Your “Happy Purim!” Monday Night Open Thread

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Your regularly scheduled Monday night Warhammer professor, ArmedandHammered, is off tonight. Sorry, any esoteric references for the evening will likely be about topics other than video games, because I’m the wrong kind of nerd.

But let’s start with another holiday reference!  Tonight begins Purim. For those of you that aren’t MOTs or MOT-adjacent, Purim is one in a long line of Jewish holidays that can be summarized as “they tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat!” This one is special and right up DFO’s alley, however, since it’s a mitzvah on Purim to get drunk. There are lots of traditions, many of which are tied to ridiculing the oppressor of the story, Haman.  That’s where the delicious cookies in the banner image get their name, and when we were kids, the Cantor at our temple told us to write Haman’s name on the bottom of our shoes so when his name was read during the telling of the story behind Purim, we could stamp him out while also waving around noisemakers and shouting and making a general hubub.  Most people, sum up Purim by saying it’s Jewish Halloween, but aside from costumes and sweets and drunkenness…oh yeah, I see it.

Anyway, my mom mailed me some hamantaschen, so I’ll eat those and that’ll be it. And looks like I’ve hit the word count minimum, so let’s move to the sprots. If you have questions about Purim or Jewness in general, drop ’em in the comments.


What’s on TV tonight?

NBA:

Celtics at Cavs, 6PM DFO time, local NBC affiliate or the evil Bally Sports
Sixers at Pacers, ibid

NHL:

This post is a rush job, so look it up yourself. It appeared to be Bally, local affiliates, and ESPN+

College Basketball:

Is it Madness time yet? No?  Well, I guess all these little conference tournaments are the amuse bouche for that. ESPN and ESPN2 are carrying the men’s tournaments; FS1 has the Big East Women’s championship at 6PM DFO time.

As DonT reminded us last night, History of the World Part 2 kicks off on Hulu today if you’re looking for a substitute viewing activity. Your regularly scheduled Warhammer education will resume next Monday. With balls’s inspiration from the Hedley Lamarr mug, go do that voodoo that you do so well!

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Hi folks!  Rikki here for a second week in a row with another edition of DFO RADIO!  This week’s collection is based on “The Shining” theme.  If you don’t see your request in here remember that it’s nothing personal, as I mentioned last week youtube made the process of putting these together a lot more time-consuming.  Hopefully I’ll figure out a way to make sure everyone is adequately represented and everybody gets at least one song onto the air. 

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BFC is a Chicago native transplanted to our nation's capital and transplanted again to the mountain West, then to SoCal, then back to the mountain West, and then again back to our nation's capital. He enjoys football, whisky, and the oxford comma.
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Brick Meathook

I’m really tearing it up over in the Wall Street Journal reader comments.

Gumbygirl

Good night, sleep tight. What the FUCK does that mean?

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Senor Weaselo

Why did that Purim Bar Mitzvah I did a couple years back suck so much? I mean, the answer is the screaming kids and the way too loud DJ, but I mean on principle!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

That’s what happens when you don’t hire Boys II Menorah.

Horatio Cornblower

Watched the new Chris Rock show on Netflix tonight. It’s not good.

BC Dick

How do you fit your horns under that little hat?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

And when is George Soros going to send me my checks for all that BLM protesting I did?

SonOfSpam

This hive-mind bullshit must stop.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Agreed.” – Eli Manning, still traumatized after having watched the movie My Girl

SonOfSpam

Not sure, but Soros paid for it.

Brick Meathook

I’m sort of half-Jewish but raised Catholic, but that’s okay because Jesus Christ Our Lord and One True Savior was also Jewish, at least until he converted to Christianity. This explains why I sort of like BFC.

Here’s another Jew, Frankenstein, who shows us what happens when you offer him a non-Kosher pizza:

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//can’t wait for the first dickhead to point out that frankenstein was the doctor

SonOfSpam

That makes his creation a golem.

Gumbygirl

I won’t, but I will point out that he threw her into Big Bear Lake.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly
SonOfSpam

Congrats to the Fightin Horatios for winning the Women’s Big East championship. I think it’s their first?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

No, they’ve won it before. 2001-02, I think?

SonOfSpam

Wow, you have an amazing memory. Maybe these kids will win a game or two in the playoffs!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

One can hope. It would do wonders for recruiting.

Horatio Cornblower

Could be; they really haven’t have a lot of success in the post-season.

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

“they tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat!”

The publisher was really glad they ended up calling it “Alive”

scotchnaut

Sens four points back of the Isles for one of the wild card spots with three games in hand. Time to shine.

WCS

Made the fatal mistake of sitting down. I’ll be asleep in s

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It’d be kinda awesome if the contract language contained the same mistake and the Saints had to pony up an obscene amount of money for a guy that’s been retired for the last fifteen years.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1632761843558100993

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Oh, fuck you twitter embed. Fuck you all the way to hell.

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scotchnaut

/tomorrow at BFC’s workplace

HR: “We’re doing some drug testing today-How much does a gram of cocaine cost?”

BFC: “Oh God, Oh God, Oh God. I can’t do this.” [runs out of room screaming]

Don T

Diggin’ History of the World Part II. Very slick, it’s great.

Redshirt

What does Smith’s agent have on the Seahawks owner?!

WCS

The actual temperature which melts steel.

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Redshirt

Fool! This is clearly Antifa running the price up on Burrow’s extension to cripple the Bengals Super Bowl hopes!

Ugh, sorry. Family had Trump’s speech to the Reichstag on over the weekend. May have picked up a bit of the subliminal programming I need to work through.

Redshirt

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WCS

A NEW CONTENDER FOR HATE DRAFT EMERGES

SonOfSpam

the oppressor of the story, Haman

Can we goyim assume the other bad guys are named Baconan or Shrimpan?.

King Hippo

Do I have to be MoT to eat those cookies? Because, HOLY FUCK they look good.

SonOfSpam

Dig in, but BYOM (Manischewitz)

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King Hippo

/nods gratefully in goyim

Gumbygirl

They are among the world’s finest cookies.

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem

Dr. Mrs. Mayhem went hard after it this year

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WCS

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“Went hard.”

WCS

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