Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Cannelloni

Hey everyone! Welcome back.

Y’all good and safe out there?

/radio edit

Welcome back to Sunday Gravy everyone!

Got a real fun one for you today and man-o-Manischewitz is it delicious too.

We are going back to my all-too-familiar well and we’re going to take on another Italian American classic: cannelloni.

Most of you are familiar with this old school staple of Italian American restaurants and perhaps some of you may even get it confused with manicotti. After all they are both rolled tubes filled with things and covered in a red sauce with some cheese on top.

HOWEVER! There really is a difference between the two, apart from cannelonni having a meat filling and manicotti having a cheese filling.

Traditionally cannelloni is a stuffed pasta tube, while authentic manicotti is normally made from crepes!

See! Knowledge dropped!

MANY Italian American restaurants just use the same pre-made pasta tube for both dishes but I want you to think traditional here. Pasta vs crepe.

Today’s inspiration was because of my ongoing “empty the goddamn freezer” initiative and guess what was found in the freezer?

A leftover container of the “Mother Sauce” from our Mother Sauce 2.0 post that we did a few weeks back.

Since cannelloni is indeed meat based and there’s some meaty goodness in the mother sauce AND the sauce was already made? Shit. That decision was easy.

To give a quick overview, there are 4 different processes to a good cannelloni: the filling, the pasta, a bechamel sauce and the marinara sauce. You can make this as easy or as challenging as you like.

If you wanted to go the difficult route you would scratch make all of these.

Which, of course, is exactly what we are doing.

Of course the hardest element, the Mother Sauce, was already made thereby decreasing the total difficulty level dramatically.

We will however; make each of the other 3 elements here today.

For the filling:

1 pound of ground meat. Many options here. Beef, veal, ground chicken, it’s dealers choice really.

1 tablespoon of olive oil – use the good stuff

1/2 medium sized onion diced

2-3 garlic cloves minced

1/2 teaspoon of granulated garlic

1/2 teaspoon of granulated onion

1/2 teaspoon of dried oregano

A few leaves of fresh basil minced

Some grates of fresh parmesan.

A spoonful of bechamel* (recipe to follow.)

 

Score your ass some meat first.

Yep, we’re going all ground pork today. After all it’s still Me cooking here.

Go ahead and gather your herbage before starting.

Gonna have to do something with all of that basil.

Wonder what that could be?

Herb garden is looking good this year with only the cilantro calling it quits. Again I honestly think the herbs are much healthier due to a dramatic decrease in LAX plane traffic as well as vehicular traffic.

A tiny bit of serendipity in an otherwise fully fucked up world.

Enough! Let’s get after this bastard!

Get a good size skillet on the stove and pre-heat it over medium heat. Add the olive oil and heat until the oil shimmers.

Let’s make with the saute action by starting with our diced onions.

The onion will saute for about 5-6 minutes before adding the garlic. As always, just a few seconds with the garlic. Just until it gets aromatic.

Next we add in the meat.

Cook until “browned?” “Greyed?” Ground pork doesn’t do a real browning but you get the idea. Add in your spices and cook and stir for a few more minutes.

After that we’re going to get the fresh basil in there.

Cook for a couple of minutes more and be sure to break up the meat as best you can. Don’t have to get too crazy with that shit though because we’re going to make sure that meat filling gets broken down proper.

Texture of the filling is key for canneloni so we want a fairly small grind.

What could help with that pray tell?

Into the food processor with you! Why not grate in a little fresh parm while we’re at it.

Just a couple of pulses should do it really.

That’s the texture right there. Remove the ground up meat to a bowl and set aside.

Yeah it is a pain in the ass to have to clean the food processor after we only used it for, like, 3 seconds but your effort will be rewarded.

Now. Pasta!

Of course we’re making it from scratch

There are 4 distinct parts to this meal and fresh pasta is another.

One more time with feeling.

Fresh Pasta!

