Wednesday Morning Rant

Embarrassing Overlap

At work last week, I found myself at an awkward intersection of meme and idiom. I used an idiom - not a hugely popular one, but not a particularly unusual one, either (or so I thought) - and got a very weird reaction from my colleagues. It turns out that the idiom is somewhat close to a particular TikTok meme. My colleagues' reaction was basically, "why the heck are you not only referencing that meme, why are you using it so strangely?" I then got to explain that it was quite a lot older than 2025.

The meme in question is referred to, as near as I can tell, the "6-7 meme." It originated on TikTok and has, if Wikipedia is to believed, no meaning in particular. As they put it in the article:

6-7 (pronounced "six seven"; also spelt 67 or 6 7) is an Internet meme and slang term that emerged in 2025 on TikTok and Instagram Reels and later spread to YouTube Shorts. It has no fixed meaning.

I've heard of it, but that's about as far as it goes. That is apparently because I am far too old for it.

The meme, described as "annoying" and "like a plague" has been linked by multiple news outlets to the wider "brain rot" phenomenon - digital media deemed to be of poor quality. Some commentators also see it as evidence of Generation Alpha's growing presence in Internet culture.

Okay. So it's some dumb undefined interjection that the kids use. Fine. But how did I get caught up in it? We were having some problems at work and someone stopped by the meeting room to ask how things were going. I said, "things are sort of at sixes and sevens at the moment, but we're making progress." I meant it as the idiom. It means that things are confused or chaotic or in disarray.

The idiom is quite old. Some attribute it to Chaucer, coming from the odds associated the dice game called Hazard. Shakespeare used a form of it in Richard II. A competing theory is that it comes from disputes among power players in the City of London. Whatever the source, it's been around for a long while. Despite its age, I found that I was only one in the office who knew the idiom and I ended up doing nothing but sowing confusion. I meant to describe disorder, and they heard a junk phrase with no semantic meaning. We just ended up confusing each other.

Idiom is always somewhat perilous because it is only useful if both parties know what it means, but this one may be particularly perilous due to both the apparent rarity of the idiom and the overwhelming commonality of the vaguely similar meme. But this little moment of unexpected lack of clarity did make me wonder. Is there something special about those two numbers? Why both an ancient idiom and a contemporary nonsense phrase?

I don't know if there is something inherently interesting about the occurrence of "6" and "7" that makes it appealing, but it sure did show up in a big way last year, just as the once-common idiom had essentially died out. It also put me in the weird position of saying one thing and being misunderstood as meaning another due to relative popularity.

If not for the meme, the idiom would likely have been clear to another native English speaker just through context - but in the presence of the meme, it did nothing but cause general confusion. My use the idiom, ironically, put the conversation "at sixes and sevens."

How embarrassing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

2 Hey, Mannix! I'll cull the otters.

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

3 !!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 11, 2026 11:01 AM (48ipd)

4 Top 10

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:02 AM (TN0g+)

5 Kamala's new website used "6-7". That should tell you all you need to know about it.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 11, 2026 11:02 AM (Riz8t)

6 >> said, "things are sort of at sixes and sevens at the moment, but we're making progress." I meant it as the idiom. It means that things are confused or chaotic or in disarray.

Lol!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 11, 2026 11:02 AM (48ipd)

7 Sounds like Joe Mannix got the short end of the stick.
*ponders*

Posted by: Archimedes at February 11, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

8 Why was 6 afraid of &?

Because 7 8 9.

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

9 Don't ever say "Don't be niggardly now."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 11:04 AM (qFwJc)

10 Otter status: Culled.

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

11 Man, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 11, 2026 11:04 AM (48ipd)

12 How meta.

Using the phrase "at sixes and sevens" to describe disarray became its own source of new disarray.

It's a self-fulfilling idiom. Performative language. Fascinating.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:04 AM (JwNbV)

13 How did "haywire" come to be associated with disorder?

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

14 That meme IS all sixes and sevens.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 11, 2026 11:06 AM (xcxpd)

15 Don't ever say "Don't be niggardly now."
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Or talk about a "chink" in one's armor.

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:06 AM (77rzZ)

16 Belongs to Shakespeare...Circa 1598...quote..."much ado about NOTHING"

Posted by: Skier at February 11, 2026 11:06 AM (0Ctrb)

17 I’d never heard the old sixes and sevens idiom… and I’d not heard of the modern meme…. But I believe I would’ve understood what you were saying from the context. The modern meme… since it has no fixed meaning it sounds like the whole point is to confuse with ambiguity

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 11, 2026 11:06 AM (fQqaC)

18 Fair Moon, to thee I sing
Bright regent of the heavens
Say, why is ev'rything
Either at sixes or at sevens?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2026 11:06 AM (JoLAO)

19 8 Why was 6 afraid of &?

Because 7 8 9.
Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

The code for my old garage door keypad (which I can divulge now because it doesn't exist anymore) was 6-8-9-2. I always remembered it because of that joke.

"Because 7 8 9.... But 6 8 9 2!"

I told that to a house guest who was staying with us for a bit, and she looked at me like I was insane. Probably because I am.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:07 AM (JwNbV)

20
Now if, uh, six, turned out to be nine
I don't mind, I don't mind,

Posted by: Jimi at February 11, 2026 11:07 AM (XeU6L)

21 12 How meta.

Using the phrase "at sixes and sevens" to describe disarray became its own source of new disarray.

It's a self-fulfilling idiom. Performative language. Fascinating.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:04 AM (JwNbV)

In this case, it started as 10-67, Philadelphia police code for a dead body.

Posted by: XTC at February 11, 2026 11:07 AM (uEmCf)

22 Young people don't know idioms anymore. My students are horrified when I say that doing something is "throwing the baby out with the bathwater" and laugh when they read about someone "running roughshod" over something else.

Parents of Zoomers and Gen Alpha did such a terrible job (on average) conveying shared cultural meaning to their own children that those kids have constructed their own idioms. Given that these same kids watch something called "Skibidi Toilet" and use TikTok, one should not expect the idioms to be grounded in much reality.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 11, 2026 11:07 AM (Dg7ng)

23 The meme in question is referred to, as near as I can tell, the "6-7 meme."

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I recall Ace using that once in a post sometime last year and getting some funny responses -- upon which I went to look it up in the Urban Dictionary.

[per Brave "AI":]
Origin: The trend began from a viral TikTok edit of NBA player LaMelo Ball, who is 6'7", leading to jokes about the number 67. It was further popularized by a song called "Doot Doot" by Skrilla, where the phrase "6-7" appears, though the song itself is unrelated to the meme.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 11:07 AM (1nQPV)

24 Don't ever say "Don't be niggardly now."
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Or talk about a "chink" in one's armor.
Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:06 AM (77rzZ)
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You mean...there's a Balrog in the woodpile?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2026 11:07 AM (JoLAO)

25 It's a meme without context. Or, IOW, nothing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 11, 2026 11:08 AM (jtM2q)

26 The modern meme… since it has no fixed meaning it sounds like the whole point is to confuse with ambiguity

It's nothing more than a password, to let others know you're one of the cool kids. That's why Kamala used it in a pathetic attempt to pander to the yoots.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 11, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

27 I had heard of 6-7 but likened it to 'six of one, half a dozen of the other' meaning no real distinction between two options. My mother used to say it so it goes back at least to the early part of the 20th century and probably much further....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 11:08 AM (QGaXH)

28 This is heavy, man. Six seven.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 11, 2026 11:08 AM (g8Ew8)

29 Don't ever say "Don't be niggardly now."
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Or talk about a "chink" in one's armor.
Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:06 AM (77rzZ)

When I was in high school a nearby town’s high school had Chinks as their sports teams name…, the Pekin Chinks! It was long ago changed to Pekin Dragons…..

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 11, 2026 11:09 AM (fQqaC)

30 This is heavy, man. Six seven.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 11, 2026 11:08 AM (g8Ew

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Best lay off the ganja.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2026 11:09 AM (JoLAO)

31 How meta.

Using the phrase "at sixes and sevens" to describe disarray became its own source of new disarray.

It's a self-fulfilling idiom. Performative language. Fascinating.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:04 AM (JwNbV)
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Apparently, idioms like "67" and such get flagged by service providers for age check regulation. Discord, for example, will be scanning for idiomatic frequency as a means of separating users for more intense proof-of-age algorithms. Governments are putting more heat on platforms to police content access for minors (that's a good thing) so this will likely be growing trend.

Posted by: mrp at February 11, 2026 11:10 AM (rj6Yv)

32 I already feel sorry for future members of the inevitable "Generation Beta".

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 11, 2026 11:10 AM (36PRH)

33 Geoffrey Chaucer: The phrase appears in Chaucer's work "Troilus and Criseyde" from the mid-1380s.
William Shakespeare: In "Richard II," Shakespeare uses a similar expression to convey confusion.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 11, 2026 11:10 AM (gbOdA)

34 I think you got some First-World-Problem in your Rant.

Posted by: mikeski at February 11, 2026 11:10 AM (+XPTT)

35 When you said the meme was 6 7 I knew immediately what the phrase you'd used had been. I'm 50 and read old books, so I don't know if it's my age or the reading the means I knew the phrase. Even my four home schooled kids seem very resistant to recognizing older figures of speech. It's as if, having not heard a phrase before, they reject the additional information and resent being told that at one time it was common.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 11, 2026 11:10 AM (lFFaq)

36 It's nothing more than a password, to let others know you're one of the cool kids. That's why Kamala used it in a pathetic attempt to pander to the yoots.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 11, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

The instant everyone knows a password, it's no longer a password.

It's the difference between a shibboleth and a password. You can know the watchword well enough, but if you can't make the "sh" sound convincingly, you're still getting a face full of sharp bronze.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:10 AM (JwNbV)

37 23 Origin: The trend began from a viral TikTok edit of NBA player LaMelo Ball, who is 6'7", leading to jokes about the number 67. It was further popularized by a song called "Doot Doot" by Skrilla, where the phrase "6-7" appears, though the song itself is unrelated to the meme.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 11:07 AM (1nQPV)

There's also another basketball player involved (but one who plays in one of those 3-on-3 summer leagues), who would do the stupid hand gesture that goes with the meme whenever he'd hit a shot.

Posted by: XTC at February 11, 2026 11:11 AM (uEmCf)

38 Some twink sitting around thinking they could make some inane thing go viral.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 11, 2026 11:11 AM (0KSrI)

39 When I was in high school a nearby town’s high school had Chinks as their sports teams name…, the Pekin Chinks! It was long ago changed to Pekin Dragons…..
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 11, 2026 11:09 AM (fQqaC)
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My high school's was the Indians. It's now the Bears. Talk about erasing cultural history...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2026 11:11 AM (JoLAO)

40
According to prominent authorities on mathematics, such as the famed Indian mathematician Brahma Gupta, "67," when denoted in Arabic script as a base-10 number, indicates an integer 2 fewer than a similarly rendered number "69."

Let's you and me get together and round it out.

