Saturday Night Club ONT - May 30, 2026 [D Squared]

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. We built this place for you so you can have some fun. Or you can just relax like the doggeh above. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Jerks need not enter the premises.

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

A man was sitting on a plane when the passenger next to him pulled out a laptop and started working nonstop.

After two hours, the man finally asked, "Wow... do you always work during flights?" The passenger sighed, "No, I'm just pretending to look busy so nobody talks to me."

The man nodded slowly and said, "That's smart." Then he sat quietly for a full minute before asking, "So... what are you working on?"

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Four beer company CEOs walked into a bar…

The CEO of Budweiser ordered a Bud Light.

The CEO of Miller ordered a Miller Light.

The CEO of Coors ordered a Coors Light.

The CEO of Guinness ordered a Coke.

The first three asked the CEO of Guinness why he didn't order a Guinness, to which he replied: "I figured if you 3 weren't ordering beer it would be rude for me to."

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Drink of the Night

Not a drink - but a genius new drink accessory!

This is real engineering pic.twitter.com/0lVERvQ0dF
— NO CONTEXT HUMANS (@HumansNoContext) May 30, 2026

Who can build one??

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Club ONT Department of Economics

From June 2014:

Mabon "Teenie" Hodges may have been small in physical size but his legacy was massive; his 50-year career and body of work serving as one of the cornerstones of the Memphis sound.
Mr. Hodges died Sunday night at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, from complications of emphysema. He'd been taken to Baylor following an appearance at Austin's South by Southwest music festival in March after coming down with pneumonia. He was 68 years old.

During Hi Records' glory years starting in the late '60s, Mr. Hodges wrote or co-wrote many classics of the R&B genre, including a succession of hits with and for Al Green: "Here I Am," "Full of Fire," "Take Me to the River" and "Love and Happiness."

In more recent years, Mr. Hodges had been the subject of a documentary by filmmaker Susanna Vapnek. Starting in 2008, Vapnek spent several years shooting Hodges in and around his Memphis home base, interviewing family, friends and collaborators, capturing recording sessions and piecing together a narrative of his life.
One of the documentary's funniest moments comes as Hodges lists the names of all the artists who covered his "Take Me to the River" (the Talking Heads, Annie Lennox, Tina Turner), before noting that the use of the tune by the animatronic singing toy "Big Mouth Billy Bass" had produced the biggest royalties. "What a world, what a world," Mr. Hodges would note, laughing at the brilliant absurdity of the situation.

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Club ONT Department of "I thought this was America"

Police Arrest Man for Trying to Pass Off NASCAR Race Truck as Street-Legal Chevy S10

A Pennsylvania man faces felony fraud, theft, and deception charges after state police accused him of illegally disguising a NASCAR race truck as street legal. Yancy Cupp of Williamsport allegedly swapped a Vehicle Identification Number plate onto the truck that did not belong to it originally. He reportedly then used that VIN to title the purpose-built track vehicle for road use.
Pennsylvania State Police issued a press release, saying the truck was advertised as a street-legal 1999 Chevy S10 in an eBay listing. The for-sale ad claimed the conversion was performed by its former NASCAR owner, though said former owner explicitly denied the claim. "A physical examination of the vehicle by investigators confirmed it was not street legal," the police wrote.

Photos show the truck when it ran at the NASCAR Bristol dirt race in 2023. It looks almost identical now, except the headlights and taillights are functional units; the truck's previous iteration only had stickers to make it look like they were present. The Silverado-bodied truck even runs the same 406-cubic-inch V8 as it did back in its glory days.
The major issue here, in the Pennsylvania State Police's eye, is that Cupp may have fraudulently installed a VIN plate from an unrelated vehicle.
That's why law enforcement has thrown the book at him. Officially, he's being charged with dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities; alteration or destruction of a vehicle identification number; theft by deception; forgery; criminal use of a communication facility; deceptive business practices; false application for a certificate of title or registration; tampering with public records; and board of vehicle violations.

Isn't the usual way to handle these kinds of situations to scrawl "FARM USE" on the side and carry on?

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Club ONT Department of Coincidental Locations

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Club ONT Department of Long Ago

If Club ONT could be teleported back in the 70s, which Hordeling do you think is most likely to want this vehicle?

In 1973, AMC and Levi’s teamed up for the wildest factory option ever: an AMC Gremlin with real denim seats, copper rivets, and classic jean stitching.

A jeans car pic.twitter.com/aQ0UXmnJBl
— TaraBull (@TaraBull) May 29, 2026

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If Club ONT existed a long time ago in a galaxy far far away:

The Hangover 🍻🥴 Star Wars edition 🤔 pic.twitter.com/jDkhw81DyB
— TopShagger (@Plentyshit) May 29, 2026

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Club ONT pre-historic ancestors!

Do you remember what this club was called on The Flintstones? pic.twitter.com/RdcfrtjF1P
— Bite-Sized Nostalgia (@landofthe80s) May 30, 2026

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Club ONT Jukebox

Somebody answer the phone!

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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

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Club ONT is brought to you tonight by: a new mascot!

A frog swallowed a firefly and is now glowing from the inside.

Congratulations, we now have Firefrog.pic.twitter.com/XRfqFKfd2c
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 24, 2026

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Please do not touch the firefrog. He may look friendly, but he prefers to be left alone.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Leftover from the movie thread, and, getting the show off right...BOOB

Posted by: buddhaha at May 30, 2026 10:01 PM (PC+XL)

2 POWER BOX

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 10:01 PM (cr9uY)

3 !!

Posted by: clarence at May 30, 2026 10:01 PM (c1D+3)

4 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 30, 2026 10:01 PM (Y2B0/)

5 That rock doesn't look very comfortable.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026 10:01 PM (Cqx++)

6 otters called.

Posted by: clarence at May 30, 2026 10:02 PM (c1D+3)

7 For a 450 graduating seniors commencement, it was remarkably quiet.

As far as I could determine, only one rude, obnoxious, entitled family (and graduate) was thrown out. Bodily - it was glorious. The State Troopers were giving no shits at all.

