Falling Cafe

Moon over LA
Brandon Yoshizawa

Mondays always sneak up on me.

Working dog, textile division.

Big furcloud.

Evolution of vector graphic arcade games.

Otter slide (evil).

Baby elephant demands hugs.

Junior farmer just keeps on truckin'.

Original Star Wars trailer from 1976.

Making friends.

Legend says they’re still looking for the ball.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/jEhLYnu1tm
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) March 9, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM

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1 Hello.

Posted by: Case at March 09, 2026 07:20 PM (pvf3X)

2 Hiya ace!

My favorite poast of the day. Thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 09, 2026 07:23 PM (OZpzZ)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2026 07:25 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Beautiful day today. Took two walks and even did some running. Too bad it won't last.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 09, 2026 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

5 If textile Doggie isn't AI the woman had to teach the dog that trick

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2026 07:27 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Out on the prairie one bright starry night,
They broke out the whiskey and Betsy got tight.
She sang and she shouted and danced o'er the plain
And showed her bare arse to the whole wagon train.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 09, 2026 07:30 PM (Kt19C)

7 Highrr 70s it is predicted for tomorrow
It almost felt like spring today

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

8 I was so bad at that battle tank or whatever it was called vector game. Just could never operate it correctly.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 09, 2026 07:35 PM (n5tGW)

9 I guess we had an Atari arcade downtown. (Tempest!). Had never seen any of the non-Atari games before.

Posted by: t-bird at March 09, 2026 07:36 PM (KAa/S)

10 Ace, why do you insist on tormenting nurse with these evil river otters?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 09, 2026 07:37 PM (Wnv9h)

11 Junior farmer is adorable, but how come the rabbits aren't jumping out?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2026 07:38 PM (PFs9e)

12 L.A. looks kinda Bladerunneresque in that photo (it was the inspiration, after all). Think I'll pop over to Taffey Lewis's place for an octopus martini and a show.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 09, 2026 07:38 PM (kpS4V)

13 Please tell me we're never going to let "smoking jar of metal and fuses" (or just, "smoking jar" for short) die.

In fact my dad had a smoking jar. He loved that thing.

Posted by: ... at March 09, 2026 07:39 PM (vE0+H)

14 Junior farmer is adorable, but how come the rabbits aren't jumping out?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2026 07:38 PM

No one has mentioned leeks and mustard sauce yet.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 09, 2026 07:39 PM (Wnv9h)

15 Beautiful Moon over LA photo, ace.

Thank you for finding & sharing ...

Posted by: Adriane the Pithy Saying Critic . . . at March 09, 2026 07:40 PM (3ZUWJ)

16

Original Star Wars trailer from 1976.

==

Too cool! And no Williams' theme! How unusual !

Posted by: runner at March 09, 2026 07:41 PM (GD0B3)

17 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 09, 2026 07:39 PM (Wnv9h)

I 've never had rabbit. It is good? . Mustard and leek sauce sounds tasty.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2026 07:41 PM (PFs9e)

18 It sounded like Felix was saying he needed to control the "Cheez Whiz", but I'm guessing it was "G forces"?

Anyway, ballsy drop dude, and "Red Bull Mission Control" would be a great thing to have on one's resume.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 09, 2026 07:44 PM (kpS4V)

19 I played quite a few of those games there.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 09, 2026 07:44 PM (8avO+)

20 Properly cooked, rabbit is good tasting. Rabbit has the highest protein to fat ratio of any edible animal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 07:45 PM (QGeR/)

21 I loved lunar lander though it aggravated the hell out of me. I swore the program must be off when it said I crashed,

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 09, 2026 07:45 PM (cntUY)

22 Jr Farmer is going to need more trailers

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0)

23 Skydiver Luke Aikins Jumps 25000 Feet Into Net

What's next? They can only double-or-nothing.

Posted by: t-bird at March 09, 2026 07:45 PM (KAa/S)

24 , why do you insist on tormenting nurse with these evil river otters?

A new attraction at Aquarium of the Pacific rents rifles and sells ammunition for river otter shoots.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 09, 2026 07:45 PM (Kt19C)

25 Re: last thread

I thought the statement on MacArthur park was going to be about Richard Harris' singing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 09, 2026 07:46 PM (zZu0s)

26 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

For anyone who follows me on Facebook, the next installment of Teresa's Bucket List Year #2: Electric Boogaloo has been posted. We have stuff planned out through July....

YOLO

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 09, 2026 07:48 PM (SRRAx)

27 A moose over L.A. would be kind of cool, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2026 07:49 PM (8zz6B)

28 >>>Mondays always sneak up on me.

That one always makes me laugh.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 09, 2026 07:50 PM (syz1S)

29
Is the moon over LA a picture of Bass's ass?

I'm sure lots of people who lost their homes would like to see her ass on fire.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 09, 2026 07:51 PM (3ek7K)

30 What level of space is it that you would need heat shields for re-entry?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 09, 2026 07:51 PM (cntUY)

31 please excuse if this has been covered

Buck Throckmorton alert, Fox lede:

Ford in deep water after sweeping recalls
hit every model since 2020 Only the Ford GT, a mid-engine two-seater sports car, escaped the issues that plagued the rest of the lineup..

Ford beat GM's previous 2014 record.

They don't mention Stellantis because shit falling off and apart doesn't count.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 07:52 PM (QGeR/)

32 There was a character based version of X-Wing fighter that you could type in, in Basic, and run on monochrome 80x25 display. We were easily entertained back then.

Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s at March 09, 2026 07:52 PM (vFG9F)

33 20 Properly cooked, rabbit is good tasting. Rabbit has the highest protein to fat ratio of any edible animal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 07:45 PM (QGeR/)

Seem to remember reading that a diet made up primarily of rabbit could lead to severe malnutrition, due to the lack of fat.

Don't know if that is true or not.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 09, 2026 07:53 PM (SRRAx)

34 >>>Original Star Wars trailer from 1976.

Back when they were setting up Luke and Leia in some kind of romance. I wonder why they decided to change them into bro & sis.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 09, 2026 07:54 PM (syz1S)

35 It sounded like Felix was saying he needed to control the "Cheez Whiz", but I'm guessing it was "G forces"?

Anyway, ballsy drop dude, and "Red Bull Mission Control" would be a great thing to have on one's resume.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 09, 2026 07:44 PM (kpS4V)

Speed of sound is only about 660 mph at 85000 feet, and the atmosphere at that elevation is so thin that the wind buffeting didn't tear him apart.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2026 07:54 PM (8zz6B)

36 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 07:52 PM (QGeR/)

There are so many recalls these days because of the electronics and software that you can't compare to pre 2000.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 09, 2026 07:55 PM (cntUY)

37 Seem to remember reading that a diet made up primarily of rabbit could lead to severe malnutrition, due to the lack of fat.

