Undaunted by the evident lack of enthusiasm for my last puzzle I like great men before me endeavor to persevere so here’s a new puzzle, feel free to ignore the clever theme answers and tear in to the grammar errors or just plain wrong cluing*. Most importantly have fun!!!
or if you prefer a PDF TDS-puzzle
If you need to cheat some help TDS-solution
Lastly you can go here and work an interactive version. The Password is “Pode$ta”
*Don Escaped Texeas beta tested this one and made a few good suggestions (one of which I even listened to) so all those errors are on him.
Comments
309 responses to “TDS: Another Crossword”
‘Undaunted by the evident lack of enthusiasm for my last puzzle…’
Hey, I liked the the orca clue.
I’m just not a fan of cross word puzzles. It’s not personal. Thank you for donating your time to add some variety to the site.
I feel the same. I did get into them for a few months as a teenager because I enjoyed the challenge but not having a well rounded education/exposure to different ideas outside of my very insular little world in BFE and weekend trips to the city to hangout with my boxing hoodrat friends I found them too difficult to complete and I found other things to focus on.
I am in that club too. I give all the crossword makers and solvers a thumbs up, and go about my business
I used to be able to solve the AP crossword in about 30 minutes. And I don’t even have a degree.
Same here. I’m a word guy, so you think I’d like them, but just not my bag.
So I say, crosswords should be illegal. WHO’S WITH ME!
10-down is “spic” ?
from
Linking to tits in the first 30 mins. of a post is one thing but spoilers! Count, I am disappoint.
I just didn’t want anyone to think you were racist. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.
His avatar’s white and has a No sign over a watermelon. So racist.
I thought that was a pickle? I assumed it was Urthona hate.
Bay leaf, biggest scam in culinary history, everyone has a jar of bay leaves and puts one or two in the stock because that’s what they want you to do. However, No one, Absolutely no one has ever tasted a stew or a stock or a soup and said “Ugg, needs more Bay Leaf” like wise no one as ever said “Ehgh, Too much Bay”It’s a con the parsley sprig people should be envious.
The proper term is “Latino and span”.
Count the silverware.
Oooh! Thanks for the interactive version! I’m on it.
^ this ^
Thanks Hype’. You’re a swell guy.
Thirded. I’d rate this one akin to a NYT Wednesday puzzle. Hard, but not soulcrushingly so.
Thanks Trashy, that’s about what I was aiming for, I know the theme answers were a bit contrived but I hope at least some solvers ‘got it.’
Fwiw, I have printed out all of the puzzles so far and tried all of them.
That online version doesn’t seem compatible with my Kindle.
I’d love to know which of my clues were the most obtuse.
SP helped me go back and post easier clues, but who knows.
Doesn’t work on mine either. I’ll have to print it out
I think I got 3 down, anyway.
Heh
What you just did there- I noticed it.
59-across
12 gau only works if part of the puzzle is Soduku.
What? Too soon ?
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/09/30/dan-webb-donation-kim-foxx/
I haven’t seen this posted yet. A new revelation in the Smollet case.
They’re able to find all these nuggets that point to obvious corruption or conflict of interest yet it never seems to go anywhere.
What will happen in this case?
Chicago runs like a well-oiled machine, don’t it ?
Nice
It takes daley maintenance to keep the machine running smoothly.
Meh, I suspect 100% of Cook County lawyers donate to the DA’s campaign. It is Chicago.
Just an FYI: 19A isn’t ‘NKVD’
I only got it because I got 12D first.
I should add, I already got 10D, 11D, and 13D first too. I.e. I had no idea on 19A.
Yeah, that was my first thought until I got 10-down.
That was my least favorite fill but after a while one just says fuck it I gotta finish this block. You’re gonna have some crossword-ese and some obscure anagrams now and again.
Y’all aren’t up on your Chekists.
Trump Trump Trump Trump…
I DON’T LIKE TRUMP!
