Thursday Overnight Open Thread - January 1, 2026 [Doof]

Happy New Year, Hordelings! First ONT of the year. Aren't you glad you stopped by?

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America turns 250 this year. Check out this cool video from "America250".

The next chapter of our American story starts now.

250 years of rising, remembering, and turning toward one another to embrace our part in history.

As we begin this once-in-a-generation year, take a moment to reflect on who we are—and who we want to be. Happy 2026. Happy… pic.twitter.com/fUj2twHZDB
— America250 (@America250) January 1, 2026

Can you imagine what kind of alternate universe video would have been made if Kamala was POTUS?

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CBS News says they're totally gonna be better now

"On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."

That changes now. The new CBS Evening News… pic.twitter.com/NKdvRJjYCS
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 1, 2026

I totally believe them. How about you?

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Hard to believe, but there are still quite a few Branch Covidians out there

The folks are on year 7 of 14 days to flatten the curve.

Will they ever give up their masks? pic.twitter.com/v2rd0kea1K
— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) January 1, 2026

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Happy Anniversary to The Far Side

Jan 1, 1980: The Far Side by Gary Larson was first published in the San Francisco Chronicle #80s Ran in syndication until January 1, 1995 pic.twitter.com/HaAfSi2DEk
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) January 1, 2026

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Dude

U.S. Customs Seizes Monkey Meat at Chicago O’Hare Airport

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, one of the busiest travel hubs in the world, made headlines this week after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials confiscated several illegal and disturbing items from an arriving passenger’s luggage—including monkey meat.
The traveler, arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was stopped during a routine inspection at O’Hare. Upon examination of their luggage, officers discovered over 11 pounds of pest-infested beans, 17 pounds of unidentifiable plant material, and approximately 4 pounds of dried monkey meat, which was later classified as non-human primate meat. In addition to the monkey meat, authorities also seized what they described as mummified small primates.

Sorry to disappoint you, but the article contains no mention of greasy, grimy gopher guts.

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Need to pick up a bleated Christmas gift for someone?

The Quality Learing center playset
😂🤣😂 pic.twitter.com/KbhB4GXwME
— ThatOneGuy55 (@Tesla7771) December 31, 2025

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DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

Super easy. Difficulty level 1 out of 5

What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by New Year wishes

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1 A delicious New Year's traditional family supper of black-eye-pea stew, this year with added burger (not pork, it's Oklahoma), avocado, and Santa Fe style chile verde. Also, cornbread - marbled yellow and blue corn - with jalapeños, and honey-butter. Five humans dining, and five dogs frolicking for full festive chaos.

For luck to last a year, technically, you must be sure to consume a minimum of 365 peas; 366 in Leap Years.

Setting goals for the new year: to lose all those extra pounds put on since Thanksgiving.

Happy New Year, alla y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Right? Right! at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (dESj/)

2 Merry NY!

Posted by: mot at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (fIPNY)

3 Brute

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:00 PM (UZwsW)

4 Let's hope the GOPe doesn't interfere with Trump's plans again. He has enough trouble with insurrectionist judges and state officials.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 10:01 PM (uQesX)

5 A delicious New Year's traditional family supper of black-eye-pea stew, this year with added burger (not pork, it's Oklahoma), avocado, and Santa Fe style chile verde. Also, cornbread - marbled yellow and blue corn - with jalapeños, and honey-butter. Five humans dining, and five dogs frolicking for full festive chaos.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Right? Right! at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (dESj/)
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Have you tried substituting monkey meat?

Posted by: traveler, Democratic Republic of Congo at January 01, 2026 10:02 PM (ESVrU)

6 *1 more year, if we can help it

Posted by: GOPe at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)

7 The traveler, arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was stopped during a routine inspection at O’Hare. Upon examination of their luggage, officers discovered over 11 pounds of pest-infested beans, 17 pounds of unidentifiable plant material, and approximately 4 pounds of dried monkey meat, which was later classified as non-human primate meat. In addition to the monkey meat, authorities also seized what they described as mummified small primates.

Choose your comment:

1) Diversity is our strength!

B) That is not how "the twelve days of Christmas" goes

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (nhCoE)

8 Nyah

At least she did not sit on the dog and wonder where Fluffy vanished to. Or was that a Far Side cartoon?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (2GVsD)

9 I have the New Riders album, right in front of me.

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (1wtUm)

10 Good evening morons and Feliz año nuevo Disco

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (RIvkX)

11 In addition to the monkey meat, authorities also seized what they described as mummified small primates.
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Those will be ground up into powder and used in black sorcery rituals or as an aphrodisiac.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (ESVrU)

12 Yay, New Years Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (lUFok)

13 I made a big pot of Hoppin’ John today! For me black eyed peas cooked slowly with two onions chopped in and some chopped bacon; served over fluffy white rice. And some jiffy cornbread too.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (otNgF)

14 I am feeling very centered tonight.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (1paM0)

15 Ruth Gamble@honouringtruth

... I have been a lesbian feminist for 4 decades. The Left never came to the party to build an egalitarian world-men see themselves as Great Liberators, without understanding they are Great Oppressors who never bothered to hand in their free passes. Handmaidens fawn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (UZwsW)

16 no "dirty little birdy feet"?

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (1wtUm)

17 Don't touch my monkey.

Posted by: Deder at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (Q+gd/)

18 "Bleated?"

How many bourbons did you have while you were writing this?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (YIDb4)

19 GOPe will find a stupid fence on a hill to go full lemming on and die.

They are like the 'Aints, will always find a way to lose.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (2GVsD)

20 Ha, problem already fixed!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (1paM0)

21 I made Hoppin John with black eyed peas for lunch and it was superlative.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

22 Sorry I'm late, I've been dealing with a pretty bad hangover. My belly has started to hang over my belt buckle so much that it is starting to chafe.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (2RJDy)

23 In addition to the monkey meat, authorities also seized what they described as mummified small primates.
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Those will be ground up into powder and used in black sorcery rituals or as an aphrodisiac.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Only the albino primates.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (/lPRQ)

24 But did he shock the monkey?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (2GVsD)

25 If the Sesquicentennial is anything like the Bicentennial you youngsters are in for a good time this summer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

26
I totally believe them. How about you?

Well, they did promise not to do that thing in our mouths again.