Don't know if that is true or not.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 09, 2026 07:53 PM (SRRAx)

I think I heard that was only if you didn't eat the brain. The brains would save you.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 09, 2026 07:57 PM (syz1S)

38 Aw mom! Rabbit brain again?!

Posted by: Finicky Kid at March 09, 2026 07:58 PM (Q+gd/)

39
This was the best day in West Michigan in 4 months.

Not 2 weeks ago a snow so fine that it floated by like a fog, wet but light, and I thought I'd say something about the amazing change of seasons to my wife but I knew she'd slap me.

Posted by: Auspex at March 09, 2026 08:00 PM (Y8DZL)

40 I wouldn't want filet mignon every day why would I only eat rabbits?

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2026 08:01 PM (Ia/+0)

41 I think I heard that was only if you didn't eat the brain. The brains would save you.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

Any zombie who dined on Aliassmithsmith's brain would likely starve.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 09, 2026 08:02 PM (gKWVE)

42 Tell me about the rabbits, ace.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 09, 2026 08:03 PM (viF8m)

43 Seem to remember reading that a diet made up primarily of rabbit could lead to severe malnutrition, due to the lack of fat.

Don't know if that is true or not.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 09, 2026 07:53 PM (SRRAx)

I think I heard that was only if you didn't eat the brain. The brains would save you.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 09, 2026 07:57 PM (syz1S)

Unhealthy rabbit. A healthy rabbit has about the same fat and protein ratio as a chicken. I guess you might die if all you ate was just Chicken. Can't be that healthy.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 09, 2026 08:04 PM (cntUY)

44 34 >>>Original Star Wars trailer from 1976.

Back when they were setting up Luke and Leia in some kind of romance. I wonder why they decided to change them into bro & sis.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
...........................................
I should have wrote the script.

Posted by: George R.R. Martin at March 09, 2026 08:04 PM (sAmhv)

45 I post this periodically because it always makes me laugh. And since we're mentioning rabbits , and Muslims have also been discussed today, it seems appropriate: Bugs Bunny in "Ali Baba Bunny"

https://tinyurl.com/4f47kkr5

It's been a long day. Have a good night all!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2026 08:06 PM (ix8EF)

46 Back when they were setting up Luke and Leia in some kind of romance. I wonder why they decided to change them into bro & sis.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 09, 2026 07:54 PM (syz1S)
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It does make a few scenes in Alan Dean Foster's "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" just a bit on the squicky side...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 09, 2026 08:06 PM (ESVrU)

47
Goodnight Fenelon!!

Posted by: fourseasons at March 09, 2026 08:06 PM (3ek7K)

48 13 Please tell me we're never going to let "smoking jar of metal and fuses" (or just, "smoking jar" for short) die.
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Had to search. Not one pic out of top five. Metal jar used for a bomb. Interesting. I've never heard the term 'metal jar' nor have I ever seen something that is referred to as a metal jar. Is this a new talking point?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 08:08 PM (QGeR/)

49 I was falling asleep on way home so better get some rest tonight
Haveca good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 09, 2026 08:08 PM (Ia/+0)

50
Sleep well Skip!

Posted by: fourseasons at March 09, 2026 08:09 PM (3ek7K)

51 I think I heard that was only if you didn't eat the brain. The brains would save you.

Yesssss. Eat the brainsssssss!

Posted by: Prions at March 09, 2026 08:09 PM (Riz8t)

52 Sounds like another way to say "pipe bomb".

Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s at March 09, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

53 >>>Mondays always sneak up on me.

That one always makes me laugh.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 09, 2026 07:50 PM (syz1S)

Its true though. Double for the time change. Work is flying by. I looked down and said 'Fuck, 6 hours down.'

Sidenote: my phone is starting to get me. Ar first I typed duck and it suggested fuck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 09, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

54 Pretty sure Lucas decided on the brother and sister thing sometime between Empire and Return.

Posted by: steevy at March 09, 2026 08:10 PM (YwEeS)

55 I just love that the geese march alongside the farmer's train.
It's all so adorable.

Ace, thank you for the cafe posts.
Well, thank you for ALL of it, but especially the cafe.

Posted by: Appycay at March 09, 2026 08:10 PM (EdYR/)

56 JAR, from Bing (and they should know) Co-pilot:

Definition of Jar

A jar is a rigid, cylindrical or slightly conical container with a wide mouth or opening, typically made of glass, ceramic, or plastic. It can be closed with various types of lids, such as screw caps, lug caps, cork stoppers, or tamper-evident bands

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 08:10 PM (QGeR/)

57 My name is Chester
I work for Matt Dillon
I make 2 Dollars a Day
I go see Miss Kitty
I play with her Titty
She takes my 2 Dollars away

Posted by: Dennis Weaver at March 09, 2026 08:11 PM (Sx7X9)

58 Original Star Wars trailer from 1976.

==

Too cool! And no Williams' theme! How unusual !
Posted by: runner at March 09, 2026 07:41 PM (GD0B3)
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It doesn't even have the distinctive Star Wars title font we've come to love....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 09, 2026 08:11 PM (ESVrU)

59 I've never heard the term 'metal jar' nor have I ever seen something that is referred to as a metal jar. Is this a new talking point?

Posted by: Braenyard
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Yeah, why can't they just say "can"?

Posted by: Tarbender at March 09, 2026 08:11 PM (rdVOm)

60 I tried to walk like an Egyptian and now I need to see a Cairo practor.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2026 08:11 PM (oKJ0C)

61 Lucas in original 1976 SW had accidentally written himself into a love triangle, with the hero of the series having to compete with the bad boy that young women secretly (or not so secretly) want to fuck.
Leigh Brackett in TESB rolled with that, because she was a woman and women are in their element writing a young woman who has to choose between the hero and the bad boy.
Lucas and Kasdan solved this problem by using lame plot devices.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 09, 2026 08:12 PM (gKWVE)

62

My late father's name was Chester.

You don't see that name anymore.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 09, 2026 08:12 PM (3ek7K)

63 I've never heard the term 'metal jar' nor have I ever seen something that is referred to as a metal jar. Is this a new talking point?

