It’s the easy one! : An Acrostic

I know that I said I was going to go back to crosswords because a lot of you are Acrostic-ally challenged but I had already started this one. To help I tried to make it very very easy and did make it short. I probably should have posted this one first to ease you neophytes into the wonderful world of acrostics but hindsight and all that. Once again to make it libertarian oriented I chose a quote that touches on some common glibish themes, I expect you all to discuss this in the comments. I mean it this time, last time I was disappoint in all of you. Anyway…Entertainment only…no gambling…have fun…we’re all counting on you…across all obstacles…Epstein’s not dead…

 

 

 

 

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339 responses to “It’s the easy one! : An Acrostic”

  1. Tundra

    It wasn’t that bad of a movie.

    Why do you hate Dogue de Bordeaux?

  2. Sean

    This is a pass for me, but good on you for providing content that others enjoy. ?

    Also, I may be sort of drunk…

    1. Count Potato

      +1

    2. Tres Cool

      #MeToo

      1. Sensei

        I wish was…

      2. Chafed

        Old Milwaukee?

        1. Sir Digby

          No, no…Fresh Milwaukee.

    3. Trigger Hippie

      Subthread.

  3. Count Potato

    “There is a reason why impeachment hrng room is so cold.
    The room is a backup Hse chamber. As a security measure, they keep the temperature cold here. If there were a chemical attack, the molecules move more slowly, in the cold. The temperature retards deployment of the agent”

    https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1202281655253250050

    I’m sure that room already has plenty of retards.

    1. Tres Cool

      Unless they keep it like a meat-locker, I cant see that really working out.

      1. Tres Cool

        Where’s OMWC or Don ?

      2. blackjack

        Yeah, I thought it was chilled by the Dem’s hearts.

  4. straffinrun

    If “I” isn’t “Nappyheadedho”, I’m gonna be disappointed.

    1. Tres Cool

      + Imus

    2. I told you it was an easy one.

      1. straffinrun

        Kind of hard to do it in my head, but thanks for easing up on us.

        1. Sensei

          Sigh… why am I studying Japanese again?

          My teacher is on vacation, the substitute is one of nicest people in the school, but an absolutely awful instructor.

          The subway is messed up and I have to take a $15 cab ride to the train station and miss an earlier train.

          And to top it all off we have a new student in the class. Nice women and respectful, but her mother is Japanese and she lived in Japan. WTF is she doing in my intermediate level class? My understanding is she can’t read, but her conversation and accent is essentially native level.

          For crying out loud.., I’m this close to quitting and self studying.

          1. Lackadaisical

            She’s looking to meet strange young men?

          2. Sensei

            I’m one out of two.

            She is an attractive older lady, but not worth destroying my marriage.

          3. Lackadaisical

            Didn’t realize you were married. Love the tacit accordance of being strange though.

          4. Sensei

            I’m here, right? We aren’t exactly an ordinary bunch.

          5. EXCEPT SP, OF COURSE. SHE IS EXCEEDINGLY NORMAL.

          6. But that would make you unusual in context since you’d stand out from the deviants and degenerates wandering about.

          7. Jarflax

            Just remind me, who are you married to SP?

          8. straffinrun

            She’s irridarit?

          9. Sensei

            Long day… that one is whooshing by me.

          10. straffinrun

            she can’t read

          11. Sensei

            Thx. Yup.

  5. Spudalicious

    Woohoo! I got A.

  6. Tundra

    The Hyperbole can beat any of you chumps at Earthshaker! the greatest pinball machine of all time.

    Greatest? No.

    I have this one in my basement. Come over and we’ll see who is the Wizard.

    1. That’s a sweet machine, I wish I had a pinball machine in my basement… or any pinball machine… … or a basement.

      1. Tundra

        I’m terrible. It’s the rest of my fam you have to defeat.

    2. Nephilium

      I’ve got a Tekken 2 and a Marvel vs. Capcom cabinet in my basement.

      1. Tundra

        I’ve also got Centipede and Ms. Pac Man.

        It cracks me up how much the kids love the stupid old school games.

        1. Hated Centipede, something about trackball games never seemed right to me, ditto games with two joysticks. Galaga,1943, Xevious… those were games.

          1. Rhywun

            Galaga and its cousin Gyruss were the GOAT.

          2. Don Escaped the SouthWestConference

            I liked those concepts

            but feel like Phoenix took it to another level by adding a capstone event when you attack the hive.

          3. Rhywun

            Oh man that one was hard.

          4. Tundra

            The fuck? It’s by far my most popular game.

            Although I still think Galaga is the Best Of All Time.

          5. Nephilium

            I concur that Galaga was one of the best 80’s arcade games. On a hard drive/CD’s somewhere in the house, I’ve got the full MAME library (at the time, and the version of MAME to run them all). I’ve contemplated building a cabinet, but my electrical skills and building skills are lacking.

            Some modern games fit the bill for large groups as well. I’ve got a picture from Thanksgiving of my niece, her boyfriend, and my two nephews all deeply engrossed in playing Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. I don’t even think they noticed I took the picture (which was sent to my sister who was upstairs at the time).

          6. blackjack

            Missile Command.

          7. blackjack

            Trackball and all.

          8. Ozymandias

            That was impressive to watch someone who was really good at that game with the trackball. I remember when I was maybe 8 or 9, there was some 15 or 16 year-old kid in my neighborhood with a leather jacket, billfold with a chain in his back pocket, and a cig in his mouth, and that guy was a fucking wizard at Missile Command with the trackball. I used to just watch him sometimes when I was on a break from my game. Dude had skillz; always had the top score, too.

        2. Mad Scientist

          Seriously!? I have am upright Ms. Pac Man. In my dining room.

          1. I’d prefer a morally degenerate Ms. Pac-Man.

          2. Sir Digby

            Wait…she isn’t a degenerate??

