Overnight Open Thread [06/01/2026]

It is tempting to assume that the physical beauty of America is dominated by its magnificent mountains and deserts and coasts. But a trip through the heartland reveals the quiet beauty of our rich agricultural tradition, and the subtle glories of American farmland and prairie. Or the gentle rolling hills of Texas or the steeper ones of New Hampshire. Or the endless forests of the mid-Atlantic. It's all wonderful!

Before all else, be armed.

-- Niccolo Machiavelli

It is far better to be alone, then to be in bad company.

-- George Washington

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

-- Winston Churchill

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

-- Edmund Burke

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

-- Adam Smith

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Here's Richie Havens playing Going Back To My Roots. Good music by an underrated singer.
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Whistleblower claims CIA used DNA data from Ancestry and 23andMe customers in search for aliens

Jorjani claimed that he was alerted to this bug-hunting initiative by army veteran Lyn Buchanan, who claims he was a “psychic spy” with the CIA’s remote viewing program — which investigated whether individuals could use extrasensory perception to conduct recon on distant objects, events or people.
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“They live in like small towns in the [Colorado] Rockies, and they pass because they look like tall Scandinavian people,” remarked Jorjani (pictured). YouTube/@jessemichels
Jorjani said Buchanan had informed him that former CIA analyst and UAP specialist Christopher “Kit” Green had devised a backdoor way of accessing 23andMe and Ancestry — uber-popular sites that break down users’ family trees — to screen users for a specific “genetic variance” linked to nonhuman beings.
Green was notably part of the Remote Viewing Program in the 1970s, but left the intelligence agency long before the founding of the DNA detective sites.
Buchanan reportedly learned of this so-called campaign after being approached at a diner by three individuals claiming to be Nordics — tall, blue-eyed, blond visitors from beyond that are said to be living covertly among us.

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Great movie lines! There are thousands, and these popped into my head in a matter of seconds. Have at it with your own favorites, although be warned, YouTube doesn't have all of them neatly cut out of the movies. One of my favorites is nowhere to be found: "Words...just words!" Identify it first and you get a Balsa Membership with Troll-B-Gon add-on.
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How dare you show your back to me!
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I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit
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Two days ago I saw a vehicle that'd haul that tanker
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It's just a flesh wound
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The French Note

Glen took a dream vacation to Paris. He saw the Eiffel Tower, toured the Louvre and took a boat ride down the Seine. He definitely wanted to have some haute French cuisine, so he picked out the nicest restaurant he could afford. He was waiting for his table at the bar when the beautiful bartender dropped a note in front of him. It was in French, which he couldn’t read. When he was seated, he asked his waiter if he could tell him what it said. The waiter said, “Yes, of course, let me see it.” Upon reading it, the waiter had Glen forcibly removed from the restaurant.
Now Glen was sitting on the curb outside the restaurant, trying to figure out what just happened. A police officer came by and asked what he was doing. Glen explained “Well, I came to take my dream vacation to Paris. I saw the Eiffel Tower, toured the Louvre and took a boat ride down the Seine. I definitely wanted to have some haute French cuisine, so I picked out the nicest restaurant I could afford. I was waiting for my table at the bar when a beautiful bartender dropped a note in front of me. It was in French, which I can’t read. When I was seated, I asked my waiter if he could tell me what it said. The waiter said of course, but upon reading it, the waiter had me forcibly removed from the restaurant.”
“Hhmmmm…” said the police officer “You better let me see this note.” So Glen gave note to the police officer. Upon reading the note the officer put Glen under arrest.
Glen was brought before a magistrate, where he protested “Your honor, I have done nothing wrong, I don’t know why I’m here. See I came to take my dream vacation to Paris. I saw the Eiffel Tower, toured the Louvre and took a boat ride down the Seine. I definitely wanted to have some haute French cuisine, so I picked out the nicest restaurant I could afford. I was waiting for my table at the bar when a beautiful bartender dropped a note in front of me. It was in French, which I can’t read. When I was seated, I asked my waiter if he could tell me what it said. The waiter said of course, but upon reading it, he had me forcibly removed from the restaurant. Then I was sitting on the curb outside the restaurant when a police officer came by, and after I let him see the note he put me under arrest.”
“Bring this note forward.” Ordered the judge. Glen gave the note to the judge. Upon reading the note the judge ordered Glen to be exiled from France.
Glen soon found himself on an airplane out of France back to America, which annoyed him as he still had several days left in his trip. A French businessman seated next Glen asked him, “So what’s your story?”
Glen took a deep breath and then said “It started when I came to take my dream vacation to Paris. I saw the Eiffel Tower, toured the Louvre and took a boat ride down the Seine. I definitely wanted to have some haute French cuisine, so I picked out the nicest restaurant I could afford. I was waiting for my table at the bar when a beautiful bartender dropped a note in front of me. It was in French, which I can’t read. When I was seated, I asked my waiter if he could tell me what it said. The waiter said of course, but upon reading it, the waiter had me forcibly removed from the restaurant. Then I was sitting on the curb outside the restaurant when a police officer came by, and after I let him see the note he put me under arrest. I was subsequently brought before a judge, and when he saw the note, he ordered me to be exiled from France. And I still don’t even know what it says.”
“That’s quite a tale.” Remarked the businessman. “Do you still have this note?” Glen did and he gave it to the businessman. Except, instead of telling Glen what it said, he paged a flight attendant over. The flight attendant read the note and then went to talk to the pilot. Upon reading the note, the pilot personally threw Glen out of the plane.
Now the pilot wasn’t completely heartless, he did give Glen a parachute first. Glen didn’t see that it mattered too much one way or the other, as they were over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. However, as it happened, a ship was passing by and Glen was able to land right on it. Naturally Glen was brought before the captain, who wanted to know how Glen came to be on his ship. Glen explained “My story starts with what I thought would be my dream vacation to Paris. I saw the Eiffel Tower, toured the Louvre and took a boat ride down the Seine. I definitely wanted to have some haute French cuisine, so I picked out the nicest restaurant I could afford. I was waiting for my table at the bar when a beautiful bartender dropped a note in front of me. It was in French, which I can’t read. When I was seated, I asked my waiter if he could tell me what it said. The waiter said of course, but upon reading it, the waiter had me forcibly removed from the restaurant. Then I was sitting on the curb outside the restaurant when a police officer came by, and after I let him see the note he put me under arrest. I was subsequently brought before a judge, and when he saw the note, he ordered me to be exiled from France. And I still couldn’t believe it when the pilot of my plane found out what the note said he had me thrown out of the plane.”
“Wow. That must be some note.” exclaimed the captain. “You must let me read it, I speak French.”
“No,” replied Glen “I don’t think it’s a good idea for me to show it to anyone else.” Everyone was disappointed, but Glen was firm that no one would get to see this note. They found a bunk for Glen to stay in for the week-long trip to America. It was a cargo ship, and everyone else was working, so Glen thought that he ought to work as well even though no one asked him to. He helped prep food, serve and clean up in the mess hall. Everyone agreed that they were better off having Glen make the coffee. He was even offered a permanent position upon the ship.
Of course people kept pestering Glen to see this famous note, but he kept it a secret. Towards the end of the journey, as he felt that he had gotten to know everyone and bonded with them, he decided that it would be ok to show the captain the note.
Glen was immediately thrown overboard.
He was close enough at this point that he could swim ashore to his home state of New Jersey. After getting home and cleaning himself up, Glen called his girlfriend.
“Glen!” She cried “You weren’t on your return flight, I made so many phone calls, I had no idea what had happened, I thought you were dead!”
Glen took a deep breath and began explaining. “As you know I went off on what I thought would be my dream vacation to Paris. I saw the Eiffel Tower, toured the Louvre and took a boat ride down the Seine. I definitely wanted to have some haute French cuisine, so I picked out the nicest restaurant I could afford. I was waiting for my table at the bar when a rather unattractive bartender dropped a note in front of me. It was in French, which I can’t read. When I was seated, I asked my waiter if he could tell me what it said. The waiter said of course, but upon reading it, the waiter had me forcibly removed from the restaurant. Then I was sitting on the curb outside the restaurant when a police officer came by, and after I let him see the note he put me under arrest. I was subsequently brought before a judge, and when he saw the note, he ordered me to be exiled from France. And I still couldn’t believe it when the pilot of my plane found out what the note said he had me thrown out of the plane. I wouldn’t have survived except I had the luck to land on a passing ship. I didn’t want to show them the note, you understand, but for a week they badgered me to see it, and I still had no idea what it said, so I eventually let them see it. Inevitably once they saw it they threw me overboard. I still have the damn note--the paper is very good quality--and the mystery is killing me.”
Glen’s girlfriend had some doubts about this story, but instead of directly calling Glen out about it, she offered “My uncle speaks French, we could ask him what it says.”
So the two of them met and headed over to the uncle’s house. Glen told his story to the uncle--which we will omit here in the interest of time--and checked that there were no firearms in the house before handing over the note.
The uncle said, “I can translate this for you, just let me get my reading glasses.” The uncle put the note down on the coffee table and went to get his glasses. Just then a gust of wind came through and blew the note out the window, and it was never to be seen again.

