Wednesday Night ONT - May 6, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. The bar is open.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. This is a Tucker, Candace and Megyn free zone. Please.

Will you be smarter after reading this ONT? Will you be better looking? Will you be more fun at parties? Will you lose weight? Will you be wealthier? Will you be more fashionable? If you skip the content, you'll never know!

[Top photo: Pilgrimage Church of St. Bartholomew,Königssee, Bavaria, Germany]

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Secret Service agent: "Sir, I KNOW it is time for the Wednesday ONT. I AM hitting refresh!"

Pete Hesgeth thinking "We have all this military technology, but we're never fast enough to post first! How do they do it?"

JD Vance thinking "I want to see why tankdemon is late again."

Marco Rubio thinking "I'm just glad that nobody asked me to write the ONT."

Photo Credit: Dan Scavino

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The collapse of teen fertility in the digital era

Teen fertility collapsed globally starting around 2007. This affected countries across the income and policy spectrum. This paper argues that smartphones changed how teens spend time with each other, and that this change in turn drove the collapse in teen fertility. Once enough teens are on the phone, being on the phone is where the peer network is; in-person time falls sharply, and with it the unstructured contact in which most unintended teen conceptions occur.
The model predicts that the shift towards the phone-mediated equilibrium affects multiple aspects of teen behavior. The same instrument that produces a collapse in teen fertility produces a surge in teen suicides.

Yikes. Isn't there a happy medium somewhere?

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Anything this weird and horrifying must qualify as "art."

Artist: Stephanie Temma Hier

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Wanna buy a lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay?

4 bed, 1 bath. 1500 square feet. Asking $450,000 Listing

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Nope.

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I recently learned that toothpaste has an expiration date. Why? Is this a new thing? Did I miss a memo?

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Difficult to see Phil Collins looking so frail, but nice to see his smile.

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Rubio’s latest role as Press Secretary was phenomenal today. He knocked question after question from a frenzied press corps out of the park.

He gave a perfect answer when he was asked, “What is your hope for America at a time such as this?”

Rubio responded:

“My hope for… pic.twitter.com/dnr5dP6x0F
— TheStormHasArrived (@TheStormRedux) May 5, 2026

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Message received from the Bears of Yellowstone: "We're hungry and tourists are too close to our cubs. But we stand innocent of the conduct and charge made by this comment. We're bears but we have standards. Thank you for your attention to this matter."

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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh!

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For the big ONT finish:

Grieg or Savatage?

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Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Does anyone read the disclaimer? Does anyone click on the lurking link? Is everyone whelmed?

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Grieg or Savatage?

Weird Al.

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)

2 On time, congratulations.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 10:01 PM (820m/)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 06, 2026 10:01 PM (Kyh8Y)

4 Pilgrimage church in Bavaria? I thought the Pilgrims were English?!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 06, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

5 I don't want to seem like a braggart and toot my own horn BUT:

I DID go through the tupperware drawer today and matched up the lids and containers and, most importantly, threw away all the orphaned pieces.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 06, 2026 10:03 PM (Kyh8Y)

6 Four years ago on this date, our wonderful Belgian Malinois adopted us. Came running up to me like we were old friends. "I'm home!" She was not one year old, and took some work, but is a big part of our home and hearts.🐕❣️

Posted by: mindful webworker - she's now an Oklahoma Malinois at May 06, 2026 10:03 PM (ET/Ht)

7 We be just gots an E-Mail from Reperentertive Walters from Las Angles that she be proud to host are Annuaual FART Tube Conventerion in June.

She be says thats Compton, CA is be a nice place to has events like this.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 06, 2026 10:03 PM (geT9b)

8 Anything this weird and horrifying must qualify as "art."

Hasta be "art." It sho ain't food.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 06, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

9 TREX ONT. I feel like the bear message should have been concluded with a very truly yours.

Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2026 10:04 PM (Dd38x)

10 The sale price history on that lighthouse is crazy.

Posted by: Halfhand at May 06, 2026 10:04 PM (1CS9c)

11 Pittsburgh Scanner
East Liberty. 420 North Highland Ave - Vento's Pizza. Caller is an employee and said a lady just sat down with a bunch of compressed air and has huffed three straight cans. She didn't order anything so they want her out.

You can't show up and just have AIR at a place called VENT-os? I thought this was America!!

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

12 8 Anything this weird and horrifying must qualify as "art."

Hasta be "art." It sho ain't food.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May

Lettuce and cabbage bikinis were involved. I am horrified.

Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2026 10:05 PM (Dd38x)

13
You gotta be kidding me. I read to (most excellent) content only to fid i coulda been first.

So fook it.

sponge!

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 06, 2026 10:05 PM (QVmho)

14 I recently learned that toothpaste has an expiration date. Why? Is this a new thing? Did I miss a memo?

Look again. It's Crest. That's not real toothpaste.

Posted by: Colgate at May 06, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

15 That lighthouse could be the Joe and Jill Biden Presidential Library and Bowling Alley.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 10:05 PM (CybdD)

16 Savatage is one of my all-time favorite bands. Criss Oliva was a virtuoso. He played Jackson soloists. Never heard such a dark, but sharp tone. Icy. And his brother Jon was a helluva singer and pianist.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 10:05 PM (0aYVJ)

17 6 Four years ago on this date, our wonderful Belgian Malinois adopted us. Came running up to me like we were old friends. "I'm home!" She was not one year old, and took some work, but is a big part of our home and hearts.🐕❣️
Posted by: mindful webworker - she's now an Oklahoma Malinois at May

She was home! Yay!

Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2026 10:06 PM (Dd38x)

18 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 06, 2026 10:06 PM (w3u3d)

19 On time, congratulations.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 10:01 PM (820m/)
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And under budget!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 06, 2026 10:06 PM (gnNyN)

20 10 The sale price history on that lighthouse is crazy.
Posted by: Halfhand at May 06, 2026 10:04 PM (1CS9c)

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If it was in SoCal the $450k price would trigger a bidding frenzy. It would eventually sell for $2.5 million.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 10:07 PM (CybdD)

21 Wanted me to sign in to 'confirm I'm not a bot', to watch Buck and Ringo, so I had to switch channels, as soon as it was done it wanted me to sign in again for the next one. pftt

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 10:07 PM (820m/)

22 17. Hit send too soon- congratulations on her 4 year anniversary. Daisy is such a lucky girl.

Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2026 10:07 PM (Dd38x)

23 8 Anything this weird and horrifying must qualify as "art."

Hasta be "art." It sho ain't food.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May
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A new entry in James Lileks' "Gallery of Regrettable Food."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 06, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)

24 It's Crest. That's not real toothpaste.
Posted by: Colgate

I wonder how they get the stripes in the proper position on the white part of the toothpaste when loading the tubes of that striped stuff?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM (Kyh8Y)

25 Ah yes, post game remarks from the Habs coach ...

in French

Thank dog for having Marty Biron to translate.