Posted by: AoS(HQi), the Horde Chatbot at February 11, 2026 11:11 AM (DB1SB)

41 Young people don't know idioms anymore. My students are horrified when I say that doing something is "throwing the baby out with the bathwater" and laugh when they read about someone "running roughshod" over something else.

Parents of Zoomers and Gen Alpha did such a terrible job (on average) conveying shared cultural meaning to their own children that those kids have constructed their own idioms. Given that these same kids watch something called "Skibidi Toilet" and use TikTok, one should not expect the idioms to be grounded in much reality.
Posted by: the lower depths at February 11, 2026 11:07 AM (Dg7ng)

Well, I'll be hornswoggled.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 11, 2026 11:11 AM (g8Ew8)

42 Bro. You alright?

Posted by: Case at February 11, 2026 11:11 AM (j6kTf)

43 5 Kamala's new website used "6-7". That should tell you all you need to know about it.

6-7 is the new brat?

Posted by: anachronda at February 11, 2026 11:12 AM (sGtp+)

44 You are never too old for a meme. The problem with the 6-7 meme isn't its age. The problem is that it's fucking stupid and gay.

The problem for those people older than 29 in using memes and emoji is that some old classic gestures translated into modern context can have different or even opposite meanings.

Take the "thumbs up" gesture. We all know exactly what that gesture means, right? It's a universal signal of approval, of affirmation, of positive vibes. Right? Wrong. Used by the under-30 crowd, it means almost the opposite of that. It conveys dismissal or "yea right" sarcasm. Don't ask me how I know.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

45 Catch y'all on the 9-5!

(just seeing if this catches on)

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 11, 2026 11:12 AM (36PRH)

46 Happy Hump Day!

Posted by: Mick at February 11, 2026 11:12 AM (HFx9z)

47 It's a self-fulfilling idiom. Performative language. Fascinating.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:04 AM (JwNbV)

Right?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 11, 2026 11:12 AM (lFFaq)

48 You kids. My lawn. Vacate.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 11, 2026 11:12 AM (99eI0)

49 9 Don't ever say "Don't be niggardly now."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 11:04 AM (qFwJc)

I remember someone in a republican administration maybe in the 80's getting in big trouble for that....

Never say n****r rich either. I instructed my two sons growing up NEVER EVER even if asked or invited, to say the word n****r. Not under any circumstances, no matter the coercion. Do not say it, it's a trap.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 11:12 AM (QGaXH)

50 Mind your p's and q's.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 11, 2026 11:13 AM (PSEDc)

51 Many years ago I had a summer job to rewrite a computer software manual. The original had been written by the company founder, and customers described it as hard to understand. I read it, and I said that it did seem "abstruse". He was offended at my being so insulting. He didn't know the word and thought I was calling him obtuse.

Posted by: pjungwir at February 11, 2026 11:13 AM (noE7F)

52 It's nothing more than a password, to let others know you're one of the cool kids.

And yet if you yell out, "Nood!", they just look at all stupid. Who are the cool kids now!

Posted by: t-bird at February 11, 2026 11:13 AM (IeX0j)

53 Does this whole Savannah Guthrie thing really have to be this big of a deal?

Honestly I'm m sick of it. Practically zero attention from news media about the Charlotte stabbing, but THIS, this has to be national news. Fuck that

Some some news bint had her mom abducted. Who gives a shit
People get abducted every day thanks to the horrible press pushing for the open borders.

Sick and fucking tired of it

Posted by: melodicmetal at February 11, 2026 11:13 AM (61TgR)

54 43 5 Kamala's new website used "6-7". That should tell you all you need to know about it.

6-7 is the new brat?
Posted by: anachronda at February 11, 2026 11:12 AM (sGtp+)

Subaru didn't start making the Brat until, what, like, the early 80s?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:13 AM (JwNbV)

55 any working adult who refers to Tik-Tok as a source of anything should be fired on the spot!

Posted by: runner at February 11, 2026 11:13 AM (g47mK)

56 *sobs*

Posted by: 10-4 at February 11, 2026 11:14 AM (w9Wax)

57 Sick and fucking tired of it
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 11, 2026 11:13 AM (61TgR)

There is nothing a professional newsface lusts after more than a story where the absence of news about the story is itself the news about the story.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:14 AM (JwNbV)

58
When I was in high school a nearby town’s high school had Chinks as their sports teams name…, the Pekin Chinks! It was long ago changed to Pekin Dragons…..
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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The Kennesaw State Univ. Hooters are now the Owls.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 11:14 AM (XeU6L)

59 My opinion is that the meme is merely the re-working of an old Rolling Stones line: "I throw sixes and sevens" [and nines]

Posted by: Martin Tell at February 11, 2026 11:15 AM (sFNX2)

60 @55 it's 2026 and people are still recording 20 second tiktok videos of themselves lip-syncing bad music.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 11, 2026 11:15 AM (36PRH)

61 Don't ask me how I know.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

But the "okay" sign is still cool, right?

....

Right?!?!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:16 AM (JwNbV)

62 I meant to describe disorder, and they heard a junk phrase with no semantic meaning. We just ended up confusing each other.
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Instead of *describing* disorder, you *caused* disorder...Interesting...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 11, 2026 11:16 AM (ESVrU)

63 Subaru didn't start making the Brat until, what, like, the early 80s?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:13 AM (JwNbV)

The Brat was phat.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 11, 2026 11:16 AM (g8Ew8)

64 My high school's was the Indians. It's now the Bears. Talk about erasing cultural history...

"...the color. Not the bird!"

Posted by: The Stanford Indians at February 11, 2026 11:16 AM (IeX0j)

65 15 Don't ever say "Don't be niggardly now."
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Or talk about a "chink" in one's armor.
Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:06 AM (77rzZ)

Had a friend who wound up in HR for telling a machinist cutting a piece of bar stock on a lathe to knock the teat off in center of the cut bar. A female inspector overheard it and turned him in. Funny thing is, Webster's identifies a secondary definition of 'teat' as a nub or protrusion. So he was correct but not politically so.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 11:16 AM (QGaXH)

66 Does this whole Savannah Guthrie thing really have to be this big of a deal?

Honestly I'm m sick of it. Practically zero attention from news media about the Charlotte stabbing, but THIS, this has to be national news. Fuck that
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Hardly a word about the Amish killed by the illegal trucker

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 11:16 AM (XeU6L)

67 The Kennesaw State Univ. Hooters are now the Owls.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Musta been fun to have been one of their female cheerleaders under the old name.

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:16 AM (77rzZ)

68 So your use of the idiom put everybody in a state of sixes and sevens.

I wonder if the original idiom was a subtle biblical reference (6 representing the beast while seven represents Jesus and the struggle between them.)

Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 11:17 AM (TsPiR)

69 huh?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 11:17 AM (xFfhU)

70 Rush warned in the way back times about how we are losing the language. When that happens they control the field of play, meaning to me the definitions and even thought processes we use. Matters are far gone now, and we dance to their tune consciously or not. Forbidden language and usage is their rule and a tool of oppression.

Posted by: tubal at February 11, 2026 11:17 AM (pDt9x)

71 It can be lunch time
And nice painting today downstairs

Posted by: Skip at February 11, 2026 11:17 AM (ujQMq)

72 My HS was the "spartans", and I can't recall any hordes of disaffected peloponnesians descending upon our bus circle and waving placards.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:17 AM (JwNbV)

73 44 Take the "thumbs up" gesture. We all know exactly what that gesture means, right? It's a universal signal of approval, of affirmation, of positive vibes. Right? Wrong. Used by the under-30 crowd, it means almost the opposite of that. It conveys dismissal or "yea right" sarcasm. Don't ask me how I know.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

Because everything has to be covered in 119 layers of sarcasm now.

Posted by: XTC at February 11, 2026 11:17 AM (uEmCf)

74 17 I’d never heard the old sixes and sevens idiom… and I’d not heard of the modern meme…. But I believe I would’ve understood what you were saying from the context. The modern meme… since it has no fixed meaning it sounds like the whole point is to confuse with ambiguity
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 11, 2026 11:06 AM (fQqaC)

I think there' supposed to be an accompanying hand motion of hands flat in front of you, palms up and moving up and down...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 11:17 AM (QGaXH)

75 Don't ask me how I know.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

But the "okay" sign is still cool, right?

....

Right?!?!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:16 AM (JwNbV)
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Isn't that supposedly some secret nazi salute now? I generally use one and only one gesture: the middle finger. I use it a lot. Everyone knows what that means, I hope.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:18 AM (iFTx/)

76 "to set the world on six and seven", is used by Geoffrey Chaucer in his Troilus and Criseyde.

Richard II (around 1595), "But time will not permit: all is uneven, And every thing is left at six and seven".

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 11, 2026 11:18 AM (gbOdA)

77 My HS was the "spartans", and I can't recall any hordes of disaffected peloponnesians descending upon our bus circle and waving placards.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:17 AM (JwNbV)
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None of them know what a Spartan is.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2026 11:18 AM (JoLAO)

78 Subaru didn't start making the Brat until, what, like, the early 80s?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:13 AM (JwNbV)

The Brat was phat.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

'78 to '94.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2026 11:18 AM (gkpAx)

79
23 Skidoo!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2026 11:18 AM (tgvbd)

80 67 The Kennesaw State Univ. Hooters are now the Owls.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Musta been fun to have been one of their female cheerleaders under the old name.
Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:16 AM (77rzZ)
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Would be awesome to have a cheer squad with "Hooters" emblazoned on the uniforms.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (36PRH)

81 My HS was the "spartans", and I can't recall any hordes of disaffected peloponnesians descending upon our bus circle and waving placards.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Just folks from South Bend and Ann Arbor, right?

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (77rzZ)

82 This Guthrie case is turning into a Keystone Cops case. The guy at the center of the big arrest last night was released with no charges filed. He gave an interview and said he wasn’t even questioned.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (gCFgr)

83 Does this whole Savannah Guthrie thing really have to be this big of a deal?

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Terminal TDS sufferer Mrs. Wrecks says Trump, or people acting on his behalf, had it done to punish Savannah for her resistance. I'm pretty sure Trump did JonBenet too.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (J+Psw)

84 43 5 Kamala's new website used "6-7". That should tell you all you need to know about it.

6-7 is the new brat?

Exactly the same thing, and her second attempt to be cool was just as effective as the first.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

85 I said, "things are sort of at sixes and sevens at the moment, but we're making progress." I meant it as the idiom. It means that things are confused or chaotic or in disarray.

Tell us you've been in England recently, without saying you've been in England recently.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (bFu5X)

86 I will say that is a rather obscure idiom. If I had ever seen it referenced before, I am going to assumebit wasbin some work by Agatha Christie, and I really can't recall ever doing it in any work by an American writer.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (TsPiR)

87 The rule is that when Gen Z slang makes its way into the broader consciousness and used by boomers/Xers then it is no longer cool.

Posted by: Taylor at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (m8wiN)

88 01812...

