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. Seriously. There isn’t.
This weeks cheesy motivational quote is:
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life [in bed].
Richard Bach
I’m just gonna leave this one alone. Unless this is JUST your partner, then enjoy.
As a reminder, 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.
Mother-In-Law news report.
MIL: They’re going to make electic cars illegal!
Me: Electric cars? Illegal? What?
MIL: Oh, it was on the news! (flustered)
Me: (also flustered) That’s not happening. I’m not even looking this up.
BugEyedBoo
Sharkbait’s clam chowder recipe, made in our very own 20-lb dutch oven. It came out a little thin, although looking at the ingredients that’s not a real surprise. Tasted pretty good though; highly recommended.
BugEyedBoo
So, which President did you all dress up as to properly celebrate today?
LemonJello
The secret president who runs the shadow government.
ArmedandHammered
February 19, 2024 8:42 pm
*You’re *the son-of-a-bitch who made Steve Gutenberg a star!?!?
Horatio Cornblower
THIS GUY ARMEDANDHAMMERED I CALL HIM ASHLI BABBIT BECAUSE HE HAS NOT PHYSICALLY BEEN ABLE TO MOVE FOR SOME TIME BUT CAN STILL SOMEHOW SHARE VOLUMES ABOUT RELOGIOUS ZEALOTS WHO LOOK LIKE MUTANTS!
blaxabbath
Has anyone ever tried walking into a Space Marines barracks with a bottle of hand lotion and said “I’m here to jerk off the emperor?” I bet they’d think it was a pretty good joke.
King Hippo
This is what I woke up to this morning. The other cat was on the floor.
Gumbygirl
BeefReeferLives
I’m watching a Quantum Leap about witches and I’m about to make some old-fashioneds.
Rikki-Tikki-Deadly
I found a documentary on the Great Fire of 1666. What should I make with that?
Sharkbait
You can make a hat, or a broach, or a pterodactyl . . .
Brick Meathook
What happens to the last place team in the third league [from Balls’ college football division re-alignment]? Do they lose their accreditation for a year and the university president gets beaten with a wooden spoon?
Doktor Zymm
A public shaming component makes this quite intriguing, perhaps with a “Toilet Bowl” worked into the mix?
King Hippo
They have to take the following year’s football budget and spend it on Humanities courses and tuition refunds
Sharkbait
I’d definitely watch college fitbaw for relegation battles (looking at you, very self-important but middling programs). If implemented this year, by 2029 a relegation scrap will become the first televised player mutiny over coaches.
Don T
Oh, SNAP. (my personal fav is “Klanned Karenhood”
BeefReeferLives
Another final round interview today, and anyone who feels good after 4 hours of interview is some sort of psychopath. I’m treating myself to being fancy tonight, so for the first time ever I spent money on things that I normally only get as complimentary from airlines, namely a tin of caviar and a bottle of decent champagne (Piper-Heidsieck). Also got some blinis and creme freche, and naturally I’m pairing this with Futurama reruns. Already feeling better!
Doktor Zymm
All star break is over so it’s time again to Release the Kraken!!
Mr. Ayo
Sir, this is an Arby’s.
King Hippo
So I flew back east to see my mom today. I picked up a rental car at the airport, a neat little Nissan Kicks crossover.
I spent 30 minutes in the rental car facility adjusting everything but mostly looking everywhere for the button to open the rear lift gate. I searched all over the dash, under the dash, the door, everywhere. I went through the quick start guide but that didn’t help. I eventually brought out the thick main owner’s manual, indexing and searching for the location of that button.
Turns out you unlock it and then lift the gate up with your hand.
Welcome to the Twenty First Fucking Century.
Brick Meathook
I wonder if this would work with Lillet Blanc instead of the sweet vermouth?
Doktor Zymm
Sounds like it’d be worth a shot.
Was wondering about a bit of sloe gin, myself. I generally like a touch of it with OJ in cocktails.
BeefReeferLives
The first time I ever drank alcohol in a bar, I had sloe gin fizzes. I was staying at my friend Denise’s house, and her parents took us to this weird Western Pennsyltucky bar out in the boonies. An ambulance showed up and hauled away some pathetic old boozer who had the DT’s. Nobody even blinked. We were 14. The place was called Pearl Harbor.
Gumbygirl
So you got bombed at Pearl Harbor?
Doktor Zymm
I sure did.
Gumbygirl
It’s 9:30 at night and this fucking kid upstairs is walking around in his marching boots on hard wood floors up there.
Sounds like a roofer on meth.
When I was a kid my parents kicked my ass out of the house on a Friday night.
“Get a life you little bastard!”
Do that shit here in Pedro and BEST case scenario is you come with a stolen car, a venereal disease and a new tattoo.
How the fuck you doing everyone?!
yeah right
Ok, not to steal makeitsnow’s bit, but I have now seen the following 2024 Oscar Nominees for Best Picture:
Barbie
The Holdovers
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
I enjoyed 4, one was hot garbage, and another failed to hold my interest, but only one really strikes me as deserving of an Oscar. And there’s no way it will get it.
