Mid-Morning Art Thread

Zonnebeke
Sir William Orpen

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (Kd7Ab)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (IXZGh)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

4 Dude, you can't sleep here.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:31 AM (Kd7Ab)

5 Looks like someone bombed Hobbiton.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (xvhJH)

6 More like zombie apocalypse.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (A5RD0)

7 Somewhere around that hole in the hillside there lurks a cute little white bunny rabbit...

...Just waiting for the next victim.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (gnNyN)

8 Cheery.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

9 The sky was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

10 Haunting.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (A5RD0)

11 Kinda drab. But I like the wicked face on the tree stump.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (AuSc+)

12 Ive fallen and I cant get up

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (/+uur)

13 Just love upbeat, happy, art in the AM.

Posted by: Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

14 Somewhere in New Jersey?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (cWLG3)

15 Alternative title: The Virginia GOP post 4/21.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

16 Eric Swallwell roofied him last night.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (0nHVk)

17 darkgloomyart.com

The painting Zonnebeke by Sir William Orpen depicts the devastation and horrors of World War I, specifically the aftermath of the Passchendaele campaign, showcasing a desolate battlefield with a lifeless soldier, shattered trenches, and a bleak landscape. It serves as a stark reminder of the brutality and futility of war.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

18 Ahhhh. WWI. Belgium.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (Kd7Ab)

19 6 Looks like someone bombed Hobbiton.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM (xvhJH)
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Good one!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:34 AM (cWLG3)

20 Painting is a metaphor for the loss of the Omar Winery.

Posted by: The Huge Manatee!! at April 23, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)

21 That's going to be a hell of a hangover.

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (pvf3X)

22 Thank you, Kaiser Wilhelm, you deformed prick.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

23 Good Lord.

Posted by: Eromero at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (yw3eV)

24 Ain't hangin' that.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (OUMaO)

25 Pre-Zoloft Bob Ross?

Posted by: red speck at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (Ve/HL)

26 The painting Zonnebeke by Sir William Orpen depicts the devastation and horrors of World War I, specifically the aftermath of the Passchendaele campaign, showcasing a desolate battlefield with a lifeless soldier, shattered trenches, and a bleak landscape. It serves as a stark reminder of the brutality and futility of war.

Assertion: While more died in WWII, the carnage in WWI was much more concentrated (with some exceptions, e.g. Stalingrad). Thus, paintings of the latter are grimmer than those of the former.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (Riz8t)

27 Springtime for The Kaiser in Germany

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (/+uur)

28 Figure in foreground is Hadrian after trying to change his undies.

Posted by: Underoos Are Lots Of Fun at April 23, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2)

29 Portrait of a Drunk in Washington, D.C.

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2026 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

30 There is a long list of wars that were not futile.

Posted by: hatethedeepstate at April 23, 2026 09:36 AM (2Nfh9)

31 Alternate title:

"The Kaiser Assured Me That Belgium Was The Vacation Spot This Year....Bastard!"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:36 AM (iJfKG)

32 Ahhh, Belgium. Passendale, Ypres Salient.

Not fun times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:36 AM (bss/y)

33 Cool, but too illustration-y / comic-bookish for me to hang in the Man Cave.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 23, 2026 09:36 AM (DgMqy)

34 Springtime for The Kaiser in Germany
Posted by: r hennigantx

Roll on!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:36 AM (Kd7Ab)

35 It serves as a stark reminder of the brutality and futility of war.

...and as a reminder to donate. Only we can prevent atrocities!

Posted by: SPLC at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (EJWxb)

36 NYC post Mamdani.
Would hang in my dungeon.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (gu0hJ)

37 WW I was horrible blight on the history of mankind.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (Fbc0I)

38 22 Painting is a metaphor for the loss of the Omar Winery.

It was later made into a movie: The Winery That Never Was.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (Riz8t)

39 It serves as a stark reminder of the brutality and futility of war.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

Perfect example of the fact that most art criticism is arrant nonsense.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (PVto9)

40 Imagine being in charge and ordering up another 100,000 young boys, thinking "THIS time, we'll break through." How soulless and stupid those in charge must've been.

Posted by: red speck at April 23, 2026 09:38 AM (Ve/HL)

41 The tree looks like it’s mocking the dead soldier.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

42 He's in that depression to the right of center on the ridgeline.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 23, 2026 09:38 AM (iNUL3)

43 All Quiet in the Winery Front

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 23, 2026 09:38 AM (H5+fI)

44 In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Posted by: John McCrae at April 23, 2026 09:38 AM (98kQX)

45 Sure ain't Xanadu!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 09:38 AM (1o8D5)

46 It serves as a stark reminder of the brutality and futility of war.

Posted by: redridinghood

The duality of man. It's a Jungian thing.
Posted by: Pvt Joker

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:39 AM (Kd7Ab)

47 Cool, but too illustration-y / comic-bookish for me to hang in the Man Cave.
Posted by: Bad Andrew

Yeah, the hill/hole in the background is particularly cartoonish. Almost out of synch stylistically with the foreground.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 23, 2026 09:39 AM (AuSc+)

48 Somewhere around that hole in the hillside there lurks a cute little white bunny rabbit...

...Just waiting for the next victim.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 23, 2026 09:32 AM

I *warned* you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you *knew*, didn't you? Oh, it's just a harmless little *bunny*, isn't it?

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at April 23, 2026 09:39 AM (kgE5c)

49 You rarely see "Orpen" in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at April 23, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

50 Seems the sniper was already in place and effective.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (IXZGh)

51 Considering this selection of art, CBD must be in a foul mood this AM. We might ALL get banned.

Posted by: Nice Knowin' Ya! at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

52 Looks like someone bombed Hobbiton.

Could easily be the Shire after the arrival of Sharkey.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (olroh)

53 *CRACK*

"Bring out yer dead!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (IXZGh)

54 Perfect example of the fact that most art criticism is arrant nonsense.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (PVto9)

That is NOT a happy little tree.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (bss/y)

55 Looks like WWI trench warfare

no hang

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (ZxPkt)

56 Perfect example of the fact that most art criticism is arrant nonsense.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (PVto9
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Clement Greenberg has a lot to answer for.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM (xvhJH)

57 Desolate WW1 landscape.

Another new artist. Really like his painting titled "The Mirror".

Posted by: Tuna at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)

58 Yeah, the hill/hole in the background is particularly cartoonish. Almost out of synch stylistically with the foreground.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 23, 2026 09:39 AM (AuSc+)

Sorry the artillery bombardment did not fit aesthetically.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM (bss/y)

59 Considering this selection of art, CBD must be in a foul mood this AM. We might ALL get banned.

Posted by: Nice Knowin' Ya! at April 23, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM (1QgEY)

60 The Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (TTUQx)

61 That'll put the Crappie down.

Posted by: fd at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (vFG9F)

62 comment #19, I had no idea

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (ZxPkt)

63 WW1 by the looks of it....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (FtULh)

64 well, that's a cheerful scene, innit?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (nz1sK)

65 Happy St George day!
A good day to avenge that poor sod in the painting and slay the dragon in the cave.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (XMjOg)

66 The Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties.

TBF, so did the Germans. The armaments had outstripped the tactics.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (Riz8t)

67 In Flanders fields the poppies blow

I’m always ill-timed for the book thread. But I just read a very interesting book, Crosses in the Wind, about the Grave Registration Services in World War II, especially at Margraten.

