Overnight Open Thread [02/23/2026]

One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of the voices I sometimes hear a moment before sleep, that I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six.

-- Dylan Thomas

To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

-- Aristotle

Yeah, that's a classical quotation because I couldn't find one about a snow hat!

Winter is a grand season, and the inconvenience of a foot or so of snow on the ground is dwarfed by its beauty. Yes, it's my favorite season, and why I will never live in the south, no matter how wonderful a place it is!

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The purpose of an objective scoring system is to eliminate exactly the kind of whining and whinging and loser-talk that is on full display by one of the stars of the Canadian Men's Olympic hockey team.

Bitter Canadian star Nathan MacKinnon shades US after Olympic loss: 'You be the judge'

"You be the judge of who was the better team today," MacKinnon said after the game, according to the Canadian Press.

"Just finishing. That's it," MacKinnon added when asked what more Canada could have done. "The looks we had, we would've taken any day. I missed an open net myself, and I really wish I could have that one back."

I AM the judge.

Well...I and the scorers, who seem to have decided that contrary to what the entitled little bitch McKinnon thinks, the United States of America won the game.

By scoring more goals than their opponents.

Funny how that works!

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This is why cats are not good pets. This is why cats should be kept in cages. This is why dogs are the only animals that should be free to roam our homes.

I'm lucky to be alive after sustaining 'car crash injuries' tripping over my cat

A UK man miraculously survived after sustaining a broken neck, fractured spine, smashed ribs, blood in his lungs and other “car crash”-evoking injuries from — wait for it — tripping over his cat.
“I can’t remember much, just falling fast — it was quick and it was over within seconds, then I was at the bottom,” victim Chris Rowley, 59, told the Mirror.
The freak “Apocalypse Meow” accident reportedly occurred on the evening of Oct. 23 while the Leicestershire-based professional musician was home alone with his hairless Egyptian sphinx kitten, Eric Morecambe.

Although...maybe the cat was just getting back at its owner for the asshole name he gave him!
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No need to tag. pic.twitter.com/X7rN4yiVug
— BC (@BrCo1981) February 17, 2026

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They don't belong in this country if they aren't at least nominally proud of it.

Leave. Just leave! There are wonderful places in Canada and Europe where there is no patriotism, where people are completely invested in themselves, and care nothing for their country or any concept of shared culture.

So have at it!

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1 That snow looks like it could’ve come off my driveway two hours ago!

Posted by: Corona_Exile at February 23, 2026 09:50 PM (UE0CA)

2 Wow first on a snow thread, does life get any better?

Actually came home and shoveled several inches of winter off the driveway. Then went inside to a fresh seared steak, roasted potatoes with a side of asparagus prepared by the mrs.

Posted by: Corona_Exile at February 23, 2026 09:56 PM (UE0CA)

3 A Monday ONT posted early.

CBD just does this to confuse us.

Well, everyone needs a hobby, I guess.

Posted by: mindful webworker - keeping it lively at February 23, 2026 09:57 PM (oq2IS)

4 Evening.

Posted by: Robert at February 23, 2026 09:57 PM (x2IUT)

5 The Elon Musk haters have come up with a new, shocking, statistic!

The Ford Pinto had a death rate of 85 people for 10 million cars sold. The Cybertruck hasn't sold 10 million, but the fatality rate so far maths out to 1,452 people killed per 10 million sold.

This article by a "world class software engineer" bases this shocking claim on three (3) crashes where a Cybertruck caught fire in a fatal accident, killing a grand total of five (5) people.

Since only 34,438 Cybertrucks were sold as of January 1,2025, that leads to the high fatality rate.

I guess being a "world class software engineer" doesn't teach you about the perils of relying on small sample sizes.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 23, 2026 09:58 PM (n1OCj)

6 ONT

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 23, 2026 09:58 PM (vfth7)

7 Looks like light n fluffy mountain snow. My daughter lived outside Denver and got that 8 or 10 times a year. Light and easy to shovel. Rarely induces a heart attack.

There are aspects of winter I like, but it is probably my least favorite season. Thus, I'm a contented Texan. Nevertheless, I appreciate your viewpoint, and your sharing of it, which was very pleasant. I wish I could enjoy winter more at times, and not get done in by darkness and short days. 6 months of summer can get tiresome, too, but somehow I'm constitutionally suited for it.

Thanks for the somehow uplifting winter thoughts.

Posted by: Sloucho at February 23, 2026 09:59 PM (B9ht/)

8 Are we gonna get the rest of Joe Kidd’s nun joke?

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 10:00 PM (77rzZ)

9 Launch , launch, launch

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 23, 2026 10:00 PM (rzTfK)

10 Swamp snow is gonzo. Good riddance!

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 23, 2026 10:00 PM (obAZe)

11 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 23, 2026 10:01 PM (cYBz/)

12 CBD doing an ONT?
What is this world coming to?

Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 23, 2026 10:01 PM (ttrGW)

13 Hola Horde,

ONT comes late on the east coast. how do you stay awake?

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 23, 2026 10:02 PM (qQfd5)

14 The snow is so high, it reached Michelle Obama's adam's apple.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at February 23, 2026 10:02 PM (MNCvZ)

15 I guess being a "world class software engineer" doesn't teach you about the perils of relying on small sample sizes.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

If you want a bigger lie, divide by zero!

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 23, 2026 10:02 PM (obAZe)

16 As much as they fight in Hockey you would think Mackinnon would be familiar with boxing.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 10:03 PM (cntUY)

17 OK, I see we did get the rest of the joke.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 10:03 PM (77rzZ)

18 Wait, it's snowing out during the winter?

Posted by: davidt at February 23, 2026 10:03 PM (Q+gd/)

19 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 23, 2026 10:03 PM (lUFok)

20 Some parts of Texas get pretty regular snow in winter: it’s not all the lower Rio Grande Valley.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 23, 2026 10:03 PM (247IU)

21 The snow is so high, it reached Michelle Obama's adam's apple.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy

Urph. There goes dinner

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 23, 2026 10:03 PM (obAZe)

22 Winter would be my favorite season if it lasted for only 3 weeks.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 10:05 PM (cntUY)

23 Posted by: Sloucho at February 23, 2026 09:59 PM (B9ht/)

I really like living in Denver for 15 years... got snow but then a couple days later it would be sunny.

I now am back in Central Valley Calif, where for 2 months of the year, we got NO SUN AT ALL... just a high fog bank that covered the entire Central Valley... and for the last couple weeks, clouds... and some rain...

but just depressing weather...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:05 PM (mP0Kj)

24 20 Some parts of Texas get pretty regular snow in winter: it’s not all the lower Rio Grande Valley.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 23, 2026 10:03 PM (247IU)

Yeah, I've driven through blizzards in Arizona as well...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:06 PM (mP0Kj)

25 23 I really like fog, actually.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 10:07 PM (77rzZ)

26 8pm west metro Denver, 53F

our second mild winter in a row, and closing in on a completely snow-free February.

All you peeps back East getting blizzarded, stay warm.

Posted by: Don Black at February 23, 2026 10:07 PM (ZxPkt)

27 "You be the judge of who was the better team today," MacKinnon said after the game

Who bitch is dis?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 23, 2026 10:07 PM (obAZe)

28 MacKinnon: Waaah, waaah, waaah.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23, 2026 10:08 PM (0Htd1)

29 When I lived in NY , fall was definitely my favorite season.

Now in SE Texas it's definitely early Spring.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 10:09 PM (cntUY)

30 I admit it: I watched it several times.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 23, 2026 10:10 PM (247IU)

31 >>>The snow is so high, it reached Michelle Obama's adam's apple.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at February 23, 2026 10:02 PM (MNCvZ)

Early candidate for Comment of the Week.

Posted by: Dr. T at February 23, 2026 10:10 PM (lHPJf)

32 Who voluntarily moves to Minneapolis?

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 10:11 PM (cntUY)

33 I never liked those hairless cats. There's something unnatural about them. No wonder the guy almost died from owning one.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23, 2026 10:11 PM (0Htd1)

34 >>>They don't belong in this country if they aren't at least nominally proud of it.
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Liberty ships.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 23, 2026 10:11 PM (rzTfK)

35 Didn't get the point of the huffpo complaint.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at February 23, 2026 10:11 PM (kvcnI)

36 I AM the judge.

Well...I and the scorers, who seem to have decided that contrary to what the entitled little bitch McKinnon thinks, the United States of America won the game.

By scoring more goals than their opponents.

Funny how that works!

If McKinnon wants to compete in a subjectively-judged event, he could try figure skating.

Seems more his speed, considering how gay he's being about this.

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

37 OK.... this is just F'n cool.

Turns out the Olympic Hockey Player who got the goal to win the Gold?

His Mom was on the US Olympic Women's Hockey Team in 1992,

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:12 PM (mP0Kj)

38 34 >>>They don't belong in this country if they aren't at least nominally proud of it.
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Liberty ships.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 23, 2026 10:11 PM (rzTfK)

Air Pinochet

Posted by: browndog says woof at February 23, 2026 10:12 PM (3sXRv)

39 32 Somalis who want to set up Learing Centers.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

40 30 I admit it: I watched it several times.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 23, 2026 10:10 PM (247IU)

You have to watch it at least twice just because the first time you say what did I just watch ?

