ZARDOZ’S FRIDAY NIGHT ADVICE

…AT THE POOR ADVICE THAT FILLS THE INTERWEBZ.

ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. ZARDOZ IS CONCERNED THAT THE SERIES OF TUBES IS CLOGGED WITH POOR ADVICE. THE CHOSEN ONES MUST NOT BE LED ASTRAY! THEREFOR, ZARDOZ SHALL INSTRUCT – AND SHOW THE ADVICE GIVING BRUTALS WHO IS THE SUPERIOR FORM OF INTELLIGENCE. HINT: IT IS NOT THE BRUTAL ADVICE GIVERS. GO FORTH AND COMMENT!

Q:  Last Saturday was my wedding and it was everything I could have wished for, until the reception. One of my co-workers, “Kim,” started saying I was pregnant because I wasn’t drinking. I kept telling Kim I just don’t drink, something everyone knows. She even teases me about it every week when everyone at the office goes to happy hour at a local pub. I asked her to stop, but she didn’t. By the end of the night, I had guests coming up to congratulate me and my confused husband on our upcoming baby. They were asking when the due date was and what the gender was, and telling me that they had thought I looked pregnant but hadn’t wanted to say anything. Over the course of the night, this rumor had transformed into common knowledge that I was pregnant, no matter how much I tried to deflect it away. My immediate family wanted to know why they were finding out from strangers that I was pregnant.

I feel like my wedding became all about my pregnancy. It turned what was supposed to be a happy memory into something I just feel angry and frustrated about, like something was taken from me. I know I’m being ridiculous, but I’m so upset about this. I do realize it isn’t the end of the world, but it was my own personal information to share when, and how, I wanted to. I didn’t want my wedding to be about my pregnancy. I don’t know how I’m going to deal with Kim when I get back. For the past six years, I’ve worked for a small office of seven people, and now everyone at work thinks I’m pregnant. I am so mad at Kim I don’t know how I can work with her. Do I have to just suck it up and act like everything is fine? Can I tell my co-workers I’m not doing anything outside of work if Kim comes? Am I overreacting? My husband says I’m not, but I’m fairly sure he’s supposed to say that.

A: WELL WELL WELL, IF ONLY ZARDOZ HAD WARNED YOU THE PENIS WAS EVIL, BECAUSE IT SHOOTS SEEDS THAT CREATE NEW LIFE…OH, WAIT…ZARDOZ HAS. REPEATEDLY! BUT IN SPITE OF YOUR GRIEVOUS ERROR, ZARDOZ WILL INSTRUCT. FIRST – YOU MUST BEGIN COUNTER-RUMOR OPERATIONS AGAINST THIS “KIM”. BEGIN BY WHISPERING THAT SHE CAUGHT A LOATHSOME PENIC-SPREAD DISEASE RIGHT AFTER THE RECEPTION. WHILE SHE IS DISTRACTED BY FENDING OFF THE RUMOR OF HER INFECTION, SABOTAGE HER PROJECTS AND WORK. SOON SHE WILL BE TERMINATED BY YOUR BOSS. THEN HER ONLY CHOICE WILL BE A LIFE OF SERVITUDE TO THE VORTEX.

WHICH ONE OF YOU LIKES TO GOSSIP?

 

YOU SHALL SUFFER WITH YOUR DECISION TO BE SHOT FULL OF SEEDS.

MORNING SICKNESS ANYONE?

ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

Q: My cousin recently married a lovely girl, someone he’d been dating for a couple of years. Our whole family loves her, and she’s always been very sweet to us.

She’s very intelligent and kind, but the issue is her wardrobe. She’s pretty but refuses to wear nice clothes. Instead she wears baggy, boring clothes. Our family is fashion-conscious, and I know my cousin has suggested to her several times that she buy new clothing — to no avail. He thinks she’s self-conscious about her body.

Her birthday is coming up, and my sister and I would like to take her shopping as a birthday gift to buy her some nicer clothes. My cousin thinks she might not appreciate it, but he agrees that she needs new clothes. He also suggested buying her a gift card to somewhere, although that wouldn’t solve the problem of which clothes she buys with it. Do you think that taking her clothes shopping for her birthday would be appropriate? — FASHIONISTA IN CONNECTICUT

A: ZARDOZ COGITATES THAT THIS ALL HINGES ON YOUR DEFINITION OF “NICE” CLOTHES. HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT THE ETERNALS OF THE VORTEX WEAR?

LOOK UPON YE FASHION AND DESPAIR.

NOT THAT OLD CLASSICS CANNOT SERVE ONE WELL;

TAILS OPTIONAL.

BUT EITHER WAY, YOUR FAMILY ARE A NOSY AND PUSHY LOT – YOU SHALL BE TARGETED BY THE BRUTAL EXTERMINATORS. SORRY, BRUTAL, THAT IS JUST THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

“DEAR ABBY” THIS BULLET!

ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

 

SPECIAL BONUS ADVICE!

Q: I have noticed a trend in casual customer service workers’ way of speaking. As I’m checking out at the grocery store, the bank or the pizza restaurant, many workers ask, “What are you doing the rest of today?” or “What are you up to today?”

While I’m all for friendly chat, I find this question odd, invasive and a bit rude. I hardly believe that they care about my daily, tedious comings and goings, so really the question is insincere. What is the most kind, polite way to respond?

A: ZARDOZ RECOMMENDS ONE OF TWO ANSWERS – “CLEANSING THE FILTH OF BRUTALS WHO PLAGUE THE EARTH AS IT ONCE WAS” OR “TAKING YOU INTO GRAIN SLAVERY IN THE SERVICE OF THE ETERNALS OF THE VORTEX, THANKS FOR ASKING!”

ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

Q: I know that the fork goes on the left of the plate and the knife on the right. But what if there is no knife? May I put the fork on the right, since I will presumably be using it with my right hand?

A: ZARDOZ SAYS…LOOK TO THE VORTEX FOR AN EXAMPLE.

FORKS WERE BANNED IN 2319.

IT APPEARS THAT YOU GET A SPOON, A PLATE AND A GLASS. TURN IN YOUR FORKS TO THE BRUTAL EXTERMINATORS.

ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

Comments

492 responses to “ZARDOZ’S FRIDAY NIGHT ADVICE”

  1. Spudalicious

    All hail Zardoz!

    Now I’ll go read the advice.

    1. Rhywun

      Suck-up.

      1. Spudalicious

        Euphemism?

    2. Spudalicious

      Those were horrible. What’s wrong with people?

      1. Sean

        People suck.

    3. Lackadaisical

      Lame.

    4. Nephilium

      /cleanses Spudalicious

      FOR ZARDOZ!

      1. Spudalicious

        Wow. And I’m the suck up.

  2. Why did the bitch invite Kim to the wedding? And why do I feel like that story never happened?

    1. And why do I feel like that story never happened?

      I can almost guarantee you that happened to someone somewhere. At least once.

      1. So you’re saying it happened to you? :-p

        1. Weeeelllllll

          Me and brand-new hubby at ob/gyn…

          Doc: So your date of conception was September 7.

          Me: No, it’s not.

          Doc: Yes, it is.

          Me: No, it’s not. Not possible.

          Doc: It is very possible, and that is your date of conception.

          Me: I didn’t get married until September 14.

          Doc: So?

          Me: Didn’t happen on September 7.

          Doc: Yes, it did!

          Me: *dead stare* I got married on September 14. Do the math.

          I wanted to see just how long it took for them to figure out what I was saying. It took them a while.

          ===

          In other news, women be bitchez to each other.

          1. In other news, women be bitchez to each other.

            Toxic femininity.

          2. Sean

            “In other news, women be bitchez to each other.”

            I’m looking around for my shocked face, but I seem to have misplaced it.

          3. Your winnings, sir.

          4. Shit. I fucked that up. I got married on September 13, not 14.

          5. AlmightyJB

            Happy Anniversary!