BrettFavresColonoscopy
I agree. Don’t Tell My Parents I Ass-Fucked The Babysitter II has that thing locked up.
Horatio Cornblower
Almost finished working. Fuck it. Gotta chill a lil’
Special shoutout to blax and the RAAAAAAIIIIII DUUUUUURRRS
Don T
Spirited outing by the Cherries today.
Placed my order through DHGATE for my Solanke jersey this morning.
Should be here in time for the offseason.
yeah right
You made a Chinese slave child very happy with your order!
King Hippo
Look at Fulham!
Fronkenshteen
I just stopped I want to say 7 swimming lessons at the community pool screaming Get Innnnnn. Every single eyeball in this place stared at me. Also I am in the hot pink Barbie kit….
litre_cola
I may be banned from the community pool after that display.
litre_cola
I absolutely bought this beer because of the name.
Did I learn later that it’s 11%? Yes. Yes I did.
Horatio Cornblower
Oh SNAP
BeefReeferLives
Not to mention that Tom Arnold was terrific in True Lies.
“Boy, I remember the first time I got shot out of a cannon…”
Rikki-Tikki-Deadly
Brick Meathook
Found a funny;
What kind of car does a dog hate?
CAT-tillacs
rockingdog
My haul at the Girl Scout cookie stand in front of the Safeway:
Brick Meathook
La casa Nostra has fish stew goin on today. Also a simple dish. Cod, potatoes, black olives, in olive oil and orange tomato sauce, slow cooked.
2Pack
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Thanks for all the comments and funny and everything else.
Stay busy and safe out there.
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Dad is firmly ensconced in his new home.
First hour:
Pretty Nurse walks in: “Hi Dr. John.”
My dad: “Hi. You’re very pretty.”
Nurse: “Thank you.”
My dad: “So, are you single?”
https://twitter.com/HollyAnderson/status/1762603597773131861
Kathleen Harris needs to go
The young lady on the left in this picture is our niece, Katie!
Can she make us get weapons to Ukraine? Because that would be cool.
I’ll ask her.
Maybe just a few anti-aircraft guns under her sweater, nothing serious to start with.
THIS GUY SCOTCHNAUT I CALL HIM BILL CLINTON BECAUSE HE IS MAKING JOKES ABOUT THE INTERN WHO IS UNDER SUSPICION OF SMUGGLING A PAIR OF ROCKETS INTO THE CAPITOL.
My shopping list:
1 crate of percussion grenades
2 Stinger shoulder mounted missiles
5000 rounds of ammo
16 M4/M4A1 5.56mm Carbine
1 Abrams Tank
3 Apache Attack Helicopters
1 Stealth bomber
Much appreciated.
Damn, bayonets, napalm, and lots of anti-personnel mines.
To any of our law-talking folks out there: if this ever happens during a deposition and your next question isn’t “Don’t you hate pants?” your clubhouse privileges will be permanently revoked.
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/lawyer-in-trumps-ga-case-caught-with-pants-down-on-zoom
“You’ll be working for the lackey to an execrable human being, may have to break the law, and probably won’t be paid, but it’s okay if you don’t wear pants on Zoom”
“Sold!”
Four assists for The Broom!
Someone in my HOA slack channel asked for accountant recommendations and people are recommending guys with the names “Goldman” and “Weinstein” and I’m pretty sure they’re not just doing a bit.
You have an HOA Slack channel, and I welcome the asteroid more and more.
Even worse, *I’m* the one who started it!
[evil laugh]
(and before you disparage it too harshly, you should know that on exactly one occasion it has resulted in me getting free beer)
Dewey, Cheathem, and Howe.
Well if they asked for a good bar and the names were Patrick O’Grumpys, Kill the British Dead Inne, and Punch Out Your Cousin O’Hoolihans, I wouldn’t be surprised.
Luton scored on City of Men. The nerve!
And they’re paying for it now!
Pep still coaching like his job is on the line.
So I’m sick as hell today, (feel like a fever but isn’t, body aches, coughing, nose stuffed form here to kingdom come, exhausted), but I’m in the system at work trying to plug along because of fucking course the deposition that the plaintiff has canceled 7 times is going forward today. I should not even be practicing law right now.
And our new system has decided to shit the bed, and if it doesn’t get back up and running in 18 minutes this deposition is going to be very hard to get done.
God bless us, every one!
It’s not #NuAIDS either; tested negative a bit ago.
Ciao tutti. Too much rain and flood warnings tonight. I hope to catch up with you tomorrow and not be sandbaggin or pumping somewhere.
One letter with 3 side hustles, totally working it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_kGM1m-5Fs
I used to walk our two big dogs, Frankie and Ellie, in the evening. We’d walk up our street, and occasionally we’d meet one of two animals just up the block.