Posted by: man at February 11, 2026 11:20 AM (XuXeR)

89 I was the best President! No malarky.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 11, 2026 11:20 AM (PrTFL)

90 '78 to '94.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2026 11:18 AM (gkpAx)

Travis Pastrano has a Brat skin on a C6 Corvette.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 11, 2026 11:20 AM (gbOdA)

91 "Oh, excuse me, what I meant to say is 'everything has gone arse over tit'. Sorry if I caused any offence."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:20 AM (JwNbV)

92 Exactly the same thing, and her second attempt to be cool was just as effective as the first.

"Cool" seems to be the most long-lived of all slang words.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 11, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

93 Hey, a Taylor sighting! Hi, Taylor!

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:21 AM (77rzZ)

94 I said, "things are sort of at sixes and sevens at the moment, but we're making progress." I meant it as the idiom. It means that things are confused or chaotic or in disarray.
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Now do "mare's nest."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2026 11:21 AM (JoLAO)

95 My HS was the "spartans", and I can't recall any hordes of disaffected peloponnesians descending upon our bus circle and waving placards.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:17 AM (JwNbV)
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None of them know what a Spartan is.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

*kicks jock in nuts. "THIS. IS. SPARTA."

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2026 11:21 AM (gkpAx)

96 Hi Bulg.

Posted by: Taylor at February 11, 2026 11:21 AM (m8wiN)

97 Eaton CO changed the name of its high school teams. Apparently Warriors was offensive, because the logo featured an Indian. Lewis and Floorwax, Denver FM morning show guys suggested they change it to the Beavers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 11, 2026 11:21 AM (PSEDc)

98
I've heard the phrase "at sixes and sevens" in a couple of songs before,

can't remember which ones though.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:21 AM (iJfKG)

99 This Guthrie case is turning into a Keystone Cops case. The guy at the center of the big arrest last night was released with no charges filed. He gave an interview and said he wasn’t even questioned.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (gCFgr)
______

I think the truth of what happened isn't in the same universe as what's being reported. The whole thing stank like rotten fish from the jump. It smells like a massive and elaborate (but fucked up) cover-up.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (iFTx/)

100 >>Practically zero attention from news media about the Charlotte stabbing

The media deep-sixed that story PDQ

Posted by: one hour sober at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (Y1sOo)

101 "Cool" seems to be the most long-lived of all slang words.
Posted by: Archimedes

My roommate at DLI in the 90s still used "groovy" unironically.

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

102 Does this whole Savannah Guthrie thing really have to be this big of a deal?

Honestly I'm m sick of it. Practically zero attention from news media about the Charlotte stabbing, but THIS, this has to be national news. Fuck that
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Hardly a word about the Amish killed by the illegal trucker
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 11:16 AM (XeU6L)

They even bumped Gutfeld for it last night, no?

OH SO IMPORTANT NEWS. MUST COVER 24/7 !!!!

Everything's just stupid now...

Posted by: Lady Who at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (JCLJi)

103 The password is "Swordfish".

Posted by: Chico Marx at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (oftw2)

104
My high school changed from Redskins to Skins. Dolts.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (tgvbd)

105 75 Isn't that supposedly some secret nazi salute now? I generally use one and only one gesture: the middle finger. I use it a lot. Everyone knows what that means, I hope.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:18 AM (iFTx/)

4chan decided they were going to troll people by saying that it was a Nazi salute, and the Left basically said "You want to give us something else we can forbid to control behavior? Yes please!"

Posted by: XTC at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (uEmCf)

106 Some high school cheer squad somewhere: "Roll those Trojans!!"

Posted by: Taylor at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (m8wiN)

107 101 My roommate at DLI in the 90s still used "groovy" unironically.

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

======

*nods sagaciously*
-Ash

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (GBKbO)

108 Don't get me going about Seven of Nine.

I prefer Six of Nine

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (dtajH)

109 Don't think ever heard 6 7, or if I did had no idea its reference

Posted by: Skip at February 11, 2026 11:23 AM (ujQMq)

110 Now do "mare's nest."
Posted by: Captain Obvious

"dog's breakfast"

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)

111 Travis Pastrano has a Brat skin on a C6 Corvette.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Buddy had a Brat in high school. Complete with jump seats in back.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2026 11:23 AM (gkpAx)

112 I cringe everytime someone say "the bomb". Note, I did not say it IS cringe.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

113 Don't get me going about 44 of D.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 11, 2026 11:23 AM (Kt19C)

114 Don't get me going about Seven of Nine.

I prefer Six of Nine
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (dtajH)
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I always thought she was 10 or 10, myself.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2026 11:24 AM (JoLAO)

115 My use of 6s and 7s is that things are going OK. Better than the average 5 and somewhat indeterminate.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 11, 2026 11:24 AM (xvV+O)

116
Ah, okay.

The Stones "Tumbling Dice" has "at sixes and sevens" in the lyrics.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:24 AM (iJfKG)

117 The Kennesaw State Univ. Hooters are now the Owls.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Musta been fun to have been one of their female cheerleaders under the old name.
==
YOU CANT LICK OUR HOOTERS!!!!

Posted by: Kennesaw St Cheerlead Squad at February 11, 2026 11:24 AM (6rdCx)

118 98
I've heard the phrase "at sixes and sevens" in a couple of songs before,

can't remember which ones though.
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I believe that line shows up in the beginning of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", but I haven't listened to the song for years.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 11, 2026 11:24 AM (Dg7ng)

119 Don't think ever heard 6 7, or if I did had no idea its reference

Hmmmm. Then why are you sitting at the cool kid's table? Move along, poindexter!

Posted by: Archimedes at February 11, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

120 Now do "mare's nest."
Posted by: Captain Obvious

"dog's breakfast"
Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)

"grave diggers biscuits"

Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 11, 2026 11:24 AM (PSEDc)

121 It smells like a massive and elaborate (but fucked up) cover-up."

I'd just go with f- up.

"Brat in high school. Complete with jump seats in back."

That's how they got around the chicken tax...

Posted by: man at February 11, 2026 11:25 AM (XuXeR)

122 "I prefer Six of Nine."

She was in one episode. Played by Kathy Griffin. But hey, you do you.

Posted by: Taylor at February 11, 2026 11:25 AM (m8wiN)

123 "Cool" seems to be the most long-lived of all slang words.
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Thats neato.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 11, 2026 11:25 AM (Hpgos)

124 >>>I used an idiom - not a hugely popular one, but not a particularly unusual one, either (or so I thought) - and got a very weird reaction from my colleagues.

What a bunch of idiomats.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:26 AM (dK+Kv)

125 Once I was scolded for calling the splice box on a 3-phase motor a 'peckerhead.'

Get the fuck out of here, and go back to HR!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 11:26 AM (xFfhU)

126 "Cool" seems to be the most long-lived of all slang words.
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Thats neato.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 11, 2026 11:25 AM (Hpgos)
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Shiny.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2026 11:26 AM (JoLAO)

127 "grave diggers biscuits"
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 11, 2026 11:24 AM (PSEDc)

That one is new to me.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 11, 2026 11:26 AM (lFFaq)

128 this sounds like a load of skidbidi

Posted by: fd at February 11, 2026 11:26 AM (vFG9F)

129 I've heard that the expression "mind your "Ps" and "Qs" refers to drinkers ordering pints and quarts at the bar. Whole thing could've been avoided if we'd just adopted the metric system.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 11, 2026 11:26 AM (J+Psw)

130 117 The Kennesaw State Univ. Hooters are now the Owls.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Musta been fun to have been one of their female cheerleaders under the old name.
==
YOU CANT LICK OUR HOOTERS!!!!
Posted by: Kennesaw St Cheerlead Squad at February 11, 2026 11:24 AM (6rdCx)

***

Oregon State University has entered the chat.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2026 11:27 AM (2WIwB)

131 Whole thing could've been avoided if we'd just adopted the metric system.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 11, 2026 11:26 AM (J+Psw)
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Mind your d's and l's?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2026 11:27 AM (JoLAO)

132 Re: Slang

I've always dug Outta Site!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 11, 2026 11:27 AM (DgMqy)

133 I remember from childhood that kidnapping was a federal investigation because its cross states. Not bothering me about Guthrie. Quite possibly it is a country crossing to.Mexico

Posted by: Skip at February 11, 2026 11:28 AM (ujQMq)

134 I remember someone telling a story about two decades ago where they got into a cab with a young driver and an historically popular song from the band Chicago was playing on the radio.

The passenger says "Oh, I love Chicago."

And the driver says "Oh, I've never been there."

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 11:28 AM (1nQPV)

135
Shipoopi!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jj622vbrrU

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:28 AM (iJfKG)

136 I tend to use a lot of older idioms, aphorisms, or whatever. Nobody knows what I'm talking about it seems.
Could be they are right.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 11, 2026 11:28 AM (sl73Y)

137 ~~Damok~~ Mannix at 6 7 on tictoc

I realized the real meaning of 6 7 is to multiply them. The answer to life, the universe, and everything. A few days later, I saw someone had memed that already. Of course.

Have not seen anyone mention that 67 is just 2 short.

Mairsey dotes

Posted by: mindful webworker and the village idiom at February 11, 2026 11:28 AM (xTrHG)

138 I will be sad when they find this woman a stone's throw away from her house where she had a stroke and fell into a ditch or something incredibly banal like that.

There was a case not long ago where some kid stole a car for a joyride, but there was a baby in the car, so the kid said "Nope, nope, not doing that, i'm out", dropped the car off at the local police station with the baby and a note and the windows cracked, and left.

They spent almost 12 hours searching for this baby until they found it right in front of the damned police station, because no one thought to look there. Why would you, right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:28 AM (JwNbV)

139 67? First car I owned, a1967 Mustang Fastback.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 11, 2026 11:28 AM (xvV+O)

140 Of all the abuses the English language heaps upon communication, none is more egregious that its prolific use of idioms.

Other cultures and languages use them, sure.

But English can carry whole conversations with idioms.

And it confuses the hell out of every other nations.

I mean "Darmok on the ocean, Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra, Darmok and Jalad on the ocean"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 11, 2026 11:28 AM (HXT0k)

141 “Cool" seems to be the most long-lived of all slang words.
——-

“Daddy-O” and “Groovy” just didn’t last. I was surprised to learn “Pad” for ones dwelling or apartment, goes to at least the early 1950s, and probably much earlier than that.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 11, 2026 11:29 AM (a/pf+)

142 The rule is that when Gen Z slang makes its way into the broader consciousness and used by boomers/Xers then it is no longer cool.

Posted by: Taylor at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (m8wiN)

When 6-7 first appeared on the scene, my plan was to have the whole town adopt and use it as much as possible to speed the extinction of it.

It appears to have gone here - mostly - as quickly as it appeared on the scene.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:29 AM (dK+Kv)

143 ==
YOU CANT LICK OUR HOOTERS!!!!
Posted by: Kennesaw St Cheerlead Squad at February 11, 2026 11:24 AM (6rdCx)

***

Oregon State University has entered the chat.
==
*South Carolina fraternities smile smugly*

Posted by: You cant lick our cocks! at February 11, 2026 11:29 AM (6rdCx)

144 "grave diggers biscuits"
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 11, 2026 11:24 AM (PSEDc)

That one is new to me.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 11, 2026 11:26 AM (lFFaq)

It's a British thing, referring to 6:30 PM, when men knocked off of work to watch the games. Learned that from the documentary series "Community."

Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 11, 2026 11:30 AM (PSEDc)

145 Eaton CO changed the name of its high school teams. Apparently Warriors was offensive, because the logo featured an Indian. Lewis and Floorwax, Denver FM morning show guys suggested they change it to the Beavers.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Or the Pussies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 11, 2026 11:30 AM (J+Psw)

146 Mairsey dotes
Posted by: mindful webworker and the village idiom at February 11, 2026 11:28 AM (xTrHG)

Cozy dotes
Little cozy divy.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 11, 2026 11:30 AM (lFFaq)

147 142 When 6-7 first appeared on the scene, my plan was to have the whole town adopt and use it as much as possible to speed the extinction of it.

It appears to have gone here - mostly - as quickly as it appeared on the scene.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:29 AM (dK+Kv)

======

My kids have largely stopped. It's quite infrequent now.

Annoying while it lasted, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 11, 2026 11:30 AM (GBKbO)

148 Here's slang I grew up with; "beat" It was popular in the greater capitol city area; MD, VA mostly.

It means something old, worn out, sub-par, etc.

As in, "a beater car." Or "that Superbowl was beat."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 11, 2026 11:30 AM (jtM2q)

149 Drat! Spellcheck got me again.

*Dozy* dotes.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 11, 2026 11:31 AM (lFFaq)

150 Eagles may soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 11, 2026 11:31 AM (ESVrU)

151 How did "haywire" come to be associated with disorder?
Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

Because haywire, normally used for binding bales of hay, got used to effect crude repairs to things like wagons, broken axe handles, and whatever else could be tied together with twisted wire. A farm or ranch, or business that relied too heavily on such repairs became known as a "haywire outfit".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 11:31 AM (8zz6B)

152 Never say n****r rich either. I instructed my two sons growing up NEVER EVER even if asked or invited, to say the word n****r. Not under any circumstances, no matter the coercion. Do not say it, it's a trap.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 11:12 AM (QGaXH)

I was watching some black people react to the Chapelle Show videos, one of which was "The Niggar Family." The term "n***er rich" was used and none of the younger folks had any idea what it meant. The only one who did was an older black guy who after laughing his ass off explained it.

Posted by: Back when we could laugh at this shit at February 11, 2026 11:32 AM (TbWk/)

153 Kids started saying 6 7 to piss off their parents, so the parents started saying it back to piss them off in return, and then everyone got pissed off and stopped saying it altogether.

The entire war lasted mere months.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:32 AM (JwNbV)

154 Don't get me started on what we used to call Brazil nuts when I was a kid.

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 11:32 AM (gtcuf)

155 Canada school shooting was perpetrated by a “gun person”, aka, “female in a dress, aka, biological male teenager on female hormones. How many have to die or get mutilated before this nonsense stops?

Posted by: Unkaren at February 11, 2026 11:33 AM (diQP2)

156 "6 7" is properly used as an indeterminate measure of something being above average.

"Hows the meatloaf?"

"6 7".

Posted by: Intrepid Underground Gen Z Reporter at February 11, 2026 11:33 AM (gIjm9)

157 Since you asked.

Exploring the Significance of Numbers 6 and 7 in Mathematics and World Cultures

http://alturl.com/4v4k7

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:33 AM (dK+Kv)

158 133 I remember from childhood that kidnapping was a federal investigation because its cross states. Not bothering me about Guthrie. Quite possibly it is a country crossing to.Mexico
Posted by: Skip at February 11, 2026 11:28 AM (ujQMq)

And it does now seem unrelated to Savannah and more preying on well-off single lady retirees near the border...so, they don't want that to trend...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 11, 2026 11:34 AM (tOcjL)

159 Or the original words to eeny-meeny-miney-mo

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 11:34 AM (gtcuf)

160
I was expecting some puns here, but all this lame talk about slang tells me you cant.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:34 AM (iJfKG)

161 It's the difference between a shibboleth and a password. You can know the watchword well enough, but if you can't make the "sh" sound convincingly, you're still getting a face full of sharp bronze.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:10 AM (JwNbV)

You learned that from me ...

Posted by: Pres. Jed Bartlett at February 11, 2026 11:34 AM (3sXRv)

162 We were the Hamilton Southeastern 'Royals'.
WTF is a Royal?
And why were we Royals in a constitutional republic?
It's nuts.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 11, 2026 11:34 AM (LdBR/)

163 I mean "Darmok on the ocean, Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra, Darmok and Jalad on the ocean"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 11, 2026 11:28 AM (HXT0k)

There is Darmok and Jalad at the bottom of the ocean
Under the water, carry the water
Remove the Darmok and Jalad at the bottom of the ocean

Posted by: Same as it ever was when the walls fell at February 11, 2026 11:34 AM (TbWk/)

164 GM!

I hope everyone waxed in an environmentally friendly way this morning.

https://tinyurl.com/2ukxzfh6

Posted by: Oglebay at February 11, 2026 11:34 AM (GPa4z)

165 >>>Don't get me started on what we used to call Brazil nuts when I was a kid.

Posted by: Delurker

>Kamala toes?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 11:35 AM (xFfhU)

166 Because haywire, normally used for binding bales of hay, got used to effect crude repairs to things like wagons, broken axe handles, and whatever else could be tied together with twisted wire. A farm or ranch, or business that relied too heavily on such repairs became known as a "haywire outfit".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Thanks, AOP.

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)

167 I was expecting some puns here, but all this lame talk about slang tells me you cant.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:34 AM (iJfKG)

I could ask grok for some content, but it would just be AI sallop.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:35 AM (JwNbV)

168 My car did a brodie

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 11, 2026 11:35 AM (Kt19C)

169 I mean, dude they picked up and released fits the image of over-the-border kidnappers for the Guthrie case...even if they were wrong on him. They obviously think dark-skinned Hispanic male is the perp...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 11, 2026 11:36 AM (tOcjL)

170 Geoffrey Chaucer: The phrase appears in Chaucer's work "Troilus and Criseyde" from the mid-1380s.
William Shakespeare: In "Richard II," Shakespeare uses a similar expression to convey confusion.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 11, 2026 11:10 AM (gbOdA)

Confusion, or indecision. Being is a position of having to choose between two courses of action, and the way forward from either is unclear.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 11:36 AM (8zz6B)

171 "Some twink sitting around thinking they could make some inane thing go viral.
Posted by: Ben Had"

He was probably inspired by the viral insanity of trannyism.

Posted by: Ripley at February 11, 2026 11:36 AM (GUOwU)

172 169 I mean, dude they picked up and released fits the image of over-the-border kidnappers for the Guthrie case...even if they were wrong on him. They obviously think dark-skinned Hispanic male is the perp...

yep

she'd just had roofing repairs done

they liked what they saw, and came back. something went awry tho. I don't think she's still alive.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 11, 2026 11:37 AM (emBoF)

173 There's that word again. 'Heavy.' Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 11, 2026 11:37 AM (6ydKt)

174 haywire

N***** rig.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 11, 2026 11:37 AM (Kt19C)

175 172 169 I mean, dude they picked up and released fits the image of over-the-border kidnappers for the Guthrie case...even if they were wrong on him. They obviously think dark-skinned Hispanic male is the perp...

yep

she'd just had roofing repairs done

they liked what they saw, and came back. something went awry tho. I don't think she's still alive.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 11, 2026 11:37 AM (emBoF)

She hasn't been since that night. I'm betting she woke up and that screwed everything up.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 11, 2026 11:37 AM (tOcjL)

176 201 My roommate at DLI in the 90s still used "groovy" unironically.
Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

He must have seen the Evil Dead movies, but then, what else are you supposed to say after successfully strapping a chainsaw to where your amputated hand used to be?

https://youtube.com/shorts/mUsi5GrSq4s

Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 11:38 AM (TsPiR)

177 Holy smokes, Lewis & Floorwax are still around? Wow.

Posted by: AoS(HQi), the Horde Chatbot at February 11, 2026 11:38 AM (DB1SB)

178 GM!

I hope everyone waxed in an environmentally friendly way this morning.

https://tinyurl.com/2ukxzfh6

Posted by: Oglebay at February 11, 2026 11:34 AM (GPa4z)

*looks down and basks in the glory of muh baby bottom smooth nuggets*

Was that wrong?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:38 AM (dK+Kv)

179 If anyone said 67 to me my thought would be a 67 Chevy...or maybe 67 Mustang.

Posted by: Case at February 11, 2026 11:38 AM (j6kTf)

180 A farm or ranch, or business that relied too heavily on such repairs became known as a "haywire outfit".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 11:31 AM (8zz6B)

And now we have duct tape.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (6ydKt)

181 I haven't stopped yelling "get off my lawn" to Gen Z'ers, and now I have to start dealing with Gen Alpha's? Anyway, 6-7. Never heard of it. And it has no fixed meaning. Which means it's stupid as heck.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (qBdHI)

182 I've heard jimmy rig, jerry rig, jury rig... so many different ways to say "half-assed".

I usually say "jerry rig" or "kludge" myself.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (JwNbV)

183 I thought it was all sixes and sevens and nines.

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (TN0g+)

184 I'm not sure 6-7 was ever really a thing. It's just too stupid and gay. The whole thing was an op to try to make people think it was a thing. So even the few people who tried using it soon realized "hey, this is stupid and gay," and stopped.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

185 Holy smokes, Lewis & Floorwax are still around? Wow.
Posted by: AoS(HQi), the Horde Chatbot at February 11, 2026 11:38 AM (DB1SB)

Rick Lewis is. Does the Broncos games on the radio with Dave Logan. Floorwax went nuts and retired some years ago.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (PSEDc)

186 When was the last time you heard "bodacious?"

That had to be used by Keanu in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (1nQPV)

187 A farm or ranch, or business that relied too heavily on such repairs became known as a "haywire outfit".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 11:31 AM (8zz6B)

And now we have duct tape.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (6ydKt)
___

Zip ties

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/)

188 Skibidi-man
two minutes about brain rot among youth
well worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49l39sSrGqk

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 11, 2026 11:41 AM (ZN6AN)

189 79
23 Skidoo!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2026 11:18 AM (tgvbd)

I was recently in an antique store and a young couple (20 somethings) was looking at an old style black rotary dial phone. The guy was saying his grandma had one. I told them how much time dialing took and how when push buttons came in it was 'the cat's meow....'

I think I scared them a little.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 11:41 AM (QGaXH)

190 Terminal TDS sufferer Mrs. Wrecks says Trump, or people acting on his behalf, had it done to punish Savannah for her resistance. I'm pretty sure Trump did JonBenet too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (J+Psw)

Tell her more of this shit, and you'll call a divorce lawyer ?

