Subsequent GTD reflections

Hello there fellow DFO’er.  Hope you’re well today.  And thanks for coming back to see last weeks comments of the week as decided by my brain.  There’s no reason as to why some comments make it and others don’t.  

So, I’m that heighboUr.  My Christmas lights are now up.  Well, the ones on the house are.  The ones for the trees and lawn are going to wait for the leaves fall off the trees first before they go up, but hopefully before the ground freezes solid so that I can get the stakes into the ground.  As per youngest GTD, the lights are NOT to go on until after November 11th (Remembrance Day or Veterans Day or whatever it’s called in your area) out of respect.  

The lights are up already as I did them in a snow storm one year, where I couldn’t see the bottom of the ladder when at the top, and I promised myself that I’ll be the “way too early” neighboUr instead of the “putting them up in a snow storm” one.  So, the first nice weekend in November, I get the lights up.  Nice being relative.  It was sunny and 13C or 55 F yesterday. I’m up on the roof to install the lights and have a fancy smancy plug in the soffit with a switch at the front door, so NAWT going up on there in the ice and or snow to get them plugged in.  I’m not good with heights and anything that increases the risk is just not worth it to me.  I get out onto the roof out of an upstairs window, so usually freak out a neightboUr when they see me up there. Fun times.

Also, I’m not the first on my street to have their Christmas lights up.  There were some up and on before Halloween.  And that’s just wrong. 

And for all those that say that I need to wait until after Thanksgiving to start Christmas. I did.  Thanksgiving was observed in it’s proper time in October.

As a reminder, this post will cover comments made up to and through the Saturday Night Open Thread. Sunday comments stand alone and Monday comments will go on the next week’s post. Note that during the offseason, I’ll probably look at the Sunday posts.

Without further ado, here are the comments of the week.

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Hey, I don’t need to remember anything, my phone has a camera!

Doktor Zymm

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Von Miller to the Rams for a 2nd round pick, and some lower round stuff.

Yikes.

Someone check Hippo’s pill closet.
Horatio Cornblower

I see this has already been discussed.

I shall take my Paul Revere impression elsewhere.
Horatio Cornblower

Perhaps you have some opinions on that new Blair Witch film?
SonOfSpam

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Is there a less appealing thought than “Hey, maybe Daniel Jones will rescue my team tonight”?
Darkest Timeline Zack Morris

“I need to the Lions to cover”?
WCS

He dropped out from school last semester, but my daughter says he’s a very talented water colorist.
Don T

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Michael Irvin up next [on the MNF Manning show]

clint greasewood

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Andy Reid is so gape-jawed at all the penalties he looks like someone took his end-of-quarter baked ham.
Beerguyrob

I’m truly shocked that a team led by Andy Reid is an undisciplined mess.

Just absolutely fucking stunned.
Horatio Cornblower

His Dad of the year award agrees with you.
litre_cola

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Who gets rid of “The Chop” first: Kansas City or Atlanta?
Sharkbait

Kansas City will never get rid of “The Chop” as long as Andy Reid is around.
scotchnaut

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Eli can’t wait to dig into his Halloween candy once all this talking is done.
LemonJello

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‘The Upside Down’ is also what the police called Britt Reid’s car, but ESPN’s promo using it was cool, too.
Horatio Cornblower

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Strahan was choking Eli as a warning about what happens to snitches
Dunstan

Ray Lewis nods.
litre_cola

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Sharkbait

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Derrick Gore, just like his great-grandfather Frank, is a fine running back.
scotchnaut

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Stop. Making. Unnecessary. Ghostbusters. Movies.
Sharkbait

But bustin’ makes me feel good.
The Maestro

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so as of last Wednesday, I’m in first place in my league, with an 82% of making the playoffs.

all four of my top scorers (henry, Murray, Hopkins, and Julio jones). I’m scoring 72 points in a legue where no one else has scored under 100.

on top of that I’m ticked because my planned social activities Saturday night got ended early because people have to be lame and go tend to their kids and be home by nine.

also my cell phone broke. like i was driving and it just checked out. I’m tying this on a tablet.

tablets suck.

I need a fucking drink
Brocky

That sucks. Have a kitten.

Gumbygirl

You can’t drink a kitten, Gumbygirl. That’s just science.
Horatio Cornblower

Depends on your blender.
Mr. Ayo

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Alex Smith is doing some pre-game stuff for Monday Night Countdown-fingers crossed he doesn’t get injured while doing so.
scotchnaut

Alex Smith: (crosses fingers)
[Crunch]
Uh oh.
herodotus450

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That really sucks about Tractorcito blowing a tire.

