Mid-Morning Art Thread

Bonaparte at the Pont D'Arcole
Antoine-Jean Gros

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:30 AM (oUopv)

2 Flamboyant!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:30 AM (oUopv)

3 Swish Buckler

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 09:31 AM (/+uur)

4 Great portrait.

Posted by: Tuna at July 24, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)

5 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:31 AM (oUopv)

6 Uses Ossoffs makeup artist.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 09:31 AM (/+uur)

7 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

8 Obligatory: Napoleon was not short

Basically a smear spread by his haters.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (3cUTc)

9
He doesn't have his dog with him. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (O0L8i)

10 Awfully fancy sash on his waist.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (ftFVW)

11 Able was I ere I saw Elba.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (/+uur)

12 That picture just screams, "I'M ALL OUT OF BUBBLE GUM!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (FZ29D)

13 Looks nothing like Bonaparte.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (oUopv)

14 He doesn't look quite so faggy......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

15 An OK effort, I suppose. Lacks proper majesty..

Posted by: Jaques-Louis David at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (s/uMh)

16 Looking behind. At boobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (0fIkm)

17 That picture just screams, "I'M ALL OUT OF BUBBLE GUM!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (FZ29D)

No sunglasses.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

18 That's some drip, as the kids say.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 09:33 AM (diia5)

19 That was his "whiff of grapeshot" moment, wasn't it?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 09:33 AM (SgdqL)

20
Pont? That's what you do on 4th down, right?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 09:33 AM (O0L8i)

21 Obligatory: Napoleon was not short

Basically a smear spread by his haters.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM (3cUTc)

This message brought to you by The Foundation for Short Kings.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

22 Pont? That's what you do on 4th down, right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 09:33 AM (O0L8i)

3rd if you're Canadian.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (2YhKe)

23 Obligatory: Napoleon was not short

Basically a smear spread by his haters.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

I believe I've read that he was average height for that time period.

Posted by: Tuna at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

24 Obligatory: Napoleon was not short

Basically a smear spread by his haters.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Tom Cruise is one inch taller than Nappy.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (oUopv)

25 Boneapart was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

26 Tom Cruise is one inch taller than Nappy.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (oUopv)

And 10% gayer.

But he does his own stunts so there's that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (ExV1e)

27 My favorite movie portrait of Nappy is Ian Holm in Time Bandits.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (SgdqL)

28 First said of Cromwell, Napoleon was a great Bad Man.
For a 45 year Napoleonic era buff I am not a Napoleon fan Yet read everything I can of tje period.

Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (xrWSS)

29
He's looking at Josephine just outside the frame wearing a negligée and feeling frisky.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (O0L8i)

30 "Is Napoleon gonna hafta cut a bitch?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 09:36 AM (FZ29D)

31

Tom Cruise is one inch taller than Nappy.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (oUopv)

Internet says Cruz is 5'7-3/4".......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

32 More ribbon and frills than a six-year-old girl at her first ballet recital, but if it makes you feel like a badass, by all means keep wearing it.

Posted by: PabloD at July 24, 2026 09:36 AM (OygQN)

33 He should watch where he's pointing that sword.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 09:37 AM (jehhT)

34 He's looking at Josephine just outside the frame wearing a negligée and feeling frisky.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (O0L8i)

I have never seen a portrait of her in which she looked, you know, particularly attractive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:37 AM (ExV1e)

35 I like this painting. With no perspective though it’s hard to tell how short he is

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 09:37 AM (26GAh)

36 Fire first then ask questions later.
- Napoleon

Posted by: dantesed at July 24, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

37 *Pont? That's what you do on 4th down, right?*

No. You run a pick six.

Posted by: Tim Waltz, rabid sports enthusiast at July 24, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

38 So that's what he kept in his hand when it was inside his jacket
Like this one would hang in my palatial mansion..Thx CBD, have a great weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 09:38 AM (NemxU)

39 Looks like his head was pasted on.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2026 09:38 AM (XeU6L)

40 I like this painting. With no perspective though it’s hard to tell how short he is
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 09:37 AM (26GAh)

That flag had previously adorned a cupcake.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:38 AM (ExV1e)

41 The bow is a little gay.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

42
Bonaparte L' Effete - a limerick

In the midst of the battle he rose
While striking a fabulous pose
With a steely-eyed stare
From his finely coiffed hair
To the tip of his aristocratic nose!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 09:39 AM (I0N4X)

43 Obligatory music link:

https://tinyurl.com/ypuz5rws

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 09:39 AM (qRla/)

44 27 Agreed, Robbo.

“I like to see little things…hitting each other!”

Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

45 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 09:40 AM (R11M+)

46 10 Awfully fancy sash on his waist.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM

Actually it's a swash. For his buckle.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 24, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

47 Whoa, that's some fancy Utility Belt.

Posted by: I'm Batman at July 24, 2026 09:41 AM (967/Q)

48 This fellow followed all my instructions!

Posted by: Bob Ross at July 24, 2026 09:41 AM (HN+yX)

49 I like it

Posted by: Lizzy at July 24, 2026 09:41 AM (X8xt3)

50 The bow is a little gay.
Posted by: redridinghood

I think it's called a sash, and it's supposed to keep your intestines from spilling out on to your mate.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 09:42 AM (diia5)

51 He's looking at Josephine just outside the frame wearing a negligée and feeling frisky.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2026 09:35 AM (O0L8i)

I have never seen a portrait of her in which she looked, you know, particularly attractive.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:37 AM (ExV1e)

If you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 09:42 AM (qRla/)

52 24 on oprah's couch

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)

53 Internet says Cruz is 5'7-3/4".......
Posted by: Sponge

*********

If you have to express your height down to the quarter of an inch, guess what...

...you're short!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM (I0N4X)

54 Meh, I've seen better. No cape, though, so that's good.

Posted by: Edna Mode at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM (967/Q)

55 Tom Cruise is one inch taller than Nappy.
Posted by: rickb223
____
That would still make Nappy average or just a little above for his time.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM (XvL8K)

56 My favorite movie portrait of Nappy is Ian Holm in Time Bandits.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

He also portrayed Napoleon in a cute little comedy "The Emperor's New Clothes". Early 2000's IIRC.

Posted by: Tuna at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM (lJ0H4)

57 Well look at mr fancy pants here.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM (3uBP9)

58 I understand this portrait garnered Napoleon's patronage. Not a surprise. It may be the most flattering painting of Nappy: young, powerful, determined. The setting is less important (here it's obscured) than the pose, realistic detail and brilliant color. The deep gold trim contrasts with the 'serious' black of his uniform. It's a powerful image and statement.

A point of interest for me. Look at his eyes. They remind me of the eyes in the portrait by David done almost twenty years later. David shows an older, rounder Napoleon but the eyes are the same.

Posted by: JTB at July 24, 2026 09:44 AM (yTvNw)

59 Obligatory music link:

https://tinyurl.com/ypuz5rws
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 09:39 AM (qRla/)

Here and I thought it would be this.........

https://youtu.be/OP653fXnd1I

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)

60 He's checking out the escape route behind.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 09:44 AM (jehhT)

61 Males probably only averaged 5' 6", not that some were much taller. George Washington was well.over 6 foot

Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 09:44 AM (xrWSS)

62 42
Bonaparte L' Effete - a limerick

In the midst of the battle he rose
While striking a fabulous pose
With a steely-eyed stare
From his finely coiffed hair
To the tip of his aristocratic nose!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 09:39 AM (I0N4X)
*******
Well done!

Posted by: redridinghood at July 24, 2026 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

63 In the future, everyone is going to crown themselves Emperor for 15 minutes.

Posted by: Andy Warhol At The Campbell Soup Plant at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (JM9I6)

64 I believe I've read that he was average height for that time period.
Posted by: Tuna at July 24, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

After the rest of them got their heads guillotined off, sure.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (T2w7I)

65 soon drinking water in the loo.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)

66 Internet says Cruz is 5'7-3/4".......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Bonaparte was supposedly between 5'5" & 5'7".

So anywhere between 3/4 of an inch to 2 & 3/4 of an inch.

"The French inch was actually longer than the British inch, leading to any height sounding shorter to the English-speaking world, including Napoleon's height."
https://tinyurl.com/45am87m8

I should have used the French inch back when dating.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (oUopv)

67 There's a bridge in Paris named after the battle. It's sort of an ugly bridge, but it crosses the Seine just behind Notre Dame, and the view is nice.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (l4RKn)

68 Apparently Bonaparte put himself under tremendous fire to rally his troops in this battle. Some aide right next to him was shot down. Someone (or several soldiers) pretty quickly dragged him away or he probably would’ve been shot and killed… changing history. Counter factuals are always fun

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (26GAh)

69 I like the long gauntlet gloves. You get slapped by a glove like that, you know you've been glove-slapped.

Posted by: Sir, I demand satisfaction at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (967/Q)

70 The Ridley Scott Napoleon is very bad history , yet the photography is worth seeing, just don't believe what your seeing actually happened.

Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (xrWSS)

71 Internet says Cruz is 5'7-3/4".......
Posted by: Sponge

*********

If you have to express your height down to the quarter of an inch, guess what...

...you're short!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 09:43 AM

I'm right here, you know.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (kgE5c)

72 Does Napoleon kind of look like Rod Stewart in this painting? Is it just me seeing that?

Posted by: dantesed at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)

73 BTW, Gros did a portrait of Louis Pasteur's wife. If it's accurate, she was a babe.

Posted by: JTB at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (yTvNw)

74 Does Napoleon kind of look like Rod Stewart in this painting? Is it just me seeing that?
Posted by: dantesed at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)

Is his stomach full of jizz?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)

75 'David shows an older, rounder Napoleon but the eyes are the same."
++++

Lots of people get rounder as they get older.