I'm sure that them being Somali was just a coincidence.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 30, 2026 10:05 PM (Y2B0/)

8 Thanks for the dandy Club ONT, D Squared!

Love the photo up top. And, of course, it's a Golden Retriever. What other breed could pull this one off?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 30, 2026 10:05 PM (D/6p1)

9 Good evening.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 30, 2026 10:06 PM (bWZYx)

10 I'm pretty sure I saw a cameo of Ace in that Star Wars Hangover video...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)

11 The dog picture up top. He has more sense than half the country.

Posted by: Case at May 30, 2026 10:07 PM (8XBuM)

12 That dog looks blissful!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:07 PM (VCgbV)

13 Hello! If we relax, do we have to do it in a creek? Sounds cold.

Posted by: Piper at May 30, 2026 10:08 PM (c1LkM)

14 Water Buffalo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026 10:08 PM (Cqx++)

15 Hello! If we relax, do we have to do it in a creek? Sounds cold.
Posted by: Piper

Shrinkage!!

Posted by: George Costanza at May 30, 2026 10:08 PM (Y2B0/)

16 It's a frog with a warning light.

Posted by: huerfano at May 30, 2026 10:09 PM (VJX5o)

17 The man nodded slowly and said, "That's smart." Then he sat quietly for a full minute before asking, "So... what are you working on?"

For a period of about 10 years, I traveled out of state for work every week. I became the guy that didn't want to talk to my seatmates on the plane.

When they asked what I did (and they always asked) I told them I was an insurance salesman.

Not. A. Peep. After that.

Posted by: George Costanza at May 30, 2026 10:11 PM (Y2B0/)

18 So, that's where Scampdog went!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 10:11 PM (qx7Zg)

19 Hello! If we relax, do we have to do it in a creek? Sounds cold.

It wouldn't be very cool in the creeks here, Piper. But it would be pretty muddy most of the time.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:12 PM (Jr+re)

20 Thanks for the ONT, D/D!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re)

21
*sits at head of ONT table*
*glares at everyone*

Well, shall we get started? Or did you all just come for the donuts?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:13 PM (HdYcL)

22 Shopping for a new car a Gremlin with a V8 was tested. My o my would that thing scoot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 10:13 PM (cr9uY)

23 Thanks for the ONT.

Luciferase, iirc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

24
When did all this screaming and dancing at graduation become a thing? Another stupid trend.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:16 PM (HdYcL)

25 Since Rick Moranis is coming back for SpaceBalls 2, will he appear as Dark Helmet or Gray Helmet?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 10:16 PM (qx7Zg)

26 Hello Horde. I need a stiff drink. Too much drama today. I noticed the cat hissing at a vent, shone the flashlight in, and it was a freaking SNAKE. Freaked out, called neighbors, they got under the house, found a small snake and chased it out. All good, right? Well, after chitchatting and profuse thanks, I went back in only to see the cat hissing at a different vent. Yep, snake. Neighbors came back - she likes snakes - and I called the first wildlife company that came up on Google. They came right out and fished a yuge black snake out of the ductwork!

I'm still jumpy and probably won't sleep tonight but THANK GOD for great neighbors and amazing wildlife guys who come right out and get the job done.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (0SdQT)

27 Do you want Frog Cults? Because that's how you get Frog Cults.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (w/O5Q)

28 Swapping VINs is an honored tradition among old car builders.
He should have kept (and documented) some major piece of the original, like the front number and the frame horns that it mounts to. A little welding and he probably could get away with it.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (PC+XL)

29 StarWars copAfeel @ 17seconds.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (cr9uY)

30 When did all this screaming and dancing at graduation become a thing? Another stupid trend.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

0 impulse control.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (bWZYx)

31 Back in the day, I knew someone who had a Gremlin. That thing was so bad, it made my Dodge Dart look good.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (0Htd1)

32 >>> The Silverado-bodied truck even runs the same 406-cubic-inch V8 as it did back in its glory days.

I think the S10 and the Silverado are two different product lines.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:18 PM (/lPRQ)

33 Re: The Penn NASCAR VIN swap.

Such swaps are routine in the hot rod world. You build a vehicle as you like or buy it, then search the salvage yards for a similar type, buy it, take the VIN tag off, install it on yer hot rod, register it as the VIN vehicle and go about your business.

Apparently, Penn don't play that game!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:18 PM (Jr+re)

34 Gremlin could be a doofmobile, if he could get AOP to service it.
And was it the Water Buffaloes club?

Posted by: From about That Time at May 30, 2026 10:18 PM (sl73Y)

35 Evenin'

It's going to be 43 here in Western PA. I forgot May/June in PA can be, uh, a bit all over the place. Looks like great golf weather next week. I'll be humiliating myself under the sun on busy golf courses. All the snowbirds are up here now. My late 50s self will probably be the youngest guy out there.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 10:18 PM (bfy6w)

36 They came right out and fished a yuge black snake out of the ductwork!
Posted by: screaming in digital

The Paolo, how you say, apologizes that he scared you.

Posted by: The Paolo at May 30, 2026 10:18 PM (Y2B0/)

37 Submitted for your amusement. It looks like the Donks are getting ready to 86 Platner.

Josh Kraushaar
@JoshKraushaar
Democrats Can Do Better Than Graham Platner - The Atlantic

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Meanwhile, after more allegations of Platner's sexting other women while married, his wife posts an humiliating video.

https://tinyurl.com/42k4z663

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 10:19 PM (ndZc7)

38 Wasn’t it the Buffaloes? Or a more majestic variation often that…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 30, 2026 10:19 PM (6VD39)

39
Luciferase sounds like an enzyme for exorcisms.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:19 PM (HdYcL)

40 I came for the doughnuts. Where are they?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 30, 2026 10:20 PM (6VD39)

41 Clem Burke is ranked like 60 or 70 for drummers. That's about 50 places too high. He's a top 20 at least to me.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:20 PM (WNOcj)

42 Is this a racial identification on The Paulo? The things we learn!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)

43 Meanwhile, after more allegations of Platner's sexting other women while married, his wife posts an humiliating video.

https://tinyurl.com/42k4z663
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 10:19 PM (ndZc7)

Evidently they also found the kik profile he uses and went out of their way to point out that Kik is notorious for being a pedophile hunting ground.