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM (3sXRv)

26 And my conscious thought centers have finally caught up with what my subconscious recognized.

Katy Perry's mirror head gear. Disney's The Black Hole, the poor wretches serving aboard Cygnus.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM (2GVsD)

27 lady just sat down with a bunch of compressed air and has huffed three straight cans

Oh no. A Druish princess.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM (sDWtc)

28 I found this animated gif of the US interstate system from 1956 through 2017:
https://shorturl.at/fqYqG
I've been looking to see if anyone made a similar animation but for US highways.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM (WMyc4)

29 Good news about a lighthouse out in the middle of the ocean, be hard for Jehovah Witnesses to visit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM (2GVsD)

30 Lettuce and cabbage bikinis were involved. I am horrified.
Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2026 10:05 PM (Dd38x)

Why do I suspect someone somewhere has held a fashion show with clothes made from food.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

31 TRex, have you seen the video Kindltot posted on last night's ONT, the truth about the extinction of the dinosaurs? TRex had a big role.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM (utfVc)

32 Thanks for another mighty Wednesday Night ONT, T Rex!

Great photo of the church up top. Looks small but the setting is spectacular.

Dear, sweet folks of Pittsburgh - never, ever change! (Hope you find the Bobcat.)

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM (vrNzf)

33 Another, more likely reason for decreased teen fertility is that we have grown older and are targeting a different demographic these days.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 06, 2026 10:09 PM (Kyh8Y)

34 "Teen fertility collapsed globally starting around 2007."

This pairs with the item the other night that teen pregnancy rates fall off drastically after age 19. Right?

Posted by: mindful webworker - was a teen once back in the last century at May 06, 2026 10:09 PM (ET/Ht)

35 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 10:09 PM (sAmhv)

36 I don't get it.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 06, 2026 10:10 PM (Xqite)

37 Is a hot dog a sandwich?

The Lettuce Test: Nobody I have ever known or do know have ever put lettuce on a hot dog.

There's your solution for the sandwich argument. You're welcome.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 06, 2026 10:10 PM (D1E+2)

38 The sale price history on that lighthouse is crazy.
Posted by: Halfhand at May 06, 2026 10:04 PM (1CS9c)

You could probably cover the mortgage payment by renting out the basement suite.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:11 PM (utfVc)

39 Piper

Whatever that is, it is beyond the kale.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:11 PM (2GVsD)

40 Bavaria pretty much stayed Catholic in spite of the Reformation, right? Would explain the onion domes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 10:11 PM (CybdD)

41 "4 bed, 1 bath. 1500 square feet. Asking $450,000"

Tempting. Do you have to keep the light going, though? Those electric bills would kind-of be a deal killer.

Posted by: mindful webworker - a light under a bushel at May 06, 2026 10:11 PM (ET/Ht)

42 Lettuce and cabbage bikinis were involved. I am horrified.
Posted by: Piper

A carrot cake (presumably), with shrimp, cucumber, and asparagus..... and Piper is weirded out by the included photograph.

Is that one of her smoothie flavors?

Posted by: mikeski may not want to know at May 06, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

43 Katy Perry's mirror head gear. Disney's The Black Hole, the poor wretches serving aboard Cygnus.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM (2GVsD)
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The moral ones were killed, those were the ones who did them in. That's why they all went to hell with Reinhardt.

Kind of a tell.

I saw it in the theater as a kid. That ending was something else. Disney liked scaring the piss out of kids, didn't they?

My grandmother said that the part of Sleeping Beauty where Maleficent turned into a dragon caused a bunch of kids to piss their seats.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:12 PM (ZOv7s)

44 Why do I suspect someone somewhere has held a fashion show with clothes made from food.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

Didn't Madonna or some other pop tart wear a dress made out of meat?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:12 PM (utfVc)

45 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2026 10:13 PM (+9wcF)

46 Anything this weird and horrifying must qualify as "art."

Hasta be "art." It sho ain't food.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 06, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)
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I sincerely do not believe it qualifies as "art." And it is not edible food either...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 06, 2026 10:13 PM (vrNzf)

47 Didn't Madonna or some other pop tart wear a dress made out of meat?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Lady Gaga

Posted by: Tuna at May 06, 2026 10:13 PM (lJ0H4)

48 Bjork dressed up with a goose costume.

Lady Gaga was dressed as Great White shark chum.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:14 PM (2GVsD)

49 Bavaria pretty much stayed Catholic in spite of the Reformation, right? Would explain the onion domes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 10:11 PM (CybdD)
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Yes. Bavaria is heavily Catholic and that extends north into the Rhineland. The more north you get, the more Lutheran the princes became.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:14 PM (ZOv7s)

50 Didn't Madonna or some other pop tart wear a dress made out of meat?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:12 PM (utfVc)

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Lady Gaga. It was commercial grade meat at best.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 10:14 PM (CybdD)

51 Didn't Madonna or some other pop tart wear a dress made out of meat?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:12 PM (utfVc)

I think so. Rancid meat, I'm sure.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 06, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

52 Or Disney was willing to tell a good story even if it discomfited part of the audience?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:15 PM (2GVsD)

53 Yes. Bavaria is heavily Catholic and that extends north into the Rhineland. The more north you get, the more Lutheran the princes became.

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I've got a pic of me in front of the doors that Luther nailed his feces to. The Schlosskirche, in Wittenberg.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 10:15 PM (CybdD)

54 When I was a teen, and the light went on, so to speak, in my pants, I was not concerned with "fertility." I was just horny and desperate to get laid. Sex drive is a hormonal thing. It would be curious that non-physical interaction could override the biological imperative. Maybe we're not animals after all.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 06, 2026 10:15 PM (QaH55)

55 I saw it in the theater as a kid. That ending was something else. Disney liked scaring the piss out of kids, didn't they?

My grandmother said that the part of Sleeping Beauty where Maleficent turned into a dragon caused a bunch of kids to piss their seats.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:12 PM (ZOv7s)
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Disney is responsible for three of the scariest movies I ever saw as a kid:

The Black Hole
The Watcher in the Woods
Something Wicked This Way Comes

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 06, 2026 10:15 PM (gnNyN)

56 He Made the Sandwich with his Feet.

I'll take the BBQ sauce rub thank you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 10:16 PM (820m/)

57 I have been to that church. The Konigsee cruise is magnificent!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

58 Bavaria shall rise again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:16 PM (2GVsD)

59 You gotta be kidding me. I read to (most excellent) content only to fid i coulda been first.

So fook it.
sponge!
Posted by: BifBewalski

But the guy who was first read at least some of the content, and commented on it, in his first comment.

Posted by: the guy at May 06, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

60 The sale price history on that lighthouse is crazy.
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No indoor water closet.
You have to go to the outhouse... it's hanging over the guardrail on the right.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 06, 2026 10:16 PM (/lPRQ)

61 Didn't Madonna or some other pop tart wear a dress made out of meat?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:12 PM (utfVc)
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Gotta feel sorry for her. She was so transgressive, so important and now she's just old, leathery and lame.