Posted by: The bathroom scale at July 24, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

76 Awfully fancy sash on his waist.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 24, 2026 09:32 AM

Actually it's a swash. For his buckle.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

It's a sash. For his ay.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:47 AM (oUopv)

77 Does Napoleon kind of look like Rod Stewart in this painting? Is it just me seeing that?
Posted by: dantesed at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)

Now that you mention it, i see it. If you want my body and you think I’m sexy 🎵

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 09:48 AM (26GAh)

78 'David shows an older, rounder Napoleon but the eyes are the same."
++++

Lots of people get rounder as they get older.
Posted by: The bathroom scale

I AM in shape! Round is a shape!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:48 AM (oUopv)

79 59 i have that 45rpm... the flipside is recorded backwards.
but what label? bang?

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

80 60 he's counting the dropped rifles.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

81 Now I see where the illustrators for Harlequin romance novels got their inspiration for the book covers. Surprised Napoleon managed to keep his shirt on and hold the grateful buxom maidens at bay.

Posted by: red speck at July 24, 2026 09:49 AM (Ve/HL)

82 George Washington was well.over 6 foot

6 foot 20, fucking killing for fun.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:49 AM (ExV1e)

83 I've got the same welding gloves.

Posted by: Lincoln Arc-Welder at July 24, 2026 09:49 AM (JM9I6)

84 I should have used the French inch back when dating.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM

There's a cute British chick with a EweToob cooking channel who, after carefully cutting something into six one-inch pieces, paused and said "That's what six inches is? I've been lied to all me life!"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 09:49 AM (kgE5c)

85 Bonaparte at the Pont D'Arcole?

More like Robert Plant at MSG in 1976.

LOL.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 09:49 AM (Nt9qU)

86 Bonaparte with long hair - nice

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 24, 2026 09:49 AM (X58gq)

87 I AM in shape! Round is a shape!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 09:48 AM

*fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 09:50 AM (kgE5c)

88 I think it's called a sash,

***********

Luit en les loafferes - a limerick

Napoleon's expressive attaché
Did his job with a certain cachet
He floated on air
He was tres debonair
And he always had an elegant sash, eh?

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 09:51 AM (I0N4X)

89 There's a reasonably significant difference between being 'in shape' and 'a shape.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 24, 2026 09:51 AM (2YhKe)

90 French Inch was our garage band name when we were first starting out.

Posted by: The Sex Pistols at July 24, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

91 And he always had an elegant sash, eh?
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 09:51 AM

So he was French Canadian?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 09:51 AM (kgE5c)

92 They should make a movie about this guy. He could be played by that bald chick from Wicked.

Posted by: red speck at July 24, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)

93 The perspective, and proportions, just do not seem quite right.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2026 09:52 AM (XeU6L)

94 8 Obligatory: Napoleon was not short

Basically a smear spread by his haters.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

I am so jaded by modern historians and journos that I suspect all histories now of bias and propaganda.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 24, 2026 09:53 AM (X58gq)

95 I have a coupon for Great Clips, Mr. Bonaparte. You could use a cut, style, blow.

Posted by: Hair Today-Gone Tomorrow at July 24, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)

96 I have a coupon for Great Clips, Mr. Bonaparte. You could use a cut, style, blow.
Posted by: Hair Today-Gone Tomorrow at July 24, 2026 09:53 AM

*perks up*

Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge at July 24, 2026 09:54 AM (kgE5c)

97 >>That picture just screams, "I'M ALL OUT OF BUBBLE GUM!"

Perferct

Posted by: Lizzy at July 24, 2026 09:54 AM (X8xt3)

98 Olgachy!

Posted by: BernieGPT at July 24, 2026 09:55 AM (967/Q)

99 The first time I've ever seen Napoleon depicted with other than short black hair.

All seriousness aside, the painting presents a strong image. The black uniform is *really* black, and the gold at his sash and belt are superbly rendered. His hair -- which makes him look like a '70s or '80s rocker, kind of like Rod Stewart -- is well textured as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

100 It always amuses me France had a brutal revolution all so they could replace a king with an emperor.

And while Nappy was a much better administrator then the old regime...he led France into another brutal conflict with all of Europe...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 09:55 AM (sKqQm)

101 94 Same with me, Vmom.

Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

102 The first time I've ever seen Napoleon depicted with other than short black hair.

Almost looks a bit like Andrew Jackson.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:56 AM (ExV1e)

103 The Ridley Scott Napoleon is very bad history , yet the photography is worth seeing, just don't believe what your seeing actually happened.
Posted by: Skip

You know, like watching CNN.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (ndZc7)

104 He looks like one of the band members of Queen, other than Freddie Mercury or Brian May.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (wVcYX)

105 His hair -- which makes him look like a '70s or '80s rocker, kind of like Rod Stewart -- is well textured as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 09:55 AM

Ahhh hoooo!!!