The author is very clearly not a professional writer and did not have a ghost writer (I hope), but that’s not always a bad thing (although he really did need a copyeditor). It means that this is a very different view of how the cemeteries were created and how the dead were handled while the war was going on than what you might get from a professional.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (olroh)

68 "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."

Posted by: W.C. Fields epitaph at April 23, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

69 Well, this is a cheerful way to start the morning.

Posted by: JTB at April 23, 2026 09:43 AM (yTvNw)

70 I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM (1QgEY)

Id rather be living on Philadelphia

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (/+uur)

71 56 Perfect example of the fact that most art criticism is arrant nonsense.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (PVto9
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Clement Greenberg has a lot to answer for.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM (xvhJH)

The problem is: art is meant to evoke feelings. Good art can make you go 'wow, that's beautiful.' or 'Damn, that is sad.' The thing is people are passive aggressive as fuck and part of the problem with modern art is that people do not want to come right out and say 'This is shit.' so they couch their criticism in 'it evokes feelings of disquiet. I feel a languorous ennui.' So retards with no talent take that as a compliment.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (bss/y)

72 I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:41 AM

So you'd sooner not be in Philadelphia?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (kgE5c)

73 Well, this is a cheerful way to start the morning.

Tell us about it.

Posted by: Who die at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (olroh)

74 Perfect example of the fact that most art criticism is arrant nonsense.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (PVto9

* looks for the dictionary for arrant *

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (Oy/m2)

75 Dystopian.

Wouldn't hang.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (5xoct)

76 It serves as a stark reminder of the brutality and futility of war.

Give us more power to stop the wars!

Narrator: you did, and they didn't.

Posted by: The Central Powers That Be at April 23, 2026 09:45 AM (XFXIk)

77 Stephen Price Blair, I will look for that book, I have an uncle buried at Margraten.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 23, 2026 09:45 AM (0nHVk)

78 >> I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.

Can you get to The Barnes museum?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 09:45 AM (5xoct)

79 Don't drink the water...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 09:45 AM (jehhT)

80 Nancy Guthrie is being held in the next trench to the left of the tree.

Posted by: Headline News Network at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)

81 At the 100th anniversary remembrance of WWI, the Brits put out red ceramic poppies for each man who died. It is stunning.

https://is.gd/DL4Aac

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)

82 60 The Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties.
Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (TTUQx)

Germans did the same at Verdun. No one had much they could do until tech caught up. They tried rabid flanking movement but the defensive side so far outstripped the offensive. You could just pound the fuck out of each other with artillery.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (bss/y)

83 Try the scrapple...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (xvhJH)

84 Yes, this is the kind of picture you'd like to hang on your bedroom wall. If you were a member of Hamas, that is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (rGqqI)

85 Ask your doctor if Languorous Ennui is right for you.

Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

86 66 The Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties.

TBF, so did the Germans. The armaments had outstripped the tactics.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:42 AM (Riz8t)

The German army of WWI was led far better than either the British or French. Their casualties were proportionally far lower on both the Eastern and Western fronts than their opponents. The Russian leadership in the East was abysmal. If America had not entered the war in 1917 God knows what would have happened. The mere threat of American involvement was a game changer.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (TTUQx)

87 Have you seen the place where they make the cream cheese?

also, something something the art

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 09:47 AM (ZxPkt)

88 WW I was horrible blight on the history of mankind.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 09:37 AM (Fbc0I)

Eh, it probably had to happen.

It where warfare went from an anyone can play game with stuff like Le Grande Charge,

to something technology based with specialized professionals.

Now, due to technology and things like drones, nukes, bioweapons, etc we may be coming back around to where anyone can play. Which I guess means that somewhere a big, slaughtery war is in the offing.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:47 AM (iJfKG)

89 I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Aha. You must be stuck in traffic. Or stuck at the airport. Or downtown.

Posted by: t-bird at April 23, 2026 09:47 AM (JW6Az)

90 "The Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties."

Enlightened Europeans.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 23, 2026 09:48 AM (DgMqy)

91 See, now that's a war.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

92 "I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood."

I've been to Philadelphia once and that was to see a Degas exhibit at the art museum. Wish I could have more time there. So many wonderful paintings to view. So little time.

Posted by: Tuna at April 23, 2026 09:49 AM (lJ0H4)

93 The thing is people are passive aggressive as fuck and part of the problem with modern art is that people do not want to come right out and say 'This is shit.' so they couch their criticism in 'it evokes feelings of disquiet. I feel a languorous ennui.' So retards with no talent take that as a compliment.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:44 AM (bss/y)

This painting Wounds my Heart with a Monotonous Languor.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 09:49 AM (rGqqI)

94 No Flemish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

95 While you are in the neighborhood, the Delaware Art Museum is well worth seeing.

Posted by: Biden Family Trust at April 23, 2026 09:49 AM (oftw2)

96 Ask your doctor if Languorous Ennui is right for you.
Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)
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All I've got is a monotonous languor.

Posted by: Paul Verlaine at April 23, 2026 09:49 AM (xvhJH)

97 Generals were still killed in WWI. The dead soldier in the painting was just some cannon fodder grunt.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 09:49 AM (TTUQx)

98
I saw Languorous Ennui open for Enya at Lilith Faire in '99.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:50 AM (iJfKG)

99 *Aha. You must be stuck in traffic. Or stuck at the airport. Or downtown.*

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Do you ever go out, and while you're out, say to yourself this is why I don't go out?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 23, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

100 100 is the new 1

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:50 AM (/+uur)

101 That was a mother’s son.

Ugh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 09:51 AM (hfu0f)

102 Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties."

Enlightened Europeans.
Posted by: Bad Andrew

Shoulda just sent in Wonder Woman.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 09:51 AM (YZ0Fo)

103 Do you ever go out, and while you're out, say to yourself this is why I don't go out?

That's why I so rarely go out. It never ends well.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:51 AM (Riz8t)

104 They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties.

Well, at least we got rid of those most likely to oppose us.

Posted by: The European Old Guard at April 23, 2026 09:51 AM (JW6Az)

105 I would much rather have breakfast in Philadelphia than the tofu scramble I will have with a friend this morning in the Haight Ashbury.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:51 AM (RIvkX)

106 TBF, so did the Germans. The armaments had outstripped the tactics.
Posted by: Archimedes

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something something "getting ready to fight the last war"

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2026 09:52 AM (re0Ak)

107 Try the scrapple...
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Mmmmmmmm. Hogshead cheese and Ritz crackers.

