Saturday night links of, meh.

I even tried day drinking.

 

It’s one of those days. We’re moving into cold weather early, and I’m already entering hibernation mode. Meh. We’ll muddle through this.

 

They seem nice.

 

A shout out to hayeksplosives.

 

Alabama woman tells Florida Man to hold her beer.

 

I blame it on the squirrels.

 

Well that certainly didn’t take long.

 

Coming soon to a market near you.

 

Don’t eat the sushi.

 

I have this weird quirk where I wake up every morning with a song playing in my head. There’s no rhyme, or reason as to which song. This is this mornings entry. Yesterday, it was the Star Spangled Banner.

 

Comments

570 responses to “Saturday night links of, meh.”

  1. Nephilium

    Evening Spudalicious, looks like you updated your Author bio.

    1. Spudalicious

      I said I was going to steal it.

  2. hayeksplosives

    Lol at the Tesla shout-out.

    Regarding the fevered Tesla reporting, there’s a distinct confirmation bias. Compare to how many ICE cars are in accidents daily.

    Anyway I’m at 11k miles now and still loving it. Mr Splosives has been driving it since I broke my back but had to drive his Ford Escape yesterday. He grumbled the whole time and freely admitted to being Tesla-spoiled.

    1. Jarflax

      Regarding the fevered Tesla reporting, there’s a distinct confirmation bias.

      Yeah, but not just the direction you are implying.

    2. Chafed

      I don’t think that’s the only way he’s spoiled.

      1. Sir Digby

        Hear hear!

      2. MikeS

        Is this about the InstaPot?

    1. commodious spittoon

      The internet is the worst thing to happen to the internet.

        1. Rhywun

          “Noxious language online is causing real-world violence.”

          Go fuck yourself.

    1. TARDIS

      I still listen to that album!

      Recently, I handed my daughter a sealed box that I’ve kept under the bed for decades. It contained all the old concert T-shirts I amassed prior to getting married. It’s funny to see her sporting them around. Jimmy Page? Who’s that?

      1. Jarflax

        Unfortunately the sheet of blotter in the Dead shirt seeped through the rest…

        1. TARDIS

          Hmmm, that explains a few things.

          1. Tres Cool

            wait till you learn about /sksksksksk

            /and I oop

          2. TARDIS

            Thanks to an intrepid Glib, I already do. I know the girl was mocking, but I wanted to reach into the screen and throttle her anyway.

            STOP!

  3. Cacciatore

    Come on night shift!

    1. Nephilium

      Damn man… that’s cold.

      1. Cacciatore

        I’m holding out. Late night Glibbing is best Glibbing.

        1. Spudalicious

          Hey TPTB, can I get a cat butt over here?!?

          1. Sir Digby

            Now, now–people want what they want. Don’t harsh on it, man!

          2. Spudalicious

            *runs from the room crying*

          3. Sir Digby

            Awww…Spuddy-buddy! Don’t cry, bruh!

  4. Derpetologist

    In honor of Oktoberfest

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j11MOncimNQ

    Allegedly, the most requested song for Oktoberfest is Sweet Caroline.

    1. Bob Boberson

      That’s because drunk people love to scream

      “Bam Ba Ba”

      1. Nephilium

        The girlfriend thought this song was from Beerfest until she heard it at the Cleveland Oktoberfest, and I pulled up the videos of it.

      2. TARDIS

        Yep, and the other two favorites at beer fests….

        Thank yuuuu!

        My hands is shaking

    2. DEG

      “Hey Baby” and “Country Roads” are also popular.

      Lots of American songs are popular.

      Tomorrow is the last day of the festival.

      1. Nephilium

        Interested in looking for a meetup there in a couple of years? I think I’ve convinced the girlfriend, especially after she learned there’s cider tents.

        1. DEG

          Cider there? I didn’t know that.

          Yes, an Oktoberfest meet-up is a capital idea.

          1. Nephilium

            The internet has said so, but I’m not sure how accurate that will be. She’s already complained about how crowded the tents appear to be.

            The current plan is 2021 for the girlfriend and I to make it to Munich for Oktoberfest. Next summer the plan is to hit up Belgium and Northern Germany.

          2. DEG

            Go during the week, not the weekends. The tents can still fill up and get super-crowded, but if it happens, it happens much later in the day.

            Both times I was there I was there opening weekend. The first time I completely skipped the festival during opening weekend. The second time I dropped in late on Sunday of opening weekend night. The tents were starting to clear out when I went and it wasn’t too bad when I was there.

            2021 it is. I’ll plan on that.

          3. Chafed

            That’s not Rammstein.

          4. DEG

            No, they’re better.

          5. Nephilium

            DEG: Really? NSFW at all.

            But you can practice some German through the song.

          6. DEG

            I like Rammstein but Rammstein a) does not play Oktoberfest and b) despite growing up in the former East, are on the Left.

          7. Nephilium

            DEG: I’m more disappointed in the KMFDM shirt that has a hammer and sickle on it.

          8. DEG

            pssst…. your link was busted

          9. Nephilium

            https://vimeo.com/185244331

            Still not safe for work.

            NSFW!

            Rammstein.

          10. Jarflax

            Shh listening to Sabaton.

          11. DEG

            Not bad. The women are hot.

          12. MikeS

            Eisbrecher > Rammstein

    3. creech

      Here, at MAGA Oktoberfests, the media would have you believe it is the Horst Wessel Song.

      1. Jarflax

        Dude, no one in the media has the foggiest notion what the Horst Wessel Lied is, or why it would be ‘problematic’. They are out chasing down ok signs and banning crazy 8s

  5. Yusef

    I was worried that I didn’t bring enough tools to do service, and I am missing a few things packed in storage, but it still amounts to about 120 lb. of Technicians tools, I feel better knowing I won’t look like an idiot on Monday…

    1. Yusef

      Also Great song choice Spud! I’m listening to Jazz right now, I’ll come back to it,
      Kspc.org

      1. Spudalicious

        Thanks! It’s what my brain put in there today.

        1. I love Marc Cohn.

    2. I feel better knowing I won’t look like an idiot on Monday…

      Assumes facts not in evidence. :-p

      j/k

  6. Nephilium

    So, who on here is Carlos Santana?

    THREE MONOCLED EMOJIS?

    1. Yusef

      I vote eGould310

      1. Nephilium
    2. Count Potato

      I thought you meant this guy:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6omUxqhG78

      1. Nephilium

        So… going back to the most hated one hit wonder thread…

        1. Spudalicious

          You don’t like Santana?

          1. Nephilium

            Musician? Not a fan. Indians baseball player? Fan.

            But thinking about it more than a joke, whoever the hell did the Macarena song would be more hated.

          2. Spudalicious

            Fair point.

  7. Fourscore

    “We’re moving into cold weather early”

    I bought my deer hunting license today, season starts in a month but looks like some wet snow in a week. Time to look for the winter long handles, put the summer ones away.

    1. pistoffnick

      Leave a couple for me, Mr. 172

  8. Derpetologist

    Interesting: Omar Bradley was nearly killed in a friendly fire incident

    ***
    Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, commander of the U.S. II Corps, recalled that his column was attacked by American A-36s in Sicily. The tanks lit yellow smoke flares to identify themselves to their own aircraft but the attacks continued, forcing the column to return fire which resulted in the downing of one aircraft. A parachuting pilot from the downed A-36 was brought before Bradley. ‘You stupid sonofabitch!!’ Bradley fumed. ‘Didn’t you see our yellow recognition signals!?’ The pilot replied ‘Oh, is that what that was?’.
    ***

    [head desk]

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

    1. Ozymandias

      In the late 80’s “memes” generally consisted of photocopies of something someone had taken the time to type out. I remember getting a copy of one that was undoubtedly pulled together from some Vietnam Vets and it was called “Murphy’s Laws of Combat.” I still remember a few of them, but one of them for certain:

      Friendly fire isn’t.