Yeah, they are trying to do him in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

44 BUMPER, not number! FSCKin autocucumber.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 30, 2026 10:21 PM (PC+XL)

45 Swapping VINs is an honored tradition among old car builders.
He should have kept (and documented) some major piece of the original, like the front number and the frame horns that it mounts to. A little welding and he probably could get away with it.
Posted by: buddhaha

That or the whole street dash board he pulled the tag off...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:22 PM (/lPRQ)

46 Sad news.

The New Yorker
@NewYorker
In a nation of plummeting pride and MAGA hats, “patriotism just isn’t cool anymore,” Arthur Krystal writes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 10:22 PM (ndZc7)

47
Although it's going to be cloudy all night and all day here for me and I can't see crap, tonight it the full Moon. This is a micro-moon, so-called, as the moon is near apogee.

Per the calendar month convention, this is also Blue Moon, the second full moon in a calendar month. Exact moment of syzygy will be 4:45 EDT, so it will be near transit (high loon) for those out West. Full Blue High Loon. Howl away.

At any rate, if there's something you only do once in a Blue Moon, well, get cracking.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:22 PM (w6EFb)

48 Or did you all just come for the donuts?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:13 PM (HdYcL)

We have donuts?

Posted by: Piper at May 30, 2026 10:22 PM (c1LkM)

49 "I figured if you 3 weren't ordering beer…"

Good one.

Saturday night pizza has been consumed. Now to party. *brrrp*

Posted by: mindful webworker - topped with parmesan at May 30, 2026 10:23 PM (kU8xu)

50
Yeah, they are trying to do him in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

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At least 40% of voters will still back him. Because Susan Collins (!!!) is a literal Nazi.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:23 PM (HdYcL)

51 Ill take one if you have a good yeast glazed. Or an apple filled.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s)

52 If anyone hasn't done it yet, this is my contribution to the telephone theme music.
https://tinyurl.com/2h2nbc43

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2026 10:24 PM (0Htd1)

53 First thing on my list tomorrow afternoon is baking a big batch of cookies for the neighbors. And I learned that they have a high school age son who would be interested in earning money doing some occasional yard work for me. I like working in the yard (usually), but I can't keep up with it all the time now that I have a long commute 3x per week. So, maybe a positive outcome from the unwanted excitement.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 30, 2026 10:24 PM (0SdQT)

54
The New Yorker
@NewYorker
In a nation of plummeting pride and MAGA hats, “patriotism just isn’t cool anymore,”

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New Yorker people identify more closely with Europeans than Americans.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (HdYcL)

55 Water Buffalo
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026

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That's what I thought too -- but then what was the club Ralph and Ed belonged to? The Raccoons?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (wzUl9)

56 When they asked what I did (and they always asked) I told them I was an insurance salesman.

Not. A. Peep. After that.
Posted by: George Costanza at May 30, 2026 10:11 PM (Y2B0/)
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I went the other way. I used to make shit up. One flight to Arizona, I had a woman convinced that I worked at the Alcor Life Extension in Scottsdale. I hadn't even known the place existed until a few days before the trip. I just found it interesting and read a story about it. Alcor is the place where people get their bodies frozen for future "miracle" cures and stuff. Ted Williams being one of them.

I just kept making up dead celebrities that were participating in the program...no idea if they are or not. I do recall telling her that Michael Jackson's capsule was in the lobby of a special laboratory to greet qualified visitors.

Posted by: Orson at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (dIske)

57 So I finished parking cars at the county fair this season.

Like last year, the fields in which we parked cars turned into muddy messes thanks to the rain. We had to restrict some areas to 4WD or AWD vehicles only.

I will not be surprised to see vehicles still stuck in the fields tomorrow when I go to church, which is right next to the fairgrounds.

And then when I got home, I discovered that my cat Allie had spit up a hairball in my bed, making a rather large mess.

*sigh* I love my cats, but they do test me sometimes...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (gnNyN)

58 Chick in the Gremlin ad is actress Nancy Allen.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026 10:26 PM (y171U)

59 New Yorker people identify more closely with Europeans than Americans.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (HdYcL)

Another oddity of the internet too I think and social bubbling.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 30, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

60 Jerks need not enter the premises.

Ah, crap.

(heads back to door)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

61
LOL Orson

Posted by: four seasons at May 30, 2026 10:26 PM (3ek7K)

62 Good evening Ds!
The doggo pic is wonderful(and the click as well)!

That beer contraption is fantastic...BTW, Dale's Pale is made just down the road from me. Interesting memories from nights hanging out there😐...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 30, 2026 10:27 PM (uTEOj)

63 Jerks need not enter the premises.

Ah, crap.

(heads back to door)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)
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I took all mine back to the Jerk Store for a full refund.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:27 PM (gnNyN)

64 I was right -- Wiki mentions the "Loyal Order of Raccoons" as Ralph and Ed's lodge. Garsh, the things one remembers --!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)

65 46 Sad news.

The New Yorker
@NewYorker
In a nation of plummeting pride and MAGA hats, “patriotism just isn’t cool anymore,” Arthur Krystal writes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 10:22 PM (ndZc7)

The guy writes for a magazine named after a City so cosmopolitan they've brought back open defecation. Who wouldn't want to be just as cool as them?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 30, 2026 10:28 PM (w/O5Q)

66 Howdy, Club patrons!

Posted by: Doof at May 30, 2026 10:29 PM (QMAsf)

67
Blue Moon is also the name of Bezos' moon lander, which, along with Starship, was to play a big role in the Artemis moon landing/base plans.

Bezos really screwed the pooch with that New Glenn "anomaly" the other night. He took out his only launch pad for the rocket, and has thus thrown a monkey wrench in NASA plans as much as his won.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:29 PM (w6EFb)

68 Re: The Penn NASCAR VIN swap.

Such swaps are routine in the hot rod world. You build a vehicle as you like or buy it, then search the salvage yards for a similar type, buy it, take the VIN tag off, install it on yer hot rod, register it as the VIN vehicle and go about your business.

Apparently, Penn don't play that game!
Posted by: LRob

I would any state would have a process to get an off-road only vehicle re-certed for street use.

Haven't dug into it but it appears that in my state you are required to maintain insurance and if it lapses then Shazam registration is revoked and it becomes off-road use only and it is supposed to be a PITA to get it back on road.
Odd given that in the beginning the whole point of registration was to record legal ownership.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:29 PM (/lPRQ)

69
Isaacman tweeted this today:

We have been saying for months at NASA that we are not going to sit on our hands and wait for the capabilities necessary to achieve the nation’s most pressing objectives. We are going to take an active role alongside our partners, just as we did in the 1960s, to overcome setbacks, remove obstacles, and deliver the intended outcomes.