Almost as good as an RC Cola & a moon pie.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 09:52 AM (Kd7Ab)

108 It's not that it HAD to happen rather than that it was inevitable given that people are shit. You have high tech rivals all vying for the same resources in the colonies. You have the spaghetti mess of interlocking and overlapping and contradicting alliances all designed to protect each player from all the other players. You had anarchists (Communists) starting shit to throw into the mix. Even so, until the Archduke gets capped, it was in a form of stasis. Then Austria does what it kind of had to do...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:52 AM (bss/y)

109
I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Have they thrown batteries at you yet?

That's the traditional welcome.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:52 AM (iJfKG)

110 ...the futility of war.

********

Sure.

All it takes for evil men to prevail is for pacifists to convince good men to offer no resistance.

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 09:53 AM (I0N4X)

111 Gloom, despair, and agony, oh my!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 09:53 AM (wVcYX)

112 Philadelphia is teh awesome.

Cheap, easy to get around, great neighborhoods, great people, great food, what's not to love?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:53 AM (RIvkX)

113 Even so, until the Archduke gets capped, it was in a form of stasis. Then Austria does what it kind of had to do...

There are lots of revisionist explanations for the war now, but it all comes down to Kaiser Willie's desire to be a big deal so he didn't have to feel like less than his cousin, King George V.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Riz8t)

114 I thought CBD was a sensible guy
No cheesesteak is worth a trip to Philly

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2026 09:54 AM (5FXLr)

115 Evil flourishes when good men fail to act.

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Oy/m2)

116 Sure.

All it takes for evil men to prevail is for pacifists to convince good men to offer no resistance.

Posted by: muldoon

Worst. Limerick Ever.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Riz8t)

117 I took a wrong turn at Albuquerque and ended up in Philadelphia.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Fbc0I)

118 Philadelphia is teh awesome.

Cheap, easy to get around, great neighborhoods, great people, great food, what's not to love?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:53 AM (RIvkX)
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And then there's that cheese that everybody's talking about!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 23, 2026 09:55 AM (xvhJH)

119 There are lots of revisionist explanations for the war now, but it all comes down to Kaiser Willie's desire to be a big deal so he didn't have to feel like less than his cousin, King George V.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Riz8t)

All sides saw what was going on between Austria and Serbia and jumped at the chance.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 09:56 AM (bss/y)

120 Basil Rathbone was an officer in WW I, worked in intelligence, and performed many very dangerous missions. That could be him dressed as that "tree" to the left. He was deeply affected after his younger brother was killed in trench warfare in France and didn't care about his own safety.

Posted by: Sherlock Holmes And The Voice Of Terror at April 23, 2026 09:56 AM (oftw2)

121 I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Cheez Whiz at April 23, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

122 Soapbox:

I'm not a pacifist, but war is a failure, and an inevitable one.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 23, 2026 09:57 AM (DgMqy)

123 70 I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.

?!?!??!

hey now

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 09:57 AM (j+aD2)

124 121 I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Cheez Whiz at April 23, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

You are merely a poor imitation.

Posted by: Frito Lay Jalapeno Cheddar Dip at April 23, 2026 09:58 AM (bss/y)

125 CBD go to the Barnes!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 09:58 AM (j+aD2)

126 Can you get to The Barnes museum?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2026 09:45 AM (5xoct)

Not today but I like how you are thinking.

Of course I would have to step over about 50 bums on the sidewalk on the way...

I love Democrat-run cities.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 09:58 AM (FeGtn)

127 I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Cheez Whiz at April 23, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)
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No, not you. No one likes you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 09:58 AM (RIvkX)

128 And then there's that cheese that everybody's talking about!

Cooper Sharp!

(the cream cheese is not really a thing here)

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 09:58 AM (j+aD2)

129 CBD get a cheesesteak from Angelos or Uncle Gus' in the Market!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 09:59 AM (j+aD2)

130 New York Post
@nypost
East Villagers sue Mamdani to stop relocation of notorious Bellevue men's homeless shelter into their neighborhood

-
Cry harder.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

131 https://x.com/BasedMikeLee
/status/2047204114006692026

Illegals in last 6 years

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 09:59 AM (/+uur)

132 I'm in Philadelphia...of COURSE I am in a foul mood.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
---------
Every visit to Philadelphia ends with a “you’re not going to believe this” story.

Posted by: scampydog at April 23, 2026 10:00 AM (2bFN5)

133 No angels in leadership for WWI. Bunch of damned fools. Their stupidity led to WWII and created an opening for Adolph Hitler and his sort.

Posted by: tubal at April 23, 2026 10:00 AM (TTUQx)

134 Of course I would have to step over about 50 bums on the sidewalk on the way...

this is a problem on the Parkway right now. I have communicated to the guys at the Free Library (where they tend to set up shop) and people in the Mayor's office

they were living around the circle (which is also bad!!!) and the construction there moved them up towards the Barnes.

it is frustrating I agree. I love that library (visit it!) but you do have to work around them.

just hobos who like living on the Parkway - and who wouldn't?!?! the city has to get them off it's SO BAD for tourism

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:00 AM (j+aD2)

135 cheez wiz or no?

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

136 New York Post
@nypost
East Villagers sue Mamdani to stop relocation of notorious Bellevue men's homeless shelter into their neighborhood

-
Cry harder.

Today's word is "iota". Used in a sentence: I have not an iota of sympathy for these gormless halfwits.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

137 The painting does what art is supposed to do - it evokes emotion. The emotion is pain, heartache. This is not something to hang in the living room.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (Dd38x)

138 My favorite anti-Trump trolls are the ones who blame *Trump supporters* for the fix we are in by claiming we will "only vote when he is on the ballot".

Bitch you wanted Ted Cruz and then DeSantis who each would have lost with dignity while a Republicans continued rolling up sleeves and fightin' as they buried our bones. You have ZERO say in who should and should not vote for what or who, you would have had thIs party and our country in 100 years of darkness.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (NALOx)

139 Public urination is up 50% in NYC, and the Mets lost 12 in a row after Madmani had a meeting with Mr. And Mrs. Met.

Posted by: Not Even In '62 at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (oftw2)

140 This kind of scene, that Tolkien lived through, must have served as the basis for the Dead Marshes and Mordor in LOTR.

If the artist intended to create a sense of horror and despair in the viewer, he succeeded. A soldier, dead and alone, is sinking into the mud and lifeless landscape. Even the earth has been upheaved with the explosive force of war and death. The final touch is the hint of pain and a scream in the jagged tree stump.

It is horrifically effective.