      There were some others, too, like “Tracers work both ways” and I’m too lazy to see if it’s on the internet somewhere.

  9. Nephilium

    Happy surprises in homebrewing world. Opening up an unlabeled bottle in the fridge, and finding out it’s a nut brown ale. I’m currently plotting out the beers to make for Thanksgiving, and I’m thinking Porter and Cream Ale for the two taps.

    1. kinnath

      Just started a cherry mead.

      I hope to get several sour ales started in the next month or so.

      1. Nephilium

        Since I’ve been trying to drop weight, I haven’t been hitting my homebrew as much. This has led to a fairly large stockpile of meads, wines, and the like that are sitting in the basement right now. There’s been a running joke the past couple of years that I still have a Pomegranate Lambic on tap, and a Cherry Lambic that’s been sitting on cherries for over three years now (I read an article about aging on cherries long enough that the flesh of the cherries gets eaten by the cultures, and some almond flavor from the seeds gets introduced).

        I had the carboy, and it’s just sitting down there.

        1. kinnath

          and some almond flavor from the seeds gets introduced

          Cherries, like most stone fruits, contain a wee bit of cyanide in the pits.

          1. Nephilium

            Same as apple seeds. But I’m fairly certain that it will be a non-lethal alcoholic beverage, I’ll reassess if the pits are all completely dissolved.

          2. Jarflax

            The articles I read indicate that cherry pits yield .17% HCN by mass, ld50 is between 50-200 mg, to be conservative (ld50 isn’t a threshhold for toxicity after all) call 40 mg seriously risky. .17% so .0017 * mass of the stones 23.5 grams of stones would dump 40 mg HCN into your carboy.

          3. Nephilium

            Sours thankfully have a self limit as to how much you can drink. I went to a local bar (previously brewery) that did a sour day release (samples from rare bottles). We had to space with regular pints.

      2. That cherry mead sounds phenomenal.

        1. Nephilium

          SP: If you’re interested in experiments, I have splits of coffee mead and iced tea mead. And it sounds like you could deal with a lemon wine quite well.

        2. kinnath

          Should be ready to drink in 5 or 6 months.

    1. Raven Nation

      Dude, how on earth did you come up with that?

      1. hayeksplosives

        I don’t want to know THAT

      2. He follows Matt Welch on twitter.

        1. Count Potato

          That’s it, I’m out of here!

      3. I actually got asked the same question on another forum when I reposted the link from the comments to MS’s post about the Ghanaian preacher and his wife’s buttocks.

        I didn’t send them a link here.

      4. Raven Nation

        Rod Marsh is one of the greatest wicketkeepers of all time. He was the incumbent for the Australian test sides during much of my childhood.

        1. Suthenboy

          Petroleum Jelly. Wicketkeeper. There is a sticky wicket joke in there somewhere.

          1. Sir Digby

            I think it’s fair to say, they had us at “Rod”

  10. Rhywun

    They seem nice.

    I can’t imagine why Greece is such a basket-case.

    1. TARDIS

      It’s amazing that Venezuela leapt ahead of Greece into total meltdown.

  11. Tres Cool

    Since one of the last comments on the old thread was “minimalists”, Ill drag this over here. From AbsolutelyFabulous:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhYi229qPXQ

    1. Rhywun

      LOLOL

      One of my favorite sit-coms.

  12. hayeksplosives

    Guilty pleasure song—https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k4A5XuMz_Tw

    It’s Roberta Flack singing Killing Me Softly (so you won’t have to guess)

    Those of y’all old enough to have some regrets might sympathize

    1. Derpetologist

      Guilty pleasure song? Hm, so many to pick from.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A52–FKUQgU

      1. Grumbletarian

        I don’t feel guilty at all about liking this song.

    2. Yusef

      I liked at Seventeen by Janice Ian, very emotional for me,

      1. kinnath

        I lent my Janice Ian CD to my daughter when she was 17. I never got the CD back.

      2. That song taught you the truth?

        1. Yusef

          Lacking in the Social Grace’s……

    3. Tres Cool

      Speaking of Roberta Flack.
      I like the Hendrix homage around 2’51”

    4. I have too many guilty pleasure songs.

      1. Nephilium

        I don’t really have much. Now guilty pleasure movies… that’s another story.

        1. Asian Street Hookers 6.

          5 was so derivative.

          1. Nephilium

            I will admit that I own the entire Friday the 13th series (minus the last reboot), Nightmare on Elm Street series (including the last reboot), Tales From the Crypt series (looking forward to the new reboot), Planet of the Apes series (fuck that last reboot), and the V original miniseries.

          2. Yusef

            POTA, original 5, I got em and Love em,
            “they will dissect you, and kill you, in that order”

          3. DEG

            I liked the V original miniseries.

          4. That reminds me:

            Wizards and Warriors

            But I will NEVER reveal my secret shame.

          5. Nephilium

            Upsettingly enough the V Original Series was only released on DVD as two parts (first four as the miniseries, the fifth as the conclusion).

            And fuck Michael Knight.

            Just for another classic actor: William Shatner.

        2. <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Moon_Junction&quot;Two Moon Junction

          Don’t judge me.

          I know you will.

          1. Fuck a duck.

          2. TARDIS

            Have you discussed your duck fetish with anyone? I’m not judging. I just want to make sure you’re okay.

            Poor Duck

          3. My new hobby. I never knew!

          4. Nephilium

            My new hobbyfetish. I never knew!

            FTFY!

            /tries to dodge the lance.

          5. I figure she’s just a George Kennedy fan.

          6. Serial killing rubber ducks is not a fetish. It’s a hobby.

          7. Nephilium

            It’s alright Mojeaux. I own Moulin Rouge.

          8. You can pass that off as avant garde, tho.

          9. Nephilium

            It stands out a bit in my collection, look at the list above. I then also have the Hellraisers up to 6 (the original is still my favorite), the full Saw collection, and the full Child’s Play collection.

            But it did remind me to bring up Trick ‘r Treat to watch for the Halloween season.

          10. I assume you like Zsa Zsa Gabor’s performance?

          11. Nephilium

            Wrong version, but I expect that from you Ted’s.

          12. I figured you were talking about the more recent Moulin Rouge; I was just having a bit of fun with you. (And it gave me a chance to post that link.)

            Trivia: The first version of Chicago was actually a silent picture.

          13. Nephilium

            And I expect no less of you Ted S.

            Again, I appreciate it, and respect it.

        3. Another movie blogger runs an annual blogathon called Against the Grain where bloggers participate by picking one movie that has a very high rating but you dislike, and one movie that has an extremely low rating but you like. I’ve participated for the past four years, and my choices for the latter half (everyone else hates but I enjoy) are all of the “so bad they’re a hell of a lot of fun” type:

          Untamed Youth (Mamie Van Doren in a movie about the abuse of juvenile prison labor)
          Night of the Lepus
          Endless Love</strong (1981), and
          The Concorde: Airport ’79

          1. Gah, forgot to close a strong tag.

          2. Yusef

            Endless Love, I loved it…..

          3. And Oscar-nominated, albeit Lionel Richie getting the nomination for writing the title song.

            Richie would later win an Oscar.

      2. Rhywun

        #metoo

        Too many to possibly pick one.

  13. mikey

    ‘’Splosives, can you summon your Tesla? That’s been causing some amusement

    1. hayeksplosives

      Yeah, works great.

  14. Silicone Saturday waits for no one!

    http://archive.li/Eo6sg

    1. DEG

      Which do you recommend for a fucked up back?

      1. 20 looks crazy enough to just let you lay back and have her way with you.

        1. DEG

          Too many stupid tattoos.

          1. TARDIS

            ^^^This!
            Dammit, massive tattoos are for uhglee peoples. One or two, fine; After that you’re destroying God’s work. I’ve got two stupid tats that are getting removed as soon as I get some extra, extra cash. I don’t want the coroner saying, “What the fuck was this guy thinking?” Who am I kidding, the cremation will take care of it.

