Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Grand Canal, Venice
Pietro Gabrini

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 I'm KING of the Culesack!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

3 I'm SAILING away......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Starting My Day - a limerick

A caramel macchiato? Tastes like toffee
Or perhaps a cappuccino? Rich and frothy
Wakes up. Scratches. Looks around.
Hey! Look at what I found
I'll just help myself to Diogenes' coffee

Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 09:31 AM (I0N4X)

5 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

6 lum has been NOOD'ed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

7 That sail is filthy. She's calling out for some Ancient Chinese Secret.

Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:31 AM (gtcuf)

8 Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 09:31 AM (I0N4X)

The gift that keeps on giving.

I nominate this for Comment of the Week.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

9 Venusians>>>Venetians

Posted by: Omnec Onec, From Venus I Came at May 15, 2026 09:32 AM (oftw2)

10 Very nice!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 09:32 AM (n3VHW)

11 Japs?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 15, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

12 A ship, but it's not headed off to war.

Only half art.

Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:32 AM (uEmCf)

13 Wait.....She's QUEEN of the Cul-de-sac.

Just noticed the boobs.......

I feel shame.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

14 sloop or dinghy?

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

15 I didn't know girls were allowed to pilot those boats.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 09:33 AM (op/7n)

16 Very nice!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 09:32 AM (n3VHW)

Next up: SVIM vear........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

17 "Johnny told me getting her out on the water would surely get me laid........"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

18 Looks like an illustration from a mid-20th century childrens book. Cool!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

19 Vulgar Boatmen and Women are a frequent topic here on the Non-Vibrant Art Thread.

Posted by: Boaty McBoatface at May 15, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

20 "yoo hoo!"

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:34 AM (R11M+)

21 Toss-a me da rope you facheem.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 15, 2026 09:34 AM (snZF9)

22 "All aboard for the Crusade to [to be determined]!"

Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 09:34 AM (op/7n)

23 Next up: SVIM vear........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

When commercials were funny.

Posted by: Tuna at May 15, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

24 White Star Line: The Early Years

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 09:34 AM (ZxPkt)

25 That symbol on the sail shows it to be a Jap boat. Maybe this is a pic of the infamous Japanese sneak attack of Europe.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 09:34 AM (g8Ew8)

26 Ay wheres da gabbagool?!

Posted by: ballistic at May 15, 2026 09:34 AM (oqH4h)

27 Needs a new sail.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

28 I saw Vulgar Boatmen and Women open for Dickey Do and the Don'ts at The Speakeasy in '64.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

29 Nice painting. Pleasant colours. Very pretty.

I want to scream out 'Show me your tits!' for some reason.
In Japanese.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 15, 2026 09:35 AM (Sco7b)

30 is that a dory or a skiff

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 09:35 AM (ZxPkt)

31 i saw vulgar boatmen open for camper van beethoven at the kinetic playground.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)

32 "Twenty Buuuuucks! Same as in Tooowwwwn!"

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at May 15, 2026 09:35 AM (U3fVU)

33 Was it over when the Jap Navy attacked Venice?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 09:35 AM (LxER7)

34 Is she yodeling?
Who is steering the boat?
Who is that poor boy next to her?
I have questions.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at May 15, 2026 09:36 AM (NvtJi)

35 25 That symbol on the sail shows it to be a Jap boat. Maybe this is a pic of the infamous Japanese sneak attack of Europe.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 09:34 AM (g8Ew

Their hair isn't straight or dark enough to be Glorious Nihonjin.

Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:36 AM (uEmCf)

36 "KONNICHIWA BITCHES!!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

37 The sea wasn't very angry, that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at May 15, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

38 STARBOARD!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 15, 2026 09:37 AM (A5RD0)

39 >> is that a dory or a skiff

a zeph-her?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:37 AM (X8xt3)

40 Nice little canal ya got there.

I think calling it "Grand" is a bit of a stretch. No way two Panamax tankers could pass each other in that dinky little thing, like they'll be able to do from Anchorage all the way to New Orleans in the Grand North American Dignity Canal.

I suggest they rename it the Junior Wopper Canal.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2026 09:37 AM (BI5O2)

41 Italian warship captain known as "Chicken of the Sea".

Posted by: Run, Dodge, Hide! at May 15, 2026 09:38 AM (oftw2)

42 Even she doesn't pay any attention to me.

Posted by: The man in the boat at May 15, 2026 09:38 AM (0sNs1)

43 This is what you get if you sign up for a Tucker Carlson cruise.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

44 O Sole Mio!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 15, 2026 09:38 AM (0nHVk)

45 I saw Vulgar Boatmen open for the Butthole Surfers at the Hatch Shell.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (X8xt3)

46 The title says it's the grand Canal in Venice

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (EneHm)

47 Alternate title:

"Giacomo, I'm flying! I'm flying!

Shutta you faceah, Anna Marie!"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (iJfKG)

48
a zeph-her?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:37 AM (X8xt3)

I hardly knew 'er.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

49 The title says it's the grand Canal in Venice
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (EneHm)

He wanted to visit her grand Canal.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

50 Why don't they just swim across oceans like in rangs ob power?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (Pk3sT)

51 We're drifting aimlessly.

Who wants to be the one to tiller?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (0sNs1)

52 Most of Gabrini's stuff was a lot more colorful and less grimy.

Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:39 AM (gtcuf)

53 Christopher Columbus went all the way to Spain for E-Z Financing.

Posted by: Buy Here, Pay Here at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

54 If you squint hard, you can just make out Mark Wahlberg scuba-ing by underneath with a big sack of gold he just stole from a nearby palace.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (LxER7)

55 I need someone to provide a list of Deep Cut West Coast Concert Venues so I can finally join in on the "I saw ___ open for..." jokes.

Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (uEmCf)

56 Land ho!

Oh wait, no land. Just canals hos.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (ftFVW)

57 This is what you get if you sign up for a Tucker Carlson cruise.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

The nice thing about the Carlson cruise is after your tryst with a swabbie, you can claim it was a demon that tore up your backside.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (BI5O2)

58 >is that a dory or a skiff
+++

A scow.

