Your “Different Belly Rubs Brings Different Scrutiny” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL Nuggets:

  • Apparently they are still looking into the Robert Kraft case, as the Florida Appeals Court had a hearing today about the constitutionality of the search warrants. 
    • Deputy Solicitor General Jeffrey DeSousa pleaded his case today that the lower court rulings should be thrown out and the recording obtained by those warrants should be permitted at trial.
      • He argued that the court should look at the language of the Fourth Amendment, and was then asked by the judges whether he wanted them to ignore Supreme Court precedent.
        • So…it didn’t go well.
  • Julian Edelman has drunk the Cam Kool-Aid, as he attempted to tweet a welcome in Cam’s signature Wingdings font.

  • Ron Rivera wants no part of the current [Redacteds] name controversy.
    • “I think that’s a discussion for another time,” he said during a radio interview.
    • He also added that the team’s name was “always part of football” when he was growing up, firmly putting himself on the side of the traditionalists.

As you all know, Carl Reiner died today, aged 98.

Everyone has their own favourite film or program he was a part of. Please celebrate your in the comments; I’mma leave this one here.

In this vein, I’d also like to nominate the dogs watching Mr. Martin as today’s internet “good dogs”.


Tonight’s … entertainment?:

  • Top Rank Boxing on ESPN – 8:00PM | ESPN
    • Saucedo-Fredrickson (junior welterweights)
      • Alex Saucedo (29-1, 19 KOs) vs. Sonny Fredrickson (21-2, 14 KOs) in a junior-welterweight main event in Las Vegas.
  • ESPN’s Greatest All-Time Baseball Team – 8:00 PM | ESPNU
    • Analysts debate baseball’s greatest players at each position.
  • WWE Survivor Series 2018: From Los Angeles –  7:00 PM | FS1
    • Brock Lesnar met AJ Styles and Ronda Rousey faced Becky Lynch as Raw and SmackDown champs collided in the 32nd Survivor Series in Los Angeles.

I’ll see you guys in a few days. It’s summer vacation & WineWife has a few days off, so we are going…somewhere. Honestly, I just want to drive a couple of hours away from home & just look at a different view for a few hours. I haven’t left the city since Spring Break, and it will be nice to just drive. Enjoy your Canada & Independence Days, and I’ll see you next week.

As Seamus would say, luv yas.

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Gumbygirl

They are showing a midcentury modern house on Million Dollar Listing with a groovy conversation pit. I’m getting VD just looking at it.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Victorian Drama?

Gumbygirl

It probably got pretty dramatic if you came home with the clap.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I was thinking of the wrong century.

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It’s fine.

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Brick Meathook

Cam Newton: Foppish Boston Dandy

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

He looks like a rejected extra from a Gotye music video

Senor Weaselo

Hey, you know who’s getting his full MLB salary this year? Bobby Bonilla.

Mr. Ayo

And his base salary is higher than Cam Newton’s!

Gumbygirl

Does he get paid in perpetuity? I know there was a ridiculous deal done back in the day, but Bonilla hasn’t been near the field in dog years. He was an asshole as a Pirate. So was his wife. My mother in law had the police escort her off the premises of the amusement park she worked at. She got completely out of hand.

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

Hi, Mets fan.

When the Mets wanted him the fuck away from the team after 99 they settled on a deferred payment option because the Madoff returns were going well for the Wilpons at the time.

He gets $1.19 million every July 1 from 2011
until 2035.

Gumbygirl

Jesus Christ, that’s even more ridiculous than I thought.

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

They would do all of their baseball business during the late 90s-early 2000s assuming a 10-15 percent return from their Madoff investments.

I mean there’s articles that if Bonilla took a lump sum and threw it in the market it would be worth more over time than the installments but a million dollar lifeline every year until you’re 65 plus MLB pension doesn’t hurt.

Gumbygirl

He’ll be 72. I can’t believe I looked that up!

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Wait, SHIT, is that my queue to message her agent!?

Senor Weaselo

Well, good to know Jersey Mike’s solved racism by making a BLT a BLM.