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The Far Side

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1 hello, hello, hello

Posted by: IS Roth at June 01, 2026 09:58 PM (jOiUM)

2 Vienna calling

Posted by: IS Roth at June 01, 2026 09:59 PM (jOiUM)

3 I'm just bolled over by the top pic.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 01, 2026 10:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 1st

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 01, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)

5 Corgis summoned

Posted by: SciVo at June 01, 2026 10:00 PM (Sy6m/)

6 Evening.

Posted by: ballistic at June 01, 2026 10:00 PM (oqH4h)

7 dang it now for the content

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 01, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)

8 Good evening morons und danke CBD

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:00 PM (RIvkX)

9 Roustabout

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 01, 2026 10:01 PM (M4gnG)

10 "Words...just words" is from Star Trek II.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 01, 2026 10:01 PM (CHHv1)

11 Why would aliens submit their DNS to a human website?

Don't they know where they come from?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 01, 2026 10:02 PM (CHHv1)

12 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 01, 2026 10:02 PM (w3u3d)

13
Oh, when those cotton bolls get rotten,
You can't pick very much cotton

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 01, 2026 10:02 PM (ixS3i)

14 Jorjani said Buchanan had informed him that former CIA analyst and UAP specialist Christopher “Kit” Green had devised a backdoor way of accessing 23andMe and Ancestry — uber-popular sites that break down users’ family trees — to screen users for a specific “genetic variance” linked to nonhuman beings.
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State of California sued 23andMe last week for data security breaches.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)

15 I don't know where the first quote came from. I know the rest of them.

Posted by: polynikes at June 01, 2026 10:02 PM (WNOcj)

16
It is far better to be alone, then to be in bad company.

-- George Washington

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*looks around ONT*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 01, 2026 10:03 PM (O0L8i)

17 "Words...just words" is from Star Trek II.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 01, 2026 10:01 PM (CHHv1)

That guess is so shitty I am demoting you to a wet cardboard membership.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 10:03 PM (iERP6)

18 That french thing was cruel.

Posted by: IS Roth at June 01, 2026 10:03 PM (jOiUM)

19 [redacted because San Franpsycho ruined a good joke!][CBD]
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And then the murders began.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)

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Why would aliens submit their DNS to a human website?

Because they want to connect to the internet?