          6. Jarflax

            Ok anyone who knows the Mojeaux’s screenshot this, any husband would pay through the nose for documentary evidence that his wife forgot their anniversary

          7. Gender Traitor

            Mr. GT and I have two anniversaries every year – one for when we made it legal, one for when we threw the big party. It’s not at all unusual for both of us to forget one or the other. One year, a few days after one of the anniversaries, I remembered and pointed out to him that we’d both forgotten it. Because he is a wise man, he immediately said, “I’m sorry!”

          8. As we have been having a not-so-great a time at our house the last couple of months, our anniversary was no better or worse than any other shitty day we’ve had lately.

            So there’s that.

          9. Jarflax

            Sorry Mojeaux 🙁

          10. Gender Traitor

            …we have been having a not-so-great a time at our house…

            (((((((HUGS!!!))))))
            Is that how the kids do it on Facebook?
            (Really mean it though!)

          11. Lackadaisical

            @GT, we’ve got three anniversaries… It’s a living hell. Ive forgotten the dates for all three. *shrug*

          12. Rhywun

            Maybe in Crown Heights?

          13. Gender Traitor

            …we’ve got three anniversaries…

            Wow! How many divorces in between?

            I keed, I keed. First hubby’s brother had something like that – lived in France, so French civil ceremony (the only kind they legally recognize, apparently,) Catholic ceremony, and Hindu ceremony because a Hindu priest friend of theirs (They worked for UNESCO) insisted.

          14. Gender Traitor

            (Third ceremony may have been Buddhist – I forget.)

          15. Gender Traitor

            So, Lack (May I call you Lack?) – how did YOU get to three anniversaries?

          16. Thanks, Jarflax and GT. I didn’t mean to bring the proceedings down or anything. 🙂

          17. DEG

            As we have been having a not-so-great a time at our house the last couple of months, our anniversary was no better or worse than any other shitty day we’ve had lately.

            Sorry.

          18. straffinrun

            “You see this shotgun? You see this ring?”

          19. Nephilium

            Yeah, but I don’t think that ring will fit around the barrel.

          20. Lackadaisical

            Yeah, they’re a bit silly about those things.

    2. straffinrun

      I’m guessing Kim is the father.

  3. YOU MUST BEGIN COUNTER-RUMOR OPERATIONS AGAINST THIS “KIM”. BEGIN BY WHISPERING THAT SHE CAUGHT A LOATHSOME PENIC-SPREAD DISEASE RIGHT AFTER THE RECEPTION. WHILE SHE IS DISTRACTED BY FENDING OFF THE RUMOR OF HER INFECTION, SABOTAGE HER PROJECTS AND WORK. SOON SHE WILL BE TERMINATED BY YOUR BOSS. THEN HER ONLY CHOICE WILL BE A LIFE OF SERVITUDE TO THE VORTEX.

    *takes notes for next time I get office work*

    Srsly, that would require extreme payback.

    My cousin recently married a lovely girl, someone he’d been dating for a couple of years. Our whole family loves her, and she’s always been very sweet to us.

    She’s very intelligent and kind, but the issue is her wardrobe. She’s pretty but refuses to wear nice clothes

    Dear pretty cousin-in-law: Get out. Now.

    May I put the fork on the right, since I will presumably be using it with my right hand?

    Eat with your hands.

    1. Lackadaisical

      “Eat with your hands.”

      Dig in there like the Indians did before we spanked their asses and took back the land that was rightfully ours.

      -racist ed

    2. AlmightyJB

      I just let my slave girls feed me

  4. Why doesn’t the cousin buy his wife something nice?

    1. Lackadaisical

      Maybe because he is a wise man who doesn’t want to get inn to a crazy fight with his wife for a dumb reason.

      I’d love it if my wife wore a burka all the time. Why show off to everyone else what you get to enjoy?

  5. Rhywun

    Wait. Is she pregnant or not?! It sounds like she doesn’t even know.

    1. blackjack

      The rabbit done died, and she can’t even blame it on being drunk. Imma call hoe on this one.

  6. AlmightyJB

    “she’s always been very sweet to us.”

    Too bad she married into a family of phony assholes.

  7. Rhywun

    Our family is fashion-conscious

    OFFS LOL

    Maybe the cousin is sick of the rest of your stuck-up family.

    1. straffinrun

      Fashionista in Connecticunt.

  8. Rhywun

    many workers ask, “What are you doing the rest of today?” or “What are you up to today?”

    Head for the hills.

    1. AlmightyJB

      I always interpret those two questions as “If you’re not busy later, let’s bang”.

  9. Count Potato

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EE732fIU0AAZKS9.jpg:large

    Has this assclown ever played a Canadian?

    1. blackjack

      That’s the new blackface, wearing a mullet wig, concert shirt and Pendelton. Very insensitive!

      1. Festus

        Can confirm.

        1. BEAM’s not normal, y’all

          Fake news. Bottle’s not big enough.

  10. Count Potato

    “BREAKING: Walmart will discontinue the sale of e-cigarettes in all of its stores”

    https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/1175095684665610247

    I liked Walmart much better when they were evil capitalists who only cared about money.

    1. MikeS

      They’re gonna get banned everywhere. And probably sooner than later. And if they ever become available again, it will be by prescription only. Just as the statists have always wanted.

      1. Nephilium

        It’ll be really interesting when they get classified as drug paraphernalia.

      2. straffinrun

        You got a nice filter through which to view the world. Never wrong.

      3. Rhywun

        That will totally stop deaths from illegal THC cartridges laced with sketchy chemicals.

        1. Count Potato

          Listen, if you have a homeless guy piss in your beer, and you get sick, that’s the beer company’s fault.

          1. Rhywun

            Replace the beer with moonshine – and it’s still the beer company’s fault – and you arrive at what we’re seeing here.

            It’s fucking madness.

          2. MikeS

            That’s a really good analogy. And you could tell it to every person in the country and they will still get banned.

            And it is fucking scary.

    2. What the hell is going on over at Walmart?

      1. AlmightyJB

        Probably the lawyers

      2. Suthenboy

        I think the new iteration is: “Wokeness comes before a fall”

        Wokeness? Wokness? Awokening? Wokeism? I am not sure what the proper word is.

        1. Rhywun

          Mmmm I could go for some wokness.

    1. AlmightyJB

      That’s a cat for you

    2. Tres Cool

      Why are you assigning gender roles?

      That cat could be a cunte.

      1. AlmightyJB

        Cats are non-binary.

        1. Heroic Mulatto

          If that’s how you feel better for neutering your cat without his consent, all the more power to you.

          1. AlmightyJB

            Why would I neuter him? How else am I going to keep getting kitten furs for my pajamas?

        2. Cats are girls and dogs are boys.

          1. AlmightyJB

            Truth

          2. Suthenboy

            “Dogs….if they cant eat it or fuck it they are gonna piss on it.”

            Yep, checks out.

          3. Tres Cool

            “Cats and women do as they please, and men and dogs need to get used to it.”

            -Heinlein (or something like that)

    3. Rhywun

      LOLOLOL

  11. Nephilium

    So assuming the weather holds out, I’ve got a solid plan for lunch tomorrow. ~15 miles out, then getting beer and food at one of the harder breweries to find in Cleveland (it’s in a building on a college campus).

  12. Heroic Mulatto


    Mood.

    1. AlmightyJB

      It’s asshole Statists all the way down.

    2. MikeS

      SHUT THE FU…

      No, you’re right.

    3. Count Potato

      We need common sense image size control.

    4. straffinrun

      Heh, but what exactly does the constitution say about regulating immigration? All I can find is: “To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization,”

      1. Heroic Mulatto

        The Constitution says nothing about regulating drugs either.

      2. MikeS

        So, open borders but no government benefits until you follow the rules to becoming a citizen?

        1. straffinrun

          Becoming a “citizen” is mentioned and gives the government power over it. As far as I can tell.