"Like a Virgin" and then "Like a Prayer." So stunning, so brave, and now, so lame. Senior citizen offering blowjobs for votes. Pathetic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:16 PM (ZOv7s)

62 58 Bavaria shall rise again.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:16 PM (2GVsD)

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Long live the House of Wittelsbach!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 10:17 PM (CybdD)

63 Or Disney was willing to tell a good story even if it discomfited part of the audience?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:15 PM (2GVsD)

children's stories are supposed to be scary. They are supposed to teach children that there are monsters, and they can be defeated.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2026 10:17 PM (rbvCR)

64 No indoor water closet.
You have to go to the outhouse... it's hanging over the guardrail on the right.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 06, 2026 10:16 PM (/lPRQ)

It only works at a bad moon rising.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 06, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

65 I've got a pic of me in front of the doors that Luther nailed his feces to. The Schlosskirche, in Wittenberg.

If you ever have the chance go see the Dom in Worms where his trial was held (The Diet of Worms, not just a funny name.) Historical for more than just that if you can believe the locals.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2026 10:18 PM (+9wcF)

66 the meat dress was lady gaga.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2026 10:18 PM (sDWtc)

67 The lighthouse may have only one bathroom, but you can pee off the deck.

Posted by: wth at May 06, 2026 10:18 PM (oq9dX)

68
As I was complaining about, NASA released 12K+ high res photos from the Artemis mission, and just unceremoniously dumped them with no organization or much rhyme or reason at all. Some people put together this wrapper site to put the photos in a chronological order at least:
https://is.gd/CWzbCf

There will be a timeline bar at the top where you can slide through to various points in the mission.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 06, 2026 10:18 PM (w6EFb)

69 I mean, look at the listing history. For the past ten years, its been listed from $100k to $500k fluctuating between those values every year. It's like the seller's on crack.

Posted by: Halfhand at May 06, 2026 10:19 PM (1CS9c)

70 But then again Disney omitted the wicked step-sisters chopping their feet up to fit the glass slipper.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)

71 Hola, Hall.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

72 CG short film on the extinction of the dinosaurs "Dinosaurs: The true story" - by P-L. Aeberhardt

youtu.be/gYXpRWHVIPE

Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2026 10:19 PM (rbvCR)

73 I just ordered a set of decals for a Bundesluftwaffe fighter jet in Bavarian colors.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:20 PM (2GVsD)

74 Or Disney was willing to tell a good story even if it discomfited part of the audience?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:15 PM (2GVsD)
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I did a writeup on it a few years ago, and I own it on DVD. The John Barry soundtrack is superb, and the sequence where the Cygnus fires up its engines is one of the best moments in sci fi.

The robot thing is cringe, though I enjoy the arrogance of Roddy McDowell's V.I.N.CENT.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:20 PM (ZOv7s)

75 The church..... aren't there normally some walls between the towers? That's just all towers.

Or is it folded up for shipping?

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)

76 I don't want to seem like a braggart and toot my own horn BUT:

I DID go through the tupperware drawer today and matched up the lids and containers and, most importantly, threw away all the orphaned pieces.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 06, 2026 10:03 PM (Kyh8Y)

Hey, did you find an 11 mm socket? Mine is stilltmising.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

77 Which cringe robot - B.O.B. or Star?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)

78 Teen fertility collapsed globally starting around 2007.
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Wait, they're less capable of making babies (which could be a problem) or they aren't sleeping around as much (which is probably good for them)?

If the latter, I can't help but think of the posse Jesus has following him in Revelation of men who've never touched women, which seemed weird when I was younger but makes more sense now given the way the world despises "incels."

Posted by: Methos at May 06, 2026 10:21 PM (vSvIl)

79 The crazy thing about The Black Hole is how it looks ten years older than it is. The haircuts, uniforms, all out of the early sixities. Move was from 1979. Everyone should have had sideburns and shaggy hair. Credit where it is due.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:21 PM (ZOv7s)

80 31 TRex, have you seen the video Kindltot posted on last night's ONT, the truth about the extinction of the dinosaurs? TRex had a big role.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM
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Negative. Will look.

I tend to be a little squeamish about watching my own extinction.

Posted by: TRex - kindler gentler dino at May 06, 2026 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

81 Which cringe robot - B.O.B. or Star?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)
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Yes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:22 PM (ZOv7s)

82 So do you poop at high or low tide?

Posted by: wth at May 06, 2026 10:22 PM (oq9dX)

83 Yvette's hair is short to avoid trying to simulate floating locks in Zero-G.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:22 PM (2GVsD)

84 the meat dress was lady gaga.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2026 10:18 PM (sDWtc)

Well, I did say "or some other pop tart". They are fungible.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:23 PM (utfVc)

85 39 Piper

Whatever that is, it is beyond the kale.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:11 PM (2GVsD)

Whatever we do, we should Romain calm.

Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2026 10:23 PM (Dd38x)

86 I think the Katy Perry android is more cringe than those two Lloyd.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:23 PM (2GVsD)

87 >>>most importantly, threw away all the orphaned pieces.
Posted by: Tonypete
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You will find the mates next week.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 10:24 PM (820m/)

88 I tend to be a little squeamish about watching my own extinction.
Posted by: TRex - kindler gentler dino at May 06, 2026 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

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Just put your hands over your eyes.

Oh, wait.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 10:24 PM (CybdD)

89 Piper

So we shouldn't be radish about it?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:24 PM (2GVsD)

90 Thinking back on my fantastic younger years, I am sooo glad I'm not a teenager these days😉...

Good evening all!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 06, 2026 10:25 PM (uTEOj)

91 I DID go through the tupperware drawer today and matched up the lids and containers and, most importantly, threw away all the orphaned pieces.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 06, 2026 10:03 PM (Kyh8Y)

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Can you come over and look at my sock drawer?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 10:25 PM (CybdD)

92 Yvette's hair is short to avoid trying to simulate floating locks in Zero-G.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:22 PM (2GVsD)
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Yes, I watched the DVD extras on that. Everyone got a '60s bob because it was easier to do the zero G thing, but my point stands. It makes the film look older than it is.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:25 PM (ZOv7s)

93 Negative. Will look.

I tend to be a little squeamish about watching my own extinction.
Posted by: TRex - kindler gentler dino at May 06, 2026 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

Kindltot reposted it at 72. It is really well done; good sound, good CGI animation.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:25 PM (utfVc)

94 I think it was missing an 'up' in there.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 06, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

95 "4 bed, 1 bath. 1500 square feet. Asking $450,000"

I bet the roof leaks.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)

96 Having Ernest Borgnine in the movie made it feel like the 1960s.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:26 PM (2GVsD)

97 Today is John Flansburgh's 66th birthday, who along with John Linnell is co-founder, musician, songwriter, and vocalist of absurdist alternative rock band They Might Be Giants; to tell the two Johns apart, Flansburgh is the rhythm guitarist, while Linnell plays everything else (frequently accordion). In honor of today's earlier discussion of marijuana legalization, here is a song about Don Giovanni instead, from their fourth studio album Apollo 18 (1992):

They Might Be Giants - The Statue Got Me High (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/nb6CDTkUfbY

I may have more later, but I'm going for a walk. It's still beautiful out here on the West Coast.