          2. DEG

            I don’t want the coroner saying, “What the fuck was this guy thinking?” Who am I kidding, the cremation will take care of it.

            I think the coroner will see you first.

          3. Gustave Lytton

            Maybe he’s going to go out like Sam McGee vía cremation.

          4. Gustave Lytton

            Ditto, only one and it’s not stupid. However, given the prevalence of ink now, if I had to choose today, I wouldn’t.

          5. Count Potato

            That’s becoming way too common these days.

  15. Spudalicious

    in regards to the comments about Louis C. K. in the last thread, I’ll just leave this here. Very NSFW.

    https://www.nickdip.com/breath-of-fresh-air

    1. I get an error message.

      1. Spudalicious

        Hmm. Works for me. Try:

        http://www.nickdip.com

        1. Same error message:

          Secure Connection Failed

          The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.

          The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
          Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

          1. Count Potato

            Alien penis?

          2. Not an Economist

            Wrong gender.

          3. You ain’t missing much, standard angry shock comic – “Jussie Smollet should kill himself..oh your not laughing you must be a pants shitting lib”

          4. Jarflax

            Paging Ted S

          5. Spudalicious

            The point being there are very few comedians willing to go there these days.

      2. Count Potato

        Works for me, but try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aIdNexGjw0

  16. MikeS

    I have this weird quirk where I wake up every morning with a song playing in my head. There’s no rhyme, or reason as to which song.

    #metoo!

    Seriously, me too. It started a couple years ago. It’s weird as hell. They are usually good songs, so it’s not so bad. But it’s weird that the very first conscious thought I have every morning is a song playing in my head.

    1. Spudalicious

      Been going on for years. And it’s never at the beginning, always somewhere in the middle.

      1. MikeS

        Same here. It’s usually, but not always the chorus. But, yeah. Never at the beginning.

        1. Rhywun

          I don’t get actual songs. Just random synth lines like I’m trying to compose something.

    2. Suthenboy

      Three months in the Bolivian altiplano with the wind in my ears 24 hour per day and Joe Walsh started Rocky Mountain Way over and over and over in my ears. I could hear every note clear as a bell. After a week it quit. Whew…relief. Then, two days later, Marshall Tucker started singing Fire On The Mountain.

      Extended periods of white noise can do weird things to your head. Using a white noise machine to sleep?

      *Braces for inevitable jokes about redneck musicians and white noise

      1. MikeS

        Does my wife’s nagging count as white noise?

        I keed, I keed.

    3. pistoffnick

      me too.

      Lately it has been Confederate Railroad’s “Trashy Women”

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfXs0m32A8E

    1. TARDIS

      From the comments:

      I guess they haven’t experienced the ‘Meow2 movement’.

    2. MikeS

      My favorite quote again:

      ‘My f***ing cat is exhausted and on a glucose drip, and this is my fault?’

      1. grrizzly

        Wasn’t the cat put on a glucose drip because he was malnourished since the pet hotel didn’t feed him?

        1. MikeS

          I missed that part. I’m making light of it, but it sounds like the “hotel” was run extremely poorly.

    3. DEG

      Something similar happened before

      Staff at Hatton Country World in Warwickshire were surprised to discover that they suddenly had a huge increase in pregnant guinea pigs on their hands – until they discovered the culprit.

      A male guinea pig, aptly nicknamed Randy, had somehow made his way into the female enclosure and was found among the other rodents.

      Staff had noticed that Randy had lost weight but did not realise why until they discovered that him, happy as Larry, among females.

      They soon found out that 100 of their guinea pigs were pregnant and with each mother producing a litter of about four each, Randy could soon be the father of 400.

    4. Suthenboy

      Fun fact: Russian Blues are the only cats that play fetch. I had one. it used to drive me nuts wanting to play fetch all of the time.

  17. MikeS

    In order to put out the fire, the street had to be closed and fire authorities had to bring in a container user to cool the vehicle. The container held 11,000 liters (11 tons) of water and was designed to eliminate the biggest risk in an EV accident which is the battery catching fire.

    It’s pretty damn ridiculous that every fire department in the country will need one of these.

    1. Count Potato

      Hydrogen seems less dangerous.

  18. If you’re not already taking DHEA, you’re an idiot.

    1. “Can you love two women at the same time?”

      “How long do I have in between?”

      1. Dammit, that was supposed to be after the cat article.

        Whatever the fuck ever.

        http://66.media.tumblr.com/1ccb4ee9f9c71428e1784dfd769ab04e/tumblr_n0ecvnBHvt1trjsmmo1_250.gif

    2. kinnath

      For 15 to 20 years now.

    3. For at least a year, after that supplements article.

    4. Count Potato

      Well, I’m sure that’s not the only reason, but what does it do?

      1. It’s a prohormone, primarily for testosterone. I’ve found it has excellent utility.

        1. MikeS

          I only very quickly “researched” it, but the possible side affects are rather unpleasant.

        2. cyto

          For boosting acne?

  19. Derpetologist

    Spot the Not: James Joyce

    1. The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea

    2. he shat and farted a Sistine Chapel

    3. usual fat dirty farts came spluttering out of your backside

    4. Poop of a lovely

    5. a lot of tiny little naughty farties ending in a long gush from your hole

    6. Goodnight, my little farting Nora, my dirty little fuckbird!

    1. James Joyce definitely has coprophilia regardless of the Not.

    2. Count Potato

      3?

    3. Chafed

      I’m not cultured enough to play.

      1. Jarflax

        Joyce was Irish. Culture doesn’t enter into it.

        1. Nephilium

          /Throws up his small percentage of Mick heritage.

          Fuck you cunte!

          /pours two shots of Irish Whiskey

          /expects Jarflax to shoot it.

          1. Jarflax

            /walks down to kitchen, does shot of Bushmill’s

            back in a minute

          2. Jarflax

            Ok, do we fight now? or sing sad songs about fighting the English?

          3. MikeS

            Your avatar slightly changed somehow. A little brighter?

          4. Jarflax

            LOL. I very briefly changed it earlier tonight and reuploaded it afterwards, I guess something changed in the process.

          5. TARDIS

            * goes down to basement to grab a shot of Bushmills in solidarity…finds bottle empty courtesy of drunken brother who visited recently. spots unopened bottle of Jameson…walks away.*

            An open bottle of Jameson is an empty bottle of Jameson.

          6. Nephilium

            Damn it Jarflax. I said Irish Whiskey, not Limey whiskey.

            /pours two double shots,

          7. Jarflax

            Papist!

          8. Jarflax

            Best slur.

          9. Nephilium

            Sorry Jarflax:

            I was raised Catholic, but gave it up pre-Confirmation. I’m an ordained Agnostic, and have the framed state certificate on the bar in my basement.q

          10. Nephilium

            /tries to throw a punch at Jarflax

            I gave up Catholicism long before you!

          11. DEG

            I gave up Catholicism too, but it was post-Confirmation. I was Confirmed in the seventh or eighth grade, and I was done with Catholicism while I was attending Catholic high school.

          12. Jarflax

            I’m agnostic as well, I just think papist is an amusing slur. Probably because I grew up in a very Catholic neighborhood as a half Jewish half (insert Mom’s flavor of fundamentalism of the month here) kid who was very over the whole thing. I know the nasty details of the history, but it is still a funny one to me, and I do not ever actually mean to derogate anyone’s faith.

    4. Derpetologist

      2 is the not. I made that up.

      No winners, here is your destructor:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMtjj7AxxiU

  20. Trigger Hippie

    From the sidebar to the Alabama Woman story:

    http://thesmokinggun.com/buster/kent-state-university/kent-state-sorority-house-214083

    I haven’t seen Not a Naked Intruder around here lately, I guess he’s been busy.

    1. AlmightyJB

      Lost a bet?

    2. Nephilium

      That’s not the brightest pervert. Of course, she did graduate.