(It's an acronym joke)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 01, 2026 10:04 PM (ixS3i)

21 Words just words is related to one of the other quotes

Posted by: polynikes at June 01, 2026 10:04 PM (WNOcj)

22 It was down in Louisiana, just about a mile from Tex - Arkansas ...

Posted by: Adriane the Leadbelly Critic . . . at June 01, 2026 10:04 PM (3ZUWJ)

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...sued 23andMe last week for data security breaches.

Well, slap my ass and call me, "Sally"!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 01, 2026 10:05 PM (ixS3i)

24 Here's Richie Havens ...

San Francisco Bay is my favorite.

youtube.com/watch?v=uqMUlR23EWY

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 01, 2026 10:06 PM (M4gnG)

25
Texarkana

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 01, 2026 10:06 PM (ixS3i)

26 My dad said If I Had a Boat by Lyle Lovett was the stupidest song he had ever heard. I've always kind of liked it.

Posted by: huerfano at June 01, 2026 10:06 PM (VJX5o)

27 "They live in like small towns in the [Colorado] Rockies..."

I've long been suspicious of many of the new "citizens" moving here...🤔

Good evening all!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 01, 2026 10:07 PM (uTEOj)

28 "Go to Hell." Start Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

https://youtu.be/fg58_DDLvhw?t=60

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 01, 2026 10:07 PM (qx7Zg)

29
It's just a flesh wound

Most anything with Ron Jeremy ...

just sayin'

Posted by: Adriane the Leadbelly Critic . . . at June 01, 2026 10:07 PM (3ZUWJ)

30 Alright, we'll call it a draw.

Posted by: The Black Knight at June 01, 2026 10:07 PM (/HDaX)

31 I want my 2 dollars !!

Posted by: polynikes at June 01, 2026 10:07 PM (WNOcj)

32 Richie Havens sounds like JJ is singing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

33 "Man, it's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 01, 2026 10:09 PM (g14+z)

34 THIS. IS. ~~SPARTA!~~ THE ONT!

(Fixed for accuracy)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 01, 2026 10:09 PM (gnNyN)

35

Ain't gonna make a cotton picker outta me

https://youtu.be/K0GB3CnULEg

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 01, 2026 10:09 PM (Cqx++)

36 a backdoor way of accessing 23andMe and Ancestry — uber-popular sites that break down users’ family trees — to screen users for a specific “genetic variance” linked to nonhuman beings.
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Any undercover alien wouldn't be using 23 & Me, unless it was trolling us.

Posted by: Methos at June 01, 2026 10:09 PM (vSvIl)

37 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, Greetings from Amish Country at June 01, 2026 10:09 PM (bfy6w)

38 Glen needs to learn about Google translate.

Posted by: Heroq at June 01, 2026 10:10 PM (Tpp9k)

39 Evenin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, Greetings from Amish Country

Well, how-dee-do ...

Posted by: Adriane the Leadbelly Critic . . . at June 01, 2026 10:11 PM (3ZUWJ)

40 Luther Campbell?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 01, 2026 10:11 PM (/HDaX)

41 > Whistleblower claims CIA used DNA data from Ancestry and 23andMe customers in search for aliens
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State of California sued 23andMe last week for data security breaches.
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We already know California is full of aliens.... what's the big deal?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 01, 2026 10:11 PM (jehhT)

42 >>Here's Richie Havens playing

My ex's sister was a friend of Richies.

We're going to have a conversation someday about your music taste. Right after we discuss why you blow off oyster festivals while pretending English cooking is good.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 01, 2026 10:11 PM (viF8m)

43 Tina, you fat lard, come get some dinner.

Tina, eat the food.

-Napoleon Dynamite.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 01, 2026 10:11 PM (TbUYH)

44 That alien story is the TV show Resident Alien. Also takes place in a small Colorado town.

Posted by: Heroq at June 01, 2026 10:12 PM (Tpp9k)

45 Wow...I am a CCR fan, but not familiar with that tune...so thanks!

Posted by: The Grateful at June 01, 2026 10:12 PM (wR7HR)

46 I was on a plane once with a bunch of very tall, very blonde people who spoke a language that sounded odd to my American ears. They were definitely aliens. They'd been to Lake Powell on vacation, from Sweden, I think.

Posted by: huerfano at June 01, 2026 10:12 PM (VJX5o)

47 We're supposed to supply quotes?

And somebody ought to belt you in the mouth. But I won't. I won't. The hell I won't.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 01, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

48 Just then a gust of wind came through and blew the note out the window, and it was never to be seen again.

Well obviously - the note said "the carrier of this letter is a suspected Bonapartist!" So no self respecting Frenchman would have anything to do with him.

The regular Frenchmen don't like him either.

Posted by: Adriane the Count of Monte Cristo Critic . . . at June 01, 2026 10:13 PM (3ZUWJ)

49 Language Lessons. Inspiring words from a man who knows how to ski.

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at June 01, 2026 10:14 PM (ohyUf)

50 That's a Norm McDonald joke, isn't it?

Evening, Horde.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 01, 2026 10:14 PM (aJQbY)

51 Jorjani claimed that he was alerted to this bug-hunting initiative by army veteran Lyn Buchanan, who claims he was a “psychic spy” with the CIA’s remote viewing program — which investigated whether individuals could use extrasensory perception to conduct recon on distant objects, events or people.
Jorjani. 3

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Sweet Jesus Lord!
Will we never be rid of all that remote viewing bullsh*t? I knew many of the players back in the day. A complete crock of crap.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 10:14 PM (2WIwB)

52 The French Note could have been better.

Needed about another 6 or 7 paragraphs . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 01, 2026 10:14 PM (Jr+re)

53 It WAS somewhat naive of Cameron to predict that Skynet would become selfaware on Windows 95 and Pentium servers.

Posted by: gKWVE 1997 at June 01, 2026 10:14 PM (gKWVE)

54 Thanks for the ONT.

Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

55 Well, this is some bullshit!

Posted by: Harry Vanderspeigle at June 01, 2026 10:14 PM (/HDaX)

56 ====
State of California sued 23andMe last week for data security breaches.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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PO'd they didn't get the information first?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 01, 2026 10:15 PM (M4gnG)

57 The French Note could have been better.

Needed about another 6 or 7 paragraphs . . . . . .
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 01, 2026 10:14 PM (Jr+re)

It was a mistake.