“1 1/2 cups Semolina flour

2 Eggs beaten

2 Tbsp Water

2 Tbsp Olive Oil

Toss everything in a bowl and combine into a rough dough. Most of you will remember that we CANNOT use the stand mixer for the kneading of this since it’s too small of a dough ball so we’ve got to do some work. Knead on a lightly floured surface 10 agonizing minutes.

By hand.

Remember? Glutens and shit?

When done?

Let this bad motor scooter rest for about 20 minutes.”

Yes, I blatently copied that previous bit directly from the linked Mother Sauce post.

It’s mine dammit and the likelihood of me suing myself is somewhat low.

Not out of the question but low.

After resting and rolling out we now have pasta sheets.

Don’t let these sit out too long or they’ll dry out and we don’t want that but they’ll be OK for the couple of minutes it takes to make the bechamel.

Segue to the bechamel.

Tomato bechamel sauce.

3 tablespoons of butter

3 tablespoons of flour

1 1/2 cups of whole milk heated until just barely bubbly around the edges  – that’s important

1/4 cup of grated fresh parmesan

1/4 teaspoon of NUTMEG!

1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper

1 cup of tomato sauce

You all are in the advanced Sunday Gravy class so of course you know how to make a fucking bechamel.

In goes the butter and flour.

Then get it nice and lightly blonde and bubbly.

Next we add in our heated milk. Yep, exactly like when we make a cheese sauce for our macaroni and cheese. Now add in the grated parm and the seasonings and thicken that fucker up!

Bring your meat mixture over and give it a ladle of the bechamel right into the meat to get it a little sticky. Enough to hold together. Mix well.

Take the remaining bechamel and add in the 1 cup of tomato sauce. Incorporate it well.

Yeah, I like that.

As mentioned, element 4 of this meal has already been taken care of. The Mother Sauce.

Yes, two different sauces for this baby.

Curious about the assembly of this dish?

Ingredients. ASSEMBLE!

We’re going to cut each sheet of pasta in half.

Now let’s start the finished product shall we?

Ladle the bechamel/tomato sauce into your baking dish. Make sure to cover the entire bottom of the dish.

Get one of the cut sheets of pasta and get some of the meat mixture in there. It’s fine to just use your hands.

We’re going to do an almost “egg roll” type of roll here. Bring in the ends of the pasta and roll up tightly.

There you go!

Now start filling up that pan.

I made 8 individual cannellonis (cannellonii?) today.

Here comes the mother sauce. Get that shit all sauced up!

Goodness!

How about some more fresh parmesan?

Yeah. Uh-huh. Why not.

Bring some fresh mozzarella to the party! Whole milk mozzarella if you can.

Cover the baking dish in foil and then this will go into a preheated 365 degree oven for 20 minutes.

Remove the foil and back in the oven she goes for 20 minutes more, giving us a total cooking time of…

/grabs slide rule

40 minutes!

See! Math skills!

After 40 minutes, let’s see what we have.

Oh fuck yes!

By the way? Let this motherfucker rest for at LEAST 10 minutes before attempting to serve.

For service how about a little bread (not mine – making the pasta dough was enough for the day) and some salad maybe? Glass of vino too?

How about a close-up?

I said a close-up!

Now how about a bite?

Epic.

It’s porky, it’s got the rich tang from both the bechamel and the Mother Sauce. You know what you notice right off the bat though?

The fresh pasta. It’s goddamn prevalent as fuck.

If you’ve ordered cannelloni or manicotti in a restaurant you may think “Hmm, it’s wrapped in a noodle. Interesting.”

With this? “Holy shit that’s some fresh homemade pasta in there!” And you would be right.

The pasta does not require pre-cooking due to the time spent in the oven. It’s slightly al dente but it retains it’s integrity during the meal.

You may even encounter a leftover piece of Italian sausage (from the Mother Sauce) while eating and you think that might be tasty too?