Posted by: JTB at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (yTvNw)

141 The wonderful legacy of WWI. It gave us (in no particular order):

1. Fascism;
2. WWII;
3. Chemical weapons;
4. The Soviet Union;
5. The Mideast situation that is with us to this day;
6. A world stage for that prick Wilson.
etc.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (77rzZ)

142 Public urination is up 50% in NYC, and the Mets lost 12 in a row after Madmani had a meeting with Mr. And Mrs. Met.
Posted by: Not Even In '62

They finally won yesterday!

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:02 AM (YZ0Fo)

143 https://truthsocial.com/
@CitizenFreePress/posts/
116450778393844234

BEst baseball catch eva

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 23, 2026 10:02 AM (/+uur)

144 The Reading Terminal Market should cheer you up, CBD. and they keep the bums away from that area

it's a beautiful spring day!

also walk along Sansom great bars and restaurants and little shops there (in center city, I personally like west of broad better)

GO FLYERS

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:02 AM (j+aD2)

145 The painting does what art is supposed to do - it evokes emotion. The emotion is pain, heartache. This is not something to hang in the living room.

Do you think it might be for sale?

Posted by: The lobby of the Canadian MAiD folks at April 23, 2026 10:02 AM (Riz8t)

146 Brits and French used human wave attacks against massed artillery and heavy machine guns, well entrenched. They finally figured out that it was a bad tactic after a million or so casualties."

Enlightened Europeans.
Posted by: Bad Andrew
_____________

They were aware of the difficulties. One of the main problems was that breaking the assaulting columns into smaller groups meant no officer nearby, and the risk that the troops would just go to ground.

And the French were probably first in experimenting with the infiltration tactics that the Germans perfected by late 1917, and damn near won the war with.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (XvL8K)

147 Worst. Limerick Ever.
Posted by: Archimede

**********

I'm entering a Deep Thoughts phase of my commenting career. I do this periodically but it never lasts long.

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (I0N4X)

148 I also have A Pennsylvania carry permits, so I am a little bit more comfortable.

This really is a shitty city

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (FeGtn)

149 I don't blame WWI for Japan, though. I think the US and Japan were destined to go to war over hegemony in the Pacific sooner or later.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

150 Have they thrown batteries at you yet?

That's the traditional welcome.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2026 09:52 AM (iJfKG)

Isn't it always sunny in Philadelphia? It's sunny and bright here, but a tetch below freezing with a North wind.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (utfVc)

151 Not today but I like how you are thinking.

The Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford (i.e., Wyeth country) and Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square are also around.

Posted by: t-bird at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (JW6Az)

152 https://truthsocial.com/@CitizenFreePress/
posts/116450778393844234

BEst baseball catch eva
Posted by: r hennigantx at

Base hit!

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (YZ0Fo)

153 135 cheez wiz or no?

eh no

Cooper Sharp
Seeded roll, scooped
I don't like onions but people do

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (j+aD2)

154 New crime in Detroit.

Detroit begs residents to stop stealing fire hydrants after 75 go missing in 48 hours

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 10:04 AM (ndZc7)

155 115 Evil flourishes when good men fail to act.
Posted by: dantesed

Reckon the man in the artwork was told that.

Posted by: pro patria mori at April 23, 2026 10:04 AM (gKWVE)

156 Today's word is "iota". Used in a sentence: I have not an iota of sympathy for these gormless halfwits.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

Today, iota do some yard work, but it's still too wet from the recent rainstorm.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2026 10:04 AM (wVcYX)

157 Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

"Why, iota..."
-- Moe Howard

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

158 The Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford (i.e., Wyeth country) and Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square are also around.

great little museum but you'd have to drive

lots of wonderful galleries in Old City but its a bit of a walk from City Hall, not that bad tho.

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:04 AM (j+aD2)

159 Zonnebeke ... translates to "Sun-brook" or "Sunny stream," originating from Dutch (zonne = sun, beke = brook).
--AI Overview

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:05 AM (8NTVk)

160 >>>Every visit to Philadelphia ends with a “you’re not going to believe this” story.

Posted by: scampydog

>Baltimore and Chicago probably are the top three in that list.

But there are many contenders vying for those three spots.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 23, 2026 10:05 AM (Fbc0I)

161 130 New York Post
@nypost
East Villagers sue Mamdani to stop relocation of notorious Bellevue men's homeless shelter into their neighborhood

-
Cry harder.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

They voted for this.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 23, 2026 10:06 AM (bss/y)

162 Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:02 AM (j+aD2)

We walked from the Comcast Center to Walnut, and then down...

I saw about 20 bums sleeping on the sidewalk.

There are lovely things to do in this town (Lazer Wolf last night!), but it needs a good cleaning...starting with City Hall.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:06 AM (wEtMf)

163 136 Today's word is "iota". Used in a sentence: I have not an iota of sympathy for these gormless halfwits.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

I wouldn't wanna fly o't'a New York in this kinda weather

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:07 AM (8NTVk)

164 This is what happens when you let those nice terrorists in the country. Diversity for everyone!

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 10:07 AM (pvf3X)

165 Not the Zuiderzee

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 10:07 AM (UeDJl)

166 Last time I was in Philly, I was downtown during Bush/Kerry.

The people screaming "Honk for Kerry!" everywhere and holding John Kerry signs turned me off permanently to that place.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 23, 2026 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

167 Body in the foreground, Keir Starmer?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 10:08 AM (UeDJl)

168 >New crime in Detroit.

Detroit begs residents to stop stealing fire hydrants after 75 go missing in 48 hours
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 10

That's why I'm skeptical when I hear boosters saying "Detroit is back."

Posted by: mr tmz at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (rJ48h)

169 The wonderful legacy of WWI. It gave us (in no particular order):

1. Fascism;
2. WWII;
3. Chemical weapons;
4. The Soviet Union;
5. The Mideast situation that is with us to this day;
6. A world stage for that prick Wilson.
-
7. Aerial terror bombing
8. Flamethrower
9. Genocide in Armenia
10. Spanish flu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

170 Ask your doctor if Languorous Ennui is right for you.
Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 23, 2026 09:46 AM

Not funny, man. Not funny.

Posted by: Neville at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (kgE5c)

171 (Lazer Wolf last night!)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

You betrothed your daughter to him? L'chaim!

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

172 The thing I noticed when I visited Philly in 1989 was the smell. It was immediate as soon as you got over the bridge. And that was coming over from freaking *New Jersey* aka New York's taint, which is saying something. Sorry Orchid you know you're my homegirl.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (NALOx)

173 The rise of white supremacy was a media generated narrative. This is observable:

https://is.gd/GsvPoB

Posted by: Archimedes at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

174 Rodin Museum in Philly.

Posted by: TRex - rare daywalker dino at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (cCn4/)

175 And gave Japan an empire

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 10:10 AM (UeDJl)

176 There was a very good documentary a couple decades ago (before the BBC went woke) on Edward the VII (Formerly Prince Albert) He was King from 1901 to 1910, and it showed how he used that part of his life tirelessly visiting European Capitols and using his personal influence and diplomatic skills (which were first rate) to negotiate between the European powers and stave off any violent conflict. He was according to all accounts, a master at it. He was on a first name basis with Bismark and all the French leaders; Wilhelm and Nicholas of Russia were his nephews.