@NASA
is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

70 When did all this screaming and dancing at graduation become a thing? Another stupid trend.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

When parents decided that it was cute when their children behaved like brats.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2026 10:31 PM (0Htd1)

71 Water buffaloes!
Water buffaloes!
Moooooooo
Mooooooooo
Moooooooooooo

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 10:31 PM (kpS4V)

72 When they asked what I did (and they always asked) I told them I was an insurance salesman.

Not. A. Peep. After that.
Posted by: George Costanza

I have tried saying I was a janitor in an adult book store.
At least it is less sketchy than my real job.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)

73 I think bringing Soccer to the USA is the most evil foreign espionage operation ever implemented. Though it wasn't moving fast enough so they infiltrated the NFL to ruin it .

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:32 PM (WNOcj)

74 21 Or did you all just come for the donuts?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:13 PM

Mmmmmmm donuts

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 30, 2026 10:32 PM (g5tO/)

75 Although it's going to be cloudy all night and all day here for me and I can't see crap, tonight it the full Moon. This is a micro-moon, so-called, as the moon is near apogee.
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Don't know if it is related, but the last several nights the coyote howeling has been more prominent. Last week, one killed a wild turkey in my front yard.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 30, 2026 10:32 PM (XeU6L)

76 Congratulations, we now have Firefrog.

I was gonna say "new pokemon," but that seems more like a Super Mario World monster.

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

77 Loyal Order of the Water Buffaloes.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 30, 2026 10:33 PM (W5mpo)

78 [top pic: Doggo]

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino.

Aw. It's kinda like seeing a flyby in the Missing Man formation.

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

79 My first ever Apple product, a MacBook Air, hits the house tomorrow.

Remarkably I didn't instantly feel smugly superior when I hit the order it button. I am giving that a week to kick in.

Also, once my Apple product loving cousin finds out about this, she is going to, without mercy, torment me endlessly for once or twice, maybe less, accidently inferring Apple tech owners were losers.

In addition, I thinking I should refrain from telling her to "calm down" and then giving her a phone number for some anger management classes. Now that I am thinking about all this I should probably just move without leaving a forwarding address.

Why does everything have to be so complicated?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (glnUu)

80 The New Yorker
@NewYorker
In a nation of plummeting pride and MAGA hats, “patriotism just isn’t cool anymore,”

Who are they trying to kid? Having pride in our country has been a problem with liberals and democrats for a very long time.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (0Htd1)

81 Sushi cafe/Fish world shoulda had a hidden click, like this excellent big musical production number:

https://youtu.be/GC_mV1IpjWA

Posted by: mindful webworker - animatedly at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (kU8xu)

82 57 So I finished parking cars at the county fair this season.

Like last year, the fields in which we parked cars turned into muddy messes thanks to the rain. We had to restrict some areas to 4WD or AWD vehicles only.

I will not be surprised to see vehicles still stuck in the fields tomorrow when I go to church, which is right next to the fairgrounds.

And then when I got home, I discovered that my cat Allie had spit up a hairball in my bed, making a rather large mess.

*sigh* I love my cats, but they do test me sometimes...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM

Sunday is sheet changing day anyway. She was helping you get ahead of that chore.

Posted by: Piper at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (c1LkM)

83 Loyal Order of the Water Buffaloes.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at May 30, 2026 10:33 PM (W5mpo)

When did you change your nic again? And I'm gonna need an explanation of it!

Posted by: Doof at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)

84 Hmm. 'howling'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (XeU6L)

85 Is this a racial identification on The Paulo? The things we learn!
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)

Probably burn marks considering how often he employs it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

86 Jerks need not enter the premises.

Ah, crap.

(heads back to door)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

Heading out to make jerky? Jerk chicken?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (qx7Zg)

87 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (glnUu)

What made you decide to become an Apple owner?

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (WNOcj)

88 26 I'm still jumpy and probably won't sleep tonight but THANK GOD for great neighbors and amazing wildlife guys who come right out and get the job done.
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (0SdQT)

Snakebusters

Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (y171U)

89 Greetings Everyone

Thank you D^2 for ONT, outstandink as always!

On the Sugarloaf Don't call us song - there's an old b&w stop-motion video set to that tune on the Tube site showing an old rotary dial phone being put together. Very kool!

Almost time for Sven G out here as the sun sinks slowly into the pacific and the surfer dudes and dudettes pack it in for the night....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 30, 2026 10:37 PM (QGaXH)

90 Why does everything have to be so complicated?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 10:35 PM (glnUu)

Avril Lavigne would like a word

Posted by: Doof at May 30, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)

91 I think bringing Soccer to the USA is the most evil foreign espionage operation ever implemented. Though it wasn't moving fast enough so they infiltrated the NFL to ruin it .
Posted by: polynikes

I lean towards thinking handing over ownership of all the budget hotels over to the Dot Indians won that award.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 10:38 PM (glnUu)

92 AMC and Levi’s - ye gaw, never mind the car, look at those shirts with shoulder-wide collars!

Posted by: mindful webworker - I can neither confirm non deny I had shirts like that at May 30, 2026 10:38 PM (kU8xu)

93 @NASA
is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

If Blue Origin, who is the Red team, à la Red vs. Blue?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)

94 I have tried saying I was a janitor in an adult book store.
At least it is less sketchy than my real job.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)
---
Dead hooker disposal specialist for the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo bachelor parties?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:39 PM (gnNyN)

95
I haven't seen any wild turkeys around here in a while. Used to see them every so often.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:40 PM (w6EFb)

96 I think Dubai has a high dollar restaurant with a sea world sized aquarium that you can order the fish for dinner.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:40 PM (WNOcj)

97 Why does everything have to be so complicated?
--------

"Life could be simple, it just won't" - Lily Tomlin

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 30, 2026 10:40 PM (XeU6L)

98 >> If Blue Origin, who is the Red team, à la Red vs. Blue?

SpaceX?

Isaacman is trying to get NASA back into '60s Apollo Glory Days mode.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:41 PM (w6EFb)

99 And then when I got home, I discovered that my cat Allie had spit up a hairball in my bed, making a rather large mess.
*sigh* I love my cats, but they do test me sometimes...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (gnNyN)

I had an older cat who was starting to get bad hairballs, one of the things I did in the worst periods was to put a sheet on as a bead spread to catch all but the worst puke.
I also had washable comforters, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:41 PM (rbvCR)

100 I was at a graduation this last weekend.

The graduates behaved like professionals.