Fucking hell. Incredible. A glass of red wine perfectly accompanies this plate.

This is a real goddamn keeper folks.

I personally ate 3 of the cannelloni and only wish that I had enough belly room to finish a 4th.

This is not an entry level preparation. This is not a quick weeknight meal that you can throw together at the last moment.

Sure there are several steps involved and sure you may have great success taking a shortcut or two with a storebought sauce or pasta shells.

But it won’t be this.

It won’t be “epic.”

If you’ve got the time or are stuck back at home after being put on lockdown again give it a try.

You’ll be happy as shit that you did.

Thanks for being there good folks.

Please stay well, please remain healthy and think of the health of others while you do.

See you next week.

PEACE and UNITY!

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yeah right is a fully vaccinated lifelong Vikings fan, food guru and LA Harbor resident with a black belt in profanity.
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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scotchnaut

Shoutout to my old friend John. He was such a good friend back in the day. He introduced me to Laurie Anderson and Joy Division. He recently reached out to me. I didn’t respond. Why? Because I’m an asshole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfpi2H8tOE

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

What’s going on with John? I have also alienated myself from many, same reason.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Oh, never mind.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I am feeling so inspired by Captain Portland here that I now want to run through a brick wall.

Redshirt

I didn’t know the Super-Soldier Serum was a street drug.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Oh yeah man you can get *anything* on Burnside.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Dude’s an Annapolis graduate. Wrestled heavyweight for the USNA. Symbology on this sweatshirt indicates SEAL, but of course you can get anything on the internet. However, I think he’s legit. They broke bones in his hand with their truncheons, but he was still able to give them the double bird as he walked away after the tear gas got to be too much.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Badass motherfucker.

rockingdog
Redshirt

ESPN’s 30-for-30 episode on the McGwire/Sosa HR Race ’98 Season is on. Another reminder that MLB’s argument that Pete Rose doesn’t deserve reinstatement because his betting on the games manipulated those games is complete shit when McGwire, Sosa and Bonds literally manipulated the games and the record books..

Redshirt

Also, just saw present day Sammy Sosa. Either he caught the same disease Michael Jackson got or hasn’t seen the sun since he retired. Or his pigmentation decided to shun him.

EDIT: Nevermind. It was the lights playing trick with his face (YOU HAD ONE JOB, DIRECTOR! ONE JOB!)

Redshirt

If I was in charge of the Hall of Fame, I would’ve put a blank space in between the 1990 and 1991 inductees, to show he deserves to be there, but for his actions, the spot remains empty.

Sad thing is he learned his lesson 21 years too late. If he’d had this conversation in the MLB Commissioner’s Office when confronted, he would probably would’ve been reinstated by now. If anything, its a lesson in hubris.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/460285-pete-rose-will-his-tearful-apology-finally-get-him-into-the-hall-of-fame

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Gratliff

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Redshirt

Its the police building’s fault for being in the wrong place in the wrong time! If it would’ve done what it was instructed to, it wouldn’t have been caught on fire!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Dunstan

Later that night, after his parents went to bed, Billy used the rewind function as well, for the Phoebe Cates scene in Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I still do that….

scotchnaut

“it’s a done deal! We’re up 3-0!”

-Dyslexic Fans of Man Untied

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Dunstan

I’ve found Stallone’s acting to be over the top in every film, not sure why they felt the need to put that on the screen in this one.

Redshirt

He’s a muscular. ‘roided William Shatner, he’s capable of genuine good acting, he just needs a director capable of getting him to do it and for him to actually give a shit about the rule.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

The only “acting” is when he plays himself and in an experienced place. The only real casting for this took place in Cop Land the rest of his roles are cartoonish (Judge Dredd was perfect for this) at best, which are highly amusing such as the above GIF which was posted to amuse, as in the reaction being the fans that Scotchnaut joking about, rather than a discussion of the merits of someone’s career.

ballsofsteelandfury

I liked him as Juliet’s dad in Psych.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Psych!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I “like” him in a lot of these roles, just not for the reasons the makers have intended.