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 10:12 PM (cntUY)

41 That lady that fell doing the hair flipping? God punished her for her vanity.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23, 2026 10:12 PM (0Htd1)

42 Looks like my patio furniture

Posted by: Nicless at February 23, 2026 10:13 PM (nPp6w)

43 Are we gonna get the rest of Joe Kidd’s nun joke?
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 10:00 PM (77rzZ)

Left it downstairs. Ya gotta want it..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 23, 2026 10:13 PM (nbLIj)

44 If McKinnon wants to compete in a subjectively-judged event, he could try figure skating.

Seems more his speed, considering how gay he's being about this.
Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

Clearly the German WON WW2, because their Uniforms were MUCH better looking, and they actually knew how to march!

Those crazy American GI's looked like HOBOs!

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:13 PM (mP0Kj)

45 Early candidate for Comment of the Week.

Posted by: Dr. T at February 23, 2026 10:10 PM (lHPJf)

I read "nipple" at first glance, at which I went "ewwww no" and re-read the comment.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at February 23, 2026 10:13 PM (kvcnI)

46 That lady that fell doing the hair flipping? God punished her for her vanity.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23, 2026 10:12 PM (0Htd1)

She didn't fall. She whacked her head on the table which knocked her down.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 10:14 PM (cntUY)

47 Thanks for the ONT.

Not a huge fan of beer. Way too bitter for my tastes no matter what the brand usually. Asahi in Japan was tasty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 23, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

48 Does that second photo show two claws sticking out fromunder a mound of snow?!?

Posted by: caf at February 23, 2026 10:15 PM (qS/Xm)

49 Plus the Germans just dominated the British, French and Soviets for so much of the game. They should win on points.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 23, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

50 His Mom was on the US Olympic Women's Hockey Team in 1992,
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:12 PM (mP0Kj)

Here's a great article about her. She's a good mom ...

https://shorturl.at/k8XG4

Posted by: browndog says woof at February 23, 2026 10:15 PM (3sXRv)

51 Canada and Europe are too good for those HuffPost bitches. Send them to China, N. Korea, or VietNam.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23, 2026 10:15 PM (0Htd1)

52 42 Looks like my patio furniture
Posted by: Nicless at February 23, 2026 10:13 PM (nPp6w)

When I lived in Denver and got snow like that, I'd have to go out 6 feet out the back door to scrape snow off the Hot Tub cover so it would not collapse.

Worth it though... it is soooo nice sitting outside, hat on, drink in hand, in the hot tub, as the snow falls.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:15 PM (mP0Kj)

53 Canada was ahead on points on all the judges score cards and then got their ass knocked out in the 15th round.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 10:16 PM (cntUY)

54 That Rolls Royce fellow didn't finish.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 23, 2026 10:16 PM (rzTfK)

55 48 That’s a leaf.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 10:16 PM (77rzZ)

56 Worth it though... it is soooo nice sitting outside, hat on, drink in hand, in the hot tub, as the snow falls.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:15 PM (mP0Kj)

Marinating in your and other people's bodily fluids...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 23, 2026 10:17 PM (zZu0s)

57 Thanks for the Snowy Special Edition Monday ONT, CBD!

Our 13 inches of snow is still melting and should be gone in another couple of days. Enjoy your white joy while you can!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 23, 2026 10:18 PM (kB9dk)

58 Posted by: browndog says woof at February 23, 2026 10:15 PM (3sXRv)

Nice... but... damn...

She looks a LOT like an Ex Live in Lady friend, who was also coincidentally named Hughes... (not her original maiden name... but..)

Weird.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:18 PM (mP0Kj)

59 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 23, 2026 10:18 PM (sAmhv)

60 Dylan Thomas > Dylan Mulvaney

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 23, 2026 10:18 PM (nWPIJ)

61 Jet engine video was interesting but seemed to end abruptly. Seems to be a lot of that going around lately.

Here in NE Okla, we're not just looking at highs in the 70s this week, we've already been under fire watch, and had a rather large prairie fire here in the county just a couple of days ago. Some evacuations, but, fortunately, no homes burned. So, comfortably warm and dangerously dry. What's all that white stuff in the pictures up top? 😜

Posted by: mindful webworker - Springy at February 23, 2026 10:18 PM (oq2IS)

62 Not a huge fan of beer. Way too bitter for my tastes no matter what the brand usually. Asahi in Japan was tasty.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 23, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

3/4 beer 1/4 cranberry juice.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 10:18 PM (cntUY)

63 Hidden link on that hockey rink picture. Damn! Rub it in.
Now I wish I watched the game.

Posted by: Rex B at February 23, 2026 10:19 PM (GI9/m)

64 Marinating in your and other people's bodily fluids...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 23, 2026 10:17 PM (zZu0s)

Won't do a Public Hot Tub... kept mine sanitized and clean... just like I do my current swimming pool.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:20 PM (mP0Kj)

65 I love fall and truly missed it living in SoCa...
Snow? Yeah, not so much. Especially this year...
So, I will move to the South and enjoy reasonable temperatures during the winter, and watch the North and the annual snowstorms on TV....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 23, 2026 10:20 PM (IQ6Gq)

66 The freak “Apocalypse Meow” accident reportedly occurred on the evening of Oct. 23 while the Leicestershire-based professional musician was home alone with his hairless Egyptian sphinx kitten, Eric Morecambe.

Although...maybe the cat was just getting back at its owner for the asshole name he gave him!

That would be wise.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 23, 2026 10:20 PM (uQesX)

67 The Hindenburg was winning throughout its flight by staying aloft and not being engulfed in flame. Just ignore that little incident at the end.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 23, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

68 Won't do a Public Hot Tub... kept mine sanitized and clean... just like I do my current swimming pool.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:20 PM (mP0Kj)

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You rich guys with your "swimming pools"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 23, 2026 10:21 PM (nWPIJ)

69
I love that some of us are complaining about winter.

Soon people will be complaining about summer.
Deal with it, we can't control the weather.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 10:21 PM (3ek7K)

70 Please use vomit bag in seat pocket.

Good thing I don't need it. This one's already used.🤢

Stewardess, can I get a fresh one, please?

Posted by: mindful webworker - keep your socks on at February 23, 2026 10:21 PM (oq2IS)

71 I'm lucky to be alive after sustaining 'car crash injuries' tripping over my cat

* checks article *

The cat jumped on your leg, causing you to fall down a 14-step flight of stairs.

"Tripping over?"

Dang Brits can't even speak proper English.

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

72 54 That Rolls Royce fellow didn't finish.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 23, 2026 10:16 PM (rzTfK)

Thanks, I thought it was me and I was missing something.

Posted by: Joemarine at February 23, 2026 10:22 PM (y171U)

73 67 The Hindenburg was winning throughout its flight by staying aloft and not being engulfed in flame. Just ignore that little incident at the end.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 23, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

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Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the show?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 23, 2026 10:22 PM (nWPIJ)

74 69
I love that some of us are complaining about winter.

Soon people will be complaining about summer.
Deal with it, we can't control the weather.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 10:21 PM (3ek7K)

Don't tell that to JJ and his weather machine ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at February 23, 2026 10:22 PM (3sXRv)

75 68 Won't do a Public Hot Tub... kept mine sanitized and clean... just like I do my current swimming pool.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:20 PM (mP0Kj)

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You rich guys with your "swimming pools"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 23, 2026 10:21 PM (nWPIJ)

Rich? uh... total price to install this 30K gallon pool? $4000...

in, 1965...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:23 PM (mP0Kj)

76 I now am back in Central Valley Calif, where for 2 months of the year, we got NO SUN AT ALL... just a high fog bank that covered the entire Central Valley... and for the last couple weeks, clouds... and some rain...

but just depressing weather...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:05 PM (mP0Kj)

Tule fog is fun! Always weird to be foggy all day and night.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 23, 2026 10:24 PM (uQesX)

77 Does that second photo show two claws sticking out from under a mound of snow?!?
Posted by: caf

That’s a leaf.
Posted by: Bulg

It's also a First World Problem: LED lights that don't give off enough heat to melt snow.

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)

78 I read a report about a guy was killed yesterday while on his honeymoon by a shark attack. Paramedics said he didn't suffer long, he had only been married 6days.

Posted by: Muchas buchas at February 23, 2026 10:24 PM (CDX35)

79 Actually came home and shoveled several inches of winter off the driveway. Then went inside to a fresh seared steak, roasted potatoes with a side of asparagus prepared by the mrs.
Posted by: Corona_Exile at February 23, 2026 09:56 PM (UE0CA)

It rained all day here. However I made rosemary pork stew in the crock pot and it was tasty.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 23, 2026 10:24 PM (rbvCR)

80 That whiny bitch MacKinnon said at the start of the Olympic games that he didn't care about the Olympic Village or other events because he wasn't there to have fun.
Congratulations, bitch! Wish granted!