Posted by: Bring out your dead! at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

59
"I'm Queen of the Human Waste and Filth Filled Canals of This Town!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (s9VOe)

60 I need someone to provide a list of Deep Cut West Coast Concert Venues so I can finally join in on the "I saw ___ open for..." jokes.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (uEmCf)

If only there was a place you could go to search a vast array of data to find such info quickly and easily........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

61 Dude canceled my AirBnB for the TXMOME. I found another one but checked the usual nicer hotels. They either had no rooms or were overpriced.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (EneHm)

62 They’re planting hand grenades at the base of a dam!!!

Posted by: JROD at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (Qc7+O)

63 Did they fish a truck tire out of the canal, or is that a creel?

Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (gtcuf)

64 >>a zeph-her?

>>I hardly knew 'er.

so ya didn't whaler in Boston?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (X8xt3)

65
so ya didn't whaler in Boston?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (X8xt3)

wasn't me.

Never been to Boston.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

66 Alt Title - Jack, Rose and the Titanic, the Early Years

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 09:42 AM (Dv3i1)

67 21 facheem.
barkeep gal at the tavern calls some folks "jabronys."

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)

68 Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Al Gore's Amazing Internet at May 15, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

69
If only there was a place you could go to search a vast array of data to find such info quickly and easily........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Indeed! That would be such a marvel!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 09:42 AM (s9VOe)

70 Nice painting. The scene is pleasant but the use of color and blending is what makes it effective for me. Sunlight, dawn or dusk, at the horizon merging with the gentle blue sky. The water reflecting the boat. The hint of movement with white foam at the prow suggesting peaceful movement. The weathered look of the hull and sail blends well with the sky and water. Even the woman's clothes are muted hues. They fit with the rest of the scene.

Yes, I would hang this one. It's relaxing.

Posted by: JTB at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (yTvNw)

71
Off to conquer Constantinople

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (HdYcL)

72 Alternate title:

"1918 - The Empire of Japan's First Invasion of Italy"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

73 There's a turd, And there's a turd. Yet another turd.....

Posted by: Bored guy on the boat at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (F8sQr)

74 The Grand Canal, Venice, watercolor, sight 38 x 24 1⁄4 in. (96.5 x 61.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

75 Captain Schettino is the most skilled Italian First Officer of modern times.

Posted by: Capsized Carlo at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (oftw2)

76 Dude canceled my AirBnB for the TXMOME. I found another one but checked the usual nicer hotels. They either had no rooms or were overpriced.
Posted by: lin-duh

Already?! Last year Hampton was partially under construction... had just assumed things would be back to normal by now.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 15, 2026 09:44 AM (ftFVW)

77 Lateen rigged dory.

Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at May 15, 2026 09:44 AM (uNwvV)

78 Venice is overrated. Cape Coral, FL has many more miles of canals.

Posted by: And Huge Manatees!! at May 15, 2026 09:44 AM (oftw2)

79 I need someone to provide a list of Deep Cut West Coast Concert Venues so I can finally join in on the "I saw ___ open for..." jokes.
____

Wait, are you telling me that sometimes commentors are making up concerts they claimed to have seen?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 09:45 AM (Dv3i1)

80 The kid in the boat looks sad because he wanted to trim her sails.

Posted by: dantesed at May 15, 2026 09:45 AM (Oy/m2)

81 Ricola!

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 09:45 AM (Riz8t)

82 She has a rather tiny waist.

Posted by: The Male Gaze at May 15, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

83 When the on-coming cigarette boat wakes them, she's going right into the drink.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 09:45 AM (LxER7)

84
The kid in the boat looks sad because he wanted to trim her sails.
Posted by: dantesed

He could fondle her painter.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 09:46 AM (s9VOe)

85 65 "...in the fall"

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:46 AM (R11M+)

86 Dolly Parton before she hit it big.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)

87 I need someone to provide a list of Deep Cut West Coast Concert Venues so I can finally join in on the "I saw ___ open for..." jokes.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM

The Fillmore is all you need, but if you want more, CBD spent a lot of time of time in Berkeley, and can give you the 411.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:46 AM (0sNs1)

88 >65 wasn't me.

I met a girl from Venice
and she went to school in France
and I saw her Grand Canal
at the Alpha Kappa dance.

Wasn't me!
No, no child, it wasn't me

Posted by: Chuck Berry at May 15, 2026 09:47 AM (U3fVU)

89 Ole Susanna had some interesting lyrics.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 15, 2026 09:47 AM (Pk3sT)

90 She's not a gondolier. This looks like a mother and grown son bringing their produce to market.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)

91 I use deep cut eastern concert venues for the "I saw - open for" jokes. Are we supposed to be using west coast venues? I didn't get that memo.

Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (gtcuf)

92 Nice boat, but something's mizzen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (6C3mT)

93 Mornin’, All.

Is the chick yodeling? Didn’t know that was a thing in Venice, but whatevs.

Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (77rzZ)

94 Sono la Regina del mondo!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

95 Gabrini sounds like a Monty Python word.

Posted by: Semprini? at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (oftw2)

96 "A man, a plan, a canal, ANAL!"

Oh wait, that's not it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (ynpvh)

97 Brandy. Before the bartending gig.

Posted by: She's a fine girl at May 15, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

98 96 "A man, a plan, a canal, ANAL!"

Oh wait, that's not it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 09:48 AM (ynpvh)

Oh? Guess again!

Posted by: The Otters at May 15, 2026 09:49 AM (LxER7)

99 92 Nice boat, but something's mizzen.
____

No poop deck. But that's not needed since the canal is easily accessed.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 09:49 AM (Dv3i1)

100 The Grand Canal, Venice

You can't be too careful. They never hit an iceberg with her on the lookout.

Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 09:49 AM (T7fic)

101 FUN FACT: That boat was later sunk at the Battle of Midway.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 15, 2026 09:50 AM (6C3mT)

102 There's a turd, And there's a turd. Yet another turd.....

Why I never wanted to make contact with the water at my local marina where all the live-aboards were.

Posted by: Halfhand at May 15, 2026 09:50 AM (9yZMF)

103 I gathering of angels appeared above my head. And sang to me this song of hope...

Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:50 AM (gtcuf)

104 Don't take Gabrini if you're allergic to Gabrini.
Side effects include vomiting, diarrhea, and cannibalism.

Posted by: Big Phat Pharma at May 15, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

105 91 equally surprised by this. midwest for me.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

106
Ole Susanna had some interesting lyrics.
Posted by: Boss Moss

"My Darling Clementine" larfs:

Light she was, and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine;
Herring boxes without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (s9VOe)

107 I've been to paradise.
But I've never been to me.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (Sco7b)

108 "i'm going to keel you!"