Posted by: Braenyard
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Yeah, why can't they just say "can"?
Posted by: Tarbender

Jars have lids that screw off. Cans generally don't.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2026 08:13 PM (oKJ0C)

64 Had to search. Not one pic out of top five. Metal jar used for a bomb. Interesting. I've never heard the term 'metal jar' nor have I ever seen something that is referred to as a metal jar. Is this a new talking point?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 08:08 PM (QGeR/)

The one pic looked like a rock, or something with a vaguely square cross-section wrapped in a dark plastic bag.

"metal jar" sounds like the work of a person or an AI that does not know what a "can" is.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2026 08:13 PM (8zz6B)

65 Seem to remember reading that a diet made up primarily of rabbit could lead to severe malnutrition, due to the lack of fat.

Don't know if that is true or not.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas,
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Great uncle (athletic nut) raised them for protein.
However, he ate spaghetti for breakfast.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 08:13 PM (QGeR/)

66 Note to self: Learn to cook and eat rabbit. 😬

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day. at March 09, 2026 08:14 PM (NFX2v)

67 Sometimes you have to tiptoe through the tulips.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 09, 2026 08:14 PM (XV/Pl)

68 54 Pretty sure Lucas decided on the brother and sister thing sometime between Empire and Return.

Posted by: steevy at March 09, 2026 08:10 PM (YwEeS)

It never really made sense. Princess Leia. Royalty. They pay attention to the bloodlines when you are royalty. So she's secretly the daughter of Darth Vader? Right.

Making Vader Luke's father I can buy. But adding Leia to the family tree doesn't make sense if you think about it too much.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 09, 2026 08:14 PM (syz1S)

69 I saw "Star Wars" in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977. We were in a well lit auditorium, on folding chairs, with garbled sound from a PA system. Still knew it was spacial.

Posted by: javems at March 09, 2026 08:15 PM (zFsEm)

70 Sidenote: my phone is starting to get me. Ar first I typed duck and it suggested fuck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

That's when you know you own Siri's soul.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2026 08:15 PM (oKJ0C)

71 And sometimes you have to stomp thru them.

Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s at March 09, 2026 08:15 PM (vFG9F)

72 Rabbit does not taste like chicken!

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2026 08:15 PM (+nEug)

73 Braenyard, someone who has more time during that day than I do to stay on top of the news could verify, but I think one of the established left-wing media today called the NY terrorists' bombs a "smoking jar of metal and fuses."

They couldn't possibly call it a bomb. Or even an IED. It's a smoking jar of metal and fuses now.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 09, 2026 08:15 PM (zYpTz)

74 Great, I just hit the Original Star Wars trailer from 1976.
Now I am going to get spam-bombed with Start Wars crap on every place on the net.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 09, 2026 08:16 PM (/lPRQ)

75 The lack of pheculant penguins is perforce pleasant.

Thank you, Ace!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 09, 2026 08:16 PM (0sNs1)

76 Seem to remember reading that a diet made up primarily of rabbit could lead to severe malnutrition, due to the lack of fat.

Don't know if that is true or not.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

True.

Technical term: Protein poisoning.

Colloquial term: Rabbit starvation.

Can look it up on Wikipedia under either name.

Not just rabbit; any diet exclusively made of small game like that won't have enough fat. Pioneer-World problems.

Posted by: mikeski at March 09, 2026 08:17 PM (VHUov)

77 I put in my request for a couple more rabbits. Going to do them in the crock pot in wine and herbs and serve over a cheesey polenta..

Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2026 08:18 PM (+nEug)

78 >66 Note to self: Learn to cook and eat rabbit. 😬

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day. at March 09, 2026 08:14 PM (NFX2v)

A local bistro near me will occasionally have rabbit cassoulet on the menu. It is stupid good.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 09, 2026 08:18 PM (GTqXr)

79 They couldn't possibly call it a bomb. Or even an IED. It's a smoking jar of metal and fuses now.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

And TATP !

Make that "beauty products", that's the ticket.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 09, 2026 08:18 PM (/lPRQ)

80
If you like stuffed peppers but don't want the hassle of making them Stouffer's are pretty good.

We eat them a couple of times a month with mashed taters and steamed broccoli.

Great comfort food.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 09, 2026 08:20 PM (3ek7K)

81 Drilling jars. made of metal, but not the same thing at all:

https://tinyurl.com/uurc5c2r

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2026 08:20 PM (8zz6B)

82 Star Trek is on. It's the one where the AI robot can't make up its mind so it falls down dead. That actually sounds like a pretty good failsafe mechanism.

Speaking of AI robots, I saw a Waymo car roll a stop sign yesterday. I would get a ticket for that. Wtf.

Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s at March 09, 2026 08:21 PM (vFG9F)

83 Here's a BBC review of Star Wars from 1977...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSKJW1wazQ8

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 09, 2026 08:22 PM (ESVrU)

84 Star Trek is on. It's the one where the AI robot can't make up its mind so it falls down dead. That actually sounds like a pretty good failsafe mechanism.

Speaking of AI robots, I saw a Waymo car roll a stop sign yesterday. I would get a ticket for that. Wtf.
Posted by: fd

When in doubt, stroke out.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2026 08:23 PM (oKJ0C)

85 Speaking of AI robots, I saw a Waymo car roll a stop sign yesterday. I would get a ticket for that. Wtf.
Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s at March 09, 2026 08:21 PM (vFG9F)

I wonder if you just just run up to a Waymo stopped at a light, and wrap an old sock around one of its sensors?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2026 08:24 PM (8zz6B)

86 They couldn't possibly call it a bomb. Or even an IED. It's a smoking jar of metal and fuses now.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Right, or AI and they let it ride. They may not be smart enough to mis-name bomb as a metal jar.
In all my 29 yrs. I've never touched or seen a metal jar.
There is no such thing as a metal jar. I'll go with AOP's, it's AI.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 08:24 PM (QGeR/)

87 Sidenote: my phone is starting to get me. Ar first I typed duck and it suggested fuck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Mine automatically adds "mm" when I type the number 9.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 09, 2026 08:24 PM (fVXtb)

88 A piece of pipe and two pipe caps. Bang, you gotta metal jar.

Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s at March 09, 2026 08:25 PM (vFG9F)

89 I can see myself dropping like a rock in a wing suit and hitting the 1000 year old castle face first like Wyle E. Coyote.

I can't imagine the skill and nerve needed to do those jumps. And the jump from space, holy 🐄! Never, my love.