/apologies to Monty Python
Trumpity Truuump! Wonderful Trump!
I’m in the top 10% of Trumpians around these parts.
I managed to hire three people in the past two weeks. Two of which were “of color”. Am I still racist? GO!
So you hired an albino.
That wasn’t my personal opinion, ackshually. Just riffing on the puzzle.
I’m pretty sure I’ve bitched recently about hiring people being difficult.
I was just tossing that out there.
I LOATHE hiring….I feel your pain
I don’t make those decisions but I’ve done a couple half-ass interviews and hated the frack out of it.
But I wanted to play mad libs!
You’re just going to write “TROLL’ in all the blanks anyway.
…damnit.
Not TULPAE ?
Hyperbole is not a Tulpa, he is just a super troll, trolling about trolling everyday. EVEN THE PUZZLE IS A TROLL!
I wouldn’t call anyone who has contributed so many articles a “troll” per se. don’t forget his excellent articles on home construction.
I prefer “provocateur”.
Ahem, he called me a ‘Super Troll” I just may change my handle.
The Hyperion wins…
You’re just a contrarian, which leads to you being accused of parroting the MSM line here because contrarian among contrarians leads back in a circle.
During the day when the tiny penis fella was being a weirdo there were a few commenters referring to Hyperbole as a troll, which is all I needed to start me on my TROLL!! nonsense.
If he is that into home construction maybe he is just a HGTV channel plant.
Fun fact: more women masturbate to the HGTV channel than any other television station ergo Hyperbole is the second-most ‘batable Glib.
Now I’m definitely changing my handle.
Thank you for leaving most batable mantle to me. You’re a gentleman.
Sounds about right.
This makes no sense, his only scandal was wearing a tan suit but the answer has four letters.
Twat? Shit? Arab?
Fast.
I think they were going a reasonable speed. How fast should they go.
Speed? “Twat” was thrown out there–offered up, if you will–and speed is the concern?
We truly are a bunch of glibs….
Beng? Birt? AHCA?
I wanted to put 2009, but it called for letters.
Great minds…
How the 1929 market crash will affect the ‘Peaky Blinders’ crime family
omg Friday!
This is pretty difficult
Nice work man. I’m not good at these, but they are awlays fun.
Thanks, Leon
awlays
I think I know what your problem is…
LLO
Excellent again, Hype – much enjoyed. Thanks
De nada.
Todd Phillips Blamed “Woke Culture” For Killing Comedy And Leading Him To Make “Joker”
One of us! One of us!
I’m hoping it’s a good movie.
I have no interest in this movie but I do wonder where this narrative is coming from.
The “sympathetic origin story” has been a trope of storytelling for, like, ever.
There is only us wokesters and Hitler’s, there is no grey area. Hitler’s were all born evil. They are not human like us. Anything that makes us think about non-duality (except in the case of gender) is offensive and should be banned.
I’m taking the wife Saturday or Sunday. I’m hoping it’s at least decent.
An Ex–Dallas Cop Was Found Guilty Of Murder For Fatally Shooting Her Unarmed Neighbor In His Own Apartment
She’s a piece of garbage. “Didn’t cross my mind.”
I think she was drunk.
Drunk on
lovesexting.Apparently, she testified that she intended to kill him when she saw that he was there. Presto, murder instead of manslaughter. She was supposed to say that she just wanted to end the threat. That’s why people so rarely testify in their own defense.
No shit?
A) Why would she decide to kill him?
B) Why would she admit to that?
A) Evil
B) Stupid
Her story was that she thought he was in her apartment when she walked in and he was charging at her, therefore she fired her weapon when he refused commands to stop.
The forensics did not support this version very well, nor does common sense.
No, she testified that when she pulled the trigger she intended to kill him.
That’s bog-standard, by the books weapons training. Never shoot anything you do not intend to kill.