Posted by: Buddy at June 01, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

58 CCR bringing it!
Great selection.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

59 I love how AI is going to be Terminator and it’s all one giant scam that is about to crash and burn.

Posted by: Heroq at June 01, 2026 10:16 PM (Tpp9k)

60 "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 01, 2026 10:16 PM (gnNyN)

61
Brewers are beating up the Giants. Now 16-2.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 01, 2026 10:16 PM (O0L8i)

62 If you never spent time around the cotton fields in the Mississippi Delta, bring some bug spray. I've been to Rosedale. My beloved grew up nearby. Have family buried there. And living there. Didn't meet the devil, but it is a hellhole with third world poverty. If you haven't seen it, you don't know.

Still, it has a je ne sai quote
https://tinyurl.com/nbpk5kwf

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at June 01, 2026 10:16 PM (icdz0)

63 Seen online...

Three men are on the run after raiding a fancy dress shop that specialises in 80's pop groups.

The owners are hoping that they'll turn themselves into The Police.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 01, 2026 10:16 PM (qx7Zg)

64 In my younger days, I would have been concerned with the Adam Smith quote. Not now. The side chosen, either vice or virtue, seems to result in lying or at least dimming of true purpose.

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 01, 2026 10:16 PM (Jr+re)

65 Will we never be rid of all that remote viewing bullsh*t? I knew many of the players back in the day. A complete crock of crap.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 10:14 PM (2WIwB)
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It's very 70s culty EST TM TV movie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

66 It was a mistake.
Posted by: Buddy

*** POW ***

Posted by: Mangy Cowboy at June 01, 2026 10:17 PM (3ZUWJ)

67 The Far Side comic is interesting though. Also ahead of its time. The guy could be using a rationed cellphone in the Starlink era.
He's still fucked.

Posted by: gKWVE 1997 at June 01, 2026 10:17 PM (gKWVE)

68
King Cotton

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 01, 2026 10:17 PM (M4gnG)

69 The French Note could have been better.

Needed about another 6 or 7 paragraphs . . . . . .
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 01, 2026 10:14 PM (Jr+re)

Still.
That's four minutes of my life I'm not getting back.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 10:18 PM (2WIwB)

70 Thanks for the ONT, CBD!

That joke about the trip to France was great! Surely novels will be written about what the note said...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 01, 2026 10:18 PM (D/6p1)

71 The Far Side comic is interesting though. Also ahead of its time. The guy could be using a rationed cellphone in the Starlink era.
He's still fucked.
Posted by: gKWVE 1997 at June 01, 2026 10:17 PM (gKWVE)
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His life raft is made of Chinesium.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 01, 2026 10:18 PM (gnNyN)

72
"I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

"No, not that one -- the gay one."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 01, 2026 10:18 PM (ixS3i)

73 Glen needs to learn about Google translate.
Posted by: Heroq at June 01, 2026 10:10 PM (Tpp9k)

Or a French-English Dictionary.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 01, 2026 10:18 PM (qx7Zg)

74 It was a mistake.
Posted by: Buddy

*** POW ***
Posted by: Mangy Cowboy at June 01, 2026 10:17 PM (3ZUWJ)

He hit Buddy! Come on girls!

Posted by: Faggots at June 01, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

75 Mets in town this week.

Beautiful evening for baseball.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 01, 2026 10:18 PM (TbUYH)

76 I'm just bolled over by the top pic.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 01, 2026 10:00 PM (1Ff7Z)
* * * *
*SNORT*

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 01, 2026 10:18 PM (D/6p1)

77 That's bullshit. You're a white suburban punk just like me.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 01, 2026 10:19 PM (gpQ8/)

78 Thanks for the ONT, CBD!

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 01, 2026 10:19 PM (Jr+re)

79 Win ahh wuzz a little bitty baby
Mah mamma would a-rock me in da cradle
In them old cotton fields back home

*Thangya verra much*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 01, 2026 10:20 PM (u/oMr)

80 Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
-- Edmund Burke

Or the absence of responsibility.

Posted by: GWB at June 01, 2026 10:20 PM (kU0PQ)

81 "It's good to be the King."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 01, 2026 10:21 PM (gnNyN)

82 60 "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 01, 2026 10:16 PM (gnNyN)

"I knew it! I'm surrounded by Assholes!"

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 01, 2026 10:21 PM (qx7Zg)

83 65 Will we never be rid of all that remote viewing bullsh*t? I knew many of the players back in the day. A complete crock of crap.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 10:14 PM (2WIwB)
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Paging, doctor Richard Alpert PhD. Richard Alpert to the red phone we have an emergency situation @ station PNW.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 01, 2026 10:21 PM (M4gnG)

84 My dad said If I Had a Boat by Lyle Lovett was the stupidest song he had ever heard. I've always kind of liked it.

Posted by: huerfano at June 01, 2026 10:06 PM (VJX5o)

I always liked Bears. That was a cool song.

https://tinyurl.com/ufk59d9j

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at June 01, 2026 10:21 PM (icdz0)

85 That french thing was cruel.
Posted by: IS Roth at June 01, 2026 10:03 PM (jOiUM)
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The ending could have been worse, with the note being consumed by a shaggy dog.

Posted by: mrp at June 01, 2026 10:22 PM (rj6Yv)

86 It's very 70s culty EST TM TV movie.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

Along with the "psychic" spoon-bending crap from a certain brigadier general I knew back then. It was hard enough being an army intelligence officer back then tracking Russians without having to live down that hocus-pocus horseshit.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)

87 Favorite movie line will always be delivered by the Duke:

"I'm not gonna hit ya. I'm not gonna hit ya. The hell I'm not." *WHACK*

=McLintock!