Posted by: Wally at February 23, 2026 10:24 PM (0e5Te)

81 Marinating in your and other people's bodily fluids...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February

Oh the chlorine takes care of almost everything gross!

Posted by: Piper at February 23, 2026 10:24 PM (Wmg4n)

82 We got over thirty inches, can't touch it. Hopefully someone digs me out in the next day or so.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 23, 2026 10:24 PM (sl73Y)

83 Acting!

Posted by: Girl Pretending to Hit Her Head at February 23, 2026 10:25 PM (Q+gd/)

84 Oh yeah. I watched it more than once.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 10:25 PM (2WIwB)

85 Looks like light n fluffy mountain snow.

Posted by: Sloucho at February 23, 2026 09:59 PM (B9ht/)

Sadly it isn't. It's heavy as hell. In fact, I broke the handle of one of my shovels!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:25 PM (n9ltV)

86 Clearly the German WON WW2, because their Uniforms were MUCH better looking, and they actually knew how to march!

Those crazy American GI's looked like HOBOs!
Posted by: Romeo13

Did Hitler design those pretty SS uniforms? I always thought Hitler's problem was that he was a bit gay. His murderousness was overcompensation. That's my theory. I should have been a historian.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23, 2026 10:26 PM (0Htd1)

87 The freak “Apocalypse Meow” accident reportedly occurred on the evening of Oct. 23 while the Leicestershire-based professional musician was home alone with his hairless Egyptian sphinx kitten, Eric Morecambe.

Although...maybe the cat was just getting back at its owner for the asshole name he gave him!

That would be wise.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 23, 2026 10:20 PM (uQesX)

Whatever the case, Beck' Chasm should count his blessings after reading that story..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 23, 2026 10:26 PM (nbLIj)

88 Since I grew up as a kid in South Louisiana I don't really complain about summer except for the electric bill.

Can't believe I went all through school with only ceiling fans.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 10:26 PM (cntUY)

89 We got over thirty inches, can't touch it. Hopefully someone digs me out in the next day or so.
Posted by: From about That Time
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Wow, that is some serious snowfall...where are you?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 23, 2026 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

90 "You be the judge of who was the better team today," MacKinnon said after the game, according to the Canadian Press.

He obviously grew up in the participation trophy culture.

Posted by: Joemarine at February 23, 2026 10:27 PM (y171U)

91 78 I read a report about a guy was killed yesterday while on his honeymoon by a shark attack. Paramedics said he didn't suffer long, he had only been married 6days.
Posted by: Muchas buchas at February 23, 2026 10:24 PM (CDX35)

/golf Clap

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:27 PM (mP0Kj)

92 His Mom was on the US Olympic Women's Hockey Team in 1992,

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:12 PM (mP0Kj)

I'm not sure that is correct. I thought she was on the World Championship team.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:27 PM (n9ltV)

93 It's heavy as hell. In fact, I broke the handle of one of my shovels!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

It's the downside of GAINZZZ.

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)

94 68 Won't do a Public Hot Tub... kept mine sanitized and clean... just like I do my current swimming pool.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:20 PM (mP0Kj)

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You rich guys with your "swimming pools"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 23, 2026

My swimming pool could be a really big hot tub. It’s a small pool. 10 x 20. Lol.

Posted by: Piper at February 23, 2026 10:28 PM (Wmg4n)

95 ONT comes late on the east coast. how do you stay awake?

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 23, 2026 10:02 PM (qQfd5)

Champagne.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:29 PM (n9ltV)

96 CBD - Food thread question: was the parchment paper between the pork and rack effective?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 23, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

97
Maybe the guy decided couldn't take anymore, lol.

Hmm, getting killed by a shark or living with the whiny bitch?

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 10:29 PM (3ek7K)

98 Did Hitler design those pretty SS uniforms? I always thought Hitler's problem was that he was a bit gay. His murderousness was overcompensation. That's my theory. I should have been a historian.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23

Nope, that would be Hugo Boss.

Posted by: Piper at February 23, 2026 10:30 PM (Wmg4n)

99 I've been fighting communism all my life.
Fu*k you Huffpost. I've added you to the list. You are despicable.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 10:30 PM (2WIwB)

100 Sadly it isn't. It's heavy as hell. In fact, I broke the handle of one of my shovels!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:25 PM (n9ltV)

Then you should watch the Kathy Hochul video on how to "properly" shovel snow ... she should know as "she's from Buffalo".

Seriously, you have to watch it, if you can find it ... it's that special, as are the comments.

Posted by: browndog says woof at February 23, 2026 10:30 PM (3sXRv)

101 Ok. The reason why slow horses reminds me of Justified is that Graham Yost is involved with both.

Now it makes sense!!!!

Posted by: Obvs at February 23, 2026 10:31 PM (YrUlT)

102 Not a huge fan of beer. Way too bitter for my tastes no matter what the brand usually. Asahi in Japan was tasty.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

3/4 beer 1/4 cranberry juice.
Posted by: Opinion fact

My Grandpa would mix half beer, half birch beer for us kids during parties. It might still be tasty - I haven't had it for decades. .

Posted by: Tonypete at February 23, 2026 10:32 PM (cYBz/)

103 Soon people will be complaining about summer.
Deal with it, we can't control the weather.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 10:21 PM (3ek7K)

Sez you.

Posted by: The Juice at February 23, 2026 10:32 PM (bhZyo)

104 I'm not sure that is correct. I thought she was on the World Championship team.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:27 PM (n9ltV)

You are correct ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at February 23, 2026 10:32 PM (3sXRv)

105 97
Maybe the guy decided couldn't take anymore, lol.

Hmm, getting killed by a shark or living with the whiny bitch?

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 10:29 PM (3ek7K)

Retired US Navy sailor here... spent years of my life at sea... and one thing I learned.

Mother Nature is a bitch who is out to kill you. NOTHING is Safe. NOWHERE is safe.

Hell, even Sea Water is busy corroding your steel hull when you are at sea... and I think we know more about the surface of the Moon, then we do about what is down in some of those deep trenches.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:32 PM (mP0Kj)

106 Since Bill Mazeroski just died someone should tell Nathan McKinnon about the 1960 World Series. The Yankees outscored Pittsburgh 55-27 in a series they lost 4-3. Game 7 being won in extra inning by a Bill Mazeroski homerun .

Posted by: steevy at February 23, 2026 10:33 PM (YwEeS)

107
Romeo13,

Yep.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 10:33 PM (3ek7K)

108 Yesterday was sunny and mild, almost made it to 60*.

Today: overcast, cold, raining now.

Tomorrow: rain all day, high in the mid-40s.

Eh. At least the streets won't be icy.

Posted by: JQ at February 23, 2026 10:33 PM (rdVOm)

109 104 I'm not sure that is correct. I thought she was on the World Championship team.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:27 PM (n9ltV)

You are correct ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at February 23, 2026 10:32 PM (3sXRv)

I sit corrected... still a cool story.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:34 PM (mP0Kj)

110 Food thread question: was the parchment paper between the pork and rack effective?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 23, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

Yes! I will be keeping it, and eventually claiming it for my own.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:34 PM (n9ltV)

111 I heard that blonds are making AOC jokes.

Posted by: Muchas buchas at February 23, 2026 10:34 PM (CDX35)

112 I think we know more about the surface of the Moon, then we do about what is down in some of those deep trenches.
Posted by: Romeo13

Space is easy. Go up hundreds of miles, and the pressure only changes by 1ATM.

Dive 33 feet down into the ocean, and the pressure changes by 1ATM.

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)

113 This article by a "world class software engineer" bases this shocking claim on three (3) crashes where a Cybertruck caught fire in a fatal accident, killing a grand total of five (5) people.

Since only 34,438 Cybertrucks were sold as of January 1,2025, that leads to the high fatality rate.

I guess being a "world class software engineer" doesn't teach you about the perils of relying on small sample sizes.
Posted by: The ARC

For a sense of scale - One in 7,000 of anything sold did not result in a fatality. Except maybe euthanasia drugs.
And ~35,000 is not a small sample size. It is a 100% sample of Cybertrucks.

..and on the other side...

Passenger vehicle safety is usually measured in fatalities per 100,000,000 passenger miles.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 23, 2026 10:35 PM (/lPRQ)

114 Living in Boise has been great, but the weather is pretty meh.

I recall, back in Colorado, getting so much snow in March 2003 that I had to get out my ladder, drag it through the snow, and push the snow from the vent stacks on the roof of my house so's we would not die of CO poisoning. The official total was 3 feet, but at my house it was closer to 4.

But, tomorrow gonna come a rain. Hopefully it will be snow in the mountains. Been a pretty dry winter.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at February 23, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

115 I told Mrs D to expect 8 inches tonight.
She asked who was coming over.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)

116 Retired US Navy sailor here... spent years of my life at sea... and one thing I learned.

Mother Nature is a bitch who is out to kill you. NOTHING is Safe. NOWHERE is safe.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:32 PM (mP0Kj)

The ocean is particularly good at killing us.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:36 PM (n9ltV)

117
Lmao Diogenes

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 10:37 PM (3ek7K)

118 9:47 ?? Really?

