph the red-nosed alky.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 12, 2025 07:19 PM (2GVsD)

6 I'm out for the evening. Have fun.

Posted by: whig at December 12, 2025 07:19 PM (WDjG6)

7 Aw, man, I just missed a serious willowing....

That said, I saw Mephitic Spheniscidae open for Flock of Seagulls at the Odeon back in '86.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 12, 2025 07:19 PM (LxER7)

8 Wow, that was short previous thread. We were just getting warmed up.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 12, 2025 07:19 PM (xceqr)

9 It is amazing how much stupid shit there is on the internet. I caught an Unsub podcast last week where they were talking about Johnny Somali. What a fucking idiot scrunt.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 07:19 PM (zZu0s)

10 That said, I saw Mephitic Spheniscidae open for Flock of Seagulls at the Odeon back in '86.

Did you run far away?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 12, 2025 07:20 PM (2GVsD)

11 Night whig.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 07:20 PM (zZu0s)

12
*enters, twirling cane*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 07:20 PM (tgvbd)

13 Thanks Anna. Now I have that song in my head.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 07:21 PM (zZu0s)

14 Evening.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at December 12, 2025 07:21 PM (1Yy3c)

15 Aetius

Look up Bonnie Blue. Stupid blonde Aussie version of Kamala 'suck the garden hose' Harris who is now facing 15 years in Indonesia

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 12, 2025 07:21 PM (2GVsD)

16 Perhaps TJM can use the Ferris Bueller real ending. Cut to him with a bathroom wandering into his movie room when he notices the camera is still on and he chastises the audience for still watching.
Posted by: whig at December 12, 2025 07:16 PM (WDjG6)

This. This!

Just film it once and edit it into the end of every video.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at December 12, 2025 07:22 PM (1Yy3c)

17 Beat Navy!

Posted by: blaster at December 12, 2025 07:22 PM (RoO7G)

18
whig is such a great asset to AOS. I learn so much by reading his comments.

Have a great night whig.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 12, 2025 07:23 PM (3ek7K)

19 I just saw a thing where a door dash gal hosed down the food she was delivering eith pepper spray.

That is not urine, you retard, they will notice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 07:23 PM (zZu0s)

20
Rudolph the red-nosed alky.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 12, 2025 07:19 PM (2GVsD)

_________

Rudolph the white-nosed reindeer
Had a very runny nose
And if you ever saw him
You would even say he blows.

While all the other reindeer
Bought Ferraris with their loot
Rudolph the white-nosed reindeer
Spent all of his cash on toot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 07:23 PM (tgvbd)

21 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 07:23 PM (Ia/+0)

22 Do reindeer always run kind of sideways like that? That was cute.

Posted by: bluebell at December 12, 2025 07:24 PM (79pEw)

23 Skip, you really get a weekend off?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2025 07:24 PM (sDNVV)

24
Hiya Skip.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 12, 2025 07:24 PM (3ek7K)

25 Speaking of Navy - the Shawn Ryan v Dan Crenshaw slapfight is kinda emblematic of the whole Republican shit show.

Posted by: blaster at December 12, 2025 07:24 PM (RoO7G)

26 >>>8 Wow, that was short previous thread. We were just getting warmed up.

i didn't think there was much to comment on with that story. To be honest, I really should have folded it into The Week In Woke, but I needed another post.

Posted by: ace at December 12, 2025 07:25 PM (1wjle)

27 Hopefully the Doordash ditz gets a whiff

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 12, 2025 07:25 PM (2GVsD)

28 Wes Moore is another Da Nang Dick-head?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 12, 2025 07:26 PM (2GVsD)

29 Sal "Waddles" Ghiaccio, il pinguino de tutti pinguini, to his henchmen: "Ya know, we could use a smart raccoon like dat in de organization. He could go far; maybe even become a made 'coon".

Posted by: Paco at December 12, 2025 07:27 PM (2L+MU)

30
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 12, 2025 07:27 PM (tljrc)

31 AltonJackson, hugs darlin.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2025 07:28 PM (sDNVV)

32 The ratchet girl fight - I would guess meth but they don't actually look methy.

The chick in the red shirt looks like she might have been cute before the swelling and contusions.

Posted by: blaster at December 12, 2025 07:28 PM (RoO7G)

33 Posted by: Anna Puma at December 12, 2025 07:21 PM (2GVsD)

Yeah, but as I said before that seems to be more for her kinks than her search for clicks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 07:29 PM (zZu0s)

34
Quasi-willowed

There was a story of a guy at my university who did the oral defense of his thesis. In the customary ballet, he was excused after he finished and told to wait for the committee's decision.

An hour later he was still waiting and having a breakdown. Turns out his committee spent 20 seconds agreeing it was fine, then spent an hour discussing who would be the next president of the university.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 07:29 PM (tgvbd)

35
hugs right back, Ben Had

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 12, 2025 07:30 PM (tljrc)

36 25 Crenshaw asked to be on his show

Posted by: steevy at December 12, 2025 07:31 PM (YwEeS)

37 have you guys all watched Nathan For You? It's on HBO. (Which I signed up for for $3/month.)

So funny. He pretends he's doing a business rescue show where he, someone who took a handful of business classes at a mediocre college and got Bs and C's, offers "business advice" to business owners, but it's always these ludicrous scams and legal loophole plays and sometimes just absurd stunts.

Like in one he has an electronic store advertise a sale for 50 inch tvs for $20, but the fine print says you must be on line at a specific time, you must be wearing formal wear (tuxedos and gowns), and you can only reach the tvs by going through a hallway in which he has placed a real live alligator.

Posted by: ace at December 12, 2025 07:34 PM (1wjle)

38 Evening, Ace, and Cafe found-ins. Still colder than a tax collector's heart here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 12, 2025 07:34 PM (npFr7)

39 Friday night in Texas. The air is redolent of BBQ.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2025 07:35 PM (sDNVV)

40 I will say that last girl could take a punch.

Posted by: the way I see it at December 12, 2025 07:36 PM (KDPiq)

41 I just saw a thing where a door dash gal hosed down the food she was delivering eith pepper spray.

That is not urine, you retard, they will notice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 07:23 PM (zZu0s)

That's a good way for her to earn a beating.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 12, 2025 07:36 PM (npFr7)

42
Agree wonderful smell Ben.

To cold for that here.

Enjoy.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 12, 2025 07:36 PM (3ek7K)

43 Penguins will often enlist the aid of a prehensile patsy to perpetrate their polymorphic perversity. Racoons are a favorite choice as they easily swayed to devious deeds that would be impossible for the flippered fiends to perpetrate on their own.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at December 12, 2025 07:37 PM (vFG9F)

44 Nathan for You advises a struggling caricature artist to rebrand himself as an insult comic caricature artist, favoring gay and racist attacks on his subjects.

https://youtu.be/wUY_i5Tco68?si=i72u9xfyHALqb3Gj

Posted by: ace at December 12, 2025 07:37 PM (1wjle)

45 Thinking about turning on the AC

Posted by: Don Black at December 12, 2025 07:37 PM (ZxPkt)

46 Friday night in Texas. The air is redolent of BBQ.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2025 07:35 PM (sDNVV)

Just the smell could fill you up.