No, the second half of that sentence isn’t the joke.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Brick Meathook

Bureau of Land Management, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior?

Mr. Ayo

Bacon, Lettuce, and Mayo?

Approved!

Senor Weaselo

No, because I would eat that.

Bacon, Lettuce, and ‘Mato. I shit you all not.

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-WCS

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Senor Weaselo

Hans Moleman approved!

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show
Brick Meathook

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Mr. Ayo

¡El-meh!

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Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

So I finally fucking did it. This Friday’s match of my “beloved” West Coast Eagles vs those Nazi Sydney Swans will be recorded and watched! Where do I make my blood oath and sacrifice a kangaroo?

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Australia?

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Wombat?

litre_cola

Speaking of which who the fuck is taking over Nazi Aussie watch?

Senor Weaselo

Shot not!

ballsofsteelandfury

Nice!!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Look, having a dark side — my uncle was a great lord of the Sith so powerful and so wise, Darth Plagueis ‘The Wise’ of MIT; good midichlorians, very good midichlorians, OK, very wise, the Naboo School of Finance, very powerful, very wise – if you’re a Sith Lord, if I were a Jedi Master, if, like OK, if I ran as a Jedi Master, they would say I am one of the wisest people in the galaxy – It’s true! – but when you are a Sith Lord they try – oh, do they do a number – that’s why I always start off: went to Naboo, was a good senator, went there, went there, did this, built an Empire – you know I have to give my credentials all the time, because we are a little scarred and deformed – but you look at the dark side, the thing that really bothers me – it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives of the ones he cared about are – The dark side is powerful, some consider it to be unnatural; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power, and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the unlimited power of what’s going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? – but when you look at what’s going on with the two Sith – now it used to be one, now it’s two – it’s getting out of hand, and even now, I would have said it’s all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don’t, they haven’t figured out that the women and the children too are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them another millennia – but the Jedi are great negotiators, his apprentice was a great negotiator, so, and they, they just killed those younglings, they just killed them in their sleep.”

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

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Mr. Ayo

I see Gratliff is about to be cancelled.

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I’ve done this; still funny and it was funny when I did it.

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Senor Weaselo

Hey, there’s a not-Tree guide to Marble League teams!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s761iplh83U

Mr. Ayo

SAVE OUR SONICS!

Go Team Momo!

Viva La Tabula Raza

Fuck you, they’re OUR Sonics now.
—Oklahoma City Thunder fans not yet afflicted with COVID (but we will be soon).

Mr. Ayo

If I slip you a c-note can you off Bay Clennett for me?

Or steer him into a bridge abutment?

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Gumbygirl

Did I ever tell you guys I know Billy Donovan? Whe he was coaching at Florida, he lived next door to my aunt. I saw him and his family a few times a year. He is uber Catholic, like my Aunt Mary, so they hung out together all the time. Aunt Mary was on the board of regents at Notre Dame, and she took one of the Donovan kids for a visit there. When I first met him I was going to Georgia, so we always jagged each other. He’s really a nice guy.

ballsofsteelandfury

That’s hilarious and true

Don T

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Brazil the country?

Viva La Tabula Raza

Maybe even more so than the movie, these days.

litre_cola

Cousins to Portugal the Man.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Good point; the movie is enjoyable.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Points off for leaving out Earth Abides and Alas, Babylon.

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This is good. Similar thought lines:

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Viva La Tabula Raza

Before there was ELO, there was The Move. Both with Jeff Lynne, and both did this song, which kicks ass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I5kH0klENs

Gumbygirl

I always thought that was ELO’s best song.

Viva La Tabula Raza

You were almost right. I like Mr. Blue Sky better, though. But Do Ya was also The Move’s best song.

Viva La Tabula Raza

How did they get rid of all that gold?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgeIINs1TrQ

ALXMAC
BrettFavresColonoscopy

Ok, I’m going to make my first ever Aviation. Sharky or anyone else, preferred recipe? Diffords?

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Didn’t turn out as purple as I’d hoped. Will have to make like six more.