Naaaaaa. Fuck the media, the i dustry, and all their commie talking heads.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (QVmho)

27 I think I've got the theme for the musical selections, based on the second and third songs. The first one doesn't seem familiar, so off I go to check my theory.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (lUFok)

28 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (7Pnfz)

29 Sounds like Landman's Dad.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:07 PM (QAvZU)

30 Munkey?

Posted by: Inspector C at January 01, 2026 10:07 PM (Q+gd/)

31 You guys playing cards?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ZxPkt)

32 Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (otNgF)
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No collard greens though.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)

33 Sam Elliot on that 250 vid? Thought he was a Kamalaite? Shouldn't he be sad, not celebrating?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (uQesX)

34 Is that Sam Elliott?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (QAvZU)

35 You guys playing cards?
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ZxPkt)
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Ante up!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ESVrU)

36 15: Calm down, Ruth. Have another wine.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 10:10 PM (7Pnfz)

37 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex - one day almost down, 364 to go at January 01, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

38
Calm down, Ruth. Have another wine.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Ruthie needs to sense fucked into her.

*not it*

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 10:11 PM (QVmho)

39 Calm down, Ruth. Have another wine.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 10:10 PM (7Pnfz)

But I'll be sober in the morning.

Posted by: Winnie at January 01, 2026 10:11 PM (uQesX)

40 Happy New Year.

I am thankful for the Ace of Spades...even though I am mostly a lurker.

I never miss a day. I usually read the content, and then miss out on being in the top twenty. I actually made 3rd for one time this year.

Please remember our military who are stationed overseas, and missed spending the holidays with their families.

Posted by: Idlan at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (YT7+E)

41 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (UZwsW)

What kind of gibberish was that?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (KDPiq)

42 Repeal the 19th Amendment.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (QAvZU)

43 If the Sesquicentennial is anything like the Bicentennial…

Sesquicentennial was in 1926. This year is officially the Semiquincentennial. Semi = half and quin = 5. It was to avoid that kind of confusion that I preferred Sestercentennial. (Sester = 2.5)

Romans had words for numbers like Eskimos for snow.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (EXyHK)

44 lol as soon as I saw that story I thought “mutilated monkey meat!” But you had it covered Doof.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (otNgF)

45 "Bleated?"

How many bourbons did you have while you were writing this?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (YIDb4)

Ace doesn't pay for me to have a proofreader

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

46 I wonder if the US military will rise to the occasion and create special paint schemes to celebrate the 250th like they did for 1976 and the 200th?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)

47 6
'Posted by: GOPe'

They benefit aplenty being the only alternative to 'Rat representation. It boils my blood that they manage to avoid the wrath of their voters.
God help them when a way to hold them accountable appears.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (fd80v)

48 For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.

I'd eat that entire pot of Hoppin Johns though.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)

49 Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (EXyHK)
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No math.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

50 Is that Sam Elliott?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (QAvZU)

Bet that was a sound alike voice actor . Elliot is not a fan of Trump and recently made some Lefty comments iirc.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (KDPiq)

51 CCL.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (QAvZU)

52 You guys playing cards?
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ZxPkt)

Is my webcam on? Was playing poker as I was posting tonight's thread. Honestly.

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

53 I made Hoppin John with black eyed peas for lunch and it was superlative.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:05
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Did you make it yesterday? 'Cause it's always better the second day.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (bQ4nt)

54 My wife likes collard greens, of course she’s from Louisiana. I never really warmed up to them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:15 PM (otNgF)

55 Plants are for livestock.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:15 PM (QAvZU)

56 How many bourbons did you have while you were writing this?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (YIDb4)

Ace doesn't pay for me to have a proofreader
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
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Actually, its only fun to point out errors after something is published.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 01, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

57 Did you make it yesterday? 'Cause it's always better the second day.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (bQ4nt)

Yeah in fact I made mine last night.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:15 PM (otNgF)

58 authorities also seized what they described as mummified small primates.

Not only did they take Christmas dinner, they took my kids Christmas presents!

They did not want no Elf on the Shelf. They wanted Macaque on the Rack.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 10:16 PM (nhCoE)

59 For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)

She is a little crazy, isn't she?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 10:16 PM (uQesX)

60 I Love this place :-)

thank you , Ace and Cobs

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 10:16 PM (1wtUm)

61 Bleated?

Is Doof feeling sheepish?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)

62 Did you make it yesterday? 'Cause it's always better the second day.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (bQ4nt)
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I soaked the peas since Monday and the rice was made Tuesday, so...

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)

63 Collard greens cooked with ham hocks. Jalapeno black eyed peas. Baby back ribs. First meal of the year was a win.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (ytIDq)

64 /sh*t

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)

65 and approximately 4 pounds of dried monkey meat, which was later classified as non-human primate meat.

But how can they be sure?

Posted by: Half Dozen at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (EYvpB)

66 Did you make it yesterday? 'Cause it's always better the second day.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (bQ4nt)

Same way with hog jowls and possum innards.

Posted by: J. D. Clampett at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (uQesX)

67 Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Found Dead at Swanky San Francisco Hotel

Old news, 2 hrs ago.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)

68 Doof, the 3 songs all have "new" in the band name...for New Years Day!

Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (y171U)

69 For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM
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Add moar sugar.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

70 No math

All I did was provide numbers. If you can’t refrain from doing math on them, I accept no responsibility!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (EXyHK)

71 It was to avoid that kind of confusion that I preferred Sestercentennial.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Ilhan Omar's 100th wedding anniversary?

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (nhCoE)

72 What kind of gibberish was that?
Posted by: Opinion fact
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It . just . belonged . here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (UZwsW)

73 I'm a cornbread fan though I consider them equal to good dinner rolls. My choice is dependent on the meal.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (KDPiq)

74 Is Doof feeling sheepish?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)

Sis boom bah!

Posted by: Carnak at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (uQesX)

75 Friday's are a way to remember. Wear a red shirt. That signifies "Remember Everyone Deployed".

Everyone thinks since we are not in an active war (or police action) that there are no military overseas. I know this group knows better, but we need to shout it out to the the other half of the USA.

Posted by: Idlan at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (YT7+E)

76 Save that dog!

I often "what if Kamala?"
None of the savings, no large scale RIFs, no closed departments.
Dangerous criminal illegals left to roam the country.
Borders open to more criminals.
If the Senate and House had the slightest D majority,
End to the filibuster
Pack SCOTUS to 15 Justices
Emasculate the Second Amendment
Limit the First, Fourth and Fifth
Tax and spend like crazy

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (wZw/H)

77 Bleated?

Is Doof feeling sheepish?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)

If I correct it, your comment won't make sense. I'll leave it.

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

78 Someone needs to do a welfare check on Ruth's cats.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)

79 Ilhan Omar's 100th wedding anniversary?

Like I said, the Romans had numbers for everything!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:20 PM (EXyHK)

80 Texas Road House serves up some good monkey meat these days. I'm going tomorrow and will report back on whether they have the greasy, grimy, gopher guts.