The press has done a really bad job of covering this trial (at least the top-line national media). They have left out all the details about their past disputes, testimony about how long the encounter lasted, etc. They have decided that the good video is the important bit. So we get to see her crying and saying that she’s so sorry for what happened and then smash-cut to her answering “yes” to “when you pulled the trigger, did you intend to kill him”.
Don’t get me wrong… from everything I’ve read it sure looks like she should be going down for murder. But not because of that quote. Because of every other fact in the case except that one.
“It didn’t cross my mind,” Guyger responded to the prosecutor asking why she didn’t use the gauze she had in her backpack lying next to her to stem Jean’s bleeding wound…”
She’s more than a piece of garbage. She’s an inhumane sociopath”
“Prosecutors said it was unreasonable for a trained, five-year veteran of the police to enter the wrong apartment and shoot an unarmed man — who was not a threat to anyone — in the chest.
It is “unreasonable she could do something like that and just say ‘whoops, my bad,’ and go about her life,” Dallas County prosecutor Jason Hermus said in his closing arguments Monday, mocking Guyger’s claims that she shot Jean in self-defense.”
Again. Wrong word. ‘Unreasonable’ doesn’t come close to describing her actions.
She’s a menace to society.
Dude, she’s a cop.
“She’s a menace to society”
That’s why she was working as a cop.
It’s like that old saying….
“When life gives you lemons…”
Except this one goes “When life makes you a sociopath, make sure you have qualified immunity to cover your ass….”
I am not sure I believe any of that. I think she went there to kill him or to confront him and decided to kill him at some point before confronting him and I think the jury saw that. There are too many unanswered questions.
As I recall she actually broke into his apt because her key wouldn’t open his door which is another aspect I find very suspicious. Was the door damaged? Or did she have a key and claim she didnt? Doors like that aren’t very easy to break down. Was her shoulder bruised? The more I think about it the more questions I get.
Not rendering aid is surprisingly common in incidents where police kill people.
Many of the worst videos we see at libertarian sites end with police casually milling about and stepping over the bleeding victim, or handcuffing the soon-to-be corpse but not rendering first aid.
Among the most notorious for me were Kelly Thomas who begged for his life, screamed that they were killing him and cried for his daddy as he was beaten to death….. immediately after which police sought treatment from paramedics for elbow scrapes while he lay unconscious and very slowly dying on the pavement. They even step over him to get to one of the people who beat him to death to treat a boo-boo.
Then there’s Jose Guerreno, who was awoken by 5 armed police kicking his door in and his wife screaming that men with guns were beating the door … he runs to the kitchen with his AK – safety on – and the cops open fire, emptying every weapon they had. They ultimately hit him 22 times … after which they pulled back and ignored the pleas of his wife who was on 911 asking for an ambulance. They held the paramedics for 2 hours until he bled out. None of his wounds would have been fatal if he had been promptly treated… only 2 of the 22 hits were to the torso. Nice shootin’, Tex!
And then there was the crazy guy who’s mom called to have him taken back to the loony bin. He came to the door (behind his mother, who was not afraid) carrying a screwdriver. After some shouting and threats, they shot him. They then stepped over the body as they moved back and forth, calling in backup and an ambulance. They did not check his condition.
Much more common than I would have suspected.
that he was never a threat to her.
He was in his own home and Guyger entered unlawfully. He would have every right to be a threat and protect himself against an armed intruder. Try again.
They said that Guyger abandoned her police training by confronting an apparent intruder by herself instead of taking cover and calling for backup
Vino veritas.
Legal Experts Warn Amber Guyger Verdict Could Set Dangerous Precedent Of Police Officers Not Being Allowed To Shoot Anyone They Want
And this is why the Onion has jumped the shark and these guys are actually relevant.
I think drugs fell out of her ass when she shot him.
Researchers shocked to find 1,000 bottlenose dolphins living in the Potomac – a river so badly polluted it was called a ‘national disgrace’
Thanks, President Trump!