One was a big male tuxedo cat who would sit in the middle of the sidewalk, calm as can be. As long as I kept the dogs on their leashes outside his invisible comfort zone (about eight feet) he just sat there completely uninterested (I guarantee he had a definite exit strategy if they crossed that line)
The other was a rabbit. It was kind of an exotic pet rabbit, not a garden variety wild cotton tail. Our sidewalks had a grass strip in between the sidewalk and the curb, and he would lie there on his belly, calm as can be, although he was also ready to bolt if the dogs got too close.
The funny thing was, this behavior would freak out the dogs. I was holding their leashes so they couldn’t get too close, but they seemingly couldn’t understand why this obvious prey wasn’t moving, or didn’t even seem scared of them; they would eventually ease back on their leashes. It’s as if they were wary that the cat or the rabbit knew something that they didn’t know. I saw this on numerous occasions and it always played out the same. Eventually I got bored and pulled the dogs the other way and we continued our walk.
Cat/Rabbit: 1 Frankie/Ellie: 0
Smart dogs
And, because said song just played…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6_NW6wqTP8
For the three or four of us hardcore PC gamers on here: when you decide to upgrade your video card, open up your PC and see what additional power connectors you have vs. what your new card needs. My old one needed an 8-pin and a 6-pin power connector, but the new one I bought needed two 8-pin connectors. Did I even know that was an issue? I did not. They make 6-pin female to 8-pin male connectors, so if that’s a problem you’re not completely dead in the water just yet.
If you don’t have a full-size PC case, that monster video card might not fit in there either. *raises hand* Two fans good, three fans bad.
“Tell me more about these, I assume you mean Pretty Children, Gamers on here…”
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How in the hell did Beavis here get into Congress?
Or is it Butthead he looks more like?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7MKbap0KzA
Those two have done DRASTICALLY more than Gaetz.
You deserve to be flayed by one of those Warhammer dudes for such foul comparison.
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I have several adapters on hand for this sort of thing. It has gotten to where I buy the case after I buy the card, just to make sure the case is big enough.
I used to have literally 20 years worth of PC junk, but I got tired of looking at it and threw it all out a couple of years ago. These days if I need a SATA cable or something like that adapter I just order it from Amazon.
I swapped out the power supply from an old machine into my current one to squeeze another year or so of life out of it and I feel like a GOT-DAMNED STAR!
I thought of that, but the video card cabling in my old one was the same as my current PC; 8/6, not 8/8.
Yeah I was actually fortunate the two matched up pretty well. There’s still a cord-to-nowhere that used to connect to…the CD-ROM drive? I don’t remember.
It never fails that I inevitably find that my processor or motherboard is where the bottleneck was in the first place, updating my gfx cards didn’t really solve the original problem. Then it’s a quest to learn and re-learn everything to do with reseating a processor, setting up my liquid cooling fans correctly, mounting the mobo correctly, reconnecting EVERYTHING…
It’s just neverending.
Maybe it’s because I don’t look deep enough, but for me it’s the opposite. Example: I just installed Starfield. Skyrim, IN SPACE! My video card was a GTX 970 – was top of the line 10 years ago. A lot of stuff has looked okay even now (Cyberpunk 2077, BG3), but Starfield looked like shit. Just noticeably bad. So I grit my teeth and upgraded the card. The game looks a lot better now.
I used to put my own PCs together, but these days I just buy them preassembled. I’m sure they’re cheaping out on a lot of stuff, but so far I haven’t had cause to complain.
My home studio is 100% Mac and I just plug stuff in and it goes. MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iPad, iPhone, no fucking watch. I pay more but it’s worth it.
I used to have a purpose-built PC beside it with Windows and CentOS Linux for certain VFX software and it was a factory of sadness. I needed an IT guy. I decided to ditch the software (and the computer). Anything that doesn’t run on a Mac I don’t need.
Even when I work in on-site in big studios (and they always use either Windows Pro or Linux) the machines crap out at least once a day; they network well though. My Mac sometimes runs continuously for six months between restarts.
Fight me bro
I’ve been living in linux and GCC version hell lately. IANA IT guy, but I guess I am one now.
As a musician, Finale is entirely ass on Windows.
I have thought about running Bootcamp solely for gaming purposes (read: Senor has a Humble Bundle of Burnout Paradise gifted to him like 6 years ago from his bro from HS, and would like to play it at some point.)
“open up your PC”
See, I don’t need to do that step because it’s never closed and the power supply lives on top of the case because it doesn’t fit inside with the giant video card
I missed BugEyedBoo making the chowder. I’m always happy to spread the word of good chowder. It’s definitely on the thinner side for sure, but can easily be thickened.
My wife and I both really liked it. I thought it could have used more potatoes, but that was preparation, not recipe; IMO my wife’s soups always end up low on potatoes. I don’t nag her about it too often, though, because I don’t want to be the person making it.
with 2 scoops of raisin bran