Dunstan

Which brand of crème de Violette do you have? I found that Yvette is a little more reddish when you mix it; Rothman and Winter gives you more of the true violet color. Haven’t compared them side by side as to taste.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Rothman and Winter. Found a liquor store in Burbank that has all the good stuff.

Dunstan

Cool. I just acquired a bottle of ginger liqueur, which I was looking forward to experimenting with. Now I’m constantly taking Tylenol and don’t want to mix. I will enjoy that first cocktail on the other end….

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

The color is very important; KEEP TRYING!

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Sharkbait

That’s proper research

Dunstan

That’s what I use.

There’s some other gin-based cocktails using crème de Violette you might want to try. The Tiger Lily is equal parts gin, CdV, triple sec, and lemon juice — it’s sweeter than the aviation but not unduly so. The Slow Fade is roughly 1 part gin, 1/2 part lemon, 1/2 part Lillet Blanc, and 1/2 CdV, and is actually the drink that led me to the aviation.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Lillet Blanc and Chartreuse are like the two things I don’t have in my bar

Dunstan

Actually, the Slow Fade recipe calls for Lillet Rose, my bad.

I have developed a liking for green chartreuse — just a nice slug poured over one of those huge ice cubes and then slowly sipped.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

You, sir, have my attention

Brick Meathook

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Redshirt

/ found a funny (though it wouldn’t surprise me if its real)

Dear Residents,

Due to the recent actions of a specific tenant, we have been forced to update our community rules. Please find the new rules below:

1. No trash bags placed outside your door.
2. No loud music after 10 p.m.
3. No yodeling at any time.
4. Do not feed the squirrels nachos.
5. Do not change the sign for the Fitness Center so it reads “Fatness Center”.
6. Do not pull out Yu-Gi-Oh! cards and threaten to send residents to “The Shadow Realm.”
7. Do not climb other people’s balconies while drunkenly yelling “I AM SPIDER-MAN!”
8. NO ZIPLINES
9. Do not place rent checks in a bear trap outside of rental office.
10. Do not make rent checks out “You Greedy Motherf***ers”.
11. DO NOT YELL AT THE MOON
12. Do not enter the laundry room in a luchador mask and attempt to wrestle other residents.
13. No trick-or-treating unless you are a kid and it is Halloween.
14. Do not yell “Order Up!” and throw hot dogs at people as they walk past your window.
15. Do not attach basketball hoops above residents’ doors, knock, and then “dunk on them” when they answer.

Moving forward, failure to abide by these rules will be grounds for eviction.

Thank you,
Management

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ArmedandHammered

What animal is he supposed to be anyway? And I wonder if there are any furries that dress up as him?

Redshirt

Per Wikipedia, aardvark. Per Rule 34, yes, no exceptions.

ArmedandHammered

But he doesn’t have a long thin pig like snout, the ears sure, but he only has the ears. If you are going to anthropomorphize an animal, at least you should be able to realize the animal from the result. Not sure why this bothers me so much, maybe because of the artists laziness.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Maybe he was in some kind of terrible accident and they had to amputate the snout? Or he had snout cancer.

herodotus450

Was probably the same surgery where they lengthened and straightened his legs in order to enable bipedalism.

Viva La Tabula Raza

I watched this show back in DC during the late 60s. Nobody had an aardvark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DehyL2VaDNc

Senor Weaselo

The early books have Arthur look more aardvark-like. Later books and the TV show have shortened the snout.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Tell us where the mythical Arthur touched you.

Viva La Tabula Raza

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Whatever…. dude FUCKS!

Senor Weaselo

Screw the rules, that guy has money?
/Ehhhh…

Mr. Ayo

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Viva La Tabula Raza

Took a half-second. Wonderful.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

This is fucking great.

rockingdog

Found a funny:

“what do we want!”

fast car sound effects!

“when do we want them!”

neeeeeoooooooowwwww

scotchnaut

Fast car sound effects sound more like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKcEYNYnv0Q

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

[drives off in magic convertible] – Moose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wRHBLwpASw

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Viva La Tabula Raza

My old man calls and tells me they’ve had an offer on their ranch. Now I have to help find my parents a place here closer to town. Not that I don’t have enough on my plate as it is. Great.

scotchnaut

“Quit yer complaining. I’ve got more on my plate than you can possibly dream of.”