Posted by: A London Werewolf at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (kgE5c)

106 We used to have a Ford dealership here in town. For a time in the '70s their commercial slogan, combined with images of Napoleon B. shopping for a Ford, was "That's What Sets Bohn . . . Apart!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (wzUl9)

107 I see the left is still trying to figure out how to deal with Musk's interview.

I see one guy's response is "The disagreement was never about whether people want secure borders, safe cities, or responsible spending. Most people do. "

and the comical thing is the responses are a mix of right leaning people saying no you idiot this is how we get those things and left leaning people saying of course we don't want any of those racist things Musk wants.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (sKqQm)

108 I bet he was still taller than Robert DeNiro.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (qFwJc)

109 So the Germans can march in the shade.

Posted by: Just the punchline at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

110 He looks like one of the band members of Queen, other than Freddie Mercury or Brian May.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (wVcYX)

Roger Taylor, perhaps? The drummer.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:59 AM (ExV1e)

111 Oddly serene and unhurried pose for what must've been a raucous and chaotic moment. Napoleon's kinda upright, with what would realistically be a very awkward positioning of sword and flag, glancing back as if to say, "Hey... you guys coming or not?"

Why not shouting to his men? Why not a little more forward angle, leaning into the charge? What the fuck is he wearing that gay little butt-scarf for?

Posted by: red speck at July 24, 2026 09:59 AM (Ve/HL)

112 A bit like Rod Stewart. You know, if you think I'm sexy . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

113 Does Napoleon kind of look like Rod Stewart in this painting? Is it just me seeing that?
Posted by: dantesed at July 24, 2026 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)

Hot legs!
Wearing me out.
Make me scream and shout.
I love ya, honey!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 09:59 AM (wVcYX)

114 There's a cute British chick with a EweToob cooking channel who, after carefully cutting something into six one-inch pieces, paused and said "That's what six inches is? I've been lied to all me life!"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026

***
Mrs. Wolfus No. 2's joke, no doubt learned from her mother, was: "Why can't women measure distances or tell time? Because all their lives they've been told 'It's eight inches' and 'It's been at least twenty minutes!' "

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

115 the mechanical hands are surprising.
but the bottle opener is a nice touch.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

116 Kinda foppish.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 24, 2026 10:00 AM (rJ48h)

117 A bit like Rod Stewart. You know, if you think I'm sexy . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026

***
The untold story: Napoleon Bonaparte's affair with Maggie May!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

118 Why not shouting to his men? Why not a little more forward angle, leaning into the charge? What the fuck is he wearing that gay little butt-scarf for?
Posted by: red speck at July 24, 2026 09:59 AM (Ve/HL)

I'm just impressed at the rodeo championship buckle he's wearing. I wonder what he got it for.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 10:00 AM (ExV1e)

119 She's a radical!

Sophie Cunningham Reveals Exactly What She Wants in a Husband: “Lead Our House”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 10:02 AM (ndZc7)

120 And while Nappy was a much better administrator then the old regime...he led France into another brutal conflict with all of Europe...
Posted by: 18-1

That's the thing with commies; the love the trappings of royalty and the murder... but mostly the murder.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 24, 2026 10:02 AM (diia5)

121 108 and sucked less dick.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:02 AM (R11M+)

122 I'm seeing some Nick Gilder Hot Child in the City vibe here.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 24, 2026 10:02 AM (qBdHI)

123 111 he's being tempted by the winchell's grand opening.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:03 AM (R11M+)

124 If you would be interested, I listen to Podcasts
Generals and Napoleon
Napoleonic Quarterly going 3 months at a time through the Napoleon era
Napoleonic Wars Podcast

Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 10:03 AM (xrWSS)

125 Males probably only averaged 5' 6", not that some were much taller. George Washington was well.over 6 foot
Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026

***
So was Charlemagne. No wonder he was known as "Charles the Great."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)

126 Looks almost like he has a wristwatch peeking out from that left glove.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 10:04 AM (wzUl9)

127 >What the fuck is he wearing that gay little butt-scarf for?
Posted by: red speck at July 24, 2026 09:59 AM

It's his bustle. For his hedgerow.

Posted by: Don't be alarmed now at July 24, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

128 The best part of the whole Napoleon story line is him being defeated in the end by a crazy German general who thought he'd been impregnated by an elephant.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:05 AM (sKqQm)

129 So was Charlemagne. No wonder he was known as "Charles the Great."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)

That and the fact that he killed everyone who called him Chuck.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 10:05 AM (ExV1e)

130 I'm seeing some Nick Gilder Hot Child in the City vibe here.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 24, 2026 10:02 AM (qBdHI)

I seriously thought that Nick Gilder was a chick when I heard that song. Had the most feminine voice. then I saw a picture. I was still unconvinced.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 24, 2026 10:05 AM (PSEDc)

131 I have not been able to read all the commentary on the Morning Report or this Art Thread. Somebody posted this below and it darned sure is worthy of repeating:

"The Peoplle Who Know Nothing Know Everything"

https://tinyurl.com/4fhuxrh4

This is an outstanding article and I highly recommend that everybody Read The Whole Danged Thing.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 24, 2026 10:06 AM (JNTt1)

132 129 chuck is a verb.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:06 AM (R11M+)

133 So was Charlemagne. No wonder he was known as "Charles the Great."

Charlemagne got very very lucky. He had a brother named Carloman and their father had split his lands between the two of them so when the father died war looked likely. But then Carloman died...probably naturally. And though he had sons of his own his wife decided to flee, essentially giving those lands to Charlemagne.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:06 AM (sKqQm)

134 I like this painting. With no perspective though it’s hard to tell how short he is
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026

***
Probably why Napoleon liked the portrait, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2026 10:07 AM (wzUl9)

135 I seriously thought that Nick Gilder was a chick when I heard that song. Had the most feminine voice. then I saw a picture. I was still unconvinced.