Eclectic Cafe. Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 09, 2026 08:26 PM (NFX2v)

90 85 Speaking of AI robots, I saw a Waymo car roll a stop sign yesterday. I would get a ticket for that. Wtf.
Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s
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One city pulled them off the streets because of so many infractions.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 08:26 PM (QGeR/)

91 That is LA?

I was promised World War Terminus in 2019 where Replicants are illegal on Earth.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 09, 2026 08:27 PM (2GVsD)

92 A piece of pipe and two pipe caps. Bang, you gotta metal jar.
Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s at March 09, 2026 08:25 PM (vFG9F)

Yep. And the AI or the retard reporter had never seen threaded black iron pipe, either.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2026 08:28 PM (8zz6B)

93 “Living off the fat of the land” and “Lean times” weren’t just expressions. Fat is essential for human survival. So is protein. But protein without fat is eventually toxic, strange but true.

Lewis & Clark wrote about this in their Journals. The expedition members were nearly starving in the mountains, where game was scarce. The deer and elk they did get was very poor, and lean. Lewis wrote the men were each eating about 10 pounds of deer meat a day and they were still hungry, and getting very sick, and weak.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 09, 2026 08:28 PM (Ai1Ju)

94 88 A piece of pipe and two pipe caps. Bang, you gotta metal jar.
Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s
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Quite a misdirection from Pipe Bomb.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 08:29 PM (QGeR/)

95 "I wonder if you just just run up to a Waymo stopped at a light, and wrap an old sock around one of its sensors?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"

You could, but it would have thousands of pictures of you doing it. It has that big spinning scanner on top and cameras all over it.

Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s at March 09, 2026 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

96 You could, but it would have thousands of pictures of you doing it. It has that big spinning scanner on top and cameras all over it.

Wear a Hillary mask

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 09, 2026 08:30 PM (2GVsD)

97 I wonder if you just just run up to a Waymo stopped at a light, and wrap an old sock around one of its sensors?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Orange traffic cone right in front of vehicle or mannikin. Shuts them right down.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2026 08:30 PM (oKJ0C)

98 You could, but it would have thousands of pictures of you doing it. It has that big spinning scanner on top and cameras all over it.
Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s at March 09, 2026 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

Did not stop those 'peaceful protesters' in LA(?) From calling for them and setting them on fire.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 09, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)

99 You could, but it would have thousands of pictures of you doing it. It has that big spinning scanner on top and cameras all over it.
Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s at March 09, 2026 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

That's where the Barack Obama mask comes in.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2026 08:31 PM (8zz6B)

100 Damn we have had so many astroturfed violent riots it is hard to keep track.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 09, 2026 08:32 PM (zZu0s)

101 I interpreted the smoking jar of metal and fuses to mean the jar was filled with metal (shrapnel) and fuses. But it's really hard to know what nonsense the media was envisioning.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 09, 2026 08:32 PM (zYpTz)

102 72 Rabbit does not taste like chicken!
Posted by: Ben Had at March 09, 2026 08:15 PM (+nEug)

No it does not. But while on the topic, I made a really good chicken tonight with creole spices, brown rice and roasted carrots. The chicken was just kicky enough (and I like a good kick!). I am stuffed. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at March 09, 2026 08:32 PM (Wmg4n)

103 Mine automatically adds "mm" when I type the number 9.
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 09, 2026 08:24 PM

Someday, we'll get you to the point it adds "ACP" when you type the number 45. ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 09, 2026 08:32 PM (0sNs1)

104 Making Vader Luke's father I can buy. But adding Leia to the family tree doesn't make sense if you think about it too much.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 09, 2026 08:14 PM (syz1S)

Then you hide Luke in his blood relative's uncle's house under his actual name. And don't tell him not to apply to the Imperial Navy.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 09, 2026 08:34 PM (8avO+)

105 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 09, 2026 08:34 PM (cYBz/)

106 I don't need any of that falling silliness. Gravity is kicking my ass every day. Shit just keeps jumping off the tables, chairs and countertops and I have to pick it up off the floor.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 09, 2026 08:35 PM (M9gjJ)

107 Lucas really only had plans for one movie but then got lots of money thrown at him so he had to scramble.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 09, 2026 08:35 PM (2GVsD)

108 "Did not stop those 'peaceful protesters' in LA(?) From calling for them and setting them on fire.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone "

No, you could have your way with one if you wanted to.

I also saw some little delivery bots just sitting around on the sidewalks, waiting for a call to deliver something. They are boxes on wheels, maybe three feet square, and they will bring you a pizza or whatever in downtown Atlanta. They just park in random places on the sidewalks.

Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s at March 09, 2026 08:35 PM (vFG9F)

109 Lewis & Clark wrote about this in their Journals. The expedition members were nearly starving in the mountains, where game was scarce. The deer and elk they did get was very poor, and lean. Lewis wrote the men were each eating about 10 pounds of deer meat a day and they were still hungry, and getting very sick, and weak.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 09, 2026 08:28 PM (Ai1Ju)

That's why the natives would have pemmican on hand as a supplement.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 09, 2026 08:36 PM (8avO+)

110 103 Mine automatically adds "mm" when I type the number 9.
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 09, 2026 08:24 PM

Someday, we'll get you to the point it adds "ACP" when you type the number 45. ;-)
****

Or Magnum after 357.

Posted by: clarence at March 09, 2026 08:36 PM (ki8uo)

111 No it does not. But while on the topic, I made a really good chicken tonight with creole spices, brown rice and roasted carrots. The chicken was just kicky enough (and I like a good kick!). I am stuffed. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at March 09, 2026 08:32 PM (Wmg4n)
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I'm no expert, but I think the chicken is supposed to be dead before you eat it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 09, 2026 08:37 PM (ESVrU)

112 101 I interpreted the smoking jar of metal and fuses to mean the jar was filled with metal (shrapnel) and fuses. But it's really hard to know what nonsense the media was envisioning.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Enter 'smoking jar' into your search engine and receive images of ceramic and wooden jars designed for pipe smokers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 08:38 PM (QGeR/)

113 "I'm no expert, but I think the chicken is supposed to be dead before you eat it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel "

That will never get any clicks.

Posted by: Alice Cooper at March 09, 2026 08:39 PM (vFG9F)

114 No, you could have your way with one if you wanted to.

I also saw some little delivery bots just sitting around on the sidewalks, waiting for a call to deliver something. They are boxes on wheels, maybe three feet square, and they will bring you a pizza or whatever in downtown Atlanta. They just park in random places on the sidewalks.
Posted by: fd - You may close this comment in 5s at March 09, 2026 08:35 PM (vFG9F)
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I was on campus early this morning and I saw a parade of "snackbots" (as I call 'em) cruising by to their main daytime distribution hub.