          1. Florida Man

            So the constitution says who can be a citizen, but not a resident? I can get behind that.

          2. Heroic Mulatto

            The first federal immigration law wasn’t passed until 1875, which banned the immigration of Asian women.

            Because homosexuality was very common in those days.

          3. Florida Man

            I…protectionism for native prostitution?

          4. Count Potato

            After the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1874?

          5. dbleagle

            “Our whores are world class. Really. We have all the best whores and they are so classy we call them “saloon girls”. They are so healthy from walking streets we don’t need any cheap, knock off Asian whores. Hell I hear the ones from Siam have such poor production standards some of them have outies instead of innies.”

            Donald U.S. Grant

          6. Lackadaisical

            Our American johns deserve high quality poon, not those faulty Chinese sideways vaginas.

          7. straffinrun

            I’m in the Groucho Marx camp concerning club membership.

          8. R C Dean

            So, residency is a retained power of the states?

        2. That seems to jibe with my understanding of how citizenship and residence tended to work in those days. People didn’t really move around that much, and there weren’t really any benefits to be had as we understand them today. Besides, record-keeping wasn’t what it is these days, so how would you know someone wasn’t a citizen if they lived in your country and claimed to be one?

          1. Heroic Mulatto

            I’m not sure I agree with that. Over half of all European immigration to British North America was indentured servitude. Approximately, 250,000 people’s lives were so shitty that they were willing to basically be enslaved for a period of time in exchange for passage overseas.

          2. Sure, but that was over a period of about 150 years, largely, and I wouldn’t think citizenship would have come up since they were going from Britain to a British colony. I don’t have a hell of a lot of background in this topic, but I was always under the impression that your average well-off peasant, for lack of a better term, wouldn’t generally pick up and move from France to Spain, say. And to the extent that it did happen, it wasn’t a particularly formal affair, more of a matter of handing over the dough when the tax collector came by. But like I say, I am by no means an expert in the subject and am going mostly by stuff I’m remembering from history classes long past.

            Speaking of indentured servants, this poor guy was dug up near me. I’m not sure where that specific dig was but the general area is around here. For a while they were doing work on a small side street downtown which might have been the same group.

    5. Yep, that’s about it.

    6. Chafed

      Yuo

  13. Count Potato

    “This is a super special video to me, I’ve been working on it for a long time. Also b/c amazing people contributed to it”

    https://twitter.com/Barbara4u2/status/1175123755624013827

    “IF SOCIAL MEDIA GOT DELETED (feat. fellow Youtubers)”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOTa78XflJQ

  14. Suthenboy

    Last thread….I am too slow. re : music I said the blues were born in the Sahara and didn’t post an example.

    tinariwen-le chant des fauves

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JFO7Wb-p2A

    There is tons of this stuff if you look and it is great

    1. Heroic Mulatto

      Cool.

    2. AlmightyJB

      I feel it

    3. The Last American Hero

      Plant Paige confirms it.

  15. MikeS

    Hello.

    Having one of these. Will probably have another.

    A buddy borrowed me his DVD of Yellowbeard. Am looking forward to watching it tonight or tomorrow.

    Have a good evening.

    1. Oh man, I remember watching that with my dad when I was a kid! The cast alone makes it worth watching.

      1. MikeS

        I never knew it existed until yesterday. Looking forward to watching it.

        1. Sir Digby

          follow up with Erik the Viking!!

    2. Gender Traitor

      Having as much of this as I can pound down after a stressful day at the ol’ day job. Appropriately enough, it was a Christmas present (year???) from my boss, who doesn’t know better than to gift someone with wine topped with a screw-off cap. He means well, and it actually doesn’t taste too bad. To me, who doesn’t know better.

      1. MikeS

        If you like how it tastes, then it’s great wine.

      2. Florida Man

        Eh, I’ve had some pretty good screw top wines.

        1. Tres Cool

          Reuinte on ice! Thats nice!

          1. Florida Man

            Before my time, friend.

          2. MikeS

            Oh man. That’s a blast from the past.

          3. Rhywun

            Always a hearty LOLOLOL

          4. MikeS

            HAHAHAHA. I vaguely remember him selling wine, but I’ve never seen the whole behind-the-scenes thing. Excellent.

          5. slumbrew

            So very, very drunk. Makes me laugh every time.

    3. slumbrew

      Yum – Madeline Kahn.

      Female friend who I may or may not have a crush on loves that film – her favorite line:

      “Do you remember just before you were arrested, we were having a cuddle?”

      “I was raping you if that’s what you mean!”

      1. Sir Digby

        #FruitOfYerLoins

        1. slumbrew

          “Prawn of my loins, my foot!”

  16. Tres Cool

    Oh, so since its the end of summer.
    Kick it.

    1. Jesus, That is horrible.

      1. MikeS

        I find myself agreeing with you a lot lately. And it disturbs me.

        1. Spudalicious

          So you’ve gotten tired of being right?

          1. MikeS

            Fuck no. Don’t be dumb.

          2. Spudalicious

            Just looking at the anecdotal evidence. *shrug*

          3. Yes, yes. Embrace the power of the Hype-side.

    2. straffinrun

      If we’re going end of summer, I’ll go with September. *Will keep linking this until y’all GET IT.

      1. MikeS

        OMG! I finally GET IT!

        1. straffinrun

          You hang out at bodegas, don’t you?

        2. Chafed

          Thank you. Also would.

      2. I would have guessed this.

      3. Gender Traitor

        Well, if we’re going with the September theme… (Trigger warning: weaponized link.)

        1. dbleagle

          Since this is the last summer weekend we need some more glass bottle.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM

          1. Ozymandias

            That is a fucking great song, I don’t care what anyone says.

          2. Tundra

            The fact that it has 90 million views almost 50 years after it was released pretty much ends the discussion.

          3. DEG

            Seconded.

      1. Nephilium

        Damn. I was expecting this.

      2. Count Potato

        You are about three hours early.

          1. Tundra

            Mike wins.

            I did not see that coming.

          2. Mike wins.

            I’ll get you yet, Mike!

      1. Tundra

        Agreed.

        Amazing song.

          1. dbleagle

            This was next for me.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9FzVhw8_bY

            A potential Glibs anthem.

          2. MikeS

            Suthen’ turned me on to those guys. Love ’em.

            Here’s another good one

          3. DEG

            Suthen’ turned me on to those guys. Love ’em.

            #metoo

          4. straffinrun

            Suthen turned you on to guys?

    3. KSuellington

      Nice one Tres.

      From the comments:

      Light Iverson
      This is in every black movie after someone dies
      3 years ago
      2.1K

      Ha!

    4. slumbrew

      Huh. Now I know where Smith stole the sample from ; it’s a “sample” in the sense that Warren G sampled Michael McDonald.

    5. Gender Traitor

      To circle back to the “summer” theme for anyone here, lurking or otherwise, I just got up & found a link Mr. GT sent me to a thoroughly unique & tasty cover of a beloved standard. He recommended headphones for full sonic appreciation, and I second that.

  17. one true athena

    Speaking of woke – We went to my son’s school open house thing yesterday to hear short presentations from each teacher.

    And you will never guess (you totally would) the exciting units they will cover in 10th Grade post-1945 history:
    – the Cold War (well, yeah, including the “ideologies of capitalism and communism”)
    – South Africa and De-colonization
    – Migration
    – Israel/Palestine (I figure they have to be at least a little careful with this one, since there are Jewish students at school)
    – CLIMATE CHANGE. (like, what the fuck is this even doing in History? Can we not learn some actual history in the history class at least? except it’s some kind of interdisciplinary final project. barf.)

    Well, there’s a private school in Los Angeles curriculum, in case you were wondering where all the bullshit at the Climate Strike was coming from, it’s here. Good lord.

    1. Nephilium

      I’d be curious to know what the ideologies of capitalism and communism that will be taught.