Posted by: LASue at December 12, 2025 07:37 PM (UwBs6)

47 have you guys all watched Nathan For You? It's on HBO. (Which I signed up for for $3/month.)
Posted by: ace

I fucking hate embarrassment humor. It's like cancer with clown makeup.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 12, 2025 07:38 PM (mlg/3)

48 Like in one he has an electronic store advertise a sale for 50 inch tvs for $20, but the fine print says you must be on line at a specific time, you must be wearing formal wear (tuxedos and gowns), and you can only reach the tvs by going through a hallway in which he has placed a real live alligator.
Posted by: ace at December 12, 2025 07:34 PM (1wjle)

What do you mean scams? That is totally legit!

Posted by: SXM Cancellation Department at December 12, 2025 07:39 PM (RoO7G)

49
The pepper spray bitch was delivering Arby's.

How good is Arby's delivered?

Posted by: fourseasons at December 12, 2025 07:39 PM (3ek7K)

50 LASue, hope you and yours are well.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2025 07:39 PM (sDNVV)

51 I fucking hate embarrassment humor. It's like cancer with clown makeup.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 12, 2025 07:38 PM (mlg/3)

How do I know you aren’t a fan of The Office?

Posted by: the way I see it at December 12, 2025 07:39 PM (KDPiq)

52 Wes Moore is another Da Nang Dick-head?
-----

Even Wikipedia (which is far-left) has a laundry list of controversies associated with him.

Posted by: Crusader at December 12, 2025 07:39 PM (TN0g+)

53 Ooh found this old sig.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 12, 2025 07:40 PM (RoO7G)

54 Ooh found this old sig.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 12, 2025 07:40 PM (RoO7G)

55 some green beret has a podcast referring to dan "deepthroat" crenshaw, dan has to be having a hard time getting banned from junkets

Posted by: n at December 12, 2025 07:40 PM (EIQMg)

56 >Do reindeer always run kind of sideways like that? That was cute.

Posted by: bluebell
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of course
with names like Dasher Dancer Prancer and Vixen, they are required to strut

Posted by: Don Black at December 12, 2025 07:41 PM (ZxPkt)

57 Fortune favors the bold

Posted by: Don Black at December 12, 2025 07:41 PM (ZxPkt)

58 How do I know you aren’t a fan of The Office?
Posted by: the way I see i

I tried watching the Brit original. My downstairs neighbor almost got a free, slightly damaged monitor.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 12, 2025 07:42 PM (mlg/3)

59 How good is Arby's delivered?
Posted by: fourseasons at December 12, 2025 07:39 PM (3ek7K)

Better than cold Taco Bell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

60 strutting is not inherently gay the way sashay is

Posted by: n at December 12, 2025 07:43 PM (EIQMg)

61 I've got an Arby's story that will curl your fries and not in a good way. Suffice to say I don't go to that store anymore.

Posted by: fd at December 12, 2025 07:43 PM (vFG9F)

62 The pepper spray bitch was delivering Arby's.

How good is Arby's delivered?
Posted by: fourseasons at December 12, 2025 07:39 PM (3ek7K)

What recourse do the Door Dash customers have in a case like that?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 12, 2025 07:44 PM (npFr7)

63 Perhaps TJM can use the Ferris Bueller real ending. Cut to him with a bathroom wandering into his movie room when he notices the camera is still on and he chastises the audience for still watching.
Posted by: whig at December 12, 2025 07:16 PM

Or better yet, just do "That's all I have for today. Go away now!" in a sarcastic sneer!

Posted by: Amy Schumer at December 12, 2025 07:44 PM (xceqr)

64 Cool lighthouse.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2025 07:44 PM (viF8m)

65 And down goes discount Jet Li covered in Soy Pee.

Poetry. Pure poetry.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 07:44 PM (6ydKt)

66 How good is Arby's delivered?
Posted by: fourseasons at December 12, 2025 07:39 PM (3ek7K)

Start with how good is Arby's?

Work backward from there.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 12, 2025 07:45 PM (RoO7G)

67 What recourse do the Door Dash customers have in a case like that?
Posted by: Alb

have you read about door dacs girl

Posted by: n at December 12, 2025 07:45 PM (EIQMg)

68 have you guys all watched Nathan For You? It's on HBO. (Which I signed up for for $3/month.)
Posted by: ace

I fucking hate embarrassment humor. It's like cancer with clown makeup.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 12, 2025 07:38 PM (mlg/3)

I got about 1:17 in, but the desire to punch, not just those two douchebags, but anyone who finds that funny overwhelmed me.

I'm trying to be a nice guy.

That doesn't help.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 12, 2025 07:45 PM (meunJ)

69 JackStraw, I hope Elvis has some treats left.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2025 07:45 PM (sDNVV)

70
One of my favorite groups is The Struts.

It's too bad they aren't more well known.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 12, 2025 07:46 PM (3ek7K)

71 69 JackStraw, I hope Elvis has some treats left.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2025 07:45 PM (sDNVV)

Is that some kind of code?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 12, 2025 07:46 PM (RoO7G)

72 Criminals are really stupid . I mean you are robbing 5 men larger than you with a pea shooter and you take your eye off all of them who are a foot from you , except the one guy you’re patting down with no idea where your only protection is (not pointing at anyone ) .

He should be beaten just for being stupid.

Posted by: the way I see it at December 12, 2025 07:46 PM (KDPiq)

73 I believe that reindeer is a bit light in the loafers. I'm not judging though.

Posted by: fd at December 12, 2025 07:47 PM (vFG9F)

74 How good is Arby's delivered?
Posted by: fourseasons at December 12, 2025 07:39 PM (3ek7K)

Better than cold Taco Bell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

Arbys is delivered before you eat it.

Taco Bell is delivered AFTER you eat it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 12, 2025 07:47 PM (meunJ)

75 If Arby’s is half as good as their commercials make them look, then they would be top fast food restaurant of all time.

Posted by: the way I see it at December 12, 2025 07:48 PM (KDPiq)

76
Lol BurtTC

Posted by: fourseasons at December 12, 2025 07:48 PM (3ek7K)

77 door dash girl

Posted by: n at December 12, 2025 07:49 PM (EIQMg)

78 >>JackStraw, I hope Elvis has some treats left.

1 to go tomorrow, Ben Had.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2025 07:49 PM (viF8m)

79 I believe that reindeer is a bit light in the loafers. I'm not judging though.

Posted by: fd at December 12, 2025 07:47 PM (vFG9F)

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

Rudolph the brown-nosed reindeer.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 12, 2025 07:49 PM (25a1J)

80 Arby's couldn't cut it in Corsicana.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2025 07:49 PM (sDNVV)

81 JackStraw ,is that the filet or T-bone ?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2025 07:50 PM (sDNVV)

82 From the Department of Things I Didn’t Know (it’s a really big department).

In 1990, the Soviets had a Miss KGB contest.

https://tinyurl.com/4uhr62z7

This occurred not long before the collapse of the Soviet Union, so Ms. Mayorova soon found herself without a job; however, she succeeded in landing a position with Penguin Facts, where she served as principal liaison with left-wing billionaire Geetus L. Mazuma, the so-called Pizza King. As previously noted, Mazuma has been donating huge sums of money to Penguin Facts for years in furtherance of his plan to corner the market on anchovies by destroying his main competitors, i.e., the entire penguin race. (The fact that people who order pizza with anchovies are also the sort of people who put cheese on their apple pie is a side issue which need not detain us from considering the more important issue of Spheniscidacide.)