    3. Sir Digby

      I have this one in my basement. Come over and we’ll see who is the Wizard.

      So, it’s not the ‘Wizard’s Staff’, then?

      1. Chafed

        You’ll have to go over to find out.

        1. Sir Digby

          …..Why do you hate me, bruh?

          1. Chafed

            You’re the one who thinks Tundra won’t give you a bit part in his production of Silence of the Lambs.

          2. Sir Digby

            bit part

            ?

            Hey, how do you know what I thWait–are you saying he will? I was always kind of partial to Chris Isaak’s role as the SWAT officer…

      2. CPRM

        Golden Axe or GTFO! (Battlezone also acceptable.

    1. Can’t find your puzzling gloves?

      1. No, it’s unrelated malaise.

        I wanted to write this afternoon – but fell asleep.

        1. Spudalicious

          Heaven forbid you get the sleep that you need.

          1. Chafed

            Yeah, we’ll have none of that.

  7. Lackadaisical

    So I answer the clues, then what?

    1. I think they then become more clues.

    2. Use the numbers in the clues answers box ( i.e. the first letter of answer A is T and that box is 98 so in the grid find the 98 square and put a T) to fill the grid and reveal a quote, the line under the grid is the author of the quote and the work it is from. If you can’t get all the clues sometimes filling the grid partially will give some hints to the words in the quote ( ie. if you get T_E the blank is most likely a H use the letter and number in that box to put that H into the porpoer clue/answer section maybe that will help you get the clue, rinse and repeat till done. Also some of the clues and answers are semi-hints at the quote/author/book. In this puzzle clues /answers C,H,L and M are such.

      1. straffinrun

        Ignore ^this and just do it the same way you’d do a crossword. Enjoy the frustration.

      2. Lackadaisical

        I would have never guessed the author, work thing.good to know.

        1. Oh, also the author/work line is made up of the first letter of each clue in order. Which as I mentioned before is one of the tricks to constructing these things in that the quote you chose must contain the necessary letters to spell out the author and work.

  8. Crusty Juggler

    OT: Author and activist Dave Eggers chats about ‘The Captain and the Glory,’ his hysterical, scathing satire of the Trump administration

    The funny, incisive allegory, set upon a shaking ship whose captain is quick to toss dissidents overboard, aims its unwavering gaze at the United States under President Donald Trump’s administration, drawing from Eggers’ experiences with Trump supporters he encountered while covering contentious campaign rallies in 2016. In the satire, Eggers, a literacy advocate and writer best known for his memoir, “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” and for founding McSweeney’s publishing house, attempts to reconcile the insanity of that candidacy — and the presidency that followed — with the president’s supporters, with whom the author managed to find common ground.

    Finally.

    1. commodious spittoon

      The funny, incisive allegory

      I assume it’s none of these things.

    2. Chafed

      A San Francisco based author doesn’t like Trump or the people who voted for him! Prepare my fainting couch.

    1. Jarflax

      3 days early this time.

      1. dbleagle

        We were locked down for almost two hours but then were told to leave. Reports so far is that a sailor shot three civilian engineers then himself in the shipyard.

        1. From the updated article I linked – looks like a submariner from the Columbia.

      2. Gustave Lytton

        Usual problem. Didn’t account for the time difference.

    2. straffinrun

      And the screen grab looks like it was taken from a bomber or perhaps a Zero. Nice.

      1. dbleagle

        “Tora! Tora! Tora!”

        While they were locking the building I was in down I slipped out a side door and went to my car. If I’m going to be trapped I prefer to be outside and with a book to read.

        1. Chafed

          Why would you want to be outside in Haw- oh….

          1. I still don’t get it.

          2. dbleagle

            I don’t usually work on Pearl Harbor. I was in a maze of a building with no windows which I didn’t know, surrounded by navy and air force officers who I don’t know. While the USN and USAF have their places, being in a shooting gallery with them does not instill me with confidence. Outside inside a car in a parking lot where I can notice the approach of a bad guy and get out of there. Since PH is huge, the odds of a shooter anywhere near me is remote. If it turns out to be a non-threat then I can enjoy a beautiful day and get some reading in.

            Better quality of life if no threat and better chance to survive if a threat. It was a no brainer for me.

          3. Gustave Lytton

            And if you happen to get popped, at least you’ll go out with a sunbeam on your face and a good book on your mind, rather than miserable inside.

          4. Chafed

            UCS was expressing his preference to avoid the outdoors at all costs.

          5. That is correct, Chafed.

            /Guy who goes from deathly pallor to sunburn red with no intermediary stages.

          6. Gender Traitor

            deathly pallor to sunburn red

            #metoo. I quick-fry to a crackly crunch. In my case, the downside of being Auburn-American. #youtoo? Or other variant of the melanin-challenged?

          7. I’m Irish.

            Just because I’m dark-haired doesn’t save me from the genetic predispositions.

          8. Gender Traitor

            Yup! I suspect even most Scandinavians tend to be darker-complected than we are.

          9. JD is Unemployed

            I only tan in Europe. Two weeks in the Texas heat with no sunscreen and I hadn’t changed colo(u)r at all. Do y’all have some kind of high tech UV shielding projected into the atmosphere?

          10. Automobile glass? I’m not sure what you were doing in Texas or Europe, so that’s the first difference that comes to mind.

          11. Gender Traitor

            When I was young & dumb & still had delusions of tanning, someone assured me that even I could tan in Florida, but I’ve never been there to test that hypothesis. The few times I’ve been in Texas I was otherwise engaged and didn’t spend any considerable time exposed. Never been to Europe – once had a desire to go, but now I feel as if it’s no longer worth the trouble.

          12. JD is Unemployed

            If I want to burn I think I’d have to do some high amperage welding while shirtless. I cooked my left bicep pretty good once. Never again.