Posted by: Orson at June 01, 2026 10:23 PM (dIske)

88
Unfortunately, shaggy-dog stories sorely try my patience. Especially since there's no payoff.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 01, 2026 10:23 PM (O0L8i)

89 If I had a boat
I'd listen to Yacht Music

Posted by: wth at June 01, 2026 10:23 PM (oq9dX)

90 King Biscuit Flower Hour > King Cotton

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 01, 2026 10:23 PM (jehhT)

91 "Hey, do you know the way to Shell Beach?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 01, 2026 10:23 PM (gnNyN)

92 89 If I had a boat
I'd listen to Yacht Music

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Trust me, it's a burden.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 01, 2026 10:24 PM (u/oMr)

93 CCR has always been in my top three bands.
One of the best things to come out of California.

Posted by: Case at June 01, 2026 10:24 PM (8XBuM)

94
Ed Dames, "remote viewer" of Art Bell fame, died recently, I remember. March, I think.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 01, 2026 10:24 PM (w6EFb)

95 Along with the "psychic" spoon-bending crap from a certain brigadier general I knew back then. It was hard enough being an army intelligence officer back then tracking Russians without having to live down that hocus-pocus horseshit.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)
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Aaaahh Uri Geller?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:24 PM (RIvkX)

96 No, thats just what they'll be expecting us to do.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s)

97 Yesterday I discovered that one of my plum trees broke a branch because it had too many green plums on it. There is not much use for unripe plums, so I decided to pick them off the branch and turn them into "olives"
The first step is to soak them in brine for a week, then rinse and soak in brine for two months, and then pickle them in a vinegar pickle for a couple of days.
You have the choice of keeping them in olive oil after that, or leave them in the pickle.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 01, 2026 10:24 PM (rbvCR)

98 Now we know where ABBA really came from.

Posted by: davidt at June 01, 2026 10:25 PM (Q+gd/)

99 "You remind me of the babe. What babe? Babe with the power. What power? The power of voodoo."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 01, 2026 10:26 PM (gnNyN)

100 >>Wow...I am a CCR fan, but not familiar with that tune...so thanks!

I used to travel constantly for work. I always played this before I left. Good luck charm.

https://tinyurl.com/bdzdtkvs

Posted by: JackStraw at June 01, 2026 10:26 PM (viF8m)

101 Hopper didnt disappear- he was skinned alive!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 10:27 PM (zZu0s)

102 “Madness!”

From Bridge on that river I can’t spell

Posted by: Javems at June 01, 2026 10:27 PM (zFsEm)

103 Kwai?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 10:27 PM (zZu0s)

104
Kwai

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 01, 2026 10:28 PM (ixS3i)

105 >>>The French Note

That's the kind of story that makes me want to punch the author.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 01, 2026 10:28 PM (syz1S)

106 Elvis is not dead- he just went home.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 10:28 PM (zZu0s)

107 It is far better to be alone, then to be in bad company.

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And being in Bad Company is far better than being in Mott the Hoople.

Posted by: Mick Ralphs at June 01, 2026 10:29 PM (u/oMr)

108 Hello, Horde! I posted this downstairs, but I am reposting it here:

In medical news, I had my CT Scan this morning, then saw the oncology surgeon this afternoon.

Everything looks good/stable - no new tumors, and the ones that are there have pretty much stayed the same or shrunk ever so slightly (so much so that it could just be user interpretation). No metastises seen, so that is good, too.

Apparently I CAN stay on this protocol more than 6 months at a time, so we are going to continue to do fills with the medication, alternating with "placebo" fills every other 2 weeks as before.

I will say that the doctor seemed QUITE pleased with my progress; I am not sure that when he first saw me 20 months ago that he thought that I would still be kickin' it all these months later. I have apparently responded EXTREMELY well to these protocols. Honestly, it's just luck of the draw - many others have been on these same meds and not had good results.

Those prayers are working, folks! We are extremely grateful for each and every one of them.

So good news all around! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 01, 2026 10:29 PM (SRRAx)

109 You see we started a game we never got to finish 'play for blood'? And this time, it's legal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)

110 That's Right, You're Not From Texas

youtu.be/fLU_IYflUkQ&t=30

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 01, 2026 10:29 PM (M4gnG)

111 Favorite movie line will always be delivered by the Duke:
"I'm not gonna hit ya. I'm not gonna hit ya.

"I guess you think I'm kickin' ya, Bob..."

Posted by: gKWVE 1991 at June 01, 2026 10:29 PM (gKWVE)

112 You can't dust for vomit.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 01, 2026 10:30 PM (wVcYX)

113 CCR has always been in my top three bands.
One of the best things to come out of California.
Posted by: Case
......

I always thought they were born on the bayou.

Posted by: wth at June 01, 2026 10:30 PM (oq9dX)

114 Paging, doctor Richard Alpert PhD. Richard Alpert to the red phone we have an emergency situation @ station PNW.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 01, 2026 10:21 PM (M4gnG)

***

Him and that cocksucker Leary. Had an excellent troop in my platoon in Germany. Got a call one night. The kid wigged out. Sat straight up in bed and was gonzo. Had to medivac him back to the states. His buddy in high school years before had slipped him some LSD. He was fine for years then wham! Flashback.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 10:30 PM (2WIwB)

115 "HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUCK MY BALLS, MR. GARRISON?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 01, 2026 10:30 PM (gnNyN)

116 I suppose I should have mentioned to him that for whatever reason my body has always demonstrated an incredible will to live.

There has been more than one occasion when I should not have survived, but I was always blissfully unaware until long after the fact that I shouldn't have walked out of the hospital.