-A. Reid, K.C.

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Plates….

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Okay, maybe tectonic plate.

scotchnaut

Certainly not Pilates…

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Well…. now I’ve got that image running around in my nightmares.

Viva La Tabula Raza

But probably not for long…

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Good luck with this new nonpaying job.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Exactly. And the subject of “moving” has not yet come up.

Gumbygirl

For the last 5 years of their lives, I was the sibling closest to my parents. I lived in Atlanta, they lived south of Tampa. Mom had severe COPD, my dad had cancer. I would drive down there frequently, 9 hour drive,to help with various stuff, including helping them sell their house, pack up their stuff, and move back to PA because my mom wanted to die at home. She made it 2 weeks after they got there, Dad died 5 months after her. My brothers and sister still talk about how they” took care of mom and dad.” I don’t have much to do with them anymore. Do what you have to do for your own sake, but don’t expect much appreciation.

Redshirt

God bless you.

My mom and aunt basically adopted their parents, my mom got their mom and my aunt got their dad. It worked because my aunt was a nurse and my grandpa lived to his 90s while his mind left him in his 80s. She was able to know exactly what grandpa needs and how to talk “medical” to the nurses.

Gumbygirl

My parents were very appreciative that I would drop everything and go whenever they needed me. My siblings, not so much. They said it was because I didn’t “work”, so it was up to me to help them. I was a full time student with a teenaged son with a serious mental illness, and Gumby mostly worked on the road at the time. They can eat a king- sized bag of dicks. Sorry for venting, I need to smoke a j and calm down!

Redshirt

I’m the same way. I’m having the same problem with my brother. He was kind enough to say “You take care of our sick mom. I can’t deal with her after a long day of work.”

Apparently, I drive 45 minutes in curvy roads to a day spa nine hours a day five days a week.

Gumbygirl

It sucks, but you won’t regret helping your mom. Your brother ought to be ashamed of himself, but if he’s like mine, he won’t be!

Viva La Tabula Raza

Only child. I got no one to foist this off on.
I also looked after my mom’s dad from age 80 until he finally had to go into the home at age 94 in 2011.
I have earned some world-class fucking karma, or have been a total chump.

Gumbygirl

Not a chump. You are a champ! Hero, not zero. Stud, not dud.

Viva La Tabula Raza

So I’m chatting with the old man, and he’s like “You wanna come out here this weekend and see what you want to keep?”
“Dad, there’s a lot of stuff that you have that I covet, but I’ll be 61 next month and I really am more concerned with lightening my load rather than taking on even more fucking possessions that I don’t need. Set aside what you absolutely feel necessary to keep, and burn the rest, or call in an estate sale manager.”

Redshirt

Enjoy it while you can. My mother’s mother moved back home after spending 20 years on the Florida coast. She only lasted about four years, but my mother enjoyed having her mom back.

If they are self-sufficient, you should be able to find a nice apartment or townhome with the money from the ranch. If they are getting up there, look for assisted living. Some places have townhomes that are near retirement homes. Think of it like a throttling back from on-their-own to old-folks-home.

Brick Meathook

How much does a ranch go for?

Viva La Tabula Raza

Depends on a lot of factors. His was pretty puny, only 75 acres, but located directly across US 83 from Garner State Park, most popular State Park in TX. He paid $250K in 1999, I don’t know yet what he got for it, but it was listed @ $825K; I’m guessing he got around $750 K.

Gumbygirl

Nice ROA

ArmedandHammered

That is what I am thinking.

Viva La Tabula Raza

I am thinking he sank at least $150-200K in repairs and improvements over the last 20 years, which affects the profit margin somewhat. Still, not negatively.