Posted by: Paco at December 12, 2025 07:51 PM (2L+MU)

83 Rudolph the brown-nosed reindeer.
Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 12, 2025 07:49 PM (25a1J)

Speaking of, anyone who has not seen Robbie the Reindeer, it's made by the same folks who made Wallace and Gromit.

Robbie is Rudolph's son, and he must try to live up to his dad's legacy.

There's enough adult level humor to make it fun, and nothing is objectionable enough to keep kids from watching.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 12, 2025 07:52 PM (VOfD/)

84 Perhaps TJM can use the Ferris Bueller real ending. Cut to him with a bathroom wandering into his movie room when he notices the camera is still on and he chastises the audience for still watching.

Posted by: whig at December 12, 2025 07:16 PM

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

Dolly in a bikini bringing him a pipe and slippers FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- Bamboo Ruminant and GayFontoPhobe at December 12, 2025 07:52 PM (25a1J)

85 with names like Dasher Dancer Prancer and Vixen, they are required to strut - Don Black

Hmm. With names like that, one would think they'd be more likely to, er, sashay, so, yes, strutting is mandatory.

Posted by: Paco at December 12, 2025 07:53 PM (2L+MU)

86 In 1990, the Soviets had a Miss KGB contest.

Evenink wear...Schwim wear....

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 12, 2025 07:54 PM (RoO7G)

87 strutting is not inherently gay the way sashay is
Posted by: n at December 12, 2025 07:43 PM (EIQMg)

Nancing is.

Mincing is right out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 07:55 PM (zZu0s)

88 Damn, asshat that wrecked the bicycle race needed a beat down. Someone that stupid needs to be nailed to a tree.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 12, 2025 07:55 PM (snZF9)

89 From the Department of Things I Didn’t Know (it’s a really big department).

In 1990, the Soviets had a Miss KGB contest.

https://tinyurl.com/4uhr62z7

This occurred not long before the collapse of the Soviet Union, so Ms. Mayorova soon found herself without a job; however, she succeeded in landing a position with Penguin Facts, where she served as principal liaison with left-wing billionaire Geetus L. Mazuma, the so-called Pizza King. As previously noted, Mazuma has been donating huge sums of money to Penguin Facts for years in furtherance of his plan to corner the market on anchovies by destroying his main competitors, i.e., the entire penguin race. (The fact that people who order pizza with anchovies are also the sort of people who put cheese on their apple pie is a side issue which need not detain us from considering the more important issue of Spheniscidacide.)
Posted by: Paco at December 12, 2025 07:51 PM (2L+MU)

She can bug my embassy anytime she wants!

IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: BurtTC at December 12, 2025 07:55 PM (VOfD/)

90 >>JackStraw ,is that the filet or T-bone ?

He had steak on his birthday. Tomorrow he gets his favorite type chew bone. Yea, he's spoiled. Sue me.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2025 07:55 PM (viF8m)

91
He should be beaten just for being stupid.
Posted by: the way I see it
-------

I have a bumper sticker, 'Too Bad That Ignorance Isn't Painful'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 12, 2025 07:56 PM (XeU6L)

92 JackStraw, I salute you.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2025 07:56 PM (sDNVV)

93
Criminals are really stupid

_________

Hey, I got drugs in the car. Lemme run this stop sign.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 07:58 PM (tgvbd)

94 Frigging chuckle heads screwing around on motorcycles is always amusing. They never learn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 12, 2025 07:59 PM (snZF9)

95 Arby's, like most fast food, used to be a lot better.

I go occasionally, and I'll usually get the French dip sandwich but I've had their cheeseburger and it's not terrible. They also have a limited time hoagie-type sandwich around Thanksgiving made with deep-fried turkey that's tasty.

I used to love just getting a couple of beef & cheddars when I was a kid, but they're nowhere near as big now unless you get a double or triple.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 07:59 PM (6ydKt)

96 Frigging chuckle heads screwing around on motorcycles is always amusing. They never learn.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
------

Sometimes, that first fuckup is really instructive.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 12, 2025 08:00 PM (XeU6L)

97 Anybody read that Laura Loomer deposition about Arby's?

That's hilarious!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 12, 2025 08:01 PM (RoO7G)

98 Gotta enjoy those Steve Inman videos. A bit of humor and a good dose of justice.

Posted by: JTB at December 12, 2025 08:02 PM (yTvNw)

99 Arby's, like most fast food, used to be a lot better.

I go occasionally, and I'll usually get the French dip sandwich but I've had their cheeseburger and it's not terrible. They also have a limited time hoagie-type sandwich around Thanksgiving made with deep-fried turkey that's tasty.

I used to love just getting a couple of beef & cheddars when I was a kid, but they're nowhere near as big now unless you get a double or triple.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 07:59 PM (6ydKt)

The Big Montana. A big pile of delicious meat on a bun with nothing else but a bit of horsey sauce. My once-a-year treat.

Posted by: LASue at December 12, 2025 08:03 PM (UwBs6)

100 Even better - that deposition was about MTG!

Will Rogers (yes i'm 29 dammit) used to say "I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat!"

I guess we have swiped it.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 12, 2025 08:03 PM (RoO7G)

101 A lot of meaty threads today, thanks Ace. I was offline a lot of the day and come back to find you dump your cache for the week.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 12, 2025 08:05 PM (jc0TO)

102 The Big Montana. A big pile of delicious meat on a bun with nothing else but a bit of horsey sauce. My once-a-year treat.

Posted by: LASue at December 12, 2025 08:03 PM (UwBs6)

I remember the name but never got to try one.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 08:05 PM (6ydKt)

103 Ace of Spades. We have the MEATS!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 12, 2025 08:06 PM (RoO7G)

104 Nancing is.

Mincing is right out.
Posted by: Aetius

yes

Posted by: n at December 12, 2025 08:07 PM (V0RQu)

105 Arby's, like most fast food, used to be a lot better.

I have never cared for Arby's roast beef. I make a roast beef sandwich with thick slices from a chuckroast, not paper thin piles.

Their gyro is not bad though, if you tell them to put extra sauce on it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 12, 2025 08:07 PM (jc0TO)

106 90% of everything is garbage

Posted by: n at December 12, 2025 08:08 PM (V0RQu)

107 In 1990, the Soviets had a Miss KGB contest.

-
She'll pull out your fingernails with a smile on her face.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 12, 2025 08:08 PM (L/fGl)

108 Potato cakes.

*mic drop*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

109 Jake gets a steak finger every morning. Pretty cheap as far as dog treats go.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 12, 2025 08:10 PM (+mUZM)

110 Updates!
1. The first batch of snow globe cookies are a fail. They stuck to the cheap parchment paper. Lesson learned.

2. I am having to restore my iPad from this ridiculous Liquid Glass update that killed it even though it’s the latest gen Air. The autocorrect on this is crazy. It keeps going back to the word it thinks you should use. Not the one you want.

3. My Mac is telling me this will take 7 hours. Screaming.

Posted by: Piper at December 12, 2025 08:10 PM (ZdaMQ)

111 Their gyro is not bad though, if you tell them to put extra sauce on it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 12, 2025 08:07 PM (jc0TO)

I've been spoiled by a local deli's gyros.

I tried Arby's once, and was "WTF is this?"
Never tried it again.

