Thursday Overnight Open Thread - April 9, 2026 [Doof]

Photo from Lexi, Mystery Click for the first Moron you probably thought of

Thursday night ONT has arrived, and so have you. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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What kind of country are we if a man can't have a pet alligator?

A Buffalo-area man ends his fight to reclaim Albert, his 12-foot alligator seized in 2024

An upstate New York man who had his alligator seized after sharing a home for more than three decades has given up his court fight to get back the reptile he affectionately named Albert.
Tony Cavallaro sued the state Department of Environmental Conservation after officers met him with a warrant in the driveway of his home in the Buffalo suburb of Hamburg in March 2024. The officers sedated the 12-foot (3.6-meter), 750-pound (340-kilogram) alligator and drove him away in a van.
Albert, who lived in an indoor swimming pool, eventually ended up in a sanctuary in Texas.
Cavallaro sued over the state’s denial of a license to keep Albert. But the 66-year-old said Thursday that the legal action had consumed his life for two years. With no quick end in sight, he decided last month that he couldn’t deal with the exhausting battle anymore.
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Cavallaro said he has not seen Albert since the animal was taken away, though he has seen photographs.
“I’m not at peace. I don’t think I ever will be,” he said. “I’m very angry about the whole thing.”

Check out the whole thing and let us know if you think this is overreach or justified.

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What's the most amount of layers you've ever worn on your upper body? Bet this woman has you beat!

An Arkansas athlete donned 55 T-shirts and ran a half marathon to break a Guinness World Record and celebrate her weight loss journey.
Meredith Smith ran the Fort Smith Half Marathon on March 30, 2025, while wearing her 55 layers of shirts, and Guinness World Records has now confirmed she earned the title for the most T-shirts worn during a half marathon (female).

Ummm - OK.

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"A Tradition Unlike Any Other" - 2026 Edition

The Masters opened up today

The 90th Masters Tournament has begun with ceremonial tee shots from Jack Nicklaus (86 years old), Gary Player (90 years old) and Tom Watson (76 years old) - who have a combined total of 11 Masters victories between them. ⛳️ pic.twitter.com/zRipcIQxvc
— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) April 9, 2026

Drone footage of Augusta - KEWL!

🎥🚁🌺 #WATCH — Augusta National from a drone. 😍 pic.twitter.com/JHinjTge2a
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) April 5, 2026

Speaking of coolness - how about Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer burning lung darts at Augusta 60 years ago?

The Masters, 1966. No airbrushing required. pic.twitter.com/S1WV9A0xOE
— Straight Down The Middle (@sdtmgolf) April 2, 2026

Not from The Masters, but still kewl

How to patch up divot on putting green ⛳

© behind_thegreens pic.twitter.com/rYyGIlVUNs
— Sarahh (@Sarahhuniverse) March 29, 2026

From the official site of The Masters
Thursday Photos From the 2026 Masters

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Nearly 7 minutes of car owner stupidity.

I laughed way too hard at some of these🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/Nk4bOhPTkP
— Marie Isabella (@MarieIsabellaB) April 9, 2026

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DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

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Comments

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1 Sailing...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 09, 2026 10:00 PM (VCgbV)

2 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 09, 2026 10:01 PM (w3u3d)

3 Oh!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 10:01 PM (ehsRc)

4 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 09, 2026 10:01 PM (cYBz/)

5 Yo Doof! S'up Horde?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 09, 2026 10:02 PM (qVGoX)

6 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko

Cornell '77 is one of the most famous live music performances in history. Excellent choice.

Posted by: MAID at April 09, 2026 10:03 PM (RIvkX)

7 Sorry, the top photo wasn't related to the commenter I first thought of: Jim SND.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 09, 2026 10:03 PM (S/Y4j)

8 first Moron you probably thought of
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I be gum

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 10:03 PM (ehsRc)

9 An upstate New York man who had his alligator seized

$20, same as in The Bronx.

Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

10 /acronym sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)

11 Sailing picture is obviously AI. Sails are set up 180 degrees from normal.
You can ask Jackstraw.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:04 PM (jkyX4)

12 Good evening Horde and thanks Disco!

TRexes are not known for golfing prowess. Short arms makes swinging clubs a challenge. Still like a good mini-golf course though. Water features, windmills, etc.

Posted by: TRex - putt putt dino at April 09, 2026 10:05 PM (cCn4/)

13 Was it Monday's ONT that someone fed the hamsters LSD, with the psychedelic comment colors?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 09, 2026 10:05 PM (S/Y4j)

14 Thanks for the fabulous Master ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top and enjoyed the Mystery Click. I guessed correctly on the Moron too!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 09, 2026 10:05 PM (vrNzf)

15 Alligator man...

Let's just ay that if I can't keep a falcon from the wild because reasons, then this guy doesn't get a friggin' alligator.

But I think I should get to keep a falcon. And he should have to post a sign about a dangerous animal.

Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:05 PM (wm3Sw)

16 Red sky at night, sailor will bite.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 09, 2026 10:06 PM (JkO4W)

17 Helloooo! Very pretty picture, Doof!

Posted by: Piper at April 09, 2026 10:06 PM (Wmg4n)

18 Check out the whole thing and let us know if you think this is overreach or justified.
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Of course not. He and Albert should have moved to Florida.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 10:06 PM (ehsRc)

19 TRexes are not known for golfing prowess. Short arms makes swinging clubs a challenge. Still like a good mini-golf course though. Water features, windmills, etc.
Posted by: TRex - putt putt dino at April 09, 2026 10:05 PM (cCn4/)
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At least you don't have to fight the urge to bury golf balls in the dirt for winter.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 09, 2026 10:06 PM (ESVrU)

20 WTH is going on with that boat? It looks like the boom is pointing towards the bow? Hey AI, that ain't the way sailboats work.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 09, 2026 10:06 PM (vTZFs)

21 TRex, can you send an email address for you and Grateful to CBD? He’ll get it to me.
Some June news.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:06 PM (jkyX4)

22 What is with that sloop? The boom points forward.

Get the naval architect on the horn, He's got some splainin' to do.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 09, 2026 10:07 PM (JkO4W)

23 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko

Cornell '77 is one of the most famous live music performances in history. Excellent choice.
Posted by: MAID at April 09, 2026 10:03 PM (RIvkX)

/acronym sock off
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)

Dumb luck on my part choosing that performance. They're not my thing, but I know a lot of you really like them.

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:08 PM (QMAsf)

24 That sailboat has gone full retard.

Posted by: davidt at April 09, 2026 10:08 PM (Q+gd/)

25 Also, the sea is glass. There's not a puff of wind.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 09, 2026 10:08 PM (JkO4W)

26 Doof! 'Ettes! 'Rons! ONT!

Sorry, I'm way too excited for the night before I have dental hell at 0700. As you were.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:08 PM (t2oSI)

27 Sailing picture is obviously AI. Sails are set up 180 degrees from normal.
You can ask Jackstraw.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:04 PM (jkyX4)

But it's PURTY!!!

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:08 PM (QMAsf)

28 I had a great round today with the Thursday annex of Geezer Golfers. Lowered my handicap by 2 strokes.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:08 PM (2WIwB)

29 Sailing picture is obviously AI. Sails are set up 180 degrees from normal.
You can ask Jackstraw.
Posted by: RI Red

"Normal" means perpendicular.
180 from normal is still normal.

The sails are just 180 off.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 09, 2026 10:08 PM (/lPRQ)

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Cavallaro sued over the state’s denial of a license to keep Albert. But the 66-year-old said Thursday that the legal action had consumed his life for two years.

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Meanwhile, deranged lunatics in NYC are released on their own recognizance.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:09 PM (tgvbd)

31 Nicely themed, Doof!
Grandson's middle name is the surname of a famous golfer.

Posted by: sal at April 09, 2026 10:10 PM (f+FmA)

32 Sorry, the top photo wasn't related to the commenter I first thought of: Jim SND.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 09, 2026 10:03 PM (S/Y4j)

You weren't the only one.

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

33 Thanks for the fabulous Master ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top and enjoyed the Mystery Click. I guessed correctly on the Moron too!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 09, 2026 10:05 PM (vrNzf)

Howdy LS!

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)

34 Cavallaro sued over the state’s denial of a license to keep Albert. But the 66-year-old said Thursday that the legal action had consumed his life for two years.

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Meanwhile, deranged lunatics in NYC are released on their own recognizance.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:09 PM (tgvbd)

Were the NY authorities afraid he'd use Albert to clean up NYC?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 09, 2026 10:11 PM (S/Y4j)

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The 90th Masters Tournament has begun with ceremonial tee shots from Jack Nicklaus (86 years old), Gary Player (90 years old) and Tom Watson (76 years old) - who have a combined total of 11 Masters victories between them.

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*polite cough*

Among them

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:11 PM (tgvbd)

36 So... to fix a shallow, small divot, your technique is to make an even DEEPER PAIR of holes and just plug in grass and dirt you dug up ELSEWHERE?

My wife is gonna love THAT excuse...

Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:11 PM (wm3Sw)

37 Yes,we can. Actually CBD has our email. Or you could just hover over TRex nic and his email will magically appear! Mine won't tonite as I'm on a phone, not thecomputer.

Posted by: The Grateful at April 09, 2026 10:11 PM (cCn4/)

38 We were lucky enough to go to the masters last year Whoever here said Augusta is paradise surrounded by a ghetto shit hole was exactly right. I Highly recommend the experience, but just dont stick around town after sundown

Posted by: LASue at April 09, 2026 10:11 PM (lCppi)

39 Any asshole who leaves a divot like that on a green should have his putter shoved up his ass.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:12 PM (2WIwB)

40 Grandson's middle name is the surname of a famous golfer.
Posted by: sal at April 09, 2026 10:10 PM (f+FmA)

Tiger?
Fuzzy?
Payne?
Al Czervik?

Oh, wait:

NOONAN!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:12 PM (0aYVJ)

41 Sorry, the top photo wasn't related to the commenter I first thought of: Jim SND.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 09, 2026 10:03 PM (S/Y4j)

You weren't the only one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

Fair point. I'll honor him another night soon!

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

42 What the hell is it about New York (state) and their animus towards domesticated wild animals?

First Peanut and Fred, now Albert. Where will it end?

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:12 PM (t2oSI)

43 What is with that sloop? The boom points forward.

Get the naval architect on the horn, He's got some splainin' to do.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Kriss Kross took up sailing in their middle-age.

Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)

44 Most excellent Jack Straw posted up top. Thanks, Doof.

Posted by: Cornell '77 Was Very Good at April 09, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)

45 Lovely pic up, Doof! I guessed the mystery Moron before clicking the link.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (FrGmf)

46 Just wait until the alligator settles in to the sanctuary, and horks up the skulls of two missing Jehovah's Witnesses.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (utfVc)

47 *polite cough*

Among them
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:11 PM (tgvbd)

Well-done, sir, and glad I'm not the only respecter of grammar on this smart military blog.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (t2oSI)

48
First Peanut and Fred, now Albert. Where will it end?

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:12 PM (t2oSI)

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Dogs are on deck. The alliance between Musloids and AR maniacs has them in their sights.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (tgvbd)

49 Any asshole who leaves a divot like that on a green should have his putter shoved up his ass.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:12 PM (2WIwB)
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I never had the hand-eye coordination to play.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)

50 Sorry, the top photo wasn't related to the commenter I first thought of: Jim SND.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 09, 2026 10:03 PM (S/Y4j)

You weren't the only one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

Me too, also.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)

51

No animus towards fucking illegals stealing our tax money.

