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King Hippo

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Do you have anything of interest to say?  I sure as shit do not.

Finished “The Crossing” last week.  Giving myself a bit of a breather, reading “Conclave” before I dive back into “Cities of the Plain.”  Also got “The Plot Against America” from the library, to equip myself against existential dread.  Everton are off this weekend, as various FA Cup ties play out.

You’ll forgive me then if I forget football exists, while all of English sportsball media suck the Redshite dry.

Also, I am having a very bad neck week.  Even with opium, I feel like warmed-over ass.  Lousy Smarch weather too, 74 today, then high of 50 tomorrow.  FFS.

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BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

Resting burgers

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They were about 1/3 of a pound pregrilling
Added
Salt
Pepper
Onion powder
Garlic powder
Whostsireshire

To the ground chuck Before making the paddies

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SonOfSpam

Easier to eat them when they’re resting.

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SonOfSpam

Whoa.

Deebo to the Commies. If he stays healthy (huge if), that’s a great fit.

For a 5th round pick.

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Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Jed York misunderstood the meaning of “a fifth.”

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Doktor Zymm

Love it!

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Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Greetings from my mushroom trip. I’ve never realized just HOW purple the flowers are in my garden until just now.

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Doktor Zymm

Ask if they want to be friends, I bet they do

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Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

I didn’t, but I did water them. And now they’re watching me through the window.

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SonOfSpam

They’re up to something. Make sure your phone’s locked.

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herodotus450

The year is 2065, the Great War has been waging for 40 years exactly. The world’s resources nearly exhausted, the last two belligerents agree to a battle of Champions: a 1 on 1 battle to the death, on ice. Mecha-Gretzkey, leader of the Grand Unified Canada and Trump Alliance, laces them up one last time at the specially constructed ice rink on what remains of the Polar Ice Cap, his Poutine Ray locked and loaded. Comrade Captain Ovechkin, his opponent, was only one goal short of the all time record when the war broke out and cancelled all hockey forever. He doesn’t look to have aged a day.

At least you already started learning to speak Russian.

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Don T

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Don T

tWBS could relate 😅

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Doktor Zymm

Brisvegas is insanely bougie, and I think I just saw the most hipster thing ever. It’s a fully-licensed 24 hour pancake cafe in an historic deconsecrated church

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Mr. Ayo

How were the pancakes?

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Doktor Zymm

The line was too long and too full of doublewide strollers. I picked up a peach and verbena croissant from down the street then went to starbucks for coffee since it was the only place without a line

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scotchnaut

You went to Starbucks? Is everything okay?

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yeah right

Going to give The Brutalist a go.
Three hours and 45 minutes.
Commit to the bit.

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Mr. Ayo

Don’t worry. There’s a one minute intermission.

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Brick Meathook

The passenger in 1D has boarded:

https://ibb.co/84gL2TvZ
https://ibb.co/XkrXTxyT

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scotchnaut

That’s all nice and pretty but what does it have to do with dowels?

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BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

Safe travels

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Doktor Zymm

The prodigal returns!

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yeah right

Pretty fucking jazzed about what’s going on in the test kitchen.

Got some pretty technical elements to this shit.

Not a beginners level menu for sure.

Gonna smell mighty tasty up in this bitch for the next, oh, 3 hours or so.

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scotchnaut

“‘Glueing In The Dowels” was the sequel to ‘Holding Back The Years’ that we never had the courage to write.”

-Mick Hucknall

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scotchnaut

@Horatio (for the Monday content) vehicle that you want to own/design

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Gumbygirl

RIP to David Johansen, weirdo extraordinaire!
https://youtu.be/Cbd-BcuPvLA?si=d3IYpcFbOOX–4c1

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scotchnaut

Love that dude but his real name is Buster Poindexter, fyi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjO6FDCPIzA

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scotchnaut

“Glueing In The Dowels” is my favorite Irish drinking song.

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BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

I like the extended version better

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litre_cola

Plymouth beats Liverpool in The FA Cup and now has a lead on Citeh. What a world.

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Mr. Ayo

Not so fast!

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Horatio Cornblower

The cabinet has been assembled and are union remains strong.

Also we put it together backwards and therefore can’t get the cabinet doors on. So we looked at it and said “fuck it” put the doors aside and we’ll call a friend of ours who’s a carpenter and have him do it later.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

This is why you don’t glue in the dowels.

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scotchnaut

“Glue in the Dowels” was my favorite sex position with that gymnast I dated back in university.

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Horatio Cornblower

We did not glue in the dowels.

Mostly because they’re metal and meant to be taken in and out so you can change the shelving as needed.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

When you said “metal and meant to be taken in and out” I was worried that you might have accidentally got some other recreational item mixed in with the cabinet parts somehow.