I like thin roast beef or thicker roast beef on sandwiches.
I'm easy to please on the sandwich front as long as the word 'pastrami' doesn't enter the discussion.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 08:11 PM (6ydKt)

112 Ace of Spades. We have the MEATS!
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 12, 2025 08:06 PM

You may beat our team, but you'll never beat our meats!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2025 08:11 PM (0sNs1)

113 When I was a kid, we had no Arby's. When we were in Denver that's where we'd go. We thought we were living large.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 12, 2025 08:11 PM (L/fGl)

114 3. My Mac is telling me this will take 7 hours. Screaming.

Posted by: Piper at December 12, 2025 08:10 PM (ZdaMQ)

I've never tried to restore a previous update but that sounds about right for an Apple procedure over a USB cable.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 08:12 PM (6ydKt)

115 I never heard this -- cats get mad if you mess up the spot they just cleaned with their tongue?
---
Apparently they are not fond of "human stink." So they clean the spot all over again to remove your scent.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 12, 2025 08:12 PM (ESVrU)

116 You may beat our team, but you'll never beat our meats!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2025 08:11 PM

Actual University of South Carolina tee-shirt: You Can't Lick Our Cocks.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 12, 2025 08:13 PM (jc0TO)

117 I member back when Hardee's had roast beef as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 08:13 PM (zZu0s)

118 Donder and Blitzen.

Lightning and Thunder.

Don't mess with bad-ass Nazi reindeer with droning capabilities.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 12, 2025 08:13 PM (DsA2n)

119 Apparently they are not fond of "human stink." So they clean the spot all over again to remove your scent.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 12, 2025 08:12 PM (ESVrU)

I hear the Japanese have the same problem with us dairy-loving white people.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 08:13 PM (6ydKt)

120 I did that update on my old ipad. It seemed okay but I haven't updated this one. I get so tired of the spacebar not working.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 12, 2025 08:13 PM (+mUZM)

121 I member back when Hardee's had roast beef as well.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 08:13 PM

Our Hardees closed. It's been replaced by some kind of chicken place but it is still in a bad location.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 12, 2025 08:14 PM (jc0TO)

122 For your pleasure, a 9-11 call...

https://youtube.com/shorts/cXLFG6e3h94

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 08:14 PM (ynpvh)

123 97 Anybody read that Laura Loomer deposition about Arby's?
---

Inspire owns
Arby's
Buffalo Wild Wings
Sonic Drive-In
Dunkin'
Baskin-Robbins
Jimmy John's

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 08:15 PM (imZqa)

124 Breaking News: The Austin, Texas baristas have joined the strike against Starbucks.

Many are marching with a sign that reads "Don't cross our picket line".

Easy peasy. Not even an inconvenience.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2025 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

125 I hear the Japanese have the same problem with us dairy-loving white people.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 08:13 PM

I would be shunned like a leper then.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 12, 2025 08:15 PM (jc0TO)

126 An hour later he was still waiting and having a breakdown. Turns out his committee spent 20 seconds agreeing it was fine, then spent an hour discussing who would be the next president of the university.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 07:29 PM (tgvbd)
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Sounds about right for academia.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 12, 2025 08:16 PM (ESVrU)

127 117 I member back when Hardee's had roast beef as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 08:13 PM (zZu0s)

Hardees was unusual for having Hot Ham & Cheese, and Big cookies.

That was my goto order at about two in the morning with the munchies after a night out in the 90s.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 08:16 PM (6ydKt)

128 "Left-wing" billionaire Geetus L. Mazuma noted in his own biography that his animosity towards penguins was due to an encounter in his early teens with an overstimulated Sphenisciforme.

Penguin Facts will point out that what was considered "Left wing" in 1990 would be quite mainstream nowadays. Shifting attitudes about the vermin currently trying to claim the moniker that actually belongs to an extinct species of sea fowl have led to a greater awareness of the mephitic menace.

Posted by: fd at December 12, 2025 08:17 PM (vFG9F)

129 Hmm. Drinking night in 90s?

White Castle
Steak and Shake
Dennys

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 08:17 PM (zZu0s)

130 Or taco bell

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 08:17 PM (zZu0s)

131 Actual University of South Carolina tee-shirt: You Can't Lick Our Cocks.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 12, 2025 08:13 PM (jc0TO)

Fan poster from USC (South Carolina) v USC (Southern Cal) game - NO TROJANS CAN HOLD OUR COCKS!!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at December 12, 2025 08:18 PM (RoO7G)

132 Idiots on motorcycles have to have 9 lives

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 08:18 PM (Ia/+0)

133 I ordered Taco Bell after a long hiatus of … not eating there very often. It wasn’t … bad .. but the portions were small. I anticipated that and ordered a metric crapload. Too expensive for what you get, and what you get isn’t anything to jump and shout about. A good Mexican style restaurant probably still does OK

Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 08:18 PM (Wu2hV)

134 90% of everything is garbage
Posted by: n

Sounds familiar.

Posted by: Theodore Sturgeon at December 12, 2025 08:18 PM (mlg/3)

135 90% of everything is garbage
Posted by: n

Sturgeon's Law ...

Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at December 12, 2025 08:18 PM (3ZUWJ)

136 Apparently they are not fond of "human stink." So they clean the spot all over again to remove your scent.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 12, 2025 08:12 PM

Wait until they encounter penguin excreta.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2025 08:19 PM (0sNs1)

137 Cats is cool, ain't they?

Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2025 08:19 PM (LHPAg)

138 Posted by: Theodore Sturgeon at December 12, 2025 08:18 PM (mlg/3)

I owe you a coke, good Sir ...

Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at December 12, 2025 08:20 PM (3ZUWJ)

139 I've given Taco Bell chance after chance.
Last time I had it I got sick the next day.

Which sucks, because I liked their Mexican pizzas until about 2015.

I think everything they have is shipped in and microwaved now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 08:20 PM (6ydKt)

140 "90% of everything is garbage
Posted by: n

Sturgeon's Law ...
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic

Words to live by.

Posted by: Guy who always says "It's garbage"" at December 12, 2025 08:20 PM (vFG9F)

141 Jasmine Crockett challenges anyone to produce a clip of Democrats invoking violence.

https://tinyurl.com/bd9rktr8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 08:20 PM (imZqa)

142 Drinking night in 90s?
——-

Jack In The Crack located at Tillicum, WA had those righteous curly fries. A bacon burger rounded out the kingly repast. Right as rain, good as new by morning. Mostly

Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 08:20 PM (Wu2hV)

143 New York Post
@nypost
Meet the socialist LA leader making $240K to reign over drug-infested park as it crumbles

-
Well, she's doing every bit as good a job as Big Mouf Bass.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 12, 2025 08:20 PM (L/fGl)

144 I ordered Taco Bell after a long hiatus of … not eating there very often. It wasn’t … bad .. but the portions were small. I anticipated that and ordered a metric crapload. Too expensive for what you get, and what you get isn’t anything to jump and shout about. A good Mexican style restaurant probably still does OK
Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 08:18 PM (Wu2hV)
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I made tacos this past week using Taco Bell seasoning mix. They tasted very close to the real deal. Although the meat was pricey, the rest of the ingredients are pretty cheap ($0.85 for the seasoning--for 10 tacos).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 12, 2025 08:21 PM (ESVrU)

145 141 Jasmine Crockett challenges anyone to produce a clip of Democrats invoking violence.

https://tinyurl.com/bd9rktr8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 08:20 PM (imZqa)

Any day of the week ending in "y"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 08:21 PM (ynpvh)

146 I think it's Anglesey, not Angelsea. But Angelsea does sound nicer.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 12, 2025 08:21 PM (3ImbR)

147 >>>hide-and-seek

The proper name of the game is hide-and-go-seek. Only Commies say it the other way.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 12, 2025 08:22 PM (syz1S)

148
Many are marching with a sign that reads "Don't cross our picket line".

Easy peasy. Not even an inconvenience.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2025 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

_________

The only thing I enjoy from SBUX is their Strawberry and Crème Frappucino.