Posted by: four seasons at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (3ek7K)

52 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (jFCkp)

53 Doof! 'Ettes! 'Rons! ONT!

Sorry, I'm way too excited for the night before I have dental hell at 0700. As you were.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:08 PM (t2oSI)

Hey there -- Good to see you!

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

54 11 Sailing picture is obviously AI. Sails are set up 180 degrees from normal.
You can ask Jackstraw.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:04 PM (jkyX4)

22 What is with that sloop? The boom points forward.

Get the naval architect on the horn, He's got some splainin' to do.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 09, 2026 10:07 PM (JkO4W)

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Yup, that's my drawing!

Now, who wants to go sailing with me?

Posted by: Uniblab at April 09, 2026 10:15 PM (cBW38)

55 o... to fix a shallow, small divot, your technique is to make an even DEEPER PAIR of holes and just plug in grass and dirt you dug up ELSEWHERE?

My wife is gonna love THAT excuse...
Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:11 PM (wm3Sw)
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Yep.

I worked at a golf course for about a year a long time ago. That's how we repaired the greens.

We used the same technique to move the hole around the green. It keeps the green from being worn down in one area over time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 09, 2026 10:15 PM (ESVrU)

56
I think I inhaled about 35 pounds of grass dust while mowing. Having difficulty breathing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:16 PM (tgvbd)

57 Any asshole who leaves a divot like that on a green should have his putter shoved up his ass.
Posted by: Diogenes

YooHoo!!!

Posted by: Buttigig at April 09, 2026 10:16 PM (cYBz/)

58 We were lucky enough to go to the masters last year Whoever here said Augusta is paradise surrounded by a ghetto shit hole was exactly right. I Highly recommend the experience, but just dont stick around town after sundown
Posted by: LASue at April 09, 2026 10:11 PM (lCppi)

That said, there is a great German restaurant on the north side of town.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

59 Those last three songs were all on the jukebox when I was a kid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

60 Got it, Grateful! Email to you guys and Sharon in the AM.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:17 PM (jkyX4)

61 There's just not enough xylophone in today's rock and roll.
Sad, really.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 09, 2026 10:17 PM (sl73Y)

62 Any asshole who leaves a divot like that on a green should have his putter shoved up his ass.
Posted by: Diogenes

YooHoo!!!
Posted by: Buttigig

You'd want it head-first.

Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

63 DOOF!
Awesome pic up top.
Always good to see you buddy!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 09, 2026 10:18 PM (qox2u)

64 Needs more cowbell!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at April 09, 2026 10:18 PM (Risui)

65 Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:08 PM (t2oSI)

Did you get approved for Bleat Blather? I tried, but nothing has happened.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

66 Any asshole who leaves a divot like that on a green should have his putter shoved up his ass.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:12 PM (2WIwB)

Comments to that tweet (or whatever they're called now) were full of guesses as to what caused the divot. Frustration after a missed putt? Someone actually hitting a ball from the green trying to hit it back to the correct hole? Something else? Whatever it was, that person should be banned forever.

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

67 Hey there -- Good to see you!
Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

Likewise, brother. Appreciate your ONT efforts as always!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:19 PM (t2oSI)

68 *polite cough*

Among them
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:11 PM (tgvbd)

Well-done, sir, and glad I'm not the only respecter of grammar on this smart military blog.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (t2oSI)

I am such a grammar pedant, but I am old enough to know when to let it go, even though it grates on me. Those that irritate me most: "anyways," and "then" when you mean "than."

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

69 Evenin’, All. Hey, Doof.

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

70 Those last three songs were all on the jukebox when I was a kid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

Hmmm - an unintended theme!

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

71 I've been playing golf all day so I don't know if this has been discussed or not.
But...
I hope Mrs Trump sues the living crap out of Carville and the Beast for their dispicable comments. Assholes.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)

72 Dogs are on deck. The alliance between Musloids and AR maniacs has them in their sights.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (tgvbd)

Three words for them as consider dogs haram:

Cold
Dead
Hands

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:20 PM (t2oSI)

73
So someone makes a grammar mistake on the blog.

WAAAAHHHH.

Don't you people have worse things to complain about?

Geez Louise, get a grip.

Posted by: four seasons at April 09, 2026 10:20 PM (3ek7K)

74 Evenin’, All. Hey, Doof.
Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

Howdy Bulg. Start the new job yet?

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:20 PM (QMAsf)

75 I played a round of golf at Pebble Beach.

I definitely got my money's worth. 9 holes. About 4 hours. 23 over par. Loved it. Beautiful views.

Would recommend.

*daughter worked at the clubhouse. Freebie once a year for family.

I suck at golf.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 09, 2026 10:20 PM (AkEZC)

76 I'm a Masters fan boy! Love that tournament. Augusta National Golf Club is just gorgeous. I completely geek out on it. Watch about everything I can and The Masters YouTube page is very good. Was watching Amazon Prime, who have the first 2 hours on Thur-Fri, and I'm not a fan of that interface and it kept glitching on me.

What idiot is making a divot like that on a green. Dummy!.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 09, 2026 10:20 PM (jFCkp)

77 There's just not enough xylophone in today's rock and roll.
Sad, really.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 09, 2026 10:17 PM (sl73Y)

There's really not any rock and roll in today's rock and roll.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 10:21 PM (utfVc)

78 Good call Jack Straw, I see it!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 09, 2026 10:21 PM (txiLK)

79 Evening.

Okay, I'm going to admit something stupid.

Back when I had a pick up truck I was driving...either to work or home... and it died. Had it towed to the dealership. No fuel.

In my defense!

Now I'm not THAT stupid. The whachamjiggie that measures the fuel in the tank was borked. Thought I had fuel, turns out I didn't.

Posted by: Robert at April 09, 2026 10:22 PM (htWC/)

80 Dogs are on deck. The alliance between Musloids and AR maniacs has them in their sights.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (tgvbd)

AWFLs with designer dogs hardest hit.

Posted by: davidt at April 09, 2026 10:22 PM (Q+gd/)

81 I was amazed to hear that Jack Nicklaus is still alive. Good for him!

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 10:22 PM (77rzZ)

82 Well-done, sir, and glad I'm not the only respecter of grammar on this smart military blog.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (t2oSI)

I am such a grammar pedant, but I am old enough to know when to let it go, even though it grates on me. Those that irritate me most: "anyways," and "then" when you mean "than."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

I mentioned diagramming sentences to my granddaughter. She's in college. I got the 1000 meter stare.
*sigh*

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

83
Don't you people have worse things to complain about?

Geez Louise, get a grip.

Posted by: four seasons at April 09, 2026 10:20 PM (3ek7K)

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It's never too late to get people to speak their native language.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:22 PM (tgvbd)

84 Did you get approved for Bleat Blather? I tried, but nothing has happened.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

Yep, I've been in for a while over there. My Bleat participation just sucks. Thanks!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:23 PM (t2oSI)

85 Sorry I'm late, the exorcist called in sick so I was stuck with the kid longer than expected.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 09, 2026 10:24 PM (iWROd)

86 74 Well, kinda. Thereby hangs a tale. I’ll share it with the Horde when ready.

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)

87 Well-done, sir, and glad I'm not the only respecter of grammar on this smart military blog.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (t2oSI)

I am such a grammar pedant, but I am old enough to know when to let it go, even though it grates on me. Those that irritate me most: "anyways," and "then" when you mean "than."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

I want, but have thus far avoided, buying the shirt that says "I judge you when you use poor grammar."

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:25 PM (t2oSI)

88
Let the between/among distinction slide and before you know it everyone is using "impact" and "gift" as verbs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:25 PM (tgvbd)

89 Yep, I've been in for a while over there. My Bleat participation just sucks. Thanks!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:23 PM (t2oSI)

Who is supposed to approve? I've been waiting for over a week? Don't want to use disqus to comment there again.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

90 I played a round of golf at Pebble Beach.

I definitely got my money's worth. 9 holes. About 4 hours. 23 over par. Loved it. Beautiful views.

Would recommend.

*daughter worked at the clubhouse. Freebie once a year for family.

I suck at golf.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 09, 2026 10:20 PM (AkEZC)

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I've never played PB but have played the courses at Ft Ord. Not too far away. Beautiful layout and 70* on Christmas Day.
(And the ball always breaks to the Bay on every green!)

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:25 PM (2WIwB)

91 English grammar is literally the foundation of civilization. No biggie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:26 PM (RIvkX)

92 Don't you people have worse things to complain about?

Geez Louise, get a grip.

Posted by: four seasons at April 09, 2026 10:20 PM (3ek7K)

But that’s part of the charm of this blog. Put something out and wait to get hammered. Gives us good thick skins.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:26 PM (Edxq2)

93 Now I'm not THAT stupid. The whachamjiggie that measures the fuel in the tank was borked. Thought I had fuel, turns out I didn't.
Posted by: Robert at April 09, 2026 10:22 PM (htWC/)

Back in the day, what could cause that was putting a non-vented fuel cap on a tank that required vented cap. Fuel pump suction would eventually create a partial vacuum in the tank, and the bottom would cave in, pushing up the float of the sending unit, while at the same time lifting the pickup pipe out of the pool of remaining fuel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 10:26 PM (utfVc)

94 Don't you people have worse things to complain about?

Geez Louise, get a grip.

Posted by: four seasons at April 09, 2026 10:20 PM (3ek7K)
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My point was that I *don't* complain. I was only making a comment.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)

95 "Customer States" videos are both hilarious and frightening. These people vote.
Stopped to help a young lady, maybe 20 years old, who stopped in the middle of the road to attend to flat. Told her to slowly drive her car about 20 ft. to a parking lot where she wouldn't get hit by passing cars, nor impede traffic. Helped her change the tire.
Every tire was worn down smooth all the way to the wire reinforcement inside. Unbelievable.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 09, 2026 10:27 PM (XMwZJ)

96 61 There's just not enough xylophone in today's rock and roll.
Sad, really.
Posted by: From about That Time at April 09, 2026 10:17 PM (sl73Y)

"Moonlight Feels Right" had a great xylophone solo.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 09, 2026 10:27 PM (y171U)

97 Well-done, sir, and glad I'm not the only respecter of grammar on this smart military blog.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:14 PM (t2oSI)

I am such a grammar pedant, but I am old enough to know when to let it go, even though it grates on me. Those that irritate me most: "anyways," and "then" when you mean "than."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

Sometimes the fight must be waged!

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:27 PM (QMAsf)

98 Let the between/among distinction slide and before you know it everyone is using "impact" and "gift" as verbs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:25 PM (tgvbd)
====

How do we feel about "gifted"?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:28 PM (RIvkX)

99 The absolute giant dork nerd I married just showed me the Starbuck song doesn't have a xylophone in it. It's a marimba. I'm being shown video proof, y'all.