I know the odds with this beast, but I think that I just want to stick around and keep the Bucket List Party going 😂😂😂 (Paul has clipped my wings a bit on that, but there aren't any blowout trips planned in the foreseeable future - just a couple of local concerts and shows where we won't be flying or staying in hotels)

Can't blow through the kids' inheritance if I'm not here to spend the money, amiright? 🥳🥳🥳

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 01, 2026 10:30 PM (SRRAx)

117 I thought it was common knowledge that the ten lost tribes were aliens and that DNA tests were superfluous.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 01, 2026 10:30 PM (D1E+2)

118 I always thought they were born on the bayou.
Posted by: wth at June 01, 2026 10:30 PM (oq9dX)

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Nope. Berkeley-based.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 01, 2026 10:31 PM (u/oMr)

119 Aaaahh Uri Geller?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:24 PM (RIvkX)

Stubblebine.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 10:32 PM (2WIwB)

120
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 01, 2026 10:29 PM (SRRAx)
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b"h for good health.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

121 Hello. Thanks for a nice ONT smorgasbord, CBD
Haaalllp. I watched a 'strange, dark, and mysterious' video on YuteOob, then another, and my sidebar of suggestions is overflowing with them. And by strange dark and mysterious, I mostly mean artificial slop, bogus, and inconclusive.

The only 'real' one was "Remains of missing Taos woman Melissa Casias found in Carson National Forest."

Admiral Byrd Aired One TV Interview in 1954
What He Said About the Old World on Camera

The Bells They Keep Finding in Coal Seams —
Every One Is Made of the Same Alloy That Shouldn't Exist

Mysterious Things Captured by Airport Security Cameras

and so on.

It's aliens. Nordics, naturally.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Rudy and Mae - what a team-up at June 01, 2026 10:33 PM (kU8xu)

122 'A man's got to know his limitations'.

Since Clint Eastwood came up earlier.

Posted by: Puddleglum, Greetings from Amish Country at June 01, 2026 10:33 PM (bfy6w)

123 God Bless you, Teresa! May you have many fun bucket list adventures ahead. ❤️

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at June 01, 2026 10:33 PM (icdz0)

124 Those prayers are working, folks! We are extremely grateful for each and every one of them.

So good news all around! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas,
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👍

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 01, 2026 10:34 PM (M4gnG)

125 Oh, How ordinawy

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 01, 2026 10:34 PM (w/O5Q)

126 So that's what a Berkeley accent sounds like.

Posted by: wth at June 01, 2026 10:35 PM (oq9dX)

127
It's aliens. Nordics, naturally.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Rudy and Mae - what a team-up

Filthy Scandis

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 01, 2026 10:36 PM (ixS3i)

128
“Madness!”

From Bridge on that river I can’t spell
Posted by: Javems

With or without parachute?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 01, 2026 10:36 PM (Cqx++)

129 > Can't blow through the kids' inheritance if I'm not here to spend the money, amiright? 🥳🥳🥳
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.
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My reason for living. 😉

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 01, 2026 10:36 PM (jehhT)

130 Uri Gellar was part of Stargate, for a while.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 01, 2026 10:37 PM (rbvCR)

131 I think Ancient Aliens had an episode or two on how aliens would come to Earth to bang some Terrans.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 01, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

132 CCR did a lot of great covers.

Posted by: Don Black at June 01, 2026 10:37 PM (ZxPkt)

133 That pointless story about the French note was already ancient when I heard it in high school in the 1950s. The oldest known version is an 1896 story "The Mysterious Card" by Cleveland Moffett which can be read e.g. at Project Gutenberg or Wikisource. (Moffett wrote a sequel, "The Mysterious Card Unveiled", which purports to explain it.) A later (1937) story with the same theme is "The Most Maddening Story in the World" by Ralph Straus, which can be read at Project Gutenberg Australia. I don't know if I can post links here but these stories are discussed and links provided at scifi.stackexchange.com in answer to question 95027, "Short Story: Man has a Letter he can't read and nobody will translate it for him".

Posted by: bof at June 01, 2026 10:38 PM (wQY1T)

134 @NEWSMAX
·
3h
A federal judge on Monday ordered the National Park Service to allow a liberal advocacy group to display an "86-47" flag near the National Mall, ruling that the message is protected political speech and does not constitute a threat against President Donald Trump.

Posted by: Don Black at June 01, 2026 10:38 PM (ZxPkt)

135 Haven't thought of Lyle Lovett in forever as I did not like to look at him. Maybe his music is good as I won't know. I did remember his brief marriage to big mouth Julia Roberts, which grossed me out at the time.

Then I remembered Renee Zelweger and Kenny Chesney's even briefer marriage. I didn't listen to him, either, because I also didn't like looking at him. He may have some good music as well.

I have always wondered for a nanosecond per decade about these couples.

These are my thoughts for June 1st.

I am glad the Colorado aliens are blonde with blue eyes vs Somolian.

I almost feel normal again after family virus/trip/exhaustion and vast irritation that I missed most of May.

I remain irritated by the weird spring and my roses being as confused as I am about my world. I am unsure what this is going to mean for the rest of the year, but it's a sign.

Thanks for the ONT and my source in this blog for normal people.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 01, 2026 10:38 PM (WONhk)

136 Right after we discuss why you blow off oyster festivals while pretending English cooking is good.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 01, 2026 10:11 PM (viF8m)

Circumstances my dear boy... circumstances!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 10:39 PM (iERP6)

137 Do you like movies about Gladiators?

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 01, 2026 10:39 PM (/+uur)

138 TiFW,

You rock on, girl! So glad the prayers are helping and please know they will continue!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 01, 2026 10:39 PM (D/6p1)

139 I said I would kill you last...

You did. You did.

