Sunday Overnight Open Thread - March 22, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Thanks for stopping by the Sunday ONT. Spring has sprung! I was out enjoying the amazing weather today - playing some mediocre golf. What were you up to today? Hopefully something enjoyable. Join us in the comments. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Feel older than 29?

City has roads named Tape Drive and Disk Drive from bygone HDD-making era — area was once home to the StorageTek empire

Some U.S. towns and cities have roads that have been given names that are clearly technology-related. Redditor MorgothTheBauglir is the latest to surface this fact, recalling their recent surprise of exploring their new neighborhood and happening upon two intersecting roads: Tape Drive and Disk Drive. These are in the Louisville/Broomfield area, north of Denver, Colorado. But, as you will read below, they aren’t the only computer tech-related street names, even in Colorado.
The reason for the existence of these two particular roads is now lost in time. According to the Redditor’s tale, the roads are “in the middle of a dirt field like forgotten monuments to the golden age of physical backups.” A bit of Google Maps exploring shows they do indeed look rather neglected. However, they were created when Storage Technology Corporation (better known as StorageTek or STK) used to maintain a 400-acre campus there, with thousands of employees, and it was so expansive that it had its own road network.
Formed in 1969 by a quartet of ex-IBM engineers, STK thrived off the back of its enterprise storage business. It was bought by Sun Microsystems in 2005 for a considerable outlay ($4.1bn), but its operations and employees were integrated into another Sun Micro location. A company called ConocoPhillips would eventually buy up and demolish the STK facilities for redevelopment into a renewable energy facility. That didn’t materialize, though, and the space has been left unused.

Check out the full story. Kinda cool throwback idea.

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The price of diesel fuel has risen - These guys had an idea!

Magnets used to bypass diesel pumps in Northwest Florida theft scheme, investigators say

Several arrests have now been made in connection to an organized diesel fuel theft scheme spanning multiple counties in Northwest Florida.
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Agricultural investigators say four of the individuals in a Santa Rosa County case used strong magnets to manipulate fuel pump components. The magnets are a common method used for stealing fuel.
Investigators say the defendants placed the magnet on the fuel pump, overriding a component -- in turn, allowing the fuel to flow freely and bypass the payment system.
The individuals were reportedly caught on surveillance footage filling up multiple semi trucks with diesel fuel.
What did they plan to do with it?
Captain Brad Brady with the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement says sometimes it's just for personal gain.
"Based off our experience with this, people that are engaging this type of fuel theft, they're either selling the fuel on the black market or it could be associated with some other somewhat legitimate business," he said. "So a trucking business, if you have an owner operator, one of his most expensive line item overheads is fuel."

Nice try, Florida Men!

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Math on the blog? Sorta kinda

He rolled dice 10,000 times over 17+ hours and documented the results, an almost perfect normal distribution. pic.twitter.com/rfriMq9CA9
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) March 18, 2026

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Which one to buy???

this made me feel insane pic.twitter.com/bmurne2AdI
— michelle☆ (@michelleakin) March 16, 2026

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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Timeless Icons: Legendary Hollywood Gowns

In the golden age of Hollywood, the right gown didn’t just dress a star—it created legends. Costume designers turned fabric into fantasy, amplifying glamour, drama, and unforgettable moments on screen. These iconic looks from classic films still inspire runways, auctions, and pop culture today. Here’s a spotlight on a few famous gowns, with the brilliant designers behind them, plus a little fun trivia that makes them even more magical.

Marilyn Monroe’s Pink Satin Showstopper in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

William “Billy” Travilla designed this shocking-pink strapless satin gown with its dramatic oversized bow for Monroe’s iconic “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” number. He backed the peau d’ange silk with green billiard felt for perfect structure using just two side seams. Travilla’s first sketch was far more revealing and burlesque-inspired, but studio execs demanded it be toned down, resulting in this version that still oozed sex appeal.

Audrey Hepburn’s Little Black Dress in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

Hubert de Givenchy created this elegant full-length black satin sheath (with hem adjustments by Edith Head) for Hepburn’s opening scene as Holly Golightly. The bateau neckline, back cutouts, and pearl necklace made it the ultimate LBD. Givenchy produced three versions; one sold at Christie’s in 2006 for £467,200 (then the highest price ever for a film costume). Hepburn called Givenchy her “best friend,” and their decades-long collaboration helped popularize the little black dress for everyday elegance.

Vivien Leigh’s Bold Burgundy Velvet Gown in Gone with the Wind (1939)

Walter Plunkett designed this striking red silk velvet gown, adorned with glass beads and ostrich feathers, for Scarlett O’Hara’s defiant party look. The low-cut, feathered drama was far more 1930s-glam than historically accurate Civil War fashion. The vibrant red (sometimes called her “dress of shame” was a deliberate film choice to contrast the famous green curtain dress and symbolize Scarlett’s fiery rebellion. Plunkett created over 5,000 costumes for the epic film.

Jean Harlow’s White Satin Bias-Cut Gown in Dinner at Eight (1933)

MGM’s legendary Adrian crafted this slinky, backless white satin masterpiece that perfectly embodied 1930s Art Deco glamour. The bias cut hugged Harlow’s figure so tightly she literally couldn’t sit down between takes. MGM built her a custom “reclining board” to rest on! It remains one of the most influential screen gowns of the decade.

Ava Gardner’s Slinky Black Satin Gown in The Killers (1946)

Vera West (Universal’s head costume designer) created this seductive one-shoulder black satin evening gown, paired with long gloves, for Gardner’s femme-fatale turn as Kitty Collins. She wears it while leaning against a piano in a hypnotic scene. The look has influenced modern designers like Dior and Donna Karan. It was a breakout for Gardner and perfectly captured film-noir danger, complete with custom Salvatore Ferragamo sandals.

Marilyn Monroe’s White Halter Dress in The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Travilla (again!) designed this pleated white rayon-acetate crepe halter cocktail dress that billowed dramatically over the subway grate. The fabric was specially chosen to swing perfectly yet drape naturally. Filming on a New York street drew huge crowds (and reportedly upset husband Joe DiMaggio); Monroe wore two pairs of underwear for modesty under the lights. Travilla called it “that silly little dress,” yet the original later sold for millions and remains one of cinema’s most parodied images.

Marlene Dietrich’s Mysterious Feathered Ensemble in Shanghai Express (1932)

Travis Banton designed the lavish black crepe bias-cut gown exploding with coq (fighting cock) feathers, complete with veil, pearls, and skull cap. Banton and director Josef von Sternberg chose the specific black feathers for how they photographed under dramatic lighting. Dietrich famously demanded, “Feathers, Travis!”creating an aura of exotic mystery that defined her screen persona forever. In other trivia, my brother’s name is Travis.

These gowns prove that in Hollywood, the dress can be the real star. From auction-house records to endless homages, their glamour endures. Which one steals your heart?

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Thanks, Piper!

Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.

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DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

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Weekly commenter stats for week of 3-22-2026

AoSHQ Commenter Statistics:
Number of posts: 81
Number of comments: 22518
Number of unique hashes: 1698

Top 10 commenters:
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Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [168 names] 'Paddy O'Furniture!!' [23.87 unique names/day]
2 [145 names] 'SSBN 656 (G)'
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8 [32 names] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer'
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10 [31 names] 'mikeski'

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1 @EnergyAbsurdity

Hanson’s Key Points (on the war): [in a timely fashion]

• Europeans: They never touch a conflict until they smell victory. Early on? Crickets. Now they’re quietly moving assets and offering support. Pure calculation — they’ve read the battlefield and decided which side wins.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 10:04 PM (rMvcy)

2 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 22, 2026 10:04 PM (cYBz/)

3 Heyyo!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 10:05 PM (ZVgZ4)

4 Golf?! The CoBs can afford a round of golf? Does Ace pay that much? I though they only got a some soiled underwear and a half-bottle of warm Coke?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

5 Thanks for the ONT.

Re dice

Why, it's almost like with normal dice math and statistics work!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 22, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)

6 Diamonds are a girl’s best friend is where pink became a girl’s color, and it wasn’t even a true pink: it was magenta.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 10:06 PM (ZVgZ4)

7 >Write these words in alphabetical order
"Did not say 'write each word in alphabetical order'"
F

Posted by: gKWVE at March 22, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)

8 Does Ace pay that much? I though they only got a some soiled underwear and a half-bottle of warm Coke?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

'Diet' coke. ace is watching his figure.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 22, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

9 Hello! And thank you, Doof!

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 10:08 PM (Dd38x)

10 Hey! I managed not to get on the board with either IP!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 22, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)

11 The student certainly knows how to alphabetize.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 10:09 PM (ZVgZ4)

12 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 22, 2026 10:09 PM (sAmhv)

13 Top Marilyn pic: those guys staring at her had no interest in bedding her.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

14 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko en Piper

Hawt couture.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 22, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)

15 wooo top sieta
7 [290 comments] 'r hennigantx'

I have a commercial

Did you Finish?
Your soaking in it

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 22, 2026 10:10 PM (gbOdA)

16 Today’s “starlets” should take notes.

Dresses can be exquisitely sexy without showing nipples or your pooter. Actually, far more provocative to show less.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 22, 2026 10:10 PM (A5RD0)

17 Hello! And thank you, Doof!
Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 10:08 PM (Dd38x)

Hello, and thank YOU!

Posted by: Doof at March 22, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

18 The student certainly knows how to alphabetize.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 10:09 PM (ZVgZ4)

This different. Comes at problems sideways. He displayed a command of the skill involved. Arguably, he did the more difficult thing.

Might be good at problem solving.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 22, 2026 10:11 PM (zZu0s)

19 Ava Gardner was so hot in The Killers that Burt Lancaster had uncontrollable erections in his scenes with her. First and last time that happened to Burt.