Excellent content! Thank you CBD.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 10:37 PM (QGaXH)

119 Thank you CBD.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 10:37 PM (QGaXH)

My pleasure!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:38 PM (n9ltV)

120 106 Since Bill Mazeroski just died someone should tell Nathan McKinnon about the 1960 World Series. The Yankees outscored Pittsburgh 55-27 in a series they lost 4-3. Game 7 being won in extra inning by a Bill Mazeroski homerun .
Posted by: steevy at February 23, 2026 10:33 PM (YwEeS)

Nobody cares about how long the labor was ... just if it's a boy or a girl (as if we're sure of what's a girl).

Posted by: browndog says woof at February 23, 2026 10:38 PM (3sXRv)

121 106 Since Bill Mazeroski just died someone should tell Nathan McKinnon about the 1960 World Series. The Yankees outscored Pittsburgh 55-27 in a series they lost 4-3. Game 7 being won in extra inning by a Bill Mazeroski homerun .

Posted by: steevy

It didn't go into extra innings. Game ended on a Mazeroski homerun at the bottom of the 9th.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 23, 2026 10:39 PM (sAmhv)

122 That lady that fell doing the hair flipping? God punished her for her vanity.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Bonk head on the vanity sink she did.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 23, 2026 10:39 PM (/lPRQ)

123 Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at February 23, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

Yeah.... and that was wet heavy snow... I was living in Highlands Ranch, and luckily the kids were off of school (year round school).

Only time I ever saw Denver really shut down.

But on like day 4? the sun came out, and everyone in my Cul-de-sac came out to shovel our way out. Turned into a big neighborhood party.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:40 PM (mP0Kj)

124 Another Big Pharma vaccine lie

Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH®@P_McCulloughMD . 14h

More Deaths after Measles Vaccination than with Measles Infection in Modern Era

Very rare serious cases should get appropriate treatment and infection mortality should be close to zero. Not the case with MMR MMR-V.

https://tinyurl.com/mrukxytv

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 23, 2026 10:40 PM (rzTfK)

125 First daffodil bloomed in my yard this week, the plants think spring has already started. Jessamine is blooming as well.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 23, 2026 10:40 PM (ROnnA)

126 My younger son is on Long Island for work this week and the older one lives in Boston. So both guys getting snowed on. Meanwhile I'm enjoying a cold Modelo and reading the ONT and enjoying the grey-box company.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 10:41 PM (QGaXH)

127 If McKinnon wants to compete in a subjectively-judged event, he could try figure skating.

Seems more his speed, considering how gay he's being about this.
Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

Did not watch...
Simplest summary - they were running neck and neck, tied up, USA won in OT. Game over.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 23, 2026 10:41 PM (/lPRQ)

128 RI and SE MA got massive snow. I saw 37+ over twenty eight hours in RI, and 41" near Fall River MA. Lizzie ain't swinging no axes tonight.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 23, 2026 10:41 PM (sl73Y)

129
CBD,

I think you don't get enough accolades for all you do here on the blog.

I love reading your comments.

This place wouldn't be the same without you.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 10:42 PM (3ek7K)

130 Eric Morecombe... clearly the guy had a sense of humour.

Posted by: Ernie Wise at February 23, 2026 10:42 PM (nAm9r)

131 Did Hitler design those pretty SS uniforms? I always thought Hitler's problem was that he was a bit gay. His murderousness was overcompensation. That's my theory. I should have been a historian.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23, 2026 10:26 PM (0Htd1)

Supposedly Hugo Boss, a designer.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 23, 2026 10:43 PM (ROnnA)

132 Gonna have to be getting up early on Thursday to take MiladyJo down to BigTown for some long needed surgery, so I'm going to practice going to bed early. Need to tighten up our schedule.

https://youtu.be/Wro3bqi4Eb8

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Art Bell and the Krills? at February 23, 2026 10:43 PM (oq2IS)

133 …about 30” in RI; new snowfall record set, beating blizzard of 1978…

Posted by: Slash Buzz at February 23, 2026 10:43 PM (FstDi)

134 Retired US Navy sailor here... spent years of my life at sea... and one thing I learned.

Mother Nature is a bitch who is out to kill you. NOTHING is Safe. NOWHERE is safe.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:32 PM (mP0Kj)

***

My 'ol man was on subs for twenty years including all of WW2. I told him the ocean was bad enough but why do half the Japs job for them by sinking voluntarily???

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 10:43 PM (2WIwB)

135 The snow in the East is a conspiracy to make us in the Intermountain West sad, envious, and sometimes flat out ticked off. However, life goes on. We have about half of normal snowpack in the mountains and hope not to die this summer. There is hope for snow for me til May, and then I will give up.

Our grands called, one to read a book to us for homework for PreK4. Then we had to sing happy birthday to her as she turns 5 tomorrow and has plans and is very demanding, but so cute and funny we do whatever she wants. We'll see her highness on Wednesday.

Then she and her brother got the phone and changed backgrounds rapidly (we have no idea how to do this). We went from Morocco, to a beach, castle, and Space Shuttle in the span of seconds. In every shot they, in the foreground, appeared to have a ceiling fan embedded in their heads. Their Golden appeard with her stuffed animal.

We finally said goodbye and my husband said he felt over stimulated. It was like an acid trip, but a pleasant one.

Just saw the chimps yesterday, so it was not like we don't see them often.

https://tinyurl.com/5x5e4dep

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 23, 2026 10:44 PM (WONhk)

136 25 23 I really like fog, actually.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 10:07 PM (77rzZ)

I watched 'The Mist' this past week (Svenghoulie) - what a depressing movie - down there with On the Beach and Mars Attacks Earth.......

I see my trivia question prompted quite a bit of discussion after I left.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 10:44 PM (QGaXH)

137 Anyone here have a 925 SAT like stupid shit me?

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at February 23, 2026 10:45 PM (nWPIJ)

138 I wonder if McKinnon's teammates want to give him a blanket party now. 'Thanks dude, now the world probably thinks all of us are sore loser whiners.'

Posted by: PaleRider at February 23, 2026 10:45 PM (CFj4+)

139 41 That lady that fell doing the hair flipping? God punished her for her vanity.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 23, 2026 10:12 PM (0Htd1)

At first glance I thought it was AOC

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 10:46 PM (QGaXH)

140 Good evening morons und danke CBD

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

141 For a sense of scale - One in 7,000 of anything sold did not result in a fatality. Except maybe euthanasia drugs.
And ~35,000 is not a small sample size. It is a 100% sample of Cybertrucks.

..and on the other side...

Passenger vehicle safety is usually measured in fatalities per 100,000,000 passenger miles.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
---

Rethought Tesla when that father drove his family off a 300 foot cliff and all four of them walked out of the hospital next day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 23, 2026 10:47 PM (rzTfK)

142 My swimming pool could be a really big hot tub. It’s a small pool. 10 x 20. Lol.
Posted by: Piper

Newer Florida pools seem smaller than that.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 23, 2026 10:47 PM (/lPRQ)

143 I love that Guinness pullover and must have one.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 10:47 PM (RIvkX)

144 Yes! I will be keeping it, and eventually claiming it for my own.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
******
And I will adopt it! Thanks

Posted by: The Grateful at February 23, 2026 10:47 PM (IQ6Gq)

145 At first glance I thought it was AOC
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 10:46 PM (QGaXH)

A logical mistake.
She's vain enough to film herself in the bathroom.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 10:48 PM (2WIwB)

146 Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

Gern geschehen.

[Is that correct?]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:48 PM (n9ltV)

147 137 Anyone here have a 925 SAT like stupid shit me?
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at February 23, 2026 10:45 PM (nWPIJ)

925 is 34%.... so yeah, the guy running my State is dumber than 2/3rds of us.

Not a good sign... nooo no no...

Ladies, Gents, and Morons in Good Standing? Idiocracy was supposed to be a cautionary morality tale, not a how to manual.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:50 PM (mP0Kj)

148 I love that Guinness pullover and must have one.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 10:47 PM (RIvkX)

Heh.
If Daughter of Diogenes #1 sees it, she's going to want one too.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 10:50 PM (2WIwB)

149 This blond joke needs some work for AOC.

What do you call a blond in a closet?

Last years hide-and-seek winner.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 23, 2026 10:50 PM (S/Y4j)

150 130 Eric Morecombe... clearly the guy had a sense of humour.
Posted by: Ernie Wise at February 23, 2026 10:42 PM (nAm9r)

Only reason I know who they are is the Beatles did a skit on their show.

Posted by: Joemarine at February 23, 2026 10:51 PM (y171U)

151 Gern geschehen.

It's good if yer tryin to say You're Welcome in German.

But if you are ordering some pasta in Italy, nope!

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 23, 2026 10:51 PM (7D3Aa)

152 >>The ocean is particularly good at killing us.