Has anyone checked on Don T?
ballsofsteelandfury

I’m gonna guess paper towel fort.
Senor Weaselo

I wish! Alas, I’m not a billionaire.
Don T

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No timeouts? Need to drive 55 yards?

You need Daniel JoHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH-inhales-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA-inhales-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-forgets to inhale-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA-dies
Horatio Cornblower

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Beans fall into that category.

There are certain foods that I’ve decided are much better to buy already made than to make them myself.
ballsofsteelandfury

Others include:

Rotisserie chicken
Tacos Al Pastor
Tortillas
Cheese
Salsa/Hot sauce
Ice Cream
ballsofsteelandfury

Indian.
JustStopDude

Thai.
Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“The fuck?”

-D. McNabb
SonOfSpam

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I guess Rodgers is so used to getting discounts, he decided a discount immunization would be enough insurance against covid.
ArmedandHammered

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Don T

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I am just a Brett Farve dick length away from switching my Echo to child-safe mode so the damn thing will shutup with its idiot suggestions
Doktor Zymm

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Princess Girlfriend said, “Yes.” [Congrats] Her Highness still doesn’t like FOOBAWL or MetallicA. I’m working on that.

WCS

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Don’t fuck up this scorigami Jets
Sharkbait

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Can we get a safety for the safety gods?
Sharkbait

Safety Gods: “Hey, don’t bring us into this dumpster fire!”
Redshirt

Sigh, this is why I’m usually a Saftheist
Sharkbait

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Pascal should wear Avogadro’s Number.
King Hippo

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The jests helmets are greener than the field, which I imagine looks suitably crappy on tv.
NotShogunButShogun

That field is the only green thing most of those Indy fans have seen all month.
Spur

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This drink [Apple Cider Mule 2: Electric Boogaloo] is this.

blaxabbath

Sharkbait

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CLE really needed to lean into their #TheBasketPauls identity. SHAME!

/also, these were great, and reading this represents my entire connection with The Association this century
King Hippo

Did I miss when we started calling Cleveland’s basketed-ball franchise #TheBasketPauls? Because I fucking LOVE this new name!
LemonJello

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Irish cream with your milk in Cheerios is so damn good. Why yes I have been getting stoned all evening. Why do you ask?
litre_cola

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I have started responding to customer service surveys by saying that their product would be way better if they stopped pestering me with surveys all the time. Then I feel bad because I know survey data is really useful, and then I feel less bad because lazy people are using it in situations where it isn’t necessary and ruining it for the rest of us by giving the entire population of the US permanent survey fatigue
Doktor Zymm

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/seen on the twitter

Maybe it’s not Rodgers’ family that is toxic…
scotchnaut

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I have never had to shop for a refrigerator, but if I ever do my main criterion will be that the damn drawers are easy to remove and replace. I need to wash the cheese drawer in my apartment fridge and apparently the only way to remove it is to empty off the entire top shelf of the fridge so the entire shelving unit can be removed and then disassembled by twisting at angles that are blocked while the unit is in the fridge. Fuck that, it has been a long week. My cheese is going in the main section of the fridge
Doktor Zymm

You keep your cheese in a drawer like a savage, instead of a salt-water adjacent cave with a south-easterly opening that remains at exactly 57 degrees to perfectly mimic the Amalfi Coast?
herodotus450

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It begins

Don T

Sounds like Rodgers might actually need some discounts soon, since his double-checks are gonna be halved.
/Yes, I do hate myself for this pun. Thank you for asking
Horatio Cornblower

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Ohio State receiver: has 15 catches for hundreds of yards.
Nebraska defense: Maybe he’s tired, let’s not cover him.
herodotus450

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Been doing this 23 and Me DNA thing for awhile and I got a message yesterday from someone who said she might be a cousin. Turns out her grandmother and my great grandmother were sisters. Both named Kennedy and both from Ireland. I finally found someone who might give me more intel on my Irish roots.

Pretty cool.
yeah right

Can’t wait to see your boiled seaweed recipe in a future Sunday Gravy post.
scotchnaut

Needs more potatoes, 8/10.
Gumbygirl

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Thanks for all the comments and funny and everything else.

Stay busy and safe out there.

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