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)

109 For a while Venice was one of the strongest powers in the world. Yes that little city with a bit of land in various places in the Med...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm)

110 Oh I ran across the left's latest answer to New England being gerrymandered 100%.

It isn't gerrymandering because...we didn't gerrymander it recently. We did it years ago so it doesn't count.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm)

111 Is the chick yodeling? Didn’t know that was a thing in Venice, but whatevs.
Posted by: Bulg

Yeah, I knew the Alpen Mountain Guineas yodeled, but not the ones at sea level.

Posted by: Rico-la! at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (oftw2)

112 Heh. Reminds of the Top Gear when they went to Monaco.

Jeremy Clarkson said of the Mediterranean Sea: "Glistening blue.....which is amazing considering how many turds are in it."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

113 "if my knife don't do it, my gunnel!"

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)

114 I need someone to provide a list of Deep Cut West Coast Concert Venues so I can finally join in on the "I saw ___ open for..." jokes.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM

The Fillmore is all you need, but if you want more, CBD spent a lot of time of time in Berkeley, and can give you the 411.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:46 AM (0sNs1)

I could probably name an infinite number of venues where I've seen the infinite number of bands.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (g8Ew8)

115 You lot are incorrigible.

Love it!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 15, 2026 09:53 AM (wVcYX)

116 "he needs the surgery to transom!"

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)

117 When I say I saw Flock of Seagulls open for the Go Go's at the Spectrum in 1982, every word is true.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 09:53 AM (RIvkX)

118 For a while Venice was one of the strongest powers in the world

Where did they put all the dirt from digging out the canals?

Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 09:53 AM (T7fic)

119
It isn't gerrymandering because...we didn't gerrymander it recently. We did it years ago so it doesn't count.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm)

"The Constitution is, like, over 100 years ago, like, man....."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

120 96 lana's party looked like alot more fun from the street.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+)

121 I jumped aboard de telegraph,
And trabbled down de riber,
De lectric fluid magnified,
And killed five hundred...

Oh, my.

Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (gtcuf)

122 We think of Italy as warm and southern. But Venice is at 45 N. latitude, the same as Minneapolis/St. Paul and Green Bay, WI. Europe in general is pretty far north on the shoulder of the Earth

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

123 The only concert venue you need for the “open for” jokes is the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota.

Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

124 The Fillmore is all you need, but if you want more, CBD spent a lot of time of time in Berkeley, and can give you the 411.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 09:46 AM (0sNs1)

I could probably name an infinite number of venues where I've seen the infinite number of bands.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 09:52 AM (g8Ew

=====

Fillmore, Red Rocks, Greek Theater, Hollywood Bowl

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

125 External Auditory Meatus - a limerick

There once was a gal named Sue Dennis
Who navigated through peril and menace
They're creepy and bizarre
When viewed from afar
The eerie canals of Venice

Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 09:55 AM (I0N4X)

126 It isn't gerrymandering because...we didn't gerrymander it recently. We did it years ago so it doesn't count.

Oh, I didn't know that's how it worked. Given that slavery started in 1619, I guess that means it should have been allowed to continue in 1861.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 09:55 AM (Riz8t)

127
I need someone to provide a list of Deep Cut West Coast Concert Venues so I can finally join in on the "I saw ___ open for..." jokes.
Posted by: XTC

Oh, c'mon, the pairing of performing groups is imaginary, why can't the location be imaginary, too? That's how I roll.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 09:56 AM (s9VOe)

128 External Auditory Meatus - a limerick

I first learned the External Auditory Meatus in a Comparative Anatomy class in college. Funny how some terms stick with you.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2026 09:56 AM (Riz8t)

129
List of concert venues:

https://tinyurl.com/5nuteh25

Posted by: I'm the Internet. I'm here to help at May 15, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

130 127 mine wasn't.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

131 Bobby Darin's "Clementine":

"She took the foot bridge, way 'cross the water
Though she weighed two ninety-nine;
The old bridge trembled and disassembled --
Dumped her into the foamy brine."

"Hey you, sailor, way out in your whaler
With your harpoon and your trusty line!
If she shows now, yell, "There she blows now!"
It just may be chunky Clementine!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (wzUl9)

132 Fillmore, Red Rocks, Greek Theater, Hollywood Bowl
___

You may want to toss in the occasional creative venues, like for when the band first started out, such as the gymnasium at the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in the Castro district.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (Dv3i1)

133 If the GOP was a more serious party it would probably answer the left's call to make PR and DC states by calling to combine NE into one of two states, roll DE into MY, and fill out the DC square to take part of NOVA out of VA...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (sKqQm)

134 Oh, c'mon, the pairing of performing groups is imaginary, why can't the location be imaginary, too? That's how I roll

---------

Nope. The use of real but obscure venues is an integral part of the trope.

Posted by: The AoSHQ Comment Propriety Review Referee at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (6C3mT)

135
Oh, c'mon, the pairing of performing groups is imaginary, why can't the location be imaginary, too? That's how I roll.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 09:56 AM (s9VOe)

Style guide says it's supposed to be 'some random sample of a comment' opened for 'an actual band' at 'an actual venue' in some random year.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

136 The canal has floaters

Posted by: save the wails at May 15, 2026 09:59 AM (LOZbR)

137 I saw Random Sample open for OMD at The Continental, Buffalo, NY 1985

Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM (gtcuf)

138 We think of Italy as warm and southern. But Venice is at 45 N. latitude, the same as Minneapolis/St. Paul and Green Bay, WI. Europe in general is pretty far north on the shoulder of the Earth
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

I always tell people not to go to Europe during winter. Depressing only starts to describe it.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM (g8Ew8)

139
Style guide says it's supposed to be 'some random sample of a comment' opened for 'an actual band' at 'an actual venue' in some random year.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Yeah, well, that's just an opinion, man.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM (s9VOe)

140 I was a keen student of comparative anatomy in high school. As in, comparing girls’ boob sizes.

Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

141
Gotta go measure for and then order some landscaping bricks.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM (s9VOe)