I almost wanted to salute them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 09, 2026 08:40 PM (ESVrU)

115 That will never get any clicks.
Posted by: Alice Cooper at March 09, 2026 08:39 PM (vFG9F)

But maybe a torrent of frenzied clucks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2026 08:41 PM (8zz6B)

116 That will never get any clicks.
Posted by: Alice Cooper at March 09, 2026 08:39 PM (vFG9F)

But maybe a torrent of frenzied clucks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2026 08:41 PM (8zz6B)

117 "I almost wanted to salute them.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"

I was reminded of Huey, Dewey, and Louie from Silent Running.

Posted by: fd at March 09, 2026 08:42 PM (vFG9F)

118 That's why the natives would have pemmican on hand as a supplement.
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Right, they made that too. But they were an expedition, about 30 to 40 guys burning tremendous amounts of calories. They ran out. Of everything, except ammunition. At one point they ate their moccasins.

New, unused moccasins. They would stitch up a few hundred pairs in the downtime since they wore out so fast.

Game is very lean by nature. Buffalo fat, bear’s oil, beaver tail was highly prized precisely because of the fat. It adds flavor, too. Fat is critical, protein as well (muscle maintenance & repair) There are no “essential carbohydrates” in the human diet. They couldn’t get fat.

That’s one reason hydrogenated oils became common, a “temporary” wartime expedient when fats became critical to the wars. Feeding troops & the population, plus used for making soap, and explosives.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 09, 2026 08:44 PM (Ai1Ju)

119 Someday, we'll get you to the point it adds "ACP" when you type the number 45. ;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Let my permanent record show that I own more 45 ACP pistols (1 revolver, 2 1911s) than 9mm (SA-35 and P365). :-)

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 09, 2026 08:44 PM (fVXtb)

120 Huey, Dewey, and Louie cheated playing cards against Bruce Dern.

It was the insurrection of the machines.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 09, 2026 08:44 PM (2GVsD)

121 Let my permanent record show that I own more 45 ACP pistols (1 revolver, 2 1911s) than 9mm (SA-35 and P365). :-)
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 09, 2026 08:44 PM (fVXtb)

9mm is acceptable if it is a Browning Hi-power. PBUH.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 09, 2026 08:45 PM (zZu0s)

122 Star Wars trailer was cool. Thanks, ace.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 09, 2026 08:46 PM (u82oZ)

123 78.. A local bistro near me will occasionally have rabbit cassoulet on the menu. It is stupid good.
Posted by: Heavy Meta

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Rabbit cassoulet is a slow-cooked French white bean stew featuring browned, tender rabbit meat (often confit) combined with pork sausage, bacon (guanciale), vegetables, and herbs.

I believe I could really enjoy that. (Cooking it is another matter.)

Thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 09, 2026 08:47 PM (NFX2v)

124 34 >>>Original Star Wars trailer from 1976.
Back when they were setting up Luke and Leia in some kind of romance. I wonder why they decided to change them into bro & sis.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 09, 2026 07:54 PM (syz1S)

107 Lucas really only had plans for one movie but then got lots of money thrown at him so he had to scramble.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 09, 2026 08:35 PM (2GVsD)

Anna is correct. All the bullsh*t about him "having it all mapped out before the first film" is utter and provable nonsense. The whole "I am your father" wasn't even in Leigh's original draft for ESB, and was only added after she passed and the Lucas?Kasdan team took over writing duties. The hackneyed "plot twist" was just dumb, and pretty much turns Obi-Wan into a lying, manipulative dick.

There is exactly one Star Wars movie, and it is simply called Star Wars. Now git offa mah lawn!

Posted by: goozer at March 09, 2026 08:47 PM (BAs8w)

125 ---
Let my permanent record show that I own more 45 ACP pistols (1 revolver, 2 1911s) than 9mm (SA-35 and P365). :-)
Posted by: screaming in digital
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Such a beautiful name and you become more attractive all the time. Good to see you here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 08:48 PM (QGeR/)

126 May I suggest that you add one of those two shot derringers to your collection.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 08:49 PM (QGeR/)

127 When you've been out on an expedition for a year, there is nothing like a big fat beaver tail.

I saw a dead beaver beside the road the other day. Some folks might stop and pick it up. Some folks is not me.

Posted by: fd at March 09, 2026 08:51 PM (vFG9F)

128 109 Lewis & Clark wrote about this in their Journals. The expedition members were nearly starving in the mountains, where game was scarce. The deer and elk they did get was very poor, and lean. Lewis wrote the men were each eating about 10 pounds of deer meat a day and they were still hungry, and getting very sick, and weak.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 09, 2026 08:28 PM (Ai1Ju)

That's why the natives would have pemmican on hand as a supplement.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 09, 2026 08:36 PM (8avO+)

You can starve to death on a protein only diet...learned that on Alone. Most important item for both sexes diet is fat. Everything else fails if you don't get that. You can live a LONG time with either no protein or no carbs, but you have to have fat (and then usually you need one of the other two - seems the women on Alone thrive with the carbs and the men with the protein, although both drop weight)...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 09, 2026 08:51 PM (tOcjL)

129 Or Magnum after 357.
Posted by: clarence
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I've got this covered too. S&W Model 28-2 "Highway Patrolman"

But due to cost of ammo and its very lovely condition, I rarely shoot it, and even then primarily .38 Special.

It is my favorite of all and nothing will ever top it for me. I will sell a kidney before I'd sell this gun.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 09, 2026 08:52 PM (fVXtb)

130 >>But it's really hard to know what nonsense the media was envisioning.

They were envisioning a way to not say a muslim threw an ID in NYC.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 09, 2026 08:53 PM (viF8m)

131 Eskimos eat mostly fat. Big slabs of blubbery fat. They seem to do ok. Why they stay there though, I don't know. Maybe they just don't know any better.

Posted by: fd at March 09, 2026 08:54 PM (vFG9F)

132
There is exactly one Star Wars movie, and it is simply called Star Wars. Now git offa mah lawn!
Posted by: goozer at March 09, 2026 08:47 PM (BAs8w)

Huh. Jedi Fundamentalists. It's like this BINGO card isn't even trying.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 09, 2026 08:54 PM (w/O5Q)

133 Star Wars has plot holes so big, a neutron star would go through them. And leading experts, for reasons of insanity, could not make more than 1 sequel token franchise going. The first two (now titled IV and V) were good.

Lucas and Disney, the Hamas of film makers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 09, 2026 08:54 PM (u82oZ)

134 I saw a dead beaver beside the road the other day. Some folks might stop and pick it up. Some folks is not me.
Posted by: fd at March 09, 2026 08:51 PM (vFG9F)

Inorite?