Posted by: The Galloping Gourmet at January 01, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)

81

Olongapo and Subic Bay Memories
September 5, 2024

Sailors and Marines may have jokingly and endearingly called this popular Pinoy street food as “monkey meat” but in reality, it is pork barbecue or “meat kebab” made of pork slices marinated in a sweet and savory sauce and grilled to perfection. A very popular street food in Olongapo, it is commonly peddled on makeshift grill carts along Magsaysay Drive and Rizal Avenue. Those who have tasted this grilled barbecued pork like the sweet, salty, and slightly spicy flavor combo and could be addictive.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 10:21 PM (pkeXY)

82 Doof, the 3 songs all have "new" in the band name...for New Years Day!
Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (y171U)

Yup. Easy layup tonight.

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

83 15 Ruth Gamble@honouringtruth

... I have been a lesbian feminist for 4 decades. The Left never came to the party to build an egalitarian world-men see themselves as Great Liberators, without understanding they are Great Oppressors who never bothered to hand in their free passes. Handmaidens fawn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (UZwsW)

Yeah... who freed the slaves? Oh... White Men.
Who gave Women the Right to vote? oh... White Men.
Who gave minorities equal rights? yup, White Guys.

Who is actively dividing us? Minorities, Women, Gays...

Kinda makes ya go... hmmmm....

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 01, 2026 10:22 PM (mP0Kj)

84 Please remember our military who are stationed overseas, and missed spending the holidays with their families.

Posted by: Idlan

Thank you.
Please don’t be shy. I don’t bite.

Hard. Unless you like that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 10:22 PM (IhIKR)

85 >48 For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.

Hot, fresh from the oven, lots of melted butter.

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 10:22 PM (Q+gd/)

86 I’m sad for Tommy Lee Jones. 34 year old at a New Years Eve party at a swank hotel, found unresponsive and died, well it’s obvious what everyone is thinking.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (otNgF)

87 Bleated?

Is Doof feeling sheepish?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)

If I correct it, your comment won't make sense. I'll leave it.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

At least he hasn't been debleated. We still hear him.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (S/Y4j)

88 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 10:21 PM (pkeXY)

The McRib ?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (KDPiq)

89 @Object_Zero_8h . World’s Largest Shipyard

... Hyundai Heavy Industry yard in Ulsan, South Korea. It employs 550,000 people.

The facility is 6.7m square meters and includes 1.6m square meters of steelworks, feeding 10 large dry docks. It is enormous 1,650 acres.

They produce 1.5-2m tonnes steel per year to build ships with 10m tonnes collective displacement.

Whilst Chinese yards build much if the smaller lower cost ships, South Korea completely dominates the high quality end on the market.

South Korea builds the vast majority of drillships, FPSOs, LNG carriers, VLCC tankers, etc. all the stuff that needs highly detailed quality controls for insurers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (UZwsW)

90 Made a delicious New Year's supper of asparagus and kulebyaka, a Russian dish with salmon filet layered with mushroom rice and sliced hard boiled eggs inside of puff pastry, topped with lemon/dill sauce. Time consuming to prepare but very tasty.

Posted by: Frankie at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (9x9Vs)

91 OK, got the theme. You'd have to be high to miss it.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 10:24 PM (lUFok)

92 So, how did that shit make it ONTO the plane?

I mean, if we don't search overseas passengers, how do we know there are no bombs?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 01, 2026 10:24 PM (mP0Kj)

93 Happy New Year's everyone! Hope there was lots of celebrating and a minimum on hangovers.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 01, 2026 10:24 PM (jGGMD)

94 48 For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.
-snip-
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)

Ya gotta woo her a little. Take her out to dinner. Tell her you hate Trump.

You'll get into it soon enough.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 01, 2026 10:25 PM (xIpco)

95 When Japan shifted VCR manufacturing I thought, well, here comes the crap. Should have known Japan wouldn't hand off to crappy builders.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:25 PM (UZwsW)

96 Sesquicentennial was in 1926. This year is officially the Semiquincentennial. Semi = half and quin = 5. It was to avoid that kind of confusion that I preferred Sestercentennial. (Sester = 2.5)

Romans had words for numbers like Eskimos for snow.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

I'll probably drop dead before 85 ... But I would not mind living too see the tricentennial.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:25 PM (/lPRQ)

97 Jeepers Kraken up 3-0 halfway through the first.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 10:26 PM (IhIKR)

98
Romans couldn't count anyway. That inclusive counting way they thought of things was just a mess.

Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but 2, since they counted today as 1.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)

99 *reads tankdemon @22*

Oh. Well, never mind.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 01, 2026 10:26 PM (jGGMD)

100 CBS guy; "I have been you." Rings false. Besides, if true, he's got the same problem Kash Patel and Pam Bondi have: too many of their embedded staff want them to fail.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 10:27 PM (V+sk9)

101 Willowed from the previous thread: the English climate today is still not as warm as during the Roman period. Grapes for wine were grown as far norm as Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire in those days. Current production is further south and very limited. Link to overlong Wikipedia article:

https://is.gd/UEojx1

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:27 PM (1paM0)

102 In a previous millennium, long, long ago, when I had high friends in low places, I was occasionally blessed with classic strains of weed. Never had Panama Red, but did once enjoy a bag of actual Jamaican Red. A remarkable looking rusty-colored herb with a distinctive effect. So I (sort of) recall.

https://bit.ly/jah-make-uh

Posted by: mindful webworker - all those friends are long gone now at January 01, 2026 10:27 PM (dESj/)

103 So, how did that shit make it ONTO the plane?

I mean, if we don't search overseas passengers, how do we know there are no bombs?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 01, 2026 10:24 PM (mP0

But there's no way a Hatian immigrant fresh off the boat would eat a pond goose or someone's pet or use it for some voodoo shit.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:29 PM (KDPiq)

104 @Aviation_Intel . 5h

Chinese Cargo Ship With Electromagnetic Catapult To Launch Advanced Combat Drones Emerges
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hmm, Sea Salt + cu + al + fe + catapult = ?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:29 PM (UZwsW)

105 Do we really want those particular women to give up their masks?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 10:30 PM (2RJDy)

106 Friday's are a way to remember. Wear a red shirt. That signifies "Remember Everyone Deployed".

Everyone thinks since we are not in an active war (or police action) that there are no military overseas. I know this group knows better, but we need to shout it out to the the other half of the USA.
Posted by: Idlan

Sorry, seen too many episodes of Star Trek to wear a red shirt when going on an away mission.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:30 PM (/lPRQ)

107 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:25 PM (/lPRQ)

GET OFF MY LAWN !!

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:31 PM (KDPiq)

108 PLAN's new carrier, Fujin sp?, has electromagnetic catapults. But is conventionally powered. So their launch cycle is dependent upon the capacitors.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:31 PM (2GVsD)

109 I'll probably drop dead before 85 ... But I would not mind living too see the tricentennial.

Raise a glass to us 29-year olds if you do make it. And remember the old HQ!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:32 PM (EXyHK)

110 >For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.