The onlookers were embarrassing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (TopPz)

101 Heading out to make jerky? Jerk chicken?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 10:36 PM (qx7Zg)

Nah, saw a dead possum on the side of the road on the way here. Figured I'd stop by the Road Kill Grill.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

102 Loyal Order of the Water Buffaloes. - Yeah, I figured I wouldn't be first with that answer. But, eighth? Yabba Dabba.

Guess they couldn't come up with a dino name for the club. But, they mixed Mastodons and other non-dino characters, so, why not?

Posted by: mindful webworker - wilmmmmaaaaa at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (kU8xu)

103 I haven't seen any wild turkeys around here in a while. Used to see them every so often.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:40 PM (w6EFb)
---
The field where we park cars at the county fair is prime hunting ground for turkey vultures. I saw three of them squabbling on the shed next to my church the other day.

Those things are quite large when you are up close...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (gnNyN)

104 69
Isaacman tweeted this today:

@NASA
is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

Issacman is turning out to be a no-nonsense NASA administrator.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (y171U)

105 Sushi/Fish picture could have used this clip.

https://youtu.be/2LhaRSxxd74

Part of it could also work as a ringtone.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

106 I just noticed I made COTW. Or rather, my late mom did. I miss her. We could always find something to laugh about.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 30, 2026 10:42 PM (0SdQT)

107 I did not know snakes could get into vents.

This has me concerned. Our vents are in the ceiling upstairs where I am now.

Do snakes come in through the AC somehow?

I will do more than hiss if it happens to me.

I may have a new phobia.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 10:43 PM (WONhk)

108 I used to tell people I was a receptionist, because I was a receptionist.
I just didn't LOOK like a receptionist.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)

109 My cats are courteous enough to hack up their hairballs on my tile floor.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:44 PM (WNOcj)

110 What made you decide to become an Apple owner?
Posted by: polynikes

Microsoft f**kery over the last few years starting with it killing off my perfectly fine desktop and then the recent out of control PC price increases due to AI f**kery. I have to say I never had on my tech bingo card that Apple would end up being the hero here. But here I am. My cousin...she is going to be unbearable; I probably should have thought that earlier but, well, here I am again.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 10:44 PM (glnUu)

111 I just dropped two pieces of chocolate pie on the ground. Said a bad word, well actually three bad words.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 10:44 PM (LHPAg)

112
In the early days of SpaceX back in 2016, Elon blew up a Falcon 9 on the pad at LC-40 (That call that SCL-40 now, and I'm not sure of the difference between LCs and SLCs), and did substantial damage to the pad structure. It took them about a year to get it back online, but that allowed a lot of improvements to be made.

But the main thing was he had other pads to use while they rebuilt that one. That needs to be a hard requirement going forward, have at least two pads for a given rocket.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:44 PM (w6EFb)

113 If you give your kitty a little bit of butter once a week, the fur slugs are reduced greatly.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 10:45 PM (qpo2d)

114 My cats are courteous enough to hack up their hairballs on my tile floor.

Planning that you will step on them, slip to the floor unconscious at which time they will eat you! Ya can't trust 'em!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:46 PM (Jr+re)

115
I've got a picture from quite a few years of two turkeys fighting in the front yard at my mother's. They had wrapped their necks around each other during the scrap.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

116 I used to tell the ladies I was a trust fund baby and on the board for various animal rescue charities.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:46 PM (WNOcj)

117 Howdy, horde!

Thanks for the Club ONT, Doof & Dino!

Um, H7... those ~~aren't~~ weren't donuts. The Paolo was trying on "swim rings"

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026 10:46 PM (rdVOm)

118 The only reason we have snakes in the house is because one of the cats adores catching them and bringing them into the house.
I have trained him to meow to show me so I can give him his favorite treats, and that way I can catch it and take it back outside.
Before I trained him, he would let them go in the hallway and they would wind up in the baseboard heater or the hall closet.

I am aware that some people think I have trained my cat to catch snakes to bring them into the house, but don't worry, he learned the trick on his own!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:47 PM (rbvCR)

119
Best of Breed and Hound Group 4 for The Big Dummy at today's Mid-Del-Tinker KC show in Oklahoma City.

Her Majesty (without TBD) returns on Monday. She left on May 5th.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:47 PM (HdYcL)

120 93 @NASA
is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)
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They know if Elon gets there first he will tell them to GTF off his property.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 10:47 PM (cr9uY)

121 89 On the Sugarloaf Don't call us song - there's an old b&w stop-motion video set to that tune on the Tube site showing an old rotary dial phone being put together. Very kool!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 30, 2026 10:37 PM (QGaXH)

The touch tone telephone sound is an unlisted number at CBS Records (who did not sign them).

Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026 10:48 PM (y171U)

122 The Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes

Posted by: Archer at May 30, 2026 10:49 PM (wvc0i)

123 Telephones - another archaic item. Like "dialing."

Might as well link to my telephone song.

Pop on the Line
A lack of privacy in the ancient times
https://bit.ly/pop-on-the-line

Should start at 5:23 in the video

Posted by: mindful webworker - busy signal at May 30, 2026 10:49 PM (kU8xu)

124 If you give your kitty a little bit of butter once a week, the fur slugs are reduced greatly.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 10:45 PM (qpo2d)

I put a bowl of lard out. The cats used to get on the table and lick the butter, so for a while I got a "cat dish" of butter for them. I finally got tired of buying my cats butter and we moved to lard.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:49 PM (rbvCR)

125 We had a gremlin as a job site runner. It was silly good on gas, had a 6 cylinder, and was frigging quick. It had a manual trans and you could break the tires loose when you shifted. I brought it home one day for shits and giggles. Mrs B who was the girlfriend at the time didn't want to get in it. She thought it was a piece of shit. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 10:49 PM (snZF9)

126 WOOHOO!!!
Top 10'ish!
When do I get my certificate?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2026 10:50 PM (2WIwB)

127 Sorry I'm late, somebody was trying to contact me about my car's extended warranty.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 30, 2026 10:50 PM (2RJDy)

128 I've seen hairball treats but I've never bought any.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:51 PM (WNOcj)

129 Evening Horde. Thx D Squared
Watching the Platner campaign implode is amazing. We want him to get to the 6/9 primary so the Dems are stuck with him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2026 10:53 PM (SW0z7)

130 I couldn't see myself driving either a Gremlin or a Pacer.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:53 PM (WNOcj)

131 Mom called me up one day, saying she needed to go to laundromat. Needed to wash a comforter, but it wouldn't fit in her washer. She suggested that if I also had a large item to wash, that we could split the expense and use The Big Machine for our stuff. I had a large comforter to wash, as well.