Understandable.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 22, 2026 10:11 PM (xcxpd)

20 Sorry I'm late, I was cutting down bonsai trees. Brad Williams wanted me to make him a cabin.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 10:11 PM (9uW/C)

21 I could not have been a top 10 commenter without a bad virus that made me throw up something brown and hairy.

It was my asshoe

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 22, 2026 10:11 PM (gbOdA)

22 This=thinks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 22, 2026 10:11 PM (zZu0s)

23 I'm so slow, I started at the bottom.

It's Piper Night!!

Whooo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 10:12 PM (rMvcy)

24 Rumor has it that Marilyn Monroe smelled really bad but I won't mention that since she's not here to defend herself.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 22, 2026 10:12 PM (+HNx/)

25 13 Top Marilyn pic: those guys staring at her had no interest in bedding her.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

Probably true, but there may have been the oddball guy who was straight.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 10:12 PM (ZVgZ4)

26 So glad Piper went with classic Holltwood for the fashion section rather than last Sunday's red carpet festivities.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 10:13 PM (9uW/C)

27

ICE agents at airports will only aggravate delays & lines—disrupting checks, interrogating travelers, dragging parents from children, detaining citizens, brutalizing families, shooting & even killing.
— Richard Blumenthal

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

28
Well, Bulg was banned for a week last Sunday.

Is he going to reappear tonight?

Posted by: four seasons at March 22, 2026 10:13 PM (3ek7K)

29 Thanks for another swell Sunday Night ONT, Doof!

Fabulous photo up top. Colors are amazing.

Thanks to Piper for the Hollywood glamor report. Well done, as always!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 22, 2026 10:13 PM (vrNzf)

30 Ava is by far the hottest one pictured.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 22, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

31 Which one to buy???

You know when they say "OMG! AI IS COMING TO TAKE ALL OUR JERBS!!!" ?

The dish-soap marketing buzzword guys? Yup, AI can do that as well as a human.

Your jobs are toast. Learn to wash dishes.

Posted by: mikeski at March 22, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

32 27

ICE agents at airports will only aggravate delays & lines—disrupting checks, interrogating travelers, dragging parents from children, detaining citizens, brutalizing families, shooting & even killing.
— Richard Blumenthal
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

Don't tease me

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 22, 2026 10:14 PM (xcxpd)

33 Some like it hot was Tim McBrides fav movie.

Posted by: r hennigantx at March 22, 2026 10:14 PM (gbOdA)

34 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper!

Posted by: TRex - mean streets dino at March 22, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

35 If I had been paying attention I might have been first.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at March 22, 2026 10:14 PM (Risui)

36 19 Ava Gardner was so hot in The Killers that Burt Lancaster had uncontrollable erections in his scenes with her. First and last time that happened to Burt.

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This is why careful blocking of the scene is needed before the first take.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 22, 2026 10:15 PM (+HNx/)

37 Probably true, but there may have been the oddball guy who was straight.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 10:12 PM (ZVgZ4)

"What a weirdo."
-- The other dancers

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

38 ONT

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 22, 2026 10:16 PM (znREB)

39 Re: Scarlett O’Hara’s dress, Carol Burnett wore it better :

https://tinyurl.com/53sc6a32

Posted by: a.moron at March 22, 2026 10:16 PM (X5Jzz)

40 'Sounds like steam escaping.'
-Just the punchline

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 22, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)

41 "What a weirdo."
-- The other dancers
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

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THEY HIT BUDDY!

Posted by: The French Mistake at March 22, 2026 10:16 PM (+HNx/)

42 I've always thought Audrey Hepburn was more beautiful than MM. YMMV.

Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 22, 2026 10:17 PM (7D3Aa)

43 I will never get tired of photos of the ocean.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 10:17 PM (viF8m)

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26 So glad Piper went with classic Holltwood for the fashion section rather than last Sunday's red carpet festivities.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 10:13 PM (9uW/C)

I live tweeted the red carpet. There were some very nice looks, a few crazy ones, too. But it would have felt like a repeat performance. I could make the classic Hollywood icon dresses a trilogy, easy. I left quite a few memorable dresses on the cutting room floor. (Did you see what I did there? Film and couture pun 🤣 )

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 10:17 PM (Dd38x)

45 36 19 Ava Gardner was so hot in The Killers that Burt Lancaster had uncontrollable erections in his scenes with her. First and last time that happened to Burt.

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This is why careful blocking of the scene is needed before the first take.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 22, 2026 10:15 PM (+HNx/)

Literally true. They had to shoot around 'him'. Lancaster never forgot the embarrassment.
Ava apparently was amused.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 22, 2026 10:17 PM (xcxpd)

46 There's a Robert Hall Blvd. where I grew up in Rockland County, NY. They were a successful enterprise 1938-77 when they went kablooey.

Posted by: Buster Brown at March 22, 2026 10:17 PM (oftw2)

47 27
CE agents at airports will only aggravate delays & lines—disrupting checks, interrogating travelers, dragging parents from children, detaining citizens, brutalizing families, shooting & even killing.
— Richard Blumenthal
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
...........................................
I was ok with this before. Now?

I WANT THIS!! DO THIS NOW!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 22, 2026 10:18 PM (sAmhv)

48 That last graphic looks like a rough draft of a Gavin Newsom speech.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 22, 2026 10:18 PM (Wnd0C)

49
Thanks to Piper for the Hollywood glamor report. Well done, as always!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 22, 2026 10:13 PM (vrNzf)

Thank you!

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 10:18 PM (Dd38x)

50 We can no longer claim that Doof is pierless.

Posted by: Top Pic at March 22, 2026 10:18 PM (oftw2)

51 Re: Scarlett O’Hara’s dress, Carol Burnett wore it better :

https://tinyurl.com/53sc6a32
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I remember seeing that when it was first broadcast. Our color TV was still new.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 22, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

52 Today’s “starlets” should take notes.
Dresses can be exquisitely sexy without showing nipples or your pooter. Actually, far more provocative to show less.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Word.

Posted by: zombie William Ware Theiss at March 22, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)

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Probably true, but there may have been the oddball guy who was straight.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 10:12 PM (ZVgZ4)

"What a weirdo."
-- The other dancers
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026

You might be surprised at how many male ballet dancers are straight!

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 10:19 PM (Dd38x)

54 13 Top Marilyn pic: those guys staring at her had no interest in bedding her.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

But they're all handsome and well-dressed. Surely they want some of that.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 10:19 PM (0Htd1)

55 28
Well, Bulg was banned for a week last Sunday.

Is he going to reappear tonight?

Posted by: four seasons at March 22, 2026 10:13 PM (3ek7K)

Why on earth was Bulg banned?

(Hey OrangeEnt!)

Posted by: moki at March 22, 2026 10:20 PM (wLjpr)

56 Marilyn wearing a ton of diamonds in the Diamonds are a Girls number.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 22, 2026 10:20 PM (y171U)

57 Re dice

Why, it's almost like with normal dice math and statistics work!

What did the guy expect? If it had turned out differently, are we looking at a three body problem scenario?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

58
E started on his Catholic rant again.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 22, 2026 10:21 PM (3ek7K)

59 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 22, 2026 10:21 PM (+9wcF)

60 Test

Posted by: Bulg at March 22, 2026 10:21 PM (77rzZ)

61 We can no longer claim that Doof is pierless.
Posted by: Top Pic

Oh, the top pic. I was worried Ace docked his pay.

Posted by: mikeski at March 22, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

62 >>I've always thought Audrey Hepburn was more beautiful than MM. YMMV.

My ex is a huge Audrey Hepburn fan. Gotta admit she was right about that one.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 10:21 PM (viF8m)

63 The back of Hepburn's dress is wonderful

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 22, 2026 10:21 PM (eZ5tL)

64
And he's back

Posted by: fourseasons at March 22, 2026 10:21 PM (3ek7K)

65 Hello, All.

Posted by: Bulg at March 22, 2026 10:22 PM (77rzZ)

66 61 We can no longer claim that Doof is pierless.
Posted by: Top Pic

Oh, the top pic. I was worried Ace docked his pay.
Posted by: mikeski at March 22, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

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Getting the ONT up on time is always the quay.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 22, 2026 10:22 PM (+HNx/)

67 I worked at Storage Tech back in '81-'82.

My background was data communications. They were going to make a, I forget the name, IBM-like processor for handling different data lines.

Project got canned and I moved on.

For years I had funny dreams about going to that building and working there.

Posted by: no one of any consquence at March 22, 2026 10:22 PM (qFwJc)

68 Hey, Bulg!

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 10:22 PM (Dd38x)

69 50 We can no longer claim that Doof is pierless.
Posted by: Top Pic at March 22, 2026 10:18 PM (oftw2)

Somebody oughtta docknyour pay for that one.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 10:22 PM (9uW/C)

70 >>I've always thought Audrey Hepburn was more beautiful than MM. YMMV.

I'd agree on that one. The Mary Ann v Ginger on a bigger scale. Although I liked Tina Louise better there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 22, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)

71 They had a good cafeteria and I remember the day before Thanksgiving being a really nice meal.

Posted by: no one of any consquence at March 22, 2026 10:23 PM (qFwJc)

72 Ava Gardner was so hot in The Killers that Burt Lancaster had uncontrollable erections in his scenes with her. First and last time that happened to Burt.

Did they neuter him so that it wouldn't happen anymore? I've heard those Hollywood bigshots are harsh.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 10:23 PM (0Htd1)

73 Saltpeter in his coffee.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 22, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)

74 Thanks for the ONT, Doof!
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 22, 2026 10:17 PM (7D3Aa)

Howdy, LRob!

Posted by: Doof at March 22, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

75 Ava Gardner was so hot in The Killers that Burt Lancaster had uncontrollable erections in his scenes with her.

Ava is by far the hottest one pictured.

She is indeed, but she's got a lot of competition from Rita Hayworth (not pictured).

Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:24 PM (Riz8t)

76 Hello, Piper.

I will be good. I missed the Horde.