      1. What do you call a beautiful woman who’s a crackshot, a pilot, a wingwalker and a concert pianist?

        1. Stressed, broke, and single.

        2. Vs. also a beautiful woman who’s funny, comes from a rich family, is an expert painter and has perfect jugs?

        3. TARDIS

          For the record, I hate the phrase, “Sworn Officers”.

    3. Sir Digby

      Dude! I’m right here–totally not perving out

      For the most part…

      /props to the guy for adopting my ethos

      1. Trigger Hippie

        Wait, what?! Are you messing with me? I could have sworn I’ve seen you as Chicken Caesar Digby and NaNI posting around the same time periods. Or am I completely wrong and am just that fried?

        Anecdote: Even after a few years of lurking at TOS I still thought Warty was just SF’s alter-ego. Only after I had started posting and asked about it did I finally understand. Took a lot of ribbing over that one.

        1. Sir Digby

          I did have something of a combo of both names and an avatar a while back. But, I haven’t ever double posted.

        2. Okay, I never did understand Warty.

          Splain plz?

          1. Trigger Hippie

            Old commenter from TOS, as in, was around faaaar longer ago than myself, maybe near the beginning of TOS, not sure. He still pops his head in here but it’s very rare now from what I’ve seen. Warty is the manliest of all men. So much so that SF has devoted a huge chunk of his blog devoted to some fanfiction(?) in his honor. I linked to it last night.

            P.S. Never accept an invitation to his basement.

          1. Trigger Hippie

            Nah, he had a different picture. It was a naked guy with glowing eyes caught on somebody’s exterior home night cam. He never commented too often but he was around pretty regularly for at least a year. Or was that you too? I’m so confused…

          2. Sir Digby

            It’s a whole convoluted story of changing handles at TOS the day I got the invite here, and figuring, after a while, that I should go back t the familiar…

            Yeah.

          3. Trigger Hippie

            Ah, so I HAVEN’T completely lost it. Still, I never put that together. Shit man, I have hard enough of a time as is keeping track of who’s without with the handle-hopping. Stop that!

            😉

          4. MikeS

            I’m with TH. I never made the connection.

          5. Sir Digby

            Damn….I’m like the Invisible Boy up in here.

            /don’t look at me

          6. Trigger Hippie

            Is that why you run around naked? You think you’re invisible and nobody will notice?

          7. Trigger Hippie

            Thanks, Mike. I was worried I was the only one.

          8. Sir Digby

            But, I’m NOT a naked intruder!

  21. DEG

    The solution, said Greenpeace senior nuclear specialist Shaun Burnie, “ultimately can only be long-term storage and processing.”

    I’d trust Greenpeace on this topic.

    Right.

    Sure.

    In old news that I just discovered:

    The Northern Territory’s unofficial tourism slogan “CU in the NT” – now adorning tee-shirts and car stickers across Darwin – has caused a furore in the Top End.

    The slogan’s passing nod to the deeply offensive swear word has divided the community.

    Some people love it, some people hate it. And while the C-word might be a frequent part of Darwin’s common vernacular, many city dwellers don’t want it shoved in their and their children’s faces.

    So Darwin Council this week used its bylaws to ban “CU in the NT” products from tropical markets held on public lands at Mindil beach and Nightcliff.

    1. I hope the powers that be tell them to fuck off.

      1. Jarflax

        Cunts the lot of ’em

    2. Rhywun

      Crikey!

    3. Raven Nation

      Mostly unrelated, I lived in Darwin for 2 years in the late ’70s.

      1. DEG

        I visited Darwin a few years ago. The aviation museum was interesting. I went out of town to Litchfield National Park which has some nice waterfalls.

    4. grrizzly

      How come nobody is offended by FCUK?

      1. Because FCUK you, that’s why.

      2. Derpetologist

        obligatory

        Friendship Unity Caring Kindness from SNL

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iDOCLOqFyw

    1. Rhywun

      If I want to taste vomit, I’ll eat the real thing.

      1. Derpetologist

        ♬ Everything’s better with vomit…on it!

        /thing my dad used to sing before dinner

        1. To the “Bluebonnet Margarine” jingle?

      2. Rhywun

        FWIW I meant Brussels sprouts. Blech.

        1. Hey, get your own Shtick, being wrong about things is mine.

        2. cyto

          cut in half, toss in EVOO and sea salt, scatter on a cookie sheet, broil at 425 for half hour or so, until a crispy outer layer forms.

          Yum!

          Even the kids love ’em.

          1. hayeksplosives

            Oh yeah. The ready availability of fresh Brussels sprouts has revolutionized the veggie from back when it was a frozen brick of yuck from green giant.

          2. Spudalicious

            This guy gets it.

          3. Rhywun

            OK, that sounds good but the entire family of related vegetables has always induced gagging for me. I did learn to tolerate broccoli – barely.

          4. Tundra

            Roasted is the only way I’ll eat any of those.

          5. Tundra

            Good call.

            I add a shallot or two, thinly sliced, and hit them with balsamic vinegar before serving.

            Perfection.

        3. Trigger Hippie

          Hey, Brussels sprouts sauteed in fat and butter and covered in melted gouda are almost edible.

        4. Jarflax

          I thought a Brussels sprout was Greta Thunberg?

          1. Spudalicious

            She’s a Swedish pancake, minus the sweet.

          2. Jarflax

            offspring of the EU. Chalk up another failed joke 🙁

          3. Spudalicious

            I refuse to acknowledge the existence of the EU. I’m an ‘Murhican shitlord. National sovereignty, all the way.

        5. Count Potato

          I like brussels sprouts, but I wouldn’t eat brussels sprouts chips.

          1. Spudalicious

            Ever had kale chips? “Mmmm, chlorophyll.”

          2. pistoffnick

            I have a surplus of zucchini. Sliced thinly. With enough olive oil, salt, and pepper. Grilled until crispy.

            They can actually be pretty good.

          3. Spudalicious

            That I can eat.

          4. MikeS

            I fry it with those same flavor enhancers. Pretty good.

    2. Gustave Lytton

      Pikers.

      Try Lay’s Chinese flavors.

      http://www.lays.com.cn/enjoy_classic.php?index=1

      And that’s before getting to Extruded Pellets…

    3. Suthenboy

      Best when served to the rabbit first, then cooked in a big pot full of dumplings.

    1. hayeksplosives

      That’s a good un.

      What are you, 43?

      1. Perhaps. Perhaps not.

        I will say that my sis saw these guys in the NMSU student union long before they were big.

    2. Rhywun

      Not fair. I love that song.

  22. hayeksplosives

    I’ve had the acorn squash spread out in the sun drying. Gonna have some toasted seed snack later! Good stuff.

    1. hayeksplosives

      The seeds, I meant! Squash is ready for instant pot magic.

      1. Not Adahn

        Tonight I had roasted acorn squash with fennel cooked with sausage. I had no idea I liked fennel.

        1. Stuffed peppers look and smell like vomit but taste delicious.

        2. hayeksplosives

          Dude, let me send you my recipe for Kashmiri Rogan Josh. Fennel heavy and amazing in taste and texture.

          1. LOVE THAT AVATAR!

          2. Nephilium

            #metoo!

            Am I doing this right? 🙂

          3. hayeksplosives

            Sure, you are. I’m embracing my middle aged librarian/engineer by day and cosplayer by night persona.

          4. DEG

            #methree

            It has a sexy librarian look to it.

          5. hayeksplosives

            Thanks, DEG.

          6. hayeksplosives

            Thanks, sweetie!

          7. Jarflax

            Can an actual picture of the person really be called an avatar?

          8. hayeksplosives

            Well, Avatar rolls off the tongue easier than “profile pic”

          9. Spudalicious

            There’s a little ‘tude in that look.

          10. hayeksplosives

            As Jeremy irons memorably stated in “Reversal of Fortune”

            You have no idea

            ?

          11. TARDIS

            “So…about that library fine you owe. There are other ways to take care of it.”