Yeah, but mammals are way different than fish!
The Deep State is training them too assassinate Big Orange.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069946/
George C ranting to dolphins! Great idea, poor execution.
Haven’t watched it since I was a teen. I don’t really remember anything about it.
It’s not very good although it could have been very good.
They’ll probably be a remake at some point. Maybe when the Donald gets re-elected. The dolphins will just take it upon themselves so they can save the planet.
I thought dolphins were above all of that. When the going gets too shitty they just take off and say “So long and thanks for all of the fish”.
I didn’t think it was too bad.
Buck Henry wrote the script, George C owned the role, its a bananas and cream pie idea that could have been fun, and it’s merely adequate to below adequate.
I consider that not very good. Please note that disagreeing further on this topic will get you added to my enemies list.
Fuck off, slaver.
“Please note that disagreeing further on this topic will get you added to my enemies list.”
CJ’s friends list. CJ’s enemies list. Hmmmmm. I cant decide which one is the worst of the two to be on.
Make the wrong choice and you will soon learn which list is worse, friendo.
Lover is probably the worst.
Hey Big Crust, what’s Twitter?
This:
That pretty much sums it up. Pointless.
I was on a flight with Alan Thicke (PBUH). I did not feel the need to scream anything at him.
You should have yelled at him for the Thicke of the Night.
I worked at Logan International Airport in my early twenties. The list of famous people I saw either in my terminal or on a shuttle bus:
Priest Homles
Coolio
Natalie Portman(I think she attended Harvard at the time)
WWF’s Val Venis
Ja Rule
Eliza Dushku(*drool*)
And yes, I was way too much of a pussy to talk to Eliza and Natalie. The others I didn’t care to expect for Holmes but he seemed busy at the time and I didn’t want to be that guy.
*Holmes
JFC…
He could be homeless; you don’t know.
Natalie Portman is the only name I recognized, although I recognized Eliza Dushku once I googled her. So, famous? Meh
Good thing you didn’t. I saw on SNL how she handles her fans
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1618150400
Yeah, like when Cherry Darling killed all those dudes in Planet Terror, it was a prime example of toxic masculinity.
+ Kill Bill
It’s almost like people just act on the soup of nonsense they’ve been stewing in. “Evidence” schmevidence.
Or Jackie Brown getting over on all those punk ass butches. Yup. QT hates women.
I made my daughter watch that. It took her about 5 minutes and then she was into it. She went as Kiddo that year for Halloween. Everybody at her high school recognized her, too, which warms my Tarantino-loving heart.
I’ve met him, anyone who would scream at him is an awful person.
He had a woman kill Hitler. What are these people smoking?
O geeze. I just saw that interactive version that tells you when you’re wrong.
I’m a bit dissapointed that 7 down isn’t reason.
2 DOWN!!!! SQUEEEEE!!!
Mechanophile
What’s the worst Halloween candy? This study picked 10
Actually black licorice is good.
Necco wafers are objectively the worst.
They’re the peak freans of candy.
What the fuck is wrong with Necco wafers? Hmm?
They are stale chalky sugar wafers.
Hater.
De gustibus non est disputandum sed vos iniuram
You and HM obviously share a fetish.
I can neither confirm nor deny. Although I will say twerking look silly to me.
I like Neccos and Smarties.
The worst one is Mary Janes, not whatever is being misidentified as “Peanut Butter Kisses” (?!) on that list, but the actual ones.
Good & Plenty is probably the worst. I hate black licorice even more than I hate coconut. I don’t want any candy with either of those things.
I’ll happily take all the Mounds bars (Mmmm!! Dark chocolate!!) in your trick-or-treat bag.
I’ll trade you for your Snickers.
Deal!
Nice:)
Bounty is superior.
Thanks! Will take under advisement.
Candy corn.