Posted by: Thomas Bender
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try smothering it with spicy chili

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 10:32 PM (ZxPkt)

111 Nice Am250 ad. Would have been nice to have a scene with one church or house of worship- The Thing! God's grace shed on thee.

Posted by: Rex B at January 01, 2026 10:33 PM (C9oTe)

112 94 48 For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.
-snip-
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)

Ya gotta woo her a little. Take her out to dinner. Tell her you hate Trump.

You'll get into it soon enough.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Give her some salted butter. That'll do it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (UZwsW)

113 Sorry, seen too many episodes of Star Trek to wear a red shirt when going on an away mission.

Be Scotty.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (EXyHK)

114 Re: O’Hare airport seizures.

I remember it being “18 pounds of grimy, greasy, gopher guts”

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (w3u3d)

115 Days of the New... really liked that album. Still have the CD. Takes me back to college (1997), age 21. 90s were such an awesome time for music. Great memories going to the record store on campus to get the latest CD releases.

My first roommate and I had similar taste in music back then. I remember each of us getting the Beastie Boys Ill Communication when it came out. And Alice in Chains in 1995 with the dog on the cover.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (P5BPp)

116 Scotty was the only one to wear a red shirt and be expected to make it the end of the episode, and even that was put in doubt a few times.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:36 PM (1paM0)

117 Apparently, "bisesquicentennial" would work for 250 as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 10:37 PM (w6EFb)

118 DOOF!

Happiest New Year my friend!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 10:37 PM (LNeRu)

119 113 Sorry, seen too many episodes of Star Trek to wear a red shirt when going on an away mission.

Be Scotty.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (EXyHK)

Damn, thinkin on it... I was an Electronics type in the Navy, so that would probably be a Red Shirt...

And I was part of the Security and Boarding team...

Surprised I survived me Navy carreer.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 01, 2026 10:38 PM (mP0Kj)

120 Cornbread can’t beat Martha White biscuits!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:38 PM (1paM0)

121 NIce mystery click.
Had a sergeant who played backup for REO Speedwagon. He was incredible on the guitar.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)

122 Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Found Dead at Swanky San Francisco Hotel

Damn, man. That's sad.

Posted by: mindful webworker - what no parent should go through at January 01, 2026 10:39 PM (dESj/)

123 A breakfast meal in Louisiana called Cush Cush is made by crushing up corn bread into butter milk. Sometimes slightly soured milk.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:39 PM (KDPiq)

124 I am super excited to see your contract was renewed, Doof, and you weren’t hit with a first right of refusal only extension!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:40 PM (p4NUW)

125 Nothing in local media about Tommy Lee Jones' daughter

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)

126 French-fried parrakeet is delicious with a sweet and sour chutney and termite larvae in aspic.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 01, 2026 10:41 PM (nljXp)

127
My paternal grandmother's name was Ruth.

She would say fuck you to that bitch Ruth.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:42 PM (3ek7K)

128 Boom, boom, boom, boom - hey-e-yea

@miriti55453 . 5h
U.S. MILITARY STRIKES NARCO FLEET in PACIFIC

Over 48 hours in late December, the U.S. military destroyed five drug-trafficking vessels operating along known narco routes in the Pacific.

According to U.S. Southern Command:
• Dec 30: Three boats struck after confirmed narcotics transfers
• At least 3 killed on the first vessel
• Remaining boats were tracked, engaged, and sunk
• Coast Guard conducted follow-on operations
• Dec 31: Two additional narco vessels targeted
• 5 more killed
Total: 5 boats destroyed. 8 traffickers killed.
These strikes are part of a broader campaign:
• 30+ U.S. strikes since September
• 110+ narco combatants neutralized
• Operations framed as a non-international armed conflict with cartel networks fueling U.S. drug deaths
This is what decisive interdiction looks like.

Source: NPR

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:42 PM (UZwsW)

129 Cornbread > Croissant > Dinner roll > Texas Toast> Biscuit

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:43 PM (KDPiq)

130 Cush Cush sounds a lot like couscous. Coincidence?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:43 PM (1paM0)

131 DOOF!

Happiest New Year my friend!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 10:37 PM (LNeRu)

Happy New Year to you too!

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)

132 Apparently, "bisesquicentennial" would work for 250 as well.

I was worried for a while. It sounds vaguely like a Lovecraftian horror.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:44 PM (EXyHK)

133 Happy New Year!

Posted by: ChE99 at January 01, 2026 10:44 PM (esnLI)

134 122 Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Found Dead at Swanky San Francisco Hotel

Damn, man. That's sad.
Posted by: mindful webworker - what no parent should go through at January 01, 2026 10:39 PM (dESj/)

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That's really rough. Age 34. Reportedly found in a hallway. Dean Martin lost his son, age 35, and was deeply affected by it. RIP.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 10:45 PM (4V3F9)

135 I need all the luck I can get right now, so I had ham (leftovers from Christmas), collard greens (first time, reminds me of green beans, steamed broccoli and spinach, all in different aspects), black-eyed peas and cornbread (I make an incredible cornbread, or at least, I do a fantastic job with the jiffy mix).

I can't say that collard greens will ever be a favorite, but... not bad.

Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)

136 Cush Cush sounds a lot like couscous. Coincidence?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:43 PM (1paM0)

Louisiana vernacular and slight variation.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:46 PM (KDPiq)

137 My New Years resolution is to only drink when I'm alone.
Or with other people.

Cheers!

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 01, 2026 10:46 PM (MNCvZ)

138 It's a crying shame that Brian Dennehy is no longer here. He could have played all the Founding Fathers in a touring company of "1776" for our 250th birthday. Or the City of Philadelphia.

Posted by: Who's Gonna Fill His Shoes? at January 01, 2026 10:47 PM (oftw2)

139 Looking at the French connection, I think Cush Cush must be a Louisiana version of couscous.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:47 PM (1paM0)

140
I grew up in the South. I don't like fried chicken and cornbread.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (3ek7K)

141 I am super excited to see your contract was renewed, Doof, and you weren’t hit with a first right of refusal only extension!
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:40 PM (p4NUW)

Unfortunately there was a "no typo" clause in there. I've already violated the terms so I might get fired.

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (QMAsf)

142 Romans couldn't count anyway. That inclusive counting way they thought of things was just a mess.

Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but 2, since they counted today as 1.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

How many days until tomorrow?
Two.

A fencepost problem.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (/lPRQ)

143
33 Sam Elliot on that 250 vid? Thought he was a Kamalaite? Shouldn't he be sad, not celebrating?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (uQesX)

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It was like finding out he sucks dicks. What a fraud.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (biznJ)

144 Dogs have great hearing. That dog can probably hear the fat of her ass breaking down the atomic structure of the metal in the stool, and will hear the exact moment when the atoms yell fuuuuuuck giving him time to save himself.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (snZF9)

145
I can't say that collard greens will ever be a favorite, but... not bad.
Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)

How did you cook them? I wish I could hand you some of mine through the computer with a piece of not sweet cornbread to sop up the juice.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (p4NUW)

146 140
I grew up in the South. I don't like fried chicken and cornbread.