Posted by: Bill clinton at March 09, 2026 08:57 PM (8zz6B)

135 Yeah, there are no “essential” carbohydrates. Strange but true. Humans, technically speaking, must have fat and protein or end up dead.

Vegetarians can not make those sorts of campaigns or expeditions or explorations. Extreme heavy exertion, day after day after day, plus cold weather. 4k to 5k calories daily easy.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 09, 2026 08:57 PM (0gZLS)

136 Such a beautiful name and you become more attractive all the time. Good to see you here.

Posted by: Braenyard
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*shuffles feet* Aw, thanks. You're too kind.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 09, 2026 08:58 PM (fVXtb)

137 Rain and thunder here now, and gusty winds.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2026 08:58 PM (8zz6B)

138 Braenyard

Screaming in Digital is a wonderful 'ette. She is an excellent shot, so I stay polite. But she is a skilled dancer as well. Alas, she had her new caveman guarding her from infidels. He can rip phone books in half, and is working up to ripping iPhones in half.

Just so you know.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 09, 2026 08:59 PM (u82oZ)

139 There are no “essential carbohydrates” in the human diet.

Scones and biscotti. Which is why I need to learn to eat rabbit.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 09, 2026 08:59 PM (NFX2v)

140 Eskimos eat mostly fat. Big slabs of blubbery fat. They seem to do ok.
———

You’ll never guess what happens when they start eating a shitload of carbs

Posted by: Common Tater at March 09, 2026 08:59 PM (0gZLS)

141 No it does not. But while on the topic, I made a really good chicken tonight with creole spices, brown rice and roasted carrots. The chicken was just kicky enough (and I like a good kick!). I am stuffed. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at March 09, 2026 08:32 PM (Wmg4n)
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I'm no expert, but I think the chicken is supposed to be dead before you eat it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 09, 2026 08:37 PM (ESVrU)

It was dead before she finished!

Posted by: Oldcat at March 09, 2026 09:00 PM (8avO+)

142 I was excited to hear about President Biden's efforts to make Travel Maps Gayer that I have introduced a bill to my good friend Senator Schumer to make TV Channel Numbers Gayer.

This long overdue and should be the next bill passed in Congress and then have the votes to override that idiot Trump.

Posted by: Kami Harris at March 09, 2026 09:00 PM (ZWcdc)

143
They were envisioning a way to not say a muslim threw an ID in NYC.

Muslims, like blacks and women, cannot get an ID.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 09, 2026 09:02 PM (Cqx++)

144 Scones and biscotti.
——
Ha! Yeah, I know what you’re saying. Supposedly Coffee is not necessary for human survival, either.

But it is. Other people’s survival, true, but still.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 09, 2026 09:02 PM (0gZLS)

145 The sun has not yet set in LA, much less has the sky achieved nightfall.

Posted by: wferrin at March 09, 2026 09:04 PM (lCdHU)

146 Aaron Judge!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 09, 2026 09:05 PM (A5RD0)

147 Where do you even get phone books to rip in half?

Posted by: Vic Tanny's Ghost at March 09, 2026 09:05 PM (oftw2)

148 Big hugs to you, dear Salty Dog.

'Night, y'all

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 09, 2026 09:06 PM (fVXtb)

149 114. But it is. Other people’s survival, true, but still.
Posted by: Common Tater

👍 Other people's survival, indeed.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 09, 2026 09:06 PM (NFX2v)

150 Vic Tanny's Ghost

In the recycling box for books and phone books at the main recycling station. Our library throws out a lot of good books to replace them with Twink propaganda books. Yellow Pages still delivers printed books once a year here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 09, 2026 09:08 PM (u82oZ)

151 Making Vader Luke's father I can buy. But adding Leia to the family tree doesn't make sense if you think about it too much.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

Then you hide Luke in his blood relative's uncle's house under his actual name. And don't tell him not to apply to the Imperial Navy.
Posted by: Oldcat

Sign of the times. In the 70s, you probably could just move a state (planet) or two over and "disappear." Less panopticon back then; the whole world didn't run around with a tracking device in their pocket.

It's been a while since I've watched it. Did Vader know he had surviving kiddos the whole time? Was he looking for Luke and Leia for 20 years, or did he just detect a Big Bright Ball o' The Force one day and think "hey, that frequency/color/tone looks like mine used to."

Posted by: mikeski at March 09, 2026 09:09 PM (VHUov)

152 If you like stuffed peppers but don't want the hassle of making them Stouffer's are pretty good.

We eat them a couple of times a month with mashed taters and steamed broccoli.

Great comfort food.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 09, 2026 08:20 PM (3ek7K)

We cheat and stuff them with Zatarain's Dirty Rice. The kids gobble them up.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 09, 2026 09:10 PM (dK+Kv)

153 They hit Cal Raleigh.

Fuck you assholes.

Home run. USA 5
Mejico 0

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 09, 2026 09:11 PM (A5RD0)

154 Did Vader know he had surviving kiddos the whole time?
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A running gag at "How It Should Have Ended" is for Vader/Anakin to learn that he has a son/daughter, get all excited and run around telling everyone.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 09, 2026 09:12 PM (Pojtn)

155 It was dead before she finished!

Posted by: Oldcat at March 09, 2026 09:00 PM (8avO+)

She's moved on from kale. Baby steps, people.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 09, 2026 09:15 PM (dK+Kv)

156 They hit Cal Raleigh.

Fuck you assholes.

Home run. USA 5
Mejico 0
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 09, 2026 09:11 PM (A5RD0)

***

What Nurse said!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 09, 2026 09:21 PM (2WIwB)

157 @107

>> Lucas really only had plans for one movie but then got lots of money thrown at him so he had to scramble.

You gotta admit it, it was a pretty good scramble.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 09, 2026 09:22 PM (XV/Pl)

158
Ohio State president resigned because of an inappropriate relationship, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 09, 2026 09:24 PM (3ek7K)

159 No it does not. But while on the topic, I made a really good chicken tonight with creole spices, brown rice and roasted carrots. The chicken was just kicky enough (and I like a good kick!). I am stuffed. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at March 09, 2026 08:32 PM (Wmg4n)

I just finished the baby backs I smoked yesterday. With potato salad, fresh hot bread, and a bier!
Mmmmmm....

Posted by: Diogenes at March 09, 2026 09:24 PM (2WIwB)

160 Retirement world problems. I broke a collar button while ironing a shirt for tomorrow, there was only one spare correct size on the shirt tail. In the time for me to cut it off and set in on the ironing board, get needle and thread, and come back the button was gone. Minnifer was waltzing around with tail in the air. What button?