Circus peanuts
Actually, Candy Corn Is Great
Hating on candy corn is like wiping your tookus with the American flag!
I like candy corn, in moderation. As a kid I would eat the white, orange, and yellow separately.
Bonus points if you get the dividing line cleanly.
^^^^
Nice work Hyp. For me, crosswords require morning, and coffee. I perused this and it looks like a pretty good puzzle.
Sigh…
Same^
I still do
I hate candy corn AND I hate this author, now.
You’re a good egg, blackjack.
Fuck candy corn. It is disgusting. It is the Bugs Bunny of candy. If I wanted to eat burnt candle wax, I’d eat burnt candle wax.
Says the man who eats ass:)
That should tell you something.
That your opinion on taste is meaningless.
No one wants your penny candy anymore now that chocolate has been invented, old man!
Is that Ed Asner?
Jealousy is such an ugly emotion.
Jealousy of the ability to eat burnt candle wax?
I’m sick of you attacking this wonderful candy. I’m outa here!
*flips keyboard*
RHEEEESES!
Peanut Butter Cups?
Nom nom.
Easily the best candy not involving toffee.
Best toffee candy: Heath, or Caramel Apple Pops?
Enstrom’s English Toffee. Fight me.
I was about to opine that those are the best Halloween candy but then I reconsidered. The holiday peanut butter shapes: Halloween pumpkins, Easter Eggs, and Christmas trees are the best because they have a higher peanut butter to chocolate ratio than the normal version.
Reese’s Pieces or Peanut Butter M&Ms? Discuss.
The Peanut Butter M&Ms in the office break room are my downfall.
Candy nirvana.
No, and absolutely not, and you’re kidding yourselves. It’s chalky awfulness.
If you are speaking of Necco wafers, you are correct.
Yeah, whatever. Give me all of the little dark chocolate bars and do what you want with the rest. Wait…those little clear watermelon flavored hard candies…I want them also. I don’t know if they are still made….cant find them online. Oval shaped hard candy in a clear cellophane wrapper…watermelon flavor was dark pink like colored glass.
The rest of that sugary crap y’all can have.
Jolly Ranchers?
No…they were almost generic. I saw some in the last few years. Clear wrapper with small white letters barely readable.
Twelve down… nailed it.
Trump campaign, RNC raise record $125 million in 3rd quarter
WHO DONATES TO POLITICIANS! SHOW YOURSELVES, COWARDS!
I gave him $200 back in 16 after I got attacked for saying something moderately nice about him on TOS. It was in one of their deranged TDS story comment threads and I gave Trump the $200 I was planning to give TOS out of spite. I get about 15 emails a day and 4-6 letters a weeks asking for money ever since. Leeches the lot of them.
I donated to Austin Petersen during his last congressional run. And true to form, I was bombarded with requests for money nearly every day. At one point I managed to exchange several emails with his campaign manager with the promise of more money and the potential for at least a handful of new donors if he would agree to at least consider doing an interview with TPTB. I never got a response. My guess somebody read the comments here after a links post not soon there after and told him to steer clear.
You guys make me so proud at times.
That was mostly from people buying Trump straws to chop down to just the “Trump” part for snorting drugs… duh.
Amber Guyger or Casey Anthony? You must choose one. Go.
Winner advances to face Foxy Knoxxy in the bracket.
She was aquitted, so I’m good with it.
Fuckin dago wops trying to pin a murder on a good, clean American girl.
Many was innocent! She doesn’t count, doggystyle.
Doesn’t matter. I like saying Foxy Knoxxy.
Because HR Giger isn’t around to come up with something sexy?
Amber Guyger is a stupid bitch who fucked up. Casey Anthony murdered her own child so she could be a party whore.
Jodi Arias.
She actually scares me.
I’ve a few that were close to that.
Well yeah, she’s a psycho.
You misspelled “excites”
We should debate the best candy, beer, and all other sugar-laden delight throughout the month of October just to haunt the Keto freaks.