Posted by: NCKate at April 09, 2026 10:28 PM (uQzkA)

100 How do we feel about "gifted"?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:28 PM (RIvkX)

*grumbles*
Mozart was gifted.
*wanders away*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:29 PM (0aYVJ)

101 I mentioned diagramming sentences to my granddaughter. She's in college. I got the 1000 meter stare.
*sigh*

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:22 PM

Me in middle school, diagramming sentences: "I'm never going to use this in the real world, what a waste of time!"

Me now, writing documents at work: "Thank God I learned how to diagram sentences!"

Posted by: Bert G at April 09, 2026 10:29 PM (VARTN)

102 But that’s part of the charm of this blog. Put something out and wait to get hammered. Gives us good thick skins.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:26 PM (Edxq2)

I let the 15 year Redbreast do the hammering for me.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

103

It's a blog where people make a quick comment.

We ain't writing a thesis.

Most people comment using phones and autocorrect will display what you type and then it is wrong when you post.

I feel sure there are a lot of readers who think, oh no if I make a mistake in spelling or grammar I'll be criticized.

Posted by: four seasons at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (3ek7K)

104 People constantly misuse the term “grammar.” Using “then” for “than” is not a grammatical issue, it’s simply a lexical one, using the wrong word.

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)

105 Let the between/among distinction slide and before you know it everyone is using "impact" and "gift" as verbs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:25 PM (tgvbd)

Or "ask" as a noun?

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (QMAsf)

106 Let the between/among distinction slide and before you know it everyone is using "impact" and "gift" as verbs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:25 PM (tgvbd)
====

How do we feel about "gifted"?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:28 PM (RIvkX)

If you ever had gifted me something, it would have been very impactful.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (Edxq2)

107
Worster it's worster.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (ehsRc)

108 Trump is absolutely roasting Tucker, Candace, and others in a truth social post - a thing of beauty!

I remember when this first started with Tucker some were saying “oh we need a big tent don’t cancel Tucker.” Well now he’s home all the way and outed himself as one of the most vicious anti Trump haters ever, worse than most on the left.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (txiLK)

109 The absolute giant dork nerd I married just showed me the Starbuck song doesn't have a xylophone in it. It's a marimba. I'm being shown video proof, y'all.
Posted by: NCKate at April 09, 2026 10:28 PM (uQzkA)

Don't both implements have wooden bars that are struck with a small mallet? Vibraphone, with metal bars, is where it's at.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (utfVc)

110 Here I sit, sucking on a bourbon and Coke Zero. Today was my first lawn mowing of the year. I have about a quarter acre of grass, and I have a riding mower. The first Spring mowing is always a chore.
I knew it was going to be a long afternoon when I hopped on the mower and the key didn't fit. I had grabbed a mailbox key out of the bowl by mistake.
It was getting towards the end of the day, and I was finishing up the back yard, when the goats tried to escape.
My neighbors have some miniature horses and a few goats. I had agreed to let them graze in the back half of my lot (the horses and goats, not the neighbors) and I knew the horses had popped a few of the ties on the chainlink fence that borders my lawn. It turned out to be more than a few. Suddenly, there was enough slack in the fence that the excited goats could crawl under it. I got them stopped and parked the mower against the fence while I fetched the package of fence ties that had been delivered last week. I got finished just before sundown.
So, how was your day?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 09, 2026 10:31 PM (8R3uM)

111 "Geez Louise, get a grip."

Got it.

Posted by: Jeffery Toobin at April 09, 2026 10:31 PM (Q+gd/)

112 Guinness book of meaningless trivia.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 09, 2026 10:31 PM (fyPzL)

113 Stopped to help a young lady, maybe 20 years old, who stopped in the middle of the road to attend to flat. Told her to slowly drive her car about 20 ft. to a parking lot where she wouldn't get hit by passing cars, nor impede traffic. Helped her change the tire.
Every tire was worn down smooth all the way to the wire reinforcement inside. Unbelievable.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

I guess she didn't do the penny test.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 09, 2026 10:31 PM (wOO3z)

114 The absolute giant dork nerd I married just showed me the Starbuck song doesn't have a xylophone in it. It's a marimba. I'm being shown video proof, y'all.
Posted by: NCKate at April 09, 2026 10:28 PM (uQzkA)

A man? Proving a woman wrong?

Off to the couch with him!

Posted by: Robert at April 09, 2026 10:31 PM (htWC/)

115 How do we feel about "gifted"?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
---

I knew a gifted piano player.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 10:31 PM (ehsRc)

116 I think worster sauce is pretty good!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 09, 2026 10:32 PM (txiLK)

117 Diagramming sentences was _fun_! These days I'm not sure they even teach it...

On the car owner stuff - I've had something fall from an overpass and break a windshield, and I've had a hawk hit my windshield and leave a shattered dent like that turtle case. Except the hawk's corpse didn't get stuck in the windshield.

Posted by: RandomDave at April 09, 2026 10:32 PM (aJQbY)

118 Auto shop vid.

YUP, the population as a whole is getting dumber. What's disturbing is that these dummies are behind the wheel of a ton or so of metal and plastic, sharing the road with the rest of us.

I'm not over enthusiastic about the possibility of them making good decisions on the highway.

Posted by: Orson at April 09, 2026 10:32 PM (dIske)

119
I mentioned diagramming sentences to my granddaughter. She's in college. I got the 1000 meter stare.
*sigh*

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:22 PM

___________

The only - only! - worthwhile English class in HS was taught by a grim old woman who had us diagram sentences. That and three years of Latin explain the elegance of my writing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:32 PM (tgvbd)

120 So someone makes a grammar mistake on the blog.

WAAAAHHHH.

--------

Syntax errors are a mark of the lower classes.

*sniff*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 09, 2026 10:32 PM (JkO4W)

121 I am such a dork, I liked diagramming sentences in junior high. Really illustrated how the English language works.

I was much better at English than I was at mathematics.

Being a land survey CAD technician makes my previous sentence funny.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:32 PM (0aYVJ)

122 Who is supposed to approve? I've been waiting for over a week? Don't want to use disqus to comment there again.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

I posted in the "Test Drivers" thread, which appears to feature the cutting edge of users, that your request was pending approval. We shall see ...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:33 PM (t2oSI)

123 Was just getting the vibraphone rundown.

Posted by: NCKate at April 09, 2026 10:34 PM (uQzkA)

124 I feel sure there are a lot of readers who think, oh no if I make a mistake in spelling or grammar I'll be criticized.

Posted by: four seasons at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (3ek7K)
====

Something tells me you weren't taught by nuns.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

125 Sending Cicero a box of Kleenex through USB.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 10:34 PM (ehsRc)

126 Two thoughts upon content perusal:

1) Dude should've trained the alligator to eat government employees.

2). I need to teach a class on the importance of automobile maintenance. Can lumber be written off as a teaching supply?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 09, 2026 10:34 PM (qVGoX)

127 People constantly misuse the term “grammar.” Using “then” for “than” is not a grammatical issue, it’s simply a lexical one, using the wrong word.
Posted by: Bulg

I bow to your superior pedantry.

Posted by: mikeski is both serious and not at April 09, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

128 I guess she didn't do the penny test.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 09, 2026 10:31 PM (wOO3z)

And here I thought that the penny test was that if a bewb would not hold a penny under it, the owner thereof need not wear a bra.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:34 PM (Edxq2)

129 How do we feel about "gifted"?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:28 PM (RIvkX)

If you ever had gifted me something, it would have been very impactful.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (Edxq2)

You know, I can sort of see a limited utility for "gifted" as a verb; it emphasizes that the recipient received something as a gift, as opposed to just having had something placed in their hand.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 10:35 PM (utfVc)

130 Glockenspiel now

Posted by: NCKate at April 09, 2026 10:35 PM (uQzkA)

131 Don't both implements have wooden bars that are struck with a small mallet? Vibraphone, with metal bars, is where it's at.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (utfVc)
____________________

I'm just familiar with the metal bars struck by a tin cup. Anyone who strikes wooden bars with a metal mallet spends a night in the box.

Posted by: Orson at April 09, 2026 10:36 PM (dIske)

132 Yeah, about alligator man ...

NYS doing it's thing here in WNY.

That walking suite case was doing just fine with our version of Florida Man.

Hell, we even had a Caiman in Scajaquada Creek, about a half mile from where I am.

Not bad for an ice bound area ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at April 09, 2026 10:36 PM (3sXRv)

133 So, how was your day?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 09, 2026 10:31 PM (8R3uM)

I birdied #18 today!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)

134 127 People constantly misuse the term “grammar.” Using “then” for “than” is not a grammatical issue, it’s simply a lexical one, using the wrong word.
Posted by: Bulg

---------

Their our too sides to this issue.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 09, 2026 10:36 PM (JkO4W)

135 I liked diagramming sentences in junior high, but I didn’t understand grammar at all until I studied Spanish in high school.

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 10:36 PM (77rzZ)

136 The absolute giant dork nerd I married just showed me the Starbuck song doesn't have a xylophone in it. It's a marimba. I'm being shown video proof, y'all.
Posted by: NCKate
===

Giant Dork?
Lucky girl

//sigh//

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at April 09, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

137 Don't both implements have wooden bars that are struck with a small mallet? Vibraphone, with metal bars, is where it's at.

Basically, yes. The marimba has resonator tubes. The Vibraphone has resonator tubes with... "thingies" resembling the butterfly valves in a carburetor that spin on a common shaft to create the vibrato effect.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 09, 2026 10:37 PM (vTZFs)

138 That looks like Master's bait.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 09, 2026 10:37 PM (diia5)

139 "These ones."

I hear a lot of young people use that. Just say "these."

Posted by: Robert at April 09, 2026 10:37 PM (htWC/)

140 I feel sure there are a lot of readers who think, oh no if I make a mistake in spelling or grammar I'll be criticized.

Posted by: four seasons at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (3ek7K)

That was absolutely *not* my point. I make typos all the time. Sorry to offend.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:37 PM (0aYVJ)

141 I watched a video on the VASCO project - it aims to look at older astronomical observations and find stars on old photos that we can't see any more.

It has found about 800 of them.

The most obvious explanation that those where photographic errors seem unlikely for most of them since the plates don't have defects and sometimes the missing stars are on multiple plates.

And other arguments for reasons we just can't see the stars now - dust, occulting objects, even Dyson spheres seem unlikely.

It looks like the most accepted argument is that there is some other still death pattern that leaves a black hole without a supernova. But...that's not a very good answer for a bunch of reasons not the least of which that it means we don't understand stellar physics.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 09, 2026 10:38 PM (sKqQm)

142 I was amazed to hear that Jack Nicklaus is still alive. Good for him!
Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 10:22 PM (77rzZ)

I *loved* that movie with Helen Hunt where he can't step on sidewalk cracks!

Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:38 PM (wm3Sw)

143 42 What the hell is it about New York (state) and their animus towards domesticated wild animals?