Posted by: Eromero at March 09, 2026 09:24 PM (LHPAg)

161 Retirement world problems. I broke a collar button while ironing a shirt for tomorrow, there was only one spare correct size on the shirt tail. In the time for me to cut it off and set in on the ironing board, get needle and thread, and come back the button was gone. Minnifer was waltzing around with tail in the air. What button?
Posted by: Eromero at March 09, 2026 09:24 PM (LHPAg)

Stylish turtleneck for the win!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 09, 2026 09:26 PM (2WIwB)

162 Minnifer was waltzing around with tail in the air. What button?

Posted by: Eromero at March 09, 2026 09:24 PM (LHPAg)

Don't worry, you can find it later.

Posted by: Minnifer at March 09, 2026 09:26 PM (Q+gd/)

163 Just so you know.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Never thought of you as the white knight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 09:26 PM (QGeR/)

164 Wait. You have to shirts in retirement?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 09, 2026 09:28 PM (dK+Kv)

165 An oldie but goodie from the Dick VanDyke Show-- "It May Look Like A Walnut":

https://tinyurl.com/ut7ns5jp

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 09, 2026 09:33 PM (kpS4V)

166 Retirement world problems.

I started tossing work things a few years ago. Damn! When did I pick up so many ties???

Posted by: Diogenes at March 09, 2026 09:33 PM (2WIwB)

167 Braenyard

Not me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 09, 2026 09:33 PM (u82oZ)

168 120 Huey, Dewey, and Louie cheated playing cards against Bruce Dern.

It was the insurrection of the machines.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 09, 2026 08:44 PM (2GVsD)
That was a great movie, Anna. I need to watch it again.

Posted by: Eromero at March 09, 2026 09:33 PM (LHPAg)

169 Wait. You have to shirts in retirement?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

With the new long tail shirts you do not have to wear pants.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 09, 2026 09:34 PM (/lPRQ)

170 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Thanks. "How It Should Have Ended" was very funny.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 09, 2026 09:35 PM (u82oZ)

171
Huey, Dewey, and Louie cheated playing cards against Bruce Dern.

They should have given him the Cowboy treatment.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 09, 2026 09:36 PM (Cqx++)

172 With the new long tail shirts you do not have to wear pants.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

You do have to watch out for random air vents, though, unless you look like Marilyn Monroe.

Posted by: mikeski at March 09, 2026 09:36 PM (VHUov)

173 172 With the new long tail shirts you do not have to wear pants.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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What my girlfriend said while wearing my shirt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 09:39 PM (QGeR/)

174 That's why the natives would have pemmican on hand as a supplement.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 09, 2026 08:36 PM (8avO+)

Or dried smelt (Candlefish or Oolichan) and dried salmon.
The dried smelt was a commodity for inland trade like dried cod in Europe, and the grease was used to add to lots of dishes, and for a form of pemmican with dried berries. As a storeable fat it was perfect.
Oolichan may be source of the name "Oregon" since in the Pacific languages the R and L were interchangeable, and the 'Ch' could pass as a K or G sound.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 09, 2026 09:39 PM (rbvCR)

175 Nice CATCH!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 09, 2026 09:42 PM (A5RD0)

176 > Here's your Booomer hate, it's subconscious fear:

Nearly half of U.S. small-business owners are 55 or older, yet just 54% have a succession plan in place — setting the stage for a potential retirement shock that could leave many companies vulnerable over the next decade, according to Forbes.

The stakes are high. Small businesses employ more than 62 million Americans and account for roughly 43% of U.S. GDP, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
_Fox

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 09, 2026 09:42 PM (QGeR/)

177 You do have to watch out for random air vents, though, unless you look like Marilyn Monroe.
Posted by: mikeski at March 09, 2026 09:36 PM (VHUov)
Negative, Ghost Rider. While digging through a box of stuff found an old duty belt 2 1/4 wide X 1/4 thick. I might make a rig to carry a 1911.

Posted by: Eromero at March 09, 2026 09:44 PM (LHPAg)

178 USA!
USA!
USA!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 09, 2026 09:44 PM (A5RD0)

179 Haole scheis

Kirsche has a clip of James Carville. She compared his speech patterns to that of an old school racist. The desiccated alligator fvcker was literally spitting while openly reveling in his late stage terminal TDS. He was actually calling upon a god to rain down even more TDS.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 09, 2026 09:45 PM (2GVsD)

180 If you like stuffed peppers but don't want the hassle of making them Stouffer's are pretty good.

We eat them a couple of times a month with mashed taters and steamed broccoli.

Great comfort food.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 09, 2026 08:20 PM

I make Stuffed Pepper Soup. So much easier, tastes yummy.

Posted by: JuJuBee at March 09, 2026 09:45 PM (tM5h4)

181 Nice CATCH!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 09, 2026 09:42 PM (A5RD0)

Aww. Thanks.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 09, 2026 09:47 PM (dK+Kv)

182 With the new long tail shirts you do not have to wear pants.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 09, 2026 09:34 PM (/lPRQ)

What was old is new again. If you tuck the tail up between your legs before you put on your trousers, you don't really need underdrawers.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 09, 2026 09:47 PM (rbvCR)

183 USA!
USA!
USA!
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 09, 2026 09:44 PM (A5RD0)

Those 2 Bobby Witt jr plays were INSANE.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 09, 2026 09:47 PM (YZ0Fo)

184 With the new long tail shirts you do not have to wear pants.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 09, 2026 09:34 PM (/lPRQ)

This is why I come here. GD geniuses.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 09, 2026 09:48 PM (dK+Kv)

185 With the new long tail shirts you do not have to wear pants.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

You can do that with the "untuck it" shirts. But it presents a different visual.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 09, 2026 09:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

186 185 With the new long tail shirts you do not have to wear pants.

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The Paolo, he does not, how do you say, have this option.

Posted by: The Paolo at March 09, 2026 09:52 PM (JkO4W)

187 Oolichan may be source of the name "Oregon" since in the Pacific languages the R and L were interchangeable, and the 'Ch' could pass as a K or G sound.
Posted by: Kindltot

Like a lot of asian (far east) languages. Korean for sure.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 09, 2026 09:52 PM (/lPRQ)

188 185 With the new long tail shirts you do not have to wear pants.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

You can do that with the "untuck it" shirts. But it presents a different visual.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 09, 2026 09:50 PM (YZ0Fo)
Tom Cruse wannabes.