Redshirt

He’s a rare actor that great when he’s acting and great when he’s hamming.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I assume you are kidding, maybe not, it not; no, he isn’t; he an empty box office attraction, a two dimensional idiot, a rich idiot.

rockingdog

chelski chelsea 1,2,3
chelsea chelsea victory!

King Hippo

Sooooo….we gets a rockingdog/bk109 Derby

rockingdog

Yoooo ball is bouncin sooooo close….

herodotus450

The number of soccer leagues is too damn high! Is this the thanks we get for saving your ass in ww2, europes?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Not surprising that her pussy is one of with weird ears.

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scotchnaut

Once upon a time great songs were undercut by very bad videos of those songs. Gentleman and ladies, I give you ‘Duel’ by Propaganda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnQ2zOmb6Hg

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Propaganda Duel by USA vs. USSR was pretty good back in the day.

rockingdog

gooo chelski

Doktor Zymm

I have a can of sardines expiring at the end of the year, what should I make with them?

ArmedandHammered

The food bank even more distraught with your donation, because that is all they are receiving lately.

herodotus450

1930s cartoons are jealous of all the sardines the food banks are raking in.

Brick Meathook

You could go fishing, or make friends with a local cat.

Doktor Zymm

This is a fine idea. I recently had an anchovy and artichoke sauce on lemon-ricotta ravioli and it was fantastic, this sounds similar!

Gumbygirl

The correct answer! Your canneloni’ s are beeeyoutiful! It’s too damn hot up here for anything that labor intensive, but I will make them eventually.

scotchnaut

look at you, Chelsea!

King Hippo

GOOOOOOOOLLLLLL by Cheers’ “I’m going to steal your girlfriend” guy!

King Hippo

OK, so Other Gooners who DID remember to watch yesterday – has the erection subsided yet?

scotchnaut

The fake crowd sound engineer doesn’t know what to think about this injury.

Don T

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Dunstan

I’m assuming that the only reason this fine young Aryan boy is holding a mask is because he ripped it off the face of some liberal pansy.

Redshirt

I know this is most likely a parody and not a real US Government produced poster…but I’m afraid to look.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Look at the bottom, but Betsey Devos still likes it.

Dunstan

“Look at the bottom? I’m trying, but the damn kid is facing the wrong way!” — J. Sandusky

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

BOOM.

rockingdog

LOL wat

Doktor Zymm

Looks good! I made spanikorizo last night for the first time (basically a greek-flavored cross between saag paneer and risotto). I forgot how easy it is to use spinach almost as a sauce since it holds spice so well and softens up so much when you simmer it.

Today I’m starting a big phase of kitchen reorganization, I’m still not cooking as much as I used to, but way more than I have since moving to CA, so I want to have things stored in convenient locations. Also being aggressive about tossing useless stuff, like 15 year old duplicate spices and shitty dollar store kitchen knives.

scotchnaut

Wifey loves herself dollar store knives! I buy super expensive ones because a.) they’re finely-crafted pieces of art that last forever if you treat them right, and b.) it pisses her off to no end.

King Hippo

well of course, she must be thrifty given how often…those knives seem to disappear.

Doktor Zymm

I have 3 really nice knives, and then a handful of crap knives that I still use for quick stuff. I chucked the dollar store version of the nice knives, no one needs a flimsy 8″ chef’s knife

Brick Meathook

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Brick Meathook

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Gumbygirl

Lovely! Can you come up here and organize mine?

scotchnaut

Back in my footy noobie days (not too long ago) I thought ManU’s home pitch was ‘Old Traffic’.

King Hippo

Lots of tight sphincters at Wembley. Like both sides are like “oh shit, we’d have a 50/50 shot at the trophy now.”

Much easier on the nerves if you were just playing for a City-based rogering in a few weeks time.