      1. DEG

        “Capitalism bad, communism good”

        1. one true athena

          I mean, maybe I’m being unfair and we’ll see, but that’s certainly what I expect.

          Though we do have Chinese(-American) kids in the class, and I suspect at least a few of them escaped Mao, so we’ll see how that goes. (haha, “it’s not real socialism!” is my guess, but I have low expectations).

          1. DEG

            This one star review of Frank Dikötter’s “Mao’s Great Famine” led me to this essay from someone who lived through the Mao years. Earlier today I read the whole essay.

            It’s been a long time since I read the Unabomber’s Manifesto. I could easily re-read it as I have a copy lying around here somewhere, but instead I’ll go from memory.

            The Unabomber’s Manifesto is less unhinged and more in touch with reality than the above linked essay.

    2. straffinrun

      And she encouraged robust disagreement with her positions, right?

    3. Suthenboy

      Capitalism is not an ideology.

      1. kinnath

        Correct

      2. Count Potato

        Sure it is.

        1. I could see either way, honestly.

      3. Suthenboy

        Capitalism is the natural law stating that if y ou get less from your efforts than you put in to an endeavor you will fail. If you produce more than y ou put into it you come out on top. it is pretty simple. Invest 100 bucks in capital and produce 1000 bucks in value your profit ensures that you survive.
        It isn’t an ideology, it is simply the way reality works. Math: Input<output means you have something to eat. Output incentives repeat performances.

        The fantasy that we can prosper by looting capital from others and invest it and come out on top is a straight up denial of human nature. Believing it should work because fairness and reasons because it should is an ideology…i.e. magical thinking. Socialism removes the incentive to perform. Initially the looting is good but production grinds to a halt. Eventually the loot runs out and all of the fairness in the world won't feed anyone.

    4. kinnath

      So what’s missing?

      Internationally — Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Ruwanda, . . .

      Nationally — the Great Society, the Civil Rights movement, Kent State, the Weathermen, Watergate and it aftermath, the impeachment of Bill, . . .

      nothing too important I guess.

    5. KSuellington

      I would highly recommend adding “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels” by Alex Epstein to your kid’s reading list (I’m assuming this is high school or late middle school). It is very readable and would give plenty of ammo to your kid about climate hysteria.

    6. Jarflax

      Israel/Palestine (I figure they have to be at least a little careful with this one, since there are Jewish students at school)

      For now…

    1. AlmightyJB

      Lol

  18. Lackadaisical

    Weird thing happened today.

    The newbies at the office arranged a happy hour, so I attended. A fellow who accepted a position then backed out at the last minute was present. Like why are you here bro?

    I play it cool, but he just keeps saying stupid things, like how new York city is the largest city in the world… and then disagreeing with me about where the ghetto is, in a city I grew up in. Go back to where you came from!

    1. MikeS

      A guy who doesn’t work there showed up to your work happy hour? How did he even know?

      1. Lackadaisical

        Went to the same school as the other newbies. I’m not sure if he was invited or just happened to be there and joined them.

      2. Count Potato

        It’s an excuse to drink. So obviously not a libertarian.

        1. MikeS

          An excuse to drink? *shakes head* Some people.

          1. You two–get a room.

          2. Spudalicious

            They’ve become quite an item. I think Mike is in denial.

          3. Spudalicious

            I’m jealous because you and Hype have become BFF’s? I don’t think so. But it’s totes okay.

            And tomorrow night? There will be clowns.

          4. MikeS

            Hey, buddy, you heard of New Riff? Saw their bourbon and rye at the liquor store tonight.

          5. Spudalicious

            Hmm, I hope that makes it to Idaho. Looks interesting.

          6. MikeS

            The bourbon was $40 and the rye was $50. I’ll let you know if I pull the trigger. Maybe they’ll get some 50ml taster bottles.

          7. Spudalicious

            Looking forward to your review.

    2. Rhywun

      “It’s like you don’t even know anything about business.”

      “I don’t even work here!”

      “I know, and that’s what makes this so difficult.”

      1. Chipwooder

        “What’s in your briefcase?”

        “Crackers”

    3. Chipwooder

      That’s, um, odd

    4. straffinrun

      People, don’t you understand? The child needs a helpin’ hand.

    5. Caput Lupinum

      NYC isn’t even the biggest city in North America. The two seconds to look up the list of cities by population on his phone was too much effort?

      1. Lackadaisical

        The funny thing is, both me and another guy who interviewed him were relieved when he backed out. Acted like an asshole during the interview and didn’t know any of the technical questions we asked. But, I wasn’t the one making final decisions…

      2. creech

        Yeah but I’ll bet NYC is the world’s largest producer and consumer of artisanal mayonnaise.

        1. Lackadaisical

          You nailed him. He was exactly that annoying. he was talking to one of our black new hires and saying all this annoying shit about how he grew up in a 99.9% white suburb and blah blah blah.

    1. KSuellington

      You gotta hand it to that asshole, he just singlehandedly killed any chance for more federal gun control shit.

    2. Rhywun

      I wonder how many future “e-cigarette” renegades he will want to put in jail.

    3. straffinrun

      Make Kamala pay.

    4. whiz

      Man, I thought for sure that was a BB article.

  19. Sensei

    So a bunch of C47 / DC-3 flew to Europe for the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

    This just hit my YouTube recommendations…

    Bruce Dickinson flies our DC-3! | IRON MAIDEN | Plane Savers S2-E8

    1. Tundra

      Excellent!

      Thanks for that. I’m gonna be watching more of theirs.

      Make sure you turn Kristen on to this!

    1. Count Potato

      Shoot up the school?

      1. straffinrun

        If were going to have these cursed school shootings, is it wrong of me to hope the next one does it in blackface?

    2. Lackadaisical

      Bang your girlfriend.

      1. straffinrun

        This deserves that gorilla gif.

    3. commodious spittoon

      Oh, family involvement matters again in childhood development? Are we allowed to say that? It’s not all down to social disparities of race?

      1. commodious spittoon

        That’s the idea, right? Whatever the racial composition of their stupid advertisement, they’re still advertising responsible parenting to parents. Which seems awfully conservative and therefore regressive. Shouldn’t the ad be about how dirty-clothed Mexican immigrant children are made to squander their precious gifts picking lettuce for the affluent white children of their de facto slave masters? Their dirty, dusty clothes couldn’t possibly qualify any Mexican immigrant child for an education, unlike the clean-clothed immaculately white children, thanks to quality LG machines.

        1. Lackadaisical

          Nope, they’re giving the machines to schools so the teachers can wash the clothes of children who have irresponsible parts.

          1. Gender Traitor

            Mornin’, Lack! Still curious how you got to three wedding anniversaries per annum, if you’d care to share.

  20. Count Potato

    TFW, you miss two-hour Castro speeches

    “Four and a half hours

    Devoted to LGBTQ issues”

    https://twitter.com/jenniferm_q/status/1174836228539240448

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/18/politics/cnn-lgbtq-town-hall/index.html

    1. Count Potato

      “Bash was married to former CIA Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash from 1998 to 2007. In 2008 she married fellow CNN correspondent John King.”

      That doesn’t sound very L.

    2. Rhywun

      There is not enough Mexican ass-sex in the world you could provide that would get me to watch that.

      1. Jarflax

        4 hour Dem townhall on LGBTQ issues? What is this Gay conversion therapy aversion style?

      2. Count Potato

        I don’t want to see any of those people have sex.

        1. Chafed

          Butt it’s for the people.

          1. Tejicano

            If you think you’re going to be making new people like that you are doing it wrong.

        2. slumbrew

          Will Tulsi be there? Perhaps with a guest appearance by Kyrsten Sinema? Because I could, perhaps, get behind that.

  21. Count Potato

    “Scottish Man Punished for FARTING at Cops During Strip Search

    A Scottish man was on trial for farting three times during a strip search.

    Police had conducted a search after the man was found with marijuana.