First Peanut and Fred, now Albert. Where will it end?
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:12 PM (t2oSI)

Albert was first ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at April 09, 2026 10:38 PM (3sXRv)

144 My thoery:
Golf is just "broken windows" for the rich demographic.

Hear me out.
If a window is broken, the trash folks make money picking it up, the people making a replacement makes money, the people who transport it makes money, the wholesale and retail companies make money and the workman who installs it makes money. It's an economic plus.
The fallacy can only be supported by ignoring the better uses that money could be put to.
If people play golf, the fertilizer foods make money getting the grass growing, the water company make money, the golf ball manufacturers make money, the club manufacturers, golf bag, golf cart, club mitten, tee manufacturers, and instructors all make money. It's an economic plus.
The fallacy can only be supported by ignoring the better uses the.money could be put to.

What "better uses", you say?
Anything.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 09, 2026 10:39 PM (RVkHv)

145 127 People constantly misuse the term “grammar.” Using “then” for “than” is not a grammatical issue, it’s simply a lexical one, using the wrong word.
Posted by: Bulg

Dang! I just been out-pedanted. Good on you, sir.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)

146 103

It's a blog where people make a quick comment.

We ain't writing a thesis.

Most people comment using phones and autocorrect will display what you type and then it is wrong when you post.

I feel sure there are a lot of readers who think, oh no if I make a mistake in spelling or grammar I'll be criticized.

Posted by: four seasons at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (3ek7K)

My copy editor is soundly thrashed on a regular basis for allowing my typos to be published.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 09, 2026 10:39 PM (iWROd)

147 I was amazed to hear that Jack Nicklaus is still alive. Good for him!
Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 10:22 PM (77rzZ)

I *loved* that movie with Helen Hunt where he can't step on sidewalk cracks!
Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:38 PM (wm3Sw)

"I think of a man. Then I take away reason...and accountability."

Posted by: Robert at April 09, 2026 10:40 PM (htWC/)

148 was given
he gave
It's possible

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 10:40 PM (ehsRc)

149 I barely punctumate let alone grammarize.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)

150 I posted in the "Test Drivers" thread, which appears to feature the cutting edge of users, that your request was pending approval. We shall see ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:33 PM (t2oSI)

Thanks. Wait, now I don't remember what name I used....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 10:40 PM (1Ff7Z)

151 0 I feel sure there are a lot of readers who think, oh no if I make a mistake in spelling or grammar I'll be criticized.

Posted by: four seasons at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (3ek7K)

That was absolutely *not* my point. I make typos all the time. Sorry to offend.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:37 PM (0aYVJ)

***

Can you guess who teaches English at Battleburo High School???

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:40 PM (2WIwB)

152 Stopped to help a young lady, maybe 20 years old, who stopped in the middle of the road to attend to flat. Told her to slowly drive her car about 20 ft. to a parking lot where she wouldn't get hit by passing cars, nor impede traffic. Helped her change the tire.
Every tire was worn down smooth all the way to the wire reinforcement inside. Unbelievable.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

Obliviously driving on four bald skins? Tell her to drive to the parking lot, and park it, and call for a wrecker to tow the car to a tire shop. She is a menace on the road. If she cannot afford a set of tires, she really won't be able to afford the insurance claim when she rear-ends a Tesla on a rain-slick road.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 10:41 PM (utfVc)

153 "These ones."

I hear a lot of young people use that. Just say "these."
Posted by: Robert at April 09, 2026 10:37 PM

*eye twitch*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 09, 2026 10:41 PM (Wnv9h)

154 Sail nerd just chiming in that the right on the sailboat was put on backwards by AI. Not the first to say it, but every sailor here had their own WTF moment.

Posted by: Brian by the Bay at April 09, 2026 10:41 PM (v+yF2)

155 The absolute giant dork nerd I married just showed me the Starbuck song doesn't have a xylophone in it. It's a marimba. I'm being shown video proof, y'all.
Posted by: NCKate at April 09, 2026 10:28 PM (uQzkA)

Y'all thought the grammar pedants are crazy. I give you the music pedant.

(I can be one too, if the moment is right.)

Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:42 PM (wm3Sw)

156 I used to play golf. Then, I decided I needed a faster way to spend all my money.
It’s called boating.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:42 PM (Edxq2)

157 108 Trump is absolutely roasting Tucker, Candace, and others in a truth social post - a thing of beauty!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (txiLK)

I enjoyed the bit about Brigitte Macron, and Marjorie Traitor Brown. The man makes me lol.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 09, 2026 10:43 PM (FrGmf)

158 What is a hardship tour in the Air Force?

Being sent to a base that has only one golf course.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 09, 2026 10:43 PM (8R3uM)

159 "I seen it."

Posted by: davidt at April 09, 2026 10:43 PM (Q+gd/)

160 Thanks. Wait, now I don't remember what name I used....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 10:40 PM (1Ff7Z)

Ping me if you remember it and it's different than your Bleat nom de plume. Email is in my signature.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:43 PM (t2oSI)

161 143 42 What the hell is it about New York (state) and their animus towards domesticated wild animals?
---

NY is that way about everything; it's like the boiling frog, they don't notice.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 10:43 PM (ehsRc)

162 Peter Hamilton's "Pandora's Star" series (aka Temu "Hyperion") had disappearing stars as its plot device. Alastair Reynolds' superior Galactic North story had them turn green instead.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 09, 2026 10:43 PM (gKWVE)

163 And here I thought that the penny test was that if a bewb would not hold a penny under it, the owner thereof need not wear a bra.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:34 PM (Edxq2)

No, it was a pencil.
See: Glamour magazine, 1970

Posted by: sal at April 09, 2026 10:44 PM (f+FmA)

164 I birdied #18 today!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)

Uh oh - you just verbed a noun!
A birdie is a noun. A score of one under par.
Then you went and verbed it.

Shame on you!

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:44 PM (QMAsf)

165 I mentioned diagramming sentences to my granddaughter. She's in college. I got the 1000 meter stare.
*sigh*
Posted by: Diogenes

I enjoyed diagramming sentences, which probably makes me a bit of a weirdo.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 09, 2026 10:44 PM (0Htd1)

166 " I barely punctumate let alone grammarize.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)"

A Don King sighting!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 09, 2026 10:44 PM (/HDaX)

167 "I seen it."

Or if you're from Arkansas "I done seen it."

Posted by: Oddbob at April 09, 2026 10:44 PM (vTZFs)

168 "Geez Louise, get a grip."

Shouldn't that be "Geez, Louise, get a grip"?

/chumming the waters/

Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:44 PM (wm3Sw)

169 The absolute giant dork nerd I married just showed me the Starbuck song doesn't have a xylophone in it. It's a marimba. I'm being shown video proof, y'all.
Posted by: NCKate

Was just getting the vibraphone rundown.
Posted by: NCKate

Glockenspiel now
Posted by: NCKate

So you did get the whole glockin' spiel.

If he starts in on those handmade instruments the Blue Man Group uses, tell him to calm down.

Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)

170 159 "I seen it."
Posted by: davidt at April 09, 2026 10:43 PM (Q+gd/)

It has been observed that folks who start sentences with "I seen" rarely end them with "pages xx..yy of a book".

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:45 PM (t2oSI)

171 And here I thought that the penny test was that if a bewb would not hold a penny under it, the owner thereof need not wear a bra.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:34 PM (Edxq2)

No, it was a pencil.
See: Glamour magazine, 1970
Posted by: sal at April 09, 2026 10:44 PM (f+FmA)

You know the rules. . .

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:45 PM (Edxq2)

172 156 I used to play golf. Then, I decided I needed a faster way to spend all my money.
It’s called boating.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:42 PM (Edxq2)

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Yep. For the monthly cost of all that high-tech golf equipment you could rent a very expensive rectangle of ocean to park a boat in.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 09, 2026 10:45 PM (JkO4W)

173
But punctuation, grammar and spelling are White Supremacy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:45 PM (tgvbd)

174 Back when I was young, ambitious, and way too optimistic I had a "Get Rich Quick" scheme involving golf. I thought I could get rich buying a plot of land next to State owned colleges and put in a a "Pitch & Putt".

I figured you had a captive customer base of a couple thousand kids looking for something to do when the weather was nice, within walking distance of the college. Plus, you throw in a stand up bar at the clubhouse, and you're golden.

I kind of wish I would have tried it.

Posted by: Orson at April 09, 2026 10:46 PM (dIske)

175 So, wanna go golfing, buddhaha?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 09, 2026 10:46 PM (jFCkp)

176 18-1 - it's the moties!

Posted by: RandomDave at April 09, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)

177 Grammar, properly speaking, is morphology and syntax.

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 10:46 PM (77rzZ)

178 Shouldn't that be "Geez, Louise, get a grip"?

Yes, it should. And the terminal punctuation should be inside the closing quotation mark.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 09, 2026 10:46 PM (vTZFs)

179 What is a hardship tour in the Air Force?

I was at a base that had only ONE brand of gin in the club!

Devastating . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 09, 2026 10:46 PM (7D3Aa)

180 Except the hawk's corpse didn't get stuck in the windshield.
Posted by: RandomDave at April 09, 2026 10:32 PM (aJQbY)

You sound pretty certain the hawk died. (I am, too.)
The turtle did NOT die. And it went to rehab for PTSD and was back on the beach in a couple of weeks.

Turtles are the armored tanks of the animal world!

Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:46 PM (wm3Sw)

181 My eldest son, who is a first-rate troll, loves to goad me by working in "Irregardlessly" wherever he can...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 09, 2026 10:47 PM (qVGoX)

182 You know the rules. . .
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:45 PM (Edxq2)

And so - do I!

Posted by: Doof - the RickRoller at April 09, 2026 10:47 PM (QMAsf)

183 "Geez Louise, get a grip."
Shouldn't that be "Geez, Louise, get a grip"?
/chumming the waters/
Posted by: GWB

Only if you're addressing a person named Louise. Otherwise, it's a bowdlerization of "Jesus Christ," and thus requires no comma.

Surely.

Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 10:48 PM (VHUov)

184 No, it was a pencil.
See: Glamour magazine, 1970
Posted by: sal at April 09, 2026 10:44 PM (f+FmA)

You know the rules. . .
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:45 PM (Edxq2)

I didn't qualify.
Also, check the date of the magazine...

Posted by: sal at April 09, 2026 10:48 PM (f+FmA)

185 I am such a dork, I liked diagramming sentences in junior high. Really illustrated how the English language works.

I was much better at English than I was at mathematics.

Being a land survey CAD technician makes my previous sentence funny.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic

Property descriptions can be ridiculously complex.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 09, 2026 10:48 PM (/lPRQ)

186 I remember when this first started with Tucker some were saying “oh we need a big tent don’t cancel Tucker.” Well now he’s home all the way and outed himself as one of the most vicious anti Trump haters ever, worse than most on the left.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 09, 2026 10:30 PM (txiLK)

I look forward to the inevitable Tucker/John Stewart detente

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 09, 2026 10:48 PM (w/O5Q)

187 181 My eldest son, who is a first-rate troll, loves to goad me by working in "Irregardlessly" wherever he can...