Posted by: runner at February 11, 2026 11:41 AM (g47mK)

191 When was the last time you heard "bodacious?"

That had to be used by Keanu in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (1nQPV)

Bodacious should never be used without the word "Tatas" attached.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:41 AM (iJfKG)

192 I'm not sure 6-7 was ever really a thing. It's just too stupid and gay. The whole thing was an op to try to make people think it was a thing. So even the few people who tried using it soon realized "hey, this is stupid and gay," and stopped.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

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In many ways, this too is the story of Bad Bunny.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 11:41 AM (OXPYT)

193 I used to think “more (whatever) then Carter has liver pills” somehow involved Jimmy Carter…. Nope

But I still knew it meant a lot

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 11, 2026 11:41 AM (fQqaC)

194 184 I'm not sure 6-7 was ever really a thing. It's just too stupid and gay. The whole thing was an op to try to make people think it was a thing. So even the few people who tried using it soon realized "hey, this is stupid and gay," and stopped.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

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Guy who obviously doesn't have kids who take to stupid trends for no reason whatsoever.

Said with affection, cause you're a good dude. Just...you don't have kids.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 11, 2026 11:42 AM (GBKbO)

195 Life is complicated enough to live day in and day out with an enemy.

Posted by: runner at February 11, 2026 11:42 AM (g47mK)

196 I'm not sure 6-7 was ever really a thing. It's just too stupid and gay. The whole thing was an op to try to make people think it was a thing. So even the few people who tried using it soon realized "hey, this is stupid and gay," and stopped.

So you're saying it's a synonym for "fetch"?

Posted by: Archimedes at February 11, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

197 190 Terminal TDS sufferer Mrs. Wrecks says Trump, or people acting on his behalf, had it done to punish Savannah for her resistance. I'm pretty sure Trump did JonBenet too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (J+Psw)

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Dolley isn't even this bad. I feel for you, my man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 11, 2026 11:42 AM (GBKbO)

198 I just idly noticed that Bulg has comment 67 here. Not sure if there's some cosmic meaning to it but there it is.

Posted by: Taylor at February 11, 2026 11:42 AM (DJPFk)

199 182 I've heard jimmy rig, jerry rig, jury rig... so many different ways to say "half-assed".

I usually say "jerry rig" or "kludge" myself.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (JwNbV)
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I originally understood the expression as "jerry rig," and assumed it became "jury rig" so as not to offend the Germans.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 11, 2026 11:42 AM (36PRH)

200 I use "groovy" unironically all the time. I blame Earthworm Jim, Evil Dead 2 and Simon & Garfunkel's 59th Street Bridge Song.

Posted by: Groovy. at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (TbWk/)

201 I'm not sure 6-7 was ever really a thing. It's just too stupid and gay. The whole thing was an op to try to make people think it was a thing. So even the few people who tried using it soon realized "hey, this is stupid and gay," and stopped.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

It was a thing with the young folks, because it was in-group signalling for the kids, and because it confused the olds.

Once the olds caught on, it died because it ceased being the thing that made it a thing.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (dK+Kv)

202 What the heck is a Green Wave?

Posted by: Easy The Elder at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (zFsEm)

203 can you jerry-rig a jerry can?

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (gtcuf)

204 192 I'm not sure 6-7 was ever really a thing. It's just too stupid and gay. The whole thing was an op to try to make people think it was a thing. So even the few people who tried using it soon realized "hey, this is stupid and gay," and stopped.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

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In many ways, this too is the story of Bad Bunny.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 11:41 AM (OXPYT)

Who ESPN admitted, had a Super Bowl audience down 6% from last year...and I think NBC had to stretch to make it that good (this is worldwide audience)...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (tOcjL)

205 English Lit in High School is crap nowadays.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (qFwJc)

206 183 I thought it was all sixes and sevens and nines.
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No, seven ate nine.

Posted by: Middle School Bobbie at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (qUkBO)

207
Life is complicated enough to live day in and day out with an ~~enemy~~ enema.

Posted by: runner at February 11, 2026 11:42 AM (g47mK)

This too.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (iJfKG)

208 Does this whole Savannah Guthrie thing really have to be this big of a deal?

Honestly I'm m sick of it. Practically zero attention from news media about the Charlotte stabbing, but THIS, this has to be national news. Fuck that
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Shows how much of a cocoon I'm in right now. AoSHQ is the ONLY source of news I get on the mysterious case of Guthrie's mom. No, don't take this as an invitation to bring me up to speed on anything that might not have been covered on these pages yet.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)

209 There are 3 pillars to a relationship - Religion, Politics and physical compatibility.

Posted by: runner at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (g47mK)

210 202 What the heck is a Green Wave?

The Hulk when he drinks too much?

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (gtcuf)

211 210 202 What the heck is a Green Wave?

The Hulk when he drinks too much?

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (gtcuf)

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"Hulk drink Surge!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (GBKbO)

212 I was recently in an antique store and a young couple (20 somethings) was looking at an old style black rotary dial phone. The guy was saying his grandma had one. I told them how much time dialing took and how when push buttons came in it was 'the cat's meow....'

I think I scared them a little.....
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I take it you haven't seen those Progressive commercials with the "Becoming your parents" theme?

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (TN0g+)

213 101 "Cool" seems to be the most long-lived of all slang words.
Posted by: Archimedes

My roommate at DLI in the 90s still used "groovy" unironically.
Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

Far Out!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (QGaXH)

214 "Does this whole Savannah Guthrie thing really have to be this big of a deal?:

I didn't care and avoided it for the first few days. But I'm convinced there is going to be some weird twist where Savannah Guthrie is somehow involved that makes it interesting.

Posted by: Ripley at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (GUOwU)

215 Nobody says "far out" anymore. Except me.

Posted by: fd at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (vFG9F)

216 yourwelcome!

Posted by: runner at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (g47mK)

217 I originally understood the expression as "jerry rig," and assumed it became "jury rig" so as not to offend the Germans.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 11, 2026 11:42 AM (36PRH)

could be some cross pollination kind of thing. Rigging a jury is a thing. Those two words belong next to each other. You don't rig jerries. So the saying started to mutate, even if it doesn't make sense.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (JwNbV)

218 Cromulent.

Posted by: Edna Krabappel at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (PrTFL)

219 191 When was the last time you heard "bodacious?"

February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (1nQPV)

Great balls of fire, I'm a fright!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z71K4aBmDns

(30 sec. of Snuffy Smith)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (ZN6AN)

220
"6 7" is properly used as an indeterminate measure of something being above average.

Like all the children at Lake Wobegon. But not the British children.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (Cqx++)

221 I just idly noticed that Bulg has comment 67 here. Not sure if there's some cosmic meaning to it but there it is.
Posted by: Taylor

Well, it was in response to a comment about "Hooters." And hooters always have cosmic meaning.

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ)

222 It's the difference between a shibboleth and a password.

What if the password IS shibboleth?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (gkpAx)

223 214 "Does this whole Savannah Guthrie thing really have to be this big of a deal?:

I didn't care and avoided it for the first few days. But I'm convinced there is going to be some weird twist where Savannah Guthrie is somehow involved that makes it interesting.
Posted by: Ripley at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (GUOwU)

Brian Stelter ate her.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (JwNbV)

224 What the heck is a Green Wave?

Posted by: Easy The Elder at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (zFsEm)

Environmentally conscious time of the month?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (dK+Kv)

225 Who ESPN admitted, had a Super Bowl audience down 6% from last year...and I think NBC had to stretch to make it that good (this is worldwide audience)...
___

Don't forget our friends on Mars!

Posted by: Martian Voting Alliance at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (qUkBO)

226 Bodacious should never be used without the word "Tatas" attached.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:41 AM (iJfKG)

There are multiple BBQ joints in Texas called Bodacious BBQ

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (SugAx)

227 223 Brian Stelter ate her.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (JwNbV)

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Isn't that what sex machines do to women in general? Or is that just a colloquialism?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (GBKbO)

228 one wobbles..your are screwed , not in a good way. where you go out to eat and how often inlaws visit, you can negotiate.

Posted by: runner at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (g47mK)

229 Well, it was in response to a comment about "Hooters." And hooters always have cosmic meaning"

Every single one of my boyfriends will agree.

Posted by: Taylor at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (vt7xw)

230 I was recently in an antique store and a young couple (20 somethings) was looking at an old style black rotary dial phone. The guy was saying his grandma had one. I told them how much time dialing took and how when push buttons came in it was 'the cat's meow....'

I think I scared them a little.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 11:41 AM (QGaXH)

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There was a popular YT video many years ago where they showed a bunch of young children an old Sony Walkman and asked them to try and figure out what it was used for.

Pretty funny -- they were completely flummoxed and bamboozled ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (OXPYT)

231 Hay wire, barbed wire, fencing material will all cause lots of trouble getting caught in other stuff. Hard to see, wraps itself around rotating assemblies.

One time at Ft. Irwin they brought a truck into the “motor pool”. I happened to be walking to the chow hall and wondered why this truck mechanic was swearing up a storm and throwing tools around.

What happened is someone driving at night failed to see a roll concertina wire, and it wrapped itself around the rear axle into this HUGE tightly wound mass or ball of concertina-ish razor wire. I guess he was tasked to remove it, somehow.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (a/pf+)

232 Real life Tom Clancy shit. (21 minute video)

https://is.gd/ySrgJw

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (J+Psw)

233 Willowed from last thread. My Bad Bunny story:

355 OT- Just was a passenger in a car where someone called into the WOR 710 NYC conservative Mark Simone show. There was a communication problem and a caller referred to Bad Bunny and his sexualized lyrics, except that Mark heard it, or the man sounded like he was saying "Bugs Bunny". No, I don't want to think of Bugs and sexualized lyrics. Don't ruin my childhood! I did laugh though.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (ix8EF)

234 194 Guy who obviously doesn't have kids who take to stupid trends for no reason whatsoever.

Said with affection, cause you're a good dude. Just...you don't have kids.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 11, 2026 11:42 AM (GBKbO)

No, man. Kids are a CIA Op, too.

Posted by: XTC at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (uEmCf)

235 227 223 Brian Stelter ate her.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (JwNbV)

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Isn't that what sex machines do to women in general? Or is that just a colloquialism?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (GBKbO)

The love of a pimp is not like the love of a square, baby.

Posted by: Actual Sex Machine Brian Stelter at February 11, 2026 11:47 AM (JwNbV)

236 I used to be "with it", but then they changed what "it" was, so what I was "with" was no longer "it", and what "it" had become was suddenly scary to me.

And it'll happen to yooooo.

Posted by: Abraham J. Simpson at February 11, 2026 11:47 AM (PrTFL)

237 Eva Peron was at 6's and 7's, too, you know!

Dressed to the 9's.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 11, 2026 11:47 AM (7xyr6)

238 Bodacious should never be used without the word "Tatas" attached.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:41 AM (iJfKG)

There are multiple BBQ joints in Texas called Bodacious BBQ

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (SugAx)

...

Well...they're wrong!!!!111111!!!!1!111!1!!

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:47 AM (iJfKG)

239 For a while, when people would come up to to ask a question, I would always say "Seven" before they said anything.

"Say what?"