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Brick Meathook

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Viva La Tabula Raza

I probably visited Milan at least 15 times during my tenure as USAF Environmental Restoration Team Chief for various air bases in Europe, including Aviano in NE Italy. I think I only saw the Duomo once or twice unhidden by scaffolding. Shit seemed to happen a lot when I would visit Venice, too.comment image

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Viva La Tabula Raza

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The illustrator does not have hands on his mind.

herodotus450

Heh, “Jack Hughes” basically sounds like “J’accuse” if you say it quick enough.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Emile Zola, is that you? Like Snake Plissken, I thought you were dead.

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Gumbygirl

Thunderbirds are go!

Don T

RIP Carl Reiner. This is what I enjoyed the most.
/warms instant oats for late supper
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RI7wDpBRqjo

Sharkbait

That’s Mrs Sharkbait’s favorite as well

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rockingdog

LOL
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Viva La Tabula Raza

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Sharkbait

Next time we’re down, this should be the image on the site:

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litre_cola

Would get high and eat.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Next time you eat Nacho Flavored Doritos, sniff your fingers before you wash your hands. You will be surprised.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Are you trying to make him sneeze? If so; great work.

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Viva La Tabula Raza

I like the one where Barr and Trump’s faces are shopped on to Ken and Karen’s head/bodies.

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The joke goes with the article.

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BugEyedBoo

Things are going to get lively for Rambo up there when all that hot brass from that right-hand ejection port flies down his cleavage. Motherfucker with that much money should have sprung for a left-handed upper receiver.

Gumbygirl

Becky and Clyde

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Karen ‘n’ Clyde?

BugEyedBoo

Bunny and Clod

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Viva La Tabula Raza

Did you see the photos of their house? This couple wouldn’t be caught dead in an Applebee’s.

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Money does not equal taste; they are all Applebee’s in one way or the other.

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One of these fucking days you might just let a joke lie. I look forward to that day.

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Senor Weaselo

The hills are aliiiive… with the sound of fuuuckiiiiiiing…

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

How do people expect her to pay for the Mac-n-Cheese to begin with?

Don T

Ha! I’ve been that friend. Did I have to talk to the kid,? Nooooooo
Comment.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Some sliced up hot dogs or bologna in the Mac/Cheese mix shows the extra love in food prep.

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scotchnaut

Non-Union Mexican ceiling cats. I mean, are they ever going to get their shit together?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Oh, I thought it was the last thing grandma saw when her Medicalert bracelet didn’t work.

Gumbygirl

Hopefully they smothered her before they started eating!

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Needs to stay fresh as long as possible.

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Gumbygirl

I was reading about Carl Reiner earlier. I did not know that the lady who said ” I’ll have what she’s having” in When Harry met Sally was his wife. I loved his movies, especially The Jerk and Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, but if I had to pick his best work, I would go with the Dick Van Dyke show. I am old!

Gumbygirl

I have a certain low cunning.

Brick Meathook

What’s more significant is that the movie was directed by Rob Reiner, so the woman in the restaurant was his mother.

scotchnaut

OMG! She was the original DMILTF!*

*Director’s Mother I’d Like To Fuck

Viva La Tabula Raza

Dustin Hoffman FTW!

Gumbygirl

Yup. They were married in 1943, and stayed married until she died in 2008. That’s pretty amazing by Hollywood standards. Just shows to go you how important laughter is to a successful marriage. Gumby and I will be celebrating our 38th anniversary in November. We still find each other hilarious!

litre_cola

Congrats. Thats impressive.

Viva La Tabula Raza

The first thing I thought of was, “Man, I loved Get Smart!” Then I realized I was thinking about Buck Henry.
I liked his supporting roles in Soderbergh’s Oceans movies.

herodotus450

Just killed a fly that’s been contaminating my meth lab house all day, and of course my “Seven in One Blow” sash is at the cleaners!

Gumbygirl

We have had a terrible moth infestation in Big Bear for a few weeks now. I have killed so many I feel like a Nazi at Auschwitz.

Viva La Tabula Raza
Gumbygirl

That sent me down a rabbit hole. Now I’m queasy. Thanks?

Viva La Tabula Raza

Sometimes it’s better to back out of that hole and watch cat videos instead.

Gumbygirl

Like the Grandma eaters above!