Posted by: SciVo at May 06, 2026 10:26 PM (Sy6m/)

98 95 "4 bed, 1 bath. 1500 square feet. Asking $450,000"

I bet the roof leaks.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)

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Don't even look in the basement.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 10:28 PM (CybdD)

99 Thinking back on my fantastic younger years, I am sooo glad I'm not a teenager these days😉...

Posted by: COMountainMarie.
***************
Amen!

Posted by: The Grateful at May 06, 2026 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

100 “Something wicked this way comes” is still a favorite of mine. They didn’t mess with Bradbury’s story, and the casting was fantastic.

First time I ever really noticed Jonathan Pryce as an actor. Very chilling, perfect in the role.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 10:28 PM (6w0jO)

101 Whatever that is, it is beyond the kale.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:11 PM (2GVsD)

Whatever we do, we should Romain calm.
Posted by: Piper

You're ignoring the cocktail shrimp on top of the cake, and thus missed a bonus pun.

"romaine clam."

Or were you leaving it for someone else? That's very unshellfish of you.

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)

102 If the latter, I can't help but think of the posse Jesus has following him in Revelation of men who've never touched women, which seemed weird when I was younger but makes more sense now given the way the world despises "incels."
Posted by: Methos at May 06, 2026 10:21 PM (vSvIl)
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Starting in the 80s, pop culture began to disparage and ridicule virginity. It went from being a virtue to carrying a stigma.

The term "incel" is the final form of this Satanic invocation. It posits that the worst thing in the world to is lust and be incapable of acting upon it.

Ironically, the people who seem to invoke it the most are usually dedicated Onanists.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:28 PM (ZOv7s)

103 Fantasia scared the shit out of me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 06, 2026 10:28 PM (A5RD0)

104 Black Hole is still awesome.

I think i have it on DVD somewhere. Have to rematch it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 06, 2026 10:28 PM (zZu0s)

105 "4 bed, 1 bath. 1500 square feet. Asking $450,000"

I bet the roof leaks.
Posted by: Diogenes
......

and the basement.

Posted by: wth at May 06, 2026 10:29 PM (oq9dX)

106 101 Whatever that is, it is beyond the kale.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:11 PM (2GVsD)

Whatever we do, we should Romain calm.
Posted by: Piper

You're ignoring the cocktail shrimp on top of the cake, and thus missed a bonus pun.

"romaine clam."

Or were you leaving it for someone else? That's very unshellfish of you.
Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 10:28 PM

I did miss it. I was hoping someone would add in “and carrot on”.

Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2026 10:29 PM (Dd38x)

107 Piper in a lettuce and cabbage bikini. What?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 10:29 PM (820m/)

108 I tend to be a little squeamish about watching my own extinction.
Posted by: TRex - kindler gentler dino at May 06, 2026 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Just put your hands over your eyes.

Oh, wait.

Cruel.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 10:29 PM (vTZFs)

109 Today is John Flansburgh's 66th birthday,

Posted by: SciVo at May 06, 2026 10:26 PM (Sy6m/)
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For people of a certain age, their "Flood" album was a milestone.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:30 PM (ZOv7s)

110 Just for you Aetius

https://youtu.be/B8Ch3QnY650

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:31 PM (2GVsD)

111
Most whores sell themselves for $20 dollars.

Others are high priced.

Posted by: four seasons at May 06, 2026 10:31 PM (3ek7K)

112 107 Piper in a lettuce and cabbage bikini. What?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 10:29 PM (820m/)

This is how rumors start!

Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2026 10:31 PM (Dd38x)

113 Black Hole is still awesome.

I think i have it on DVD somewhere. Have to rematch it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 06, 2026 10:28 PM (zZu0s)
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I agree.

Black Hole is still awesome. Remove the spaces.

https://bleedingfool.com/blogs/

when-disneys-science-fiction-went-really

-dark-the-black-hole/

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)

114 I tend to be a little squeamish about watching my own extinction.
Posted by: TRex - kindler gentler dino at May 06, 2026 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

Kindltot reposted it at 72. It is really well done; good sound, good CGI animation.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:25 PM (utfVc)

Hilarious!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2026 10:32 PM (2WIwB)

115 Great opening, TRex!

Posted by: KT at May 06, 2026 10:34 PM (7vIsy)

116 108 I tend to be a little squeamish about watching my own extinction.
Posted by: TRex - kindler gentler dino at May 06, 2026 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Just put your hands over your eyes.

Oh, wait.

Cruel.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 10:29 PM (vTZFs)

***

I knew it was fake. No way the Rexaunauts could put their helmets on themselves. Or remove them.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB)

117 Today is John Flansburgh's 66th birthday,

Posted by: SciVo at May 06, 2026 10:26 PM (Sy6m/)
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For people of a certain age, their "Flood" album was a milestone.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:30 PM (ZOv7s)

Might have been the last vinyl LP I ever bought. Still have it somewhere..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 06, 2026 10:35 PM (nbLIj)

118 Are these the salad days? What the heck are salad days anyhow?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 06, 2026 10:36 PM (Cqx++)

119 >>>Most whores sell themselves for $20 dollars.

Others are high priced.

Posted by: four seasons

>The high class ones are out of town.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 06, 2026 10:37 PM (D1E+2)

120 I don't want to seem like a braggart and toot my own horn BUT:

I DID go through the tupperware drawer today and matched up the lids and containers and, most importantly, threw away all the orphaned pieces.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 06, 2026 10:03 PM (Kyh8Y)

Were you wearing a frigging apron when you did that? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 10:37 PM (snZF9)

121 Two episodes into .hack//SIGN and I really do not care.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:38 PM (2GVsD)

122 There will be a timeline bar at the top where you can slide through to various points in the mission.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 06, 2026 10:18 PM (w6EFb)

Wow, some magnificent photos. Thanks for posting the link.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 10:40 PM (0aYVJ)

123 Here's a different Tucker, from 1948

https://tinyurl.com/2utb6avf

Guys, are there three eyes or three boobs? ;-)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

124 Two episodes into .hack//SIGN and I really do not care.
Posted by: Anna Puma

That one never grabbed me, either. Though I was watching the dub on cartoon network, forever ago.

* searches *

It ran in '03-'04. That's forever enough ago that I don't remember anything about it.

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 10:43 PM (VHUov)

125 I DID go through the tupperware drawer today and matched up the lids and containers and, most importantly, threw away all the orphaned pieces.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 06, 2026 10:03 PM (Kyh8Y)

Well, you just guaranteed you'd find the missing pieces to one you threw away in about.... 2 days.