Posted by: Bulg at March 22, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)

77 I find the older actresses from a bygone era to be much more beautiful and sexy than the modern ones. Just me. A friend sent me a picture of Lauren Hutton when she was 19. Holy smokes. I will say that today, Sydney Sweeney must be what it was like seeing Monroe in her prime.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 22, 2026 10:24 PM (QaH55)

78 You might be surprised at how many male ballet dancers are straight!
Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 10:19 PM (Dd38x)

I'm sure there are quite a few. The old time Hollywood dancers and actors had to do more than speak lines. They had to have multiple skills - singing, dancing, and acting. Think George Raft, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

79 OTOH "the little black dress" thing is too much these days.
Women wear black to weddings.
Sometimes even bridesmaids are in black.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 22, 2026 10:25 PM (eZ5tL)

80 Did they neuter him so that it wouldn't happen anymore? I've heard those Hollywood bigshots are harsh.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 10:23 PM (0Htd1)

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She was the greatest piece of ass I ever had, and I've had 'em all over the world!

Posted by: Jack Woltz at March 22, 2026 10:25 PM (+HNx/)

81 How does that dice video help me at the craps table?

Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 10:25 PM (9uW/C)

82 Love the street sign trivia.

There is a short segment of road in Pico Rivera, CA called Stealth Highway. It honors the former location of the Northrop Grumman factory that developed the B-2 bomber. Over time, the work was transferred to Palmdale and elsewhere and the factory demolished.

Posted by: TRex - low observability dino at March 22, 2026 10:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

83 Bulg! Bulg! Bulg!!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 22, 2026 10:25 PM (cYBz/)

84 Did they neuter him so that it wouldn't happen anymore? I've heard those Hollywood bigshots are harsh.

No, they had nude Hillary stand off stage.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:25 PM (Riz8t)

85 (Hey OrangeEnt!)
Posted by: moki at March 22, 2026 10:20 PM (wLjpr)

Hi there! Formatting the SF, now. Have to start thinking about getting it to market. How's things?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

86 ICE agents at airports will only aggravate delays & lines—disrupting checks, interrogating travelers, dragging parents from children, detaining citizens, brutalizing families, shooting & even killing.
— Richard Blumenthal
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2026 10:13

Is that the same Ricky Blumethal that flat out lied about his service record?

Dude looks like he was embalmed, and seems about that smart.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at March 22, 2026 10:26 PM (55Qr6)

87 OwO

Posted by: gKWVE at March 22, 2026 10:26 PM (gKWVE)

88 How does that dice video help me at the craps table?
Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 10:25 PM (9uW/C)

Well, it kind of specifically says that it won't help.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 22, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

89 You might be surprised at how many male ballet dancers are straight!
Posted by: Piper

Hang around with a bunch of gay guys doing gay stuff, in order to have access to flexible athletic women. And the job requires getting handsy. But might require getting handsy with both sexes.

It's a conundrum.

Not my conundrum; I have all the agility of a tranquilized moose. But someone's conundrum.

Posted by: mikeski at March 22, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)

90 find the older actresses from a bygone era to be much more beautiful and sexy than the modern ones. Just me. A friend sent me a picture of Lauren Hutton when she was 19. Holy smokes. I will say that today, Sydney Sweeney must be what it was like seeing Monroe in her prime.

I suspect you mean Lauren Bacall.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)

91 Midwest City, OK, next to Tinker AFB, has several streets named for aircraft companies.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 22, 2026 10:27 PM (7D3Aa)

92 ICE agents at airports will only aggravate delays & lines—disrupting checks, interrogating travelers, dragging parents from children, detaining citizens, brutalizing families, shooting & even killing.
— Richard Blumenthal
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

He seems to think there's something wrong with that. Bizarre.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 22, 2026 10:27 PM (8zz6B)

93 ICE agents at airports will only aggravate delays & lines—disrupting checks, interrogating travelers, dragging parents from children, detaining citizens, brutalizing families, shooting & even killing.
— Richard Blumenthal

But that's a small price to pay to keep them from taking over our country. If they don't want to be brutalized, they can stay home.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 10:28 PM (0Htd1)

94 Anything that pisses Richy Blumenthal off is fine by me!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 22, 2026 10:28 PM (QkvGw)

95
Spring breakers are bitching about the long lines at the airports.

It's cutting into their drunk and drunken whore time, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 22, 2026 10:29 PM (3ek7K)

96 Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.

If that is Piper she does not look 29.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 22, 2026 10:29 PM (/lPRQ)

97 >>I find the older actresses from a bygone era to be much more beautiful and sexy than the modern ones. Just me.

Not just you. Grace Kelly.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 10:29 PM (viF8m)

98 all the agility of a tranquilized moose

There's a comedian I saw on TV once. He was a white boy like 6'5. In his routine he commented on all the black guys who came up to him saying "you don't play? you look like Larry Bird you should play".
"Yeah... but I play like BIG Bird"

Posted by: gKWVE at March 22, 2026 10:29 PM (gKWVE)

99 Back to #1 Sockpuppet. Thought my mental health was better than that.

Posted by: Slip Slidin' Away at March 22, 2026 10:30 PM (oftw2)

100 Known to his friends as Dick "Dick" Blumenthal.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 22, 2026 10:30 PM (+HNx/)

101 It should be clear now that Ava Gardner was hot AF

nice work, Piper

Posted by: Don Black at March 22, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)

102 Good grief. No wonder Ava Gardner had so many men following her around.

Posted by: Orson at March 22, 2026 10:30 PM (dIske)

103
Hi there! Formatting the SF, now. Have to start thinking about getting it to market. How's things?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

I was in the hospital for a week - long recovery. I haven't done much for the past month, it seems. The SF book rocks, btw. I reread it in recovery. It's still good!!

Posted by: moki at March 22, 2026 10:30 PM (wLjpr)

104 >>I could make the classic Hollywood icon dresses a trilogy, easy
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OK

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 10:30 PM (rMvcy)

105 42 I've always thought Audrey Hepburn was more beautiful than MM. YMMV.

Thanks for the ONT, Doof!
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 22, 2026 10:17 PM (7D3Aa)

She was. And Vivian Leigh was even more beautiful.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 22, 2026 10:30 PM (y171U)

106 I suspect you mean Lauren Bacall.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)

Negative. Hutton. Google it. She did some nudes, so NSFW, but incredibly hot, although Bacall is a personal favorite.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 22, 2026 10:31 PM (QaH55)

107 Not just you. Grace Kelly.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 10:29 PM (viF8m)

Grace Kelly, the Hollywood bicycle.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

108 Negative. Hutton. Google it. She did some nudes, so NSFW, but incredibly hot, although Bacall is a personal favorite.

I could never get past the gap in her front teeth. Also, very sharp elbows.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:32 PM (Riz8t)

109 96 Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.

If that is Piper she does not look 29.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

It's all done with AI and a stack of filters.

Posted by: Behind The Mask at March 22, 2026 10:33 PM (oftw2)

110 ICE agents at airports will only aggravate delays & lines—disrupting checks, interrogating travelers, dragging parents from children, detaining citizens, brutalizing families, shooting & even killing.
— Richard Blumenthal

The observable impact would be minimal to none - just like today certain travelers would be asked to go to secondary inspection where behind closed doors they'll be shoved down a chute into the waiting cattle cars.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 22, 2026 10:33 PM (/lPRQ)

111 >>Negative. Hutton. Google it. She did some nudes, so NSFW, but incredibly hot, although Bacall is a personal favorite.

Take a number. You're way behind me on the Lauren Hutton fantasy list.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m)

112 I was in the hospital for a week - long recovery. I haven't done much for the past month, it seems. The SF book rocks, btw. I reread it in recovery. It's still good!!
Posted by: moki at March 22, 2026 10:30 PM (wLjpr)

Oof! Same problem, or something new? Hope you're better. Glad you like SSH. How's Randy coming?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

113 Firestone Blvd. and Goodyear Blvd. still exist in Akron and no one has made tires there in decades.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 22, 2026 10:34 PM (cYBz/)

114 72 Ava Gardner was so hot in The Killers that Burt Lancaster had uncontrollable erections in his scenes with her. First and last time that happened to Burt.

Did they neuter him so that it wouldn't happen anymore? I've heard those Hollywood bigshots are harsh.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 10:23 PM (0Htd1)

Basically he just 'controlled himself'. This was his first film role and he hadn't been next to anyone who was Hollywood-hot before.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 22, 2026 10:34 PM (xcxpd)

115 The second Marilyn Monroe dress is one you could actually move in. I think that's nice.

Posted by: KT at March 22, 2026 10:34 PM (7vIsy)

116
Not my conundrum; I have all the agility of a tranquilized moose. But someone's conundrum.
Posted by: mikeski at March 22, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)

Ha! The muscles on them are…muscle-y. I have a client, when he is here, who dances for the London ballet. I feel as graceful as a giant panda next to him. But he did talk me into lacing into one of my last pairs of toe shoes and gave me one of the best ballet lessons I have ever had, even if he did tell me to stop clonking, and just dance. 😬

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 10:34 PM (Dd38x)

117 Think George Raft, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly....
Posted by: OrangeEnt

And James Cagney.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 10:34 PM (0Htd1)

118 30 Ava is by far the hottest one pictured.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 22, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

Most definitely.

Posted by: javems at March 22, 2026 10:35 PM (zFsEm)

119 I could make the classic Hollywood icon dresses a trilogy, easy
---

OK

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 10:30 PM (rMvcy)

If there are four, you can make a quadrilogy....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

120 I could make the classic Hollywood icon dresses a trilogy, easy
---

OK

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 10:30 PM (rMvcy)

If there are four, you can make a quadrilogy....

If there were only two, would it be a biology?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:36 PM (Riz8t)

121 >>I could never get past the gap in her front teeth. Also, very sharp elbows.