I lied.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 10:39 PM (zZu0s)

140 >>> 127
It's aliens. Nordics, naturally.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Rudy and Mae - what a team-up

Filthy Scandis
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 01, 2026 10:36 PM (ixS3i)

Icebacks!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 01, 2026 10:39 PM (R+iUD)

141 Aliens want to bang Texans?
Well that should be interesting.

Posted by: wth at June 01, 2026 10:40 PM (oq9dX)

142 >>>slipped him some LSD. He was fine for years then wham! Flashback.
Posted by: Diogenes
---

They are redoing research using it for resolving PTSD and homosexuality illusions.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 01, 2026 10:40 PM (M4gnG)

143 I didnt kill my wife!

I don't care!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 10:40 PM (zZu0s)

144 130 Uri Gellar was part of Stargate, for a while.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 01, 2026 10:37 PM (rbvCR)

Project Stargate. You had me worried Gellar was part of the SG-1 series.

Posted by: gKWVE 1998 at June 01, 2026 10:40 PM (gKWVE)

145 141 Aliens want to bang Texans?
Well that should be interesting.

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Come for the Devils Tower made out of mashed potatoes

Stay for the anal probing

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 01, 2026 10:41 PM (u/oMr)

146 CCR did a lot of great covers.
Posted by: Don Black

But CRC solved a lot more homework ...

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Monday . . . at June 01, 2026 10:41 PM (3ZUWJ)

147 You see, Madam, how i make everything new?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 10:41 PM (zZu0s)

148 141 Aliens want to bang Texans?
Well that should be interesting.
Posted by: wth at June 01, 2026 10:40 PM (oq9dX)

Hank
I got 2 greys and a lizard.

Posted by: Wilbur T Texan at June 01, 2026 10:41 PM (/+uur)

149 The French Note - Should have known. A tale with that much winding build-up could only be a shaggy dog tale.

Strange, dark, an mysterious.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it was the handwriting at June 01, 2026 10:41 PM (kU8xu)

150 > Can't blow through the kids' inheritance if I'm not here to spend the money, amiright? 🥳🥳🥳
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn

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As an only daughter of people with an inheritance they can blow through. I've always lived frugally. To their embarrassment at times.
But I would rather have my folks than their money.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at June 01, 2026 10:42 PM (icdz0)

151
That quote is a memorable moment from the classic sci-fi action film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981).
It happens during the scene where the refinery community's leader, Pappagallo, is trying to convince his people to make a dangerous break for the coast using the fuel tanker. A cynical member of the community named Big Rebecca shuts down his inspirational speech by telling him:
"Words, just words. You're going to die for a pipe-dream."
Immediately after she says it, the Warrior Woman speaks up to defend the plan, and Max (Mel Gibson) quietly starts prepping his shotgun, showing he's ready to drive the rig.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 01, 2026 10:42 PM (QVmho)

152 Teresa,
Great news! So happy to hear that you are stable and sticking around! You are an inspiration!!
Tell Paul not to be such a party pooper. What else is on your bucket list? Remember, no regerts!!!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 01, 2026 10:42 PM (VCgbV)

153 And Paul should really hope the aliens who find us aren't horny, because he stands to be rejected not just by every woman on Earth but also in a 30-light-year radius.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 01, 2026 10:43 PM (gKWVE)

154 The establishment really really hates Trump

this judge is trying to hamstring the case against Comey

Posted by: Don Black at June 01, 2026 10:43 PM (ZxPkt)

155 Zed's dead, baby.

Posted by: wth at June 01, 2026 10:43 PM (oq9dX)

156 >>> 149 The French Note - Should have known. A tale with that much winding build-up could only be a shaggy dog tale.

Strange, dark, an mysterious.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it was the handwriting at June 01, 2026 10:41 PM (kU8xu)

Not always.

Posted by: stayed lions at June 01, 2026 10:43 PM (R+iUD)

157 Teresa, you are amazing. Keep firing on all cylinders, sweet lady.

We saw Seinfeld over a decade ago and worth the money. He was funny and a clean show.

So glad you are kickin' that bucket list!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 01, 2026 10:43 PM (WONhk)

158 ...uh, I mean the troll Paul (or Sid), not this other Paul

Posted by: gKWVE cursing the timing at June 01, 2026 10:43 PM (gKWVE)

159 They ought to give me Wurlitzer prize

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 01, 2026 10:43 PM (/+uur)

160 slipped him some LSD. He was fine for years then wham! Flashback.
Posted by: Diogenes
---

They are redoing research using it for resolving PTSD and homosexuality illusions.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 01, 2026 10:40 PM (M4gnG)

***

What's old is new again. Sure, ptsd research gives it an acceptable cover. I wonder how many kids they'll fuck up this time?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 10:44 PM (2WIwB)

161
“Madness!”

From Bridge on that river I can’t spell
Posted by: Javems

How could the same senior British officer be imprisoned simultaneously in Thailand and Germany? ("The Bridge Over the River Kwai" and "The Great Escape". respectively.)

Something tells me that those were not WWII documentary films after all.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 01, 2026 10:44 PM (ixS3i)

162 50 That's a Norm McDonald joke, isn't it?

Evening, Horde.
Posted by: RandomDave at June 01, 2026 10:14 PM (aJQbY)

My favorite:

A frog goes into a bank to get a loan.
https://youtu.be/kKvOjjZ4EaA

Posted by: SciVo at June 01, 2026 10:45 PM (Sy6m/)

163 Buttercup was born on a small farm in the country of Florin. Isn't that a wonderful beginning?

Yeah, it's really good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 10:46 PM (zZu0s)

164 "There ain't no iguanas."

Posted by: davidt at June 01, 2026 10:46 PM (Q+gd/)

165 >> two on how aliens would come to Earth to bang some Terrans.

That's a big part of a lot of that lore. There's a bunch of different strains of that lore. But the classic Sitchin Anunnaki version has of course, the Anunnaki creating humans by genetic engineering. And they were a bunch of horn dogs (The "sons of God" and "daughters of men"). Also, the female Anunnaki dug the human Paolos big time, too.