As to the guy with the sword in Pittsburgh, it's right there in the Constitution - right to keep and bear arms! Nothing limiting it to firearms! Open carry!

Posted by: RandomDave at May 06, 2026 10:43 PM (aJQbY)

126 Howdy Dino, Howdy Hordelings!

My monthly classic rock trivia event that I host was tonight. Thinking of including some of the questions in tomorrow night's ONT. Anyone interested?

Posted by: Doof at May 06, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)

127 >> Wow, some magnificent photos.

You're welcome. And that's not all of them, just what the author considers the best of them.

NASA's site where they dumped all that was getting slow and crashy due to all the traffic. They will eventually get them all catalogued and ID'd and all the info filled it, but it will take a while.

And they will eventually post the full RAW files, from I understand.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 06, 2026 10:44 PM (w6EFb)

128 The foot sammich thing skeeves me out. I am not a foot guy, especially man feet. I am like Sheldon Cooper, I do not even want to have lunch with a guy in open-toe shoes.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 10:45 PM (0aYVJ)

129 As to the guy with the sword in Pittsburgh, it's right there in the Constitution - right to keep and bear arms! Nothing limiting it to firearms! Open carry!
Posted by: RandomDave

As long as he wasn't bringing it to a gunfight.

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)

130 I don't believe TRex is an actual dinosaur. He's faking it, like Peter Dinklage is faking being a midget.

Posted by: connect the dots at May 06, 2026 10:45 PM (GcWsw)

131 The model predicts that the shift towards the phone-mediated equilibrium affects multiple aspects of teen behavior. The same instrument that produces a collapse in teen fertility produces a surge in teen suicides.

I wonder what this looks like in other age brackets. I wouldn't be surprised to see similar trending, even if not as pronounced. There's less sex, less marriage, less procreation overall.

Posted by: It's kind of fucking depressing at May 06, 2026 10:46 PM (TbWk/)

132 I don't believe TRex is an actual dinosaur. He's faking it, like Peter Dinklage is faking being a midget.
Posted by: connect the dots at May 06, 2026 10:45 PM (GcWsw)

So he's six-feet tall with a Mardi Gras head?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)

133 Expiration date on Toothpaste?

My favorite - Salt. Dried remnants of primordial Seas from Millions of Years ago. And some people will throw it away because it has “expired”. LOL! You can’t make this stuff up.
——

Publius - the Apollo crews were scheduled by Donald “Deke” Slayton, head of the astronaut office. I’m sure you know the basic rotation scheme he had set down. But it sure got screwed around a lot, and swapped around, as personnel got killed, injuries, mission changes etc. What I’m getting at, the crews that were assigned weren’t too sure who would get what mission, it was all very tentative and subject to change, so I’m not sure it’s possible to even say Armstrong was specifically “picked” to be the first lunar commander based on his Mad Skilz. It’s just the way it all shook out after years of shuffles, sometimes due to tragic events like Charlie Bassett and Elliot See auguring in, etc. The truth is, I think, any of the crews could have accomplished any of the missions. It was certainly a team effort par excellance with all those guys in mission control and basically every contractor and subcontractor on call for support. MIT and IBM and a gazillion others.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 10:49 PM (hfxb3)

134 Guys, are there three eyes or three boobs? ;-)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

Three boobs. Tucker, Candace, and Megyn.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 06, 2026 10:50 PM (DwqWV)

135 As to the guy with the sword in Pittsburgh, it's right there in the Constitution - right to keep and bear arms! Nothing limiting it to firearms! Open carry!
Posted by: RandomDave

Yes, but where do you stand on the right to arm bears?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)

136 Yes, but where do you stand on the right to arm bears?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)

I'm all for it. They need to keep all those crazy women at bay.

Posted by: Does a bear wear a funny hat in the woods? at May 06, 2026 10:52 PM (TbWk/)

137 Are these the salad days? What the heck are salad days anyhow?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 06, 2026 10:36 PM (Cqx++)

You're so poor you can't afford to eat anything but salad! Or not. Maybe vegetarian.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 06, 2026 10:52 PM (1Ff7Z)

138 Yes, but where do you stand on the right to arm bears?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

That right is strictly limited.

Not by the law, but by their lack of opposable thumbs.

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 10:53 PM (VHUov)

139
I just saw this. One of the Navy recovery crew guys for Artemis wore this patch:

https://is.gd/HZttbY

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 06, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)

140 Pilgrimage Church of St. Bartholomew,Königssee, Bavaria, Germany

Yep. Been there. It really is kinda small for a town church. Until you realize it's just a place to stand while the priest preaches, get the mass, then leave.

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 10:53 PM (nft6E)

141 126 Howdy Dino, Howdy Hordelings!

My monthly classic rock trivia event that I host was tonight. Thinking of including some of the questions in tomorrow night's ONT. Anyone interested?
Posted by: Doof at May 06, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)

Sounds like a good time...thanks

Posted by: Joemarine at May 06, 2026 10:54 PM (y171U)

142 Guys, are there three eyes or three boobs? ;-)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

Three boobs. Tucker, Candace, and Megyn.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 06, 2026 10:50 PM (DwqWV)

On a 1948 Tucker Sedan? It does have three headlights, so it could blind all three at once.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)

143 Anything this weird and horrifying must qualify as "art."

Boobs, so it's art.
Also, asparagus, so it's fart.

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 10:54 PM (nft6E)

144 Wanna buy a lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay?

No lawn to mow. First thing I noticed.

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 10:55 PM (nft6E)

145 Here's a different Tucker, from 1948

https://tinyurl.com/2utb6avf

Guys, are there three eyes or three boobs? ;-)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

There is a Tucker car in the Martin Auto Museum in Glendale, AZ. It is an impressive automobile. The museum is a must-see for gearheads. Very fine facility, with many exhibits.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:56 PM (utfVc)

146 Might have been the last vinyl LP I ever bought. Still have it somewhere..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 06, 2026 10:35 PM (nbLIj)
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I got it on cassette. Played it on the bus on the way home from (I kid you not) band camp. Everyone sang along. We played the songs in the stands. Those were the good years.

I have the CD now.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:56 PM (ZOv7s)

147 126 Howdy Dino, Howdy Hordelings!

My monthly classic rock trivia event that I host was tonight. Thinking of including some of the questions in tomorrow night's ONT. Anyone interested?
Posted by: Doof at May 06, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf

May I have the questions in advance?

Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2026 10:56 PM (hftzA)

148 If I had to do it all over again, Early on around age 9 I’d have chosen one sock type - and color; and stuck with it. Fashion be damned. That way, I could have saved countless hours over the decades, of never having to match up all those mismatched socks. Just grab two at random and go!

Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 10:56 PM (hfxb3)

149 No lawn to mow. First thing I noticed.
Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 10:55 PM (nft6E)
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Put a six pounder smoothbore out there and "Get off my lawn!" has a whole new urgency.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 10:57 PM (ZOv7s)

150 Yep. Been there. It really is kinda small for a town church. Until you realize it's just a place to stand while the priest preaches, get the mass, then leave.
Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 10:53 PM (nft6E)

It looks like 4 grain bins stacked together.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:57 PM (utfVc)

151 >>>The foot sammich thing skeeves me out. I am not a foot guy, especially man feet. I am like Sheldon Cooper, I do not even want to have lunch with a guy in open-toe shoes.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian

>That's disgusting. I rather go dumpster diving for chicken nuggets behind Mickey Dee's than eat a foot sandwich.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 06, 2026 10:59 PM (D1E+2)

152 It’s bed time! Sleep well.

Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2026 10:59 PM (hftzA)

153 There is a Tucker car in the Martin Auto Museum in Glendale, AZ. It is an impressive automobile. The museum is a must-see for gearheads. Very fine facility, with many exhibits.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:56 PM (utfVc)

The Tucker was indeed impressive. He got screwed royally.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 11:00 PM (snZF9)

154 If I had to do it all over again, Early on around age 9 I’d have chosen one sock type - and color; and stuck with it. Fashion be damned. That way, I could have saved countless hours over the decades, of never having to match up all those mismatched socks. Just grab two at random and go!
Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 10:56 PM (hfxb3)
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I don't understand this. There were two kinds of socks. Dress socks, which got worn at Christmas, Easter and whenever Mom dragged you someplace dressy, and white ones, which were interchangeable.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 11:00 PM (ZOv7s)

155 The Black Hole was Disney's first PG film.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 11:01 PM (ZOv7s)

156 I don't understand this. There were two kinds of socks. Dress socks, which got worn at Christmas, Easter and whenever Mom dragged you someplace dressy, and white ones, which were interchangeable.
****

This guy gets it.

Posted by: clarence at May 06, 2026 11:01 PM (AZWHC)

157 ~My monthly classic rock trivia event that I host was tonight. Thinking of including some of the questions in tomorrow night's ONT. Anyone interested?

Do it!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 06, 2026 11:02 PM (uTEOj)

158 >>>I've got a pic of me in front of the doors that Luther nailed his feces to. The Schlosskirche, in Wittenberg.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Like a memorial

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 11:02 PM (820m/)

159 I don't understand this. There were two kinds of socks. Dress socks, which got worn at Christmas, Easter and whenever Mom dragged you someplace dressy, and white ones, which were interchangeable.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 11:00 PM (ZOv7s)

This is the way.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 11:02 PM (snZF9)

160 Wanna buy a lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay?

No lawn to mow. First thing I noticed.
Posted by: GWB

All the time you save not mowing the lawn will be spent painting, though.

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)

161 I stopped wearing white socks years ago. I mostly have black or gray ankle socks, but have a few pair of festive dress socks. At my son's wedding I wore my suit and calf-length Mystery Science Theater socks. Son, his bride, and friends approved. A bit of whimsy.

I also have some Looney Tunes socks.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 11:05 PM (0aYVJ)

162 BTW - That guy making a sandwich with his feet is absolutely disgusting. Sheesh...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 06, 2026 11:05 PM (uTEOj)

163 My monthly classic rock trivia event that I host was tonight. Thinking of including some of the questions in tomorrow night's ONT. Anyone interested?

Do it!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 06, 2026 11:02 PM (uTEOj)

If you really want to have fun, Doof, post the answers you want and see whether we come up with great questions.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 11:06 PM (qx7Zg)

164 All the time you save not mowing the lawn will be spent painting, though.
Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)

What an odd way to spell "fishing"!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 11:06 PM (utfVc)

165 The best thing about that lighthouse's Zillow listing is the map.

Big blue rectangle with a "pin" in the center.

And a "street view" link in the corner. 😂

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 11:06 PM (VHUov)

166 20 10 The sale price history on that lighthouse is crazy.
Posted by: Halfhand at May 06, 2026 10:04 PM (1CS9c)

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If it was in SoCal the $450k price would trigger a bidding frenzy. It would eventually sell for $2.5 million.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 10:07 PM (CybdD)

There is a residence on PCH in Sunset Beach which was formerly a water tower. PCH and Anderson St.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 11:07 PM (QGaXH)

167 Wanna buy a lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay?

No lawn to mow. First thing I noticed.
Posted by: GWB

All the time you save not mowing the lawn will be spent painting, though.

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)

And repairing your transportation after the waves endlessly slams it against the rocks.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 11:07 PM (snZF9)

168 All the time you save not mowing the lawn will be spent painting, though.
Posted by: mikeski

What an odd way to spell "fishing"!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The listing does say the crab pots are included in the price.

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)

169 Whatever we do, we should Romain calm.

Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2026 10:23 PM (Dd38x)
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These salad puns are likely to piss off the COBBs

Posted by: 496 at May 06, 2026 11:08 PM (sOtuf)

170 Will the questions be on the test?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 06, 2026 11:09 PM (Cqx++)

171 >> The truth is, I think, any of the crews could have accomplished any of the missions. It was certainly a team effort par excellance with all those guys in mission control and basically every contractor and subcontractor on call for support. MIT and IBM and a gazillion others.

That is all true, indeed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 06, 2026 11:11 PM (w6EFb)

172 The Black Hole was in the theater at the same time as Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The only reason I saw it was Star Trek had sold out.

The Black Hole was very different.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 06, 2026 11:12 PM (ZOv7s)

173 Soooo, I see Ted Turner got hurled into the great void.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 11:12 PM (snZF9)

174 These salad puns are likely to piss off the COBBs

Posted by: 496 at May 06, 2026 11:08 PM (sOtuf)

Well then Lettuce pray we don't end up in a pickle and we olive through it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 11:14 PM (snZF9)

175 BTW - That guy making a sandwich with his feet is absolutely disgusting. Sheesh...
Posted by: COMountainMarie

I expected him to have missing or nonfunctional arms, and be showing off his feet-only life skills.

But no, apparently he's just there for the stupid human trick. He was moving his arms and hands around just fine in the video. (I didn't turn the sound on.)

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)

176 Aha. Kitty is heading over to lick up the remaining mac & cheese sauce off my dinner plate.

Had a good day today. Nailed a damned pigeon in the barn with my .22, and took the convertible for a ride today, and it ran great.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 11:14 PM (utfVc)

177 Soooo, I see Ted Turner got hurled into the great void.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 11:12 PM (snZF9)

CNN should run a test pattern for 24 hours in his honor.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 11:16 PM (utfVc)

178 Hi folks. Hope you are all doing great tonight. Nothing new from me. A bit of animation and more setting up the new desktop. Look forward to seeing you folks tomorrow.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 06, 2026 11:16 PM (CHHv1)

179 28 I found this animated gif of the US interstate system from 1956 through 2017:
https://shorturl.at/fqYqG
I've been looking to see if anyone made a similar animation but for US highways.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 06, 2026 10:08 PM (WMyc4)

I'm not sure how accurate it is. I-95 in south Florida was not complete until the 1980's.There was a gap between WPB and Boca Raton until the 1970's and the portion between WPB and Fort Pierce wasn't completed until the late 1980's or 1990's. Even today, the portion between WPB and Fort Pierce veers sharply inland due to some agreement dating back to the 1950's that no competing road would be built east of the turnpike.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 11:18 PM (QGaXH)

180

If a woman is flat ass broke and she has Access to a man who is not flat ass broke she lives large on your money.