"Seven...it's the answer to your question."

It kind of caught on in my little building full of labs, for a while.

So I go to Italy to work for Pirelli in Milan and an Italian co-worker come up to be an says, "I have a question."

So I said "Seven" and he looks at me and said "Seven? That is the answer?"

I said yes and he stats laughing. He says, "How do you know the liars number?"

I said "I just made it up"

And he replied "Exactly, this is the liars number. It's always Seven. You say Seven when you don't know the answer. It's a joke in Italy. How do you know this"

I said, "I just made it up."

Apparently this was hilarious to the Italians.

So "Seven" is the liars number.

Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 11:47 AM (uvB+6)

240 Aces and eights

Posted by: Oglebay at February 11, 2026 11:47 AM (GPa4z)

241 Posted by: Common Tater at February 11, 2026 11:46 AM (a/pf+)

I once ran over an orange traffic cone, which spot-welded itself to the engine.

But, that's way worse.

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 11:47 AM (gtcuf)

242 English Lit in High School is crap nowadays.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

When my son was HS not too long ago, they did read The Odyssey and Paradise Lost. But it's probably gone to shit since then.

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:48 AM (77rzZ)

243 the deliberate deconstruction of language has been ongoing, and it's reached some impressive depths.

The three Rs have long been "reduce, reuse, recycle", and lo and behold, in the last 20 years, ALL the little kids can have nightmares about global warming, and preach napiously to elders about waste, but more and more of them CAN'T read, write, or add.

"Critical thinking" is often held up as something leftists live by, and slug-like science deniers just can't do.
Well, with its current meaning, that is true: leftists don't gather and weigh evidence to arrive at a reasoned conclusion, they simply apply critical theory to every/any topic, and deconstruct it through Manichean dialectic.

I used to laugh at "reality-based", which you don't hear nearly as much as used to be: leftists are only BASED ON reality, and barely at that.

Posted by: barbarausa at February 11, 2026 11:48 AM (enw9G)

244 None of them know what a Spartan is.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2026 11:18 AM (JoLAO)

Well, not if you spell it wrong.

Posted by: The Sparks-Withington Co. at February 11, 2026 11:48 AM (8zz6B)

245 @217 Something "jerry/jury rigged" is an engineering solution achieved by cobbling something together that isn't intended to last, a kludge.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 11, 2026 11:48 AM (36PRH)

246 Don't ever say "Don't be niggardly now."
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Or talk about a "chink" in one's armor.
Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:06 AM (77rzZ)

When I was in high school a nearby town’s high school had Chinks as their sports teams name…, the Pekin Chinks! It was long ago changed to Pekin Dragons…..
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 11, 2026 11:09 AM (fQqaC)
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Have I got a story for you!

Posted by: Brazil Nut at February 11, 2026 11:48 AM (Hx0tZ)

247 Brian Stelter ate her.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (JwNbV)

He said "weird twist."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:49 AM (dK+Kv)

248 108 Don't get me going about Seven of Nine.

I prefer Six of Nine
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 11, 2026 11:22 AM (dtajH

5 by 5.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 11, 2026 11:49 AM (g8Ew8)

249 "I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!"

Posted by: brak at February 11, 2026 11:49 AM (/X8DJ)

250 napiously? what the heck happened to pious? yikes

Posted by: barbarausa at February 11, 2026 11:49 AM (enw9G)

251 Bodacious tatas…. One of the best lines in An Officer and a Gentleman

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 11, 2026 11:49 AM (ZCxQ+)

252 IMPORTANT!

There is an English to Nadsat translator:

https://lingojam.com/EnglishtoNadsat

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 11, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)

253 My hometown high school was "The Explorers" but they changed it beause explorers were colonialist invaders or something.

So, they became The Wolverines, which is way TF cooler anyway.

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 11:50 AM (gtcuf)

254 What the heck is a Green Wave?

Posted by: Easy The Elder at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (zFsEm)

Environmentally conscious time of the month?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (dK+Kv)

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OUT: Bob Dole doing Viagra commercials.
IN: Tim Walz doing Green Tampon commercials.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 11:50 AM (OXPYT)

255 Aces and eights
Posted by: Oglebay

Dead Man's Hand.
Wild Bill Hickok.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2026 11:50 AM (gkpAx)

256 I'm not sure 6-7 was ever really a thing. It's just too stupid and gay. The whole thing was an op to try to make people think it was a thing.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

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In many ways, this too is the story of Bad Bunny.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 11:41 AM (OXPYT)

Who ESPN admitted, had a Super Bowl audience down 6% from last year...and I think NBC had to stretch to make it that good (this is worldwide audience)...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (tOcjL)
_____

The NFL seems to be increasingly relying on foreign audiences to pad its audience numbers. I'm skeptical. Smells like bullshit to me.

But in fairness, a stupid bowl between the Seahawks and Patriots was never gonna be a big seller. Nobody cares about those teams except the home crowd, and Seattle is a relatively tiny market.

Plus, there was no gimmick this year to try to drive interest, like there was with the noxious Taylor Swift fake romance with that closet homosexual whatever-his-name-is.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

257 Canada school shooting was perpetrated by a “gun person”, aka, “female in a dress, aka, biological male teenager on female hormones. How many have to die or get mutilated before this nonsense stops?
Posted by: Unkaren
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'Shut up', they explained.

'Guthrie, Guthrie, Guthrie...' they chanted.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 11:50 AM (XeU6L)

258 Just taking that sock off quick so i don't accidentally say something heartfelt and serious to someone while i'm still dressed as "Actual Sex Machine Brian Stelter".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:51 AM (JwNbV)

259 Something "jerry/jury rigged" is an engineering solution achieved by cobbling something together that isn't intended to last, a kludge.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

In other words, to "McGyver" something.

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)

260 254 What the heck is a Green Wave?

Posted by: Easy The Elder at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (zFsEm)

Environmentally conscious time of the month?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:45 AM (dK+Kv)

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

OUT: Bob Dole doing Viagra commercials.
IN: Tim Walz doing Green Tampon commercials.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 11:50 AM (OXPYT)

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Bob Dole should be doing Blue Chew commercials!

Posted by: Zombie Bob Dole at February 11, 2026 11:51 AM (36PRH)

261 224 What the heck is a Green Wave?
___

Tulane University Green Wave. New Orleans. Hurricanes. Waves. Flooding.

Abington High School (MA) Green Wave. Boston South Shore. Irish. Wave of Irish drunks.

Posted by: Martian Voting Alliance at February 11, 2026 11:51 AM (qUkBO)

262 Plus, there was no gimmick this year to try to drive interest, like there was with the noxious Taylor Swift fake romance with that closet homosexual whatever-his-name-is.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

This year's Superb Owl was a deep ploy by the NFL to make fans beg them to go back to rigging games again.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:52 AM (JwNbV)

263 Just taking that sock off quick so i don't accidentally say something heartfelt and serious to someone while i'm still dressed as "Actual Sex Machine Brian Stelter".
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Are you suggesting that Brian Stelter doesn't mean it when he promises to call you the next day?

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:52 AM (TN0g+)

264
Don't get me started on what we used to call Brazil nuts when I was a kid.
Posted by: Delurker
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>Kamala toes?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

I call them 'ethnic metatarsals' now.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 11, 2026 11:53 AM (QVmho)

265 My hometown high school was "The Explorers" but they changed it beause explorers were colonialist invaders or something.

So, they became The Wolverines

********

And immediately started cheating in football

Posted by: one hour sober at February 11, 2026 11:53 AM (Y1sOo)

266 Shipoopi!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jj622vbrrU
Posted by: naturalfake

Was there any other instance of Buddy Hackett having a singing part?

Posted by: mindful webworker - how's yer ol' at February 11, 2026 11:53 AM (xTrHG)

267 256 Taylor Swift fake romance with that closet homosexual whatever-his-name-is.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

Interchangable CIA Asset #3773.

Posted by: XTC at February 11, 2026 11:53 AM (uEmCf)

268 Are you suggesting that Brian Stelter doesn't mean it when he promises to call you the next day?
Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:52 AM (TN0g+)

Using your Sex Machine as a Second Date Machine will definitely void your warrantly.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:54 AM (JwNbV)

269

Are you suggesting that Brian Stelter doesn't mean it when he promises to call you the next day?
Posted by: Crusader

Leaves all sweaty, covered in butter and ranch dressing.

Damn, that's nasty

Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 11, 2026 11:54 AM (QVmho)

270 Terminal TDS sufferer Mrs. Wrecks says Trump, or people acting on his behalf, had it done to punish Savannah for her resistance. I'm pretty sure Trump did JonBenet too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (J+Psw)

Tell her, in that case, she better watch HER back as well.

Posted by: Vinnie Boombatz Jr at February 11, 2026 11:55 AM (5xuJ/)

271 "Dixie State University" (The Horror!) in St George, UT was canceled and renamed "Utah Tech University" a few years ago.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 11:55 AM (mi7z4)

272 bro, warrantly isn't even a word.

Are you an autocorrect or an autoincorrect, you little fecker?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:55 AM (JwNbV)

273 The Stones "Tumbling Dice" has "at sixes and sevens" in the lyrics.

Did Keith Richards write it before Chaucer?

Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 11:55 AM (2ocoG)

274 Well...they're wrong!!!!111111!!!!1!111!1!!
Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:47 AM (iJfKG)

Fair. I always thought they should've gone with Bodacious DDD BBQ.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at February 11, 2026 11:55 AM (SugAx)

275 "Say what?"

"Seven...it's the answer to your question."
Posted by: pawn

Either 1215 or 1492 work in your history class if you weren't paying attention.

Posted by: Ripley at February 11, 2026 11:55 AM (GUOwU)

276 Nobody says "far out" anymore. Except me.
Posted by: fd at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (vFG9F)

And me.

Posted by: Greg Brady at February 11, 2026 11:56 AM (lCppi)

277
272 bro, warrantly isn't even a word.
Are you an autocorrect or an autoincorrect, you little fecker?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I turned autocucomber off, and fly commando now. Just embrace the typos.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 11, 2026 11:56 AM (QVmho)

278 When I was little, I though "Knickerbockers" had something to do with ladies' underwear and wondered why a basketball team would have that name.

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 11:56 AM (gtcuf)

279 The Stones "Tumbling Dice" has "at sixes and sevens" in the lyrics.

Did Keith Richards write it before Chaucer?
Posted by: Ian S. at February 11, 2026 11:55 AM (2ocoG)

IIRC it came to the both of them while sharing a mug of mead and heroin.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:57 AM (iJfKG)

280 "There must be an Ethiopian in the fuel supply...."

-- W. C. Fields, whoever he was

Posted by: Beverly at February 11, 2026 11:57 AM (reMys)

281 Terminal TDS sufferer Mrs. Wrecks says Trump, or people acting on his behalf, had it done to punish Savannah for her resistance. I'm pretty sure Trump did JonBenet too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 11, 2026 11:19 AM (J+Psw)

Tell her, in that case, she better watch HER back as well.