When he died, his son George V took over, but he had none of the skills or international respect that his father had, and Europe began a descent into the inevitable war that had been looming for a decade.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 10:10 AM (rGqqI)

177 There are lovely things to do in this town (Lazer Wolf last night!), but it needs a good cleaning...starting with City Hall.

definitely true but it was just as bad when I lived in town

the only area that's a tad worse is the Parkway and that's because they built on the areas the hobos used to live in. so in a way it's actually much better.

glad you enjoyed Laser Wolf! any other plans? going up to Fishtown? that's quite a transformation up there

tbh it used to be the nabes were bad but CC was good (but not as good as CC is now). now we have these amazing upgraded neigborhoods like Fishtown and Brewerytown and Fairmount! so overall there's no question things are better.

the dumb vehicular takeover thing needs to stop tho. that is terrible (mostly for people who live in CC)

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:10 AM (j+aD2)

178 Cooper Sharp
Seeded roll, scooped

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (j+aD2)

She knows of what she speaks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:10 AM (wEtMf)

179 174 Rodin Museum in Philly.

awesome spot

you can go into the outside garden and see sculptures for free btw

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:11 AM (j+aD2)

180 There's a museum for Rodan in Philly?
- Emily Litelia.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 10:11 AM (UeDJl)

181 180 There's a museum for Rodan in Philly?
- Emily Litelia.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 10:11 AM (UeDJl)

======

I prefer the Gamera museum in Dallas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:11 AM (GLVez)

182 Speaking of rants, what was this push in the last 15 years to make chip bags as loud as possible. Is it because they wanted everyone within a mile radius to know you were eating chips so they too would crave some? I'm serious, this has to be by design not efficiency.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:11 AM (NALOx)

183 This really is a shitty city
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM

Last I saw of it was the airport a couple months ago. I wasn't impressed.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 10:12 AM (kgE5c)

184 CBD try the Ranstead Room for cocktails - opens at 7pm - around 20th

secret spot (speakeasy)

worth it

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:12 AM (j+aD2)

185 Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 10:10 AM (rGqqI)

The first chapter of Tuchman's The Guns of August goes into depth on Edward VII's diplomacy, and the immediate prewar years in general. In my opinion, it's one of the best single chapters in any work of history.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

186 Last I saw of it was the airport a couple months ago. I wasn't impressed.

ok but the airport SUCKS

try 30th Street Station (train)

nice area! beautiful station

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:13 AM (j+aD2)

187 Tom Servo

England also had Jackie Fisher playing loose cannon while trolling the Imperial German Navy into a case of nervous inferiority.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (UeDJl)

188 This is what happens when you let those nice terrorists in the country. Diversity for everyone!
Posted by: Case

Like a plague of locusts.

Europe.

https://tinyurl.com/2su2wk5e

US.

https://tinyurl.com/adrrybwa

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (ndZc7)

189 There are lovely things to do in this town (Lazer Wolf last night!), but it needs a good cleaning...starting with City Hall.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:06 AM (wEtMf)

Some day a rain will come.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (NALOx)

190 47 Rodin in Philly?

Posted by: Kenji Mizoguchi at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (wVcYX)

191 169 The wonderful legacy of WWI. It gave us (in no particular order):

1. Fascism;
2. WWII;
3. Chemical weapons;
4. The Soviet Union;
5. The Mideast situation that is with us to this day;
6. A world stage for that prick Wilson.
-
7. Aerial terror bombing
8. Flamethrower
9. Genocide in Armenia
10. Spanish flu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

trench foot

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:15 AM (8NTVk)

192 I blame Delaware.

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 10:15 AM (pvf3X)

193 Rodin Museum in Philly.

awesome spot

you can go into the outside garden and see sculptures for free btw
Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:11 AM (j+aD2)

NHRA has a museum in Pomona for those into Hot Roddin'. I see they are now a "cashless facility" so I shall not darken their doorway again. I'm OK with credit/debit cards, but it must be my option.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:15 AM (utfVc)

194 Edward the VII (Formerly Prince Albert) He was King from 1901 to 1910,... When he died, his son George V took over, but he had none of the skills or international respect that his father had

Monarchy is the best system of government... until the king dies and is succeeded by an inbred halfwit.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (gKWVE)

195 Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:12 AM (j+aD2)

Thanks!

We are here occasionally...one thing I do like about Philadelphia is the food and drink.

And...I hate to admit it...People are nicer.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (wEtMf)

196 More left wing bolshevik post war propaganda...

Posted by: Colonel Blimp at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (AP4bj)

197 CBD, is prep for the 250th in evidence in Philly?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

198 196 More left wing bolshevik post war propaganda...

Posted by: Colonel Blimp at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (AP4bj)

====

You had quite the life and death.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (GLVez)

199 190 47 Rodin in Philly?

yes the Parkway area has the PMA (main art museum) and the Rodin Museum (lovely small only-Rodin museum) a new mostly-outdoor sculpture garden museum, and the Barnes.

pretty neat! oh and the Free Library which I love, and the Franklin Institute (science museum) and the natural history museum (also fantastic). and Moore is there which has a gallery I think (it's an art school)

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:16 AM (j+aD2)

200 200

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:17 AM (8NTVk)

201 >Today's word is "iota". Used in a sentence:
----

my financial guy is doing my taxes- I'm pretty sure iota government

oh a wiseguy, eh? why iota...!

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 10:17 AM (ZxPkt)

202 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:15 AM (utfVc)

I wonder whether "cashless" is legal?

How can they refuse to take my government approved cash? It even says on the money...good for "all debts public and private."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:18 AM (wEtMf)

203 197 CBD, is prep for the 250th in evidence in Philly?

I know it's why they're redoing the area around Swann Fountain

things are probably just starting with the preparation for 250

there's a ton of stuff planned tho

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:18 AM (j+aD2)

204 178 had to look it up, never had one there (was young to see the bell). it looks like the cabot's vermont extra sharp white cheddar that i thrive on so i'm sure that's the move.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (R11M+)

205 England also had Jackie Fisher playing loose cannon while trolling the Imperial German Navy into a case of nervous inferiority.
Posted by: Anna Puma
________

He wasn't trolling. Inferiority was a fact, at least in terms of numbers of ships. German battlecruisers were superior in protection, but that was about it. The Brits were deploying 13.5 inch guns on their dreadnoughts while the Germans were still using 11 or 12 inch.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (XvL8K)

206 At a stage in life when other men prosper, I'm reduced to living in Philadelphia

Posted by: John Adams at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (wVcYX)

207 Has Whig been around? Haven't seen him lately. He always has such good commentary.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (nz1sK)

208 My wife and I were in Delaware County, PA a couple of years ago for a funeral. I was impressed by how nice it was, being so close to Philly.