Horatio Cornblower

I cry almost every time I watch Arsenal play; where’s my free vacation?

scotchnaut

“Hands down, the best vacation I ever had was in Rwanda!”

Redshirt

This remains and will already remain the best vacation ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVZ5u8ES28o

King Hippo

Still having trouble with the knowledge that bk109….really forgot what day the fixture was to be played, and had no idea y’all won.

Horatio Cornblower

I found it odd as well, but I don’t have a fleet of tanks parked in Sweden, so he may have other priorities at times.

scotchnaut

eyes Norway suspiciously

-bk109

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Still want you to deliver

herodotus450

Leicester trying a bold strategy, letting Tottenham tire themselves out with all this goal scoring.

Fronkenshteen

It must be amazing to have accuracy and power like that with BOTH feet.

Redshirt

If the scoreboard only has one digit, maybe they’re hoping when Tottenham scores their 10th goal, the scoreboard will go from 9 to 0 and perhaps no one will notice?

Wakezilla

Hot Sperms winning and the rumored Starting XI have mostly bench players, thank Trigon. I just wish Slab Head, Spider and Mase were also on the bench. Slab Head and Spider because they’ve been bad (for them) due to fatigue and Mase because he’s injured. Surely they can put Chong on the wing, Dakota as a CB and Laird as the other CB?

herodotus450

So if you’re offsides twice on the same play they cancel each other out?

Wakezilla

Of course, it’s called the passive aggressive. It’s the most British thing ever

Redshirt

Well, that explains the English Commonwealth in the mid 1600s.

King Hippo

Crueler than the “Minneapolis Miracle” or nae? DISCUSS.

/I’d say that is up there with how the Earnest Byner fumble (somehow “fumble” is only #4 in his Google results)

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

Redshirt

No way. If The Drive didn’t happen the year before, maybe. But this is like Rocky II ending with Apollo KO’s Balboa in the 13th Round. Redemption Stories aren’t supposed to end with the hero losing at the end. That’s why it hurt more. It set dark cloud over the franchise that’s existed to this day.

Personal: Super Bowl XXIII. Losing to a touchdown with 34 second left, means every mistake cost them a Super Bowl. Wlson’s relapse the night before the game. Krumrie’s breaking his leg. Billups dropping an interception stopping a game tying TD in the fourth quarter. Any one of those things happen, suddenly the Bengals are known as the team that dethroned the 49er Dynasty.

My vote is for Scott Norwood and Gary Anderson, because for the matter of inches a dynasty went without a crown and the best team in the 1998-99 season stayed home to watch the Super Bowl

BrettFavresColonoscopy

My plus 1 is for the stuff about the kickers, not the bungles

scotchnaut

Gary Anderson was 35/35 that season before that muff. Just mind-blowing that he missed.

Redshirt

Its Dennis Green’s fault. He broke Rule #1 of Perfect Games (equal to seasons)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0c17edmKEU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-fq2mtoADo

Redshirt

I agree. The Bung..er, Bengals are just personal mistakes. Everyone of us can list that with their teams.

Brick Meathook

MY FORMERLY SWELL LIFE: I watched this play happen on TV at the very swank Washington Golf & Country Club, where I went after watching the [*Redacted] s beat the Vikings in the NFC Championship at RFK Stadium. Earnest Byner gets the fuck out of Cleveland, goes to Washington and wins a Super Bowl.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Shit happens in games, shit happens late in games. When said shit happens late in a close contest dumbass fans will ignore everything that has happened previously in said contest and look for a scapegoat for the particular moment the shit happens and RAGE AND BLAME!!

Fronkenshteen

What’s the next tiebreaker after goal differential?

King Hippo

Goals scored

Horatio Cornblower

I imagine sales of Callum Wilson jerseys are gonna take a bit of a hit after that one.

Fronkenshteen

Relegated by robot vision.

Horatio Cornblower

And they were offsides.