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BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

If you put it together backwards, then you did not read the instructions either

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Gumbygirl

You aren’t the only one who sucks at assembling cabinets

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

You know what would make the current American government function more efficiently? Speed holes.

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ArmedandHammered

In brains

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Doktor Zymm

Can a rail gun fire metal dowels?

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rockingdog

Found a funny:

Apparently JD Vance is skiing in Vermont this weekend… 🇺🇦

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I normally support efforts to lock up serial killers but I can’t say I regret that Sonny Bono and Michael Kennedy’s murderer is still on the loose.

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Horatio Cornblower

He’s apparently skiing at Sugarbush, and per #1 son they are not closing the mountain to the public. I assume they’ll have most of the 10th Mountain skiing with him but still, this seems like a swell chance for any Ukranian-Americans who happen to be skiing enthusiasts to have a frank and honest exchange of views with Mr. Vance.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Just give him a shove Better Off Dead style:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z9Cg46Nktw&t=312

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scotchnaut

Current Status: [Hoping for a Sonny Bono but willing to settle for a Michael Schumacher]

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Horatio Cornblower

Kind of hoping for an ‘Alive’ situation myself, but I don’t think Sugarbush is that difficult to get off of.

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scotchnaut

Sugarbush is my fave porn star from the 70’s! Wait. What?

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Horatio Cornblower

My son lives in Vermont. Can confirm.

But If anything happens to the motorcade my son was with us in the Clubhouse the whole time.

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Gumbygirl

That is a sick burn! And I’m pretty sure it’s a capital crime in Vermont. Green Mountain Boys, do your duty

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

This gives me an idea for a single-song Request Line topic: Songs about Fascists Engaging in Recreational Activities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnyoImKUgn0

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scotchnaut

I’m not the smartest monkey in the hot air balloon basket but last year I noted that one should keep an eye out for Texas Tech because they hired a certain Dave Smart as assistant coach. He’s that basketball coach that had a (this is not a typo) .925 winning percentage at Carleton University over 18 years. Lo and behold, the Raiders are ranked #10 in the country.

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Gumbygirl

Don’t sell yourself short, Scotchy, you probably are the smartest monkey in the hot air balloon basket

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scotchnaut

A Tale of Syracuse BB Woe:

/Center Eddie Lampkin Jr. (fairly efficient scorer) transfers to Cuse

Fans: “Finally! Someone who isn’t a defensive rebounder/shot-blocking guy that can’t score is in the middle! Now we’re cooking!”

Reality Check: The game is played from the three point line and out these days.

Coach Autry: [has no idea how to design an offense around a scoring center because he was groomed under Boeheim]

Lampkin: [averages just over 11 points a game so far this year]

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scotchnaut

Gonna watch 12-16 Syracuse vs 12-16 Virginia Tech-programming says NR but I think this should be rated Adults Only.

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Jimbo

Planning a trip to Texas this summer to visit my wife’s family , I should get a husband of the year award. Texas in August is the worst.

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scotchnaut

I assume you’re talking about the people and not the weather?

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Jimbo

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scotchnaut

I will say that one thing that Texas and northern Ontario have in common is lifted pickups as far as the eye can see.*

*the best one I’ve come across had fire decals on the hood and “Fuck Trudeau” spray-painted on the door.

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Jimbo

I kid, they’re good people. It was jarring seeing some people open carry at the grocery stores.

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yeah right

Ouch.

Which part?

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Jimbo

Killeen, it’s about an hour from Austin.

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scotchnaut

If I’m not mistaken, Dexy’s Midnight Runners had a song about this town.

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Mr. Ayo

If I’m not mistaken, Fugees had a song about this town.

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blaxabbath

Killeen is right at the Fort Hood. I passed through there en route to Afghanistan.

I guess i equate that to a more responsible handling pool than, say, Disability Check, rural TX where everyone is too beat up to be strong but, boy howdy, they are gonna be Tough.

And fucking stupid. Which I equate with a less responsible gun handling pool.

I mean, hey I’m glad cowboy there is carrying because I sure as hell ain’t *. But like, I didn’t necessary feel that at Fort Huachuca outside FT Huachuca. So who’s to say — i don’t get to tell the person how to not be offended (except by sponsored posts #budlightlimeritaisthefatherofthemodernblendedbeerdrinkstrend).

*or I am? It’s concealed carry for all here. Which the Realtors drop on the old folks moving to these like subdivision homes. Like, come on — divest of your armory before moving to a foreign neighborhood and you can’t see anymore.

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yeah right

Know exactly where that is. Get yourself to Driftwood and get some barbecue.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I can understand why nobody in Texas gives a shit about protecting the environment; the environment there sucks and there is zero point to protecting any of it.