          13. JD is Unemployed

            That’s a good point. The best comparison I have is Italy in 100-104 F, but I feel like I spent more time actually in the car there than I did in Texas, and I was pretty fastidious with sunblock. Italy was earlier in the year (July vs September), and by September I’ve spent all summer outside here in the UK (pretty reasonable weather) and possibly picked up a light tan already? (My neck is perma-browned finest tan leather upholstery)

          14. JD is Unemployed

            Oops – response to UCS above

  9. Not Adahn

    Oh, Palmetto State Armory, why must you send me deals that are too good to pass up? $350 for an AR? I guess so, especially since this exists which will let me make an PCC that takes CZ75 mags. Which I have plenty of, and it would be vastly more convenient to only have to carry one type of pistol magazine for 2×4. Though 9mm uppers cost more than the original rifle.

    1. Spudalicious

      I haven’t bought from Palmetto since they sent me an e-mail that demanded I send them money for sales tax.

      1. That seems like something they should’ve factored into the initial sale. What was their leverage with that email? Stern language? Pleading? A picture of a puppy next to a recent newspaper with a guy holding a machete next to it?

        1. Sensei

          Sometimes to placate regulators you have go through the show of asking recognizing the responses will approach zero.

          No idea about this specific issue, however.

          1. Spudalicious

            I think you’re right. I never responded and never heard from them again. Nowadays, sales tax for the state you’re in are usually figured into the final price.

    1. Chafed

      Unpossible!

  10. Crusty Juggler

    US mulling 14,000 more troops for Mideast: report

    Trump takes out just enough to win.

    1. Urthona

      Iran is about the collapse. They are murdering even more than the usual number of their own people.

      1. Chafed

        From your lips to Allah’s ears.

  11. Crusty Juggler

    DHS proposal to require U.S. citizens undergo airport facial scans draws fire

    The use of facial recognition technology at U.S. airports is growing more widespread as a means of identification, but citizens are allowed to opt out. Now officials with the Department of Homeland Security want to make the scans mandatory for all travelers, including citizens.

    In a filing, the agency said that to “facilitate the implementation of a seamless biometric entry-exit system that uses facial recognition and to help prevent persons attempting to fraudulently use U.S. travel documents and identify criminals and known or suspected terrorists, DHS is proposing to amend the regulations to provide that all travelers, including U.S. citizens, may be required to be photographed upon entry and/or departure.

    Congress has pushed for more than a decade for the development of programs that use biometrics to track those who enter and exit the country. In 2016, it authorized up to $1 billion collected from certain visa fees to fund the implementation. The effort received another boost when President Trump signed an executive order in March 2017 directing the Department of Homeland Security to expedite the deployment of such technology.

    Thanks, President Trump!

    1. commodious spittoon

      But hey, let’s obsess about Ukraine some more.

      Not that Dems are put out by the thought of mass surveillance.

    2. straffinrun

      Do we have the choice of just getting a facial instead?

      1. Chafed

        Only Q knows.

      2. JaimeRoberto Delecto

        What are you? Some kind of Yang voter?

    3. Gustave Lytton

      facilitate the implementation of a seamless biometric entry-exit system

      This is a sea change. Unlike many other countries, the US has not controlled departures from this country. Goodbye international departures from the same part of the airport as domestic departures. It will essentially require segregated international facilities.

      1. Naw, that’s too hard, just photograph the domestic travellers too.

        /TSA

        1. Gustave Lytton

          I read some more, and that pretty much what they want to do, along with scans at the gate while boarding. Fuck you if they screw up and won’t let you board your flight.

    4. Just don’t suggest even 1% of this before letting people vote.

  12. Don Escaped the SouthWestConference

    Most OverRated Football Program Results

    1 Cincinnati
    2 Baylor
    3 Utah
    4 Boise St
    5 Georgia

    Minnesota and Virginia Tech (bagged and off the list!)

    Most UnderRated: Alabama

  13. Crusty Juggler

    Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice

    What’s your journey of becoming? Based on Michelle Obama’s bestselling memoir, this gorgeous journal features an intimate and inspiring introduction by the former First Lady and more than 150 inspiring questions and quotes to help you discover—and rediscover—your story.

    She is teaching us young women how to journal.

    1. Chafed

      Push-lease.

    1. Count Potato

      “This “Kamala is a cop” meme wasn’t about opening up a nuanced discourse about progressive views on law enforcement. It was about giving douchey white dudes an excuse to claim self-righteousness while dunking on black female candidate.”

      https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/1202001548496244737

      1. Crusty Juggler

        Actually dark skinned lady cops are good.

      2. Urthona

        Always with the evil white male angle. I think we know who the real bigots are.

      3. Gustave Lytton

        Why is she a black candidate and not an Indian candidate, Amanduh?

        1. Chafed

          One drop rule?

  14. Crusty Juggler

    The Homo Rodeo Rides Off Into the Sunset

    I’m clutching the hind, cloven hooves of a confused goat at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo on the banks of the Russian River in Sonoma County, California, while my partner, another rodeo attendee, attempts to slip on a pair of tighty-whities over its stumpy tail. A crowd of 50 or so cheer us on in the bleachers of the ragtag Russian River Rodeo Grounds, which resembles the high school football stadium of a picturesque country town that’s carrying a substantial budget deficit. “Community Goat Dressing,” the only event at the rodeo open to audience members and contestants alike, was created for people like me who want to compete in the rodeo but don’t know how to ride a horse.

    Turns out I also don’t know how to get BVDs onto a goat. The clock ticks while the hollow-horned ruminant mammal flails about, tethered to a stool held down by a plus-size drag queen 50 feet away. “What are you doing?!” my partner barks as I let go of a hoof. Hell, I figured, I put my underwear on one foot at a time; perhaps goats do too?

    I’ll say it – gays are weirdos.

    1. Chafed

      Jessie or Tonio hardest hit?