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That's basically correct for all intensive purposes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 09, 2026 10:49 PM (JkO4W)

188 100 How do we feel about "gifted"?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Using it as a verb sounds pretentious. It isn't as annoying as when my sister uses the verb "seen" without the helping verb.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 09, 2026 10:49 PM (0Htd1)

189 I dislike “Free Gift!”; this goes back a very long time in advertising. I suppose to avoid confusion, but a Gift of course is always free, by definition.

“Plan ahead” and “Pre-registration” are also a little silly too.

Another I’ve noticed is “Overnight Camping”. I mean, if you ain’t stayin’ overnight, it ain’t Camping.

Posted by: Redundancy Department at April 09, 2026 10:50 PM (j41FZ)

190 Geez or Jeez?

Posted by: davidt at April 09, 2026 10:50 PM (Q+gd/)

191 Damon Wayans did a bit where he was a lawyer trying to sound smart.

The hypotenuse of what I am trying to predicate, is that my client was masticating his math books in order to configure his disposition for the depository.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:51 PM (0aYVJ)

192 168 "Geez Louise, get a grip."

Shouldn't that be "Geez, Louise, get a grip"?

/chumming the waters/
Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:44 PM (wm3Sw)
__________________________

No. I'm sorry. It should be:

Geez, Louise! Get a grip.

(You have two complete sentences there. The first is an exclamation and should be punctuated as such. The latter is a separate act. However, if the two sentences are being said in the back of a Buick, the latter receives an exclamation point as well.)

Posted by: Orson at April 09, 2026 10:51 PM (dIske)

193 158 What is a hardship tour in the Air Force?

Being sent to a base that has only one golf course.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

My first two USAF assignments, didn't have a golf course on them. It was hell! (Ashokens Farewell plays softly in the background).

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 09, 2026 10:51 PM (jFCkp)

194 Dang! I just been out-pedanted. Good on you, sir.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)

Dude! Did you just use a noun as a verb?!

Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:51 PM (wm3Sw)

195 And here I thought that the penny test was that if a bewb would not hold a penny under it, the owner thereof need not wear a bra.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:34 PM (Edxq2)

No, it was a pencil.
See: Glamour magazine, 1970
Posted by: sal at April 09, 2026 10:44 PM (f+FmA)

Hate to tell you, but in 1970, I was in prime bewb spotting mode. I did not care about pencil tests, just access.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:51 PM (Edxq2)

196 Remember, a preposition is what you shouldn't end a sentence with.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 09, 2026 10:52 PM (7D3Aa)

197 Irregardless, it’s a mute point. For all intensive purposes.

Posted by: Redundancy Department at April 09, 2026 10:52 PM (j41FZ)

198 That is one fucking weird sailboat.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 09, 2026 10:52 PM (n9ltV)

199 110 Here I sit, sucking on a bourbon and Coke Zero....
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

What are you, some kind of a health food nut?

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 09, 2026 10:53 PM (0Htd1)

200 Being a land survey CAD technician makes my previous sentence funny.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic

Property descriptions can be ridiculously complex.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 09, 2026 10:48 PM (/lPRQ)

Yup. I just sit back while the surveyors bicker for a bit, then proceed once I get clear direction.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ)

201 We're starting to sound like Kamala here!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 09, 2026 10:53 PM (7D3Aa)

202 187 181 My eldest son, who is a first-rate troll, loves to goad me by working in "Irregardlessly" wherever he can...

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That's basically correct for all intensive purposes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 09, 2026 10:49 PM (JkO4W)

I could care less about this argument.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 09, 2026 10:53 PM (FrGmf)

203 That's basically correct for all intensive purposes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 09, 2026 10:49 PM (JkO4W)

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You remind me of the Junior High gym teacher who told us to pair off in threes and line up in a circle....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 09, 2026 10:53 PM (qVGoX)

204
Obliviously driving on four bald skins? Tell her to drive to the parking lot, and park it, and call for a wrecker to tow the car to a tire shop. She is a menace on the road. If she cannot afford a set of tires, she really won't be able to afford the insurance claim when she rear-ends a Tesla on a rain-slick road.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 10:41 PM (utfVc)

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I fear the young lady lady might reply, What's insurance?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 09, 2026 10:53 PM (Xo9JL)

205 Dang! I just been out-pedanted. Good on you, sir.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)

Dude! Did you just use a noun as a verb?!
Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:51 PM (wm3Sw)

Prolly.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:54 PM (0aYVJ)

206 Starbuck in 1976...Germany and brand new lieutenant Diogenes was loving the nightclub scene. Even the Germans enjoyed something other than ABBA.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:54 PM (2WIwB)

207 Ping me if you remember it and it's different than your Bleat nom de plume. Email is in my signature.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 09, 2026 10:43 PM (t2oSI)

I got into the global account. I may not have created a Bleat account. Just did it again as OrangeEnt.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 10:54 PM (1Ff7Z)

208 God forbid if you omit a letter or an article. Or AI autocorrect jacks up your sentence.

We're all auditioning and competing for jobs as COBS here at the esteemed AOSHQ

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 09, 2026 10:55 PM (Fbc0I)

209 198 That is one fucking weird sailboat.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 09, 2026 10:52 PM (n9ltV)

That’s what comes of JackStraw and his organic weed predilection.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:55 PM (Edxq2)

210 That is one fucking weird sailboat.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 09, 2026 10:52 PM (n9ltV)

Yeah, I guess I better avoid photos of stuff I don't know anything about!

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 10:55 PM (QMAsf)

211 There is nothing inherently wrong with the word “irregardless.” Yes, it’s needlessly long. But, other than that, it’s only “wrong” because people deem it to be “wrong.”

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 10:56 PM (77rzZ)

212 Dude! Did you just use a noun as a verb?!
Posted by: GWB

It's English. All nouns can be verbed.

Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 10:56 PM (VHUov)

213 I got into the global account. I may not have created a Bleat account. Just did it again as OrangeEnt.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 10:54 PM (1Ff7Z)

Do you have to be sheepish to create a Bleat account?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 10:56 PM (utfVc)

214 Geez or Jeez?
Posted by: davidt at April 09, 2026 10:50 PM (Q+gd/)

Probably the latter, if it's from Kip Dynamite.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:56 PM (0aYVJ)

215 Yeah, I guess I better avoid photos of stuff I don't know anything about!

You could try doing the Art Thread . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 09, 2026 10:56 PM (7D3Aa)

216 There is nothing inherently wrong with the word “irregardless.” Yes, it’s needlessly long. But, other than that, it’s only “wrong” because people deem it to be “wrong.”
Posted by: Bulg

Objective morality in grammar: threat or menace?

Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 10:57 PM (VHUov)

217 Verbing weirds language.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 10:57 PM (0aYVJ)

218 the terminal punctuation should be inside the closing quotation mark.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 09, 2026 10:46 PM (vTZFs)

Thank You!

That always irritates me.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 09, 2026 10:57 PM (n9ltV)

219 > Dang! I just been out-pedanted. Good on you, sir.
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Metapedantry.

Posted by: Don Black at April 09, 2026 10:58 PM (ZxPkt)

220 Regardless - irregardless.
Flammable - inflammable.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:58 PM (Edxq2)

221 Hate to tell you, but in 1970, I was in prime bewb spotting mode. I did not care about pencil tests, just access.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:51 PM (Edxq2)

Some great sightings, and access, to be had back them while parked along the Columbia River.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 10:58 PM (2WIwB)

222 No, the question mark does not go inside the quotes because I was not quoting a question. Nyah.

And to all those saying they were weird for liking diagramming sentences, maybe so. But it's a large group of weird people. You're one of us.

Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:58 PM (wm3Sw)

223 you're right- that sailboat pic is wrong
the big sail goes in back

Posted by: Don Black at April 09, 2026 10:59 PM (ZxPkt)

224 I believe it was Calvin* who said "Verbing weirds language"

*Calvin & Hobbes

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 09, 2026 10:59 PM (qVGoX)

225 TRex should be careful. Someone's "recreated" T Rex skin, and are using it to make $660k handbags.

I don't think anyone here wants that to happen to him.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 09, 2026 10:59 PM (S/Y4j)

226 222 No, the question mark does not go inside the quotes because I was not quoting a question. Nyah.

...
Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 10:58 PM (wm3Sw)

This ...

Thank you

Posted by: browndog says woof at April 09, 2026 11:00 PM (3sXRv)

227 And here I thought that the penny test was that if a bewb would not hold a penny under it, the owner thereof need not wear a bra.
Posted by: RI Red

You were supposed to use a pencil, not a penny.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 09, 2026 11:00 PM (0Htd1)

228 the terminal punctuation should be inside the closing quotation mark.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 09, 2026 10:46 PM (vTZFs)

Thank You!

That always irritates me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 09, 2026 10:57 PM (n9ltV)

Ah, my friends! *pounds chest like Anthony Quinn*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 11:00 PM (0aYVJ)

229 Hate to tell you, but in 1970, I was in prime bewb spotting mode. I did not care about pencil tests, just access.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:51 PM (Edxq2)

The point was, could you be a stunning and brave feminist and go braless, without being gross?
Which kind of negates the whole feminist part, but it was a long time ago- the rules were still up for debate.

Posted by: sal at April 09, 2026 11:00 PM (f+FmA)

230 208 God forbid if you omit a letter or an article. Or AI autocorrect jacks up your sentence.

We're all auditioning and competing for jobs as COBS here at the esteemed AOSHQ
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 09, 2026 10:55 PM (Fbc0I)

If that's the case, then my punctuality is more of a hindrance thsn my punctuation.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 09, 2026 11:01 PM (iWROd)

231 212 It’s called “functional shift,”

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 11:01 PM (77rzZ)

232 Flammable - inflammable.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:58 PM (Edxq2)

Dr. Nick Riviera is puzzled

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 09, 2026 11:01 PM (0aYVJ)

233 You all are a bunch of scum sucking Siberian snow pimps!

Posted by: Aggrieved Adjectives at April 09, 2026 11:01 PM (2WIwB)

234 Diogenes, life was good back then. Still is, just less sighting.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 11:02 PM (Edxq2)

235 An Arkansas athlete donned 55 T-shirts and ran a half marathon to break a Guinness World Record and celebrate her weight loss journey.

Meredith Smith ran the Fort Smith Half Marathon on March 30, 2025, while wearing her 55 layers of shirts, and Guinness World Records has now confirmed she earned the title for the most T-shirts worn during a half marathon (female).
Ummm - OK.

Is there a separate record for the most T-shirts worn sequentially, rather than all at once?

If a woman's in good enough shape to run a half-marathon, that'd be worth watching.

'Ettes might want to watch the male record being set, too. Equality is good.

Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)

236 There is nothing inherently wrong with the word “irregardless.” Yes, it’s needlessly long. But, other than that, it’s only “wrong” because people deem it to be “wrong.”
Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 10:56 PM (77rzZ)

It's "wrong" because it's not a real word! The prefix and suffix cancel each other out.