          12. hayeksplosives

            You know that’s right!

      2. Trigger Hippie

        You know who else is experiencing instant pot magic?

        1. MikeS

          Cheech and Chong?

          1. Spudalicious

            He’ll be here all week!

        2. DEG

          Not me on my last trip to Amsterdam. Edibles aren’t instant.

        3. Trigger Hippie

          https://www.leafly.com/strains/sfv-og

          I was a little surprised the THC level is that low. It’s pretty good.

          1. Tundra

            The variety of choices is baffling. I tried an edible recently (10mg?). It worked beautifully to knock down some righteous muscle pain, but I certainly wasn’t stoned.

            How the hell do you choose?

          2. DEG

            TRY THEM ALL!

          3. Trigger Hippie

            ^

            I’ve considered doing pot reviews but then I smoke the pot and lose all motivation.

          4. MikeS

            ^ The Circle Of High Life ^

          5. Nephilium

            Trigger Hippie: I’d appreciate it for the times I travel to locations that have recreational marijuana legalized. (BTW, I’ve found the best value was whatever was on sale in the Vegas locations $10 for 12 edibles).

          6. Tundra

            Seconded and for the same reason.

            The business is really interesting. Can’t wait for my stupid state to just legalize the stuff.

          7. kinnath

            A local boy was just convicted of a bunch of counts of lying on about drugs on his ATF forms when buying a couple dozen guns over the last couple of years. They also got him for making straw purchases, but it was the drugs that got him noticed first.

          8. Nephilium

            Tundra: My life includes some really strange things. I got handed a joint at a family gathering because my relatives had to worry about drug tests.

          9. Trigger Hippie

            Huh, if there’s that much interest, maybe I will. I get a handful of strains to select from every time and those strains are always changing every few weeks or so. I’m lucky/shady/stupid enough that after twenty-five years of not living within the complete confines of legality I’ve managed to establish some very reliable connections west of the Mississippi who produce high quality stuff.

          10. Tundra

            Kinnath: I don’t get it. What was he lying about?

            Neph: that’s not strange. Sounds like good old fashioned hospitality to me!

            TH: it really would be interesting to read what you have learned.

          11. DEG

            Kinnath: I don’t get it. What was he lying about?

            Probably about using drugs. The 4473 has a blurb on it that even if the state you reside in has legalized marijuana, marijuana is still illegal at the Federal level.

      3. Count Potato

        I think I’m the only glib who doesn’t have an insta pot

        1. Jarflax

          I don’t either.

          1. Gustave Lytton

            Not me.

            I do have a regular pressure cooker and it’s excellent.

        2. You are not. Those people are members of a cult.

          1. Jarflax

            Have you heard about Crossfit?

          2. Are you a vegan? No? Would you like to know more?

          3. Jarflax

            Please share!

          4. Jarflax

            said no one ever

          5. TARDIS

            My child would starve without it. When my wife is out of town I mean.

          6. That’s what Ramen is for.

          7. creech

            Or those new-fangled things called restaurants.

          8. TARDIS

            Yeah right, like I’m going to sit alone in a restaurant with an autistic kid, or eat ramen noodles.

        3. Spudalicious

          Nope. Those things can be used to blow people up.

          1. Jarflax

            I’m sure your house contains many things that fit that description.

          2. Spudalicious

            Maybe…

        4. commodious spittoon

          Is that what kids are calling e-vaping?

        5. Sean

          We have one. It’s awesome.

          And I don’t have to touch it, it magically makes food for us.

    2. Nephilium

      It’s cool enough here to roast the seeds in the oven now here.

  23. I want to give my kid a makeover soooooo badly. *sigh*

    1. Nephilium

      If they’re anything like me, they’ll immediately go as far to the opposite route as they can.

    2. Derpetologist

      Get a stupid haircut and nose ring. Your kid will do the opposite.

      1. 4 years ago I shaved my head.

        1. Derpetologist

          donating hair? cancer solidarity thing?

          1. Jarflax

            I’m betting on skull cap tattoo.

          2. Hair bankruptcy.

            1) Very thick, long hair.
            2) Bad dye job.
            3) Very very dry and damaged hair.
            4) Hot July and heavy DIY outside.

            So I’m outside with my thick-ass, long hair and I’m sweating like a pig. I stuck a hose running cold water up against my head and the water NEVER TOUCHED MY SCALP.

            Was not going to have a whole summer of that, so…bye bye hair.

            I looked awful. So I wore a hot pink head wrap tied in super cute ways, gypsy earrings, and people were so NIIIIICE to me. EVERYBODY was so nice to me then I finally figured out people thought I had cancer.

          3. hayeksplosives

            I’m sorry for guffawing at that!

            ~snort~

            ~giggle~

          4. I loved how it FELT, but my head looked like the ass of a naked mole. My husband was not pleased, where “not pleased” equals his version of furious. I didn’t get laid for a while.

            Looked good growing out though. Got to see it at different lengths in different styles. Figure out my natural hair color is still strawberry blonde, but you can’t tell because it’s 30% white.

          5. DEG

            My husband was not pleased, where “not pleased” equals his version of furious. I didn’t get laid for a while.

            Huh. Here I thought guys doing that was a joke.

          6. In his defense, I was definitely a boner-killer.

          7. Count Potato

            ” I didn’t get laid for a while.”

            You should have tried a slutty wig.

          8. DEG

            In his defense, I was definitely a boner-killer.

            Hmm…

          9. Derpetologist

            “people thought I had cancer”

            So I was half right.

            I used to have shoulder length hair and wizard beard. I loved it.

          10. Yeah, sorta, but it took me a while to figure out why suddenly I was deserving of such cheer from strangers.

          11. Spudalicious

            I shaved my head once. Very bad idea. Hair covers a lot of sins.

          12. Nephilium

            I used to have hair down to my waist. Balding convinced me to shave it, there’s not many other options at that point.

          13. Derpetologist

            You should have tucked up your hair under your hat and said “imagine that- me workin’ for you?!”

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeT5otk2R1g

          14. Nephilium

            trshmnstr:

            I have some sense of shame. My dad did still does the ruff around the edges to this day. I’ll stick to growing the beard out.

          15. Nephilium

            Derpetolgist: I already work in IT. Have you seen what most of us look like? I own polo shirts, that makes me high class.

          16. Derpetologist

            “Derpetolgist: I already work in IT. Have you seen what most of us look like?”

            I know, I know.

            When I was in college, people tried to buy drugs from me twice a week.

            Yeah, I looked like that.

          17. Jarflax

            So business was slow?

          18. Trigger Hippie

            I’ve been shaving my head for over fifteen years. In my early twenties I developed a wicked widow’s peak and said screw it. I’m lucky that I have a thin, angular head and small ears and my dome doesn’t really do that peanut thing, so I think it works well enough. Now if only I didn’t have scars, dents in my skull, a slighty crooked nose…

          19. Hair covers a lot of sins.

            Oh!

            And that’s another thing!

            I got a fucking SUNBURN on my HEAD! Had to wear a cap when I was tooling around the house, which was just as bad as hair.

          20. Nephilium

            Mojeaux: I’m currently sitting here with sunburn on half my face (and head), I’m annoyed that my friends wanted patio seats instead of seats inside. I’m currently a cut rate Two-Face.

          21. Rhywun

            Bitchin’!

            I’ve been buzzing my disgusting thick hair to the scalp since around 2000. It’s so refreshing. I won’t actually shave again because it’s too much effort.

            /lazy

          22. Spudalicious

            I didn’t like the shaved look, but I kept a #2 buzz cut for 3-4 years.

          23. Nephilium

            1/2 guard and all of my scars are on my arms and legs.

          24. Gustave Lytton

            My wife gently suggested when we got married that I no longer needed to get a high and tight. Now I do a #2 on the side and #4 on top instead of #0 and #2.

          25. Jarflax

            Courtship = Boot camp, Marriage = deployment?