    1. Count Potato

      “[VIDEO] Andrew Yang Sprays Whipped Cream into Supporters’ Mouths Because Why Not”

      https://pjmedia.com/trending/andrew-yang-sprays-whipped-cream-into-supporters-mouths-because-why-not/

      1. Jarflax

        He heard rightwingers were calling him the least crazy person running for the D nomination and upped his game.

      2. straffinrun

        Impressive way to self immolate.

      3. commodious spittoon

        Yang to feature in SF’s next Extended Universe installment.

        1. straffinrun

          Why? It’s impossible to parody that. Maybe getting Yang to fill two girl’s cups with Nutella. Other than that, I got nothing.

          1. Spudalicious

            You know what’s interesting? I only like Nutella when I’m in France.

          2. Rhywun

            I loved it living in Germany.

            Haven’t touched the stuff in years. Maybe the formula is different here in the US.

          3. Of course it is. The European version must be made in the Nutel region of the Cxech Republic.

            /snark

          4. Or it could be the Soy

            The main ingredients of Nutella are sugar and palm oil (greater than 50%). It also contains hazelnut at 13 %,[11] cocoa solids, and skimmed milk.[12] In the United States and the United Kingdom, Nutella contains soy products.

          5. We’re not saying BEAM’s an alien, but . . .

            You have something in common with the French, then.

          6. straffinrun

            Responding to a comment with “You know what’s interesting?”. Evidently not my comment.

          7. straffinrun
  15. Crusty Juggler

    A 103 mph average speed, anti-air collision radar and a tricked out Benz: two dudes drive New York to LA in wildly illegal record time

    They took it down with plenty of time to spare, but a lot more goes into a Cannonball Run than just hopping in a 2015 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG sedan and flooring it, though there was plenty of that. Toman and Tabbutt averaged 103 miles per hour, including the time spent on their four gas/bathroom/food breaks. Their max speed: 193 mph.

    They enlisted Berkeley Chadwick as their third wheel and cop watcher, since driving 193 mph is illegal, even in the Midwest.

    “Someone did get pulled over for 130 miles per hour,” Tabbutt said in the documentary, “but it wasn’t us. It was one of our spotters.” Their friend had been doing 130 in a Ferrari near Tabbutt’s hometown, not even spotting at the time but on his way to a meetup point, and talked his way out of the ticket.
    [More News] 19 people rescued from snowed-in Michigan cabin after ferocious blizzard »

    As the designated Smokey spotter, Chadwick was armed with a pair of binoculars, two different radar detectors, a laser jamming system, a thermal camera on the roof, a police scanner and a CB radio, both with antennas mounted to the trunk, and an aircraft collision avoidance system, Road & Track reported. They also had emergency kill switches for the brake and tail lights.

    Of course some of that stuff didn’t help anyways. The thermal camera was twisted in the wrong direction by the wind and the CB radio, a classic Cannonball gadget that Tabbutt insisted on, was basically useless. The anti-air collision system, generally used by airplanes to avoid crashes but used by Toman and Tabbutt to detect highway patrol aircraft, went unused to do the general lack of any highway patrol aircraft on the trip.

    And Chadwick wasn’t even the only lookout, as the group had recruited 18 others to drive ahead of them at various points on the trip and alert them to any police presence. They also used Waze, the GPS app that alerts drivers to police on the road.
    [More News] Sprint subcontractor leaves more than 230,000 U.S. cell phone bills, other documents exposed online »

    But that wasn’t enough for Toman. He chose the 2015 E63 AMG not for its horsepower, which the group actually altered down to 700 horses “for safety’s sake,” but for its nondescript look. Toman covered all the carbon-fiber with boring silver vinyl and while the interior of the Benz was brimming with tech, the exterior looked more like a 2000s Honda Accord or, as Toman put it in the doc, “every other silver vehicle on the road.” They also took all the emblems off for good measure.

    This particular trick came in handy in Iowa when they heard an officer call in a “silver…passenger car westbound at high rate of speed” over the radio and the group chuckled at their successful deception.

    Actually millennials aren’t garbage.

    1. Jarflax

      Last gasp of liberty?

      1. Spudalicious

        Ok, Boomer.

        1. Jarflax

          I think you are older than me Boomer!

          1. Spudalicious

            Gotta take advantage of opportunities. We live in a postmodern world.

    2. its nondescript look

      Total pros.

      This shade of green looks really good on me.

    3. Urthona

      Did those bastards even think about their carbon footprint?

  16. Gender Traitor

    Yippeee!!! Another acrostic!!! I haven’t read any of the comments because I don’t want to see any spoilers.

    Thanks, Teh Hype, especially for the better visibility. I just right-clicked on the grid and then on the clues, picked “View Image,” and printed them as PNGs. The numbers and letters in the squares are much more legible this time, even without using the PDFs. (I didn’t see that option until I’d already printed the puzzle.)

    Back later. Carry on.

      1. Gender Traitor
    1. Gustave Lytton

      What could go wrong with the housing authority hiring felon to conduct maintenance?

      1. Rhywun

        He did his time. Either he can be productive, or a ward of the state.

        1. Chafed

          If he’s a state employee then he isn’t productive. (Not you UCS.)

          1. Rhywun

            Sigh – yeah, prolly.

    2. Chafed

      Heavan help us, Al Sharpton is right.

      1. Sir Digby

        Hush, Chafed…that’s a sure way to get us enrolled in the Rainbow Coalition!

        1. Chafed

          If that happens then I’ve got a new anthem for them.

          https://youtu.be/RG69PMDBfaE

          1. Sir Digby

            So…you hate them, and not me!

          2. Chafed

            Hate? Getting drunk in Texas brings people together. It’s a love song.

          3. Sir Digby

            I was referring to my question to you vis-a-vis the ‘wizard staff’.

  17. Crusty Juggler

    How to be Radical Without Sacrificing Anything

    White men are bad.