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I think it was Don Kirschner's Rock Concert that I first saw him back in the '70s. I distinctly remember laughing at how weird looking (and sounding) I thought he was.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 24, 2026 10:07 AM (qBdHI)

136 He looks like one of the band members of Queen, other than Freddie Mercury or Brian May.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 09:57 AM (wVcYX)

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Rik Emmett of "Triumph" FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:07 AM (9EFgU)

137 I don’t know if this is well known or not. I only recently found out Bonaparte wasn’t really that short. The French and English had different standards for inches. A French inch was longer than an English inch. He’s was 5’2” in French but 5’7” in English units.

English propaganda made it seem like he was much shorter than he was but in reality he was average height for a man of his era.

The more you know.

Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:07 AM (GFRGc)

138 And though he had sons of his own his wife decided to flee, essentially giving those lands to Charlemagne.

Charlemagne sent her a letter telling her that he had no intention of raping her and killing her children but he used the comic sans font so she didn't believe him.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 10:09 AM (ExV1e)

139 I am so jaded by modern historians and journos that I suspect all histories now of bias and propaganda.
Posted by: vmom

This smacks of McCarthyism.

Oh! I think I see what you mean. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2026 10:09 AM (O6Iwc)

140 This portrait has Napoleon as fair-haired. But other portraits I've seen of him depicts him with dark hair.

Posted by: No Name Today at July 24, 2026 10:09 AM (8mulE)

141 138 cut and paste from "gay paree" magazine.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:10 AM (R11M+)

142 140 sun in
and sun light

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (R11M+)

143 A French inch was longer than an English inch. He’s was 5’2” in French but 5’7” in English units.

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Fascinating -- was unaware of that.

Reminder: the Mars Climate Orbiter disaster in 1999 was caused by a "unit mix-up," where one team used metric units (Newtons) while the contractor used imperial units (pound-force).

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (9EFgU)

144 Napoleon and Bismarck both had pastries named after them.

Don’t put them together on the same tray, or they’ll fight.

Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

145 This portrait has Napoleon as fair-haired. But other portraits I've seen of him depicts him with dark hair.
Posted by: No Name Today

He used Lemon Up shampoo.

Posted by: Tuna at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (lJ0H4)

146 If Dilbert's pointy-haired boss invented a new pastry would it be called...

(...wait for it...)

...a New Elbonian pull-apart?

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (I0N4X)

147 Never seen Nap looking so fit.

Posted by: From about a that Time at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (+Iea0)

148 Rod Stewart in full dress blue uniform.

Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (LHPAg)

149 How Mitch McConnell thinks he looks in the morning...

Posted by: Dead Yet? at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (ftsic)

150 chuck is a verb.
Posted by: cmeat

Chuck is like your crazy uncle in the attic.
Posted by: Ritchie Cunningham

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:12 AM (oUopv)

151 143 that's why the british gals shrugged in 1066.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)

152 Speaking of pastries...without looking it up on the internet where are these from:

Croissant
Danish

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)

153 150 the money's in the banana stand.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:13 AM (R11M+)

154 More ribbon and frills than a six-year-old girl at her first ballet recital, but if it makes you feel like a badass, by all means keep wearing it.
Posted by: PabloD at July 24, 2026 09:36 AM

Come to think of it, Corn Pop wore ribbons and frills.

Posted by: Jos. Robinette Biden at July 24, 2026 10:14 AM (HwFfr)

155 Q: What's an Australian kiss?

A: Same as a French kiss, but downunder.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (JNTt1)

156 lots of pastries named for warring factions.
but only zacher torte had a war fought over it.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (R11M+)

157 Apparently Bonaparte put himself under tremendous fire to rally his troops in this battle. Some aide right next to him was shot down. Someone (or several soldiers) pretty quickly dragged him away or he probably would’ve been shot and killed… changing history. Counter factuals are always fun
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 24, 2026 09:45 AM (26GAh)

In the aftermath of the Beer Hall Putsch, Schickelgruber and his posse were marching to the Feldhernnhalle when the bullets began flying. The first Nazi hit was a man whose arm was linked with Hitler's: Max von Scheubner-Richter, who took a shot to the chest and was killed instantly. As he fell, his deadweight yanked Hitler to the ground, sparing der Fuhrer from certain death.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (qRla/)

158 Bonaparte and the French army pretty much set the uniform style for militaries for a good 75 years. The Venezuelan army dress uniform is pretty much the French Napoleonic style with Shako and tunic, and of course the Aluminum copy of the M-1942 mess kit nestled in the small of the back because that is current issue.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (rbvCR)

159 I am amused the most recent Nappy movie mostly focused on his sex life. I do like learning new things and seeing different perspectives on historical figures but....come on Nappy's sex life is the least important thing about him and he was basically completely normal for his time and place.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (sKqQm)