Jesus Christ

Fronkenshteen

Hooooooly shit!!!!

King Hippo

YEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

King Hippo

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYE!!

Horatio Cornblower

YES!

bk109

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says his Manchester United players are not divers and “none of them try to con the referee at all”.

Yeah, right…

Horatio Cornblower

There’s no diving in football any more.

Or any less.

Wakezilla

The main difference between the return and precovid is this: United attack the opposing team’s box like Republicans attack wearing masks in public. Especially with Bruno, he also baits the defenders in attacking him for the penalty. It’s not Bruno’s fault defenders are stupid and take the bait damn near everytime.

Give or take 2, 3 at most, they’re legitimate penalties.

PS: Other teams pissing and moaning about United getting penalties? They’re nearing their return to hatred, baby!

King Hippo

NBCSN WITH THE FOOTY MANAGER SHOUT OUT!!

King Hippo

LIEFLINE WOO

bk109

Afternoon ladies and gents (and a special A-hoooo-gaaaah to all ya assorted pervosaurs)! How’s this day treating ya so far?

King Hippo

Let me guess – lots of sexual congress after yesterday’s Cup tie?

King Hippo

Also, do you want a bk109 #FamilyDerby at Wembley, or must you root for Chelski today?

bk109

Let’s first win our game against City and then we’ll talk Wembley, yeesh… Speaking of which, please tell me you’re betting on Shitty, ’cause I’d like us to have a bloody fighting chance for once…

King Hippo

??????????

/you DO know that you beat City 2-nil yesterday??

bk109

Uh, we’re playing them today after the Chelski/ManUre game, right?
Edit: … No? HOLY FUCK WE WON!? … please excuse me, while I squee for 60 seconds straight…

King Hippo

Christ and Sonny Jeebus, go find a replay, watch and see how tumescent you gets…

Horatio Cornblower

Bournemouth Coach: “OK, so in the second half, let’s pay more attention to Ings, who is the second-leading goal scorer in the league.”

Bournemouth Defenders: “Absolutely not.”

Wakezilla

Reminds me of teams playing the Ice Former Redacteds on the Powerplay:

Opposition Coach: Men, we all know the puck is going to the outside perimeter to Ovi and he’s going to one time the pass. If it goes through, he will score because he’s scored like 200 goals doing just that. Just stay on him.

PK Unit: “Fuck off you hoser, eh?”

blaxabbath

re: Basil

Pesto!

Now go surprise me.

Don T

Pine nuts add NOTHING to pesto. I prefer walnuts, almonds, etc.

herodotus450

Plus you gotta watch out for fake Chinese pine nuts, and most purveyors don’t admit where their nuts come from.

King Hippo

Agree with NBCSN panel – unless Nigel Pearson been showing his dick to 8 year olds…this Moose Hornets decision is seven kinds of fucked.

Horatio Cornblower

And if he has been showing his dick to 8 year olds, Penn State is on Line 2.

King Hippo

I’ll have what HE’S having!!! – Jerry S., State College, PA

Horatio Cornblower

Goddammit Cherries.

King Hippo

Fucking Ings. He’d be Vardy’s National Front VP

litre_cola

Today we are all Neneh Cherries.

King Hippo

#BuffaloStance

rockingdog

found a funny:

[brainstorming movie scripts]

writer: a romantic comedy? guy sees girl in red dress and falls in-

stephen king: what if it’s an evil dress

King Hippo

Jurgen Klopp = worse even than CHEESE

litre_cola

This is 2 bad taeks.

King Hippo

ah am RITE and u NOE it!!1111

Don T

Here’s your penitence
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King Hippo

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

NEEDS MORE CHEESE!

Gumbygirl

That is an abortion on toast.

montythisseemsstrangetome

the likelihood of me suing myself is somewhat low.

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Yeah Right vs. Yeah Right and instead went out for lunch. Sources say they had Italian.