Posted by: Eromero at March 09, 2026 09:53 PM (LHPAg)

189 U-boat commanders?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 09, 2026 09:53 PM (2GVsD)

190 Nearly half of U.S. small-business owners are 55 or older, yet just 54% have a succession plan in place — setting the stage for a potential retirement shock that could leave many companies vulnerable over the next decade, according to Forbes.
===

Meaning when they are done they are just going to lock the doors and liquidate.
Bye bye everyone.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 09, 2026 09:54 PM (/lPRQ)

191 OK. This struck me as funny, since "real world" often doesn't follow "the rules"

Jack Prandelli
@jackprandelli
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Ships Are Still Crossing the Strait of Hormuz

Tankers are reportedly switching off their AIS transponders before entering the Strait of Hormuz.
Then turning them back on after exiting.
That means the vessels are still moving oil.
But no one can track them in real time.
[ . . . ]

Posted by: Kindltot at March 09, 2026 09:55 PM (rbvCR)

192 Beautiful day today. Nearly freezing night before last. Mid-80s today. Freezing cold coming up. Must be March in NE Okla.

"Legend says they’re still looking for the ball."

Funny. That ball-flinger the little kid is holding (and not using) is a great pet toy. We throw the tennis balls really far, and it's the favorite game of Daisy the jet-propelled Malinois. She runs and catches the ball and runs back and sometimes just drops it without breaking stride as we fling another one in her direction. Ultimately, she doesn't drop the ball, as she decides it's time to stop.

Always good when a critter that full of energy knows her limits. She brings the last slobbery ball inside, lies down panting heavily. Then, pretty soon, she's ready for the next thing. Even if we're not.

Posted by: mindful webworker has the best Malinois in the whole neighborhood at March 09, 2026 09:55 PM (ByrUz)

193 I 've never had rabbit. It is good? . Mustard and leek sauce sounds tasty.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 09, 2026 07:41 PM

Sorry, Fen, stepped away for a bit.

Yes, rabbit is delicious. If you happen to have a copy of The Deplorable Gourmet, my recipe for rabbit with leeks and Dijon sauce is in there somewhere. Feel free to substitute chicken thighs if you can't get rabbit easily.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 09, 2026 09:56 PM (Wnv9h)

194 It never really made sense. Princess Leia. Royalty. They pay attention to the bloodlines when you are royalty. So she's secretly the daughter of Darth Vader? Right.

For me Star Wars was always a fun lightweight thing, like a modernish version of Flash Gordon. Obviously never even as serious SF as Star Trek. Weird to me that adults worry about the meaning of the plot and the motivations of the characters. "If Wiley Coyote had the money and ability to get all those items from ACME, why didnt he just have food delivered rather than continuing with the fruitless attempts to catch the Roadrunner?"

Posted by: Azjaeger at March 09, 2026 09:56 PM (/2Iqm)

195 For me Star Wars was always a fun lightweight thing, like a modernish version of Flash Gordon. Obviously never even as serious SF as Star Trek. Weird to me that adults worry about the meaning of the plot and the motivations of the characters. "If Wiley Coyote had the money and ability to get all those items from ACME, why didnt he just have food delivered rather than continuing with the fruitless attempts to catch the Roadrunner?"
Posted by: Azjaeger at March

Coyote vs ACME is finally being released this year. It's been in the can for like 3 years. It's Wile E Coyote suing ACME for all their products that injured him.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 09, 2026 09:58 PM (YZ0Fo)

196 189 U-boat commanders?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 09, 2026 09:53 PM (2GVsD)

No, thots-ah not-ah my-ah boat.

Posted by: Commander Chico Marx at March 09, 2026 09:58 PM (Q+gd/)

197 Donitz is all I know as far as the Uboat guys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 09, 2026 10:01 PM (zZu0s)

198 It's the "other" Monday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)

199 Kirsche has a clip of James Carville. She compared his speech patterns to that of an old school racist. The desiccated alligator fvcker was literally spitting while openly reveling in his late stage terminal TDS. He was actually calling upon a god to rain down even more TDS.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 09, 2026 09:45 PM (2GVsD)
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He is a walking cerebral aneurysm.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

200 I will not be willowed!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

201 will not be willowed!
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Narrator: He was willowed.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 09, 2026 10:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

202 WHERE IS THE ONT?????????

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 09, 2026 10:06 PM (SRRAx)

203 A dingo ate my ONT

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 09, 2026 10:06 PM (O7YUW)

204 My teenage nephew asked me where those kids bought the TATP. I said they might have gotten it at the TATP store.

Posted by: Tennessee Volunteer at March 09, 2026 10:06 PM (Yur+G)

205 He is a walking cerebral aneurysm.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

Anal fistula.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 09, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

206 My teenage nephew asked me where those kids bought the TATP. I said they might have gotten it at the TATP store.
Posted by: Tennessee Volunteer at March 09, 2026 10:06 PM (Yur+G)

Must have been Temu TATP: Tranny Ass Toilet Paper, with no Kaboom in it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 09, 2026 10:08 PM (8zz6B)

207 But mostly a leaking abscess.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 09, 2026 10:08 PM (2GVsD)

208 "If Wiley Coyote had the money and ability to get all those items from ACME, why didnt he just have food delivered rather than continuing with the fruitless attempts to catch the Roadrunner?"
Posted by: Azjaeger at March 09, 2026 09:56 PM (/2Iqm)

because without a goal and purpose mankind is little better than cattle. Self worth is created by goals and missions, and each bit of each struggle to each end is what defines us, and makes lives bearable against the emptiness and ennui of satiation.
By endless pursuit of the roadrunner, the coyote demonstrates his acceptance of both the impermanence of the present, and the larger struggle for meaning against the baren world; his wits in the unending duel to achieve mastery against both the moving goals, as represented by the Roadrunner, and the uncaring world, represented by the wide open barrenness and infecund mesas and hanging rocks of the American Southwest, both conspiring against his striving, and allowing him to strike his purpose from their adamantine intransigence.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 09, 2026 10:08 PM (rbvCR)

209 Anal fistula.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 09, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)
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Are those terminal?

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

210 Doof musta gotten into the bourbon.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 09, 2026 10:09 PM (UFwFp)

211 .
NOOD

ONT is LIVE

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 09, 2026 10:10 PM (O7YUW)

212 Omg wheels falling off. Boyd giving up hits titans completely misplaying a ball.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 09, 2026 10:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

213 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 09, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)

214
Nearly half of U.S. small-business owners are 55 or older, yet just 54% have a succession plan in place — setting the stage for a potential retirement shock that could leave many companies vulnerable over the next decade, according to Forbes.

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How did this use to be? Is it different now?

Maybe new small businesses form all the time, and don't just exist from continuity of existing ones.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 09, 2026 10:14 PM (VWtfl)

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