Seriously? That's what made her so incredibly sexy.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 10:36 PM (viF8m)

122 No, they had nude Hillary stand off stage.
Posted by: Archimedes

That would have created another problem, him barfing.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 10:36 PM (0Htd1)

123
The way to appear sexy is to keep the goods slighty covered .

Tease without looking like a whore.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 22, 2026 10:36 PM (3ek7K)

124 Second time I've heard that Eddie Money song "Walk on Water" this week. I heard it at Spec's while buying wine a few days ago. And now. When I'm drinking the wine. Coincidence? Possibly. But I always liked that song.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 10:36 PM (w5FC4)

125 @EnergyAbsurdity

Hanson’s Key Points (on the war) #2: [in a timely fashion]

• Gulf petro-states: Saudis, Emiratis, Qataris survive by reading the room perfectly. They’re expelling Iranian attachés, silently intercepting Iranian missiles over their capitals, and the UAE just reaffirmed its $1.4 trillion investment commitment to the U.S. mid-war. These are not gestures — they’re bets. And they’re all-in on America.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 10:37 PM (rMvcy)

126 And James Cagney.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 10:34 PM (0Htd1)

Dang it, I did.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

127 Hey, sorry I can't be here tonight. Came down with a terrible case of Spring Fever and don't feel like it. Y'all know how it is, right?

Glad to glimpse Marilyn, though. 😎

Boop boop be doo
https://youtu.be/52dfzZUjiU4

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker knows which way the wind blows at March 22, 2026 10:37 PM (jrd4M)

128 Fellas, the next time you feel like a woman is out of your league, just remember that Mickey Rooney was banging Ava Gardner for at least a year.

Posted by: PabloD at March 22, 2026 10:37 PM (8sD0/)

129 If there were only two, would it be a biology?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:36 PM (Riz8t)

Four monsters would be a teratology.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 22, 2026 10:37 PM (8zz6B)

130 Back to #1 Sockpuppet. Thought my mental health was better than that.
Posted by: Slip Slidin' Away at March 22, 2026 10:30 PM (oftw2)
====

Some morons look at the leaderboard with dread, some with joy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 22, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

131 The128 Fellas, the next time you feel like a woman is out of your league, just remember that Mickey Rooney was banging Ava Gardner for at least a year.
Posted by: PabloD at March 22, 2026 10:37 PM (8sD0/)

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I just picture Ava looking at her watch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 22, 2026 10:38 PM (+HNx/)

132 I could never get past the gap in her front teeth. Also, very sharp elbows.

Seriously? That's what made her so incredibly sexy.

What can I say. I like my women tightly-toothed.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:38 PM (Riz8t)

133 If there are four, you can make a quadrilogy....

If there were only two, would it be a biology?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:36 PM (Riz8t)

I don't know, I'm not a biologist.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

134 The way to appear sexy is to keep the goods slighty covered .

---------

This is pretty much my strategy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 22, 2026 10:39 PM (+HNx/)

135 I have heard that Jean Harlow was at a party with British aristocrat Margot Asquith, but kept mispronouncing her name. Mrs. Asquith had to inform Jean that, "The 'T' is silent, as in Harlow."

Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 10:39 PM (9uW/C)

136 Piper!
Loving the fashions. And anything with Hepburn is just fine.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2026 10:39 PM (2WIwB)

137 Ava and Rita had it way going on over Marilyn.

Posted by: Bulg at March 22, 2026 10:39 PM (77rzZ)

138
It's all done with AI and a stack of filters.
Posted by: Behind The Mask at March 22, 2026

Ha! It’s all about the angles. Plus everyone looks better in black and white.

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 10:39 PM (Dd38x)

139 102 Good grief. No wonder Ava Gardner had so many men following her around.
Posted by: Orson

I think she was the one that drove Frank Sinatra crazy.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 10:40 PM (0Htd1)

140
Hanging something below your swim trunks?

Posted by: fourseasons at March 22, 2026 10:40 PM (3ek7K)

141 This is pretty much my strategy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 22, 2026 10:39 PM (+HNx/)

My wardrobe is full of parkas.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 10:40 PM (9uW/C)

142 I could never get past the gap in her front teeth. Also, very sharp elbows.

Seriously? That's what made her so incredibly sexy.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 10:36 PM (viF8m)

Do not underestimate a buck-toothed girl is all I'm saying.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:40 PM (1Ff7Z)

143 Thing about the beautiful actresses shown that sets them apart from the many today; They could act.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 10:40 PM (rMvcy)

144 What can I say. I like my women tightly-toothed.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:38 PM (Riz8t)

Lauren Hutton would make a good apprentice electrician: "Here, honey, strip this wire for me."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 22, 2026 10:40 PM (8zz6B)

145
Hi, Bulg. One of these days I'll get banned.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 22, 2026 10:41 PM (n7rxJ)

146 Thanks Doof and Piper for the ONT!

Loved the starlets and clothes, Piper!

While I love Vivian Leigh and she was perfect for Scarlett O'Hara down to her eyelashes from the novel; the most beautiful actress of all is Ava Gardner, in my non-lesbo opinion.

Beauty and brains goes to Hedy Lamarr.

Favorite gown is the little black dress on Audrey Hepburn's. Gorgeous!

Love the lyric, "He ain't seen me crazy, yet" in Miranda's song.

Thanks again! Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 22, 2026 10:41 PM (WONhk)

147 Vivien Leigh was supposed to have been a nymphomaniac.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

148 89 You might be surprised at how many male ballet dancers are straight!
Posted by: Piper

Hang around with a bunch of gay guys doing gay stuff, in order to have access to flexible athletic women. And the job requires getting handsy. But might require getting handsy with both sexes.

It's a conundrum.

Not my conundrum; I have all the agility of a tranquilized moose. But someone's conundrum.
Posted by: mikeski
...............................................
My sister knew an army Colonel, who's son wanted to be a ballet dancer starting when he was a child. The colonel taught his kid how to defend himself while the kid was ballet training. The son, now an adult, soon got a chance to tour with a major ballet group. The son, very straight, has a sea of fit, young, attractive, girls, entertaining him because he's straight and good looking.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 22, 2026 10:43 PM (sAmhv)

149 While I love Vivian Leigh and she was perfect for Scarlett O'Hara down to her eyelashes from the novel; the most beautiful actress of all is Ava Gardner, in my non-lesbo opinion.

Beauty and brains goes to Hedy Lamarr.

Agree on Hedy Lamarr, but in more recent times, Rachel Ward in the Thorn Birds was incandescently hot.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:43 PM (Riz8t)

150 Ava Gardner was 41 years old when she made Night of the Iguana.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 10:43 PM (rMvcy)

151 Old Hollywood fashion is fun and interesting. It was a sleazy scene , but the studios kept them schtum about whatever retarded views they had. And no once cared about who did who.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 10:43 PM (w5FC4)

152 Hedy Lamar was asshoe

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 10:45 PM (rMvcy)

153
Oof! Same problem, or something new? Hope you're better. Glad you like SSH. How's Randy coming?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

Randy is on hold along with all my stuff - complications of diverticulitis. It's a really long recovery, i think jim in kalifornia can attest.

Posted by: moki at March 22, 2026 10:45 PM (wLjpr)

154 And no once cared about who did who.

Well, except for that one guy who was in a position that he couldn't afford to look ridiculous.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:46 PM (Riz8t)

155 Randy is on hold along with all my stuff - complications of diverticulitis. It's a really long recovery, i think jim in kalifornia can attest.
Posted by: moki at March 22, 2026 10:45 PM (wLjpr)

Sorry to hear that. Maybe keep reading to divert... er, take your mind off the diverticulitis.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

156 >>Do not underestimate a buck-toothed girl is all I'm saying.

When I look in the mirror Paul Newman isn't looking back at me. I'm in no position to judge.

Imperfections is what makes us human. I've had a crush on Lauren Hutton since I was a kid.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 10:47 PM (viF8m)

157 128 Fellas, the next time you feel like a woman is out of your league, just remember that Mickey Rooney was banging Ava Gardner for at least a year.
Posted by: PabloD at March 22, 2026 10:37 PM (8sD0/)

For a few years (Andy Hardy years late 30's), Mickey Rooney was the most popular star in Hollywood.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 22, 2026 10:47 PM (y171U)

158 Vivien Leigh was supposed to have been a nymphomaniac.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

She was bipolar. Uncontrollable sex drive goes with the territory I believe. Another reason for the 'Ron's to not stick it in crazy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 10:47 PM (w5FC4)

159 128 Fellas, the next time you feel like a woman is out of your league, just remember that Mickey Rooney was banging Ava Gardner for at least a year.

Posted by: PabloD at March 22, 2026 10:37 PM (8sD0/)

Also Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft. I still can't figure out how Mel closed the deal with Mrs. Robinson.

Posted by: a.moron at March 22, 2026 10:48 PM (X5Jzz)

160 Apparently, Marilyn Monroe ate crackers in bed. Would you kick MM out for eating crackers in bed?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 10:49 PM (ZVgZ4)

161 One of these days I'll get banned.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Just don't blow the margins.

Posted by: gKWVE, margin sipper at March 22, 2026 10:50 PM (gKWVE)

162 >Would you kick MM out for eating crackers in bed?
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what kind of crackers

Posted by: Don Black at March 22, 2026 10:50 PM (ZxPkt)

163 125. UAE just reaffirmed its $1.4 trillion investment commitment to the U.S. mid-war. These are not gestures — they’re bets. And they’re all-in on America.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 10:37 PM (rMvcy)

Lefty media weeps...

Posted by: Joemarine at March 22, 2026 10:51 PM (y171U)

164 I don’t understand the issue with Immigration and customs enforcement being at the airport helping TSA.

Everyone has to present real ID, no? So why’s the problem?

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 22, 2026 10:51 PM (A5RD0)

165 Hi, Bulg. One of these days I'll get banned.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Hi, Morticia. I'm not going to comment on my banning, other than to say that I'm kind of ashamed of it, and will strive to see that it doesn't happen again.