And the Nordic/Tall-White (Pleiades/Lyra) females are basically some sci-fi horny nerd type of fantasy. Think Natasha Henstridge or Syndey Sweeny playing tall hot she-aliens.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 01, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

166 The French Note
CBD is as cruel as ace

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 01, 2026 10:46 PM (6U1c2)

167 People in the South embraced CCR as our own, still do.
You may hear them at any time come blasting over the radio.
I heard "It Came Out Of The Sky" just the other day. Love that song, it's funny.

Posted by: Case at June 01, 2026 10:46 PM (8XBuM)

168 Kwai sounds right. On my phone so I can’ credit

Posted by: Javems at June 01, 2026 10:46 PM (zFsEm)

169 Come for the Devils Tower made out of mashed potatoes

Stay for the anal probing
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 01, 2026 10:41 PM (u/oMr)
===

Say what now?

Posted by: Richard Dreyfus at June 01, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

170 Napoleon Dunamite>>>>>Mystic Pizza.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 01, 2026 10:46 PM (A5RD0)

171
But CRC solved a lot more homework ...

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic

There's a call back to the fusty and musty past!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 01, 2026 10:46 PM (ixS3i)

172 @43. "I caught you a delicious bass"

"Do the chickens have large talons?"

"Don't be mad cuz I've been chatting with babes online all day"

"Bow to your Sensai... BOW TO YOUR SENSAI!"

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 01, 2026 10:47 PM (kOluj)

173
Forgot to sock Wesley Crusher.

Dangit.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 01, 2026 10:47 PM (QVmho)

174 How about a nice game of chess?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB)

175 Well, the start was wonderfully lyrical and true.

By the end I didn't know what to think.

So, this ONT fits right in with the rest of my life right now.

Kudos, I suppose.

Posted by: jocon307 at June 01, 2026 10:48 PM (EuROc)

176 Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 01, 2026 10:42 PM (QVmho)

Ah...a scholar of great movies!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 10:49 PM (iERP6)

177 "I don't want to be a pie! I don't like gravy."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 01, 2026 10:50 PM (gnNyN)

178 The establishment really really hates Trump

this judge is trying to hamstring the case against Comey
Posted by: Don Black

Wonder what the judge would think if somebody put "86 Da Judge" on his house?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 01, 2026 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)

179 One man one boat!

Posted by: Elbridge Gerry at June 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rgnea)

180 Her favorite pasttimes were riding her horse and tormenting the farm boy who worked there. His name was Wesley- but she never called him that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 10:51 PM (zZu0s)

181 I think Ancient Aliens had an episode or two on how aliens would come to Earth to bang some Terrans.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 01, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

If their females look like Seven of Nine I'll leave the light on for them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 01, 2026 10:51 PM (snZF9)

182 I need to find the bar of soap in the London hotel story...

So old I read it on a usernet ...

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Monday . . . at June 01, 2026 10:51 PM (3ZUWJ)

183
And you lot let TJM troll you...
Pigman: "Gene Hackman and Michael Caine in the same movie. A Bridge Too Far. With this, my thesis is complete. I can now turn off the TV... and go to sleep."
Gutter: "Man, you've been in those pajamas for three semesters."
Pigman: "That's okay. I'm going to sleep for four."

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 01, 2026 10:51 PM (QVmho)

184 >> If their females look like Seven of Nine I'll leave the light on for them.

That's what the female Nordics are supposed to look like, of course. And quite tall.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 01, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

185 I was driving the spawn to the range this afternoon and while we were driving I notice some movement near the bottom of my dash... there was a small garter snake under my hood and it decided to peep out and see what was going on. I pulled over when I could and popped my hood to find the little guy but I couldn't find it. I hope he found a good place to drop to the ground and he's ok.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 01, 2026 10:52 PM (VCgbV)

186 Straits cover of Middle Age Crazy is damn nice

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 01, 2026 10:52 PM (/+uur)

187 One man takes the rifle. The other waits. When the man with the rifle is killed, the other man picks up the rifle.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 01, 2026 10:52 PM (zZu0s)

188 Can’t see either

Posted by: Javems at June 01, 2026 10:54 PM (zFsEm)

189 Non!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 01, 2026 10:54 PM (1Ff7Z)

190 Mah mamma would a-rock me in da cradle
In them old cotton fields back home

*Thangya verra much*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 01, 2026 10:20 PM (u/oMr)
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Dat should be "dem" old cotton fields
*Resident Redneck and Ebonics Translator

I found a little tiny spiral bound notebook from 4th grade that I think should be published in all the weirdness of my then mindset.

It has pages of "foreign" auto plates invading our neighborhood. A brief spy week or two with my brother.

A mention of a birthday party and I was NOT inviting Carol Ross (whoever she was and unsure what she did to me).

Plus drawings of various Barbie type women with bullet boobies. One of a RN in a cap holding a baby (I was a newborn nurse decades later but did not wear my cap with scrubs...a foretelling).

The entire lyrics of My Old Kentucky Home appear for reasons unknown. That made me laugh as well.

I am saving it for my sons to find after I blast off to heaven someday. I was one weird little girl and one of my granddaughters may be a lot like me in spirit and looks, which should scare people.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 01, 2026 10:54 PM (WONhk)

191 >> If their females look like Seven of Nine I'll leave the light on for them.

That's what the female Nordics are supposed to look like, of course. And quite tall.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 01, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

My electric bill is going to take a hit. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 01, 2026 10:54 PM (snZF9)

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Marcia Lucas, the woman who saved "Star Wars", passed away on May 27.

I bet ol' George still feels a sting that she earned an Oscar for her work on that film and he did not.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at June 01, 2026 10:55 PM (ixS3i)

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