160 Croissant

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)

I think it was Austrian!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 24, 2026 10:16 AM (l4RKn)

161 A French inch was longer than an English inch.

The Paolo inch > French inch > English inch

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 24, 2026 10:16 AM (HwFfr)

162 you can order Sacher-Tortes today.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 10:17 AM (rbvCR)

163 NEW: Dem Rep. Jasmine Crockett goes on a rant against "white men" sitting on the House Judiciary Committee:
"We're back again for another edition of the Republican Party's great replacement theory therapy session, where all the white men of the House Judiciary Committee lecture Americans on the importance of mass deportations."
Crockett also argued Republican immigration policies undermine what she called American values.
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Jasmine Crockett: “Isn't it interesting that thousands of white people storming the US Capitol beating police officers made it home safely, but brown people posing no threat to ICE agents are suddenly killed in cold blood?”

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Going out with a bang.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 10:18 AM (ndZc7)

164 Reminder: the Mars Climate Orbiter disaster in 1999 was caused by a "unit mix-up," where one team used metric units (Newtons) while the contractor used imperial units (pound-force).
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM (9EFgU)

An Air Canada flight ran out of fuel mid-air right around the time Canada switched from imperial to metric. It happened because the ground crew mixed up metric and imperial units when calculating the amount of fuel needed.

Luckily for everyone there was an abandoned airport on the path of the flight that was used to land the plane safely. The pilot glided a 767 down, with no injuries for anyone on board.That’s some hero shit right there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:19 AM (GFRGc)

165 "We're back again for another edition of the Republican Party's great replacement theory therapy session, where all the white men of the House Judiciary Committee lecture Americans on the importance of mass deportations."

Black heritage Americans see their political power reduced at exactly the same rate as white heritage Americans by the introduction of millions of muslims and Asians.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)

166 lots of pastries named for warring factions.
but only zacher torte had a war fought over it.
Posted by: cmeat

The Pastry War, (1838–1839), began in November 1838 when French naval forces blockaded ports in Mexico, and captured San Juan de Ulúa in Veracruz.

You can learn a lot of useless trivia on Facebook.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:19 AM (oUopv)

167 162 it's a 3day wait at lutz. nothing finer, weighs like 60lbs and it's only 10in dia. try the himber.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:19 AM (R11M+)

168 The inch was angry that day, my friends!

Posted by: Hedwig, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (I0N4X)

169 I am amused the most recent Nappy movie mostly focused on his sex life. I do like learning new things and seeing different perspectives on historical figures but....come on Nappy's sex life is the least important thing about him and he was basically completely normal for his time and place.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (sKqQm)

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BREAKING: Christopher Nolan Announces Next #Woke Project -- A Napoleon Biopic Starring Samuel L. Jackson in "Nappy."

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (Cfsay)

170 Croissant

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)

I think it was Austrian!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 24, 2026 10:16 AM (l4RKn)

Quite so. The crescent shape represents the Muslim banner.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (qRla/)

171 Croissant

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)

I think it was Austrian!

Correct. It was supposedly developed in honor of the Austria/Polish victory at the Siege of Vienna and later brought to France by a Viennese baker.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)

172 163 from your lips...

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (R11M+)

173 /sock

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 10:21 AM (I0N4X)

174 The bathhouse, like football, is a game of inches.

Posted by: Don Lemon at July 24, 2026 10:21 AM (HwFfr)

175 Crockett turned out to be a lot dumber than I thought she was. And I didn't think she was that smart.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 24, 2026 10:22 AM (E6ouU)

176 166 so... over churros?

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:22 AM (R11M+)

177 Jasmine Crockett: “Isn't it interesting that thousands of white people storming the US Capitol beating police officers made it home safely, but brown people posing no threat to ICE agents are suddenly killed in cold blood?”

I dare your worthless black ass to say that to the faces of the families of Ashli Babbitt and Roseanne Boyland.

Pustulent assholes like Crockett are why congress needs a shitload more Preston Brooks acolytes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 10:22 AM (qRla/)

178 That was a pretty funny partial sock fail...

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 24, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)

179 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. He's incredibly clean for being on a battlefield.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 24, 2026 10:22 AM (2WIwB)

180 Bonaparte played by Don Cheadle in the forthcoming Hollywood Blockbuster "Pont D' Arcole"

Posted by: Pont D'Arcole at July 24, 2026 10:22 AM (Cv/v8)

181 140 This portrait has Napoleon as fair-haired. But other portraits I've seen of him depicts him with dark hair.
Posted by: No Name Today at July 24, 2026 10:09 AM

Only his hairdresser knew for sure.

Posted by: L'Oreal at July 24, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)

182 Jasmine Crockett: “Isn't it interesting that thousands of white people storming the US Capitol beating police officers made it home safely, but brown people posing no threat to ICE agents are suddenly killed in cold blood?”