Also, where Wawa is headquartered. Wawa stuff everywhere. But, we like Wawa, so we were cool with it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

209 Monarchy is the best system of government... until the king dies and is succeeded by an inbred halfwit.
Posted by: gKWVE

I resent that!

Posted by: Charles III at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)

210 A cheerful painting.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (4NO2D)

211 This really is a shitty city
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

What's that one street that's like bath salts & meth central?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (Kd7Ab)

212 181 superimposed raymond burr.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)

213 207 Has Whig been around? Haven't seen him lately. He always has such good commentary.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 10:20 AM (nz1sK)

======

He was around yesterday.

He is dealing with some health issues, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (GLVez)

214 I know it's why they're redoing the area around Swann Fountain

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:18 AM (j+aD2)

I can see that from the hotel...and the traffic it's causing!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (wEtMf)

215
Deep Thoughts Phase - a limerick

The pacifist contingent is mobile
Regardless of each quirk and foible
They'll tell you, "For shore,
There would be no more war
If only our Savages were Noble!"

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (I0N4X)

216 208 My wife and I were in Delaware County, PA a couple of years ago for a funeral. I was impressed by how nice it was, being so close to Philly.

that county has places like Swarthmore and ... um Chadds Ford!

and also Norwood lol

it's definitely a mix!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (j+aD2)

217 Monarchy is the best system of government... until the king dies and is succeeded by an inbred halfwit.
Posted by: gKWVE

I resent that!
Posted by: Charles III

No, you British git, you RESEMBLE that!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (Kd7Ab)

218 Has Whig been around? Haven't seen him lately. He always has such good commentary.
Posted by: TecumsehTea

Yes, he was here earlier in the week.

And hi, Tecumseh.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

219 Piddle, twiddle, and resolve
Nothing's ever solved
In foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia!

Posted by: John Adams at April 23, 2026 10:23 AM (wVcYX)

220 189 There are lovely things to do in this town (Lazer Wolf last night!), but it needs a good cleaning...starting with City Hall.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:06 AM (wEtMf)

Some day a rain will come.
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (NALOx)

heh

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:23 AM (8NTVk)

221 203. "there's a ton of stuff planned tho"

I'm sure there is......

Posted by: Case at April 23, 2026 10:24 AM (pvf3X)

222 What's that one street that's like bath salts & meth central?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (Kd7Ab)

So many to choose from!

I am talking shit about Philadelphia, but there are some wonderful things here.

And BlackOrchid is being a real sport by not telling me to go pound sand!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:25 AM (wEtMf)

223 This was painted AFTER the bombing, yes … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at April 23, 2026 10:25 AM (ayRl+)

224 The Charlottesville hoax was a disgrace. Joe Biden is a monster.

Posted by: jmel at April 23, 2026 10:25 AM (RWHIh)

225 198 glad you guys are aware of that one. big short list fave for me. 49th parallel also.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (R11M+)

226 My wife and I were in Delaware County, PA a couple of years ago for a funeral. I was impressed by how nice it was, being so close to Philly.

that county has places like Swarthmore and ... um Chadds Ford!

and also Norwood lol

it's definitely a mix!
Posted by: BlackOrchid

And DelCo chicks.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (YZ0Fo)

227 Apropos of nothing...I am siting in a café having coffee and watching the lady of a certain age have her second glass of red wine with her onion soup.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (wEtMf)

228 I wonder whether "cashless" is legal?

How can they refuse to take my government approved cash? It even says on the money...good for "all debts public and private."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:18 AM (wEtMf)

The catch is, there's no debt. You are paying up front. I ran into this crap a few years ago at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale. Had to use credit card to enter the facility at Westworld. I found one food vendor who took cash, so she got my business. It just rankles me to have to use the damned plastic for piddly little expenditures, when I have cash in pocket.

I would be supportive of a law the required all large event venues to accept cash for all services.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (utfVc)

229 Ray Iota was great in Goodfellas.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 23, 2026 10:27 AM (PSEDc)

230 227 Apropos of nothing...I am siting in a café having coffee and watching the lady of a certain age have her second glass of red wine with her onion soup.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (wEtMf)

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She started 12 hours ago. That's not her second.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:27 AM (GLVez)

231 And BlackOrchid is being a real sport by not telling me to go pound sand!

no no I agree the homeless thing .. it's bad

the city has problems no doubt

we shouldn't shy from talking about them and fixing them!

Philly is a very ... conservative city in a way. it resists change. which is in fact what I love about it.

if your hotel is on the Parkway, you are close to Ranstead Room. so after dinner as the driver to take you to 20th and Ranstead. it's a bit hidden but it's on Ranstead (a small street) there.

Newsroom (another speakeasy) is also not far from you at all - still, take a cab to that one maybe - but usually requires reservations. that one is a bit more "instagram-cool" so will be more crowded than Ranstead. but it's really nice.

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:28 AM (j+aD2)

232 This really is a shitty city
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (FeGtn)
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Where are you? it's a big city. Please tell me your in Northeast.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:28 AM (RIvkX)

233 227 Apropos of nothing...I am siting in a café having coffee and watching the lady of a certain age have her second glass of red wine with her onion soup.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (wEtMf)

Maybe she's biding her time to say, "Hello, stranger."

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:28 AM (8NTVk)

234 And DelCo chicks.
Posted by: BruceWayne

They got nice racks?

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

235 Why Iota? - a limerick

I'd like to make a pun before I die
So I'll give it the old college try
Today I shall go
To Fraternity Row
And while there Iota Eta Bita Pi

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (I0N4X)

236 CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (wEtMf)

How Kamala Harris end up in Philadelphia?

Posted by: dantesed at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (Oy/m2)

237 The "throwing batteries" quip reminded me of a night at a hockey game between the Philly Flyers and the Washington Capitols.

Philly and D.C. fans hate each other.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (jehhT)

238 I'd drink all day, too, iffin' I lived in Philadelphia

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (Y1sOo)

239 BlackOrchid is low key an AoS treasure.

Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (NALOx)

240 Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:28 AM (RIvkX)

Center City.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (wEtMf)

241 When I worked for a judge she always had 2 glasses of wine with lunch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (RIvkX)

242 And DelCo chicks.
Posted by: BruceWayne

They got nice racks?
Posted by: Bulg at

A lot of Rule 1 there.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:29 AM (YZ0Fo)

243 224 the mashup of all the times he spoke about "bulging neck veins" is pretty impressive.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:30 AM (R11M+)

244 aw thanks three dots

I do love Philadelphia

especially today! THE FLYERS

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:30 AM (j+aD2)

245 You're hating on Center City? You just hard to please is all.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:30 AM (RIvkX)

246 Apropos of nothing...I am siting in a café having coffee and watching the lady of a certain age have her second glass of red wine with her onion soup.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM

Five o'clock somewhere.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 10:30 AM (Wnv9h)

247 The "throwing batteries" quip reminded me of a night at a hockey game between the Philly Flyers and the Washington Capitols.