    Police say the man smelled strongly of the drug as he was chatting to a man in a parked vehicle.

    Stuart Cook, 28, had become irate when police officers told him that he would be searched.

    Cook told the police “how do you like that” as he farted in their direction.

    When Cook was handcuffed, his temper worsened.

    Depute fiscal Lucy Simpson said Cook “deliberately farted in the direction of the officer three times, stating, ‘how do you like that?’”

    Cook, from Aberdeen, Scotland, previously pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis and to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by shouting and screaming aggressively, displaying aggressive body language, making a lewd remark towards police and “intentionally flatulating” in the direction of police.”

    https://nationalfile.com/scottish-man-punished-for-farting-at-cops-during-strip-search/

    1. Spudalicious

      Huh, sounds to me like he’s French.

      1. Jarflax

        The link you forgot

        1. Spudalicious

          That’s what I like about the Glibs. Always willing to lend a helping hand.

          1. dbleagle

            I believe it should be this link.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXm8JdC4k4c

          2. Well, that’s going in my Cuntes and Cods playlist.

          3. Jarflax

            Ok that is awesome, but if the Pipey had looked like that and played, it would have been a claymore not farts.

          4. Festus

            I’ve watched that video altogether too many times for some reason.

          5. Tejicano

            Now I’ve got to download that for my kettlebell workout

    2. Jarflax

      You get cuffed and strip searched for pot in the UK?

    3. Gender Traitor

      If farting is outlawed, only outlaws will fart.

      1. Spudalicious

        We need common sense fart control.

      2. Lackadaisical

        It’s part puff the green new deal.

      1. Festus

        My People!

  22. Spudalicious

    Boise State up 10-7 against Air Force.

  23. leon

    Holy fuck. Will the Refs just let these kids play (Utah vs USC)

    1. Rhywun

      I like her name – saßy!

    1. Spudalicious

      You’re a dick.

    2. So did everybody else?

    3. Jarflax

      By the way, to answer your usual question. No, not even th

    4. straffinrun

      “Look at my plain old average body!”

    5. Festus

      “Ze goggles! Zey do NOTHING!!!”

  24. DEG

    BUT EITHER WAY, YOUR FAMILY ARE A NOSY AND PUSHY LOT – YOU SHALL BE TARGETED BY THE BRUTAL EXTERMINATORS. SORRY, BRUTAL, THAT IS JUST THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

    This is an excellent decision.

    Q: I have noticed a trend in casual customer service workers’ way of speaking. As I’m checking out at the grocery store, the bank or the pizza restaurant, many workers ask, “What are you doing the rest of today?” or “What are you up to today?”

    While I’m all for friendly chat, I find this question odd, invasive and a bit rude. I hardly believe that they care about my daily, tedious comings and goings, so really the question is insincere. What is the most kind, polite way to respond?

    A: ZARDOZ RECOMMENDS ONE OF TWO ANSWERS – “CLEANSING THE FILTH OF BRUTALS WHO PLAGUE THE EARTH AS IT ONCE WAS” OR “TAKING YOU INTO GRAIN SLAVERY IN THE SERVICE OF THE ETERNALS OF THE VORTEX, THANKS FOR ASKING!”

    Strange pick-up lines.

  25. commodious spittoon

    Kinda sounds like she had a memorable sitcom wedding rather than a VHS tape shoved to the back of the tape drawer wedding.

    1. Festus

      Reposting this just to continue the theme https://youtu.be/pMKSbmcuG0o

    1. Charlize Theron was in a movie about her. Monster.

      That article didn’t mention that once, which makes me wonder where that article writer has been that she missed it. Shoddy workmanship, fr.

      1. Gender Traitor

        Jeeminy, even I knew that, and we almost never go to movies. Unless there are Minions involved.

        1. RIGHT?!

          Like “lesbian sex worker walking Florida highways” is all you need to know Monster, and everybody knows it because Charlize Theron got an award for being brave enough to get uglified.

          1. Gender Traitor

            That character was evil enough to have Minions, but NOOOOO!!! We woulda gone to see that movie if she’d had Minions.

          2. Gender Traitor

            Maybe in Monster 2 she will.

          3. In Monster 2, will she be giving Satan 50c blow jobs?

          4. Gender Traitor
          5. Oh that’s ADORBS!

          6. Festus

            Heh. Wifey went on a crocheting binge a couple of years ago. Every kid within sniffing distance was running around wearing minion hats. She even sold a fair number just by word of mouth. They were pretty adorable.

      2. one true athena

        That’s one thing about Woke Bloggers — they’re all 25 and they know NOTHING about anything. That’s how we get woke takes about how “Black Panther is the First Black Superhero movie!” As much as ordinary educated people bemoan that they know nothing about, say, the Cold War – they don’t know anything that’s not endlessly repeated or notstalgia-fied (like, say, something on Stranger Things), so they think it didn’t happen. Then they’re too lazy to even look it up, they just think they’re right.

        1. Then they’re too lazy to even look it up, they just think they’re right.

          It’s not like they have to go to the library for the encyclopedia selection.

          1. Jarflax

            As someone who actually used to enjoy old style paper book research I am occasionally sad at how easy it is now. Then I remember that now I can find the actual quote, fact, date, or whatever in real time, while actually having the argument, not 6 weeks later.

          2. Then I remember that now I can find the actual quote, fact, date, or whatever in real time, while actually having the argument, not 6 weeks later.

            I used to fisk people’s rants on Usenet all the time. It was easier to do when you could have bona fide sources. If you’re fighting a leftie, you don’t use rightie sites, right? So I got in a tiff with somebody who said only the poor pay taxes. I go to the IRS website that directly contradicts that, and she STILL doesn’t take it for the right answer. Whatevs.

            But NOW, I can’t verify anything because fake news and skewed data and suchlike.

            Also, people don’t like being told they’re wrong and they aren’t going to listen to me anyway.

            Also, I am old and have very little patience.

            Also, people are stupid.

            So I stopped doing that.

          3. Festus

            No argument here! I mean that literally. If people want to spout gibberish and it doesn’t directly affect me or mine then I just keep my fool mouth shut and seethe. Much less drama is a “Good Thing” when you reach middle age. Nihilism does have its upside.

          4. Someone is wrong on the Internet!

            And it’s life-threatening!!!

          5. Tejicano

            If they choose to be stupid it doesn’t cost me anything. Unfortunately, if a whole lot of them choose to be stupid in the same, exact way it could affect me in the long run. I just hope Darwin kicks in before it gets too nasty for the rest of us.

    2. Count Potato

      “”This woman was a lesbian sex worker who k*lled a client who she thought her life was threatened by,” Love told VICE. For Love, Cardi’s callback to Wuornos sent a powerful message—especially in light of the rapper’s own experiences working as a stripper as a young woman, often facing threats to her own safety from dangerous clients. “Aileen is bad-ass, and so is Cardi,” Love said.”

      Didn’t Cardi drug and rob people?

  26. Gender Traitor

    Would someone please STOP THE BREWERS??? The baseball team – not the beermakers. Blessed are the beermakers.

  27. Count Potato

    “Chris Brown angers fans with thirsty comment on Rihanna’s Instagram”

    https://pagesix.com/2019/09/20/chris-brown-angers-fans-with-thirsty-comment-on-rihannas-instagram/

    I’d hit that.

    1. Rhywun

      Ugh, no.

      Oh, wait. We’re not talking about Chris Brown, are we.

      1. Count Potato

        Well, not really, but he did hit her.

        thatsthejoke.jpg

        Anyway, here is your wokness:

        https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/1175034118364684288

        1. Shit, my kid just gets on his bike and heads to McDonald’s.

        2. Rhywun

          loldorable

          1. Festus

            Tot’s a Lefty, too!

        3. Tejicano

          Parents probably work in factories and so they taught big brother to make lunch for the kids while Mommy is at work.