    We can all agree that white men are bad, right? This can be the crux of your radical identity. Any criticism of your actions can be turned onto the fact that white men are bad. This isn’t deflection; it’s an edifying redirection. Enjoy this one — you’ve really earned it. Remember George Bush? Yuck! Wow, that was easy!

    Some people just get it.

    1. straffinrun

      If white men are evil, they should stop trying to piss us off.

    2. one true athena

      I used to be a regular reader of Reductress – they were a pretty good parody of Salon/Cosmo/Etc but then they got skinsuited and lost a lot of the funny, sadly.

  18. Gender Traitor

    Done!

    1. Aww. You missed all my spoilers.

      1. Gender Traitor

        Saw ’em after I came back & responded accordingly.

        1. [Insert one-liner response]

          /falls asleep at keyboard.

          1. Gender Traitor

            ::chuckles at witty banter, notices time, shuffles off to take shower::

    2. Don Escaped the SouthWestConference

      I got nearly nowhere

      1. Really? I thought almost all those clues were dead gimmes?

    3. Tres Cool

      I used linear regression to solve it.

      1. Gender Traitor

        No fair using math!

    4. At yet you haven’t discussed the quote and it’s relevance to liberty and libertarian thoughts.

      1. Gender Traitor

        Sorry – couldn’t get past the references to “the wad.” That was a big ol’ “Huh??”

        Thanks for doing another acrostic, even if I’m the only weirdo who relishes them.

  19. Nephilium

    Alright all, hold down the fort. I’ll be gone for the next week or so playing board games in Philly.

    1. What? There’s no internet in Philly?

      Actually, that wouldn’t surprise me.

      1. Nephilium

        There’s internet, but the convention runs from 10:00 – 00:00 Friday and Saturday, and until 19:00 Sunday. Add in talking to some acquaintances who will be there, and hitting up some bars and breweries, all while trying to squeeze in a workout or two, means my time will be short.

    2. Gender Traitor

      They should hold it in Atlantic City. ::waxes nostalgic for childhood marathon Monopoly games::

      1. Rhywun

        We used to vacation there in the 70s. I loved it – it was so delightfully plebeian; all honkey-tonk and rickety amusement rides and carnival barkers.

      2. Sir Digby

        …..You’re nostalgic for headaches? ‘Cause, that’s pretty much the only thing all that waiting around for others to take their turns ever did for me.

        1. Gender Traitor

          You might have enjoyed a faster-paced game like Pit.

          1. Sir Digby

            Hmmm….could be, but, I don’t actually think so. I guess what I want is a game that allows me time to think without pressure from the other players, but hurries them along so I don’t have to wait on them.

            Yeah, I’m bunches o’ fun at game night…

            /this (and my general dislike of people) is why I don’t play multi-player games online

          2. Gender Traitor

            my general dislike of people

            But you like us, don’tcha Diggy??

          3. Sir Digby

            I reckon I like y’all enough to grace you with my presence comment.

            Plus, all this goatee softening I’ve been doing has to have some purpose… ?

          4. Gender Traitor

            You still owe goatee pics, but once again, I need to go to bed. Consider yourself on notice.

  20. PudPaisley

    Out of nowhere the old place started sending me daily emails asking for money. Not sure where that came from, since I haven’t given them anything since late 2015 or early 2016. I replied that I will not be donating to them ever again and that I haven’t even visited their site in over two years. I thanked them for the 20+ years of good content, then stated that I don’t appreciate the unhinged cosmotarian writers and their click-bait articles. I finished the email by stating I hope all the Facebook likes and cocktail parties are working out for them.

    Facebook likes seems to be their favorite metric, so my response probably means nothing to them. But, it was fun to throw a little dig at them anyways.

    1. dbleagle

      Yesterday I got a begging email from the site that will not be named (spit) which is odd. I never game them money, rarely commented and haven’t been there since the Great Divorce.

      1. PudPaisley

        I rarely commented there, but I was a long-time lurker in the comments section. I’m so glad I was reading comments pretty regularly when news about the formation of Glibs was mentioned. This site is the best. When this place started I figured it would be short-lived, but the founders and contributors have done an excellent job.

        1. Gustave Lytton

          Maybe it because the writers (am/pm linx, features) are also commentators, as are the TPTB (as time/outside commitments allow), but it feels much more like a communityfamily here than back at TOS (and it was still good back there then too).

          1. PudPaisley

            I agree. It’s also much easier to follow along with comments than the other place. With so many different articles, it was hard to find the good commenting sometimes and keep up with it all. I still have trouble keeping up when new posts start and the commenting is rapid paced. I have a hard time responding until after I’ve read all the latest comments. One of these days I’ll catch on.

          2. CPRM

            But we ain’t got no Drew Carey of Stossell…

          3. Mad Scientist

            We have something better: Sugarfree.

          4. CPRM

            While he is a treasure, I’m not sure he’ll gain us any normie cred like they do.

          5. PudPaisley

            True. But they don’t have the Hat and Hair(s), which are funnier.

          6. CPRM

            I think the Hat and Hair cartoons are better than anything Adult Swim has done in a decade; but I might be biased.

          7. Rhywun

            The ‘Stache not aging helps. That guy has generations of fans.

    2. PieInTheSky

      yokel confirmed.

      The new thing they got going may work financially but it will do zilch to spread liberty. Although I doubt anyone cares about liberty.

      1. CPRM

        Don’t ever tell Sloopy you want to spread Liberty…

        1. Not Adahn

          Well, not until she’s older, and NOT without providing a sufficient bride-price.

  21. Yusef drives a Kia

    Howdy!
    On the road, posting is tough, life is ok, will post from AZ, run away fast!!!

      1. Sir Digby

        Howdy!

        You’re speakin’ muh langwage!

    1. straffinrun

      Hey, Yusef.