Ok... So we loaded up the machine, added soap and many quarters, got coffee and sat down to chitchat.

After a while Mom says: "I have a confession to make.
... There was dog pee on my comforter."

To which I replied: "It's ok, Mom. There was cat puke on mine."

And we laughed!

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026 10:53 PM (rdVOm)

132 57 -- Sounds like the annual Iowa Western Renfaire. I sold stones the XO had sand blasted designs into. Friday morning, we drove to our table and unloaded. Renfaire opened that evening. Soon after the fair closed for the night would come a strong thunderstorm. Same thing Saturday evening. Sunday morning, someone would come along to tell us merchants we had to hump all our stuff out. Seemed the same every year. But the XO made a ton of money every year.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at May 30, 2026 10:54 PM (DK5Sh)

133 Kindltot, I had a Burmese tom cat "down south" decades ago who liked to catch lizards. If they were green when he got them, they just died. If they were brown, he ate the lizard except the tail. I cannot explain this.

One Saturday morning, the cat scratched the window screen wanting in. He ran from the apartment door to the bedroom which contained my spouse in bed. A scream was uttered! He brought a LIVE green lizard to her as an offering. I thought it was touching!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 10:54 PM (Jr+re)

134 Seems Iran cannot find the Supreme Great Wonderful Ultimate Leader

So In government you have 2 jobs
Have a leader
Help your people

Face it Iran you fucked up

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 10:55 PM (/+uur)

135 ---
Dead hooker disposal specialist for the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo bachelor parties?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
==

Repurposed as sausage.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:55 PM (/lPRQ)

136 130 I couldn't see myself driving either a Gremlin or a Pacer.
Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:53 PM (WNOcj)

Grumpy's Toy

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 10:56 PM (/+uur)

137 55 That's what I thought too -- but then what was the club Ralph and Ed belonged to? The Raccoons?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 10:25 PM (wzUl9)

Another reason I like this place. No need to explain who Ralph and Ed were....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at May 30, 2026 10:56 PM (QGaXH)

138 Club ONT Jukebox
Somebody answer the phone!

Bonus tracks!

https://youtu.be/htgr3pvBr-I
https://youtu.be/_RrA-R5VHQs
https://youtu.be/5meWI3iX1sE
https://youtu.be/UdZF94vgPyE

Posted by: mikeski at May 30, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

139
I've seen hairball treats but I've never bought any.
Posted by: polynikes

They have them at Buc-ee's

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 30, 2026 10:58 PM (Cqx++)

140 Javelin AMX one of best cars ever

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 10:58 PM (/+uur)

141 I did not know snakes could get into vents.

This has me concerned. Our vents are in the ceiling upstairs where I am now.
Do snakes come in through the AC somehow?
I will do more than hiss if it happens to me.
I may have a new phobia.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

They come in through the toilet.
Then get into the air ducts preferring ceiling vents in the master BR before dropping down at night.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)

142 Lulu the Lunatic has brought home snakes and lizards and birds. No rodents though.

Alas. She no longer is an outside kitty. Perhaps that’s why she is now a Fink.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 10:59 PM (KDgJ1)

143
Yep, Fred and Barney were Water Buffalo.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 10:59 PM (w6EFb)

144 Um, H7... those ~~aren't~~ weren't donuts. The Paolo was trying on "swim rings"
Posted by: JQ

They are useful as shims. Not every woman is ready for, how you say, "The Full Paolo."

Posted by: Paolo at May 30, 2026 10:59 PM (VHUov)

145 AB Hernandez old enough to be a Marine and plays girls sports.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 11:00 PM (/+uur)

146 79:My first ever Apple product, a MacBook Air, hits the house tomorrow.

I like mine quite a bit.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 11:00 PM (bfy6w)

147 Watching the Platner campaign implode is amazing. We want him to get to the 6/9 primary so the Dems are stuck with him
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2026 10:53 PM (SW0z7)

Yep. They'd be stuck with him all right. Hee hee.

Posted by: Frank Lautenberg at May 30, 2026 11:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

148 Fred Flintstone was often the Grand Poobah of the Grand Order of the Water Buffaloes.

Wilma and Betty formed thier own club of the Royal Order of the Water Buffalettes. Wilma wore a necklace of white rocks. She had a daughter named Pebbles, and Betty had a son called Bamm Bamm.

Their pet was Dino who co-wrote the ONT.

Friday night Flintstones, baby. We had burgers on tv trays and thought it was the best night before Saturday morning cartoons.

Lived large, my brother and I, all of our lives.

While I may not remember most of the last month as there was horror, trauma and cholera, I do remember the Flintstone's.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 11:01 PM (WONhk)

149 Grumpy's Toy

I think they were all GM cars. I could be wrong.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr+re)

150 I saw Tab Benoit for the first time last night. The first thing I made sure to check on is if he had a pedal board. NOPE. I was like, this is going to good. And it was.

Mr. Benoit later in the show mentioned his approach to playing was to have a guitar, an amp, electricity, and honesty. I am thinking he missed mentioning that he figured out early on that the singular thing God wanted him to do was to make honest music.

If you get a chance, just go see him on this tour.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:02 PM (glnUu)

151 Jerks need not enter the premises.

Well, thanks, I guess. I've always known my true self would cause trouble.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 30, 2026 11:04 PM (CHHv1)

152 I saw Tab Benoit open for The Allman Brothers in '95 at the Hillsborough Fair Grounds. Really. He was excellent.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 11:05 PM (bfy6w)

153 I think they were all GM cars. I could be wrong.
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr+re)

oh that was booth

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 11:06 PM (/+uur)

154 theres a cheap mac thats an iPhone chip in a pc

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 11:07 PM (/+uur)

155 have tried saying I was a janitor in an adult book store.
At least it is less sketchy than my real job.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Now I'm very curious about what your real job is if it's creepier than working in an adult book store???