142 Christopher Nolan's inspiring memes!

https://tinyurl.com/bn4cwp5t

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 10:01 AM (X8xt3)

143 132 ides of march, cryin' shames opening for styx at weber high school.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)

144 I really like this. Boats, horses, battle scenes, and scenes from the Gospels are my favorites.

Portraits and still lifes — Bleah.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 15, 2026 10:01 AM (GD2xa)

145 I didn't know girls were allowed to pilot those boats.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 09:33 AM (op/7n)

She is not piloting, she is just sounding.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 10:01 AM (rbvCR)

146 Style guide says it's supposed to be 'some random sample of a comment' opened for 'an actual band' at 'an actual venue' in some random year.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

That's the old style guide. There been numerous updates since.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 10:02 AM (g8Ew8)

147 140 I was a keen student of comparative anatomy in high school. As in, comparing girls’ boob sizes.
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM
____
You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at May 15, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

148 I first learned the External Auditory Meatus in a Comparative Anatomy class in college. Funny how some terms stick with you.
Posted by: Archimedes

*********

I have to apologize for putting that title on that limerick. I was thinking of the 'eary' canal.

Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:02 AM (I0N4X)

149 I remember shouting "Thar she blows!" some years ago.

Posted by: Willie Brown at May 15, 2026 10:02 AM (0sNs1)

150 >>I could probably name an infinite number of venues where I've seen the infinite number of bands.

Heh, same

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 10:03 AM (X8xt3)

151 commenting on how to comment

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:03 AM (ZxPkt)

152 On those canals every deck is a poop deck

Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 10:04 AM (lq9TY)

153 *Style guide says it's supposed to be 'some random sample of a comment' opened for 'an actual band' at 'an actual venue' in some random year.*
+++++++
Now do Off-Broadway plays.

Posted by: Snooty Theatre Critic at May 15, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

154 I see weed...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:06 AM (ynpvh)

155 Style guide says it's supposed to be 'some random sample of a comment' opened for 'an actual band' at 'an actual venue' in some random year.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:58 AM

Well, usage of the Oxford Comma is strongly encouraged, and yet we see how seldom that is taken seriously.

Posted by: AoSHQ Style Guide at May 15, 2026 10:06 AM (0sNs1)

156 I could probably name an infinite number of venues where I've seen the infinite number of bands.

I remember seeing A Gaggle of Googolplexes at the Mandelbrot Set in '97

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 10:06 AM (sKqQm)

157 153 *Style guide says it's supposed to be 'some random sample of a comment' opened for 'an actual band' at 'an actual venue' in some random year.*
+++++++
Now do Off-Broadway plays.

Posted by: Snooty Theatre Critic at May 15, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

Those are mostly gay and lame.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:06 AM (ynpvh)

158 I saw Some Random Sample open for King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band at the Cotton Club in New York City in the 1920's.

Maxine Waters mom was my date!!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 15, 2026 10:06 AM (Sco7b)

159 We fought a war to free ourselves from the Oxford Comma, dammit!

Posted by: Delurker at May 15, 2026 10:08 AM (gtcuf)

160 >Well, usage of the Oxford Comma is strongly encouraged, and yet we see how seldom that is taken seriously.
-----

and that pales in comparison to the apostrophe abuse

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:08 AM (ZxPkt)

161 I saw Chuck Shumer front for Gray Meat Infection in DC in '24...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:08 AM (ynpvh)

162 160 >Well, usage of the Oxford Comma is strongly encouraged, and yet we see how seldom that is taken seriously.
-----

and that pales in comparison to the apostrophe abuse

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:08 AM (ZxPkt)

global apostrophic onanism?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:09 AM (ynpvh)

163 At Politico: "Silicon Valley Wants to Put Chip in Your Brain"

Just one? Usually those guys are more ambitious than that.

Anyway, I'll go with kettle-cooked. NO bbq flavor, NO ruffles, NO f'n Pringles!

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:09 AM (N8ZBc)

164 We think of Italy as warm and southern. But Venice is at 45 N. latitude, the same as Minneapolis/St. Paul and Green Bay, WI. Europe in general is pretty far north on the shoulder of the Earth
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

Also Salem OR, and Billings MT which have wildly different winters.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

165 So we can thank Stateless, who got lucky that night, for Maxine Waters.

Thanks, Bro.

Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

166 >>I saw Chuck Shumer front for Gray Meat Infection in DC in '24...

Must've been at the Red Room bar!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 10:10 AM (X8xt3)

167 I was a keen student of comparative anatomy in high school. As in, comparing girls’ boob sizes.
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:00 AM

If you'd taken the AP class, you'd have compared Montgomery's tubercles.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at May 15, 2026 10:10 AM (0sNs1)

168 163 At Politico: "Silicon Valley Wants to Put Chip in Your Brain"

Just one? Usually those guys are more ambitious than that.

Anyway, I'll go with kettle-cooked. NO bbq flavor, NO ruffles, NO f'n Pringles!

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:09 AM (N8ZBc)

Tortilla or Potato?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:10 AM (ynpvh)

169 158 I saw Some Random Sample open for King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band at the Cotton Club in New York City in the 1920's.

Maxine Waters mom was my date!!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog.

Yeah, li'l Maxine was too young to get into the Cotton Club. But since she was my date, they let us in!

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 15, 2026 10:10 AM (Dv3i1)

170 I see the AP has an article complaining that flint lock muskets are mostly unregulated in the US.

And...do these people even know how the US was founded?

The last time the government tried to seize everyone's muskets through "common sense gun control" it led to the Revolutionary war

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2026 10:11 AM (sKqQm)

171 Anyway, I'll go with kettle-cooked. NO bbq flavor, NO ruffles, NO f'n Pringles!

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:09 AM (N8ZBc)

Tortilla or Potato?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:10 AM (ynpvh)

Ketchup flavoured potato chips.
Surprisingly good!

They'd have to be!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 15, 2026 10:11 AM (Sco7b)

172 Ah, the smell of the grand canal.

Reminds me of when I dated your mother Chelsea.