I hereby decree October is now to be referred to as Ketober!
The Ketos will think it’s a positive at first. They are finally receiving adoration for their stupid diet choice. And then they learn it’s a joke on them! HA! THE OLD SWITCHEROO!
LOVED the interactive puzzle. Also, #2 down = AWESOME!
Glad you enjoyed it.
強襲突撃型トーマス/Assault Type Thomas
Crap, I have too much stuff in my inventory to do a Dwemer ruin.
https://youtu.be/XIeB2Q2xmZQ
Elián González?
Ah, the year 2000! When Republicans were pissed off that Border Patrol forcibly deported a Hispanic refugee.
+1 MP5 pointed at family
SHUT THE FUCK UP, LIBTARD!
*covers ears, silently cries*
In a closet?
Dog Kennel in the basement
Cuban refugees vote R. Mexicans vote D.
I for instance would welcome all the HKers that would be willing to come.
Well, it would decrease heroin prices on the street.
I’m a single issue immigration guy. I welcome anyone who values liberty. I don’t welcome anyone who doesn’t. Could not care less about drugs, race, religion, sex etc. I have twisted and turned trying to come up with a fully principled argument for this, but in the end it is a purely practical question for me:
Democracy + immigration = you can’t let people in who don’t support liberty because if you do you won’t have either for long.
An ethic of liberty would require that we determine each individual based on his or her merits, so we cannot base policy on gross generalizations. So how do you determine this without telepathy?
That’s why I prefer a hot women only immigration policy. I don’t need telepathy. Just a chubby.
@AlmightyJB
I can’t fault that reasoning. It is based on empirical data and consistently applied.
An ethic of liberty would require that we determine each individual based on his or her merits, so we cannot base policy on gross generalizations. So how do you determine this without telepathy?
Two answers, neither of which will satisfy you, but:
1. I differentiate between the ethical requirements within the society, on which subject we likely agree, and those looking outward, on which I believe the dominant consideration must be protecting the society.
2. A non-quota based individual questioning of applicants for residency coupled with a probationary period during which they can be easily expelled and reasonably high, but achievable standards for citizenship including knowledge of the history of our society, Constitution, and some standards for conduct during residency precitizenship, such as employment history, criminal actions etc. I know it won’t be 100% but perfection is not achievable.
With the exception of no national origin quotas, your number 2 is exactly what we already have.
a probationary period during which they can be easily expelled and reasonably high
Seems like an odd criteria and very subjective but I’m good with that. Fuck those hard core stoners.
Yep. except the quotas, refugee rules, and nondeportation of illegals. Get rid of the quotas and enforce id requirements to vote and I’m good with it. I’ll take my chances on naturalized voters, who seem to average more pro liberty than native born people. It’s the fraud, the apportionment based on non-citizen population shifting representatives to hard blue states, and above all the quotas I dislike.
I may have mislead you a bit here. I would have the entry interview probe attitudes toward liberty as best it could, and I would make any receipt of government assistance during the residency either illegal, or failing that a bar to citizenship.
“I would make any receipt of government assistance during the residency either illegal”
Unless the laws have changed since I had a green card, this is already the case. Well, at least for five year, then you can apply for citizenship.
I support Almighty JB’s immigration policy for hot Asian wimmen!
Also, hot Latinas who go through basic civics and economics class. Taught by me.
Do Cuban refugees vote Republican out of a deep seated belief in fiscal conservatism and small government or because of over 60 years of identity politics pandering on their behalf?
I should say, what percentage vote for the former reason and what percentage the latter?
I don’t know. The few I have known seemed pretty pro liberty, anti big government, but they were all small business guys so it was a sample selected for those values.
I would posit the following two premises:
1.) The GOP can play the Tammany Hall game as well as the Donks when it suits them.
2.) The actual population of individuals inclined to liberty in any geographic region is quite small. To achieve Libertopia in the US, we’d have to deport 99.97 percent of the natural-born population, for example.