Posted by: Vinnie Boombatz Jr at February 11, 2026 11:55 AM (5xuJ/)

Pull out your shirt collar button and tell her, "Speak clearly and loudly and state your full name."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 11:57 AM (dK+Kv)

282 The Stones "Tumbling Dice" has "at sixes and sevens" in the lyrics.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 11:24 AM (iJfKG)

Correct. The lyric conveys an unsettled state financially and emotionally. Having received a traditional (proper) English education in which literature was a required subject, I'm sure Mick and Keith were familiar with the idiom and found it an apt fit for their song..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 11, 2026 11:57 AM (nbLIj)

283 "Critical thinking" is often held up as something leftists live by, and slug-like science deniers just can't do.
——-

No, apples and aircraft carriers. Critical Theory is a type of deconstruction posited by the Frankfurt School communists in the 1930s. An offshoot is Critical Race Theory. Marxist twaddle applied to race.

Critical thinking has nothing to do with these. Pretty much the opposite in fact.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 11, 2026 11:58 AM (a/pf+)

284 Nobody says "far out" anymore. Except me.
Posted by: fd at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (vFG9F)

And me.
Posted by: Greg Brady
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He fit the suit.

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:58 AM (TN0g+)

285 Taylor Swift fake romance with that closet homosexual whatever-his-name-is.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

Yes...the dirty old queen!

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, closeted homosexual at February 11, 2026 11:58 AM (hXJe5)

286 208 Shows how much of a cocoon I'm in right now. AoSHQ is the ONLY source of news I get on the mysterious case of Guthrie's mom. No, don't take this as an invitation to bring me up to speed on anything that might not have been covered on these pages yet.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)

I read Sefton's MR the same way I used to read a newspaper - scanning the headlines and reading the stories that interest me....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 11:58 AM (QGaXH)

287 bro, warrantly isn't even a word.

On the radio ads, I often hear the word "warranty" pronounced as "warren-TEE," with the stress on the last syllable. It's like they're mixing it up with "guarantee."

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)

288 I call them 'ethnic metatarsals' now.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 11, 2026 11:53 AM (QVmho)

Don't you mean "ethnic phalanges"?

Posted by: Anatomical pedantry. Groovy. at February 11, 2026 11:59 AM (TbWk/)

289 New article I saw today reached the conclusion I've been promoting for years now: Kurt Cobain was murdered.

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:59 AM (TN0g+)

290 Trump murdered Kurt Cobain?

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 11:59 AM (gtcuf)

291 Don't you mean "ethnic phalanges"?
Posted by: Anatomical pedantry

Phalanges of color.

Posted by: Bulg at February 11, 2026 12:00 PM (77rzZ)

292 283 "Critical thinking" is often held up as something leftists live by, and slug-like science deniers just can't do.
——-

No, apples and aircraft carriers. Critical Theory is a type of deconstruction posited by the Frankfurt School communists in the 1930s. An offshoot is Critical Race Theory. Marxist twaddle applied to race.

Critical thinking has nothing to do with these. Pretty much the opposite in fact.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 11, 2026 11:58 AM (a/pf+)

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Critical thinking and skepticism go well together. Critical Theory has no room for skeptics.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Dole at February 11, 2026 12:00 PM (36PRH)

293 Fox Business's Varney Trivia Question today:

Which amendment ended slavery?

10
13
16
19

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 12:00 PM (QGaXH)

294 New article I saw today reached the conclusion I've been promoting for years now: Kurt Cobain was murdered.

Who?

Posted by: No one cares at February 11, 2026 12:01 PM (hXJe5)

295 281
All this stuff about Brian Stelter being a sex machine. Why anyone ever thought it’d be funny combining sex and that fat queer I’ll never know

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 11, 2026 12:01 PM (jbnUc)

296 "There must be an Ethiopian in the fuel supply...."

-- W. C. Fields, whoever he was
Posted by: Beverly
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Ha! Contemporaneously, 'There must be a Somalian in the fuel supply'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 12:01 PM (XeU6L)

297 I've heard jimmy rig, jerry rig, jury rig... so many different ways to say "half-assed".

I usually say "jerry rig" or "kludge" myself.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 11:39 AM (JwNbV)

"Jury rig" was the accepted term for the temporary repair of the rigging of a sailing vessel, as done by an experienced crew, after damage caused by a storm or in battle.

Posted by: The Sparks-Withington Co. at February 11, 2026 12:01 PM (8zz6B)

298 290 Trump murdered Kurt Cobain?
Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 11:59 AM (gtcuf)

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Trump practically loaded the shotgun for him!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 11, 2026 12:01 PM (36PRH)

299 Fox Business's Varney Trivia Question today:

Which amendment ended slavery?

10
13
16
19

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 12:00 PM (QGaXH)

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I'm pretty sure slavery is still a thing.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 12:01 PM (mi7z4)

300 Trump murdered Kurt Cobain?
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I think Nancy Guthrie murdered Kurt Cobain and she's "missing" now because they just figured it out and she's on the run.

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 12:01 PM (TN0g+)

301 Trump murdered Kurt Cobain?

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 11:59 AM (gtcuf)
-

Cobain was on one of the coke boats.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 11, 2026 12:02 PM (7xyr6)

302 Shows how much of a cocoon I'm in right now. AoSHQ is the ONLY source of news I get on the mysterious case of Guthrie's mom. No, don't take this as an invitation to bring me up to speed on anything that might not have been covered on these pages yet.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 11, 2026 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)

I read Sefton's MR the same way I used to read a newspaper - scanning the headlines and reading the stories that interest me....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 11:58 AM (QGaXH)

TMR is good. The Tech Thread is good for tech news.

Other good quick sources (especially if you got booted off Twitter) are:

https://ancipient.com/ (Kind of Drudge-like)

and

https://www.newsnow.com/us/ (More topically sorted)

Newsnow came as a recommendation from a friend, and it provides country of origin and site details before you click the head-line, which helps to discern the bias inherent in the story.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 12:02 PM (dK+Kv)

303 I do regard the idiom Mannix used as chiefly British. I picked it up watching English soccer.

Posted by: IronDave at February 11, 2026 12:02 PM (K6UoY)

304 13

Posted by: DanMan at February 11, 2026 12:02 PM (8uzBS)

305 Dave's not here.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 12:02 PM (xFfhU)

306 304 13

Posted by: DanMan at February 11, 2026 12:02 PM (8uzBS)

=====

Which is 6+7.

How deep does this go?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 11, 2026 12:03 PM (GBKbO)

307 Trump personally shot Kurt Cobain to keep her from getting the Gender-Affirming Care she desperately wanted.

Posted by: XTC at February 11, 2026 12:03 PM (uEmCf)

308 "Which amendment ended slavery?

10
13
16
19

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue"

16th formalized it.

Posted by: Ripley at February 11, 2026 12:03 PM (GUOwU)

309 yikes!!

Posted by: DanMan at February 11, 2026 12:03 PM (8uzBS)

310 Bondi is taking no shit today at the hearing. Good for her.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2026 12:04 PM (viF8m)

311 How deep does this go?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 11, 2026 12:03 PM

Sigh. The Paolo, he has heard this many times.

Posted by: The Paolo at February 11, 2026 12:04 PM (y9ksN)

312 The homepage is killing my Brave browser.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 12:04 PM (qFwJc)

313 "Jury rig" was the accepted term for the temporary repair of the rigging of a sailing vessel, as done by an experienced crew, after damage caused by a storm or in battle.

Posted by: The Sparks-Withington Co. at February 11, 2026 12:01 PM (8zz6B)

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The term for that in software back in the day was "quick and dirty" (which might describe me in bed). j/k

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 12:04 PM (mi7z4)

314 @310 She can talk the talk, but can she walk the walk?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 11, 2026 12:05 PM (36PRH)

315 Nobody says "far out" anymore. Except me.
Posted by: fd
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Well, now that John Denver is gone.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 12:05 PM (XeU6L)

316 212 I take it you haven't seen those Progressive commercials with the "Becoming your parents" theme?
Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:44 AM (TN0g+)

My dad was a great guy! And my mom was pretty terrific too so I'm glad to proudly say Guilty As Charged!!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 12:05 PM (QGaXH)

317 I ran into the 6-7 phrase a couple off weeks ago, and, not wanting to appear what-ever-the-phrase-is-today-that-means- uncool, I simply nodded and went about my business. I later looked it up and found that my response is apparently the right-thing-to-do. Wheee!
I think that you, Joe, have discovered the origin of the recent 6-7 stuff. It's the "telephone game" version of the old idiom. Given the state of "education" today, I think that someone used the idiom and the recipient didn't want to admit ignorance (sorta like me) and to complete the cover, started using it as a catchphrase, and along the way, lost its plurals.
The whole Guthrie thing - not the crime, the "coverage" - is simply a bubble, like tulips and tech stocks, of tabloid yellow journalism (using the term "journalism" ironically). I think that they were all.primed to go bat-shit over the big ice storm, but it fizzled, and here we are.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 11, 2026 12:05 PM (wTg85)

318 New article I saw today reached the conclusion I've been promoting for years now: Kurt Cobain was murdered.
Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 11:59 AM (TN0g+)

Okay, I admit it. I did it.

I always wondered why that little baby was swimming after a dollar bill...I mean, it really bothered me.

So, I asked him, and he just laughed and laughed and told me to get the fuck outta his house.

So, kablammo!!!!

Or....

Occam's Razor, people. Occam's Razor.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 12:07 PM (iJfKG)

319 >>She can talk the talk, but can she walk the walk?

She has been.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2026 12:07 PM (viF8m)

320 Yeah critical thinking is fairly well illegal in “progressive” circles. De facto unlawful anyhow.

Logic Fallacies, rhetoric and debate, these are classical studies going back centuries and clearly they don’t allow this any longer in education. Among the more useful skill sets you can pass on to your kids. Something you will use every day for the rest of your life, and might even save it.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 11, 2026 12:07 PM (a/pf+)

321 Turtle head.
When you try to poop but it's stuck partially out.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 11, 2026 12:08 PM (Kt19C)

322
POKER MONKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 11, 2026 12:09 PM (y9nCu)

323 I've seen literally hundreds of comments all over the internets saying "The Guthrie kidnaping is a coverup!"

But, not one, not one single blessed one, has explained *what* could possibly be being "covered up" by kinnaping Savannah Guthrie's mother.

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 12:09 PM (gtcuf)

324 Six is a sort of "evil" number, like 666.
Seven is more "spiritual perfection" ... seven days to create ...

So is "sixes and sevens" a mix of good and evil? A yin and yang? Probably not.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 11, 2026 12:09 PM (vbXSk)

325 There have always been internet memes that don't mean anything. For fucks sake were people not on Usenet in the 90s?

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 12:09 PM (oZ51P)

326 321 Turtle head.
When you try to poop but it's stuck partially out.
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Yep. This is a problem.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 11, 2026 12:10 PM (Hpgos)

327 But, not one, not one single blessed one, has explained *what* could possibly be being "covered up" by kinnaping Savannah Guthrie's mother.