Posted by: Webb Hubble, hung like a gnat at May 15, 2026 10:11 AM (mC7bQ)

173 ...and that pales in comparison to the apostrophe abuse
Posted by: Don Black

*************

Punctuality

It’s always’ been my st'anding philo’sophy
While working on my auto’biography
Wh'en writing form’s posses’sive
I find it mo'st e'xpres’sive
To mis'pla'ce all my s'pare apo’strophe's.

Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:11 AM (I0N4X)

174 151 a manual of form and style.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)

175 Throw in the old school Austin, TX concert venues too

Posted by: ballistic at May 15, 2026 10:13 AM (oqH4h)

176 172 Ah, the smell of the grand canal.

Reminds me of when I dated your mother Chelsea.
Posted by: Webb Hubble, hung like a gnat at May 15, 2026 10:11 AM (mC7bQ)

Hillary Rotten Cooch we called her...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 15, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)

177 163 hot pork rind.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:14 AM (R11M+)

178 Ketchup flavoured potato chips.
Surprisingly good!

They'd have to be!
=====

Smuckers has entered the comments.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 15, 2026 10:14 AM (2OYwF)

179 I should put tortilla chips in my brain? Are you out of your mind?! It's gotta be spuds. To keep the nitrogen fixed. Brains need fixed nitrogen.

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:14 AM (N8ZBc)

180 170 also true of antique and black powder.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:15 AM (R11M+)

181 the internet is where grammar goes to die

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:15 AM (ZxPkt)

182 179 I should put tortilla chips in my brain? Are you out of your mind?! It's gotta be spuds. To keep the nitrogen fixed. Brains need fixed nitrogen.

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:14 AM (N8ZBc)

The broken nitrogen is no bueno...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:16 AM (ynpvh)

183 181 the internet is where grammar goes to die

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:15 AM (ZxPkt)

https://youtu.be/j6eFNRKEROw

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:17 AM (ynpvh)

184 A quote from the AP flintlock article:

"If you’re talking military service, then the Brown Bess or the Charleville – as standard military arms – would be more like the M16 of its day,” Hlebinsky told the DCNF, referencing the standard infantry rifle family issued by the United States military since the Vietnam War. “However, it is important to note that those designs were based on the original AR-15 patents.”

The AR-15 is even more special than I expected thought!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 15, 2026 10:18 AM (0sNs1)

185 The AOSHQ style guide also specifies that The Barrel is NOT a picnic in the park or a family-friendly amusement park ride, but does anybody pay attention to that these days? Someone even tried to put up frilly curtains a while back.

Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:18 AM (I0N4X)

186 Where did they put all the dirt from digging out the canals?
Posted by: t-bird

Dunno, but in NYC, Ellis Island was originally 2 acres. Fill from subway tunnel construction boosted that to the present 27 acres.

Posted by: Phil McCavity at May 15, 2026 10:19 AM (oftw2)

187
At Politico: "Silicon Valley Wants to Put Chip in Your Brain"

That asshole. No!

Chip can go fuck himself.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:19 AM (iJfKG)

188 I'll just help myself to Diogenes' coffee
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 09:31 AM

While I was walking along rhe waterfront on Naxos, I snapped a pic of Diogenes Pizzeria and Diogenes Cafe and Bar. Just because.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 15, 2026 10:20 AM (xLei+)

189 Someone even tried to put up frilly curtains a while back.
Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:18 AM

Business is down, and they said it would help with branding.

Posted by: The Barrel at May 15, 2026 10:21 AM (0sNs1)

190 Someone even tried to put up frilly curtains a while back.
Posted by: muldoon

One needs a place to wipe their ass.

Posted by: Gotta Go! at May 15, 2026 10:21 AM (oftw2)

191 the internet is where grammar goes to die

**********

My grammar died in a nursing home.

Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:21 AM (I0N4X)

192 At Politico: "Silicon Valley Wants to Put Chip in Your Brain"

I got a tapeworm lavre residing in my brain.

I named him "Al".

Posted by: RFK Jr. , Worm Brain at May 15, 2026 10:22 AM (mC7bQ)

193 I snapped a pic of Diogenes Pizzeria and Diogenes Cafe and Bar. Just because.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

**********

Heh! Nice!

Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)

194 Hey, RMBS! What’d you bring us?

Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

195 Guy has a look of "I wonder if she can swim? Would anyone notice the splash after her caterwauling?"

Posted by: GWB at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (kU0PQ)

196 All theater, opera and musicals are gay and lame.

So are Ice Capades.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (k4n+U)

197 "Avenger" (2006) Sam Elliott goes Rambo on the bad guys. He asks his armorer for an AR-15, but he fields a weapon that looks to me like an M4. The imfdb database has no entry for this movie, so I need somebody to watch the movie, verify, and then put them/us some f'n knowledge about this.

Now it's a movie AND a gun thread. You're welcome.

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (N8ZBc)

198 hot pork rind.
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:14 AM (R11M+)

Hot Pork Rind opened for Sucking Piglets at the Ramrod Park in Austin, TX. Didn't go to that concert.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (g8Ew8)

199 I predict a 100% decrease in the leftard deployment of Fake Hate Crime Swastikas.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (fkeut)

200 187
At Politico: "Silicon Valley Wants to Put Chip in Your Brain"

That asshole. No!

Chip can go fuck himself.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:19 AM (iJfKG)

There's a term for putting Chip in your brain...
https://youtu.be/ZrjTFTAY3nI

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:24 AM (ynpvh)

201 It's … ! Rudy Vallee singing "When I'm calling you - oo - oo - oo, oo-oo-oo!" … wait - I'm dating myself, aren't I? Never mind.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 15, 2026 10:24 AM (ayRl+)

202 the internet is where grammar goes to die

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:15 AM (ZxPkt)

I thought that was New York and Michigan nursing homes

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 10:25 AM (fkeut)

203 Hey, RMBS! What’d you bring us?
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM

Cool pics you can view at the NoVaMoMe. Baggage weight limits, and all that...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 15, 2026 10:25 AM (xLei+)

204 ...and that pales in comparison to the apostrophe abuse
Posted by: Don Black

*************

This is about me innit?

Posted by: La'shondra at May 15, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)

205 197 "Avenger" (2006) Sam Elliott goes Rambo on the bad guys. He asks his armorer for an AR-15, but he fields a weapon that looks to me like an M4. The imfdb database has no entry for this movie, so I need somebody to watch the movie, verify, and then put them/us some f'n knowledge about this.