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scotchnaut

Shoutout to all the BIL’s that have snow-plowing businesses that show up unannounced when you are an hour into shoveling and have at least another hour to go.

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BC Dick

That’s a shame. 10 degrees and sunny here for the Brier. Yes, BC people are all dicks when it comes to the weather.

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scotchnaut

I mean, you had no choice-it’s right there in the handle.

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yeah right

Just finished Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

The last 40 pages or so were mind blowing but there were 250 or so pages to get there when I was thinking, I really don’t like these characters and could give a tin shit what happens to them.

Can’t fully endorse.

Wolf Hall next up

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rockingdog

That book seems ROCKINGGGG!!!

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Horatio Cornblower

Don’t get too attached to Anne Boleyn!

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scotchnaut

Love this joke.

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Gumbygirl

You shouldn’t lose your head over her.

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Horatio Cornblower

Mrs. Horatio and I will be assembling a cabinet together as soon as I finish breakfast.

I expect to be in divorce proceedings before I start lunch.

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BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

Glue the wooden dowels in.
Will make whatever it is last longer
/Dick joke
//the cabinet is a sandwich

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scotchnaut

Leave your cell on “record”.

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2Pack

Thoughts and prayers

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blaxabbath

At least you won’t be divorced with the measles!

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BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

Getting 710 changed now
Already got my haircut
Some errands and then home for lunch and chores

Fun day for me. Lol
Bet you’re jelly

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yeah right

Super jelly.

Just the butcher shop and 3 hours of kitchen scullery maid detail for me.

Might try to catch one or two of the remaining best picture nominees after.

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BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

Butcher was one of the errands. Got Ground chuck for burgers tonight. Some marinaded chicken for lunches this week and some of the butchers house made roast beef for sandwiches. It’s all so good there.

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litre_cola

I am not nearly as hungover as I should be from a wine tasting evening. Huzzah!

Still have to take Deci to swimming and then to a French Canadian festival. There will be a nap in between.

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2Pack

Napoli and Inter are fixing to go at it here for the Series A lead. I hope they put Marika on the national coverage. Lately she’s only been on a post game show broadcast throughout the week. Such a waste of big upfront talent if you ask me.

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blaxabbath

So my equipment rollout was like a C-, which puts my overall score to a D+. So that wasn’t *great* but, also, I’m clearly in first place amongst my competitors who still don’t know a race is starting.

So now I’m trying to get as much distance as possible while they’re still disengaged because I’m gonna be the rabbit for some industry cheetahs.

But don’t forget — cheetahs are damn near extinct for a reason.

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*This photo is also my argument for guns kill people because guns can also kill cheetahs but that dude can kill no other men without his gat.

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BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

It all he can do to hold up the cheetah. I’d bet he was sore the next day from doing it.

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Horatio Cornblower

Trophy hunters should, themselves, be hunted for sport, and to extinction.

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Jimbo

Beat me to it, fuck them.

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scotchnaut

If there’s a better indicator of toxic masculinity I’ve yet to see it.

/from what I recall Hemingway still had a good reputation into the early 80’s amongst my profs but when I found out he was a trophy hunter-women and big game-I knew something was not quite right

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Hunting big game in Hemingway’s time was much more sporting (and dangerous) than what it has become courtesy of modern technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsavo_Man-Eaters

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scotchnaut

From what I’ve read these wanna-be “hunters” used guides and elephants to flush out lions and tigers and oh my! into the open-hardly sporting. Even then.

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blaxabbath

Who told you that? The cunninest mountain lion in history?

Come on. Don Jr’s alright. Come on!

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I said “much more sporting”. What you’re describing is practically the equivalent of killing them with bare hands compared to the kind of shit they do now with drones and scopes and high-powered rifles and such.

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scotchnaut

I’m not up to speed on what’s going on now, apparently. Nor do I want to be.

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Don T

/fixes hair
All those spots… Does kitty scratch?
/squints
Sorry. Force of habit.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Good morning and greetings to our viewers, I’m Rikki-Tikki-Deadly reporting live from Hangover Junction! Our vacuumologist is predicting a 100% chance of activity, so be sure to get those noise-canceling headphones charged up! There’s also construction going on – roofing, to be specific – two houses over so if you had any dreams of sleeping this off on the couch you can kiss those good-bye.

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King Hippo

Finished “Conclave” just now, so back to “Fluke” (like 100 pages left). Robert Harris is a magnificent author, even though he will never top his greatest work (“Fatherland”)

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scotchnaut

My first dilemma this morning? Of the four snow shovels on the porch, which one to start with-Big Blue, Bendo, Old Tosser or Snowbanksy. Decisions, decisions.

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King Hippo

Some lousy Smarch weathers are lousier than others smgdh

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BugEyedBoo

I’ve got a snow blower, so no heart attacks!

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