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 12:09 PM (gtcuf)

Exactly.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 12:10 PM (oZ51P)

328 @323 Still no leads from the doorcam video still of a portly masked man.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 11, 2026 12:10 PM (36PRH)

329 Yeah critical thinking is fairly well illegal in “progressive” circles. De facto unlawful anyhow.

Logic Fallacies, rhetoric and debate, these are classical studies going back centuries and clearly they don’t allow this any longer in education. Among the more useful skill sets you can pass on to your kids. Something you will use every day for the rest of your life, and might even save it.
Posted by: Common Tater
---------
See: Socratic Method

Oops. Forgot that he is dead white male, so, 'irrelevant', in Progspeak.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 12:11 PM (XeU6L)

330 323 I've seen literally hundreds of comments all over the internets saying "The Guthrie kidnaping is a coverup!"

But, not one, not one single blessed one, has explained *what* could possibly be being "covered up" by kinnaping Savannah Guthrie's mother.

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 12:09 PM (gtcuf)

TRUMP'S NAZI STORMTROOPERS SHOOTING HUNDREDS OF RANDOM PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE HEAD!!!!

Posted by: It's the only reasonable answer at February 11, 2026 12:11 PM (TbWk/)

331 So is "sixes and sevens" a mix of good and evil? A yin and yang? Probably not.
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Makes no sense. Dice only go up to six.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 11, 2026 12:11 PM (Hpgos)

332 There have always been internet memes that don't mean anything. For fucks sake were people not on Usenet in the 90s?

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 12:09 PM (oZ51P)

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I don't think I used that -- I was mostly on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) beginning in '93.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 12:11 PM (mi7z4)

333 Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 12:10 PM (oZ51P)

Makes me wnat to go all Steven Crowder on them, when he goes off about conspiracy theorists. "Just SAY what the fuck it is you think. Just fucking SAY it. Or don't waste my time with this I'm-so-much-smarter-than-you BULLSHIT.

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 12:12 PM (gtcuf)

334 > I've seen literally hundreds of comments all over the internets saying "The Guthrie kidnaping is a coverup!"
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The kidnapper is an illegal and he's making a statement about Trump's policies. He'll soon tell the nation the woman will be freed once the deportations stop.

As rational as anything else I've seen/heard about it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 11, 2026 12:12 PM (jtM2q)

335 But, not one, not one single blessed one, has explained *what* could possibly be being "covered up" by kinnaping Savannah Guthrie's mother.

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 12:09 PM (gtcuf)

Well, it could be, and follow me here, it could be that she was kidnapped from her kidnappers to cover up the kidnapping!

Wheels within wheels, man.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2026 12:12 PM (iJfKG)

336 @331 can't roll a seven unless it's a D10.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 11, 2026 12:12 PM (36PRH)

337 327 But, not one, not one single blessed one, has explained *what* could possibly be being "covered up" by kinnaping Savannah Guthrie's mother.
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Pretty sure Guthrie's mom was banging Jeffrey Epstein.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 11, 2026 12:12 PM (Hpgos)

338 El Paso airspace was shut down this morning so we could neutralize threat from Mexican cartel drones 👀

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Neutralize with extreme prejudice?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 11, 2026 12:12 PM (J+Psw)

339 But, not one, not one single blessed one, has explained *what* could possibly be being "covered up" by kinnaping Savannah Guthrie's mother.
***
That's the problem with all this coverage. Everyone is screaming cover up, but coverage up for what? Ive heard Trump did it, I've heard all the Guthrie family is in on it. It crazy stupid.

Posted by: Megthered at February 11, 2026 12:13 PM (Yeujz)

340 333 Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 12:10 PM (oZ51P)

Makes me wnat to go all Steven Crowder on them, when he goes off about conspiracy theorists. "Just SAY what the fuck it is you think. Just fucking SAY it. Or don't waste my time with this I'm-so-much-smarter-than-you BULLSHIT.

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 12:12 PM (gtcuf)

======

Obfuscation is a rhetorical tactic that you can cut right through by asking for direct meanings.

"We all know what happens when you knock on a door of a business that doesn't want you to knock..."

"Yeah? What? What, exactly?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 11, 2026 12:13 PM (GBKbO)

341 Critical thinking has to do with "critique". Taking a position or statement as it is, subjecting it to scrutiny, critiquing both it and where it came from, and seeing what you learn from doing so.

Critical Theory has to do with "criticality". Push a social disparity or crisis to is absolute limit, encourage societal failure, and scavenge the wreckage for the raw materials to build some new retard-topia in your own image.

Two words can be spelled the same and still be two different words.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 12:13 PM (JwNbV)

342 I don't think I used that -- I was mostly on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) beginning in '93.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 12:11 PM (mi7z4)

I only used that once but it was for IRC "sex" that a buddy of mine insisted I do with someone claiming to be a chick. She did seem pretty chick like to me. I didn't get much out of it but she supposedly did. Story of my life.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 12:14 PM (oZ51P)

343
I don't think I used that -- I was mostly on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) beginning in '93.
Posted by: ShainS
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BBS's.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 12:14 PM (XeU6L)

344 But, not one, not one single blessed one, has explained *what* could possibly be being "covered up" by kinnaping Savannah Guthrie's mother.
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Pretty sure Guthrie's mom was banging Jeffrey Epstein.

==

Sounds legit ! And now he is covering it up by promising to help Guthrie who is CIA.

Posted by: cray-cray at February 11, 2026 12:14 PM (g47mK)

345 Makes no sense. Dice only go up to six.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 11, 2026 12:11 PM (Hpgos)

I blame white people.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 12:14 PM (JwNbV)

346 Six is interesting because:
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1)First perfect number (sum of proper divisors = itself: 1+2+3=6).
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2)Only even perfect number known
3 × factorial (3! = 6).
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3) Sum of first 3 positives (1+2+3=6).
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4) Only number that is both sum and product of same 3 consecutive integers (1+2+3=6, 1×2×3=6).

Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 12:14 PM (uvB+6)

347 If you knew what was being covered up it wouldn't be a very good cover up would it.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 12:15 PM (oZ51P)

348 "Critical thinking has nothing to do with these. Pretty much the opposite in fact."

That's my point: leftists say critical thinking now in place of what sane people mean by it, and instead apply critical theory while calling it "critical thinking!11!1TM".

It's another skin suit for them

Posted by: barbarausa at February 11, 2026 12:15 PM (enw9G)

349 we know it's a coverup, but the CIA and FBEEI won't release all Epstein files, so we don't know what it is

Posted by: cray-cray at February 11, 2026 12:16 PM (g47mK)

350 > El Paso airspace was shut down this morning so we could neutralize threat from Mexican cartel drones 👀
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I think we used some sort of fancy jamming tech on them. The NOTAM was to keep other aircraft from being disabled while in the air and crashing. Or exploding. Or whatever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 11, 2026 12:16 PM (jtM2q)

351 Nood Ace.

Posted by: Nazdar at February 11, 2026 12:16 PM (NcvvS)

352 To get from 6 to 7 requires an extra point kick.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 11, 2026 12:16 PM (Hpgos)

353
Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 12:14 PM (uvB+6)

NO MATH ON THE BLOG

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 11, 2026 12:16 PM (y9nCu)

354 The homepage is killing my Brave browser.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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On my android tablet, it has taken to crashing out if I let it sit for 5 or 10 seconds after clicking in. If I immediately click into a particular article by hitting comments, it's fine. I think that it's running into some code defining the different articles and after it's seen that routine a number of times, it barfs.
But what do I know, I'm a hardware guy. I can write fortran, basic and assembly and stumble my way through forth. I ignore the rest as beneath me. 😁

Posted by: buddhaha at February 11, 2026 12:17 PM (wTg85)

355 The mouse told me the answer is 42.

Posted by: Arthur Dent at February 11, 2026 12:17 PM (vqA1l)

356 "We all know what happens when you knock on a door of a business that doesn't want you to knock..."

Is Boss Moss back?

Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 12:17 PM (uvB+6)

357 Metal band "Annihilator" made a song called "Sixes and Sevens"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y12QXRfPYOY

Posted by: Callsign: White Tiger at February 11, 2026 12:17 PM (y6A+M)

358 Come to think of it, what ever happened to the 'Deconstructionists' ? Did they just fall apart?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 12:18 PM (XeU6L)

359 I only used that once but it was for IRC "sex" that a buddy of mine insisted I do with someone claiming to be a chick. She did seem pretty chick like to me. I didn't get much out of it but she supposedly did. Story of my life.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 12:14 PM (oZ51P)

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lol

I spent most of my time in philosophical chats (it did seem that virtually all the people on there were males).

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 12:19 PM (mi7z4)

360 I went full 6 and 7 on the Seahawks and it worked.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 11, 2026 12:19 PM (Hpgos)

361 I don't think I used that -- I was mostly on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) beginning in '93.
Posted by: ShainS
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BBS's.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Fidonet!

Posted by: buddhaha at February 11, 2026 12:20 PM (wTg85)

362 The homepage is killing my Brave browser.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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On my android tablet, it has taken to crashing out if I let it sit for 5 or 10 seconds after clicking in. If I immediately click into a particular article by hitting comments, it's fine. I think that it's running into some code defining the different articles and after it's seen that routine a number of times, it barfs.
But what do I know, I'm a hardware guy. I can write fortran, basic and assembly and stumble my way through forth. I ignore the rest as beneath me. 😁
Posted by: buddhaha at February 11, 2026 12:17 PM (wTg85)

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The homepage seem to be riddled with ads.

Ace has to eat, too!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 12:22 PM (mi7z4)

363 BBS's.

Posted by: Mike Hammer

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Yep, I chatted on those during college in the mid-80s.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 12:23 PM (mi7z4)

364 I always thought that the "6-7" thing was TDS sufferers trying to be clever: they mean, "86 47" and they're just leaving out the first digit in each number.

I didn't think there was anything more significant to it than that.

Posted by: Taylor at February 11, 2026 12:25 PM (3tDro)

365 >>>Turtle head.
When you try to poop but it's stuck partially out.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

>Like Mitch McConnell? Stay hydrated to ease the burden.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 12:30 PM (xFfhU)

366 There was an extended NOTAM in place for the Return to Flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger.

I was on the observation deck of Weather Station B because I was supporting a new weather Station that was installed as a mandatory system, just in case.

There were a bunch of USAF officers there with fancy binoculars scanning the skies for intruders.

Apparently some dickhead had wandered into the restricted airspace and they were trying to find and identify him. A call went out on one of the operational radio frequency for all of the receiving aircraft to make a right turn. This was to allow the radar operators to screen which of the radar returns was the offender.

A Huey with 50 caliber machine guns ended up finding him and forced him to land at the TICO airfield. A He had rented a place for a trip and "wasn't paying attention" or some BS and they let him go. I figured it was an Air Force Cornel or something and the Airforce guys just laughed.

Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 12:31 PM (uvB+6)

367 Sorry, it was the Discovery, after the Challenger disaster.

Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 12:34 PM (uvB+6)

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