Not yet.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)

153 I finally looked at the videos from the Cafe. The Oscar winner video looks like a pro soccer player, or a short LeBron James.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 23, 2026 10:52 PM (S/Y4j)

154 ""Winter is a grand season, and the inconvenience of a foot or so of snow on the ground is dwarfed by its beauty. Yes, it's my favorite season, and why I will never live in the south, no matter how wonderful a place it is!""

I can't argue. Winter was always that magical time of the year. I'm not sure I could live somewhere where holiday shoppers are in shorts. We got a solid 18" in this storm, but it is what it is. It don't happen much on that scale. Whenever I think the cold is getting to be a pain I listen to Accept-Winter dreams, and then all is right with the world. A great winter song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMQAE_0jd7Q

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 23, 2026 10:53 PM (snZF9)

155 But if you are ordering some pasta in Italy, nope!

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 23, 2026 10:51 PM (7D3Aa)

I know about as much Italian as I do German.

Which is to say, nine words.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:53 PM (n9ltV)

156 151 Gern geschehen.

It's good if yer tryin to say You're Welcome in German.

But if you are ordering some pasta in Italy, nope!
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 23, 2026 10:51 PM (7D3Aa)

I hear that? uh... Gesundheit?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 10:53 PM (mP0Kj)

157 I asked this last night; Are the loyal Jets fans gonna boo Connor Hellebuyck next time he takes the ice in Winnipeg?

I am guessing not. This fucking Canuck butt-hurt thing is largely media-generated.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at February 23, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ)

158 Rethought Tesla when that father drove his family off a 300 foot cliff and all four of them walked out of the hospital next day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 23, 2026 10:47 PM (rzTfK)

How do you feel about Ladas?

https://tinyurl.com/3m52cwhx

Posted by: Kindltot at February 23, 2026 10:53 PM (rbvCR)

159 Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)

...bang/zoom!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 23, 2026 10:53 PM (nbLIj)

160 I flip my hair everytime I dry it and have never bonked myself out like this chick. She must be drunk.

Also, the flip is not going to help that hair or do much for it. Here I am, being mean. There! When you got it you got it. She don't got it, altho nearly died trying.

Thanks for the ONT!Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow and blow the snow West somehow. I don't think RI needs it as much as we do in our mountains. Trying hard not to envy as I normally never have been about anything or anyone, honest Injun.

https://tinyurl.com/2pd88m4t

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 23, 2026 10:54 PM (WONhk)

161 >>The ocean is particularly good at killing us.

Not yet.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)

Give it time.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:54 PM (n9ltV)

162 And ~35,000 is not a small sample size. It is a 100% sample of Cybertrucks.

..and on the other side...

Passenger vehicle safety is usually measured in fatalities per 100,000,000 passenger miles.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

And death rates for random low-frequency things (like murder) are usually given per 100,000 population. A third of that is a plenty-big sample size.

Assuming 1 truck, 1 owner. Any co-owned vehicles get even closer to 100K.

Cybertrucks compare well to transexuals, though. Trannys killed 8 people just in February, just in the USA and Canada, and Cybertrucks have only burned 5 people to death, ever!

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 10:54 PM (VHUov)

163 136 Yeah, ARiK, I fell asleep before the end of that, but once I read the plot synopsis on Wikipedia, I was glad I had.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 10:54 PM (77rzZ)

164 Don't be so down on Hitler.
After all, he did kill Hitler.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at February 23, 2026 10:55 PM (MNCvZ)

165 Gesundheit?

He scaled the thermometer.

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 23, 2026 10:55 PM (7D3Aa)

166 Ja, sehr gut.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

167 Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 10:42 PM (3ek7K)

That is very kind of you...thank you very much!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 10:56 PM (n9ltV)

168 Zwei bier bitte!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

169 Anyone here have a 925 SAT like stupid shit me?
Posted by: Gavin Newsom

925 is 34%.... so yeah, the guy running my State is dumber than 2/3rds of us.

Not a good sign... nooo no no...
Posted by: Romeo13

Don't be so negative! He's not dumber than 2/3 of everyone, he's only dumber than 2/3 of the people who took a college entrance exam!

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

170 I wonder if Hitler became evil because so many time-travelers tried to kill him.

"I just wanted to paint city-scapes to try and forget the horrors of the Great War.
"I blame the Jews"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at February 23, 2026 10:58 PM (0aYVJ)

171 168 Iki tane bira.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 10:58 PM (77rzZ)

172
Berserker,

We here in SW Wyoming feel so cheated with the lack of true winter this year.

We prep for hard winters here, and we've had nothing here. We've been grilling here this winter and it's not right.

Send snow!

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 10:59 PM (3ek7K)

173 *two beers for Diogenes*

Posted by: JQ at February 23, 2026 10:59 PM (rdVOm)

174 I love the ocean.

She can keep you alive as easily as kill you. Make
You happy. Scare the shit out of you. Give you comfort. Give you quiet and solitude or be noisy and crowded and overwhelming.

By The salty sea is where I choose to live.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 23, 2026 11:00 PM (A5RD0)

175 Iki tane bira.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 10:58 PM (77rzZ

Cok iyi!
Teşekkür ederim!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 11:00 PM (2WIwB)

176 141 Rethought Tesla when that father drove his family off a 300 foot cliff and all four of them walked out of the hospital next day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 23, 2026 10:47 PM (rzTfK)

Make sure everyone knows where the mechanical door release is. I'm convinced Mitch McConnell's sister in law drowned because she didn't know there was a mechanical door release in additional to the electrical release.

My car-pooler who owned a Tesla didn't know there was a mechanical release until I showed her where it was.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 11:00 PM (QGaXH)

177 Thank you, Fourseasons, for putting CBD in a good mood. Hopefully, that bodes well for tomorrow’s art.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 11:01 PM (77rzZ)

178 How do you feel about Ladas?
Posted by: Kindltot

Inferior to Tatas.

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)

179 Man, I love these guys. Always and forever, Ronnie, Steve and Cassie.

https://tinyurl.com/mrx8pcsy

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 23, 2026 11:01 PM (WONhk)

180 *two beers for Bulg*...

waitaminit... can you have alcohol tonight? What time is your procedure?

Posted by: JQ at February 23, 2026 11:01 PM (rdVOm)

181 Bizarrely warm and dry winter here. I'm going to buy a snow blower at the end of the season, on the theory that we're going to get a double dose of snow next year, as things average out over the long term.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 23, 2026 11:02 PM (bhZyo)

182 Zwei bier bitte!!!
Posted by: Diogenes

A group of Roman legionaries walks into a bar. Their leader holds up 2 fingers, and says "we'll have 5 beers!"

.....

It's funnier in-person.

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)

183 Don't be so negative! He's not dumber than 2/3 of everyone, he's only dumber than 2/3 of the people who took a college entrance exam!
Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

Yeah... back when we went to High School... EVERYONE took the PSAT and SAT.

Back then even if you were not going to College, you took it to see is you could qualify for student aid to go to trade school... back when that was a thing.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:02 PM (mP0Kj)

184 Send snow!

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 10:59 PM (3ek7K)

THIS

Pretty please?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 23, 2026 11:03 PM (WONhk)

185 Zwei bier bitte!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

Funny thing. In Aschaffenburg, zwei was often replaced by "zwo." Other Germans called the Ascheberger dialect Aschebescher, which means ash tray. I lived there for three years. It was like German spoken with a Brooklyn accent. Aschaffenburg was "Aschaffenboig"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at February 23, 2026 11:03 PM (0aYVJ)

186 180 No, no alcohol tonight.

Procedure is at 1500.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 11:03 PM (77rzZ)

187 A group of Roman legionaries walks into a bar. Their leader holds up 2 fingers, and says "we'll have 5 beers!"

.....

It's funnier in-person.
Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)

Are the fingers together? or apart? makes a difference.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:04 PM (mP0Kj)

188 187 A group of Roman legionaries walks into a bar. Their leader holds up 2 fingers, and says "we'll have 5 beers!"

.....

It's funnier in-person.
Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)

Are the fingers together? or apart? makes a difference.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:04 PM (mP0Kj)

And if there was an old Computer guy there?

That would be Three in Binary.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:05 PM (mP0Kj)

189 I was waiting for someone else, but I guess I have to be the meanie... Unless it's an absolutely amazing coincidence.

>>>The snow is so high, it reached Michelle Obama's adam's apple.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at February 23, 2026 10:02 PM (MNCvZ)
+++++
Early candidate for Comment of the Week.
Posted by: Dr. T
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Plagiarism? That quip was part of Gutfeld's intro tonight. Very few people in the audience (NYC snow), so it didn't get the usual embarrassed giggles.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 23, 2026 11:05 PM (2lBM+)

190 >>Turns out the Olympic Hockey Player who got the goal to win the Gold?