I've seen plenty of threads about the people killed by ICE where the lefty poster rants that the police have no right to kill anyone peacefully protesting and when some right leaning poster brings up the murdered women on J6 the answer is always "that's (d)ifferent! They deserved to be killed. FAFO amiright?!?"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:23 AM (sKqQm)

183 Almost looks a bit like Andrew Jackson.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:56 AM (ExV1e)

I always thought Andrew Jackson looked a bit like Simon Bolivar.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 10:23 AM (rbvCR)

184 One of my favorite accidents of history is how the US was all set to adopt the metric system under Jefferson.
He'd even sent off for a set of the official weights and measures from Paris.
Only for the ship they were on to be captured by pirates.
Not a happy ending for all involved, of course.

But with the Imperial system, the US ended up:
Putting a man on the Moon
Building aircraft carriers (that still work)
Inventing the nuclear bomb

What's metric have to say for itself?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 10:24 AM (3cUTc)

185 I am amused the most recent Nappy movie mostly focused on his sex life. I do like learning new things and seeing different perspectives on historical figures but....come on Nappy's sex life is the least important thing about him and he was basically completely normal for his time and place.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:15 AM (sKqQm)

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BREAKING: Christopher Nolan Announces Next #Woke Project -- A Napoleon Biopic Starring Samuel L. Jackson in "Nappy."
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (Cfsay)

And Eldridge Cleaver, in his famous "Action Pants" as Napoleon's right-hand man, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, the indispensable Chief of Staff and Major-General of the Grande Armée.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 10:24 AM (wVcYX)

186 No erudite discussion of French vs. English muskets?

It's now a fashion, food, and boob thread. Might as well work guns into it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 24, 2026 10:24 AM (HwFfr)

187 There are bewbs, if he believes he has them.

That's the way things work these days.

Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:24 AM (Fi81e)

188 McClellan was Little Nap, but he may have been taller than Original Nap.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 24, 2026 10:25 AM (XvL8K)

189 183 jackson was never on a cigarbox so i can't picture him.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:25 AM (R11M+)

190 Honestly, that fly away hair is easy to deal with. I've been promoting Alberto VO5 Hot Oil Treatment for decades. Try it and see.

Posted by: Internationally-Acclaimed Actress Rula Lenska at July 24, 2026 10:25 AM (JM9I6)

191 BREAKING: Christopher Nolan Announces Next #Woke Project -- A Napoleon Biopic Starring Samuel L. Jackson in

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2026 10:24 AM (wVcYX)
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Snakes at Versailles.

Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:26 AM (Fi81e)

192 Croissant

French: [kʁwasɑ̃]

The legends include tales that it was invented in Europe to celebrate the defeat of the Umayyad forces by the Franks at the Battle of Tours in 732, with the shape representing the Islamic crescent; that it was invented in Buda; or, according to other sources, in Vienna in 1683 to celebrate the defeat of the Ottomans by Christian forces in the siege of the city, as a reference to the crescents on the Ottoman flags, when bakers staying up all night heard the tunneling operation and gave the alarm.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:26 AM (oUopv)

193 184 5liter kegs.

Posted by: cmeat at July 24, 2026 10:26 AM (R11M+)

194 Jasmine Crockett: “Isn't it interesting that thousands of white people storming the US Capitol beating police officers made it home safely, but brown people posing no threat to ICE agents are suddenly killed in cold blood?

Pustulent assholes like Crockett are why congress needs a shitload more Preston Brooks acolytes.

Nah, they're largely going away anyway with the loss of the MM districts. Black America faces a choice; do you want to elect black faces who can appeal to more than you, or do you want to keep on electing black lunatics in ever decreasing numbers, effectively ghettoizing yourselves, and making yourselves irrelevant to a national party?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)

195 183 Almost looks a bit like Andrew Jackson.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 09:56 AM (ExV1e)

I always thought Andrew Jackson looked a bit like Simon Bolivar.
Posted by: Kindltot

You mean that TV fella Simon Cowell?

Posted by: Auspex at July 24, 2026 10:27 AM (Y8DZL)

196 Reminder: the Mars Climate Orbiter disaster in 1999 was caused by a "unit mix-up," where one team used metric units (Newtons) while the contractor used imperial units (pound-force).
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:11 AM

*The Gimli Glider has entered the chat*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 10:27 AM (kgE5c)

197 Bodice-ripper Napoleon.

Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:27 AM (Fi81e)

198 Think metric!

Posted by: Bumper sticker in the Smithsonian at July 24, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)

199 Jazmine is a grifter.

She is going to be a guest on msnbc for the next 10 years playing the angry back woman role. She knows exactly what’s she’s doing. It’s all calculated. And it’s effective because you’re talking about her.

Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:27 AM (GFRGc)

200 If you've not seen it, Napoleon's march to-from Moscow. Pretty sobering:

https://shorturl.at/AwY7C

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 24, 2026 10:28 AM (XeU6L)

201 a "unit mix-up,"

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During the darkest days of WWII, the Brits tried to reinforce Malta with new Spitfires. The plan was to launch them from an aircraft carrier to land on Malta. Launch point was determined by the range of the Spitfires. Unfortunately, the RAF used miles and the RN used knots so all the planes ran out of fuel and crashed into the Mediterranean.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

202 One of the most famous Napoleon movies was the 1927 Abel Gance biopic, the first in a proposed six-film series covering the Emperor's life, exile and return.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 10:28 AM (qRla/)

203 BREAKING: Christopher Nolan Announces Next #Woke Project -- A Napoleon Biopic Starring Samuel L. Jackson in "Nappy."
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 10:20 AM (Cfsay)

I am glad he abandoned the Ghengis Khan biopic project that was supposed to be a vehicle for Zendaya in the title role.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2026 10:28 AM (rbvCR)

204 Black America faces a choice; do you want to elect black faces who can appeal to more than you, or do you want to keep on electing black lunatics in ever decreasing numbers,

I suspect few of those lunatics actually had a majority of voters in their district vote for them.

Yes the people in those districts aren't upset about it enough to do anything, but I don't believe that 51% of the people in those districts voted for their Hank Johnson types

Posted by: 18-1 at July 24, 2026 10:29 AM (sKqQm)

205 Two types of countries in the world

1. Countries that use metric
2. Countries that have walked on the moon.

Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:29 AM (GFRGc)

206 Damn.

Now I want a Napoleon.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 24, 2026 10:29 AM (Q/e2v)

207 She is going to be a guest on msnbc for the next 10 years playing the angry back woman role. She knows exactly what’s she’s doing. It’s all calculated. And it’s effective because you’re talking about her.

I suppose so, if you consider a minstrel show to be effective. That's what she's becoming. Both of MSNBC's viewers will like what they see.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 24, 2026 10:29 AM (Riz8t)

208 OK, I am actually enjoying hanging out here, but I must concentrate on my book.

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 24, 2026 10:30 AM (qRla/)

209 No erudite discussion of French vs. English muskets?

It's now a fashion, food, and boob thread. Might as well work guns into it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

The French Charleville musket vs the British Baker rifle?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:30 AM (oUopv)

210 Nice pic. Would hang. A young Bonaparte looks like a young Andrew Jackson. Both despised the British.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at July 24, 2026 10:30 AM (icmmM)

211 Lovely color contrasts in his outfit and sash, and against the sky. I know that there are a lot of pictures of Napoleon as hero, but I don't even think that there is general agreement amongst the French as to whether Napoleon was a hero or a tyrant or both. He certainly was a favorite subject for a number of artists.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 10:30 AM (xSAlF)

212 >>> The Ridley Scott Napoleon is very bad history , yet the photography is worth seeing, just don't believe what your seeing actually happened.

This too is the story of the Nolan Odyssey...

Posted by: LizLem at July 24, 2026 10:30 AM (y1jtk)

213
A "Gone with the Wind" race recast was written up here a couple years ago, I think Melissa McCarthy played the Hattie McDanial role.

Posted by: Auspex at July 24, 2026 10:31 AM (Y8DZL)

214 Two types of countries in the world

1. Countries that use metric
2. Countries that have walked on the moon.
Posted by: Chaos at July 24, 2026 10:29 AM (GFRGc)
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That would cook as a meme, if it's not already.

Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2026 10:31 AM (Fi81e)

215 I knew this canadian dude, french canadian, and every time I said the word croissant, and it wasn't very often, I'm not a pastry chef or anything, he had to correct me on how it should be pronounced. And, you could tell, he knew it was wrong to just do that, but he couldn't help himself. Like some kind of weird tourette syndrome thing that only canadians have. And it was just that word and when ever he had to use the integer between -1 and 1 then he had to stomp all over that too. But so odd. And of course they have to say it like their tongue is f'ing a croissant in real time. ... whatever buddy.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 10:31 AM (3uBP9)

216 Not tonight ya Josephine
Don't be so mean
I like the way you look
But now I've got a date with the Duke

Not tonight ya Josephine
Don't be so mean
I'll stand on my heels for you
But now I've got a date at Waterloo

Posted by: LizLem at July 24, 2026 10:31 AM (y1jtk)

217
Napoleon held in a fart
Clenched his cheeks so they'd never part
Denied his backcourt
The fart left the wrong port
And blew Napoleon's Bonaparte!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2026 10:31 AM (iJfKG)

218 A boob thread? Where?

Posted by: Bulg at July 24, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

219 Minnesota mom convicted of “disorderly conduct” for saying bad word to Somali man who harassed her

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Racist bitch!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

220 >>Jasmine Crockett: “Isn't it interesting that thousands of white people storming the US Capitol beating police officers made it home safely, ~~but brown people posing no threat to ICE agents are suddenly killed in cold blood?~~”

. . . after 5 months of BLM riots, including looting, destruction of property in the billions, and dozens dead.

Yes, Jasmine, isn't it amazing these "white people storming the capitol" managed to behave so much better than BLM and antifa.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 24, 2026 10:33 AM (X8xt3)

221 Minnesota mom convicted of “disorderly conduct” for saying bad word to Somali man who harassed her

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Racist bitch!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I'd be taking that all the way to SCOTUS.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 24, 2026 10:33 AM (oUopv)

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