Now it's a movie AND a gun thread. You're welcome.

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (N8ZBc)

What gets me is in anime, and tv, often when a bullet is show coming at someone, it's the entire cartridge. There was an episode of "Forensic Files" where they showed the animation prepared for the court...and yes, the entire cartridge was shown going through the wall. What did the perp use, a slingshot?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:26 AM (ynpvh)

206 198 hot pork rind.
Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:14 AM (R11M+)

Hot Pork Rind opened for Sucking Piglets at the Ramrod Park in Austin, TX. Didn't go to that concert.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 10:23 AM (g8Ew

Chicharrones.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:27 AM (ynpvh)

207 Europe is only inhabitable because we allow the Gulf Stream to warm it. Trump should redirect it westward, which could turn Greenland into a semi-tropical paradise.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at May 15, 2026 10:27 AM (oftw2)

208 192 the earwig laid eggs.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:27 AM (R11M+)

209 "What gets me is in anime, and tv, often when a bullet is show coming at someone, it's the entire cartridge."

What always gets me is bad gun handling. Ooodles of it in movies. Makes my hair stand up.

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:28 AM (N8ZBc)

210 209 "What gets me is in anime, and tv, often when a bullet is show coming at someone, it's the entire cartridge."

What always gets me is bad gun handling. Ooodles of it in movies. Makes my hair stand up.

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:28 AM (N8ZBc)

What ever do you mean?

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at May 15, 2026 10:30 AM (ynpvh)

211 Who red pilled Lazy Mary?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 15, 2026 10:30 AM (w/O5Q)

212 Chicharrones.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:27 AM (ynpvh)

This is a thing with me: I like the light, fluffy, crispy pork rinds. I do not like the hard, crackling bits.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 15, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)

213 There's a term for putting Chip in your brain...
https://youtu.be/ZrjTFTAY3nI
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:24 AM (ynpvh)

That's like a...oh, I don't know...3rd tier movie, but still-

a lot of fun to watch.

I wind-up watching it once a year on streaming if there's nothing better on.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:30 AM (iJfKG)

214 201 It's … ! Rudy Vallee singing "When I'm calling you - oo - oo - oo, oo-oo-oo!" … wait - I'm dating myself, aren't I? Never mind.
Posted by: Dr_No

No, silly, that was Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald.

Posted by: I Own A Raccoon Coat at May 15, 2026 10:30 AM (oftw2)

215 212 Chicharrones.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:27 AM (ynpvh)

This is a thing with me: I like the light, fluffy, crispy pork rinds. I do not like the hard, crackling bits.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 15, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)

When my wife was alive, she loved the chicharrones en salsa verde I would make...she'd place them in corn tortillas and eat them that way...

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at May 15, 2026 10:31 AM (ynpvh)

216 200 "...gets switched to overload"

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:31 AM (R11M+)

217 Simple colors and painting
Would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2026 10:31 AM (gu0hJ)

218 "What gets me is in anime, and tv, often when a bullet is show coming at someone, it's the entire cartridge."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

**********

Weren't the Dum Dums in Roger Rabbit drawn that way?

Posted by: muldoon at May 15, 2026 10:31 AM (I0N4X)

219
What gets me is in anime, and tv, often when a bullet is show coming at someone, it's the entire cartridge. There was an episode of "Forensic Files" where they showed the animation prepared for the court...and yes, the entire cartridge was shown going through the wall. What did the perp use, a slingshot?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:26 AM (ynpvh)

Or the stupid pali grandma.

"Those evil Joos shoot these boolets at my house!"

*holds up two intact 5.56 rounds*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (y9nCu)

220 "What gets me is in anime, and tv, often when a bullet is show coming at someone, it's the entire cartridge."
+++
Or how you can magically create a tunnel entrance by just painting it on the side of a large boulder.

Posted by: My six year old self at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)

221 "Avenger" (2006) Sam Elliott goes Rambo on the bad guys. He asks his armorer for an AR-15, but he fields a weapon that looks to me like an M4. The imfdb database has no entry for this movie, so I need somebody to watch the movie, verify, and then put them/us some f'n knowledge about this.

He was good in "The Challenge" a made for tv movie. No mustache.

Posted by: Zombie Darren McGavin at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (mC7bQ)

222 Here's the thing about TV and movie gunfights:

no one wears hearing protection, and no one experiences even temporary hearing loss

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (ZxPkt)

223 Nice hourglass figure on the lady.

Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

224 "The acoustics here are perfect for yodeling!"

Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (2RJDy)

225 221 Everybody loves Sam Elliott. Who doesn't love Sam Elliott? Nobody, that's who.

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:35 AM (N8ZBc)

226 how nice and quiet the silenced weapons in the matrix are.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:36 AM (R11M+)

227 224 "The acoustics here are perfect for yodeling!"

Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (2RJDy)

https://youtu.be/Co6UNX7fqj4

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at May 15, 2026 10:36 AM (ynpvh)

228 Or the stupid pali grandma.

"Those evil Joos shoot these boolets at my house!"

*holds up two intact 5.56 rounds*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (y9nCu)

Reminds me of that old "All Your Fakes Are Belong To Us" yootoob bit.

Wonder if that's still available....

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 10:36 AM (LxER7)

229 "I like the patina."

- Bertie Wooster

Posted by: 496 at May 15, 2026 10:37 AM (sOtuf)

230 We’re less than 2 months from July 4th on 250th birthday and there’s like nothing out there. There’s no buzz. I expected a big lead up to it, but nada as far as I can tell.

It just me or what?

Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (f5ZdA)

231 Painting: Very nice. It's got that centralized pointy thing that the museum docents gesture to, and say "Note in particular the composition." That's how you know it's good art.

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (N8ZBc)

232
Here's the thing about TV and movie gunfights:

no one wears hearing protection, and no one experiences even temporary hearing loss
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2026 10:32 AM (ZxPkt)

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

YES, I'LL TAKE THE CRAB CAKES!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Errr, sir? I asked if you wanted cream in your coffee...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (y9nCu)

233 off sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (ynpvh)

234 230 that's because everything out there hates america.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (R11M+)

235 Heroq, our town is putting up the banners and flags right now.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 15, 2026 10:39 AM (z2aPa)

236 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (y9nCu)

My ears still ring, 40 years later...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:39 AM (ynpvh)

237 60 If only there was a place you could go to search a vast array of data to find such info quickly and easily........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

Are you talking about the Yellow Pages?

Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 10:39 AM (2RJDy)

238 in the lower left, are those deliberate floaters, or did the paint flake off?

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:40 AM (R11M+)

239 "The acoustics here are perfect for yodeling!"
Posted by: tankdemon

Boston Whaler. > Boston Acoustics

Posted by: Karen Bass at May 15, 2026 10:40 AM (rgnea)

240 230 We’re less than 2 months from July 4th on 250th birthday and there’s like nothing out there. There’s no buzz. I expected a big lead up to it, but nada as far as I can tell.

It just me or what?
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (f5ZdA)
---
At the local level (where I am) I haven't really seen any promotions for big events related to the 250th. At the national (media) level, I haven't seen squat.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 15, 2026 10:41 AM (cWLG3)

241 We’re less than 2 months from July 4th on 250th birthday and there’s like nothing out there. There’s no buzz. I expected a big lead up to it, but nada as far as I can tell.

It just me or what?
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (f5ZdA)

Where do you live?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 10:41 AM (g8Ew8)

242 71
Off to conquer Constantinople
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (HdYcL)

Instanbul

Posted by: They Might Be Giants at May 15, 2026 10:42 AM (2RJDy)

243 "Now it's a movie AND a gun thread. You're welcome."

Boobs

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 15, 2026 10:42 AM (zBgIx)

244 242 71
Off to conquer Constantinople
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (HdYcL)

Instanbul
Posted by: They Might Be Giants at May 15, 2026 10:42 AM (2RJDy)

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That's nobody's business but the Turks

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 15, 2026 10:43 AM (cWLG3)

245 242 nobody's bidnis but the terkz.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:43 AM (R11M+)

246 Is it just me or what?
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or what.

Posted by: Smart alec at May 15, 2026 10:43 AM (2Ez/1)

247 Off to conquer Constantinople

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 09:43 AM (HdYcL)

Have fun storming the castle!

- IYKYK

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 10:43 AM (iNUL3)

248 Rural small town July 4 parades >> big city July 4 parades.

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:43 AM (N8ZBc)

249 Now I have a bunch of thumbnails on ewetub of Pedro kissing Stephen Colbert.

This is horrifying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 15, 2026 10:44 AM (bss/y)

250 Every thread is really a boob thread.

Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

251 Everybody loves Sam Elliott. Who doesn't love Sam Elliott? Nobody, that's who.

Posted by: gp at May 15, 2026 10:35 AM (N8ZBc)

Another dumb leftard though

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2026 10:45 AM (fkeut)

252 We don't celebrate July 4th.
We celebrate Independence Day.

Posted by: Polite cough at May 15, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)

253 "pedro offers you his protection"

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:46 AM (R11M+)

254 @249 It looked like Stephen Colbert reallg leaned into it too. He's really committed to Team Lefty!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 15, 2026 10:46 AM (cWLG3)

255 We’re less than 2 months from July 4th on 250th birthday and there’s like nothing out there. There’s no buzz. I expected a big lead up to it, but nada as far as I can tell.

It just me or what?
Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 10:38 AM (f5ZdA)

I suspect this is just the media and their Democrat buddies and cucks,

trying to without anything from Trump that could be considered positive.

If The Coconut had won, it'd be all red, ~~white~~ and blue, and hooray for the black midget women of Nantucket who led the Revolution 24/7.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:46 AM (iJfKG)

256 252 take your hat off.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:46 AM (R11M+)

257 Headquarters
@HQNewsNow
JD Vance appears to call for jailing Democrats who oppose MAGA: “We gotta get them out of this country and we gotta get them in prison.”

-
Works for me.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 10:47 AM (ndZc7)

258 Ay wheres da gabbagool?!
Posted by: ballistic at May 15, 2026 09:34 AM (oqH4h)

Ha! I actually just finished watching The Sopranos earlier this week. First time watching it. Not sure if I'll rewatch.

Posted by: Doof at May 15, 2026 10:47 AM (5L7BE)

259
*sigh*

without = withhold

Thx Ac.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:48 AM (iJfKG)

260 I need someone to provide a list of Deep Cut West Coast Concert Venues so I can finally join in on the "I saw ___ open for..." jokes.
Posted by: XTC at May 15, 2026 09:40 AM (uEmCf)

Not just West Coast. Kinetic Playground was a short-lived Chicago venue, and camper van beethoven was an actual band.
Dudes memory is in full wayback machine mode.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 10:48 AM (zafwz)

261 @HQNewsNow

JD Vance appears to call for jailing Democrats who oppose MAGA: “We gotta get them out of this country and we gotta get them in prison.”

They're killing conservatives. I think jailing liberals is quite measured and restrained, considering.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 10:50 AM (iNUL3)

262 122 We think of Italy as warm and southern. But Venice is at 45 N. latitude, the same as Minneapolis/St. Paul and Green Bay, WI. Europe in general is pretty far north on the shoulder of the Earth
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

Palm trees grow naturally in Ireland, despite the fact that the southernmost point of thst country is further north than any state except Alaska.

That Gulfstream ain't no joke.

Posted by: They Might Be Giants at May 15, 2026 10:50 AM (2RJDy)

263 Workers at daily mail cover walls in poop.

https://tinyurl.com/bdct9tzu

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 15, 2026 10:50 AM (YZ0Fo)

264 FWIW, my local classical radio station is doing an America 250 series with a lot of info about the founding times.

Did you know that Johann Pachelbel had a son, Charles Theodore Pachelbel, who left Europe in the 1730’s and emigrated to the American Colonies, settling first in Boston before taking up permanent residence in Charleston, S.C., where he was active in the local musickal scene?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 10:50 AM (LxER7)

265 Greasy Newsom is bragging about this.

Governor Newsom Press Office
@GovPressOffice
Student funding in California is now a RECORD HIGH! Since Governor Newsom took office, it’s increased 66%— reaching $28,282 per student as the state makes historic investments in public education.

-
But not this.