      1. Sir Digby

        Oh, right–just give him an ordinary, straight-forward greeting, whydoncha?

  22. 106.3 GB? Even if I’m getting 11.9 Megabytes/sec down that’s an absurd amount of disk space.

    1. Rhywun

      For?

      1. I realized I already had a Rockstar account from GTAV, so I bought Red Dead Redemption 2.

        1. Sir Digby

          so I bought Red Dead Redemption 2

          You’ll like it–some characters wear gloves.

          /I have almost no idea about this joke; I just wanted to be in on it

        2. It’s slowing down the rest of my internet, so I’m going to let this download run and go to sleep.

          I’m reminded of the olden days of downloading. Luckily I’m not as likely to wake up to find it suffered a random error in the wee hours of the morning that corrupted the file.

          1. Jarflax

            It was showing 56 hours on my PS4 when I started to download it, of course that was at my old house with wifi that barely reached my PS4, so it really was at old time download speeds. Once I connected a cable it went much faster.

        3. Rhywun

          Wow. That’s almost 10x the size of the biggest game I’ve ever downloaded.

    2. commodious spittoon

      11.9

      I max out at 2mbps. And that’s hardly ever sustained.

      1. PieInTheSky

        I blame American Capitalism

  23. BakedPenguin

    OT: Aliens?

  24. Sir Digby

    Good ol’ Rocky Top

    Let’s be honest–that old man looks like a crazy fuck. Sometimes, the cover is rather accurate.

    Also, who pleads (successfully) for police help on social media? Dealing with them through official channels, where everything is documented–or, should be–didn’t work, so…Facebook?

    1. straffinrun

      Good fences make something, something. There be nutcases out there.

    2. Chafed

      I was trying to shoot between his legs is a shitty defense.

      1. Rhywun

        Sounds like a fun evening… wait, what?

        1. Sir Digby

          ????

        2. Chafed

          Proving context is everything.

  25. straffinrun

    Today’s attempt at a 45 minute sketch. Fail. Gotta figure out shadowing. Back to YouTube.

    https://imgur.com/a/LR32ndX

    1. Rhywun

      Adam Schiff?

      1. straffinrun

        Yeah! At least he was recognizable. Capturing the crazy inside is a bitch.

        1. CPRM

          I thought it was Tom Shillue.

          1. Sir Digby

            That’s an excellent find. I can now somewhat see what the reason for him getting Red Eye was/is.

          2. commodious spittoon

            I miss Red Eye. Bill, Andy, the leg chair… that was some quality TV.

          3. CPRM

            Even after I stopped staying up that late, I DVR’d it. It was one of the shows that got my dad to move towards libertarianism, even if he still thought drugs were bad, Mkay.

          4. Sir Digby

            I cannot forget Andy calling out Greg, on-air, for some pro-LE/drug war stance Greg took.

            Something along the lines of, “Don’t ever call yourself a libertarian”. I found that to be really bold and refreshing for any politically-based show on Fox.

          5. commodious spittoon

            A devoted saint on youtube uploaded every episode the day or a couple days after it aired, so it was something I enjoyed almost every morning for years when I worked in the cash vault.

            Then came the day.

          6. commodious spittoon

            Kinda funny that O&A was another constant in my years working at the goddamn place, and that fell off with Ant’s firing in 2014. and now where does Schulz wind up but working a channel at Compound Media.

        2. Rhywun

          The eyes are freaking me out so I would say you’ve succeeded with that part.

    2. Gustave Lytton

      Looks like a courtroom sketch. Getting ready for the impeachment?

      1. CPRM

        Oohh! Can you do a sketch in that style of Trump with the Hat and Hair, Straffinrunson? A courtroom sketch could come into play for a future cartoon…

        1. straffinrun

          Maybe. What do you want him doing?

          1. CPRM

            Use your imagination, and I’ll work it into the story.

          2. Sir Digby

            I’ve used that line before… Well, except for the ‘story’ part.

          3. CPRM

            I’m not a perv, I’m a cartoonist perv! So really just a cartoonist.

    3. Chafed

      That’s pretty good Straff. You definitely captured the crazy.

      1. straffinrun

        Compared to what I could sketch just three weeks ago when I started, I’m happy. Forgot to leave a white space above the iris, though. Next time.

  26. PieInTheSky

    I still have no idea what an Acrostic is, but then again I think we are quite off topic by this time.

    Good morning glibbers

  27. Chafed

    I read Hillary Clinton was on Howard Stern today. A piece of my youth died. What happened to him?

    1. straffinrun

      If he had her have sex with a midget, I’d watch.

      1. Sir Digby

        #DwarfTossing

      2. Chafed

        You could take notes for Sugarfree’s next epic.

      3. PudPaisley

        Would his dinky even be wide enough to rub against the sides of her cloaca?

        1. Sir Digby

          dinky…cloaca

          Ugh! What an awful cartoon!

          /don’t get any ideas, CPRM!

          1. PudPaisley

            Is that Achondroplasiaphobic of me? Should I call it his little thing instead?

          2. Sir Digby

            Oh, heavens no! You call it whatever you wish. Although, ‘little thing’ is somewhat endearing…

            Also, excellent Webstering there, Pud.

    2. Sir Digby

      Was it for fun, or, shock value, or….well, I doubt it was for any type of ‘hot seat’ questioning.

      Why would she want to go–does she think it keeps her relevant?

      1. Chafed

        That’s an excellent question. I don’t know. But I assume she was promised an easy interview.

    3. Gustave Lytton

      Probably the same thing that happened to your youth (before it died today).

      Don Rickles ended up doing shows at Indian casinos towards the end.

      1. Chafed

        Rickles was an insult comic to the end. He knew who he was and rode it all the way.

        1. Gustave Lytton

          Yeah that part. I guess I mean his audience towards the end was a much older set. Stern’s original audience has aged as well. Private Parts was released 22 years ago.