>>His Mom was on the US Olympic Women's Hockey Team in 1992,

His brother Quinn is not only also on the team he scored an overtime goal of his own to beat Sweden and put the US in the semis. And forever he will be the other brother.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 11:05 PM (viF8m)

191 Jack Hughes>>>j'accuse

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at February 23, 2026 11:06 PM (0aYVJ)

192 Good luck tomorrow, Bulg. Sorry you'll have to be hungry all day beforehand! Ugh...

Posted by: JQ at February 23, 2026 11:07 PM (rdVOm)

193 I don’t feel yucky watching the Olympics, especially when my country is kicking ass. I am the ultimate Ugly American come Olympics time. What Nike said back in the day was correct: you don’t win silver. You lose gold. So yeah, the Huffington Puffington Post (h/t, RHL III) can kiss my ass

And as for Mr. MacKinnon: SCOREBOARD!!! (H/t, Jim Rome)

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 23, 2026 11:07 PM (hJH5n)

194 How do you feel about Ladas?

https://tinyurl.com/3m52cwhx
Posted by: Kindltot at February 23, 2026 10:53 PM (rbvCR)

"Missed it by THIS much!"

Posted by: Maxwell Smart at February 23, 2026 11:07 PM (bhZyo)

195 188 187 A group of Roman legionaries walks into a bar. Their leader holds up 2 fingers, and says "we'll have 5 beers!"

.....

It's funnier in-person.
Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)

Are the fingers together? or apart? makes a difference.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:04 PM (mP0Kj)

And if there was an old Computer guy there?

That would be Three in Binary.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:05 PM (mP0Kj)

Wouldn't 2 be 5 in Base 4?

Or am I misremembering yet again...?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 11:08 PM (QGaXH)

196 >His Mom was on the US Olympic Women's Hockey Team in 1992,

His brother Quinn is not only also on the team he scored an overtime goal of his own to beat Sweden and put the US in the semis. And forever he will be the other brother.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 11:05 PM (viF8m)

Women’s hockey was not an Olympic event until 1998,

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 23, 2026 11:08 PM (hJH5n)

197 195 Wouldn't 2 be 5 in Base 4?

Or am I misremembering yet again...?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 11:08 PM (QGaXH)

Never mind - I'm misremembering.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 11:10 PM (QGaXH)

198
The great thing about CBD's art thread is we never know what we're getting.

Some days are "interesting " lol.

Never a dull moment.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 11:10 PM (3ek7K)

199 Are the fingers together? or apart? makes a difference.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:04 PM (mP0Kj)

"Live long and prosper, young Jedi."

Posted by: Gandalf at February 23, 2026 11:10 PM (bhZyo)

200 Yeah... back when we went to High School... EVERYONE took the PSAT and SAT.

Back then even if you were not going to College, you took it to see is you could qualify for student aid to go to trade school... back when that was a thing.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:02 PM (mP0Kj)

Back when I was in HS everyone took the PSAT and the PACT. Taking the SAT or the ACT? You were on your own.

Being in TX if you wanted to go to a TX public college you had to take the TASP before you hit nine credit hours.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 23, 2026 11:11 PM (hJH5n)

201 Wouldn't 2 be 5 in Base 4?

Or am I misremembering yet again...?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 11:08 PM (QGaXH)

Yup... which is why it always cracked me up that Sci Fi thought Math would be the universal language...

Only works if you go down to binary... once you start playing with base 10 vs other Base sets?

Hm... never thought about it, but does Pi resolve in any other number set? shouldn't, but after 3/4ths of a bottle of wine... LOL

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:12 PM (mP0Kj)

202 Snow is evil. With any luck I will live within a short driving distance of I-10 once again.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 23, 2026 11:13 PM (hJH5n)

203 197 195 Wouldn't 2 be 5 in Base 4?

Or am I misremembering yet again...?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 11:08 PM (QGaXH)

Never mind - I'm misremembering.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 11:10 PM (QGaXH)

11 in base 4, would be 5 in base 10... so no, you were right.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:14 PM (mP0Kj)

204 191 Jack Hughes>>>j'accuse
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at February 23, 2026 11:06 PM (0aYVJ)

Zola!

Posted by: Joemarine at February 23, 2026 11:15 PM (y171U)

205 199 Are the fingers together? or apart? makes a difference.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:04 PM (mP0Kj)

"Live long and prosper, young Jedi."
Posted by: Gandalf at February 23, 2026 11:10 PM (bhZyo)

Yeah Spock, quit playin with Super Glue!

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:15 PM (mP0Kj)

206 I just love Roman numerals humor.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 23, 2026 11:17 PM (nWPIJ)

207 I know about as much Italian as I do German.

Which is to say, nine words.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Same here, and seven of them will start a fight.

Seriously, I've discovered that you can get around ok with a few phrases.
Please
Thank you
You're welcome
Where am I and how do I get to (landmark location)
How much? followed by
That's too much!
and, of course
Where's the bathroom?

Posted by: buddhaha at February 23, 2026 11:17 PM (2lBM+)

208 Hm... never thought about it, but does Pi resolve in any other number set? shouldn't, but after 3/4ths of a bottle of wine... LOL
Posted by: Romeo13

As a degenerate solution, it resolves to exactly 1 in base pi.

.....

That might be hilarious to math majors. Let me know.

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)

209 Back then even if you were not going to College, you took it to see is you could qualify for student aid to go to trade school... back when that was a thing.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:02 PM (mP0Kj)

I took the ACT with a hangover from a sleepover party. Enough for state universities and, as I was 16yrs old and skipping my junior year due to bussing and the federal gubment, I did not really care to take it over. Because I was going to be a flight attendant once I was in college for 2yrs. Fly the skies of TWA and Pan Am, because I made great decisions.

Three years later it would have been nice to have taken advanced math, chemistry and physics in HS when I was unserious, but I did fine in college.

My first semester of sophomore year and taking trig, microbiology, Spanish and English Lit I made a 4.0 GPA. My father, seeing the report card, asked if it was a joke!

So I should write dear stupid Gavin and inform him that yes, he is a retard who needs a hair stylist, but all that matters for many college kids, or any kids, is figuring out what you want. Then go for it.

I did not need a fake black ebonic accent, either, Gavin, you puthy hatted putrid pretender.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 23, 2026 11:18 PM (WONhk)

210 200 Being in TX if you wanted to go to a TX public college you had to take the TASP before you hit nine credit hours.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 23, 2026 11:11 PM (hJH5n)

We had the Florida 12th Grade Senior Placement Test (if I'm remembering correctly) I did very well on it. Not that that helped me.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 11:18 PM (QGaXH)

211 >>>Anyone here have a 925 SAT like stupid shit me?
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at February 23, 2026 10:45 PM (nWPIJ)

>>>925 is 34%.... so yeah, the guy running my State is dumber than 2/3rds of us.

Not a good sign... nooo no no...

Ladies, Gents, and Morons in Good Standing? Idiocracy was supposed to be a cautionary morality tale, not a how to manual.

Posted by: Romeo13

>This is what CA voted for. A fine upstanding citizen with the qualifications to get him a job as a sanitation worker.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 23, 2026 11:19 PM (gVUi7)

212 That might be hilarious to math majors. Let me know.
Posted by: mikeski
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I are an injuneeeer . I snorted.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 23, 2026 11:20 PM (2lBM+)

213 His brother Quinn is not only also on the team he scored an overtime goal of his own to beat Sweden and put the US in the semis. And forever he will be the other brother.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 11:05 PM (viF8m)

Nah, he's probably already known as the Mighty Quinn..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 23, 2026 11:20 PM (nbLIj)

214 No, no alcohol tonight.

Procedure is at 1500.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 11:03 PM (77rzZ)

***

Got ya covered buddy. I'll take care of your biers tonight.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 11:21 PM (2WIwB)

215 I quit gambling when my daughter was born (along with smoking). And I never did bet on the Olympics, because they're so crooked.

But I'm kind of kicking myself for not betting on the hockey games against Canada this year. It was such an easy bet. I didn't know the US was going to take both gold medals, but I knew they'd sweep Canada.

Canada has historically beaten the US in the Olympics, and bettors are mostly tards who bet on the past, so the odds were in their favor in that regard.

But the NHL released players for the Olympics for the first time in 12 years, and the Canadian pros have been outclassed by the American pros for 30 years, and especially in the last 10 - if they couldn't muster the talent when money was on the line, they couldn't rally it up for the love of the game.

It was just a slam dunk bet against the bookies, and I should've placed one.

SMDH.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2026 11:21 PM (BI5O2)

216 206 I just love Roman numerals humor.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 23, 2026 11:17 PM (nWPIJ)

Ok - NOW I get the two fingers being 5.....

Gawd I can be dense......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 11:21 PM (QGaXH)

217
Drink up for Bulg,

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 11:22 PM (3ek7K)

218 Got ya covered buddy. I'll take care of your biers tonight.

Posted by: Diogenes
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Misspelled? Or a morbid joke?

Posted by: buddhaha at February 23, 2026 11:23 PM (2lBM+)

219 Drink up for Bulg,

Posted by: fourseasons
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Yep... and I'll put some happy-hour snacks out early, 'cause he'll be *hungry* afterward!