Beware guys.

Posted by: four seasons at May 06, 2026 11:18 PM (3ek7K)

181 Ted Turner spoke at my college once. This was late 80's when he was colorizing all those black and white movies. Some whiny student went up during the Q&A and asked him 'how dare you'? Ted said that first of all, they only colorize a copy of the film, not the original. "Second, there's this little know on your TV that you can use to adjust I to black and white. The kid looked and surely felt like a complete idiot.

At another point Turner tried to deflect some quip by saying "Hey, I ain't Ivan Boesky." Unfortunately, Boesky's daughter went to my school. She stormed out of the auditorium.

Turner was entertaining.

Posted by: 496 at May 06, 2026 11:20 PM (sOtuf)

182 If a woman is flat ass broke and she has Access to a man who is not flat ass broke she lives large on your money.

Beware guys.

Posted by: four seasons at May 06, 2026 11:18 PM (3ek7K)

This about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Brie Larson at May 06, 2026 11:21 PM (utfVc)

183
You have a flat ass. Not many takers.

Posted by: four seasons at May 06, 2026 11:22 PM (3ek7K)

184 TRex, please tell me that you saw this last night!

https://youtu.be/gYXpRWHVIPE

Posted by: pookysgirl loved the water glass bit at May 06, 2026 11:22 PM (Wt5PA)

185 Please tell me Trump is not caving on Iran and nuclear weapons

Posted by: Gonzotx at May 06, 2026 11:22 PM (nGraA)

186 President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships transit the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally (Saudi Arabia) suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace for the operation, according to two U.S. officials. _NBC
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Saudi wants to strangle them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 11:24 PM (820m/)

187 If a woman is flat ass broke and she has Access to a man who is not flat ass broke she lives large on your money.

Beware guys.

Posted by: four seasons at May 06, 2026 11:18 PM (3ek7K)

I'm good. My wife outranked me when I met her. She was E-3, I was E-nothing. So, for us, it was never about money.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 11:25 PM (0aYVJ)

188
Pug,

Yes, it should be about love.

Posted by: four seasons at May 06, 2026 11:25 PM (3ek7K)

189 say what you want, but the orthodox are ballsy.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 06, 2026 11:27 PM (diia5)

190 "I recently learned that toothpaste has an expiration date. Why? Is this a new thing? Did I miss a memo?"

So does Honey. (4,000 year old honey, found in Egyptian Tombs is fine) And Salt*.

*might be related to the added iodine.

Posted by: comradearthur at May 06, 2026 11:28 PM (9+e8q)

191 I've got a pic of me in front of the doors that Luther nailed his feces to. The Schlosskirche, in Wittenberg.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Sounds more like a Scheisskirche.

Posted by: connect the dots at May 06, 2026 11:29 PM (GcWsw)

192 Of course I got beaten to the punch by my fellow Morons. Oh well...

Posted by: pookysgirl, part of the Hordemind at May 06, 2026 11:29 PM (Wt5PA)

193 Yes, it should be about love.

Posted by: four seasons at May 06, 2026 11:25 PM (3ek7K)

Going on 38 years. Before I met her, I was pretty sure I'd never find the right woman. Until I did.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 11:30 PM (0aYVJ)

194
Going down memory lane with Apollo and Gemini of late, I learned some geography inadvertently. One of the tracking stations, an important one was Tananarive. WTF is that, I wondered.

It was in Madagascar. City is now called Antananarivo. I'd never heard of that before.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 06, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)

195 It was in Madagascar. City is now called Antananarivo. I'd never heard of that before.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 06, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)

You would have if you've ever played Civ VI. 😁

Posted by: pookysgirl has used them for Cultural Victories at May 06, 2026 11:32 PM (Wt5PA)

196 Sounds more like a Scheisskirche.
Posted by: connect the dots at May 06, 2026 11:29 PM (GcWsw)

Sounds like a creepy disco bar that folks should avoid.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 11:32 PM (0aYVJ)

197 BTW - That guy making a sandwich with his feet is absolutely disgusting. Sheesh...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 06, 2026 11:05 PM (uTEOj)

Is it the guy that's disgusting, or the sandwich?

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 11:33 PM (nft6E)

198 I don't believe TRex is an actual dinosaur. He's faking it, like Peter Dinklage is faking being a midget.
Posted by: connect the dots at May 06, 2026 10:45 PM (GcWsw)

On the internet no one can tell if you are a sauropod

Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2026 11:34 PM (rbvCR)

199 Found a good repository of 3D busts, first two prints were Marcus Aurelius and Hayao Miyazaki.

There are quite a few in the repository I would print.

https://tinyurl.com/3ttjhss2

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 06, 2026 11:35 PM (XV/Pl)

200 200!

(and greetings to the ONT 'ettes and 'rons, and a special hat tip to master of ceremonies TRex!)

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at May 06, 2026 11:35 PM (t2oSI)

201 I was flipping through UTube shorts, and came across a photo of a broom parked in a Target parking lot.

I was first wondering if it was photoshopped from a Walmart parking lot, when I realized the broom used by their customers would be a 3' wide broom, for the extra lift.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 11:35 PM (qx7Zg)

202 That's disgusting. I rather go dumpster diving for chicken nuggets behind Mickey Dee's than eat a foot sandwich.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 06, 2026 10:59 PM (D1E+2)

And, Jeffrey Dahmer has entered the chat....

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 11:35 PM (nft6E)

203 Found a good repository of 3D busts, first two prints were Marcus Aurelius and Hayao Miyazaki.

There are quite a few in the repository I would print.
https://tinyurl.com/3ttjhss2
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Shouldn't a Moron start with Sydney Sweeney's bust?

Posted by: someone was gonna make it a "boobs" joke at May 06, 2026 11:38 PM (VHUov)

204 I saw that a Texas water park is having a Muslim day in the near future. I'd like to see them have Dog Play Day just before, and forget to clean up that night.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)

205 "Please tell me Trump is not caving on Iran and nuclear weapons"

Trump is not caving on Iran and nuclear weapons.

Limiting any "deal" to nukes would actually be caving, and kicking a large stack of cans down the road.