Philly and D.C. fans hate each other.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I randomly ended up at a Phils/mets game at citizen bank once. No less than 10 fights in the stands/bathrooms.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (YZ0Fo)

248 227 Apropos of nothing...I am siting in a café having coffee and watching the lady of a certain age have her second glass of red wine with her onion soup.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:26 AM (wEtMf)

It's apropos!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (8NTVk)

249 New York Post
@nypost
Sickening video shows NYC teen stomp on girl's head- after she refused to give him her number

"Teen" = Vile ghetto rat

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (Y1sOo)

250 lol CBD if you get a chance grab a beer at my old hangout, which is insanely still open - Cherry Street Tavern

it's probably closing soon, they are trying to sell. but great, great guys run that place. a true classic philly bar

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (j+aD2)

251 And DelCo chicks.
Posted by: BruceWayne
+++

I know how to get them for free.

Posted by: M. Knopfler at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)

252 249 New York Post
@nypost
Sickening video shows NYC teen stomp on girl's head- after she refused to give him her number

"Teen" = Vile ghetto rat

Posted by: one hour sober at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (Y1sOo)

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"This won't happen when we tax extra homes of the rich more."
-Mayor Mamdani

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:32 AM (GLVez)

253 Female Nude with a Dog (Portrait of Leotine Renaude) by Gustave Courbet

Boobs! A dog! Art!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 23, 2026 10:32 AM (Kt19C)

254 When I worked for a judge she always had 2 glasses of wine with lunch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

At one time, SCOTUS would have wine while they were in session, if it was raining. But, at some point, they started having it every day, because it's always raining somewhere.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

255 What's that one street that's like bath salts & meth central?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (Kd7Ab)
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Kensington.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:32 AM (RIvkX)

256 255 What's that one street that's like bath salts & meth central?

yeah that's up in kenzo

I've heard it's somewhat cleaned up I dunno

it's pretty far up there - but! not that far from the new hot scene in Fishtown! kind of crazy

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:33 AM (j+aD2)

257 241 dmt is the new two martini lunch.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:33 AM (R11M+)

258 >>Female Nude with a Dog (Portrait of Leotine Renaude) by Gustave Courbet

I looked it up. My likey.

Posted by: Huge Jass at April 23, 2026 10:33 AM (Y1sOo)

259 Some blood and pentagrams and you have a Slayer album cover.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 10:34 AM (E6xSb)

260 257 241 dmt is the new two martini lunch.
Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:33 AM (R11M+)

DMT - a compound used as a hallucinogenic drug, preparations of which are used particularly in some South American cultures for ritual or spiritual reasons. DMT is a derivative of tryptamine, and may be prepared synthetically or obtained from various plant species.

1950s: abbreviation of N,N-dimethyltryptamine.

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 10:34 AM (8NTVk)

261 "This won't happen when we tax extra homes of the rich more."
-Mayor Mamdani
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:32 AM (GLVez)

1) locate everyone in NYC that makes as much as a penny above NYC PCI.
2) kill them.

That will solve everything.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 10:35 AM (E6xSb)

262 29 is the new 92.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 23, 2026 10:36 AM (olroh)

263 261 1) locate everyone in NYC that makes as much as a penny above NYC PCI.
2) kill them.

That will solve everything.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 10:35 AM (E6xSb)

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Good, but one note.

We can't kill the ones making that much but working for government.

They're sefless and bringing utopia. They must be preserved.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:36 AM (GLVez)

264 I looked it up. My likey.
Posted by: Huge Jass at April 23, 2026 10:33 AM (Y1sOo)

Definitely not lacking in the badonkadonk department.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2026 10:36 AM (utfVc)

265 last night flyers had four and penguins had five guys in the penalty box at the same time. some original six shite.
"old time hockey!"

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:37 AM (R11M+)

266 Good, but one note.

We can't kill the ones making that much but working for government.

They're sefless and bringing utopia. They must be preserved.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:36 AM (GLVez)

I forgot. Government employees and those in entertainment exempt, because.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 10:38 AM (E6xSb)

267 I do love Philadelphia

especially today! THE FLYERS
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Porter Martone!

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:38 AM (YZ0Fo)

268 Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:31 AM (j+aD2)

I think we will head to Good Dog for lunch. Short Rib Grilled Cheese is ethereal!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:38 AM (wEtMf)

269 260 40min of wtf

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:38 AM (R11M+)

270 I don't understand how guys can even stand with ice skates on their feet, much less fight in them.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

271 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Brutal art. Haunting. Sending a message.
Goes looking for coffee. Perhaps with a bracer in it this morning.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 10:39 AM (2WIwB)

272 260 jurema preta.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:39 AM (R11M+)

273 Good Dog is fantastic!

then go to Fergie's!

lol I am all about the old philly bars

Fergie is a mensch too! I remember when he came over!!!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:39 AM (j+aD2)

274 I would be supportive of a law the required all large event venues to accept cash for all services.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at

Well crap, this reminds me. I left a $50 bill at the studio- I have cash but don’t take it often, most people use plastic. I keep as little as possible there, because I don’t want to be a target, and also if anyone did try to rob the store and the girls didn’t just hand them everything, gift wrapped if necessary, I would be mad. The robbers would also be disappointed with what they got for their efforts.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 10:40 AM (Dd38x)

275 that game was crazy

I still don't know what happened lol

love these young guys tho

and the "dads" too! (Garnet, Darth, Coots)

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:40 AM (j+aD2)

276 Speaking of Philly
has our favorite Philly cop Wyatt Earp been around?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 23, 2026 10:41 AM (re0Ak)

277 has our favorite Philly cop Wyatt Earp been around?

he was around the other day but I probably scared him off bugging him about field hockey

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:41 AM (j+aD2)

278 Some day a rain will come.
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (NALOx)

Eternal rains will come.

Posted by: Opeth at April 23, 2026 10:42 AM (E6xSb)

279 Thanks TJM. Yeah, I know about his health issues, been praying.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 23, 2026 10:42 AM (nz1sK)

280 Some day a rain will come.
Posted by: ... at April 23, 2026 10:14 AM (NALOx)

It will rain for a million years.

Posted by: Porcupine Tree at April 23, 2026 10:42 AM (E6xSb)

281 my God CBD what a beautiful day for you to be in town!

the cherry blossoms! just perfect weather!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:42 AM (j+aD2)

282 Update... Mrs had more scans, and the new report is that the neoplasm in her appendix has also damaged her colon (due to swelling and thinning walls), and has spread to her ovaries. Cardiac workup today and further exams to assess condition prior to surgery in 3 weeks.
Dad died 7 weeks ago today, and Mom is going to hospice.