Posted by: JQ at February 23, 2026 11:25 PM (rdVOm)

220
buddhaha,

Both will prop up you up.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 11:25 PM (3ek7K)

221 Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 11:21 PM (2WIwB)

I drink clear liquids the night before a colonoscopy.

Gin martinis.

I am completely serious.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 11:26 PM (n9ltV)

222 Misspelled? Or a morbid joke?
Posted by: buddhaha at February 23, 2026 11:23 PM (2lBM+)

I only drink German bier.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 11:26 PM (2WIwB)

223 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 23, 2026 11:18 PM (WONhk)

I was a very bored B student in High School... who took Pre Calculus as a Freshman (yeah, older students hated me). We didn't have any advanced placement stuff back then, but physics, math, all good... sucked at Chemistry and English, and a lot of History. Flunked Spanish...

Mom was a Middle School English Teacher, at was at the end of her wits trying to deal with me...

Then, PSATs, SATs... scored extremely high, but did not care... I was... rudderless. I was told much later that Colleges WERE sending packages to me, that Mom intercepted.

Ended up in Junior College for a couple of years... at which I sucked. Spent more time snow skiing than in class. Totally non motivated.

Then, one day, a good friend of mine's car broke down, and he needed a ride to an appointment.... to the Navy Recruiter. Took the ASVAB on a whim... then the Nuc Field Qual Test... and was in bootcamp within 3 weeks.

Life... is weird.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:26 PM (mP0Kj)

224 How do you feel about Ladas?

https://tinyurl.com/3m52cwhx
Posted by: Kindltot
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That's a hoot. One tough and lucky guy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 23, 2026 11:26 PM (rzTfK)

225 Beirs? Wouldn't it be: bieren?

I dunno. Not too familiar with German...

Posted by: JQ at February 23, 2026 11:26 PM (rdVOm)

226 All the Federales say...
We could have had him any day
...only let him slip away
Out of kindness I suppose

Posted by: torabora at February 23, 2026 11:27 PM (KtOUo)

227

JQ,

No triscuits topped with cottage cheese and whatever spice he tops it with, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 11:27 PM (3ek7K)

228 I drink clear liquids the night before a colonoscopy.

Gin martinis.

I am completely serious.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 11:26 PM (n9ltV)

Sheesh!
Why didn't I ever think of this?

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 11:28 PM (2WIwB)

229 >This is what CA voted for. A fine upstanding citizen with the qualifications to get him a job as a sanitation worker.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 23, 2026 11:19 PM (gVUi7)

Yeah... if you think we have fair elections here in Clownifornia... are you interested in this nice Bridge from London I just purchased?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:28 PM (mP0Kj)

230 No, no alcohol tonight.

Procedure is at 1500.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 11:03 PM (77rzZ)
-

But whiskey disinfects.

Be well.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 11:29 PM (VFv8R)

231 Bachman & Turner
Roseland Ballroom Live (c. 2012)

https://youtu.be/KXyR2hQOrlo

The first song is Let It Ride. The whole set runs 90 minutes, and yeah it is great stuff.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at February 23, 2026 11:29 PM (tqpXi)

232 So... USN DEI hire?

https://tinyurl.com/4sd3ck65

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 11:30 PM (VFv8R)

233 Beir...bier...

Ok..probably misspelled. Also hard to read the writing on the bottle.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 11:30 PM (2WIwB)

234 Don't know if it was covered today, but an arrest has been made in the case of the stolen ambulance that was loaded with gas cans and crashed into DHS office space.

"Police identified the suspect as Sarah Elizabeth George, 43, of Boise"

https://shorturl.at/W46uP

No mug shot, darn it!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 23, 2026 11:30 PM (bhZyo)

235 Triscuits, LOL fourseasons!

Yeah, but I'll offer some real food, too. Nothing spicy. How 'bout eggrolls?

Posted by: JQ at February 23, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm)

236 Berserker,

We here in SW Wyoming feel so cheated with the lack of true winter this year.

We prep for hard winters here, and we've had nothing here. We've been grilling here this winter and it's not right.

Send snow!

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 10:59 PM (3ek7K)

We never know what the hell we'll end up with in jersey. We could go 3-4 years of no snow at all, sometimes longer, and then get a winter where we'll have 19 snowstorms, small ones, maybe 4 inches. One year, our January was packed with 60 degree days, and the last few years its in the 20's. They are great with snow removal here though. We had 18" last night and I woke up to plowed roads. Some people will do stupid shit like sell snowblowers because they didn't use them in a few years, then look surprised when everywhere is sold out and a big storm like this one is on the horizon. Well, because a bunch of chuckleheads like you all sold theirs and are now scrambling. The local governments are usually always prepared no matter what.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 23, 2026 11:32 PM (snZF9)

237 Sarah Elizabeth George, 43

------

I read this as "Karen Caryn Karrin, 43."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2026 11:33 PM (BI5O2)

238 Beirs? Wouldn't it be: bieren?

I dunno. Not too familiar with German...
Posted by: JQ
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Obviously, I don't know.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 23, 2026 11:33 PM (2lBM+)

239 I drink clear liquids the night before a colonoscopy.

Gin martinis.

I am completely serious.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 11:26 PM (n9ltV)
-

Sheesh!
Why didn't I ever think of this?

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 11:28 PM (2WIwB)
-

Don't trust CBD. He might be pulling our leg.

To find out, drink and schedule a colonoscopy for tomorrow to confirm. Get back to us with the results.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 11:33 PM (VFv8R)

240 232 So... USN DEI hire?

https://tinyurl.com/4sd3ck65
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 11:30 PM (VFv8R)

Whelp.... seeing as how the Captain of the USS Harry W. Hill (DD-986) was a White Guy when we oh.... ran into the USS Kansas City in 91 just before the shooting started in Desert Storm? He was not relieved on station due to... oh... war... but he was relieved soon after our return.

UnReps are dangerous under the best conditions.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:34 PM (mP0Kj)

241 I think that picture with the snow on the table is an AI generated picture.

We all know we are dying from GLOBAL WARMING !!!!!!

By 2015... I mean 2020.... I mean 2025 ..... I mean 2030
we are all going to burn up and starve...

Posted by: Jackson K. at February 23, 2026 11:34 PM (ZWcdc)

242 I know about as much Italian as I do German.

Which is to say, nine words.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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I can only curse in italian. I can do one hell of a broken english though. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 23, 2026 11:36 PM (snZF9)

243 No mug shot, darn it!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 23, 2026 11:30 PM (bhZyo)
-

Mugshot, no, but here's everything you need to see and were expecting:

https://tinyurl.com/23y63b3j

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 11:36 PM (VFv8R)

244 Oh the snark by the media after the SOTU speech will be epic. I will be sure to not watch them. But then I don't watch them anyway.

Posted by: Case at February 23, 2026 11:36 PM (Z3Kkg)

245 Don't trust CBD. He might be pulling our leg.

To find out, drink and schedule a colonoscopy for tomorrow to confirm. Get back to us with the results.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 11:33 PM (VFv8R)

Vodka is a clear liquid, right?

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 11:37 PM (2WIwB)

246
Case,

The usual people will be bitching.

Fuck them, they are only interested in how much money they can keep stealing from us.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 23, 2026 11:39 PM (3ek7K)

247 Life... is weird.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:26 PM (mP0Kj)

Sometimes I think, "I should have been serious & tried in HS vs goofing around & having fun." Then I think, nah,you did ok & still goofed around in college but did really well.

Oddly the microbiology course pointed me to medicine then nursing. I had no physics or chemistry in HS, it was one or the other at the university competing with about 100 guys set for med school or engineering. I dropped physics, did well in pre-med chemistry, anatomy and physiology.

Saw my physics TA a month after I dropped at a party.He said, "I wish you hadn't dropped, I could have gotten you through." I was clueless in that class & said, "Unless you were going to take the exams for me, I don't see how!"

I did a quick turn from working in a lab or pre-med to nursing and all was well. I could not see myself culturing poop, blood and urine and never seeing many people. Or 8 more years of school.

Once I had our first boy I never wanted to work full time and didn't til they were in HS. Had opportunities for a MS degree and said no.I had it all right there with my chimps at home, working once a week.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 23, 2026 11:39 PM (WONhk)

248 244 Oh the snark by the media after the SOTU speech will be epic. I will be sure to not watch them. But then I don't watch them anyway.
Posted by: Case at February 23, 2026 11:36 PM (Z3Kkg)

this is kind of a scary thing. We used to have a National Narrative. It was driven by the 6 Oclock news on the 3 major networks.

Now? No one watches TV news at all. No one reads newpapers... it's all driven by Al Gore Rythms on the Intertubes. Which, amplifies the extremists on both sides... so people end up thinking either ONE extreme or the Other... is the norm.

Which is why we are so divided... most people are afraid to talk about politics in public. Only the most extreme do.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:40 PM (mP0Kj)

249 "The State of the Union, contra Trump's incessant lies, is abysmal. We are all going to die unless some hero finally succeeds in the effort to kill him. May the Lord whose existence we deny bless his trigger finger and keep it true, amen."