Posted by: fourseasons
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Have you seen a Dr. recently? There may be a serious problem.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (UZwsW)

147 Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (3ek7K

I can sort of understand the cornbread but fried chicken?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (KDPiq)

148 Dogs have great hearing. That dog can probably hear the fat of her ass breaking down the atomic structure of the metal in the stool, and will hear the exact moment when the atoms yell fuuuuuuck giving him time to save himself.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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LMAO so hard, it scared the cat!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rdVOm)

149 141 I am super excited to see your contract was renewed, Doof, and you weren’t hit with a first right of refusal only extension!
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:40 PM (p4NUW)

Unfortunately there was a "no typo" clause in there. I've already violated the terms so I might get fired.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026

Wait- is that also part of the rider that covers me? Because we are in deep kimchi if so.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (p4NUW)

150 Piper, these were store-bought from-a-can, which probably didn't help (but on the other hand, if the lowest common denominator is tolerable, a better recipe should be great).

The can made note of 'turkey broth' and a mild pepper of some sort, I brought it to a boil and then turned it down to simmer while the cornbread baked.

Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:51 PM (aJQbY)

151 Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו
@netanyahu
Just as the Christian community stood with us in difficult moments, we will stand with you -

and help in every way to protect Christian communities all over the world.

This partnership of shared values is strong, and together we will prevail.
8:29 AM · Jan 1, 2026

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

152 When I read Monkey meat I think Ebola. Probably not if this was dried meat, still its what I think because they usually say the ground zero case in an Ebola outbreak came from eating or handling primate meat. But that is FNM reporting.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 01, 2026 10:51 PM (hhkIi)

153 98
Romans couldn't count anyway. That inclusive counting way they thought of things was just a mess.

Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but 2, since they counted today as 1.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)

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It's lucky for all of us they never built high-rises.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 10:52 PM (nWPIJ)

154 I'll probably drop dead before 85 ... But I would not mind living too see the tricentennial.

Raise a glass to us 29-year olds if you do make it. And remember the old HQ!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

I'd be 110 if I made it.
Half the family has 'longevity'. The other half no so much.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:52 PM (/lPRQ)

155 >> A fencepost problem.

One of the common sources of off-by-one errors.

The Roman priests screwed up leap years for a while by that same error, making ever 3rd year be leap, rather than 4. Augustus fixed it by skipping 3 leap years sometime, when they aren't exactly sure, but it was correct by (what we now call) 8 AD. Could've been by 4AD, but they ain't sure.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)

156

I don't like fried foods except for fried okra.

I don't like French fries, ewww.

I think it a dislike of grease.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:54 PM (3ek7K)

157 Over 48 hours in late December, the U.S. military destroyed five drug-trafficking vessels operating along known narco routes in the Pacific.

According to U.S. Southern Command:
• Dec 30: Three boats struck after confirmed narcotics transfers
• At least 3 killed on the first vessel
• Remaining boats were tracked, engaged, and sunk
• Coast Guard conducted follow-on operations
• Dec 31: Two additional narco vessels targeted
• 5 more killed
Total: 5 boats destroyed. 8 traffickers killed.
These strikes are part of a broader campaign:
• 30+ U.S. strikes since September
• 110+ narco combatants neutralized
• Operations framed as a non-international armed conflict with cartel networks fueling U.S. drug deaths
This is what decisive interdiction looks like.

-
Old and busted: Tora Tora Tora!

New and cool: Taco Taco Taco!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 10:54 PM (L/fGl)

158 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:52 PM (/lPRQ)

Sounded like you would see the Tricentennial if you made it to 85.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:54 PM (KDPiq)

159 For cornbread of the non madison type, I add some crushed corn, diced peppers and a little street corn spices. It's like a festival in your mouth. Try that if you don't like regular cornbread.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (3uBP9)

160 But friends, have you tried Martha White flour for your biscuits? Try Martha White flour for the finest, airiest biscuits you’ve ever had! Now let’s return to the music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys with “Take Me Back to Tulsa”.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (1paM0)

161 You can catch a mess of carp with cornbread for bait. Maybe the odd catfish, too.

Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis, The Flying Fisherman. at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (oftw2)

162 I ate my black eyed peas today.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (2Ez/1)

163 AAGHarmeetDhillon @AAGDhillon

Asking questions/citizen journalism are NOT HATE CRIMES in America — they are protected speech, and if Seattle tries to chill that speech, @CivilRights will step in to protect it and set them straight!

Govern yourselves accordingly!

Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor @wilsonformayor

I stand with the Somali childcare providers who have experienced targeted harassment, and condemn the surveillance campaign promoted by extremist influencers. If you believe yourself to be the victim of a hate crime, please call this hotline:

X: https://bit.ly/4qznVWP

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (P5BPp)

164 Tricentennial is theoretically in range for me, I've had relatives live that long. Fingers crossed?

Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (aJQbY)

165 Cornbread needs to be a little crisp right on the edges and moist everywhere else or it’s like chewing gritty cardboard that dries out your mouth. Good cornbread is amazing.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:56 PM (p4NUW)

166 Wait- is that also part of the rider that covers me? Because we are in deep kimchi if so.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (p4NUW)

Yup. Terms and conditions flow to my subcontractors. All 1 of them.

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:56 PM (QMAsf)

167 Also, UGA needs to get it back together.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:57 PM (p4NUW)

168 140
I grew up in the South. I don't like fried chicken and cornbread.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (3ek7K)

Me too. I'm not a cornbread fan. The type I make now is more like corn pudding.

Fried chicken is meh to me. I am good at cooking it but it is a mess and I only make it for hubby's birthday. It isn't what I want at a restaurant, either.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 10:57 PM (ytIDq)

169 Black Eyed Pea restaurant was so much better than Cracker Barrel imo so of course they went belly up.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:58 PM (KDPiq)

170

I hope UGA doesn't get it back together.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:58 PM (3ek7K)

171 For cornbread, I use a round cast-iron skillet, with a good layer of bacon grease before I pour the batter. The box recipe says 15-20 minutes, about 18 comes out just right - the toothpick is dry and clean, the crust is brown but not black, and the bread is fluffy and crumbly.

Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (aJQbY)

172 big fan of broasted chicken, and corn bread

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (1wtUm)

173 Roman counting may be why the Europeans start with the ground floor, then the next floor up is the first storey.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (1paM0)

174 Hot cornbread with butter and honey is a too rare treat

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX)

175

Opinion Fact,

You are correct.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (3ek7K)

176 The Russians are all for Global Warming.

Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 11:00 PM (Rmqfl)

177 Had my black eyed peas in a mess of Hoppin’ John for breakfast. Mighty good!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:01 PM (1paM0)

178 Toga toga toga!

Posted by: Ensign John Belushi, Gringo Division at January 01, 2026 11:01 PM (C9oTe)

179 Sounded like you would see the Tricentennial if you made it to 85.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Nah. Be lucky if I make it to 85.
But if I do. I might make it to 110.

Then I'd get have done the bicentennial and the tricentennial.

And think back that in 1776 there were some old farts who were there and remembered the centennial.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:01 PM (/lPRQ)

180 Ham & black eyed peas for dinner tonight. No cornbread (meh, can take it or leave it).

There was freezing fog last night, so yard this morning was a frosted wonderland. Very pretty! It's warmer now, and should approach 50F tomorrow. Drizzle & fog currently.

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 11:02 PM (rdVOm)

181 Why am I so hungry for cornbread right now?

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 11:02 PM (Q+gd/)

182 grew up in the South. I don't like fried chicken and cornbread.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (3ek7K)

How about ChickenFried Steak?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)

183 Aunt Baby never came close to the Tricentennial. She'd never make it. She was....sickly.

Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 01, 2026 11:04 PM (oftw2)

184 Cracker Barrel used to be better, but is mostly reheated, already prepared, foods. Hard to find cooked from scratch in a restaurant these days without sky-high prices which most people won’t pay.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:04 PM (1paM0)

185
Opinion Fact,

That is okay. Needs lots of gravy.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:04 PM (3ek7K)

186 Sorry to disappoint you, but the article contains no mention of greasy, grimy gopher guts.

I understood this reference.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 11:05 PM (Wnv9h)

187 When they sent me to Birmingham I just about lost my mind with the southern food. Good thing I was 15 and I could eat 3,000 calories a day no problem.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)

188 I understood this reference.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 11:05 PM (Wnv9h)

I hoped a few of you would.

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 11:06 PM (QMAsf)

189 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:04 PM (1paM0)

I'm fortunate to have a few locally owned dives near me that serve the best comfort food .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq)

190 33-24 Old Miss.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:06 PM (2Ez/1)

191 Roman counting may be why the Europeans start with the ground floor, then the next floor up is the first storey.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Ground "floor" was the base. Probably dirt or flat stones.
Above that they built the first floor.

Roman counting would give us the ground level, or basement, as the first floor. Might be a Germanic thing.
No clue for sure but I get why they do it that way.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (/lPRQ)

192 OK, 34-24.
PAT was good.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (2Ez/1)

193 Ugh

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (p4NUW)

194 Evening all.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (2F0/Y)

195 and me without a spoon

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (3uBP9)

196 I can't imagine what this place would look like in 50 years. I'm pretty sure it would be unrecognizable.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)

197 stupid to go for it for Georgia with 9 minutes left

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (1wtUm)

198 Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat.
Dirty little birdie feet.
Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts
And me without my spoon.

Used to sing that in Jr. Hi cafeteria with a friend to gross out the girls.

Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (Rmqfl)

199
Joyenz,

Are you feeling better?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM (3ek7K)

200 Does the odd catfish have three eyes?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM (pkeXY)

201 190 33-24 Old Miss.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January

*Ole Miss

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM (p4NUW)

202 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (SRRAx)

203 I remember the song from boy scouts.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (3uBP9)

204 Yeah, Bers--- I won't live long enough to see the Tricentennial, and that's okay... Won't recognize the place by then and probably won't like it anyway. (IF it's still USA) Big IF.

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (rdVOm)

205 The refs in this game are garbage. That hit on Gunner was targeting. I am still salty an hour later.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (p4NUW)

206 can't imagine what this place would look like in 50 years. I'm pretty sure it would be unrecognizable.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)

TMJ would be telling everyone about the old classic move, Prometheus .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (KDPiq)

207 Three eyes is certainly odd, but so is five.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (1paM0)

208 I understood this reference.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I hoped a few of you would.
Posted by: Doof

If anyone didn't, they might actually be 29.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 11:11 PM (nhCoE)

209 105 Do we really want those particular women to give up their masks?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 10:30 PM (2RJDy)

Bless their hearts, in my mind they are asking, "Do these masks make my face look fat?"

Yes, hon. Yes they do.

Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:11 PM (wLjpr)

210
Five Eyes, wasn't that some spy thing?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:11 PM (3ek7K)

211 Teresa in Fort Worth -
I hope you anyours are getting over that bug.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:12 PM (1paM0)

212 It was like finding out he sucks dicks. What a fraud.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (biznJ)

Tom Selleck was the better Sackett brother.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:12 PM (uQesX)

213 I can't imagine what this place would look like in 50 years. I'm pretty sure it would be unrecognizable.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

It will be just like Blade runner.

Except no interstellar space travel. Just a bunch of Chinese on the moon and a hundred thousand Elon Musk spawn on Mars.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:12 PM (/lPRQ)

214 And to whomever mentioned Brian Dennehy, thank you. Thank you for remembering his well-rounded acting skills.

Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (wLjpr)

215 I understood this reference.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 11:05 PM (Wnv9h)

I hoped a few of you would.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 11:06 PM

*New Year fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (Wnv9h)

216 Touchdown!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (p4NUW)

217 I remember the song from boy scouts.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (3

think I only heard it in Caddyshack.

The comet song is what I remember.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (KDPiq)

218
Well sheeeettt

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:14 PM (3ek7K)

219 Five Eyes, wasn't that some spy thing?
Posted by: fourseasons

Still is. USA, UK, Canada, Aus, NZ intelligence-sharing network.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 11:14 PM (nhCoE)

220 Saijo has to leave his jersey on just a little bit longer in solidarity with Uga.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:14 PM (p4NUW)

221 I think ACE mentioned earlier that he was going out to grab a nice tomahawk steak. In case you're wondering that's code for pest-infested beans, 17 pounds of unidentifiable plant material, and approximately 4 pounds of dried monkey meat.

GAINNNNNZZZZZ!!!!!!

Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 11:15 PM (dIske)

222 Cornbread baked with green chillis installed. Mmmmm.....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 11:15 PM (LNeRu)

223 Five Eyes, wasn't that some spy thing?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:11 PM (3ek7K)

Yes.
US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, together share information from intelligence and surveillance.