          26. Mine was not SHAVED shaved.

            It was a #3.

          27. Nephilium

            I haven’t paid for a haircut since I was 16. Since then it was either let it grow, or shave it off when I got too old. There were some very entertaining argument with Skins back when I still had the long hair.

          28. Gustave Lytton

            Hah! No BAH marriage for us. Got married long after I got of the Guards. Just never got a new haircut style. If I had my druthers, I’d get a straight razor whitewall h&t once a week.

            My criteria for getting a haircut now is when it takes more than a couple of seconds to rinse shampoo out of my hair.

          29. Rebel Scum

            Hawt.

      2. pistoffnick

        “Get a stupid haircut…”

        I got one today. Every haircut I get now looks stupid. Stupid male pattern baldness.

        I should be good for the next 4-6 months.

  24. At a wedding where I know a sum total of 6 people, and one is my wife and two are under the age of 5. Boreddddddddddddd

    1. Jarflax

      Give the toddlers sips of your beer until they get trashed.

    2. Derpetologist

      Bribe the DJ to let you take over. Then play death metal.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8ZqFlw6hYg

      1. Chafed

        I like the cut of your jib.

    3. Oh, by the way, four of them are vegans. Have I mentioned they are vegans? In case you’re curious, they’re vegans. Oh, and just to let you know, they’re vegans.

      1. Derpetologist

        How do you know if someone is Vegan/Jewish/a pilot/feminist

        Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.

        /old joke

    4. Nephilium

      Open Bar?

      If not, then you went to the wrong reception.

      1. Open bar, but I have a 50 mile drive to the hotel, so I tapered off an hour ago.

        1. Nephilium

          I figured that’s why the wife was there, or is she the drinker now? Who’s family is it for?

          1. Her friend, so she gets the drinks. I get to stop at the hotel bar on the way up to the room.

          2. Nephilium

            Oof. Sorry man. May the hotel bar at least have a decent selection.

          3. DEG

            Seconded.

            Shit, I’m not even drunk and the website is telling me I’m posting too fast. Maybe I should get drunk?

          4. Nephilium

            /tosses DEG a pour of rye.

          5. DEG

            No need to toss me Rye. I have some White Rye.

          6. Nephilium

            DEG:

            I do have this rye in my basement (and glass).

          7. DEG

            Yummy

    5. Request U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”.

      1. TARDIS

        Nice! Evil. I like it.

    6. Bang one of the bridesmaids.

      1. DEG

        Hmm… threesome? He is married.

        1. *gets wife another drink *

    7. Sean

      Two weeks from now I’m being dragged to a wedding where I will know two people. My gf and some dude from college I haven’t seen in two+ decades. Yay.

      The enticement to get me to go was too good to turn down. *sigh*

      1. Nephilium

        So… laid and you don’t have to drive?

        Enjoy it!

        1. Sean

          Yes+, yes, ?

  25. Sean

    Good day at the gun show. ?

    1. Jarflax

      Boating trip tomorrow?

      1. Yusef

        Lake hunting with a large magnet, think about it…

        1. TARDIS

          *Strokes chin, contemplatively*

          So if people could indicate on their weapons who the owner was, and I have a large secret storage place… I could be like a physical cloud drive for gunz. I see a market for this.

          1. Yusef

            Oh yeah, great idea, some waterproofing….

          2. Yusef

            and Fishing!

          3. TARDIS

            Yes, waterproofing and fishing! And beer and tits; Or buns and pecs, if you prefer.

            A lake cruise gun storage party.

    2. DEG

      What did you get?

      I shouldn’t be doing it, but I’m bidding on this. Americans don’t own enough of the world’s guns.

      1. Sean

        A holster, a pistol rug, and an ar47 pistol. ? yes, really.

        1. DEG

          Nice!

      2. Chafed

        Naive question: why isn’t an FFL needed to transfer that gun?

        1. DEG

          Its receiver was manufactured pre-1899.

      3. Suthenboy

        Nice. But ammo? All the surplus has dried up. on those, hasn’t it?

        1. DEG

          The rifle was set up for Mk VI .303 British, which no one makes anymore. It should fire Mk VII .303 safely. The only thing the Brits did to Lee-Enfields in service when Mk VII was introduced was change the sights.

          Some Long Lees (MLE Mk I and MLE Mk I*) were converted to the SMLE pattern and some were converted to the Charger Loading (CLLE) pattern, but any Long Lee should be able to handle the pressure of Mk VII as I understand it.

          The surplus Mk VII has dried up but there are companies still making new .303 British ammunition.

          I have a lot of surplus Mk VII (Greek HXP and South African) left over from when surplus .303 was still around. I expect when I run out, I’ll either start reloading or use the new commercial produced ammunition.

          1. Suthenboy

            I shot some f the new commercial ammo. Kinda wimpy.
            I had a small supply of surplus….Greek?….I cant remember, but that stuff was pretty zippy.
            I. found the same is true with the left over German stuff. I have umpteen shitloads of the Yugo 8×57 from ’43, ’44 and that stuff delivers. I bought some new commercial 8×57 and I am pretty sure I have a slingshot that shoots harder than that stuff.

            What I liked most about the Enfields was their tack driving accuracy. On my Mausers the sights all needed pretty drastic adjustment, but the English rifles….spot on.

          2. DEG

            I haven’t shot any of the new commercial .303, but I’ve heard good things about S&B.

            I have some FNM 7.5mm Swiss that is terrible. Scuttlebutt on gun forums at about the time I bought it (maybe ten years ago?) was that it was loaded so that it would be safe to chamber in Schmidt-Rubins designed for the GP90 version of 7.5mm Swiss. I don’t know of anyone that tried shooting FNM 7.5mm Swiss through an early Schmidt-Rubin.

            At the time, Norma was making 7.5mm Swiss that was pretty close to GP-11 in quality, but the Norma ammunition was expensive.

            I still find GP-11 on GunBroker. I buy it when I can. PPU and Hornady now make 7.5mm Swiss. I have some PPU but haven’t shot it yet.

        2. Count Potato

          As far as I know, British .303 (land-land) is the same caliber as U.S. .308 (groove-groove), so if you reload you can just use .308 bullets. Almost every other country uses land-groove.

          1. Suthenboy

            No no no no no. .303 British is actually 0.312 diameter bullets, .308 Remington bullets are 0.308.
            Putting the .308 bullets in a .312 barrel means the bullet wont engage the rifling and just rattle down the barrel and fly off in God knows where. Putting 0.312 bullets in the .308 barrel is going to cause the pressure to rise fairly dramatically.

          2. DEG

            You have to slug the bore before reloading in order to find out what size bullet to use.

            If I remember correctly, Suthen is right, .303 British uses .312 bullets.

  26. Cacciatore

    I’ve got a non-fiction greentext I’m saving for the Night Shift. It involves a burial.

    1. Yusef

      What’s a Green text?

      1. Cacciatore

        4chan story, text is green when using > before each line. Usually denotes a user telling a story. They are never anything you want to know of, but for some reason cannot resist reading. Think SF.

        Example: https://imgur.com/RPiMFax

      2. commodious spittoon
    2. commodious spittoon

      Wait, what’s the story? This isn’t the PM thread?

      1. The Japan based Glibs, Nightshifters, and Insomniacs have been having after hours circle jerks of late, Mostly comprising of each one asking the others if they are still awake – “Who’s up?” “Where my late light glibby’s at?” “Man, I wish The Hyperbole were around” – that kind of thing.

        1. Chafed

          Don’t be jealous.

      2. Spudalicious

        Cacciatore and Sir Digby have a man crush on each other.

        1. Yusef

          Where’s My Tres?

          1. Trigger Hippie

            Yeah, you and Tres like each other entirely too much. It sullies our reputation as misanthropes.

          2. Sir Digby

            A good sullying is OK. Well, for glibs…

            It’s paradoxical that way.

        2. Sir Digby

          you want in, bruh? There’s always room for jello Spud.