Did I mention cancer sucks?

I'll stop in on occasion. Hug your family, ok?

Posted by: man at April 23, 2026 10:42 AM (XuXeR)

283 I think we will head to Good Dog for lunch. Short Rib Grilled Cheese is ethereal!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2026 10:38 AM (wEtMf)
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Nice pics on their website.

My buddy runs an architectural firm in CC and he has been bitching all morning about his staff leaving the dishes in the break room.

200 employees.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 23, 2026 10:43 AM (RIvkX)

284 275 guy on top pounding face of guy flat on ice. ref screaming in his ear, had to pull him off. everybody misbehaved.
"old time hockey!"

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:43 AM (R11M+)

285 Somewhere in New Jersey?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 23, 2026 09:33 AM (cWLG3)

Too scenic to be Newark.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 10:43 AM (snZF9)

286 The robbers would also be disappointed with what they got for their efforts.
Posted by: Piper

"Hey, what is all this green, spinachy stuff?"
-- Unwitting kale thieves

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

287
I think we will head to Good Dog for lunch. Short Rib Grilled Cheese is ethereal!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23

Ironically, my brown cat’s breeder is in PA and this is where we ate when I picked him up as a kitten!

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 10:44 AM (Dd38x)

288 so sorry man

take care

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 23, 2026 10:44 AM (j+aD2)

289 Hockey games were cheap back in the day. And with the Capitols having miserable season after season for years, tickets to home games were cheap. IIRC $8 for "cheap seats."

But with the stands barely a third full we could move anywhere we wanted. Still had to watch your back and take note of which crowd you were with.

Some of the fan-on-fan action was pretty intense.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 23, 2026 10:44 AM (jehhT)

290 He was around yesterday.

He is dealing with some health issues, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 23, 2026 10:21 AM (GLVez)

Like not having health?

Damn. Here’s to whig and hoping he gets his health back.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 10:45 AM (E6xSb)

291 My son roots for all the Philly teams. His grandma was from that area, so he feels a connection to it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

292 I've read a lot recently about battles in Flanders. The only worse terrain in a temperate climate zone I can think of for a long-term battle in trenches, are large swamps in Florida and Louisiana. Hotter than Flanders, just as soggy.

would not hang

Posted by: Gref at April 23, 2026 10:47 AM (5rh/l)

293 I am sorry, man. That is a lot on your plate for sure. Prayers for you and your family.

Posted by: Piper at April 23, 2026 10:47 AM (hftzA)

294 fans hoped for some philanthropist to buy the unsold seats at the stadium so that wgn wouldn't black out the game.
standing room only at the madhouse on madison was beyond belief. felt like the place would collapse. and it ewas only a buck to have a kid watch your bikey (playoffs, early springs) so he could run off and be back in time to get a tip.

Posted by: cmeat at April 23, 2026 10:47 AM (R11M+)

295 Update... Mrs had more scans, and the new report is that the neoplasm in her appendix has also damaged her colon (due to swelling and thinning walls), and has spread to her ovaries. Cardiac workup today and further exams to assess condition prior to surgery in 3 weeks.
Dad died 7 weeks ago today, and Mom is going to hospice.

Did I mention cancer sucks?

I'll stop in on occasion. Hug your family, ok?
Posted by: man
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Sorry for all your troubles man! Prayers 🙏🏻

Posted by: lin-duh at April 23, 2026 10:48 AM (9U6Wl)

296 Base hit!
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 23, 2026 10:03 AM (YZ0Fo)

Why wasn't it an out?

I'm kidding... I don't care.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 23, 2026 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

297 Prayer up, Man.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

298 Our new (Acting) Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, at the GOP National Convention 2024.

LINK: https://tinyurl.com/54hfcyv7

Posted by: mrp at April 23, 2026 10:51 AM (rj6Yv)

299 Zonnebeke
Sir William Orpen

Wikipedia, in part - is an oil-on-canvas painting created in 1918 by the Irish artist William Orpen. It was one of the series of paintings that he made when he was British official war artist in World War I. It belongs to the collection of the Tate, in London.[1]

This painting takes his name from the municipality of Zonnebeke, in Flanders, Belgium, which had been completely destroyed as part of the Passchendaele campaign, from June to November 1917. The offensive took a massive toil of British and German lives, while the Allies had just advanced five miles at the end of the campaign. The painting depicts the desolate landscape of a battlefield, with grey skies, the remains of the trenches filled with water, and a corpse lying at the right, while a heavily damaged tree is at the left.[1][2]

..... "‘ "‘I remember an officer saying to me, Paint the Somme? I could do it from memory – just a flat horizon line and mud-holes and water, and the stumps of a few battered trees.’ but one could not paint the smell.".[3]
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Interesting painting but I'd be ambivalent about hanging it.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

300 I've read a lot recently about battles in Flanders. The only worse terrain in a temperate climate zone I can think of for a long-term battle in trenches, are large swamps in Florida and Louisiana. Hotter than Flanders, just as soggy.
__________

Mostly for the allies. The Germans took the high ground where they could after the Somme retreat. In some areas, the Brits had to build up their trenches with sandbags and whatnot above ground because of the water table.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 23, 2026 10:56 AM (XvL8K)

301 Munkey nood.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2026 11:01 AM (Wnv9h)

302 130 New York Post
@nypost
East Villagers sue Mamdani to stop relocation of notorious Bellevue men's homeless shelter into their neighborhood

-
Cry harder.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 23, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

Celebrate diversity harder east villagers!

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 23, 2026 11:01 AM (+EiNM)

303 I went to a Redskins game in Philly once

we emerged unharmed
whenever our team would make a play, we would politely golf clap

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 11:02 AM (ZxPkt)

304 The Neue Galerie NYC displays German and Austrian Art. 10-12 years ago they had the first big Otto Dix display. He was a machine gunner during WWI. On one level, unique, challenging. Also, be glad you weren’t there.
Their ‘site currently features the irradiated doctor CBD shared recently, so you can see it in person.
It reminded me I cared for an old radiologist whose index finger was skeletonized like an Ai-Ai, with a squamous cell carcinoma at the living skin portion. Too much time in the beam doing fluoroscopy, I.e. moving pic X-Ray. The good old days.

Posted by: Lester Fahrner at April 23, 2026 11:04 AM (Vsomd)

305 282. I'll stop in on occasion. Hug your family, ok?
Posted by: man

That's an awful lot to deal with.

Prayers for strength for you and the very best of support for both your wife and mother, and may your father rest eternally.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 23, 2026 11:07 AM (NFX2v)

306 And here I was about to whine about my 1% raise, my rent going up and the prospects for ever retiring hinge on finding a sugar daddy.

Courage for you, man. And prayers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 11:16 AM (W2Pud)

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