  28. MikeS

    For all you cargo shorts haters:

    (I’ll save you the trip to the Bee and paste the whole story)

    Family Gonna Be Sorry When They Want Some Trail Mix From Dad’s Cargo Shorts They Just Made Fun Of

    Brent Barden’s family likes to make fun of his cargo shorts, saying they’re “pointless” and “out of style” and “weird.” But one day, perhaps soon, they’ll be sorry. They’ll all be sorry. Because on that day, they’re going to want some trail mix, conveniently stored in one of dad’s 18 pockets. Maybe it will be at a trip to the zoo or on a car ride or a simple walk to the park, but they’ll comment on how hungry they are and then they’ll be sorry.

    “They’ll rue the day they made fun of these bad boys,” he said, fuming, as he folded a few more Slim Jims into his favorite cargos. “Woe to those who make fun of the cargo shorts and then suddenly need some snacks, a multitool, a first-aid kit, or a Johnny Cash CD. Yeah, I’ve got all that stuff in here and more.”

    “They’ll look up and cry, ‘Hey, Dad, we’re hungry. Can we have some trail mix?’ and I’ll look down and whisper, ‘No.’” He clarified though that first he would say, “Hi hungry, I’m Dad.”

    1. Spudalicious

      I’m in my 50’s. I wear cargo short. GFY.

      1. Tundra

        Fucking right.

      2. MikeS

        We have so much in common, Spud.

      3. Spus, Spud, Spud, game over man I’m MikeS bestie now, cargo short aren’t gonna change that. You lost man, but hey, Tundra seems into you maybe you and him can be a thing.

        1. Spudalicious

          Well, at least Tundra is right most of the time.

          1. Tundra

            *fishes flask out of cargo shorts pocket and passes it to Spud*

          2. Spudalicious

            *deep pull, high fives Tundra*

          3. HELLO? Pineapple on pizza???????

      4. straffinrun

        I’ve got cargo speedos.

        1. Rhywun

          “Oh, my!”

        2. commodious spittoon

          Got a lot of room to spare in those britches?

        3. Spudalicious

          I…what?…uhh…

      5. Festus

        #metoo

      6. R C Dean

        They’re in the rotation.

    2. commodious spittoon

      You always forget some weird shit you pocketed in your cargo shorts, like the time I stuck my hand down my cargo shorts pocket and forgot it there, and now I’m a one-handed freak, you insensitive asshole.

      1. That wasn’t the pocket.

        1. commodious spittoon

          It’s true. I’ve been secretly masturbating myself through a hole I cut in the inseam of my pants.

          Sadly, my dick was cut off and apparently I grew some sort of appendage devouring maintenance shaft invented by Mojeaux. Imagine her surprise.

          1. “cod”

            Dude, it’s “cod” now.

          2. commodious spittoon

            IDON’TGETYOURMEME

            I leave for like a month and you’re all talking nonsense.

          3. Did you not read my smut?

          4. commodious spittoon

            I read the very interesting romance novel blurb, but I don’t understand why “cunte” is a thing now. Explain it for someone who is very horny, but, you know… a little bashful.

          5. commodious spittoon

            I retract my former complaint and apologize. I acknowledge your clear precedence in this area, and tender my… whatever the word it is for resigning myself from an entire situation.

          6. It is set in 1420.

            According to my research, the vagina was then mostly only called a “cunt,” and was spelled with a silent “e” at the end, hence, “cunte.”

            Also according to my research, I had very few names for penis to use. One is “spindle,” the other is “cod.” The hero uses the word “cod” and the heroine uses the word “spindle.”

            And so, after someone said, “Link me to the dirty parts!” I linked Chapter 18, and now cunte and cod is a thing.

          7. commodious spittoon

            I should have stayed quiet and let the poets speak.

            Why do you have kindergarten Mentok, the Mind-Taker, as your avatar?

          8. Why do you have kindergarten Mentok, the Mind-Taker, as your avatar?

            I’m being oppressed!

          9. MikeS

            And so, after someone said, “Link me to the dirty parts!”

            ?

          10. Yes, that would be Mike, but I didn’t want to embarrass him or anything…

          11. Gender Traitor

            Given what I learned here recently about “flicking the bean,” it lends a whole new meaning to the old toast, “Here’s to dear old Boston, the home of the bean and the cod…”

          12. Sir Digby

            That is….poetic

          13. Festus

            Bravissima!

          14. *curtsies deeply*

            Thank you! Thank you!

  29. Count Potato

    “Diminutive porn star “Bridget the Midget” was reportedly arrested for stabbing her boyfriend in the leg during a fight at the couple’s Las Vegas home.

    A neighbor of the adult-film star, whose real name is Bridget Powers, heard the two quarreling early Wednesday and called the cops, according to TMZ.”

    https://nypost.com/2019/09/18/porn-star-bridget-the-midget-arrested-for-stabbing-boyfriend/

    It sounds like she has a short temper.

    1. Sir Digby

      Stabbed in the leg…..of course

    2. Festus

      How I picture the “quarrel” https://youtu.be/vt2E3F4xlWo

        1. Festus

          The Digster! Making comments…

          1. Sir Digby

            Ready for tomorrow’s post?

          2. Festus

            Depends upon alcohol intake and whether or not I actually get anything done around here. But yeah, I’ll be there, bleary of eye and clouded of mind, just the same as downtown.

          3. Tejicano

            I could be wrong but I believe that the second chapter of my travels is going up tomorrow morning (US time).

          4. Festus

            Yay!

          5. Sir Digby

            I believe you are correct

          6. Gustave Lytton

            Damn. I might have to go to bed early to make it in on time.

          7. You are correct.

        2. LOVE THAT MOVIE!

  30. Count Potato

    “If you’re wondering what’s gong on in #WestPapua, here’s an Honest Government Ad. Right now, the Indonesian Govt has blocked the Internet and is sending in military to quash massive protests against their occupation. West Papuans are demanding a referendum @FreeWestPapua”

    https://twitter.com/thejuicemedia/status/1164311133768962049

    1. Festus

      That was pretty great, truth be told.

      1. slumbrew

        Seconded. Also, would. Very much would.

  31. Spudalicious

    Boise up in the third, 17-13.

  32. commodious spittoon

    Upstairs Downstairs is enchanting.

      1. commodious spittoon

        Fuck you, fuck off, and go fuck yourself.

        1. straffinrun

          You’ve changed over the years.

          1. MikeS

            I blame it on not enough sugar in his diet.

          2. commodious spittoon

            That hurts from you, most of all. I get it, I don’t dispute it, but it hurts.

    1. Festus

      I had to slog through all that Brit-porn when I was a tad. Upstairs Downstairs, The Oneidan Line, etc. I, Claudius is the tits, though.

      1. commodious spittoon

        I am genuinely interested in your British porn. What made it a thing where you grew up? Why? what reaction did you have toward it? How should I document these exchanges?

        1. Festus

          Having only one channel will do that. We were a very literate family and Mother liked to put on airs so even if the product was lackluster she’d still watch it for a feeling of superiority over her cohort. Basically a NPR listener that turns it up too loud in the next cubicle. The Brit-porn was just a throwaway funny.

  33. Spudalicious

    Boise 27-13.

  34. Tundra

    One more from the Big Star sidebar

    And no, none of the covers can touch it. Even the ‘Mats.

    1. Rhywun

      Still a Mighty Lemon Drops song in my head. *shrug*

    2. Festus

      Huh. I kinda liked that one. Sometimes you surprise me, Friend Tundra!

  35. straffinrun

    Who would you say is the father of: Due process, presumption of innocence, freedom of association, freedom of speech? If you could stick a name to each one (and not just say “English common law” or “Roman/Islamic law) who would you choose.?

    1. slumbrew

      H… is it HItler?

      1. straffinrun

        You’re kind of helping.

        1. Jarflax

          Stephen Langton is a possibility

          1. straffinrun

            Quick google of that and, yep, that’s what I’m talking about.