Posted by: Bulg at March 22, 2026 10:51 PM (77rzZ)

166 Frankly, I think x.com needs to find a way to shrink their links. Youtube has the "youtu.be" shrinkage which seems to work pretty well here.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 22, 2026 10:52 PM (gKWVE)

167 ICE agents at airports will only aggravate delays & lines—disrupting checks, interrogating travelers, dragging parents from children, detaining citizens, brutalizing families, shooting & even killing.
— Richard Blumenthal

I wonder if Blumenthal asked Laken Riley. No, of course he didn't. He doesn't even know who she was.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 22, 2026 10:52 PM (4nEGa)

168 Marlyn's looks were due largely to a blonde dye job, and make-up. Supposedly she would go out with no make-up and no one would recognize her.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 10:52 PM (0Htd1)

169 I solemnly swear that I know that Pookette hasn't been in Florida this past week.

"A Florida woman has been accused of entering the penguin enclosure to teach them a tap dance, using a live alligator as her partner. Jacksonville FL PD stated she was also dressed as a pineapple."

Posted by: pookysgirl, mom to a penguin fan at March 22, 2026 10:53 PM (Wt5PA)

170 168 Marlyn's looks were due largely to a blonde dye job, and make-up. Supposedly she would go out with no make-up and no one would recognize her.
Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026

Good make up can absolutely make you shape shift!

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 10:53 PM (Dd38x)

171
nerdygirl,

Most of them probably.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 22, 2026 10:53 PM (3ek7K)

172 164 I don’t understand the issue with Immigration and customs enforcement being at the airport helping TSA.
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Another Democrat fail ploy failed.
- sad trombone

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 10:53 PM (rMvcy)

173 "A Florida woman has been accused of entering the penguin enclosure to teach them a tap dance, using a live alligator as her partner. Jacksonville FL PD stated she was also dressed as a pineapple."

You have to admit, that's a date you'd remember.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:54 PM (Riz8t)

174

The true test of a classic beauty is someone without all the makeup.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 22, 2026 10:55 PM (3ek7K)

175 Apparently, Marilyn Monroe ate crackers in bed. Would you kick MM out for eating crackers in bed?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 10:49 PM (ZVgZ4)

Yeah. I would. Not my type. But Paul Newman could eat boiled eggs all day. He was beautiful in Hud and Cool Hand Luke. Sigh. Don't even get me started on Peter O'Toole.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 10:55 PM (w5FC4)

176 Agree on Hedy Lamarr, but in more recent times, Rachel Ward in the Thorn Birds was incandescently hot.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:43 PM (Riz8t)

She has embraced the really old lady look these days. I guess it's hard work to keep looking hot.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 22, 2026 10:55 PM (oob1u)

177 "A Florida woman has been accused of entering the penguin enclosure to teach them a tap dance, using a live alligator as her partner

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Dick van Dyke was her first choice but he's nearly dead.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 22, 2026 10:55 PM (+HNx/)

178 I see someone posted a video of TRex in public.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1hlITqvLWXw

Yes, it's SFW.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 22, 2026 10:55 PM (S/Y4j)

179 LeftCoast Dawg!!!!!

Miss you! How’s it going? Wanna have a burger at Marco Polo soon?

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 22, 2026 10:56 PM (A5RD0)

180 128 Fellas, the next time you feel like a woman is out of your league, just remember that Mickey Rooney was banging Ava Gardner for at least a year.
Posted by: PabloD

Ava called Rooney her "little sex midget".

Posted by: Judge Hardy at March 22, 2026 10:57 PM (oftw2)

181 Don't be pissing off Miranda.

Posted by: wth at March 22, 2026 10:57 PM (BT3km)

182 82 Love the street sign trivia.

There is a short segment of road in Pico Rivera, CA called Stealth Highway. It honors the former location of the Northrop Grumman factory that developed the B-2 bomber. Over time, the work was transferred to Palmdale and elsewhere and the factory demolished.
Posted by: TRex - low observability dino at March 22, 2026 10:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

*****

There's a Bacharach Boulevard in Atlantic City . . . just sayin'

My favorite is Father Capodanno Boulevard in Staten Island. Navy Chaplain and MoH winner in Vietnam.

Posted by: Publius Redux at March 22, 2026 10:57 PM (/aZwr)

183 Marilyn Monroe had a smoking body so a non dyed and non make up MM still had something going on.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 22, 2026 10:58 PM (oob1u)

184 The only thing I have to say is Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. Mesmerizing….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 22, 2026 10:59 PM (xT8gx)

185 Paul Newman was all the more attractive because he was married to the same woman for 50 years.

And those eyes.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 22, 2026 10:59 PM (A5RD0)

186 >>The true test of a classic beauty is someone without all the makeup.

I rarely wear makeup.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 10:59 PM (viF8m)

187
If you guys are hot for the Sweeny woman check out her latest ad.

Half naked with a flower in her cleavage and a flower in her lower parts.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 22, 2026 11:00 PM (3ek7K)

188 Frankly, I think x.com needs to find a way to shrink their links. Youtube has the "youtu.be" shrinkage which seems to work pretty well here.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 22, 2026 10:52 PM (gKWVE)

As Twitter, they used to have a t.co shortener. I'll talk to Elon about this. He and I are good buddies, don't ya know!

Posted by: Doof at March 22, 2026 11:00 PM (QMAsf)

189 Anyone else annoyed by the dice guy writing "Over 10.000+ rolls" and "Over 17h+ rolling dice" ?

Posted by: Average Guy at March 22, 2026 11:00 PM (lPHZZ)

190 158 Vivien Leigh was supposed to have been a nymphomaniac.
She was bipolar. Uncontrollable sex drive goes with the territory I believe. Another reason for the 'Ron's to not stick it in crazy.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 10:47 PM (w5FC4)

Patrick Stewart performed with her in the Old Vick theater company (early 60's). Was lucky enough to be her friend, and sat with her during a revival screening of Gone With the Wind. She excused herself and left early explaining it was too sad to watch as many of her costars were dead.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 22, 2026 11:00 PM (y171U)

191 I thought Newman was a short guy but intertubes say he was over average at 5'10".

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 22, 2026 11:01 PM (oob1u)

192 Cecelia Parker played Rooney's older sister in the Andy Hardy series. She was quite pretty. Ann Rutherford who played Polly Benedict in the Hardy series, was also a little cutie.

Posted by: Two Good Reasons To Watch Andy Hardy Movies at March 22, 2026 11:01 PM (oftw2)

193 Frankly, I think x.com needs to find a way to shrink their links. Youtube has the "youtu.be" shrinkage which seems to work pretty well here.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 22, 2026 10:52 PM (gKWVE)

Shrinkage? I was in the pool! I was in the pool!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 22, 2026 11:02 PM (xT8gx)

194 Goodnight, All. Thank you for putting up with me. I love the Horde.

Talk to y'all tomorrow.

Posted by: Bulg at March 22, 2026 11:03 PM (77rzZ)

195 Piper, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the costuming in Gilda. Rita Hayworth is fantastically attired in that.

Posted by: GWB at March 22, 2026 11:03 PM (RxVz+)

196 Half naked with a flower in her cleavage and a flower in her lower parts.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 22, 2026 11:00 PM (3ek7K)

She does nothing for me. Why get all worked up over something you'll never have? You just get frustrated.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 11:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

197 188 Frankly, I think x.com needs to find a way to shrink their links. Youtube has the "youtu.be" shrinkage which seems to work pretty well here.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 22, 2026 10:52 PM (gKWVE)

As Twitter, they used to have a t.co shortener. I'll talk to Elon about this. He and I are good buddies, don't ya know!
Posted by: Doof at March 22, 2026

May the be the case one day so you can tell him I am his goofiest fan girl.

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 11:03 PM (p4NUW)

198 I read CBD’s excellent article from earlier today.

One thing I wondered about, a phrase that gets oft repeated - not a criticism- at the time of the Iraq war, our personnel were driving around in Humvee’s and getting blown up all the time.

They call these “IED” or Improvised Explosive Device.

To my way of thinking this implies some homemade pipe bomb filled with nails or broken glass or something. You know, improvised. Amateur.

From what little I know, the roadside bombs were of Iranian manufacture, and probably fairly sophisticated? Anyone know? Point being really, not one of nomenclature but they were behind a lot of death and wounded warriors for our guys over there.

I don’t have the answers but, like ole Curtis LeMay used to say “stop swattin’ flies, and go after the manure pile”.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 22, 2026 11:03 PM (mWuSL)

199 Good make up can absolutely make you shape shift!
Posted by: Piper

Oh, yeah, she also had that body. A third iconic dress she wore was the one she wore when she sang Happy Birthday to JFK.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 11:03 PM (0Htd1)

200 Agree on Hedy Lamarr, but in more recent times, Rachel Ward in the Thorn Birds was incandescently hot.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 22, 2026 10:43 PM (Riz8t)

She has embraced the really old lady look these days. I guess it's hard work to keep looking hot.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 22, 2026 10:55 PM (oob1u)

Rachel Ward is 68 years old and happily married for years. Managing a cattle ranch. She seems to have no fucks to give. So good for her.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 11:03 PM (w5FC4)

201 @EnergyAbsurdity

Hanson’s Key Points (on the war) #3: [in a timely fashion]

• Al Jazeera: The Qatari state network that usually bashes U.S. actions (and hosts Hamas offices) is now calling America’s bombing campaign “brilliant” and “underestimated.” When the outlet that hosts both the biggest U.S. air base and Hamas praises U.S. effectiveness, the message is unmistakable: they think we’re winning.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 11:04 PM (rMvcy)

202 Marilyn smelled from sweating Phenobarbitol.

Posted by: DBCooper at March 22, 2026 11:04 PM (34M75)

203 Well, yeah.

Roll 'em 10,000 times.