When I want coffee, I want some ordinary joe, not blended half-caff latte soy whip. And their ordinary joe is awful and overpriced. Better stuff at Buc-ee's at half the price.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 08:22 PM (tgvbd)

149 Cats is cool, ain't they?
Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2025 08:19 PM (LHPAg)
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I dunno...I think of them as furry hot water bottles when they sit on my lap or curl up with me at night.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 12, 2025 08:22 PM (ESVrU)

150 Going to have to take a nap tomorrow so that I can make it to Christmas party at the ONT club.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2025 08:23 PM (sDNVV)

151 149 Cats is cool, ain't they?
Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2025 08:19 PM (LHPAg)
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I dunno...I think of them as furry hot water bottles when they sit on my lap or curl up with me at night.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 12, 2025 08:22 PM (ESVrU)

Depends how long they're trapped in the fridge or freezer...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 08:24 PM (ynpvh)

152 Before Bill Penzey had the stroke I used to order a lot of their spices. They had a good Chili powder & mix. Nice deep red color & Ancho flavah. Chili powder goes stale pretty fast unfortunately.

Tough to find good spices In quantity. McCormick ain’t it.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 08:25 PM (Wu2hV)

153
Just saw some footage of Trump honoring the Miracle on Ice hockey team for 1980.

I love these shots of him in the Oval Office. He always sits in the chair, with everyone else standing around him. This is a power move. He's Captain Kirk in The Chair. That the bridge of the USS United States. He's the captain. In the chair. The boss. The big cheese. The Big Kahuna.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 12, 2025 08:25 PM (w6EFb)

154 I dunno...I think of them as furry hot water bottles when they sit on my lap or curl up with me at night.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 12, 2025 08:22 PM

What do they think of you?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2025 08:25 PM (0sNs1)

155 A good Mexican style restaurant probably still does OK
Posted by: Common Tater

I just made 6 burritos with leftover pot roast today. In the freezer ready for a quick lunch.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 12, 2025 08:26 PM (mlg/3)

156
The boss. The big cheese. The Big Kahuna.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 12, 2025 08:25 PM (w6EFb)

________

The Don

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 08:26 PM (tgvbd)

157 Before Bill Penzey had the stroke I used to order a lot of their spices. They had a good Chili powder & mix. Nice deep red color & Ancho flavah. Chili powder goes stale pretty fast unfortunately.

Tough to find good spices In quantity. McCormick ain’t it.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 08:25 PM

His (I believe) sister runs the apolitical The Spice House. There's also Savory Spice. I use both.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2025 08:26 PM (0sNs1)

158 Taco Bell is owned by Yum! Brands
Pizza Hut
KFC
Long John Silver's
The Habit Burger Grill
A&W
WingStreet
Pizzeria Uno

They have made moves to enhance their portfolio with newer, trendy concepts, such as ghost kitchens and delivery-focused brands.

Yum! Brands continuously seeks opportunities in the fast-food market, focusing on international growth and diverse dining options.
_DDG AI

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 08:27 PM (imZqa)

159 I dunno...I think of them as furry hot water bottles when they sit on my lap or curl up with me at night.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 12, 2025 08:22 PM

What do they think of you?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2025 08:25 PM (0sNs1)
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An ice pack?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 12, 2025 08:27 PM (ESVrU)

160 Warm pillows

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 08:28 PM (Ia/+0)

161 >>I ordered Taco Bell after a long hiatus of … not eating there very often. It wasn’t … bad .. but the portions were small. I anticipated that and ordered a metric crapload. Too expensive for what you get, and what you get isn’t anything to jump and shout about. A good Mexican style restaurant probably still does OK

That's what I don't get about Five Guys. The foods ok but the prices are regular restaurant not fast food and there are way too many restaurants around here with better food for similar pricing.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2025 08:28 PM (viF8m)

162
They have made moves to enhance their portfolio with newer, trendy concepts, such as ghost kitchens and delivery-focused brands.

_______

They might try improving the quality of the food.

I know, stop laughing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 08:28 PM (tgvbd)

163
My cats think of me as furniture.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 12, 2025 08:28 PM (w6EFb)

164 Yeah, I cook for myself now. Too easy to get e. Coli and golly knows what else these days. Not worth the risks to eat “fast” food, since it is so crappy now and slow. But a good mom & pop restaurant can probably still crank out a good meal. Just be prepared for sticker shock.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 08:29 PM (Wu2hV)

165 That's what I don't get about Five Guys. The foods ok but the prices are regular restaurant not fast food and there are way too many restaurants around here with better food for similar pricing.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2025 08:28 PM (viF8m)

But where else are you going to get a 5 pound bag of fries with a pound of grease on the bottom?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 08:29 PM (6ydKt)

166 I would hock the farm for some really good fish n chips right now.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 12, 2025 08:30 PM (sDNVV)

167 I think of them as furry hot water bottles when they sit on my lap or curl up with me at night.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 12, 2025 08:22 PM

What do they think of you?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

same thing only bigger?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 12, 2025 08:31 PM (a+4eV)

168 Turn that $40 of Taco Bell into $80 with door dash

Posted by: NCKate at December 12, 2025 08:31 PM (uQzkA)

169 Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year is Cloud Dancer aka White

Cloud Dancer also lands in a year when our built environment is drifting toward aesthetic sterilization, complete with more white and less friction. (The Development/Courtesy Pantone)

But Cloud Dancer’s ascent doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It lands in a moment when America’s political architecture is staging its own whitening. From the East Wing teardown to a planned paint-over of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the federal palette has converged on one directive: Make America White Again.
_https://www.archpaper.com
/2025/12/ pantone-2026- color-of-the-year-
cloud-dancer/

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 08:32 PM (imZqa)

170 168 Turn that $40 of Taco Bell into $80 with door dash

Posted by: NCKate at December 12, 2025 08:31 PM (uQzkA)

That's why I've used Uber or Door Dash maybe five times.

I can order stuff on my phone and drive the 1 to 5 miles to get it myself.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 12, 2025 08:33 PM (6ydKt)

171 Decades ago, the husband of a cow orker, who had run a fairly upscale restaurant in Steamboat Springs, moved with his wife here so she could get a real lawyer job. He took a job at Arby's but soon quit. He couldn't deal with the concept of artificial Cheese Whiz.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 12, 2025 08:34 PM (L/fGl)

172 >>I would hock the farm for some really good fish n chips right now.

Now that we have around here.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2025 08:34 PM (viF8m)

173 You old timers hoping to fill your gut on $1.25 are out of luck. I do remember buying a slice of pizza in Brooklyn for 15 cents, 1965. Thought they were gouging when it went to a quarter.