Hence, “Five Eyes”.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 01, 2026 11:16 PM (6ydKt)

224 I ate my black eyed peas today.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (2Ez/1)

My dad stopped eating them years ago. Never brought him luck, he said. Of course, he hasn't eaten anything these past fourteen years.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:16 PM (uQesX)

225 Are you feeling better?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM (3ek7K)

Thanks for asking. I'm getting worse. I now have no appetite, nausea, weakness and body pain along with the colitis. I don't want to go back to the ER, so I am going to see how I am in a few days. I am drinking a lot., I just have to be careful of how much potassium I take in because of my BP pill.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 01, 2026 11:16 PM (2F0/Y)

226 201 190 33-24 Old Miss.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January

*Ole Miss
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM

###
Duly noted.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:17 PM (2Ez/1)

227 174 Hot cornbread with butter and honey is a too rare treat

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX)

For me, it's cornbread with butter and peach or blackberry preserves, preferably homemade. That is dessert in the summer!

Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:17 PM (wLjpr)

228 Cornbread needs to be a little crisp right on the edges and moist everywhere else or it’s like chewing gritty cardboard that dries out your mouth. Good cornbread is amazing.
Posted by: Piper

I've found if you make it in the oven, add half the butter or grease to the all ready hot baking dish, then add the batter. It'll start to fry and push the butter up the sides of the dish.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:17 PM (mlg/3)

229

Joyenz,

I'm sorry you are still sick. I think about you often Dear.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:18 PM (3ek7K)

230 My dad stopped eating them years ago. Never brought him luck, he said. Of course, he hasn't eaten anything these past fourteen years.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

And it's worked in keeping the weight off!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 11:19 PM (cYBz/)

231 Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (wLjpr)

Still working on it!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:20 PM (uQesX)

232 Five Eyes expensive hamburgers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 11:21 PM (pkeXY)

233 @netanyahu
Just as the Christian community stood with us in difficult moments, we will stand with you

That's... good to read. Thank you Bibi.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 11:21 PM (gKWVE)

234 I've found if you make it in the oven, add half the butter or grease to the all ready hot baking dish, then add the batter. It'll start to fry and push the butter up the sides of the dish.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Yes! Best in cast iron, though I used a ceramic pie dish for today. The cast iron pan was being used.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:21 PM (p4NUW)

235 232 Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (wLjpr)

Still working on it!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:20 PM (uQesX)

Two complete read-throughs in four days, OrangeEnt! Its a good story!!

Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:22 PM (wLjpr)

236 > preferred Sestercentennial. (Sester = 2.5)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (EXyHK)

Señor, would you like to meet my sester? She very friendly. She like the gringo.

We mucho poor. She like gringo much more if he help us out.

Posted by: Pimpy Gonzales at January 01, 2026 11:22 PM (IG3/x)

237 Oh no, Frazier is down….

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:22 PM (p4NUW)

238 Wait! I made cornbread today, too. Came out all right. Butter, honey, nothing else needed.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:23 PM (uQesX)

239 I didn't get anyone a bleated present. Damn it! Next year.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 01, 2026 11:23 PM (CHHv1)

240 Yes! Best in cast iron, though I used a ceramic pie dish for today. The cast iron pan was being used.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:21 PM (p4NUW)

Do you put a lid over the cast iron pan when making cornbread, or not?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:25 PM (uQesX)

241
We gave presents of money this year.

I hope ya'll received yours.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:25 PM (3ek7K)

242 Thanks for asking. I'm getting worse. I now have no appetite, nausea, weakness and body pain along with the colitis. I don't want to go back to the ER, so I am going to see how I am in a few days. I am drinking a lot., I just have to be careful of how much potassium I take in because of my BP pill.
Posted by: Joyenz at

I am so sorry. Could your regular doctor see you tomorrow instead of the ER to try to get some relief?

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:25 PM (p4NUW)

243 Romans… inclusive counting way they thought of things… Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but 2, since they counted today as 1.
Posted by: publius

Long ago read someone explaining this to a Doubter questioning the "three days" of Jesus being dead. Crucified and in the tomb was Day 1, resurrected two days later, Day 3. Doubter would have none of it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Just like there's no Year Zero between BC and AD :) at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (dESj/)

244 Two complete read-throughs in four days, OrangeEnt! Its a good story!!
Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:22 PM (wLjpr)

Thanks. I'm on chapter sixteen comments and it's only 8:30, so I'll probably finish and send it to you to see what you think about my changes. If you want to, that is.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (uQesX)

245 214 And to whomever mentioned Brian Dennehy, thank you. Thank you for remembering his well-rounded acting skills.
Posted by: moki

Mighty Mountain of Talent who formed the sturdy base, nay, the very Foundation of Hollywood. The Industry is in free-fall since his demise.

Posted by: Farewell, Fair Prince at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (oftw2)

246 Well there was a flagrant miss on a facemask or this game might be over now.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (UVyKP)

247
Thanks. I'm on chapter sixteen comments and it's only 8:30, so I'll probably finish and send it to you to see what you think about my changes. If you want to, that is.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (uQesX)

Of course! I'm invested in this now!! Looking forward to buying a hard copy!!

Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:29 PM (wLjpr)

248 The Industry is in free-fall since his demise.

Posted by: Farewell, Fair Prince at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (oftw2)

You aren't wrong!

Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:30 PM (wLjpr)

249 Bloated present.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 11:31 PM (QAvZU)

250 "Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Found Dead "...

Aaaaannndddd, never would have been know of unless she was a hollwierd nepo baby.

Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at January 01, 2026 11:31 PM (G+z4C)

251 Of course! I'm invested in this now!! Looking forward to buying a hard copy!!
Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:29 PM (wLjpr)

Ha! Just got to the part you want changed. Have to think a bit. The hot food was the catalyst for the mutiny. Hmmm, what to do....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:33 PM (uQesX)

252 Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: As Dennis Miller used to say at January 01, 2026 11:33 PM (2Ez/1)

253 A prayer or two for my wife's buddy GerriAnne if the Horde pleases. She suffered an aortic aneurysm while playing in a bridge tournament yesterday in Myrtle Beach. Died at her table.

Hell of a nice gal - vibrant, happy and a care-giver for her elderly husband. She was only 73. She will be missed.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 11:33 PM (cYBz/)

254 refs are trying to give it to GA

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 11:34 PM (1wtUm)

255 >> Doubter questioning the "three days" of Jesus being dead.

That's another prime example of it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 11:35 PM (w6EFb)

256 Dirty little birdie feet.
Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts
And me without my spoon.

Used to sing that in Jr. Hi cafeteria with a friend to gross out the girls.
Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (Rmqfl)

The version I heard was "pixilated panther feet".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 11:36 PM (8zz6B)

257 Scored tied.
54 seconds remain.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:37 PM (2Ez/1)

258 And we are tied, friends and neighbors.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (OoFl2)

259
free tibet,

Hubby said the same thing. It's rigged.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (3ek7K)

260 Victoria was kind of nepo, appearing in MIB2 and "The Three Burials" which Tommy Lee directed. But it looks like she didn't much want to be a BIGSTAR so I don't think she's been in anything since 2005.
I don't know much about her, so she was more humble than most of Hollywood, sorry if that sounds like backhanded praise.
RIP, overall.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (gKWVE)

261 What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?
-

Nood.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (u/afo)

262 Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 11:33 PM (cYBz/)

Hope arrangements had been made for the husband in case of such an event. Prayers.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (KDPiq)

263 The version I heard was "pixilated panther feet".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 11:36 PM (8zz6B)
-

/time traveler detected

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:40 PM (u/afo)

264 "Long ago read someone explaining this to a Doubter questioning the "three days" of Jesus being dead. Crucified and in the tomb was Day 1, resurrected two days later, Day 3. Doubter would have none of it."
Posted by: mindful webworker

As I was taught, a full three days and three nights are the legal requirement for death. Jesus was dead for three days and three nights. Death on Wednesday at sunset, resurrection Saturday at sunset.