Roll 'em 10,000,000,000,000,000 times.

As long as the dice aren't loaded, it's a normal distribution.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 22, 2026 11:05 PM (edKuP)

204 177 "A Florida woman has been accused of entering the penguin enclosure to teach them a tap dance, using a live alligator as her partner

---------

Dick van Dyke was her first choice but he's nearly dead.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 22, 2026 10:55 PM (+HNx/)

clearly you don't understand the lesson of Mary Poppins.

She kissed a F'n Penguin... but Bert? Nothin but ashes.

It's a cautionary tale, about the condition of the poor working Man, and how Womenz treat them.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 22, 2026 11:05 PM (mP0Kj)

205 Speaking of Musk his Boring Company had a contest for a free one mile underground transportation tunnel built for free. Over four applications by various cities and they are down to to final 16 . The Woodlands, TX is one of the 16 finalists. Since Exxon is moving the rest of the headquarters there ( legal department) they may have a shot.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 22, 2026 11:06 PM (oob1u)

206 Oh, yeah, she also had that body. A third iconic dress she wore was the one she wore when she sang Happy Birthday to JFK.
Posted by: nerdygirl
---

No one ever points a finger at that but turn around and fault Clinton.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 11:06 PM (rMvcy)

207 Michael Steele was one woman who didn't care much what anyone thought of her.
Probably played for the other team, still was awesome
youtu.be/kd56iRhVzsA

Posted by: gKWVE at March 22, 2026 11:06 PM (gKWVE)

208 195 Piper, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the costuming in Gilda. Rita Hayworth is fantastically attired in that.
Posted by: GWB at March 22, 2026

Oh yes! We should definitely have that discussion! I will find you here or we will turn it into a post or we can do that on x if you are on.

Meanwhile, I have to hit the hay. Classes in the morning and then I am getting my hair did. Have a great night, y’all!

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 11:06 PM (p4NUW)

209 >>I thought Newman was a short guy but intertubes say he was over average at 5'10".

Saw him once at Lime Rock. He spent a lot of time greeting people who wanted to meet him. Seemed like a pretty nice guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 11:07 PM (viF8m)

210 Rachel Ward is 68 years old and happily married for years. Managing a cattle ranch. She seems to have no fucks to give. So good for her.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 11:03 PM (w5FC4)

You guys get so defensive.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 22, 2026 11:07 PM (oob1u)

211 203 Well, yeah.

Roll 'em 10,000 times.

Roll 'em 10,000,000,000,000,000 times.

As long as the dice aren't loaded, it's a normal distribution.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 22, 2026 11:05 PM (edKuP)

I would love to see a true widespread study on this... for one reason.

It is well known in my gaming community, that if I need a dice roll to win... it aint gonna happen.

I can win via superior statergery... but if'n I need the dice? nuttin.

I joke that my luck has already been used on the times I was gambling with my life...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 22, 2026 11:08 PM (mP0Kj)

212 and a flower in her lower parts.

Oh, ick.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 22, 2026 11:09 PM (0Htd1)

213 Four hundred applications....

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 22, 2026 11:10 PM (oob1u)

214 Julie Newmar or Twiggy?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2026 11:11 PM (Cqx++)

215 Maybe the best reason to watch Andy Hardy movies in Lewis Stone, Judge Hardy. Remarkable military career besides a very successful career as a stage and film actor. Rode with Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War as an officer, then trained troops in China. Stayed in Reserves throughout his acting career. Went active duty in WWI, and went active duty in WWII as a Lieutenant Colonel after age 60.
He was under contract at MGM for 29 years, the longest of any actor.

Posted by: Andy Hardy's Spring Fever at March 22, 2026 11:11 PM (oftw2)

216 Piper, I love the fashion commentary on the Sunday night blog. Your descriptions and comments are interesting and educational. For those of us without a fashion background, it gives us a new way to look at an individual piece of clothing.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 22, 2026 11:12 PM (g2MoP)

217 214 Julie Newmar or Twiggy?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2026 11:11 PM (Cqx++)

1 Julie Newmar > 20 Twiggy

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 22, 2026 11:13 PM (xcxpd)

218 Top Marilyn pic: those guys staring at her had no interest in bedding her.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
-----
That stereotype was brilliantly and hilariously used by Mel.Brooks and Dom DeLuise.in Blazing Saddles.
"Throw out your hands / Stick out your tush.."

Posted by: buddhaha at March 22, 2026 11:13 PM (8snZr)

219 192 Cecelia Parker played Rooney's older sister in the Andy Hardy series. She was quite pretty. Ann Rutherford who played Polly Benedict in the Hardy series, was also a little cutie.
Posted by: Two Good Reasons To Watch Andy Hardy Movies at March 22, 2026 11:01 PM (oftw2)

I love the Andy Hardy movies.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 22, 2026 11:14 PM (y171U)

220 1 Julie Newmar > 20 Twiggy
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
----
Nahh. Julie only weighed a little over twice of Twiggy.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 22, 2026 11:15 PM (8snZr)

221 I've played so many rounds of dice in my life that I can verify this - there is NO technique to manipulate them without cheating by using loaded dice.

They are dice. They're used for a reason.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 22, 2026 11:15 PM (edKuP)

222 1 Julie Newmar > 20 Twiggy
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 22, 2026 11:13 PM (xcxpd)

Yeah, never got the twiggy thing. Before my time, I say.

*looks up pictures*

Oh. She's a girl gay guys like. She has that proto wraith fashion model thing going on.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2026 11:15 PM (bss/y)

223 Rachel Ward is 68 years old and happily married for years. Managing a cattle ranch. She seems to have no fucks to give. So good for her.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 11:03 PM (w5FC4)

You guys get so defensive.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 22, 2026 11:07 PM (oob1u)

I'm not sure who "you guys" means. But whatever. I applaud Rachel Ward for being married to the same guy for many years, living a normal-ish life, and growing old together. If you have a problem with that, you can fuck off.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 11:15 PM (w5FC4)

224 174

The true test of a classic beauty is someone without all the makeup.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 22, 2026 10:55 PM (3ek7K)

It’s impossible to do that on camera or stage. You look washed out.

As the world is my stage, I wear all the makeup. 😂

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 11:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

225 Julie Newmar or Twiggy?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2026 11:11 PM (Cqx++)

Twiggy looks better now at 76 than as the anorexia model.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 22, 2026 11:16 PM (oob1u)

226 Piper--

If you are going with a Hollywood trilogy, maybe a side quest to feature Edith Head.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 11:17 PM (9uW/C)

227 Though, preferably, if you're going to use loaded dice... use ones made from the enchanted bones of your accursed father.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 22, 2026 11:17 PM (edKuP)

228 Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 11:15 PM (w5FC4

Calm down

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 22, 2026 11:17 PM (oob1u)

229 I read CBD’s excellent article from earlier today.

One thing I wondered about, a phrase that gets oft repeated - not a criticism- at the time of the Iraq war, our personnel were driving around in Humvee’s and getting blown up all the time.

They call these “IED” or Improvised Explosive Device.

To my way of thinking this implies some homemade pipe bomb filled with nails or broken glass or something. You know, improvised. Amateur.

From what little I know, the roadside bombs were of Iranian manufacture, and probably fairly sophisticated? Anyone know? Point being really, not one of nomenclature but they were behind a lot of death and wounded warriors for our guys over there.

I don’t have the answers but, like ole Curtis LeMay used to say “stop swattin’ flies, and go after the manure pile”.
Posted by: Common Tater

Iran was providing EFPs.
They can be IEDs (platter charge), but higher level of precision usually requires that EFPs be manufactured.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 22, 2026 11:17 PM (/lPRQ)

230 216 Piper, I love the fashion commentary on the Sunday night blog. Your descriptions and comments are interesting and educational. For those of us without a fashion background, it gives us a new way to look at an individual piece of clothing.
Posted by: Jen the original at March 22, 2026 11:12 PM (g2MoP)

You are super sweet! Thank you!😊

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 11:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

231 221 I've played so many rounds of dice in my life that I can verify this - there is NO technique to manipulate them without cheating by using loaded dice.

They are dice. They're used for a reason.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 22, 2026 11:15 PM (edKuP)

I can't speak to craps dice, those are a different animal. But throwing math rocks, yeah...dice matter. I've had dice that rolled consistently better than average. I dunno if it was microscopic imperfections or what. But I had dice that rolled high and dice and rolled low consistently.

My players hid my good dice from me. Jealous bastards.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 22, 2026 11:18 PM (xcxpd)

232 Okay, really going to bed. 430 is very early.

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 11:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

233 Calm down

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 22, 2026 11:17 PM (oob1u)

No . I will not. You calm your own low t tits.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 11:19 PM (w5FC4)

234
I've played so many rounds of dice in my life that I can verify this - there is NO technique to manipulate them without cheating by using loaded dice.

They are dice. They're used for a reason.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

If you're Jed Clampett in The Twilight Zone you can manipulate the dice with your mind.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 22, 2026 11:19 PM (Cqx++)

235
Mary,

Right on !!

Posted by: fourseasons at March 22, 2026 11:19 PM (3ek7K)

236 As the world is my stage, I wear all the makeup. 😂

Posted by: Piper at March 22, 2026 11:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

Did you inherit it from Tammy Faye Baker?

Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 11:19 PM (9uW/C)

237 220 1 Julie Newmar > 20 Twiggy
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
----
Nahh. Julie only weighed a little over twice of Twiggy.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 22, 2026 11:15 PM (8snZr)

I'm thinking quality, not mass.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 22, 2026 11:19 PM (xcxpd)

238 >>Calm down

Officer, I'd like report a murder that's about to happen.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 11:20 PM (viF8m)

239 >Would you kick MM out for eating crackers in bed?
-----

what kind of crackers
Posted by: Don Black at March 22, 2026 10:50 PM (ZxPkt)

Triscuits?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 22, 2026 11:21 PM (wVcYX)

240 228 Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 11:15 PM (w5FC4

Calm down

-----------

*piano music stops*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 22, 2026 11:21 PM (+HNx/)

241 I saw a protest from many years ago (the men wore hats) I suspect many here would support. The signs had a simple message:

We Want Beer

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 22, 2026 11:22 PM (S/Y4j)

242 This is the time for some calming Dead tunes. Mr Straw.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 11:23 PM (w5FC4)

243 I'll take Julie Newmar over Twiggy.

The only thing I remember about Twiggy is Elwood asking if she wanted him to wipe the dead bugs off the windshield. Julie made me question if I really wanted to be a dog person.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 11:23 PM (9uW/C)

244 I really should read the comments before I make my goodnight comment. But, hey, I'm a Moronette.

I was told by a nurse's aide on a hospital floor that I looked like an old film star,Alice Faye. Around the same time, by drugged male patients I looked like Kathleen Turner, or Jean Smart (90's hair and Southern accent).

I had a great-aunt who was named Alice Faye (I guess after the starlet) and looked her up. Sort of maybe who knows? Due to the times her eyebrows are plucked to a mm and I still have mine, thanks to my mother's warning.

I would have loved to be compared to Grace Kelly, as I think she's gorgeous; but she was petite and I am 5'8" and a former tomboy swimmer/tennis and not petite. You can't have it all.

Saw fourseason's comment about make up. One of my husband's rules, I assume, based on what he says now about women on tv: "I'll bet they don't look good in the mornings without make-up." Apparently I passed that test when he met me as I only wore mascara and blush.

I do preserve other's horror currently and apply something to the shadows under my eyes before facing people, including sons. On the bright side I don't have bags like Hillary! Hers need drains!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 22, 2026 11:24 PM (WONhk)

245 I am now reminded of this Chuck Norris fact:

Chuck Norris once told a woman to "Calm down," and she actually did.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 11:24 PM (9uW/C)

246 245 I am now reminded of this Chuck Norris fact:

Chuck Norris once told a woman to "Calm down," and she actually did.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 11:24 PM (9uW/C)

Come back, Chuck! Come back!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 22, 2026 11:25 PM (xcxpd)

247 complications of diverticulitis. It's a really long recovery, i think jim in kalifornia can attest.
Posted by: moki at March 22, 2026 10:45 PM (wLjpr)

***raises paw***

True. Spent 2 months in rehab hospital in 2015 after a diverticular abscess decided it was time to come out and play.

Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 22, 2026 11:25 PM (SRRAx)

248 The only thing I remember about Twiggy is Elwood asking if she wanted him to wipe the dead bugs off the windshield. Julie made me question if I really wanted to be a dog person.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 22, 2026 11:23 PM (9uW/C)

I think the only thing I ever saw her i was a rerun of Laugh-In.

Hell, Goldie Hawn was cuter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2026 11:26 PM (bss/y)

249 I worked at Storage Tech back in '81-'82.
Posted by: no one of any consquence
-----
I had decided that I wanted out of the bay area in early 82, and I had a headhunter contact me about a job at Storage Tek. I didn't reply immediately, and about two weeks later, I got a "nevermind" from him. I always thought it was because of my tardiness, but maybe the job evaporated.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 22, 2026 11:26 PM (8snZr)

250 and a flower in her lower parts.

Oh, ick.
Posted by: nerdygirl

So, like a vase?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 22, 2026 11:26 PM (/lPRQ)

251 250 and a flower in her lower parts.

Oh, ick.
Posted by: nerdygirl

So, like a vase?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 22, 2026 11:26 PM (/lPRQ)

*watches ball lazily flying toward home plate*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2026 11:27 PM (bss/y)

252 True. Spent 2 months in rehab hospital in 2015 after a diverticular abscess decided it was time to come out and play.

Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 22, 2026 11:25 PM (SRRAx)

I know it's not good, but what exactly is it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 11:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

253 Marilyn was cuter and prettier as a redhead. Early stuff.

More life in her eyes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2026 11:27 PM (bss/y)

254 1 • Europeans: They never touch a conflict until they smell victory.

nonsense. just poked my nose over at vox day's place (hey, it's sunday and i'm bored) where i was reliably informed that trump is begging for a ceasefire and iran is dictating terms.

vox wouldn't lie, would he?

Posted by: anachronda at March 22, 2026 11:28 PM (edU/H)

255 vox wouldn't lie, would he?
Posted by: anachronda at March 22, 2026 11:28 PM (edU/H)

Ask Sarah Hoyt.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 11:28 PM (1Ff7Z)

256 >>This is the time for some calming Dead tunes. Mr Straw.

For my bestie IrishEi. Wonderful person even if she does live in New Jersey. Keep her in your prayers.

https://tinyurl.com/a7a9v8vx

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 11:28 PM (viF8m)

257 254 1 • Europeans: They never touch a conflict until they smell victory.

nonsense. just poked my nose over at vox day's place (hey, it's sunday and i'm bored) where i was reliably informed that trump is begging for a ceasefire and iran is dictating terms.

vox wouldn't lie, would he?
Posted by: anachronda at March 22, 2026 11:28 PM (edU/H)

Next time you're over there, tell him that Israel has a right to exist. That ought to rile him up.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 22, 2026 11:29 PM (xcxpd)

258 who, Teddy "VD" Beale? he assures me that nuclear physics is fake because a Jew did E=mc^2 and other Jews faked the moon landing.
He can't lie.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 22, 2026 11:30 PM (gKWVE)

259 vox wouldn't lie, would he?
Posted by: anachronda at March 22, 2026 11:28 PM (edU/H)

Wishcasting. Romanians know how to read the future in the spill of foam and coffee grounds in the dregs of a cup of coffee. Vox apparently can't.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 22, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR)

260 who, Teddy "VD" Beale? he assures me that nuclear physics is fake because a Jew did E=mc^2 and other Jews faked the moon landing.
He can't lie.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 22, 2026 11:30 PM (gKWVE)

Funny thing is, everyone knows his real name, but he uses VD on his books? Does he think no one knows?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 11:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

261 Huh. Jews faked the moon landing.

No one tell Von Braun.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2026 11:34 PM (bss/y)

262 Funny thing is, everyone knows his real name, but he uses VD on his books? Does he think no one knows?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 11:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

I know, right?

Posted by: Zombie George Orwell, Mark Twain and George Sands at March 22, 2026 11:34 PM (rbvCR)

263 For my bestie IrishEi. Wonderful person even if she does live in New Jersey. Keep her in your prayers.

https://tinyurl.com/a7a9v8vx

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 11:28 PM (viF8m)

Did her surgery go okay? I read. The prayer thread though I don't comment.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 11:35 PM (w5FC4)

264 Of course no real author would consider using a pseudonym.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 22, 2026 11:35 PM (rbvCR)

265 I don't know, maybe because I wasn't around back then, and never saw any of the movies, but I never got the Marilyn Monroe thing. Yeah she was easy on the eyes, but I think I'm more of a 1,000,000BC Raquel Welch type.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 22, 2026 11:37 PM (snZF9)

266 and a flower in her lower parts.

Oh, ick.
Posted by: nerdygirl

So, like a vase?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

"Some asshole has my pen!"

Posted by: just the punchline at March 22, 2026 11:37 PM (VHUov)

267
If you're going
to San Francisco
be sure to wear a flower
... there

Posted by: Don Black at March 22, 2026 11:37 PM (ZxPkt)

268 Of course no real author would consider using a pseudonym.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 22, 2026 11:35 PM (rbvCR)

I do, but no one knows my real name. Why does VD think he needs to use that when we know his real name? It's not like anyone thinks he was named VD.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 11:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

269 Greetings Horde

All is well in this wintery snowy piece of the world.

Moki, praying for you. May your recovery be complete and as quick as possible while you are aware of God's Hands caring for you and bringing peace to your soul.

Love the opening photo! Thanks for the ONT doof!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 22, 2026 11:38 PM (RkOfE)

270 Calm down
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*piano music stops*
Posted by: Cicero

* portly wide-eyed businessman picks up bowler hat and edges toward the door *

Posted by: mikeski at March 22, 2026 11:39 PM (VHUov)

271 I still can't figure out how Mel closed the deal with Mrs. Robinson.

He made her laugh.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 11:40 PM (ZVgZ4)

272 Piper, the fashion was fun tonight. Loved the little info pieces with each dress. Audrey Hepburn is my favorite. I saw My Fair Lady in my youth and loved it. I was sad to find out later that she didn't sing for the film and was snubbed by some Hollywood elites. More power to her, wouldn't want those kinds of friends anyway.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 22, 2026 11:41 PM (RkOfE)

273 >>Did her surgery go okay? I read. The prayer thread though I don't comment.

More or less. Not trying to be evasive but not my place to talk about details. I'll let her decide what she wants to share.

I just want to see her go home sooner than later.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 11:42 PM (viF8m)

274 Marilyn was cuter and prettier as a redhead. Early stuff.

More life in her eyes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Before Hollywood had its way with her.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 11:42 PM (ZVgZ4)

275 Love the opening photo! Thanks for the ONT doof!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 22, 2026 11:38 PM (RkOfE)

YW!

Posted by: Doof at March 22, 2026 11:43 PM (QMAsf)

276 More or less. Not trying to be evasive but not my place to talk about details. I'll let her decide what she wants to share.

I just want to see her go home sooner than later.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 11:42 PM (viF8m)

Best wishes to her. You are a good egg, Mr Straw.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 11:44 PM (w5FC4)

277 Straw, what's up with IrishEi?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 11:46 PM (rMvcy)

278 @EnergyAbsurdity

Hanson’s Key Points (on the war) #4:

• Military reality: A-10 Warthogs and Apache gunships are now flying strike missions inside Iranian airspace at will. These slow, low-flying platforms only appear when enemy air defenses are effectively gone. Confirms what’s really happening on the ground.