Posted by: Days Gone By at December 12, 2025 08:34 PM (oftw2)

174 I mainly cook my own meals these days. Tonight I’m baking us a butternut squash because they’re in the stores in the winter, we like them, they’re cheap, and they’re easy to bake.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2025 08:35 PM (k5cxK)

175 Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year is Cloud Dancer aka White
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 08:32 PM

Until the 'ettes add this to their list of fashion colors, it doesn't mean much.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2025 08:36 PM (0sNs1)

176 174 I mainly cook my own meals these days. Tonight I’m baking us a butternut squash because they’re in the stores in the winter, we like them, they’re cheap, and they’re easy to bake.
Posted by: Tom Servo

They are very easy to grow, plant a row and get a hundred pounds of them. Also store pretty well, save the seeds and plant them next spring.

Posted by: Squash Racket at December 12, 2025 08:39 PM (oftw2)

177 The proper name of the game is hide-and-go-seek. Only Commies say it the other way.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 12, 2025 08:22 PM

Only British poofters say hide-and-go-seek. ie 'After we eat our spotted dick, let's play hide-and-go-seek.'

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 12, 2025 08:39 PM (jc0TO)

178 115 I never heard this -- cats get mad if you mess up the spot they just cleaned with their tongue?
---
Apparently they are not fond of "human stink." So they clean the spot all over again to remove your scent.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

---------------
I don't think it's the smell, I think it is idea that we are "marking" them. Cats mark us as part of their territory or clan. If we then rub against them the feel dissed, thinking we are marking them. But I don't know, I don't have a cat sense of smell. Maybe they can tell but if that's the case, why would they want to live in our houses. Our whole world must smell worse than our fingers.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at December 12, 2025 08:40 PM (uxVjF)

179 Russia's present, our future

I’m Russian. Here’s How Corruption Really Works.

https://youtu.be/0B8AyBhwasI

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 12, 2025 08:41 PM (jc0TO)

180 I don't go to Starbucks but I have a sudden urge to...

Posted by: lin-duh at December 12, 2025 08:41 PM (VCgbV)

181 I parboil butternut squash in 1" cubes, then freeze. Good for a year. Just bake the cubes at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes. Good in soups and stews also.

Posted by: Squash Racketeer at December 12, 2025 08:45 PM (oftw2)

182 Having two cats for 17-18 years never noticed that cleaning no-no

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 08:45 PM (Ia/+0)

183 Good tip squash man

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2025 08:48 PM (k5cxK)

184 I don't go to Starbucks but I have a sudden urge to..
——-

Coffee is good for that, caffeine helps stimulate the bowels

Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 08:52 PM (Wu2hV)

185 172 >>I would hock the farm for some really good fish n chips right now.

Now that we have around here.
Posted by: JackStraw
-------

There is one seafood restaurant in town.
I left it on the table.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 08:55 PM (imZqa)

186 Remember when Arthur Treachers Fish and Chips were everywhere? I thought they were pretty good, looked them up only 3 left in the country. All in Ohio for some reason.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2025 08:56 PM (k5cxK)

187 Long John Silvers, worked summers between college years in mid 70's. Would love to have that exact fried fish again. We used to get to take home the leftovers if the guys cooked too much.

Posted by: skywch at December 12, 2025 08:58 PM (uqhmb)

188 Henrys was a competitor to McDonalds. Mr. Steak was a chain that wasn’t too bad.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 12, 2025 08:59 PM (Wu2hV)

189 >>>I never heard this -- cats get mad if you mess up the spot they just cleaned with their tongue?

Some of those had the people petting in the wrong direction. That'll piss a cat off no matter if they just cleaned it or not.

Pretty funny watching the cats get annoyed by the "dirty" touch.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 12, 2025 08:59 PM (syz1S)

190 I better turn this off
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2025 09:00 PM (Ia/+0)

191 Breaking News: The Austin, Texas baristas have joined the strike against Starbucks.

Many are marching with a sign that reads "Don't cross our picket line".

Not even a "please?" F that. I'd probably go in and buy a coffee even if I didn't want one.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 12, 2025 09:00 PM (3nLb4)

192 180 I don't go to Starbucks but I have a sudden urge to...
Posted by: lin-duh

urinate?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 09:02 PM (imZqa)

193 I worked at a McDonalds in high school (just like Trump!) and they had that rule about leftover food. So if I was on closing shift and the middle aged manager was in the back room fooling around with one of the high school girls (he usually was) we’d fry up a dozen of those hot cherry pies at five minutes to 11.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2025 09:03 PM (k5cxK)

194 He took a job at Arby's but soon quit. He couldn't deal with the concept of artificial Cheese Whiz.

You mean there's such a thing as real, all-natural cheeze whiz? Eww.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 12, 2025 09:03 PM (3nLb4)

195 Foolishly, Long John Silvers in Tuscaloosa had a Friday night all you can eat fish and chips.

19 year old college students can eat a lot of fried fish.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 12, 2025 09:03 PM (jc0TO)

196 Tom Servo, that was good planning

would also love one of those cherry pies about now.

Posted by: skywch at December 12, 2025 09:05 PM (uqhmb)

197 Defunct chains?

Lum's

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 12, 2025 09:09 PM (XeU6L)

198 Now that I think about it, it wasn't Friday night, it was Sunday night, which is even worse for them as that was the only night that the school cafeterias were closed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 12, 2025 09:09 PM (jc0TO)

199 The National Consumers League is America’s oldest consumer advocacy organization and a group trusted by the left, especially, to stand up for consumers’ interests.

But according to a review of its tax filings by the Washington Examiner, it has also become part of a web of astroturf groups shilling for the corporate interests of PhRMA, the massive drugmaker trade association that operates in Washington, DC, which donated close to $1 million to it just last year.

Posted by: SMOD at December 12, 2025 09:10 PM (GITLP)

200 Tom,
Every so often out here, MacDs puts out blueberry pies. Damn this things are like luscious little packages of crack!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2025 09:10 PM (2WIwB)

201 "90% of everything is garbage
Posted by: n

Does that mean that 90% of the remains 10% is also garbage? And that 90% of the still remaining 1% is garbage? Et cetera…

Posted by: Insensitive Clod at December 12, 2025 09:11 PM (hA9kl)

202 >>There is one seafood restaurant in town.
I left it on the table.

Nature of the beast. I live in the middle of some of the best seafood fishing in the northeast. Seafood restaurants are everywhere.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2025 09:11 PM (viF8m)

203 >I would hock the farm for some really good fish n chips right now.

Now that we have around here.
Posted by: JackStraw

Best halibut 'n chips is at the golf course where I play with the geezers. Best in all of the South Puget Sound.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2025 09:13 PM (2WIwB)

204 That hot cherry pie was the best thing McDonalds ever sold, especially since that was when everything was still fried in lard, not the vegetable stuff they switched to later. When they were right out of the fryer the cherry filling was molten.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2025 09:13 PM (k5cxK)

205 I saw Tenet. It was a decent enough action flick. I thought it was supposed to be complex and difficult to understand but it seemed pretty straight for/backward. Neil was obviously max. Which is a little sad at the end. But hopefully that was him on the stretcher before.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 12, 2025 09:14 PM (3uBP9)

206
Breaking News: The Austin, Texas baristas have joined the strike against Starbucks.
Many are marching with a sign that reads "Don't cross our picket line".
Not even a "please?" F that. I'd probably go in and buy a coffee even if I didn't want one.
Posted by: Oddbob

*spits*
*crosses picket line*
*purchases cup of burnt brown piss*
*crosses picket line again*
*pours it out at their feet*

"Fuck you lefty progtard faggots, your nasty assed piss water coffee, and especially your lame assed pussy strike".