PoIiMath
@politicalmath
"In California, only 28% of Black fourth graders read at or above basic level, for instance, compared to 52% in Mississippi"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)

266 Headquarters
@HQNewsNow
JD Vance appears to call for jailing Democrats who oppose MAGA: “We gotta get them out of this country and we gotta get them in prison.

That was in response to a guy at the event yesterday saying the illegal Allen fraudsters should go to gitmo

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 15, 2026 10:51 AM (YZ0Fo)

267 She has a rather tiny waist.
Posted by: The Male Gaze at May 15, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

Just in comparison with those birthing hips and the family buffet up top

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 10:51 AM (zafwz)

268 260 most recently the rainbow roller rink. my sis saw hendrix there. floyd played there too, all back when i was still climbin' trees.

Posted by: cmeat at May 15, 2026 10:52 AM (R11M+)

269 252 Except that independence wasn’t declared on the 4th. I believe that that happened on the 2d.

Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

270 Not just West Coast. Kinetic Playground was a short-lived Chicago venue, and camper van beethoven was an actual band.
Dudes memory is in full wayback machine mode.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 10:48 AM (zafwz)

Camper Van Beethoven opened for Bach To The Future at the Zoo Amphitheater in '84.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 15, 2026 10:52 AM (g8Ew8)

271 Worst remake of Titanic ever!

Posted by: mindful webworker - or is it Gilligan's Island? at May 15, 2026 10:53 AM (cz4n2)

272 Headquarters
@HQNewsNow
JD Vance appears to call for jailing Democrats who oppose MAGA: “We gotta get them out of this country and we gotta get them in prison.”

-
Works for me.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 10:47 AM (ndZc7)

It's more fake news via editing.

JD calls for "the Fraudsters". ie. the foreign looters to be deported and imprisoned.

Speaking of JD..."Scrubs" reruns are on hulu. They're still funny.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:53 AM (iJfKG)

273 Did you know that Johann Pachelbel had a son, Charles Theodore Pachelbel, who left Europe in the 1730’s and emigrated to the American Colonies, settling first in Boston before taking up permanent residence in Charleston, S.C., where he was active in the local musickal scene?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Did he man the cannon during the Revolution?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)

274 264 Did he have a cannon?

Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

275 Sock removal comment. Feel free to ignore the content of this comment because its purpose is merely to remove an unwanted sock. As this is not a regular comment, the reader should not expect anything insightful or witty, and it is suggested thst the reader move on to the next comment at this time.

Thank you for yourbattention to this matter.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 10:54 AM (2RJDy)

276 Horde Mind - ACTIVATE!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 15, 2026 10:54 AM (LxER7)

277 Chicharrones.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 15, 2026 10:27 AM (ynpvh)

The worst chicharrones are the ones they fry in cottonseed or peanut oil instead of lard.
You know, so it is heart-healthy.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 15, 2026 10:54 AM (rbvCR)

278 JD calls for "the Fraudsters". ie. the foreign looters to be deported and imprisoned.

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Fraudsters, Democrats, tomayto, tomahto.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 15, 2026 10:55 AM (ndZc7)

279
Did you know that Johann Pachelbel...

I like Pachelbel's Crispy Tacolada!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 15, 2026 10:55 AM (iJfKG)

280 She hobbit,
Hampton Inn has no rooms. I'll either stay in the new Airbnb or in Mexia. No worries.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 15, 2026 10:57 AM (EneHm)

281 Best Western. Mexia. Just saying.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 10:58 AM (2Ez/1)

282 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I like the art today. I'd hang it.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 10:59 AM (2WIwB)

283 We don't celebrate July 4th.
We celebrate Independence Day.

Posted by: Polite cough at May 15, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)

THIS!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2026 11:00 AM (iERP6)

284 Good God. Three fine examples of Horde mind in one thread...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 15, 2026 11:00 AM (OUMaO)

285 >>JD calls for "the Fraudsters". ie. the foreign looters to be deported and imprisoned.

FINED, imprisoned, deported, or you know, capital punishment?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 15, 2026 11:01 AM (X8xt3)

286 JD Vance appears to call for jailing Democrats who oppose MAGA: “We gotta get them out of this country and we gotta get them in prison.”

but...

It's more fake news via editing.
JD calls for "the Fraudsters". ie. the foreign looters to be deported and imprisoned.

I'm failing to see the difference and/or what might be objectionable.

Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2026 11:01 AM (T7fic)

287 Looters, shooters, Frankenstein cooters

Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 11:02 AM (ds7a/)

288 Best Western. Mexia. Just saying.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 15, 2026 10:58 AM (2Ez/1)

Concur.

Posted by: RI Red at May 15, 2026 11:02 AM (Edxq2)

289 269 252 Except that independence wasn’t declared on the 4th. I believe that that happened on the 2d.
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

I believe you are correct. The Continental Congress approved the motion to claim Independence on July 2, and Jefferson's Declaration was accepted and signed by Hancock on the 4th.

Note: the fact that Jefferson was pretty much the least accomplished and youngest member of the committee selected to write the Declaration was as much a reason as his skill in turning a phrase that he was selected to do the writing. Kind of like how in high schools across the country, the nerd is the one doing all the work while the jocks and pretty girls party.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 15, 2026 11:02 AM (2RJDy)

290 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I like the art today. I'd hang it.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 15, 2026 10:59 AM (2WIwB)

Who's gonna tell him why it's gone.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 15, 2026 11:03 AM (zafwz)

291 Something something about Ben Franklin being out of the country at the time. Jefferson got tapped for the task.

My parents had these cool reproduction aged parchments of historical documents framed on the wall at my boyhood home. The Declaration and Constitution, “10,000 Reward!!!” for JW Booth, things like that. Not sure where they got them, probably s&H green stamps, or in boxes of Breeze or something.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 11:07 AM (ds7a/)

292 Nood Border Collie.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 15, 2026 11:09 AM (iNUL3)

293 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 15, 2026 11:11 AM (JA4sW)

294 JD Vance appears to call for jailing Democrats who oppose MAGA: “We gotta get them out of this country and we gotta get them in prison.

—

I was already voting for him. Now with this news I’ll vote for him twice.

Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 11:11 AM (f5ZdA)

295 We need July 2-4 mega holiday. Fuck it let’s just do all of July as a holiday. French style.

Posted by: Heroq at May 15, 2026 11:12 AM (f5ZdA)

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