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 11:07 PM (VCgbV)

156 Jerks need not enter the premises.

Well, thanks, I guess. I've always known my true self would cause trouble.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 30, 2026 11:04 PM (CHHv1)

I've been outside looking in the whole time.

Wanna piece of road kill?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 11:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

157 I think Booth's car/engine were assembled by AMC. They did some strange stuff, like cutting cylinder heads apart lengthwise then welding them back together to greatly increase volumetric throughput. The car was fast!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 11:08 PM (Jr+re)

158 I'm still jumpy and probably won't sleep tonight but THANK GOD for great neighbors and amazing wildlife guys who come right out and get the job done.
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (0SdQT)

Burn the house down now. Napalm if you have it.
Sneks BAD!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2026 11:09 PM (2WIwB)

159
They come in through the toilet.
Then get into the air ducts preferring ceiling vents in the master BR before dropping down at night.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 30, 2026 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)
*****************
They do not! I no longer live in FL where pythons did come up and surprise people in toilets. They did not reach the Space Coast where we lived, or hadn't. I did leave instructions to add why I died of a sudden cardiac arrest in my obituary.

I also did close the toilet lids when we traveled. I know beyond a shadow of doubt I would die instantly.

In the 7yrs of working in the med center's ED the only time I had to leave I was laughing hysterically on a busy and wild night. I overheard the triage RN tell the docs that she had a patient with chest pain because a frog in the toilet bit her hemorrhoid. One doc followed me to the ambulance bay where I was gasping with tears. Unusual behavior for me and he was laughing as well.

We DID have green Amazon tree turtles, with little suction cup feets, pop up out of toilets to alarm me in the boy's bathroom. Nasty.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026 11:10 PM (WONhk)

160 My first ever Apple product, a MacBook Air, hits the house tomorrow.

I like mine quite a bit.
Posted by: Puddleglum

As you know I have been waiting around for the right price to appear. I am actually looking forward to getting my mitts on the box. Apple stuffing their own silicon into their PCs was a proverbial tech "game changer."

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:10 PM (glnUu)

161 Why go to any trouble over the truck? As is. Buyer beware.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 11:12 PM (D1E+2)

162 Alice Weidel, co-leader of the anti-migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has successfully sued, Ines Schwerdtner, the federal chairwoman of the Left Party (CDU), and won a retraction and payment of legal fees after she spread falsehoods about Weidel on live television.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 11:12 PM (cr9uY)

163 While I may not remember most of the last month as there was horror, trauma and cholera, I do remember the Flintstone's.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 30, 2026

***
My mother loved the clever "labor-saving" devices, like the baby mammoth as a vacuum cleaner.

The Flintstones began a trend, as I recall. After it was a hit, every network had to have at least one prime-time animated sitcom or variety show. CBS had The Alvin Show with Alvin & the Chipmunks. Top Cat was on NBC (not certain about that), and I think it was ABC who had the Bugs Bunny variety show. ("Overture, hit the lights; This is it, we'll hit the heights . . .") Bullwinkle, I think, was also ABC.

The trend continued for a while until Jonny Quest in '64-'65. That was probably the last of the prime-time animated shows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:12 PM (wzUl9)

164 theres a cheap mac thats an iPhone chip in a pc
Posted by: r hennigantx

I am convinced it is the best budget laptop on the market right now. It is spot on perfect for email and videos of snakes dropping out of air vents.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:13 PM (glnUu)

165 Danger Noodle!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 11:14 PM (TY4Nf)

166 Which cars mentioned were all GM cars? The Gremlin and Pacer were both AMC.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:14 PM (wzUl9)

167 Javelin AMX one of best cars ever

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 30, 2026 10:58 PM (/+uur)

My mother had a '71 or '72. I think she was a secret gear head. She liked her cars to have zip. She bought a '66 comet GT with the fiberglass hood brand new, then she got the javelin, then a Trans Am.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 30, 2026 11:16 PM (snZF9)

168 Which cars mentioned were all GM cars? The Gremlin and Pacer were both AMC. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Yes and no. AMC was known for using the GM parts bin.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:16 PM (glnUu)

169
Another pooch Bezos screwed with this "anomaly" is ULA itself. Their new Vulcan-Centaur rocket uses the same Blue Origin BE-4 engines that New Glenn uses.

And the Vulcan is current grounded due to some problem with the solid boosters. If they problem turns out to be the BE-4s, that will mess up Vulcan for a while.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 11:18 PM (w6EFb)

170 My mother had a '71 or '72. I think she was a secret gear head. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Something, something, something about the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Am I right?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:19 PM (glnUu)

171 Jerks need not enter the premises.

No need to get personal.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 30, 2026 11:20 PM (+9wcF)

172 My new best friend freshman year in college had an AMC Hornet. It was Smurf blue.

Had a few adventures in that car.

She is the Godmother to my boys and we are still besties.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 11:20 PM (TY4Nf)

173 163 Top Cat was on NBC (not certain about that)...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:12 PM (wzUl9)

Top Cat first run was on ABC. Reruns were on NBC in the late 60's. I remember that.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026 11:20 PM (y171U)

174
Yep, just as I was afraid of, New Glenn, Vulcan, Falcon-Heavy, and the SLS are our only heavy lift+ class vehicles (add Starship there, too, but it's still a prototype). Bezos may have taken two of those out for a while.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 30, 2026 11:20 PM (w6EFb)

175 Wolfus, my "all GM cars" comment was related only to Bill Jenkins' pro stock racers. He never raced anything but Chevrolet, as far as I know.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 11:21 PM (Jr+re)

176 Jerks need not enter the premises.

They don't need to, but they will anyway. They're jerks.

Posted by: mikeski is here, after all at May 30, 2026 11:22 PM (VHUov)

177 My mother never learned to drive. Fortunately she grew up and spent her adulthood in a time when buses and streetcars let you travel safely almost anywhere of importance, and for .10 (or .25, later) with a transfer included.

I didn't learn to drive until I was almost 23. My father refused to teach me more than two lessons of driving around an empty parking lot in big squares and learning nothing. He paid for it later; he had to take time from work 2x a week to drive me to the college campus in town during a bus strike. Yes, the same fellow who harped for years on how I "had to get that degree" complained bitterly about making sure I got to school where I was earning that degree.