Iran’s only play left is rope-a-dope: drag it out, hope U.S. public opinion flips, pray midterms pressure Trump to quit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 11:47 PM (rMvcy)

279 Tonight's ONT brought to you by alternate interpretations of instructions

Genius Grant AWARDED

Posted by: University of Miklos Foundation at March 22, 2026 11:48 PM (Al4HM)

280 I do, but no one knows my real name. Why does VD think he needs to use that when we know his real name? It's not like anyone thinks he was named VD.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 22, 2026 11:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

don't worry about understanding, then. As they used to say, "any stick will do to beat a dog if you don't like the dog"

Posted by: Kindltot at March 22, 2026 11:48 PM (rbvCR)

281 As long as the dice aren't loaded, it's a normal distribution.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 22, 2026 11:05 PM (edKuP)

Unless you add them together. Which gives you 2-12. Then you get a bell curve.

Posted by: Reforger at March 22, 2026 11:49 PM (xrmkX)

282 Best wishes to her. You are a good egg, Mr Straw.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Of the East Egg Straws, no doubt

Posted by: The Great Miklosby at March 22, 2026 11:52 PM (Al4HM)

283 A normal distribution is a bell curve.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 11:53 PM (f5j/P)

284 Y'all are in fine form tonight. *Grabs lid of garbage can outside and wields it as a shield as I walk to the back table in the corner.*

YD, my beloved father is still alive, so I'm going to let your dice idea fly away, really gave more thought to that than was needed.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 22, 2026 11:54 PM (RkOfE)

285 >>Straw, what's up with IrishEi?

She's been in the hospital since last Monday when she had an operation. She seems to be doing better

She can use everyone's prayers, thoughts, love, whatever you got.

No moron gets left behind.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 11:55 PM (viF8m)

286 283 A normal distribution is a bell curve.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 11:53 PM (f5j/P)

Not when you are talking six equally possible outcomes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2026 11:55 PM (bss/y)

287 @EnergyAbsurdity

Hanson’s Key Points (on the war) #4:

• Military reality: A-10 Warthogs and Apache gunships are now flying strike missions inside Iranian airspace at will. These slow, low-flying platforms only appear when enemy air defenses are effectively gone. Confirms what’s really happening on the ground.

Iran’s only play left is rope-a-dope: drag it out, hope U.S. public opinion flips, pray midterms pressure Trump to quit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 11:47 PM (rMvcy)

Trump needs to make a drum set from the top leader's skulls. Only this way can he be crowned System Lord.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 22, 2026 11:55 PM (snZF9)

288 As long as the dice aren't loaded, it's a normal distribution.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Unless you add them together. Which gives you 2-12. Then you get a bell curve.
Posted by: Reforger

He was adding them. A bell curve is a normal distribution.

Posted by: mikeski won't argue dice with YD at March 22, 2026 11:55 PM (VHUov)

289 You can't have fractions in dice, you can only have one of those six outcomes. So a normal distribution means each side has an equal chance of coming up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 22, 2026 11:56 PM (bss/y)

290 Miklos, always good to see you. Is Mr Publius okay? I never understand his posts. But appreciate them. I know his Mother is not well.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 22, 2026 11:56 PM (w5FC4)

291 YD, my beloved father is still alive, so I'm going to let your dice idea fly away, really gave more thought to that than was needed.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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Your pop's meets my gramp's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 22, 2026 11:57 PM (rMvcy)

292 A normal distribution is a bell curve.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Not when you are talking six equally possible outcomes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Then it's a glockenspiel bell, not a church bell.

Posted by: mikeski hums A flat at March 22, 2026 11:57 PM (VHUov)

293
No moron gets left behind.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 22, 2026 11:55 PM (viF8m)

Prayers said for her full recovery.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 22, 2026 11:57 PM (WONhk)

294 See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 22, 2026 11:58 PM (f5j/P)

295 A normal distribution is a bell curve.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eRBRL27rCQ

*dances enthusiastically, if somewhat awkwardly*

Posted by: Miklos be gettin' down at March 22, 2026 11:59 PM (Al4HM)

296 Niiiice classic/classy dresses tonight! Thanks, Piper! (yes, I see she checked out for the night)

Thanks to Doof, too!

Wow, so many need extra prayers as well...

Howdy, all.

Posted by: JQ at March 23, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)

297 Tonight's ONT brought to you by alternate interpretations of instructions

Genius Grant AWARDED
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That's what I thought. The student chose the harder task and aced it, clearly knows how to alphabetize, and the directions can read either way.

Funny story, some what related. In a history highschool class, on a test, I answered that Mecca was a big black rock. Got it wrong but took the text to the teacher and the text was not clear and did make it appear that Mecca was the rock. I don't know if I got points, but, yeah, my mind works differently.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 23, 2026 12:02 AM (RkOfE)

298 Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Mr. and Mrs. Publius are fine at last report.

Plants going into the soil for future food.

Other matters I leave to others.

Posted by: Miklos is late on this year's crop at March 23, 2026 12:02 AM (Al4HM)

299 I think it was Fritz Haber who invented a method of extracting Nitrogen from the atmosphere to make explosives during World War One, which was a big deal as Germany was unable to otherwise get the conventional sources to make munitions for their war effort. He was also a Jew.

If the Nazis weren’t so bug nuts crazy with antisemitism and the rest of it, (they kicked out all the scientists from Europe’s leading Universities) it is conceivable that Werhner’s V2 rockets (retaliation or “vengeance” weapons) could have been atomic.

While the V2s killed thousands - they are unique as a weapon of war in that supposedly more slave laborers died making them than were killed in London or Holland.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 23, 2026 12:02 AM (HpBvd)

300
Iran’s only play left is rope-a-dope: drag it out, hope U.S. public opinion flips

It's worked before...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 23, 2026 12:02 AM (Cqx++)

301
Welcome to Zohran Mamdani’s New York:

Migrants grilling GUINEA PIGS on the streets like it's a third-world market.

This is what happens when you flood the city with illegals and let chaos reign.

https://tinyurl.com/2a52m5uy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2026 12:04 AM (rMvcy)

302 Mr. and Mrs. Publius are fine at last report.

Plants going into the soil for future food.

Other matters I leave to others.

Posted by: Miklos is late on this year's crop at March 23, 2026 12:02 AM (Al4HM)

Thank you sir. I am glad they are ok..

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 23, 2026 12:04 AM (w5FC4)

303 yeah, my mind works differently.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

different

In Redneck Genius Club, we say different

Posted by: Miklos got enough degrees and diplomas to shingle a three sided doghouse at March 23, 2026 12:04 AM (Al4HM)

304 A normal distribution is a bell curve
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How does this square with the Cat Distribution System?

Posted by: Common Tater at March 23, 2026 12:05 AM (HpBvd)

305 Glad to see that Miley & Publius are okay! Haven't seen either around here for a while, and was going to ask but BSM beat me to it.

Posted by: JQ at March 23, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)

306 Hey, JQ Tarbender! The dresses are lovely and Piper's comments are interesting on how they were made.Loved it!

Going to bed because of beauty sleep and to get rid of the end of the virus the baby gave me. It lingers. It tires me. On the bright side neither the baby nor I are grumpy virus petri dishes.

May Duke Lose Tomorrow

May ICE deport everyone from airports on cargo planes as a special surpise to the Dims...including Dims like Omar

May Iran continue to get stomped

May the wind be at your back and God's light shine on your face

May you all have a wonderful night and week

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 23, 2026 12:06 AM (WONhk)

307 It's worked before...
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Break out the tire irons.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2026 12:06 AM (rMvcy)

308 Ah, you’re concerned that you get integers and/or are not adding the values. If you add them the results will still be integers, but you find a “bell curve,” a normal distribution, will fit the results very well, assuming the dice aren’t loaded.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 23, 2026 12:07 AM (ZVgZ4)

309 Hola, mes amigos.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 23, 2026 12:07 AM (diia5)

310 How does this square with the Cat Distribution System?
Posted by: Common Tater
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I figger some people get only one cat, some get a preggers Mama Cat, and others get just a couple-three littermates at once.

Posted by: JQ at March 23, 2026 12:08 AM (rdVOm)

311 The Cat Distribution System is complicated by the occasional female cat that uses the Trojan Horse ploy on the unsuspecting humans.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 23, 2026 12:09 AM (ZVgZ4)

312 Hello/goodbye, ChristyBlinkyTheGreat.. Sleep well!

Posted by: JQ at March 23, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

313 different

In Redneck Genius Club, we say different
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Hmmm... My feet work different too, so I guess I could join you in an awkward dance.... But the bell song was strange... how about polka?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 23, 2026 12:10 AM (RkOfE)

314 Hola, mes amigos.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

How was Cuba?

didja bring me somethin?

Don't tell me they're out of lousy t-shirts too

Posted by: El Mikloso at March 23, 2026 12:11 AM (Al4HM)

315 >>It's worked before...

Imagine playing rope a dope with a guy who got shot in the head for daring to take on the DC swamp and his reaction was to stand and say FIGHT!And the mullahs tried to kill him, twice.

Not a chance in hell Trump backs down before the terrorist regime falls.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 23, 2026 12:12 AM (viF8m)

316 how about polka?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Tak!

Ja rozumiem po polka!

Posted by: Mikloszczewszczski at March 23, 2026 12:12 AM (Al4HM)

317 Ah, you’re concerned that you get integers and/or are not adding the values. If you add them the results will still be integers, but you find a “bell curve,” a normal distribution, will fit the results very well, assuming the dice aren’t loaded.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

It's been too many years since collij math classes. Is there a different name for a "discrete" normal distribution?

I still call something like IQ "a normal distribution" even if IQ is always an integer, so it's really an approximation of a real continuous normal distribution.

Posted by: mikeski isn't sure if math or grammar at March 23, 2026 12:13 AM (VHUov)

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