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 11:02 PM (QMAsf)

237 That always irritates me.

Honestly, it's a weird rule. It can cause ambiguity as in the above case where a reader can't tell whether the writer quoted a question or is asking a question about the quotation. Also, as a programmer, it's just wrong.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 09, 2026 11:02 PM (vTZFs)

238 I could care less about this argument.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 09, 2026 10:53 PM

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Now THAT is the one that really irks me!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 09, 2026 11:02 PM (OAnp3)

239 Regardless - irregardless.
Flammable - inflammable.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 10:58 PM (Edxq2)

"irregardless" negates "regardless"

"inflammable" is the strict form of "flammable", and means highly at risk of being inflamed with fire.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 11:03 PM (utfVc)

240 It comes down to American punctuation vs British punctuation conventions ...

But in the end it's all about:

"...Historically, the American convention of placing periods and commas inside stems from 19th-century typesetting practices to prevent punctuation from "floating away" or falling off the printing press, a practice that persists despite being obsolete in modern digital typography.". - Grok

Posted by: browndog says woof at April 09, 2026 11:03 PM (3sXRv)

241 the terminal punctuation should be inside the closing quotation mark.
Posted by: Oddbob

Thank You!
That always irritates me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

This is "English Major Style."

This is "Computer Science Major Style".

Because the period isn't part of the string.

Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)

242 What's on YOUR mind tonight?

Nothing good.

Posted by: Ray of fucking sunshine at April 09, 2026 11:04 PM (zwAss)

243 It's "wrong" because it's not a real word!

Several dictionaries disagree with you, Doof. I don't like the word, but sometimes people with lower IQs use it!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 09, 2026 11:04 PM (7D3Aa)

244 Some great sightings, and access, to be had back them while parked along the Columbia River.
Posted by: Diogenes

Watching submarine races whilst parked in NYC was a big thing until the Summer of '77, when David Berkowitz ruined the fun.

Posted by: Son Of Sam at April 09, 2026 11:04 PM (oftw2)

245 TRex should be careful. Someone's "recreated" T Rex skin, and are using it to make $660k handbags.

I don't think anyone here wants that to happen to him.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 09, 2026 10:59 PM (S/Y4j)

Well, it's not like those little arms are going to carry much of a handbag.

Posted by: Aggrieved Adjectives at April 09, 2026 11:04 PM (2WIwB)

246 You were supposed to use a pencil, not a penny.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 09, 2026 11:00 PM (0Htd1)

I’m thinking Ace should do a photo expose.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 11:05 PM (Edxq2)

247 >But, other than that, it’s only “wrong” because people deem it to be “wrong.”
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but that is precisely how things become wrong
by society deciding that a thing is wrong
unless I'm wrong

Posted by: Don Black at April 09, 2026 11:05 PM (ZxPkt)

248 We're all auditioning and competing for jobs as COBS here at the esteemed AOSHQ
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 09, 2026 10:55 PM (Fbc0I)

No one's asked me to be a CoB on the Book Thread. But that's ok, I'd just write something full of corn.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 11:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

249 223 you're right- that sailboat pic is wrong
the big sail goes in back

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Yep. The flat end. Not the pointy end.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 09, 2026 11:06 PM (JkO4W)

250 233 You all are a bunch of scum sucking Siberian snow pimps!
Posted by: Aggrieved Adjectives at April 09, 2026 11:01 PM (2WIwB)

Please don't tell my mom. She would be very disappointed.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 09, 2026 11:06 PM (iWROd)

251 238 I could care less about this argument.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 09, 2026 10:53 PM

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Now THAT is the one that really irks me!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 09, 2026 11:02 PM (OAnp3)

You should of used the contraction "couldn't."

Posted by: Wait for it... at April 09, 2026 11:06 PM (zwAss)

252 Do you have to be sheepish to create a Bleat account?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 10:56 PM (utfVc)

Wooly headed thinking isn't allowed there.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

253 "It blowed up real good."

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 09, 2026 11:06 PM (wOO3z)

254 Howdy. Sorry I'm late… okay, actually I'm not.

Nearly 7 minutes of car owner stupidity.

I subscribe to the Just Rolled In Youtoob channel and see these kinds of amusing and sometimes disgusting car reports all the time. Sometimes I'm not sure what I'm looking at, but can still tell, that's not riight!

Posted by: mindful webworker - rolling rolling rolling at April 09, 2026 11:07 PM (C2uPD)

255 236 Bullshit. See “inflammable.” They’re both abstract concepts anyway.

Once Latin words enter English, they lose their Latinity and become subject to English-speakers’ interpretation:

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 11:07 PM (77rzZ)

256 Diogenes, life was good back then. Still is, just less sighting.
Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 11:02 PM (Edxq2)

True enough.
Memories. Alas...the paths not taken.
*raises glass*

Posted by: Aggrieved Adjectives at April 09, 2026 11:08 PM (2WIwB)

257 Oh, deer. Two much fun.
Going to bed.

Posted by: RI Red at April 09, 2026 11:08 PM (Edxq2)

258 Make no mistake, ace's casting couch is far-reaching and formidable.

And word thru the grapevine is his health benefits may not save you from a long-term debilitation.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 09, 2026 11:08 PM (Fbc0I)

259
There is nothing inherently wrong with the word “irregardless.”

Posted by: Bulg

===============

Sure, if what you actually mean is "hence" or "therefore" or some word that indicates that you're about to same something that stands in regard to what came before.

It would go well with words like "unthoughtless" or "nonirredeemable."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 09, 2026 11:09 PM (n7rxJ)

260 Several dictionaries disagree with you, Doof. I don't like the word, but sometimes people with lower IQs use it!
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 09, 2026 11:04 PM (7D3Aa)

Dictionaries are asshoe now!

Many now have multiple definitions of "literally" -- to include using it when one really means "figuratively". Which is the opposite!

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 11:09 PM (QMAsf)

261 Guud nite, all. Entertaining ONT, as usual. Thanks!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 09, 2026 11:09 PM (7D3Aa)

262 Damn it.
Off nasty sock!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 11:10 PM (2WIwB)

263 Yes, dictionaries started whoring themselves to popular culture right around the time they were put online.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 09, 2026 11:11 PM (qVGoX)

264 The purpose of dictionaries is to record usage. That’s all. A word’s being “in the dictionary” does not mean that it’s acceptable for all contexts or audiences:

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 11:13 PM (77rzZ)

265 I just got here and read upthread.

Are we to the point of diagramming sentences yet?

Just don't ask me to find x in algebra.

What is wrong with you people tonight?

In other blogs people are whining about the cost of gas and waaaa! the war. I want to slap them and their stupid and did not comment. I don't feel it is a fair fight to argue with people who are dumb, and this one guy's head is a hollow melon. He cries a lot, too and admits it. Which I find odd, but to each their own tear ducts. Mine opened up a week ago after seven years when our eldest son called that his wife miscarried. I should be good for awhile now (I hope).I pray that this next baby is healthy.

Going to go finish what Tousi has to say about Eye Ran. I'm enjoying the crazy barbarians now fighting each other. Cannibals next, says Shep.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 09, 2026 11:14 PM (WONhk)

266 The purpose of dictionaries is to record usage. That’s all. A word’s being “in the dictionary” does not mean that it’s acceptable for all contexts or audiences:
Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 11:13 PM (77rzZ)
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Scrabble would like a word.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 11:14 PM (RIvkX)

267 Dictionaries are asshoe now!

Many now have multiple definitions of "literally" -- to include using it when one really means "figuratively". Which is the opposite!
Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 11:09 PM (QMAsf)

It's why I have an old, unabridged dictionary still on my shelf that we used when homeschooling my son. Much better than a resource where they can change things instantly. Like the word "vaccine."

Posted by: GWB at April 09, 2026 11:14 PM (wm3Sw)

268 Yes, dictionaries started whoring themselves to popular culture right around the time they were put online.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

English as she is spoke.

dot com.

Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)

269 It would go well with words like "unthoughtless" or "nonirredeemable."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 09, 2026 11:09 PM (n7rxJ)

I had an unboneless pork chop for dinner tonight.

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 11:14 PM (QMAsf)

270 Is there a separate record for the most T-shirts worn sequentially, rather than all at once?

If a woman's in good enough shape to run a half-marathon, that'd be worth watching.

'Ettes might want to watch the male record being set, too. Equality is good.
Posted by: mikeski
--

Expecting her to pull of a shirt at ever equidistance, pulling off the last one as she crossed the finish line.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 11:15 PM (ehsRc)

271 I put this on my 2026 Bingo Card! It was as sure a thing as ever there was.

https://tinyurl.com/wnkrcm6c

"Hunter Biden has quietly bolted from the US and is 'living overseas'...as he claims he is $17 million in debt and can't pay his lawyers"

Posted by: Gref at April 09, 2026 11:15 PM (5rh/l)

272 Language is continually changing. That said, I dislike the use of 'ask' as a noun. Intensely dislike.

"I have this request" works just fine

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 09, 2026 11:17 PM (LjXLp)

273 Speaking of dictionaries - how about a little double entendre?

https://youtu.be/RYLueqE08kQ

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 11:17 PM (QMAsf)

274 Do you have to be sheepish to create a Bleat account?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 10:56 PM (utfVc)

Wooly headed thinking isn't allowed there.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

Think they'd allow a wolf in sheep's clothing?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 09, 2026 11:18 PM (S/Y4j)

275 Good night hordemates!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 09, 2026 11:19 PM (2WIwB)

276 OK, I guess I’m off to bed.

Language is constantly changing, sometimes in ways we don’t like. But it is what it is.

G’night, All.

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 11:19 PM (77rzZ)

277 This is "English Major Style."
This is "Computer Science Major Style".
Because the period isn't part of the string.
Posted by: mikeski

Unless the period is part of the string or quote.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 09, 2026 11:19 PM (/lPRQ)

278 Cicero, that marina doesn't give slips away, but at least your roads up there (OC) are generally perfect. As they used to be down here, for most of my life.

Two recent trips, both of us noticed (especially me, driving) how nearly perfect the surfaces were. No swerving or attentiveness to avoid bad holes or other crap. Which has become the norm here.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 09, 2026 11:19 PM (U/Byj)

279 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 09, 2026 11:19 PM (SRRAx)

280 “Electrocuted” has now apparently passed into casual usage to refer to a minor electric shock, i.e. “i got electrocuted yesterday”.

I take great umbrage at this, because it was a word specifically coined to mean death by electricity, electricity + execution = electrocuted.

Posted by: Redundancy Department at April 09, 2026 11:20 PM (6UUz+)

281 Bulg's take on "irregardless" is just clouded by his Russian double-negative norm (actually, infinite negatives, I think). Crazy beyotches just pile up "not" and "didn't" along with negative prefixes and words in one sentence. Nothing negates anything else.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 09, 2026 11:22 PM (U/Byj)

282 Language is continually changing. That said, I dislike the use of 'ask' as a noun. Intensely dislike.

"I have this request" works just fine

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 09, 2026 11:17 PM (LjXLp)

I have a particular disdain for "dropped". As in a new song just dropped, or a new episode of a show just dropped.
Drop is an active verb. "I dropped my pencil" -- ok. In a passive voice - "My pencil fell".

Not sure why that bugs me so much.