'If you'd taught me to drive," I told him, "and had helped me buy a car, you wouldn't be in this fix." To which he had nothing to say.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:23 PM (wzUl9)

178 Top Cat first run was on ABC. Reruns were on NBC in the late 60's. I remember that.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 30, 2026

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Maybe that's what I was thinking of.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:24 PM (wzUl9)

179 That's enough! Thanks to each of you for the ONT. See you tomorrow evening!

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 30, 2026 11:25 PM (Jr+re)

180 My brother's future wife would give me rides home from school every day in her ford pinto. Now that was a sweet ride.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 11:26 PM (D1E+2)

181 My memory of Top Cat is clouded by my discovering Fritz the Cat, black light posters, Sansui amps, and JBL speakers.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 11:28 PM (glnUu)

182 My father's cars during my time at home were all GM. At first he had a '47 Cadillac fastback coupe; no A/C and hot as hell inside, of course. Then about the time I started school he bought a '58 Chevy Impala, the same model Ron Howard's character has in American Graffiti except his was red and white. In late '65, he bought what must have been a new car, a beige '66 Chevy Impala Super Sport with bucket seats and a floor auto shift. That was the one I had "lessons" on, and it was super smooth.

Last was a '74 (?) Chevy Monte Carlo, in which I rode to college with him during that bus strike. Also super smooth, to me as a passenger anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:28 PM (wzUl9)

183 Wolfus, my "all GM cars" comment was related only to Bill Jenkins' pro stock racers. He never raced anything but Chevrolet, as far as I know.
Posted by: LRob
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He ran Dodges in the early 60s. I remember seeing him run at York Race way in '63.
I was there crewing for a buddy.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 30, 2026 11:29 PM (PC+XL)

184 Actual production numbers of the BE-4 engine have not been published.
GPT-5 mini

Vulcan requires 2 BE‑4s per booster; New Glenn requires 7 per first stage — production planning therefore targets multiple engines/month to support both customers and spares.

Two production lines + multi-shift manufacturing + typical aerospace supplier lead times imply low-double-digit monthly throughput ceiling; early ramp-up typically yields a few units/month.
....
Few = 2

youtu.be/bZj1Z-Fi98s&t=40

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 11:30 PM (cr9uY)

185 My college roomie had a 1966 Dodge Dart.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 30, 2026 11:30 PM (A5RD0)

186 My memory of Top Cat is clouded by my discovering Fritz the Cat, black light posters, Sansui amps, and JBL speakers.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026

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It was one of my cartoon favorites when I was in grade school. The Wiki entry on it, or maybe IMDb's, mentions that it has a devoted fan following to this day!

It shows up on the cartoon network on over-the-air TV. I should sit down and watch an episode or two.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:31 PM (wzUl9)

187 My parents were in *no hurry* for me to get a driver's license... they already had to pay huge in$urance due to big bro. A 2nd "teen driver" would've destroyed their budget!

As luck would have it, I moved to grandparents' house to attend junior college and they *wanted* me to get my license-- so I could make grocery runs and be a relief driver on long trips.

Eugene was starting to get sporty back then and Grandmother didn't want me to have to ride the bus.

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026 11:31 PM (rdVOm)

188 I've seen photos of Ford Pintos that had flames - flowing forward from the rear.

I hope those were real, and not someone playing with AI.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 11:33 PM (qx7Zg)

189 Back in the day, I knew someone who had a Gremlin. That thing was so bad, it made my Dodge Dart look good.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2026 10:17 PM (0Htd1)

My brother's first car was a Gremlin. A darker green than the one in the video. Tricked it out with snazzy reflectors on the hatch and put in a nice 8-track. He loved that car..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 30, 2026 11:33 PM (nbLIj)

190 My brother's future wife would give me rides home from school every day in her ford pinto. Now that was a sweet ride.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026

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I had a buddy in one of my drama classes who had one of the earliest Japanese compacts I ever saw, a tiny orange Honda Civic with black vinyl seats and poor or no A/C. Compared to waiting for and riding the bus, it was a delight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:33 PM (wzUl9)

191 What's with The New Yorker? Did the Chinese buy it or something? Well anyway, good riddance.

Posted by: Case at May 30, 2026 11:34 PM (8XBuM)

192 Eugene was starting to get sporty back then and Grandmother didn't want me to have to ride the bus.
Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026

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Was Eugene the town, or your boyfriend?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:34 PM (wzUl9)

193 Wolfus: Eugene, Oregon. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at May 30, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)

194 Jerks need not enter the premises.

No need to get personal.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 30, 2026 11:20 PM (+9wcF)

Hmpf. At least our table outside isn't wobbly!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 11:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

195 My brother's future wife would give me rides home from school every day in her ford pinto. Now that was a sweet ride.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026

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A girl I dated in the fall of '72 had a Pinto. Again, compared to the bus, I found it a delight. (She was pretty delightful too.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:36 PM (wzUl9)

196 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 11:38 PM (RIvkX)

197 'Bout time I headed off to bed, all. Be nice, and if you can't do that, at least don't get caught!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 11:38 PM (wzUl9)

198 What's with The New Yorker? Did the Chinese buy it or something? Well anyway, good riddance.
Posted by: Case at May 30, 2026 11:34 PM (8XBuM)

I thought the New Yorker was published for snobs. Might just be me, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)

199 Franpsycho you used the dative but since it's about people should it be the genitive (dvoyix)?

Can't remember. Declensions of numbers was always a weak spot.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 30, 2026 11:40 PM (U/Byj)

200 First Hondas were tiny and had motorcycle engines.
I've been told.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 30, 2026 11:41 PM (cr9uY)

201 Something odd has appeared in my YouTube shorts queue. I'm getting a lot of Viking Rap and Hip-Hop clips. Instead of black culture, it glorifies Vikings and the Norse gods. Most of it's in English, but a little is either Norwegian or Swedish.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 30, 2026 11:41 PM (qx7Zg)

202 White dodge cars of the 60's looked like refrigerators on wheels.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 30, 2026 11:43 PM (edUvp)

203 My brother's future wife would give me rides home from school every day in her ford pinto. Now that was a sweet ride.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 11:26 PM (D1E+2)

Dad had a Pinto station wagon with a dicey clutch that I polished my shifting on when we took a trip to Tacoma, and Granma lived in a senior living apartment building down by Stadium high school. At one point I started near the top of the block, and each time I killed the engine I went a car length backwards. I was terrified that I would manage to stall the car enough times to wind up in Puget Sound backwards.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 11:47 PM (rbvCR)

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