        3. Cacciatore

          A Late Night Glibs love is different than that of a square…

          1. Sir Digby

            Oooohh….we need that merch!

          2. Cacciatore

            The Night Shift: It’s Got What Glibs Crave (TM)

          3. Sir Digby

            The Night Shift–Like, Out tha Toilet?

          4. Gustave Lytton

            Bring it on! I had the septic tank pumped on Thursday.

          5. Sir Digby

            Euphemism…? I mean, we do get obscure around here.

    3. Sir Digby

      Bringing the A game, huh?

      1. Cacciatore

        My warmup has been a Spiffing Brit marathon and copious amounts of vodka.

        1. Sir Digby

          Sounds pretty A+

        2. commodious spittoon

          It’s a wonderfully balanced channel with no possible exploits.

          1. Cacciatore

            Make sure you’re sat back, comfortable, enjoying a warm cup of tea.

  27. Count Potato

    “Thinking back to a time in my life where I loved Jimmy Kimmel and hated Joe Rogan because I thought Joe ruined The Man Show.”

    https://twitter.com/JustinWhang/status/1180241227666595840

    #metoo

    1. Cacciatore

      I hate Joe Rogan because he’s like the Kim Kardashian of talk shows. Famous for being famous and bores me to death.

      1. DEG

        I watched the entire interview he did with Alex Jones.

        “ALIENZ!!!”

        “YOU BETTER CHOKE ME OUT!!!”

        It was a moment in my life.

      2. Rhywun

        I only know Joe Rogan from NewsRadio. ??‍♂️

        1. pistoffnick

          I know Joe from UFC and MeatEater. He was actually pleasant on MeatEater.

        2. MikeS

          #metoo

      3. Yusef

        Roseanne Barr is a nut, JRE last night, what a Trainwreck,

  28. Rebel Scum

    The Nazis are coming. At least they have neat planes.

    On that note, I spent the day with the fam hiking around Maymont in Richmond after going to brunch. It was fun. But I cam across a sticker that seemed to indicate a AntiPro-Fa presence. Apparently ICE, the police (generally) and MAGA hats are on par with actual Nazis according to the group that is composed of people that act like actual Nazis. Self-awareness? They have none.

    1. TARDIS

      Calling antifa out as pro-fa needs to be a thing, post haste.

      T-shirts with “Fuck antifa = pro-fa” sounds good.

    2. Suthenboy

      Neat? Have you ever been in one of those fokkers? I tried sitting in one at an airshow. It is like stuffing yourself in a shoebox. They were terrible.
      There was no bailing out of one of those things. If the plane was hit the pilot went down with it. I cant remember for sure but I think they told me the pilot could not open the canopy from the inside.

  29. Rebel Scum

    Ugly scenes in Greece as Communist rioters burn American flag, fight with cops and throw paint on statue of Harry Truman in protest at Secretary of State’s visit

    Isn’t Greece completely bankrupt?

    1. Chafed

      Yes. But for ECB rollover of their debt, over and over, it would be obvious to everyone.

    2. Cacciatore

      I thought eurozone bailed them out?

      1. Suthenboy

        With who’s money?

  30. Spudalicious

    I’m watching “Gordon Ramsey: Uncharted”. I really like it. He’s much better when he’s not being a douche.

    1. Cacciatore

      I’ve never found him to be a douche. The hospitality industry is rough and filled with scumbags. I think he has earned the right to treat the people in that business as what they are considering he forged an empire out of their lowly trade.

      1. Rhywun

        The whole “douche” thing is an act for Fox, AFAICT.

      2. Spudalicious

        His style runs exactly opposite to mine. Screaming at subordinates is douchey to me.

        1. MikeS

          ^ this ^

          And I really don’t understand getting enjoyment watching him belittle other people who are only trying to better themselves. He’s a douche of the highest order.

          1. Rhywun

            It’s an act he uses for a couple Fox shows. He doesn’t use it for Master Chef or any of the British shows that I’ve seen.

          2. MikeS

            Why? Well, ratings I guess. But why do people like to watch that? Hell, why did people like to watch Jackass?

            There’s no accounting for taste.

          3. Rhywun

            Hell’s Kitchen is a guilty pleasure. It is carefully casted with mostly miscreants who richly deserve being screamed at.

          4. MikeS

            I have to admit to never watching it. I assume the yelling isn’t as much a part of the show as the commercials make it look.

    2. Nephilium

      I don’t understand. When has Ramsey not been a cunte?

    1. DEG

      Some Canadian ex-pat coworkers have told me that if I like Texas (which I do), then I’d like Alberta.

      I noticed while I was planning my last trip up to the Maritimes, that while I was researching what beers I could buy where, that every one of the Maritime beer makers distributes to Alberta. “We distribute to Nova Scotia and Alberta.” “We distribute to New Brunswick and Alberta.” “We distribute to the Maritimes and Alberta.” Apparently Alberta’s booze laws are not restrictive.

      1. Tundra

        I was there in July. Absolutely loved it.

    1. Cacciatore

      You must gib titpix

        1. Cacciatore

          #3

          Would.

        2. DEG

          Not a bad collection

    1. Yusef

      Too much panties….

    2. commodious spittoon

      The perfect breasts are those which are in your hands.

      Sadly, mine are barely a-cups. And the nipples are hairy.

  31. Yusef

    You all are all Canadian! I’m out!
    /did I do that right?

    1. Sir Digby

      Well, not if you’re leaving

      1. Yusef

        I’m not Canadian, I’m Glibertarian, our World exists in our own head, and here….

        1. Cacciatore

          I’m not your buddy, guy.

          1. MikeS

            I’m not your guy, pal.

          2. Yusef

            You’re a Towel!

          3. Cacciatore

            I’m not your pal, friend.

          4. MikeS

            I’m not your friend, buddy.

          5. Yusef

            I’ll bet do don’t play guitar Buddy! Guy!

          6. TARDIS

            Junior? Wells?

        2. TARDIS

          …and there too.

    1. Cacciatore

      March right into oil country. I’m sure the folks there grinding out a living in that wasteland will love you.

      I suppose it’s worth it to lefties to “own the smelly walmart people”

      1. 61North

        she’ll fit right in with the other FAS victims on the rez.

        1. Cacciatore

          *sizzling sound*

    2. Suthenboy

      She is going to North Dakota in October to preach global warming?

      1. Stinky Wizzleteats

        How dare you?!?!

      2. MikeS

        Yep. To give her support to a group of activists who want to stop oil and natural gas from being extracted from the ground…to, you know…heat their homes.

      3. Gustave Lytton

        Is she going to do it in January?

    3. Rhywun

      Earlier this summer, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who is currently campaigning for the White House, visited Standing Rock alongside Hollywood celebrities Shailene Woodley, Mark Ruffalo, and Frances Farmer.

      OK, Tulsi fans. Defend this if you can. 😛

      1. Stinky Wizzleteats

        But she’s cute though…

      2. Jarflax

        I’ve driven through that Res heading from Casper to Bismark. I know I am supposed to either rave about the communal spirit or rag on the filthy drunks, but honestly every time I drive across a reservation in the Northern Plains/mountain west it looks pretty much like all the non-res ranch land around, maybe the trucks are a couple years older, but not a lot of difference. And the friendliest staff in a gas station I’ve every dealt with was in the Blackfeet Res.

        1. MikeS

          In my experience, I’d agree…about the open country. But get into some of the towns and it gets downright scary and/or depressing.

          1. Jarflax

            Towns? lol, I avoid em. That is the whole point to heading to that part of the world.

        2. 61North

          I was out last weekend in some rural AK communities last weekend and there’s a marked difference between native villages and post land claim villages where people actually own the land. They are both kinda dumpy, but the native villages housing stock is in much worse shape. YMMV.

    4. AlmightyJB

      How’d she get in the country?

  32. 61North

    Does anyone have the score of the Cal game?