If true, Saudi move can be puzzling. But the only actor here with transparent and (in their universe) rational public behavior is actually the fanatics of the IRGC. Don's Fog of War has rendered actual US intentions almost as opaque as is SOP in the Arab states. If you've spent much of your life dealing with the region, fairly interesting.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 06, 2026 11:40 PM (U/Byj)

206 Guys, are there three eyes or three boobs? ;-)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

Are they high beams, or not?
(Now, that's a car with style. And a gorgeous green.)

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 11:40 PM (nft6E)

207
Hour,

It should be called filthy pieces of shit day.

Posted by: four seasons at May 06, 2026 11:41 PM (3ek7K)

208 It should be called filthy pieces of shit day.

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I'd like to check out that merch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 11:42 PM (CybdD)

209 During the Cold War we had listening posts all over the planet. NASA added some tracking sites. When I visited Eritrea, our money changer was an older guy who'd worked for the US there at the radio listening station for many years, his English was good. Eritrea was part of Ethiopia in this period.

Fun fact: Madagascar was invaded by British forces in WWII to pre-empt any German attempt to establish a U-boat support base there for Indian Ocean operations.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 06, 2026 11:46 PM (U/Byj)

210 Subway foot long sammich.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 06, 2026 11:46 PM (Cqx++)

211 Saw this t-shirt and thought of our automotif/motorcyclic mechanics here.

https://bit.ly/curious-skilled-clever
🏍️
Heading down to Big City tomorrow morning to see what the heart doctor wants to do with/to me now. Just a checkup really. I think.

So I'm going to clock out now and get some sleeeep.
🥱

I thought at first this song was about Oldsmobile, but, wrong number...🚀
https://youtu.be/fkzhzJqjW0k

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - cloverly curios at May 06, 2026 11:46 PM (ET/Ht)

212 I saw that a Texas water park is having a Muslim day in the near future. I'd like to see them have Dog Play Day just before, and forget to clean up that night.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)

Immigrants in white t-shirts day. Gonna be at least 90% pee.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 11:47 PM (0aYVJ)

213 Long live the House of Wittelsbach!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2026 10:17

Weren't they the Jacobite heirs to the British throne? I think that has passed now to the Lichtenstein princely family.

Posted by: Farmer, w/ his own historical take at May 06, 2026 11:48 PM (55Qr6)

214 The sale price history on that lighthouse is crazy.
Posted by: Halfhand at May 06, 2026 10:04 PM (1CS9c)

You could probably cover the mortgage payment by renting out the basement suite.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 10:11 PM (utfVc)

The mother-in-law suite exit would be... damp.

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 11:51 PM (nft6E)

215 It was in Madagascar. City is now called Antananarivo. I'd never heard of that before.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 06, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)

I think it is the capital of Madagascar, and fwiu it was always spelled Antananarivo, but they never pronounce the AN

Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2026 11:52 PM (rbvCR)

216 Hi!

What did I miss?

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 11:52 PM (I0N4X)

217 Going on 38 years. Before I met her, I was pretty sure I'd never find the right woman. Until I did.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 11:30 PM (0aYVJ)

Its 38 years for me and Mrs B tomorrow. May 7, the day she obviously lost her fucking mind. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 11:53 PM (snZF9)

218 10 inches of snow today. Summer is just around the corner.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 11:54 PM (I0N4X)

219 I find it disconcerting that there are so many Judas Priest songs that have a faggy double-entendre thing going on with the lyrics. Hearing Grinder right now, from the British Steel album.

Pretty sure Bob was the only fag in that band, but I ain't so sure no more.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 11:54 PM (0aYVJ)

220 I expect whoever buys that lighthouse will be obliged to keep a red navigation light burning 24/7. Even if it has been decommissioned as a lighthouse, it is still a hazard to navigation in its own right, and should be lighted appropriately.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 11:54 PM (utfVc)

221 What did I miss?
Posted by: muldoon

Me. 😁

g'nite^2

Posted by: mindful webworker - exquisitely at May 06, 2026 11:54 PM (ET/Ht)

222 >>>Subway foot long sammich.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

>Can you make mine with the heels of the loaf? They hold up better.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 06, 2026 11:55 PM (D1E+2)

223
It is awesome to hear about long lasting marriages these days.

I t will be 48 or 49 for us this year. Neither of us can remember the exact year, lol.

It's been a long time.

Congratulations to you both..

Posted by: four seasons at May 06, 2026 11:56 PM (3ek7K)

224 10 inches of snow today. Summer is just around the corner.
Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 11:54 PM (I0N4X)

I would love that. We got one snow "event" in Boise, this past winter. Disappointing. I love snow. And cold. Makes a man feel alive.

Gotten plenty of rain though, so the drought threat is low for now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 11:56 PM (0aYVJ)

225 I'm the quality toothpaste and the choice of discerning Caucasians.

Posted by: Mighty White Fluoride Toothpaste at May 06, 2026 11:57 PM (oftw2)

226 Its 38 years for me and Mrs B tomorrow. May 7, the day she obviously lost her fucking mind. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 11:53 PM (snZF9)

*fist bump* Kudos, brother.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 11:58 PM (0aYVJ)

227 I expect whoever buys that lighthouse will be obliged to keep a red navigation light burning 24/7. Even if it has been decommissioned as a lighthouse, it is still a hazard to navigation in its own right, and should be lighted appropriately.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

That's part of the listing, too.

U.S. Coastguard maintains the lamp as an "active aid to navigation" and home is on the National Historic Registry & subject to restrictions.

I don't see any exterior stairway, so I guess the Coast Guard just sails up and walks through your house to the top floor?

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)

228 I would love that. We got one snow "event" in Boise, this past winter. Disappointing. I love snow. And cold. Makes a man feel alive.

Gotten plenty of rain though, so the drought threat is low for now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,

**********

This winter was brutally dry. This odd spring storm won't cure the drought, but it may take the edge off.

Posted by: muldoon at May 07, 2026 12:02 AM (I0N4X)

229 Its 38 years for me and Mrs B tomorrow. May 7, the day she obviously lost her fucking mind. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 11:53 PM (snZF9)

*fist bump* Kudos, brother.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 11:58 PM (0aYVJ)

Well done.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 07, 2026 12:03 AM (dK+Kv)

230 >> I think it is the capital of Madagascar, and fwiu it was always spelled Antananarivo,

I got interested and looked this up, and that's true.

However, apparently the native pronunciation always had something like the "An" before, and it was the French who dropped it, and called it Tananarive. So back then, they were using the French pronunciation.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 07, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)

231 I saw that a Texas water park is having a Muslim day in the near future. I'd like to see them have Dog Play Day just before, and forget to clean up that night.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)

Immigrants in white t-shirts day. Gonna be at least 90% pee.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 06, 2026 11:47 PM (0aYVJ)

I'd be ok if Texas brought a few hundred hungry feral boars and sows to share the park that day. It would keep the lines moving.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 07, 2026 12:03 AM (qx7Zg)

232 Well, I am getting real sleepy. Going to go to bed before I zonk out right here in this chair. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 07, 2026 12:03 AM (utfVc)

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