          1. Chafed

            Sure. I would expect the show to evolve over time. From what I understand, and this is all second hand, Howard is somewhat woke and disowning a large part of what made him famous.

          2. Sir Digby

            I think you’re right, Chafed. I’m not sure what I heard, or, when, but I think his current home life/women in his life have either had that effect on him, or, he assumed the change.

    4. Rhywun

      Somebody threw half a billion dollars at him.

    5. CPRM

      Howard Stern is still a thing? He was played out in 2001 already. Ok Boomers.

      1. Sir Digby

        You know….^this^, now that I think about it.

        1. CPRM

          Like, are Bob and Tom and Imus still a thing?

          1. Sir Digby

            I have no idea, as I don’t listen to radio for talk. At least, no in my dotage.

          2. Gustave Lytton

            Bob retired 4 years ago. Imus in the Morning a year and a half.

            Rick Dees morning show has been gone for ten years.

            I feel like I’ve been living under a rock looking those up.

      2. Rhywun

        The show was still great in the early aughts. I gave up shortly after the move to Sirius.

        1. Chafed

          #MeToo

        2. CPRM

          Ot 1 was the first year I was actually in a radio market that carried him, I only knew of him from Private Parts before that. And man it was just boring drive time. Another east coast ‘legend’ that was nothing new, and really just lame.

  28. Gender Traitor

    Good morning, Pie! Come to think of it…it’s technically morning where I am, too. I guess I should go to bed.

    Nighty night, Glibbies!

    1. Gender Traitor

      (Thread fail. Definitely time to sleep.)

      1. Sir Digby

        Always running off when the comments re-heat up….tsk tsk tsk

        /and I alley-oop. or, whatever.

  29. Gustave Lytton

    Heard this today on SXM. Probably 15 years since I last heard it.

    https://youtu.be/el6AZ5QEU5I

    1) love the collar pop nod to Falco

    2) MuchMusic at the end brings back memories

    1. CPRM

      If you’re going Much Music, OLP fucker!

      1. Sir Digby

        I have no idea what the hell either of you are referring to…and, I’m OK with that.

        1. CPRM

          MUCH MUSIC was the Canadian answer to MTV, but being Canadian, it sucked. But one of the better bands to come out of Canada during that period was Our Lady Peace.

          1. Gustave Lytton

            I remember watching it on Directtv twenty years ago(dammit, everything is twenty years ago)

            https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuse_(TV_channel)

          2. CPRM

            It was good for about 2yrs as Fuse, they were a little more metal at that phase. And yes, it seems everything good was 20yrs or more ago. Some may say it’s because I’ve gotten older, but I say it is because things suck more. I mean it was only 16 years ago I saw the last good music video on MTV, that’s not 20 years.

          3. Fuse had a couple great shows and a much better selection of videos on constant rotation back right after I finished college and was waiting for Basic. Introduced me to Coheed & Vambria and a few others.

    2. straffinrun

      First time to hear that. Smooth voice. Being a dick, I gotta say that I hate the “I’m walking around town and singing” style of video.

    3. Gustave Lytton

      Apparently she left the music biz and opened a coffee shop called Quitters.

      And probably too late for most of the hockey crowd, but here it is anyways

      https://youtu.be/qkamonwD2yM

      1. CPRM

        Canadian and Modern Country!? The two things I hate most!

        1. Gustave Lytton

          Modern Country? Had to think about that for a moment, because when I think about modern (current) country, I don’t hear that kind of sound at all.

          1. Gustave Lytton

            Dear god, that’s unlistenable crap. That stupid double fast beat and gawdawful voice.

            *puts Beaches of Cheyenne on*

          2. CPRM

            And that ain’t even as bad as Blue Tacoma. These people are monsters, and they voted for TRUMP! I can kind of get why the leftists hate them.

          3. Gustave Lytton

            *cranks Shenandoah*

          4. dbleagle

            “Bro Country” is an abomination before all that is country music. I can’t listen to that schlock. Same with “Country Rap”. Perform rap if you want but don’t try it with country.

            Now here is the oldest GRITS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2klh2cTa_Q

          5. Gustave Lytton

            No love for Cowboy Troy and his hick hop?

    1. CPRM

      He was being repressed by the Heteronormative press, who hold ideals such as ‘being a good person’ to too much esteem.

    2. Sir Digby

      Shame on their shame!

    3. Gustave Lytton

      Pete Buttigieg spotted outside South Bend, Indiana restaurant PEGGS.

      *juvenile snicker*

      1. Sir Digby

        Three of my favorite names: Buttigieg, South Bend, and, PEGGS.

        1. Gustave Lytton

          You know what they say. Once you Go Irish, you never…uh,… sober up?

          1. Sir Digby

            I’ll allow it.

          2. Sir Digby

            Oh, Lord–sometimes my posts, juxtaposed with my avatar…

          3. Sir Digby

            WTF?!? This was up by Mojeaux’s post…

  30. Gustave Lytton

    More Christmas music

    https://youtu.be/iIdnYAkqSes

    1. CPRM

      I played that a few times last year, maybe that’s why I was fired?

  31. CPRM

    My little Not Brother, who has 2 baby mamas already, is in my spare bedroom ‘talking’ to a lady (luckily, she seems to be pregnant with someone elses’ kid already, so at this point it doesn’t look like another incoming baby mama yet). Somehow this is a thing. Almost makes one agree with the incels.

    1. Sir Digby

      Is he a chick magnet, or something? Of course, single mamas tend to still want some d companionship….and, some d. So, it makes sense he has a hook in someone.

      I take it he’s a bit of a slow learner when it comes to ‘behavior has consequences’.

      1. I take it he’s a bit of a slow learner when it comes to ‘behavior has consequences’.

        That would only apply if he actually had consequences, like … paying child support. I get the vibe he doesn’t.