“To achieve Libertopia in the US, we’d have to deport 99.97 percent of the natural-born population, for example.”
Let’s do it!
I’m in. Should we set up some camps to keep them in, you know, temporarily, while we sort them out? Just spitballing here.
They vote R because they have first hand experience with socialism and know commie shitweasels when the see them. My understanding is that they find the R’s the lesser of two evils and the average Cuban makes mainstream R pols look like AOC.
Good puzzle, but the Jumble was too easy.
Oh wow, I forgot about those. Used to play that all the time.
This is my favorite porn intro.
Kolby knows what’s up.
Thanks Hype. That’s good and I like the interactive version. Except.
I was on my phone about 1/2 way done and I moved the screen a little to the right and it took me back to the sign in page, I lost all my work. Drat.
Cancel your subscription!
I kid, thanks glad you enjoyed what you could, hope you can finish it at some point.
I got all but the small cluster of boxes in the lower left corner, and I am not a puzzler by any stretch. Because I am not a puzzler, I would not have printed it out, so the interactive puzzle is AWESOME.
^what she said
My take was much less impressive.
I got stuck there too but eventually toughed it out.
Same. “Raw penguin’s OS”. Usually I have a faint idea. The interactive version is great, but makes it too easy to cheat. Hell, I didn’t even want to cheat, but it keeps putting my answers in red.
I can disable that on the next one if you’d like, yes I already have a next one, the one after that is up in the air I have a few ideas for themes but I’m not going to spend my time if people aren’t enjoying them. So speak up, glibs more or Meh *Shuggy thinggy*
Can’t imagine how long this took you to make. Thanks. It was fun. Now I get the “raw penguin” clue. LOL. Might be a little too cute.
Dude. I’m hurt.
You’re literally not “raw”. Or have you been lying to us?
I used to be,,, *kicks pebble, waddles away*
Also I think you can turn the ‘red if wrong’ thing off yourself, click the exclamation point in the circle at the top left, it’ll toggle the error check on/off, at least it does for me in Google chrome.
Worked for me. There ya go.
Best non-Halloween candy: Fruit Tootsie Rolls.
Most non-Halloween candy: Cadbury creme eggs
Much as I hate typing it out loud, i like to eat Toffifay. They taste good, dammit.
I LOVE TOFFIFAY!!!
Is that gooey stuff in it like what’s in a Valomilk? Because I hate Valomilks.
Yo no hablo Valomilk.
You are blessed, then.
Valomilk
Do you know Cherry Mash?
New to me – though apparently old. Fun Fact: When I was a kid I’d buy Luden’s Wild Cherry cough drops as candy.
Me too
Gateway drug
I loved the lemon ones, but hell, if it has lemon or some other citric acid in it, I probably love it.
Back when I was a kid, I never minded Mom giving me cough syrup (with codeine – OTC at the time). I’d pretend to cough some more and ask her for a second spoonful.
That might explain some events in my later life.
This reminds me. In the early 70s (~1971-1973), I was given a medicine syrup that was the prettiest shade of translucent blue you could imagine (no, not purple; wasn’t Dimetapp). It was thick and it tasted like heaven.
Anybody remember anything like that?
Mo, rest assured that if we don’t, that probably means it was really effective.
Also, not saying I don’t remember. Could be imagining it, though.
When I was a kid and had a cold, I would come home from school and mom would give me a spoonful of codeine cough syrup. I’d hit dad’s recliner and was done until dinner. Good times.
Yeah, I’m with Sir Digby here; I think I remember violet, but, honestly, I just remember feeling much, much better after those spoonfuls.
should have been a response to MJ @10:41
I didn’t even care if I felt better. It was so yummy I just wanted more.
I honestly never thought it tasted bad, although my memories might be slanted.
That said, I don’t think I ever wanted a spoonful as candy.