    1. MikeS

      Natural Beauty – 98

      Shit On The Streets – 119

    2. Yusef

      Call 1

  33. Yusef

    I’m done thinking about an LP party, we truly are the Cats in the room, unherdable, the Glibs are a subset of Libertarianism, mostly on the the practical side of life.

    1. Cacciatore

      People who work for a living.

      1. Yusef

        I’m happy be working again, I get bored easily

        1. Cacciatore

          I’ll do it til I die like the men before me on both sides of the family. Even when I “retire” I’ll work in my shop: always need a project.

    2. Sir Digby

      the practical side of life

      That is where I always look.

    3. Jarflax

      It seems to me that an awful lot of libertarians come to it after becoming disillusioned as either traditional (classical liberal) economic conservative Rs or anti-war, pro civil liberties Ds. It’s kind of hard to get really into a Party after waking up to the shallow dishonesty and cynical betrayal of any ideals that are the Parties’ stock in trade.

  34. DEG

    Time to go get some sleep. I’d like to get some yard work done tomorrow. ‘night all!

    1. Cacciatore

      BOOOOOOOO!

    2. Gustave Lytton

      Good luck!

    3. MikeS

      We’re all counting on you!

    4. Yusef

      Peace out!

  35. TARDIS

    I have a question.
    Is cunte pronounced different than the regular “C” word?

    1. Yusef

      I see Coont,

      1. Yusef

        or CuonT’

    2. Sir Digby

      Oooohhhh…experiment time!!

      1. Yusef

        I am an experiment…I cannot be Filled, and I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD! I DONT FEEL PAIN< OR REMORSE, AND I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD SARAH…. Oh, wrong person……..

      2. TARDIS

        For the love of God, would someone with a vagina tell me how to say this?

        For now, I’m going with coon-tay.

        1. MikeS

          Look down.

          Not at that!

          1. TARDIS

            I can’t help looking!

        2. CUNT.

          Just…cunt.

          1. Sir Digby

            just!

          2. Gender Traitor

            Better than an unjust cunt.

          3. MikeS

            *golf clap*

          4. Sir Digby

            It is known!

          5. *curtsies*

            Well done!

          6. TARDIS

            Mojeaux FTW!

          7. TARDIS

            Although, I would really love it with Scottish accent.

          8. In my mind, my heroine pronounces it coont, yes.

            Now I’ve really confused y’all.

    3. Cacciatore

      Cunt-eh

      With the “eh” just barely there. Like a small, disgusted sigh.

      1. MikeS

        I like the way you think pronounce.

    4. MikeS

      In my head it’s cunt-eh

      1. Gender Traitor

        You have one in your head???

        1. MikeS

          I…umm…

          *runs away*

        2. Jarflax

          Shhh, it’s a sensitive area for MIke.

          1. Gender Traitor

            I’d think it would give a dude a powerful incentive to take up yoga…

      2. Cacciatore

        We are on the same wavelength.

    5. “Cunt” with a British accent.

      1. Jarflax

        That’s a lot of accents.

      2. Cacciatore

        That’s just plain ‘ol regular cunt. You can’t say cunt without speaking in the Queen’s English!

        1. LOL I love Capaldi.

          Now, look, people. My heroine’s Scottish. Or, should I say, Sco’ish. (Gotta have that glottal stop.)

          My hero’s from London who’s spent so much time fighting in France he speaks English with a tidge of a French accent.

          This is also in 1420. Make of it what you will.

          Cunt.

          But dammit, this is Glibs, so spell it cunte.

          1. commodious spittoon

            “Don’t ever call me fucking ‘English’ again.”

            *Tony Soprano looks confused*

        2. TARDIS

          Damn, I’m slow.

      3. straffinrun

        Not nice to talk about May like that.

  36. Stinky Wizzleteats

    Hopeful or horrified?

    https://youtu.be/HUzFD9vAlDQ

    On the one hand, accessible energy available to to the four corners of the earth, on the other hand floating Russian engineered nuclear reactors.

    1. Cacciatore

      Why the hell do they need to float? Just build modern fast breeder reactors everywhere and stop worrying about electricity for the next century.

      This is a “fuck you, cut spending” issue for me.

      Fuck you, build nuke plants.

      The whinging over solar and wind is grating to anyone with knowledge of how safe, reliable, and cost effective modern nuclear power is.

    2. Yusef

      Please not Russin Nukes in space, the damage is bad enough….

  37. Rufus the Monocled

    Quebec going full blown fascist. Moves into regulate speech territory.

    https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-wants-to-ban-bonjour-hi-in-government-run-businesses

    Man oh man. How to figure out on how to get the fuck out of this embarrassing piece of shit province.

    1. Cacciatore

      Happy to have you here in Floriduh.

    2. Yusef

      Glad you’re a Muppet, these laws don’t apply to you, now, Back to work!

      1. Cacciatore

        Fascist!

        1. Yusef Adama

          And?

        2. Yusef Adama

          ” Hitler,Stalin, Mussalini, great men but didn’t go far enough” What? why me? I served the State what /WHAAAAA!!!!!

    3. Stinky Wizzleteats

      Sacre bleu, that’s not good.

    4. Jarflax

      Quebec started out with a great city and reputation as a wonderful place to visit, and has parlayed that into absolutely nothing. But the signs are still in French!

      1. Rufus the Monocled

        Exactly. You nailed it.

        We pissed it all away.

        All because of this bull shit.

    5. straffinrun

      J’ai le feu au cul-hi!

  38. straffinrun

    Late night penguin dancing.

      1. commodious spittoon

        There’s a reason your adopted country is a strip mining operation for American nerds, but this is not it.

        1. Jarflax

          Here you go.

        2. strip mining operation for American nerds

          LOL

        3. straffinrun

          American nerds? Let me try again.

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

          1. commodious spittoon

            The stars and stripes have never been prouder. We’re very welcoming of all outsiders, even fatties.

          2. straffinrun

            Glad you like it. She’s made her career out of doing that.

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

          3. The tennis shoes make it.

            She’s got guts. I could never do that.

      2. Gustave Lytton

        Audition tape for the latest AQ48 spin-off?

      3. Straff, why do all the J-Pop groups have 50 girls in them?

        1. straffinrun

          Evvvverything is done in groups here. Hopefully HM won’t see this comment.

          1. Heroic Mulatto

            You wanted me to post this again:

          2. straffinrun

            Pic matches my first link perfectly.

          3. Gustave Lytton

            Now with moar fry sauce!

          4. Yeah, but groups of more than 5 or 6? That’s just overkill.

          5. Gustave Lytton

            Then they can subdivide into smaller groups.

  39. My YouTube viewing tabs tonight:

    J-Pop girl groups … Scottish deerhounds … glottal stops

  40. Count Potato

    I’m going to miss Gwar Ry4.

  41. Heroic Mulatto

    When I saw Joker tonight there was an incel that pulled out a weapon at the very end. He intended to kill some people in the theater. A brave young woman stood up and said “Sir, after watching this movie I understand what it means for you to live in society as a gamer and how much oppression you face. Please let me have sex with you and put away your weapon.”

    The incel put away his weapon and they proceeded to have sex right there on the floor of the theater. The entire audience stood up and clapped at the beautiful sight.

    And, dear reader, that incel was me. Thank you for listening to my TED talk.

    1. MikeS

      *masturbates claps furiously.*

    2. straffinrun

      No spoilers.

    3. Jarflax

      Involuntarily celibate from 8:20 when the movie started until it ended?

      1. Heroic Mulatto

        It was like being in a concentration camp!

    4. Yusef Adama

      And then Society Collapsed…… Funny way to go however,

    5. commodious spittoon

      This is pretty fucked up after the tragedy. A lot of lives were lost, ffs.

  42. hayeksplosives

    New thread!! Night Shift stalwarts unite!!

    1. slumbrew

      Pshaw, it’s only 9pm on the left coast. Still primetime for you.

    2. MikeS

      Oh, us sometimers aren’t allowed?