    2. Festus

      I was told that there wouldn’t be any math on this thread.

      1. straffinrun

        It’s a shitty question, but do you go with Voltaire, Montesquieu, JSM? That’s the kind of thing I was going for.

    3. Caput Lupinum

      Presumption of innocence: Julius Paulus Prudentissimus, Roman jurist

      Due process: Stephen Langton, archbishop of Canterbury that drafted the Magna Carta

      Freedom of association: John Stuart Mill, British philosopher

      Freedom of speech: Athenian democracy, probably Solon but records are sparse on who came up with what principles

      1. straffinrun

        That list is awfully..uh…white. Seriously though, thanks. Give you guys a h/t when I finish this submission.

        1. Caput Lupinum

          Well, they are all western concepts. You can find parallels to due process and presumption of innocence in Chinese law prior to western influence, but they aren’t exact matches. Presumption of innocence coming from Confucianism’s assertion that people are inherently good, and Chinese legalism that applied to all levels of society, placing even the emperors under the law. Inherent rights of the individual don’t really have strong parallels outside of the west as far as I’m aware though.

    4. KSuellington

      Pat Henry, Tommy Jefferson, and Tom Paine would be by America answers, But really you could probably say the Frenchies that preceded them a bit and Adam Smith and Locke.

      1. KSuellington

        Giving some special mention to Bastiat as the bestest Frenchie.

    5. Gustave Lytton

      Due process Joseph Story

      presumption of innocence W. J. Estelle, Jr.

      freedom of association John Howard Ferguson

      freedom of speech Oliver Wendell Holmes

  36. Spudalicious

    Boise takes down Air Force 30-19. Don can suck it.

  37. slumbrew

    For the record – Juniper’s SNMP implementation sucks balls. It’s all too easy to pin the CPU just querying the interface table. All the Cisco devices return in about a second, but Juniper takes 30 seconds and the CPU shoots right up.

    /grumble

    1. Chafed

      I was just thinking the same thing

      /slowly backs out of the room

    2. Gustave Lytton

      The suckitude of equipment is Tolstoyesq.

    3. J. Frank Parnell

      Juniper’s SNMP implementation sucks balls.

      FIFY

    1. Festus

      That moment when the clouds part on a dreary day and beam of sunlight shines down upon the meadow.

    2. KSuellington

      Wow, good win there. It’s crazy that that is what it has come to. We know it here, judges are sacred beings that cannot be held to the standards of mere mortals. The story there focuses on the free speech issues, I wonder what the guy thought his wife was doing wrong with their kid.

      1. Festus

        That’s the salient point that the story elided. They set this up as a Man vs. Machine scenario but failed to give the reader any background regarding the case. Maybe he was an abusive asshole and she was a meth head. Who knows? I’ll take the win for the reaffirmation of the First Amendment on its own merits.

        1. KSuellington

          Agreed. I’d like to hear more about that case though.

    3. MikeS

      While it’s cool that the jury only needed 26+ minutes, it still seems a bit long. But good for him. That shit like that happens in the USofA is scary as hell.

    1. slumbrew

      It took a while, but I finally managed to fap to that.

      1. slumbrew

        I take a few days off to concentrate on work and someone has used the Ludovico Technique on Q – these are not the Q links I am accustomed to.

          1. commodious spittoon

            Just dirty. No one has a dream that you just, you wis, you jus, you wis, you just

        1. Festus

          Ah. She seems a favorite of old Q!

      2. Festus

        Reminds me of this guy https://youtu.be/D04wb7P_v-4

    1. Festus

      Sad, but the part where “her partner in the studio Spizoo” gave me pause…

      1. Sir Digby

        I wonder what the life expectancy for a porn star is.

  38. KSuellington

    Late nite fun track. Beat the bongo.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6uC26Z-VgNw

    1. mikey

      Thx. That is fun.

    2. Festus

      Transported back to 1977 and every TV theme song. Cool!

      1. KSuellington

        I’m a big fan of old school detective and spy movie music fan.

        1. KSuellington

          And drinking a large amount of beer on a Friday nite.

          1. Festus

            Flagons of ale!

        2. Sir Digby

          +1 The Spy Who Loved Me

    3. Gustave Lytton

      https://youtu.be/WY-Z6wm6TMQ

      I like SugerHill’s version better.

      1. Sir Digby

        Straight from Gustave’s fingers: https://youtu.be/KN_hSOaeFwo

    4. KSuellington

      Something different, but I think incredibly beautiful.

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WOrHUNRNAWI

  39. Gustave Lytton

    Wait, doing a Gandhi impression is blackface?

    https://youtu.be/PeCHINs9pr0

    1. Festus

      See! We can “Elizabeth” just as well or better than you Yanks! Prim, scolding, judgmental, dried-up old librarian is the music that unites us in these troubled times. Have a Coke and a smile!

        1. Festus

          I never used to dig Asian chicks that much but you guys have embedded a mind-worm. Now I want a hot Japanese bride that surfs, types and drinks Coca -Cola all at the same time! Damn you Glibertarians! Damn you to Hell! *shakes fist at laptop*

          1. Sir Digby

            OK, Festus–I’m claiming all the English/Celtic ladies, then.

          2. hayeksplosives

            You rang?

            (Bats eyelashes innocently)

          3. Festus

            heh

          4. Festus

            Fuck that noise! The Gingers are mine! Of course Yusef gets a slice because he’s a contributor. Oh wait, you get some too. Hmmm. Ya know, a man only needs one red-head in his life so there might be enough to go around for everybody. Win/win!

          5. Sir Digby

            Only one?

            I can totes live with that.

            ::brushes hair, looks at Hayek::

            How you doin’?

          6. hayeksplosives

            A man can’t have more than one redhead in his life st once because they/ we would fight each other to the death , Celtic style .

          7. hayeksplosives

            I’m doin good ovah here. How you doin?

          8. Sir Digby

            Oh, I’m Celt free, at the moment!

          9. Sir Digby

            And, I’m thinking late night is looking brighter

          10. Festus

            You flirty cock-blocker you…

          11. Sir Digby

            Am I gonna have to come up with a new avatar/screen name combo?

            Sir Digby: Blocker of Cocks

          12. Festus

            Yes! You have the funniest avatars and screen names. Now just show the nice lady where the clown touched you…

          13. Sir Digby

            Well, if/when she asks, I will oblige.

            I have behave in order to keep the “Sir”

          14. Gustave Lytton

            And she’s still pretty MIRFy today

            https://youtu.be/zVmBF6p5hh4

            I wouldn’t mind Dining with the Chef, IYKWIM.

  40. Gustave Lytton

    Londonbeat > English Beat

  41. Gustave Lytton

    https://youtu.be/mOYZaiDZ7BM

    25 years later. When will they apologize for their bigoted music video? Meanwhile, I’m going to watch the Swedish Bikini Team.

    1. Festus

      *sniffs* I find that video very problematic. *adjusts junk and spits tabaccy juice on your foot*

      1. hayeksplosives

        Oy vey. “Problematic” is now the equivalent of pearl clutching “being offended”

        Yeah let me give you something to be offended about!!

        1. Sir Digby

          ::waits patiently::

          1. hayeksplosives

            Um…bend over and I’ll show ya?

            (I got nuthin)

          2. Sir Digby

            Weeeell…I wouldn’t call it “nuthin”

          3. Festus

            Oh, Digby… *studio laugh track*

          4. Sir Digby

            Whaaaaat?!

        2. Festus

          It’s ridiculous. I can’t offend you unless you take offense. Sadly, everyone wants to climb the grievance totem pole until there is but one Monkey-Eagle standing atop, hooting and screeching about its new-found powers.

          1. Sir Digby

            “Monkey-eagle” was my nickname in college. How’d you know?

            /go college sports team!

          2. Festus

            That would make for a great logo. Shame that my artistic ability dried up faster than the Salton Sea.