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When do you think this Robert Kraft kase will cum to a conclusion?

scotchnaut

“Probably about 90 seconds from now, if past history is any guide.”

-Person with a pixelated face

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So that makes about 1,264.5 billing hours by the law firms involved?

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We probably should go with an Eric Clapton joke here.

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herodotus450

Reiner’s last writing credit, according to the imdb, is a 2011 episode of The Cleveland Show. McFARLANE!!!!!

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Dunstan

Unless you have retrograde ejaculation, which would of course push you forward.

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#fartncumatthesametime

Dunstan

Ah, then you just start spinning in place, of course!

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I see; directional boosters.

Dunstan

Carl Reiner was truly a brave soul. He actually allowed his name to be associated with The Cleveland Show.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Authority Zero is doing a live stream of their Andiamo album to celebrate it’s sweet sixteen release date. Starts at 6pm Best Coast Time.

https://www.authorityzero.com/live

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Fuck, I needed that.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

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Papa Commander is home! 5 level spinal fusion, and over a month in the hospital/rehab and he is doing great! We walked him a couple blocks on the street and back and he is stoked. I grilled up burgers for a late lunch, and since of course there had to be some hitch, he chipped a tooth. Small price to pay in the end. It’s just so good to get to give him a hug again.

yeah right

Great news! Welcome home Papa!

Game Time Decision

The burgers were way overdone if he chipped a tooth on them
/glad he’s back

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

They were perfectly medium rare. He was picking something out of his teeth and “Whoops.”

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

He was probably picking out one of the rocks you mixed into the ground beef. I keep telling that doesn’t make them taste better, why won’t you listen?

Gumbygirl

But think of all the healthy minerals!

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Good.

King Hippo

Criminy, didn’t know they could even do five!! Huzzah for the Padre…padre??

scotchnaut

Some of the folks on this site-strutting around, bragging about having fathers that are still with them… I… [breaks down] Goddamn it! Hug that fella at every opportunity. Please.

Don T

I can still remember when I got my dad scot-free out of court from a truthful complaint from a neighbor. My heart still overflows remembering how he kept my advice: shut up and shake your head when the neighbor goes ballistic. SNIFF.

King Hippo

My old man is ashes in my mom’s closet. #SpiritAnimal

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

I already did before this, but I guarantee I will go out of my way even more to do that now. I LOVE that man.

Don T

Congratulations!

Dunstan

Quick status update: some improvement from yesterday. I got some appetite back and ate a late dinner, then slept through the night. Cough is about the same, but fever is lower than yesterday despite smaller doses of acetaminophen. No new symptoms. Still waiting on testing information.

Gumbygirl

DO NOT die on us! We will talk shit on you behind your dead back, forever.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Good news.

Dolph Ucker

Stay safe.

King Hippo

One might say he died of being fucking 98.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Mom’s dad and Dad’s mom both lived to be 98. That shit will kill you.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I’d say a fucking 98 is better than just regular 98. I mean I don’t want to see, but good for him.

King Hippo

This is a fine point.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Dolph Ucker

My father died last year at 94. He was pretty healthy until the very end but he always used to tell people that he suffered from TMB (Too Many Birthdays). That used to crack him up. I miss him sometimes.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Newton MA is noted for it’s Hebrew population, so much so that my Trumpy Mass relatives call it, of course, Jewton. Still, Cam would still probably be much more welcome there than, say, South Boston.

Also, was it just me or was the site down for a while late this afternoon?

Gumbygirl

I couldn’t get on either, for a few hours.

herodotus450

Yeah it was down for me for while too. Long enough for me to go buy a rope, for I feared the site gone, but not long enough for me to learn how to tie a noose.

Gumbygirl

Glad you’re still with us. Incompetence saves the day!

Game Time Decision

The WordPress had it’s annual vacation this afternoon. Its back now.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I was able to post the usual bullshit, obscure, graphic “jokes” that very few don’t eye roll, off and on, so maybe the timing was good for once.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yes, it was down. Long enough that we had to put up the Internet Dad bat signal.