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 12, 2025 09:14 PM (QVmho)

207 I would love a blueberry pie! Well really there’s not many pies I would turn down.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2025 09:15 PM (k5cxK)

208 don't go to Starbucks but I have a sudden urge to...
Posted by: lin-duh

urinate?

Posted by: Braenyard
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Yep, I have 2 stents in and I'm still urinating lots of blood. But no more kidney stones for now.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 12, 2025 09:18 PM (VCgbV)

209 >> I worked at a McDonalds in high school (just like Trump!) and they had that rule about leftover food. So if I was on closing shift and the middle aged manager was in the back room fooling around with one of the high school girls (he usually was) we’d fry up a dozen of those hot cherry pies at five minutes to 11.

I was trying to make some extra money for a few months before I moved to PR so I took an overnight job cleaning a McDonalds. Just me and one other guy and he was an ex-con, drug addict. A little twitchy but a pretty good guy. They let us eat whatever we wanted. He did, I couldn't even look at the stuff.

Turns out when you clean a McDonalds you don't want to eat McDonalds.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2025 09:18 PM (viF8m)

210 I worked at a McDonalds in high school (just like Trump!) and they had that rule about leftover food. So if I was on closing shift and the middle aged manager was in the back room fooling around with one of the high school girls (he usually was) we’d fry up a dozen of those hot cherry pies at five minutes to 11.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2025 09:03 PM (k5cxK)

Those pies were good. Back in the 80's we had a McDonalds, a white castle, and a jack in the box all within pissing distance of each other. We would go to white castle and grab some burgers, then hit the McDonalds drive though next door for fries, a strawberry shake, and a few of those apple or cherry pies, and then feast on all of it in the parking lot. Many times we would just hit McDonalds and grab the shake, fries, and cherry pies. Its the shit that happened when you cruised around all night getting roasted. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 12, 2025 09:19 PM (snZF9)

211 My grandmother used to say she only liked two kinds of pie: hot and cold.

Posted by: Wenda at December 12, 2025 09:19 PM (A65Zh)

212 177 The proper name of the game is hide-and-go-seek. Only Commies say it the other way.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 12, 2025 08:22 PM

Only British poofters say hide-and-go-seek. ie 'After we eat our spotted dick, let's play hide-and-go-seek.'

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 12, 2025 08:39 PM (jc0TO)

They eat their faggots, too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:20 PM (ynpvh)

213 Fuck you lefty progtard faggots, your nasty assed piss water coffee, and especially your lame assed pussy strike".
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 12, 2025 09:14 PM (QVmho)

Now damn it Bif. Don't hold it in. Talk to us. Let it out. Tell us how you really feel.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2025 09:22 PM (2WIwB)

214 >>Best halibut 'n chips is at the golf course where I play with the geezers. Best in all of the South Puget Sound.

Best lobster roll in the area is at a food truck at Southeast Lighthouse on Block Island. It's really good. Views pretty good, too.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2025 09:23 PM (viF8m)

215 189 >>>I never heard this -- cats get mad if you mess up the spot they just cleaned with their tongue?

Some of those had the people petting in the wrong direction. That'll piss a cat off no matter if they just cleaned it or not.

Pretty funny watching the cats get annoyed by the "dirty" touch.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 12, 2025 08:59 PM (syz1S)

For some measures of "clean". I see my cats lick their a**holes and later lick their bodies...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:24 PM (ynpvh)

216 207 I would love a blueberry pie! Well really there’s not many pies I would turn down.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2025 09:15 PM (k5cxK)

Their apple pie is kinda lame, but I still buy it.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 12, 2025 09:25 PM (2WIwB)

217 189 >>>I never heard this -- cats get mad if you mess up the spot they just cleaned with their tongue?

Some of those had the people petting in the wrong direction. That'll piss a cat off no matter if they just cleaned it or not.

Pretty funny watching the cats get annoyed by the "dirty" touch.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 12, 2025 08:59 PM (syz1S)

The multiplier effect in reverse...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:25 PM (ynpvh)

218 ----
Yep, I have 2 stents in and I'm still urinating lots of blood. But no more kidney stones for now.
Posted by: lin-duh
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Wow! Had no idea. You sound positive. Is everything OK - going as expected?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 09:25 PM (OfmEX)

219 I don't usually have the chance to get involved in daytime weekday threads (Ace's), but I followed several of them today. The pace of commenting seemed really fast to me. Is it usually so, was it just the topics, or was I moving slowly? he wondered.

And it's always sad when serious or hearty discussions are seasoned with the griping gripers who gripe. Glad I don't have to be the thread police.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's all relatives at December 12, 2025 09:25 PM (lbDMw)

220 Old hostess fried fruit pies in the waxed paper wrapper. Apple. Lemon. Cherry was ok.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 09:26 PM (zZu0s)

221 N was being himself. People were being silly enough to play to him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 09:28 PM (zZu0s)

222 218 ----
Yep, I have 2 stents in and I'm still urinating lots of blood. But no more kidney stones for now.
Posted by: lin-duh
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Wow! Had no idea. You sound positive. Is everything OK - going as expected?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 09:25 PM (OfmEX)

Oof. Hope you feel better, Lin-duh. I've ~~never~~ not yet had kidney stones, but I have had some hematurias. At one point one episode was so bad that my red blood count dropped several points over a period of a week or two...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:29 PM (ynpvh)

223 I worked at a McDonalds in high school (just like Trump!) and they had that rule about leftover food. So if I was on closing shift and the middle aged manager was in the back room fooling around with one of the high school girls (he usually was) we’d fry up a dozen of those hot cherry pies at five minutes to 11.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2025 09:03 PM (k5cxK)

Back when McD's pies retained the heat of a dying star and taking the first bite required courage.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 12, 2025 09:29 PM (GvesS)

224 221 N was being himself. People were being silly enough to play to him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 09:28 PM (zZu0s)

Did 'ee get 'is 5 quid?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:30 PM (ynpvh)

225 When I was in Alaska I got some great halibut. But, since then, the best halibut fish and chips was in Bandon, Oregon.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 12, 2025 09:31 PM (0aYVJ)

226
When I was in Alaska I got some great halibut. But, since then, the best halibut fish and chips was in Bandon, Oregon.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 12, 2025 09:31 PM (0aYVJ)

_________

Where can I get schrod?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 09:32 PM (tgvbd)

227 With an assist from Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, President Trump has achieved a ceasefire between the Thais and the Cambodians.
Settling Thais that the Cambodian roadside bomb killing Thai civilians was an accident.
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It appears that Cambodians are odd man out in the region. Or as others would put it - Cambodia is asshoe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 09:34 PM (OfmEX)

228 204 That hot cherry pie was the best thing McDonalds ever sold, especially since that was when everything was still fried in lard, not the vegetable stuff they switched to later. When they were right out of the fryer the cherry filling was molten.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2025 09:13 PM (k5cxK)

The cherry pie and the McDonaldland cookies. does anyone know why they stopped selling them? It seems like a lot of people remember them fondly.