C’mon, BP–Candy is Dandy
But liquor is quicker.
Thank you, Spud.
Best Halloween candy: Reese’s cups
Best non-Halloween candy: Reese’s cups
Most recent threat to my girlish figure: Hershey Bar embedded with Reese’s Pieces.
Second,
BAY-GASM
Forget George C Scott movies, or preferred candies, or eating ass or not eating ass, or the climate issue, or the Sharks v the Jets, or Trump v the world. or cosmos v TROOS, the real standard by which all are measured are Michael Bay fans vs those who are stupid dumb faces from stupid dumb face town.
It’s like The Warriors vs:
– The Gramercy Riffs
– The Rogues, Turnbull AC’s
– The Orphans
– The Baseball Furies
– The Lizzies
– The Punks
– The Boppers
– The Hurricanes
– The Hi – Hats
– The Electric Eliminators
– The Saracens
– The Jones Street Boys
– The Savage Huns
– The Satans Mothers
– The Boyle Avenue Runners
– The Moonrunners
– The Van Cortlandt Rangers
– The Panzers (Glib approved)
– The Gladiators
Choose sides wisely.
The MIMES, motherfucker! I roll with the Mimes. Also, would totally bop with the Lizzies.
For those of you who are not aware, I0b0t is a weirdo.
There is NOTHING more intimidating on the mean streets of NYC than mimes.
Shhhh. Don’t say that around @Gender Traitor. She’ll cut a bitch.
Four ways – long, deep, wide, & repeatedly!
These euphemisms.
On the other hand, the Orphans got to fool around with Deborah Van Valkenberg in a hot, filthy, pink camisole. But they did succumb to an IED.
FYI The Warriors is based on a novel that in turn was based on an ancient Greek manuscript, and while that sound cool, and as much as the nerd in you wants to, DO NOT READ the ancient Greek manuscript, it is worse than Moby Dick and Gravity’s Rainbow combined. Also never under any circumstances let someone convince you that Pet Sounds is a record worth listening to.
The Anabasis is great.
“They march seven and five fifths quadrats to a river that was six furthongs wide so they camped for two days then Anaplastipse came and told Flifillzenon that Glocanrathus said ‘Hey’ so they marched nine and six quadrats to a river nine merckdun wide and near a town that had food so they ate.The next day they marched fifteen….
In case I wasn’t clear this is 90 percent of the book. verbatim.
…….Gravity’s Dick?
Best Arthur C. Clarke novel ever.
That’s the crux of Rama Revealed, isn’t it?
Hell, I’ll even add don’t read The Warriors. It’s terrible. It was written by a retired NYC youth probation officer and makes the film look like high art. Of interest to some, the Deborah Van Valkenberg character doesn’t tag along; she gets kidnapped after being gang-raped by the Warriors on top of the corpses of the freshly killed Orphans.
*clink* *clink* *clink* Cruuusty… come out and playay!
Ryan’s acting ability is a dialing up or down of his Deadpool character.
You know who else…
The people making crispy babies?
You think there are already cloned humans out there? I’d put the over/under at 100.
Then whycome they gots all them Jurassic Parks? Smart guy.
+274 Orphans Black
We are cloning SugarFree, but merging him with Warty. Winston’s Mom is hosting. Then we are going to have Crusty raise the little tike.
Oh, thanks! I have to go to bed, and now I’m going to have nightmares!
He’s not the hero we need. He’s the hero we deserve.
Get TedS to be his English tutor and you’ve got a proper monster.
Thanks for the crossword Hyp. The interactive version doesn’t work on my tablet. I’ll print and try it later.
I miss light hearted, goofy Trump. This one is getting a tad too ominous.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1179189266234167297
I know no one will see this, but OMG thank Yehovah. I was totally blanking on items for the new SNP. Discovered a vid on YT that was beauty, charged me up.
Ok, whatever. I can do this now.