The whole sunrise service seems nice as in Jesus rose like the sun, but the sun worship thing is something else that got mixed in. JC has Saturday night to visit the imprisoned spirits thang, and he was long gone when they came for his body.

Jewish days even now begin at sunset, as seen with their Sabbath recognition beginning Friday at sunset ending Saturday at sunset.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 01, 2026 11:40 PM (vbXSk)

265 I can't imagine what this place would look like in 50 years. I'm pretty sure it would be unrecognizable.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

It will be just like Blade runner.

Except no interstellar space travel. Just a bunch of Chinese on the moon and a hundred thousand Elon Musk spawn on Mars.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:12 PM (/lPRQ)

yeah I can see that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 11:41 PM (snZF9)

266 I believe, I believe….

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:42 PM (OoFl2)

267 Will OM kick a walk-off field goal?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:43 PM (2Ez/1)

268 No matter what, this is a heck of a game.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:44 PM (OoFl2)

269 48 yard attempt.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:44 PM (2Ez/1)

270 It's good.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:46 PM (2Ez/1)

271 Reading the news.

For me, NYC/NYS is a no-go zone or even perhaps an enemy state.

This is no way to celebrate a 250th anniversary. Bad things are coming.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:46 PM (u/afo)

272

YEEEEESSSSEEEEE!!!!!

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:47 PM (3ek7K)

273 And that’s a game. Congrats, Rebel fans! Your team played their hearts out.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:47 PM (OoFl2)

274 A safety?
Hunh?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:47 PM (2Ez/1)

275 39 - 34. Final.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:48 PM (2Ez/1)

276 Not final.
Under review.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:49 PM (2Ez/1)

277 Reading the news.

For me, NYC/NYS is a no-go zone or even perhaps an enemy state.

This is no way to celebrate a 250th anniversary. Bad things are coming.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:46 PM (u/afo)

Well, maybe we'll just reenact the 1776 shelling of NYC.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 11:50 PM (snZF9)

278 I don't follow sports anymore since they told me to go to hell. But, I find it funny that college and pro football seem to now be as corrupt as blue states. I'm sure they always were, but now the officials seem to be part of the corruption. I blame gambling.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:51 PM (uQesX)

279 This is no way to celebrate a 250th anniversary. Bad things are coming.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

if we have anything to remember from our founding fathers as we near our 250 year anniversary it is do not be a whining pussy.

Posted by: n at January 01, 2026 11:51 PM (VKqEh)

280 this is ridiculous

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 11:52 PM (ZxPkt)

281 Re-do the kick off. One second on the clock. Dumb.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:53 PM (2Ez/1)

282 (watching Miss/GA game)

This ending is retarded.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 11:53 PM (7Pnfz)

283 This ending is retarded.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 11:53 PM (7Pnfz)

Huh?

Posted by: Tim "Pederast" Walz at January 01, 2026 11:54 PM (uQesX)

284 Refs refuse to let this game end

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 11:55 PM (ZxPkt)

285 Mike Bobo needs to be fired, like yesterday.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:56 PM (OoFl2)

286 Refs refuse to let this game end
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 11:55 PM (ZxPkt)

I've got prop bets!!

Posted by: Referee at January 01, 2026 11:56 PM (uQesX)

287 OK, final final final.
39 - 34.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:56 PM (2Ez/1)

288

AGAIN, YEEESSS

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:57 PM (3ek7K)

289 don't follow sports anymore since they told me to go to hell. But, I find it funny that college and pro football seem to now be as corrupt as blue states. I'm sure they always were, but now the officials seem to be part of the corruption. I blame gambling.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:51 PM (uQesX)

I don’t know what the spread was or the over/under but I wonder if that last second two points makes a difference.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:58 PM (KDPiq)

290 It is really most sincerely over

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 11:58 PM (ZxPkt)

291

It was a great game.

Both teams were great.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:00 AM (3ek7K)

292 Well….at least we weren’t Alabama. Saijo has taken his jersey off, but he is still a Dawg, as am I.

But I want Bobo fired.

Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 12:00 AM (OoFl2)

293 I don’t know what the spread was or the over/under but I wonder if that last second two points makes a difference.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:58 PM (KDPiq)

(shakes Magic 8 Ball)

Signs point to yes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 02, 2026 12:00 AM (uQesX)

294 156

I don't like fried foods except for fried okra.

I don't like French fries, ewww.

I think it a dislike of grease.

Posted by: fourseasons
---

Is your surname Sprat?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 12:03 AM (UZwsW)

295
Braenyard,

LOL

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:04 AM (3ek7K)

296 As I was taught, a full three days and three nights are the legal requirement for death.
-----

That lets me out.

Posted by: Abe Vigoda at January 02, 2026 12:04 AM (XeU6L)

297
Still is. USA, UK, Canada, Aus, NZ intelligence-sharing network.
Posted by: mikeski
--------

A full pound of dumb or treason.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 12:06 AM (UZwsW)

298 Will they ever give up their masks?
Hey! They're supporting an industry! Don't complain.

Posted by: GWB at January 02, 2026 12:11 AM (LAvB0)

299 UGA was favored. Over was 55.5. Safety had no effect. This time.

Posted by: Parametric at January 02, 2026 12:11 AM (TEyUo)

300 >>>Jewish days even now begin at sunset, as seen with their Sabbath recognition beginning Friday at sunset ending Saturday at sunset.
Posted by: illiniwek
---

Never heard an explanation why.
Day beginning when one is getting
ready to go to bed. There's no indication
that they were night owls.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 12:12 AM (UZwsW)

301 Goodnight all.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 02, 2026 12:12 AM (2F0/Y)

302 Good night, all. I am going to be very angry at myself for being up this late when the alarm goes off at 430a for teaching in the morning! 😂

Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 12:17 AM (ZdaMQ)

303
Joyenz,

Good night and i pray for you.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:23 AM (3ek7K)

304 >> Never heard an explanation why.

"And the evening and the morning were the first day." That implies evening/night first in the sequence.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 12:30 AM (w6EFb)

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