        1. Sir Digby

          That is an excellent point! Either none at all, or, none that are enforced, so…none at all.

        2. Sir Digby

          Also, still up Mojeaux?

          1. I’m doing the church nod, so I’mma bout to hit the hay. Tylenol PM’s kicking in.

          2. Sir Digby

            Mojeaux’s li’l helper!

  32. Spudalicious

    “Make sure you take your meds” has apparently has turned me into an overbearing asshole. Gawd, I’m tired.

    1. Sir Digby

      Are you parenting? If not, it probably come across as such, but, then again, some adults still have to be parented, even if it’s out of concern/genuine interest/etc.

      In other words, I’m right there with you, Spud.

      1. Spudalicious

        Dealing with a wife in the advanced stages of early onset Alzheimer’s.

        1. Sir Digby

          My apologies and condolences. Dealing with a mom with dementia, so I get this sometimes.

        2. Akira

          I’m sorry to hear that, Spud. I wish you and her the best.

          The company where I work is involved in dispensing meds to nursing homes, assisted livings, and memory care facilities, so I occasionally have to look at some documentation about what these people go through. It’s terrible.

          Last year I decided to start a personal tradition of donating to a charity around Christmas time. I might send some to an Alzheimer’s charity this year.

        3. I am so sorry, Spud. I keep you in my prayers.

        4. hayeksplosives

          Oh, my.

          Definitely praying for you and yours.

          2 pieces of great advice o received for dealing with a loved one with Alzheimer’s:

          1) When she is irritable, cranky, possibly even mean, that is the disease talking—don’t take it personally. Somewhere in there she is still your bride.

          2) Get her a fidget blanket. I recommend searching on Etsy. These little lap blankets are comforting and mind stimulating. My dad loves his fidget blanket with textures and little baubles to fidget with. His is Army themed but you can find just about anything as a theme.

  33. hayeksplosives

    >blockquote> Entertainment only…no gambling…have fun…we’re all counting on you…across all obstacles

    You’re weird, sir.

    —Marcy

    1. hayeksplosives

      HTML fail.

  34. hayeksplosives

    Dang it. Looks like I’m on to the party as they are already sweeping confetti off the floor.

    Well, at least today was productive.

    I’m gonna follow Mojeaux’s lead and take some diphenhydramine.

  35. Sean

    PSA: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-12-04/romaine-lettuce-e-coli-outbreak

    “Tainted romaine lettuce from California’s Salinas Valley has been linked to 102 illnesses in 23 states, health authorities reported Wednesday.”

    I feel like the Simpson’s already covered this.

    https://media.giphy.com/media/fKfFwRQTR8QHm/giphy.gif

    1. Again? I’m really beginning to think robot labor is better than illegal alien serfs.

    2. straffinrun

      San Francisco Sidewalk Salad will give you more than E. coli.

    1. l0b0t

      While some of the guests laughed, Alvarez-Rodriguez said she and her husband were shocked. They called the Crestview Police Department.

      Christ, what assholes!

      The responding officer initially allowed the father-to-be to keep the gun… The next day police asked him to turn it over to the department.

      Christ, what even bigger assholes!

      1. Sean

        Huh. I hadn’t heard about that one.

        1. What’s with all these people reporting the finds to the police?

          1. Not Adahn

            Gotta make sure someone’s not trying to hang a murder weapon on you.

          2. And if it’s not, you’ll never see it again anyway.

          3. Of other things that come to mind – long arms are statistically not murder weapons, and you’d have to have a particularly dumb killer who uses their $1500 rifle and then mails it in a trackable package to someone who ordered something else. But I do stipulate that criminals often come in spectacularly stupid varieties

          4. Sean

            https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0181-unordered-merchandise

            “Q. Am I obligated to return or pay for merchandise I never ordered?
            A. No. If you receive merchandise that you didn’t order, you have a legal right to keep it as a free gift.”

    2. Not Adahn

      The responding officer initially allowed the father-to-be to keep the gun, which is a Mossberg 715T semi-automatic rifle. The next day police asked him to turn it over to the department.

      …how ’bout no? At least, not for free.

    3. PieInTheSky

      is that type of gun any fun to shoot?

      1. Donno, but most of them are.

        1. Sean

          ? This.

  36. Sean

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/style/pantone-color-2020-classic-blue.html

    Da fuq?

    “The people at Pantone know that times are hard.

    “Many of us,” the color company said in a recent presentation, feel anxious, “completely overloaded and perpetually stressed.” The antidote, according to Pantone’s swatch psychologists? Blue. Specifically: Classic Blue.”

  37. straffinrun

    Life lesson: if you want to get a sound proof room, you need to play the long game with the wife. If you spring it out of the blue, she has many questions.

    1. PieInTheSky

      , you need to play the long game with the wife – no, you need to get a house in the woods no one knows about

      1. Fourscore

        Then you wouldn’t need a sound proof room. In the woods no one cares about what you do anyway, that’s why we are Glibs

        1. Poor Straff is stuck in Tokyo, there’s a dearth of human-free space to work with.

    2. I have many questions.

      1. Why are you putting your dungeon where the wife can find it?

        Why are you running the expenses past her?

        1. straffinrun

          Those are acoustic panels. I could see how you’d mistake them for dungeon walls.

        2. PieInTheSky

          Why are you putting your dungeon where the wife can find it? – because they both may want to use it?

          1. If that were the case, she wouldn’t be questioning the expenditures.

          2. PieInTheSky

            Maybe she is in favor of gags instead of soundproofing

          3. straffinrun

            I’m doing it for her. What’s the point of having a sound proof room if I tell her what’s happening inside?

          4. Not Adahn

            Because her sense of smell works perfectly?

          5. PieInTheSky

            In the end what a man does with his own waifu pillow is none of our business

          6. straffinrun

            My wife isn’t a pillow. You can’t smother a pillow with a pillow.