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 11:24 PM (QMAsf)

283 If Oxford English Dictionary adds a word, it's a word, with all the rights and privileges that go with being a word.

Posted by: Don Black at April 09, 2026 11:24 PM (ZxPkt)

284
"Hunter Biden has quietly bolted from the US and is 'living overseas'...as he claims he is $17 million in debt and can't pay his lawyers"
Posted by: Gref at April 09, 2026 11:15 PM (5rh/l)

Trump should send a snatch team to quietly and secretly rendition him to Gitmo, and hold him there until he sings like a canary.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 11:25 PM (utfVc)

285 "Hunter Biden... is $17 million in debt and can't pay his lawyers"

Any lawyer stupid enough to work for a Biden without getting paid up front and/or regularly deserves to get screwed.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 09, 2026 11:25 PM (vTZFs)

286 I had an unboneless pork chop for dinner tonight.
Posted by: Doof

If you didn't want the bone in it, would you bone it, or debone it?

Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 11:25 PM (VHUov)

287 Words mean things. When words are commonly understood but someone uses them to mean something different, then confusion will result at minimum. Or unscrupulous people use them to deceive. Perversions and diversions and euphemisms and the rest of it.

“Gender Affirming Care” anybody?

Posted by: Redundancy Department at April 09, 2026 11:25 PM (6UUz+)

288 271 I put this on my 2026 Bingo Card! It was as sure a thing as ever there was.

https://tinyurl.com/wnkrcm6c

"Hunter Biden has quietly bolted from the US and is 'living overseas'...as he claims he is $17 million in debt and can't pay his lawyers"
Posted by: Gref

He could just sell his art! I mean, he made lots of $$$ with it before! What's the issue now?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 09, 2026 11:26 PM (jFCkp)

289 If you didn't want the bone in it, would you bone it, or debone it?
Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 11:25 PM (VHUov)

Phrasing!

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 11:27 PM (QMAsf)

290 266 The purpose of dictionaries is to record usage. That’s all. A word’s being “in the dictionary” does not mean that it’s acceptable for all contexts or audiences:
Posted by: Bulg
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So, When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 11:27 PM (ehsRc)

291 "Hunter Biden has quietly bolted from the US and is 'living overseas'...as he claims he is $17 million in debt and can't pay his lawyers"
Posted by: Gref

At a half-million each, that's only 34 of his paintings. Two or three months work, even with cocaine breaks.

Why couldn't he do that?

Posted by: /s mikeski at April 09, 2026 11:28 PM (VHUov)

292 You put de bone in de coconut and stir it all up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 11:28 PM (ehsRc)

293 “Electrocuted” has now apparently passed into casual usage to refer to a minor electric shock, i.e. “i got electrocuted yesterday”.

I take great umbrage at this, because it was a word specifically coined to mean death by electricity, electricity + execution = electrocuted.
Posted by: Redundancy Department at April 09, 2026 11:20 PM (6UUz+)

Agree wholeheartedly. Best response? "Funny, you don't look dead."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 11:28 PM (utfVc)

294 I had an unboneless pork chop for dinner tonight.
Posted by: Doof

If you didn't want the bone in it, would you bone it, or debone it?
Posted by: mikeski

Local chain store uses "boned" for when they stick a bone in it.
Standing rib roast will be labeled "boned" if the bone was removed and then tied back on the meat.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 09, 2026 11:29 PM (/lPRQ)

295 “Electrocuted” has now apparently passed into casual usage to refer to a minor electric shock, i.e. “i got electrocuted yesterday”.

I take great umbrage at this, because it was a word specifically coined to mean death by electricity, electricity + execution = electrocuted.
Posted by: Redundancy Department

Agree wholeheartedly. Best response? "Funny, you don't look dead."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

"What? I was literally electrocuted!!"

Posted by: sparky at April 09, 2026 11:29 PM (VHUov)

296
I have a particular disdain for "dropped". As in a new song just dropped, or a new episode of a show just dropped.
Drop is an active verb. "I dropped my pencil" -- ok. In a passive voice - "My pencil fell".

Not sure why that bugs me so much.
Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 11:24 PM

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I wonder if it came out of show business, their own slang. Agreed, transitive verbs need an object.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 09, 2026 11:30 PM (fyPzL)

297 He could just sell his art! I mean, he made lots of $$$ with it before! What's the issue now?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 09, 2026 11:26 PM (jFCkp)

Because he can sell access to Joe Biden, but he cannot sell access to the President.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 11:30 PM (utfVc)

298 Golf was probably an excuse to get on the local laird's land and spot game without being accused of doing so. It is and was a scotty excuse for shooting something.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 09, 2026 11:30 PM (diia5)

299 Think they'd allow a wolf in sheep's clothing?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 09, 2026 11:18 PM (S/Y4j)

I think she's moving to Arizona....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 09, 2026 11:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

300 >>>“Electrocuted” has now apparently passed into casual usage to refer to a minor electric shock, i.e. “i got electrocuted yesterday”.

I take great umbrage at this, because it was a word specifically coined to mean death by electricity, electricity + execution = electrocuted.

Posted by: Redundancy Department

>Quite possibly 'arc flash' is more appropriate because you will get fucked up without proper PPE.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 09, 2026 11:31 PM (Fbc0I)

301 Yes, of course words mean things. But no word means anything in isolation. Context is vital.

Rhomboid— interesting observation re my knowledge of Russian. I shall consider it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 11:32 PM (77rzZ)

302 Никогда нигде.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 09, 2026 11:32 PM (RIvkX)

303 Local chain store uses "boned" for when they stick a bone in it.
Standing rib roast will be labeled "boned" if the bone was removed and then tied back on the meat.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Other than being able to charge you for the weight of the bones, what would be the point of doing that?

You've got the bones ~~to make stock with?~~ with which to make stock?

Posted by: mikeski, pedantically at April 09, 2026 11:32 PM (VHUov)

304 Hi, Teresa!

Posted by: KT at April 09, 2026 11:34 PM (7vIsy)

305 Golf was probably an excuse to get on the local laird's land and spot game without being accused of doing so. It is and was a scotty excuse for shooting something.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 09, 2026 11:30 PM (diia5)

"...an exercise is which grown men, wearing singularly funny clothing, amble about a pasture, attempting to put a small white pill into a hole in the ground, using implements uniquely unsuited to the task."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 11:34 PM (utfVc)

306 You've got the bones with which to make stock?
Posted by: mikeski, pedantically

Costs less than the ones which are deboned.
And the ribs have a lot meat on them. Wife to make ribs with them because that is what they are. The roast I carve up into rib eyes. The tail I always intend to grind with a cheap lean roast to make burger... but keep forgetting that part.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 09, 2026 11:36 PM (/lPRQ)

307 290 Yep. That’s what dictionaries are supposed to do, They aren’t supposed to fix or enshrine meaning:

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 11:36 PM (77rzZ)

308 251 238 I could care less about this argument.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Watched the Hanson piece, good information and pleasing to observe him, politely, explain to Brittany the errors in his miss-statements.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 11:36 PM (ehsRc)

309 OK, G’night, again.

Posted by: Bulg at April 09, 2026 11:38 PM (77rzZ)

310 I wonder if it came out of show business, their own slang. Agreed, transitive verbs need an object.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 09, 2026 11:30 PM (fyPzL)

Not sure. I think it became a synonym for anything "released" in digital format online. Not just songs or episodes of TV shows. My late wife used to talk about busy days at work because "payroll reports dropped" or "monthly invoices dropped".

Posted by: Doof at April 09, 2026 11:38 PM (QMAsf)

311 "...an exercise is which grown men, wearing singularly funny clothing, amble about a pasture, attempting to put a small white pill into a hole in the ground, using implements uniquely unsuited to the task."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Obligatory Robin Williams:
https://youtu.be/14NQIq4SrmY

Posted by: mikeski at April 09, 2026 11:40 PM (VHUov)

312 Not sure. I think it became a synonym for anything "released" in digital format online. Not just songs or episodes of TV shows. My late wife used to talk about busy days at work because "payroll reports dropped" or "monthly invoices dropped".
Posted by: Doof

Which makes sense as corporate jargon for "dropped [onto my desk.]"

Posted by: mikeski reaches out at April 09, 2026 11:41 PM (VHUov)

313 283 If Oxford English Dictionary adds a word, it's a word, with all the rights and privileges that go with being a word.
Posted by: Don Black
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Even if Chairman Xi supporting those who are altering the dictionary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 11:42 PM (ehsRc)

314 What better place to erode the language than the dictionary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 11:43 PM (ehsRc)

315 Let the between/among distinction slide and before you know it everyone is using "impact" and "gift" as verbs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 09, 2026 10:25 PM (tgvbd)

The difference, say, between the phrases, "I am between girlfriends," and "I am among girlfriends," is vast.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 09, 2026 11:45 PM (rbvCR)

316 What better place to erode the language than the dictionary.
Posted by: Braenyard

Vaccine, Woman, Liberal.....

Posted by: mikeski dumpty at April 09, 2026 11:45 PM (VHUov)

317 311 "...an exercise is which grown men, wearing singularly funny clothing, amble about a pasture, attempting to put a small white pill into a hole in the ground, using implements uniquely unsuited to the task."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Well, it is a Scottish game.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 09, 2026 11:46 PM (ehsRc)

318 A dictionary that does not show you the correct usage of a word is an implement singularly unsuited to the task.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 11:46 PM (utfVc)

319 "Hunter Biden has quietly bolted from the US and is 'living overseas'...as he claims he is $17 million in debt and can't pay his lawyers"

Posted by: Gref at April 09, 2026 11:15 PM (5rh/l)
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Trump should send a snatch team to quietly and secretly rendition him to Gitmo, and hold him there until he sings like a canary.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 11:25 PM (utfVc)
-

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 09, 2026 11:47 PM (P3X50)

320 So, wanna go golfing, buddhaha?
Posted by: Puddleglum
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My father was an avid (to say the least) golfer. He wasn't rich (to also say the least) but he figured out a great scam. After he retired, he took a part time job as a greens keeper. Free golf!

My parents were divorced when I was a kid. I'm a terrible golfer. 😁

Posted by: buddhaha at April 09, 2026 11:48 PM (RVkHv)

321 "Drop"

Something turds are wont to do.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 11:50 PM (utfVc)

322 Those customer states videos are a riot. One time I spent a whole night watching them. Mankind will not survive.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 09, 2026 11:55 PM (snZF9)

323 Something turds are wont to do.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 11:50 PM (utfVc)

Heh. Speak of turds dropping, and who should appear?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 09, 2026 11:58 PM (utfVc)

324 I bet you could sell two seasons of Dog the Bounty Hunter chasing Hunter Biden around the globe to Netflix for more than $17 million.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 09, 2026 11:59 PM (w/O5Q)

325 The sun will shine in my back door someday.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at April 09, 2026 11:59 PM (oftw2)

326
This guy always cracks me up.

https://tinyurl.com/4jteytfx

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 12:03 AM (n7rxJ)

327 Is JQ lurking, gone AWOL, or something else?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2026 12:04 AM (ehsRc)

328
I bet you could sell two seasons of Dog the Bounty Hunter chasing Hunter Biden around the globe to Netflix for more than $17 million.
Posted by: Bilwis

===============

HA, I'd watch that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 12:04 AM (n7rxJ)

329 If you didn't want the bone in it, would you bone it, or debone it?
Posted by: mikeski
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To quote the late, great Tom Lehrer:
When correctly viewed, everything is lewd.