---- Duh Media

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2026 11:42 PM (BI5O2)

250
Yeah... back when we went to High School... EVERYONE took the PSAT and SAT.

We took the ACT as well.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 23, 2026 11:42 PM (Cqx++)

251 Never took the SAT or ACT-- dropped out after sophomore year & got a job. Did get my GED, so that's a plus. I guess?

Posted by: JQ at February 23, 2026 11:45 PM (rdVOm)

252 Oh FFS, the Canadians only outshot the US by 14 shots for the game, including OT (42 shots vs 2

. so that's under 4 shots per period with the OT thrown in. Oh and this included a 5 on 3 power play opportunity for Canada (interestingly, I think they only got 2 or 3 shots on goal for the 5 on 3 time). I did note that the Canadians did get the better of play for the 2d and third periods, but I thought that it smacked more of desperation rather than Canada being the "better team." It was clear into the 3rd that Canada was having a real serious problem solving the US defensive posture and fantastic goalkeeping. Also - I have watched the OT period a number of times now. The Canadians got caught flat-footed when Hughes poked away the puck out of the US end. Makar (who had been trying to get that puck and crash the US goal) stopped skating (or started skating way too late as he saw what was developing on the other end) so there was no one to cover Hughes, essentially, when that absolutely golden crossing pass came to him. The rest is pure skill with Hughes' shot a literal laser beam through the 5 hole. You lost Canada, live with it. Try not to lose your country too.

Posted by: Publius Redux at February 23, 2026 11:45 PM (Gu66x)

253 They still didn't catch the woman who set fire to an ICE warehouse last week in Kansas City.

Now there's been another attack in AZ:

https://tinyurl.com/yc4v52kf

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 11:45 PM (VFv8R)

254 Grew up in WI. Moved to AZ 23 years ago. I still don't even like snow on TV. To each their own I guess, that's why God made different climates

Posted by: Azjaeger at February 23, 2026 11:47 PM (3/XaG)

255 Posted by: Publius Redux at February 23, 2026 11:45 PM (Gu66x)

You won't score on any shot you don't take... but...

Conversely... you won't SCORE on any shot that is off target.

Legend says, Wyatt Earp was not a quick draw artist...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 11:47 PM (mP0Kj)

256 I just wanna be able to get some sleep without having to run to the bathroom every 5 minutes.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 11:51 PM (77rzZ)

257 Posted by: Publius Redux at February 23, 2026 11:45 PM (Gu66x

Yes, once they had to face pro hockey players, Canada got f'd in the a. Totally predictable.

Olympic hockey is bush league - once you put real athletes in the game, everything changes - and Canada's best are not up to the American challenge, and they haven't been since I was a little boy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2026 11:51 PM (BI5O2)

258 I guess you could add vodka to the stuff you drink.before a colonoscopy, but the effect will be diminished because it goes through you so fast.
DAMHIK
One good thing about getting well past 29: when I got the results (no colon cancer, yay!), I asked if I should do another in 10 years or 5 years, like this one. She said, "No, your done." At my age, I'm more likely to die from something other than colon cancer, and the dangers of the procedures no longer statistically justify it.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 23, 2026 11:52 PM (2lBM+)

259 Tricuits are made for Philadelphia Cream Cheese.

>>>"Police identified the suspect as Sarah Elizabeth George, 43, of Boise"

https://shorturl.at/W46uP

No mug shot, darn it!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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She (or daddy) must have some kind of pull no pick in any of the papers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 23, 2026 11:52 PM (rzTfK)

260 Yes, 'Rons and 'Ettes, your tarbender is just a unejumacated hick...

*shrug*

Posted by: JQ at February 23, 2026 11:53 PM (rdVOm)

261 252 Oh FFS, the Canadians only outshot the US by 14 shots for the game,
---

What does a shot count if it doesn't score?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 23, 2026 11:56 PM (rzTfK)

262
JQ,

Rednecks and hicks are some of the best people.

They are real which we need more of in our country.

Rock ON!!!

Posted by: four seasons at February 23, 2026 11:57 PM (3ek7K)

263 I just wanna be able to get some sleep without having to run to the bathroom every 5 minutes.
Posted by: Bulg
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Not to worry! You'll probably be, um.. cleaned out.. within 12 hours, and be able to at least get a nap before app't time.

Posted by: JQ at February 23, 2026 11:57 PM (rdVOm)

264 When was the last time a Canadian team won a Stanley Cup? I sure can't remember. Maybe sometime in the 80s or 90s. Canada is a joke.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2026 11:58 PM (BI5O2)

265

I'm eating chocolate ice cream here, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at February 23, 2026 11:58 PM (3ek7K)

266 263 I just wanna be able to get some sleep without having to run to the bathroom every 5 minutes.
Posted by: Bulg
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Last time I took my ipad and camped out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 24, 2026 12:00 AM (rzTfK)

267 Thanks, fourseasons!

I'm ROCKin'!

https://youtu.be/1722VFxD-qI

Posted by: JQ at February 24, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

268 Canada didn't even dominate most of the game, though I thought they did dominate the third period. USA dominated the first period, and led 1-0 afterwards. The second period was a back-and-forth tussle, and Canada (which was an All Star team, no question) definitely skated with more energy in the final period. They did outshoot USA by a lot throughout, but the measure of a game is not the number of shots on goal.

The in OT, Canada lost. So MacKinnon, who did miss an open net shot wide, can go chew on that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 24, 2026 12:02 AM (vDXKw)

269 What does a shot count if it doesn't score?

Posted by: Braenyard
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Just throwing the puck in the direction of the net does not, officially, count as a "shot". It counts only if the puck either goes in the net, or would have, but for the action of a defensive player. "Shots" that bounce off the goalposts are not counted in the tally.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 24, 2026 12:03 AM (2lBM+)

270 Hello Darkness

I'm just going to say it. Simon and Garfunkle suck.
They sucked in the 60's and they still do today.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 24, 2026 12:03 AM (2WIwB)

271 Oh and this included a 5 on 3 power play opportunity for Canada (interestingly, I think they only got 2 or 3 shots on goal for the 5 on 3 time).
Posted by: Publius Redux

Even on an NHL-sized rink, power plays give a small advantage to the defenders, since there's no icing. On the wider Olympic rink, dumping the puck into the Canadian zone is even easier. Two or three guys just can't hold the whole blue line.

A "careful" power play in the NHL spends most of the 2:00 retrieving the puck from its own zone. Only getting 2 or 3 shots on an Olympic rink seems about right, really.

Posted by: mikeski at February 24, 2026 12:04 AM (VHUov)

272 A little song about the futility of being a Canukistani hockey player

youtu.be/eoDDnOUKDQI

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 24, 2026 12:05 AM (bhZyo)

273 The Germans really used to know how to design uniforms... Ran across some pic of a Wehrmacht general and even though he was a weaselly looking sort of guy if you really looked, the gear made him look good. Maybe they should have spent less time on the uniforms and more time on comparing manufacturing potential and logistics

Posted by: Azjaeger at February 24, 2026 12:06 AM (3/XaG)

274 As someone who has lived his whole life in New York (state) and Minnesota, I am fucking sick of winter.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at February 24, 2026 12:08 AM (xfRZZ)

275 Canada (which was an All Star team, no question)

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A packed roster full of NHL players.

But the USA team was packed too.

And Canadians are just worse at hockey than Americans, from the coaching staffs down to the janitors in the locker rooms.

So it ever has been, and will ever be.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 24, 2026 12:08 AM (BI5O2)

276 I use to like Canada until I didn't anymore.

Posted by: Case at February 24, 2026 12:09 AM (Z3Kkg)

277
I hope Ace will liveblog Trump's SOTU tomorrow night.

It's going to be awesome.

Posted by: four seasons at February 24, 2026 12:11 AM (3ek7K)

278 Since it was so nice out yesterday, I took hubby out into the nursing home's garden area & trimmed his beard there (no sweeping up afterward, yay).

One tiny clump of daffodils was blooming. The miniature ones-- only about 8 inches tall-- so pretty.

Posted by: JQ at February 24, 2026 12:12 AM (rdVOm)

279 I wanna get one of those endless pools and put it in a heated house that doubles as a greenhouse. I heard the product is good... until it isn't and they don't do support.

Anyone have one?

Posted by: Derak at February 24, 2026 12:12 AM (GvJ7r)

280 I don't need a summer pool, I need to swim in winter.

Posted by: Derak at February 24, 2026 12:13 AM (GvJ7r)

281 MMR and MMRV Vaccines Linked to 2,657% More U.S. Deaths Than Measles Infection Since 1995

We found an ALARMING number of deaths among infants and toddlers shortly after MMR/MMRV vaccination in VAERS — often involving SIDS, seizures, and cardiac arrest

https://tinyurl.com/mrukxytv

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 24, 2026 12:14 AM (rzTfK)

282 I'm just going to say it. Simon and Garfunkle suck.
They sucked in the 60's and they still do today.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Paul Simon appearing on SNL in a turkey costume was a weird moment.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 24, 2026 12:14 AM (XeU6L)

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