          3. Sir Digby

            I wonder what the Latin phrase would be for “Do Not Stand Under Me”…

          4. hayeksplosives

            You are responsible for how I feel! I have no agency or free will! Please, lefties, give me a pacifier and binky and tuck me in!

          5. Sir Digby

            ::gets ready; re-reads post::

            Aww…”lefties”?!? Dammit….

          6. hayeksplosives

            Well I do suppose it could be open to interpretation… but then wouldn’t I hypothetically be tucking you in?

          7. Festus

            I’ll read that whichever way I deem fit, young lady! *peers down the hallway and locks door*

          8. Sir Digby

            I….well….it….ummm

            Can I just choose “Yes, please”?

          9. Sir Digby

            I….well….it….ummm

            Can I just choose “Yes, please”?

          10. Sir Digby

            Did I just blank that blankin’ reply?

            Blank….

          11. hayeksplosives

            Ding ding ding!! We have a winner.

            You owe me one good “tucking in” but you gotta buy me dinner first.

          12. Sir Digby

            Alriiiight–Arby’s tonight!

            /Kidding! I’m kidding. Maybe.

        3. Problematic is like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.

          1. Gender Traitor

            No, that’s not the word. What IS that word? Another “-ic” word, but shorter… Heroic? Erotic?

  42. straffinrun

    You guys still up? I’m just getting to happy hour. Gin tonics for ¥280.

    1. Sir Digby

      What is that, like, $20?

      /I know, I know…

    2. hayeksplosives

      What kind of furriner currency is that???

      1. Festus

        About ten thousand loonies, I’d venture.

        1. Sir Digby

          #TyreDollars

          1. hayeksplosives

            Three fifty, as Chef’s parents can attest.

          2. Festus

            Twenty bucks, same as downtown.

          3. Sir Digby

            Poor Chef.

            Xenu comin’.

            /did i do that right?

    3. Festus

      Yeah, we’re here and being just a little saucy. Come on in to the hot tub, it’s oh so warm and comforting!

      1. Sir Digby

        Yeah–jump on in. Just, mind the sauce.

        1. Festus

          Sprinkled a little corn starch in the Human Soup, did we?

          1. Sir Digby

            #1 “Dick Cappuccino”

        2. hayeksplosives

          In all seriousness I would love a hot tub right now, especially the ones that have the back massage jets.

          My poor back aches And it makes me happy even just to imagine it!!

          1. hayeksplosives

            After all the imagination, done stuff doesn’t match in reality.

            Well, whaaaa!

            Suck it up, rub some dirt on it, move on.

          2. Sir Digby

            rub some dirt on it

            ::looks at bottle of oil, hides it behind back, slinks away::

          3. Sir Digby

            My poor back aches

            OK, this makes me sad.

            Someone get this woman a Jacuzzi, stat!

          4. hayeksplosives

            Glibs aren’t allowed the luxury of sympathy.

            (Smack!!)

          5. Festus

            Glibs don’t “smack”, they “snark”. One hurts for a moment and the other is like a brand.

          6. Festus

            That’s about right.

          7. Sir Digby

            It’s difficult to pick a fave Mel Brooks film, but High Anxiety is mine.

          8. Festus

            Used to love the hot-tub after sportsball. Just can’t bring meself to crawl in there with other people, nowadays. It was really great apres ski.

  43. Sir Digby

    OK, I’ve just given myself the giggles over the Arby’s comment.

    “Would madame prefer the Arby’s Sauce, or, the Horsey Sauce?”

    The coffee’s getting to me.

    1. hayeksplosives

      Do they drape a thin paper napkin over their firearms as they place your plastic meal tray before you?

      And also, before the waiter gets to “Is Pepsi Ok?” when you order a Coke.

      No. No. Pepsi is never ok. Bring me tap water.

      1. Sir Digby

        As long as it’s not Sierra Mist, I’m OK.

        Then again, I can’t really do sodas much any more, so, they better have some non-Nestea tea

  44. Sir Digby

    Well, looks like I killed yet another thread.

    Dang.

      1. Sir Digby

        But, it’s today!

        1. Sir Digby

          Festus, I apologize….

          1. Festus

            S’okay! *wipes snot from nose and hiccups noisily*

  45. Tejicano

    You guys/gals still up?

    I walked away when things seemed to be slowing down. but ya’ll were just lurking I guess.

    1. Festus

      I’m still here but seem to be the most boring of the bunch unless you’d like to be regaled with stories of bush parties long past. Going to hit the hay soon. We were at a pit party one time and my Brother was so obnoxious that when he bounced out of the truck bed after we’d slung him in there after he passed out we didn’t even bother to go back to look for him. He showed up at home with no shoes and one sock on his foot. Yay for being teen-aged drunkards?

      1. Tejicano

        I’m picking up dinner from a local Nepalese place. Had a beer and some wine with the Mrs.

        I’ll be off-line for a while until I get the kids bathed and to bed.

    2. I have been awake all night, but wasn’t on Glibs.

      I need to fix my sleep schedule, since being awake at night doesn’t help me get to my day job.

      1. Gender Traitor

        Mornin’, UCS! I drank copious (for me) amounts of wine last night and stayed up WAY later than I usually do on a Friday, but I still woke up at the usual time, dammit! Little opportunity for an afternoon nap, too, since Mr. GT and friends have an early evening “Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day” gig at our favorite local winery. (More wine! Yipee!) It’s on to copious amounts of caffeine fer me, I guess. Got a lot of reading to do!

  46. Festus

    Puking over the tailgate of one friend of a friend’s mint ’68 El Camino for sixty miles was a low-light for Festus. I’d pop up from under the tarp and the following traffic would slow down just enough so that they didn’t get any on them. Went to school the next day, too. I’ve got a million of them.

    1. Festus

      I look back at my past actions and it is nothing but a chapbook of shame and regret. Would I change anything? Fucking right! Can I change it? Sadly, no.

  47. Gender Traitor

    Just stumbled across a previously undiscovered version of one of my favorite audio antidepressants. Consider it your morning pick-me-up.

      1. AlmightyJB

        Nice song. I’m wearing that same outfit today. Accentuates my stone head.

      2. Gender Traitor

        Fun! My only quibble: not a fan of collar erections.

  48. hayeksplosives

    How can Kellyane Conway stay married to her husband???

    I can get them personally disagreeing over dinner about Trump. Probably many “house divided” out there.

    But her career and brand is based on her work for Trump, and this dude actively undermines her??!! Is he just jealous that she is successful without her whiny bitch husband???

    What a douche.

    1. Gender Traitor

      Not familiar with the situation, but #AStarisBorn? (And no, haven’t seen the latest remake either. I don’t get out much. ***SIGH!***)

    2. Festus

      I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Kelly-Anne was a firecracker about forty years ago. Just like people giving Sarah Palin shit for being 55 years old. God forbid I become a widower but I’ll be the King of the old folks home.

      1. Gender Traitor

        My previous FIL (with the first Mr. GT) held that title near the end of his life.

        1. Festus

          So hope springs eternal? Just kidding, I’m a very traditional man but ventures on Facestalk and sundry reunions have left a skewed taste in my mouth.

          1. Gender Traitor

            a skewed taste in my mouth.

            Euphemism?

          2. Festus

            Pretty much. Lonely divorcees don’t seem to have boundaries. I’ve got boundaries in spades.

          3. Gender Traitor

            You’ll probably have to beat the widows in The Home off with a stick. (Not a euphemism.)

          4. Festus

            Waggles eyebrows and various and sundry accoutrement…

    3. AlmightyJB

      “he just jealous that she is successful without her whiny bitch husband???”

      “What a douche.”

      Yes. Yes.

    4. Tejicano

      Dude better rein in that noise before she gets an idea to upgrade.

      1. Festus

        *hops in time machine and becomes 19 year-old Festus, laboring in the hot sun as a groundskeeper* The script writes itself!