Posted by: moki at December 12, 2025 09:35 PM (wLjpr)

229 Good ol' Rat in the Box.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 12, 2025 09:36 PM (LjSYW)

230 228 204 That hot cherry pie was the best thing McDonalds ever sold, especially since that was when everything was still fried in lard, not the vegetable stuff they switched to later. When they were right out of the fryer the cherry filling was molten.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 12, 2025 09:13 PM (k5cxK)

The cherry pie and the McDonaldland cookies. does anyone know why they stopped selling them? It seems like a lot of people remember them fondly.

Posted by: moki at December 12, 2025 09:35 PM (wLjpr)

Jolli-Bee (a Filipino fried chicken place) has mango pies that they sell; they're pretty good.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:36 PM (ynpvh)

231 191 Breaking News: The Austin, Texas baristas have joined the strike against Starbucks.

Many are marching with a sign that reads "Don't cross our picket line".
Posted by: Oddbob

For the press. Was in Center City Philadelphia today & saw no Starbuck's picketing on Walnut Street, South Broad, yada yada, and business was brisk.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 12, 2025 09:36 PM (NFX2v)

232 229 Good ol' Rat in the Box.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 12, 2025 09:36 PM (LjSYW)

I jokingly called it "Gag in the Bag", but that would upset my wife (she worked at J in the B as a teen)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:37 PM (ynpvh)

233 Where can I get schrod?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 09:32 PM

In before Wesley Crusher admires your usage of the past pluperfect.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2025 09:38 PM (0sNs1)

234 sbux has been overstored for quite some time, no reason not to shutter a bunch in austin

Posted by: n at December 12, 2025 09:38 PM (3GGcJ)

235 Or Crap in the Box.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 12, 2025 09:38 PM (LjSYW)

236 226
When I was in Alaska I got some great halibut. But, since then, the best halibut fish and chips was in Bandon, Oregon.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at December 12, 2025 09:31 PM (0aYVJ)

_________

Where can I get schrod?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 09:32 PM (tgvbd)

Gonna make some lutefisk?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:38 PM (ynpvh)

237
Jolli-Bee (a Filipino fried chicken place) has mango pies that they sell; they're pretty good.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:36 PM (ynpvh)

That sounds really good! I was in Thailand for a conference and the McDonald there fried their fries in coconut oil, and had fried pineapple pies - oh my goodness!!!!

Posted by: moki at December 12, 2025 09:39 PM (wLjpr)

238 237
Jolli-Bee (a Filipino fried chicken place) has mango pies that they sell; they're pretty good.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:36 PM (ynpvh)

That sounds really good! I was in Thailand for a conference and the McDonald there fried their fries in coconut oil, and had fried pineapple pies - oh my goodness!!!!

Posted by: moki at December 12, 2025 09:39 PM (wLjpr)

McD's and Jolli-Bee's pies are best when heated up...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:40 PM (ynpvh)

239
Now damn it Bif. Don't hold it in. Talk to us. Let it out. Tell us how you really feel.
Posted by: Diogenes

Yes, sir. I'll just go down to the motor poll and fuck with the motor warrant. You mind if I take Delta battery's BC's blazer out joy rinding? I promise to park it fucked up, with mud dripping off it at the front of the Delta battery line of vehicles where the SGM can see it when he strolls in at 1600 on Friday afternoon. I know that rat bastard did you dirty at staff call and he needs a come uppence.

#don't mess with chief's bC

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 12, 2025 09:41 PM (QVmho)

240
The cherry pie and the McDonaldland cookies. does anyone know why they stopped selling them? It seems like a lot of people remember them fondly.

Posted by: moki
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Fast Burger, here, sells a chocolate chip cookie for $2 and a brownie for $4.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 09:41 PM (OfmEX)

241 The cherry pie and the McDonaldland cookies. does anyone know why they stopped selling them? It seems like a lot of people remember them fondly.

Posted by: moki at December 12, 2025 09:35 PM (wLjpr)

Jolli-Bee (a Filipino fried chicken place) has mango pies that they sell; they're pretty good.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:36 PM (ynpvh)

My Local McD's still sells cookies. It is up to the franchise.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 12, 2025 09:41 PM (mP0Kj)

242 233 Where can I get schrod?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 12, 2025 09:32 PM

In before Wesley Crusher admires your usage of the past pluperfect.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 12, 2025 09:38 PM (0sNs1)

Eh, it's no pluperfect passive progressive.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:41 PM (ynpvh)

243
Defunct chains?

Burger Queen

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 12, 2025 09:44 PM (pkeXY)

244 For some measures of "clean". I see my cats lick their a**holes and later lick their bodies...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 12, 2025 09:24 PM (ynpvh)

and they still wind up smelling like clean laundry and happiness.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 12, 2025 09:45 PM (rbvCR)

245 Defunct chains?

alice

Posted by: n at December 12, 2025 09:46 PM (3GGcJ)

246 Defunct chains?

two

Posted by: n at December 12, 2025 09:46 PM (3GGcJ)

247 I want a pineapple fried pie with some French Fries fried in coconut oil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 09:46 PM (OfmEX)

248 bucees has a version of apple which is pretty much the old deep fried magma which mcdonalds sold

Posted by: n at December 12, 2025 09:47 PM (3GGcJ)

249 and they still wind up smelling like clean laundry and happiness.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 12, 2025 09:45 PM (rbvCR)
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As opposed to dogs finding a pile of deer shit and rolling in it.

I'm sure they smell like angels and pumpkin spice.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 12, 2025 09:48 PM (ZOv7s)

250 Llanddwyn Island (Angelsea)

Lovely. Hope it's not AI.

Good night, all!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 12, 2025 09:49 PM (NFX2v)

251 As opposed to dogs finding a pile of deer shit and rolling in it.

I'm sure they smell like angels and pumpkin spice.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 12, 2025 09:48 PM (ZOv7s)

My niece still has the carpet in her living room tore up to the floorboards from when her beloved dog went "up the woods out back" and ate half a dead and putrefying deer, and came home to puke it up in the living room.

She may be waiting for carpet to come on sale again, or she might just like having the memory of that dog, who has since passed.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 12, 2025 09:52 PM (rbvCR)

252 Paging F5, paging F5, impatience it waiting.
She's tapping her foot with hands on her hips.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 12, 2025 09:54 PM (OfmEX)

253 and they still wind up smelling like clean laundry and happiness.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 12, 2025 09:45 PM (rbvCR)

Well, I guess what we know what to rub on kindl when he passes out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 12, 2025 09:54 PM (zZu0s)

254 Defunct chains?

Hot 'N Now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 12, 2025 09:57 PM (LjSYW)

255

Jeff Konczak of Alpena, Michigan, along with Gun Lake Investments of Grand Rapids, Michigan, bought the rights to Hot 'n Now in October 2024. Through a partnership known as HNN Holdings, Konczak announced plans to open new Hot 'n Now locations in Alpena and Grand Rapids in 2025. The first such location was announced for opening in Wayland, Michigan in October 2025. Wayland, Michigan's location opened for business on October 13, 2025.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 12, 2025 10:02 PM (pkeXY)

256 Hurry up! You're missing the NOOD ONT
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=417687

Posted by: mindful webworker - come one come all at December 12, 2025 10:02 PM (lbDMw)

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