Posted by: buddhaha at April 10, 2026 12:06 AM (RVkHv)

330
Is this argument or abuse?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 12:06 AM (Cqx++)

331 Franpsycho if I had Cyrillic privilege I'd string together even more negatives, but then only you and and Bulg would get it.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 12:07 AM (U/Byj)

332 Where is the world is Carmen? Chula Vista?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 10, 2026 12:09 AM (Cqx++)

333 Now how is Hunter living overseas when he is millions in debt? Who is feeding the bum? Who is housing him? Won't Soros pay his debts for him? What are friends for after all?

Posted by: Case at April 10, 2026 12:09 AM (pvf3X)

334 I'm doing research on how one would go about making a career out of exposing fraud. Whig and others pointed to qui tam actions under the False Claims Act. As is generally the case with lawsuits, you are advised to be represented by an attorney. So, does that mean that the best way to pursue that angle would be by getting a J.D., or would a lawyer still also need someone else to represent him for it to not be pro se? If the latter, what skillset (ideally a single convenient degree program) would be best for rooting out and documenting fraud for qui tam suits? I have a B.A. in Mathematics and am more than willing to go back to school, as I love learning new things.

I have a strong sense of justice and can be quite stubborn, even disagreeable in the face of hostility, when I believe I'm in the right. I went through a rough patch and have no retirement savings, but I have time to build up a new career that is not too physically punishing and can be performed nearly indefinitely. For reference, I was leaning toward Business Information Systems, although Electrical Engineering and Computer Science are also on the list, and giving crooks their comeuppance would be satisfying.

Posted by: SciVo at April 10, 2026 12:10 AM (Sy6m/)

335 Is JQ lurking, gone AWOL, or something else?

Posted by: Braenyard
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Wow, just got here. No, haven't had time to lurk since early afternoon.

<3 Gee, somebody actually missed me... *sniffle* That's so sweet...

Posted by: JQ at April 10, 2026 12:11 AM (rdVOm)

336 Bertram, that's Chulajuana now.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 10, 2026 12:11 AM (U/Byj)

337 Now how is Hunter living overseas when he is millions in debt? Who is feeding the bum? Who is housing him? Won't Soros pay his debts for him? What are friends for after all?
Posted by: Case

What do you call a useful idiot when he's no longer useful?

Posted by: learing the hard way at April 10, 2026 12:13 AM (VHUov)

338 "chum"

Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2026 12:16 AM (rbvCR)

339 Got the lawn mowed today, and then had the most awful sinus & asthma attack. I love the smell of cut grass, but it sure plugs me up to breathe it. Ugh, had to do some other stuff before getting the dust & grassy bits washed off. Had to use my inhaler an extra time today. Whew!

Posted by: JQ at April 10, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)

340 The NY State Department of Environmental Conservation killed Peanut and now they took a man's alligator away. These MFers need to be sent to Alaska to be mosquito bite test subjects.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 10, 2026 12:16 AM (0bjKf)

341
how is Hunter living overseas when he is millions in debt? Who is feeding the bum? Who is housing him?

Posted by: Case

===============

If you start off rich and you don't pay your bills, you can probably live quite well.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 10, 2026 12:17 AM (n7rxJ)

342 Here's my card. My name is RAUD., ... F. RAUD
See if they notice.

Posted by: Lord Percy at April 10, 2026 12:18 AM (T8RPZ)

343 Hey Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 10, 2026 12:21 AM (0nHVk)

344 Hi, Debby!

*pours Chivas*

How are you tonight?

Posted by: JQ at April 10, 2026 12:24 AM (rdVOm)

345 Can lumber be written off as a teaching supply?
****

You do not purchase a cluebyfour, you acquire one.

Posted by: clarence at April 10, 2026 12:25 AM (lRNKn)

346 278 Cicero, that marina doesn't give slips away, but at least your roads up there (OC) are generally perfect. As they used to be down here, for most of my life.

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The roads here get continuously worse. One thing CA doesn't spend money on is road maintenance.

Instead, we're paying perpetually unemployed layabouts to stay home and "care" for their parents.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 12:25 AM (JkO4W)

347 DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.

-- THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY by Ambrose Bierce

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 10, 2026 12:25 AM (S/Y4j)

348 how is Hunter living overseas when he is millions in debt? Who is feeding the bum? Who is housing him?

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Poor Hunter has probably been reduced to screwing Asian hookers, entirely against his will too.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 10, 2026 12:27 AM (JkO4W)

349 JQ, not my place since you're the bartender around these parts, but I'm slipping you some of Granddad's remedy via USB. Rock n' rye. It unstopped your sinuses. Or else you didn't care. It was an effective cure.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 10, 2026 12:27 AM (FrGmf)

350 Thanks for the ONT.

Passing through. Everyone have a great day tomorrow.

Just watched 'Bone Tomahawk' - 2015 - US - a western - horror. It was mostly a western. Cowboys vs Indian cannibals. Fantastic movie, great characters - I really liked it even though it wasn't as messed up as I was hoping or led to believe.

Bedtime. After I get the dog and cat off the bed. They liked the movie too.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 12:28 AM (Sco7b)

351 You do not purchase a cluebyfour, you acquire one.
Posted by: clarence
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Homedespot sells pre-cut pieces of rebar. Pick a length.

I'm partial to the 2ft model, in 5/8 inch diameter. Fits nicely under the driver's seat...

Posted by: JQ at April 10, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm)

352 ===============

If you start off rich and you don't pay your bills, you can probably live quite well.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
--

He's probably a celebrity in France.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2026 12:30 AM (ehsRc)

353 DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.

-- THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY by Ambrose Bierce
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

"Praiseworthy."

Posted by: IYKYK at April 10, 2026 12:30 AM (VHUov)

354 Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 10, 2026 12:27 AM
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Aww, thank you! That sounds like a terrific cure, LOL!

(psst... *anyone* can help with the bartending, imo, and all help is greatly appreciated!)

Posted by: JQ at April 10, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)

355 Homedespot sells pre-cut pieces of rebar. Pick a length.

I'm partial to the 2ft model, in 5/8 inch diameter. Fits nicely under the driver's seat...
Posted by: JQ

It's not a tire iron, but close enough for Horde work.

Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2026 12:32 AM (VHUov)

356 I posted this earlier and sleep aids are kicking in. But

Here's an 11 second video of my 14 year old dog Ralphy. This was one week after I thought he'd have to be put to sleep after falling off my bed.

Cat videos with Snowflake, who has adopted me, as many have pointed out, will come as I get used to YouTube.

https://tinyurl.com/ms2pnp59

Hello and good night all...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 12:32 AM (Sco7b)

357 I'm partial to the 2ft model, in 5/8 inch diameter. Fits nicely under the driver's seat...
Posted by: JQ
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Mom had a 18" piece of 1/2" galvanized pipe with a cap on each end. Stuck it between the seat and the console.
--

Like that rebar, you can whack 'em or poke 'em whichever's most convenient.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2026 12:35 AM (ehsRc)

358 Ralphy is a doll. What a sweet boy he is, Stateless.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 10, 2026 12:36 AM (FrGmf)

359 Hi, Stateless! I'm so glad you're keeping us updated!

Watched your vid of Ralphy. Oh, he's such a cutie! Glad he's recovering well. Looking forward to seeing Snowflake too.

G'night. Sweet dreams.

Posted by: JQ at April 10, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)

360 "What is with that sloop? The boom points forward."

My boom points to the bottom of my pants!

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 10, 2026 12:38 AM (KAi1n)

361 "Homedespot"

That's what I call it!

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 10, 2026 12:39 AM (KAi1n)

362 If your going to keep a chunk of rebar in your car you should also have a bag of cement. Also known as a 'reason' to have a big chunk of rebar under the seat. Like a bat without a ball or mitt can be considered a deadly weapon.

Posted by: Reforger at April 10, 2026 12:39 AM (ZhdAT)

363 Mom had a 18" piece of 1/2" galvanized pipe with a cap on each end. Stuck it between the seat and the console.
--

Like that rebar, you can whack 'em or poke 'em whichever's most convenient.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 10, 2026 12:35 AM (ehsRc)

24" flex handle, with a 7/8" socket on it. Useful for changing a wheel on the Suburban; also makes a nifty club. But plausible deniability.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 10, 2026 12:40 AM (utfVc)

364 "Homedespot"

That's what I call it!
Posted by: Dark Litigator
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*blushes*

I 'stole' it from here... probably from you LOL! Or maybe AOP?

Posted by: JQ at April 10, 2026 12:41 AM (rdVOm)

365 361 "Homedespot"

That's what I call it!

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 10, 2026 12:39 AM (KAi1n)

Hubby and I also call it that. Thought we were edgy and original, lol.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 10, 2026 12:42 AM (FrGmf)

366 Is this argument or abuse?
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Argument is down the hall, abuse is in the basement.

Posted by: clarence at April 10, 2026 12:45 AM (lRNKn)

367 Thanks BarelyScaryMary and JQ!

Good night all.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 10, 2026 12:45 AM (Sco7b)

368 Got the lawn mowed today, and then had the most awful sinus & asthma attack. I love the smell of cut grass, but it sure plugs me up to breathe it. Ugh, had to do some other stuff before getting the dust & grassy bits washed off. Had to use my inhaler an extra time today. Whew!

Posted by: JQ at April 10, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)

Didn't you just do that a few days ago? My slaves showed up the other day to cut mine for some reason. Start of the season I guess, but nothing has even grown yet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 10, 2026 12:45 AM (snZF9)

369 >>Like a bat without a ball or mitt can be considered a deadly weapon.
Posted by: Reforger
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Well, it's not as if I'd use it for anything other than self-defense. Chances are quite slim that I'd ever need to use it. Hmm. Guess I'd better get a few more of them, because I'm "pinning down railroad ties, building a flower bed."

Posted by: JQ at April 10, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

370 12
TRexes are not known for golfing prowess. Short arms makes swinging clubs a challenge.
Posted by: TRex - putt putt dino
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Should be using that long tail as a club anyway...

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at April 10, 2026 12:48 AM (sdApd)

371 JQ, I'll gladly help you out and you are well aware of my limitations.

Stateless, I saw the video of Ralphy in the Cafe, he is such a cutie.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 10, 2026 12:48 AM (0nHVk)

372 I have some old brass knuckles hat I found somewhere, I didn’t even by them they just ended up in my posession, I don’t even remember how.

My grandson was poking around in my truck (like 12 year olds do) and he was suitably impressed whrr when he found I’d stuck them under my front street.

Although if melee weapon were actually required by circumstances, I think I’d just go with the all steel claw hammer. Everybody runs away from a madman with a hammer.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2026 12:49 AM (txiLK)

373 @341 If you start off rich and don't pay your bills, you can probably live quite well.

Exactly. This playing poor act is just a scam. He has money, he does not want to pony up. I'm surprised he hasn't started a " go fund me account" to get some suckers to help him out.
The same kind of crap he did with his "art".

Posted by: Case at April 10, 2026 12:50 AM (pvf3X)

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