Hello there fellow DFO’er. Hope you’re well today. And thanks for coming back to see last weeks tl;dr of last 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.
Still somehow in the LDB challenge, as of writing this Monday afternoon, even thought I was out being, like, social, and going to various places. I’m trying not to get my hopes up as this is the hard time to get through. But should be okay for Monday 9yesterday), as I’m not doing much and it’s Tuesday that worries me, I need to be outs and abouts and don’t have luck that way.
Also, it was both my kids birthday on Saturday. They are not twins, just born 3 years apart on the same day. As the youngest is now 20, it really strange to me to have kids no longer in their teens. Hell, I think that I’m still in my teens sometimes, so when the fuck did I get old enough to have kids the same as me? But as both kids are doing well and seem to be functioning adults, I’m a very proud parent.
Without further ado, here are the comments of the week.
Youngest Fozz: “I’m glad Mahomes got hurt!”
Me: “No, don’t ever be glad when a person gets hurt. Even if you don’t like him.”
Youngest Fozz: “Would you say that if Travis Kelce got hurt? You hate him.”
jjfozz

WCS
The fog is so thick this morning in Los Angeles that it was like waking up to see everything covered in snow. It’s like Christmas. The Chiefs have been eliminated from the playoffs, and it is a wondrous, wondrous thing.
Rikki-Tikki-Deadly
But it’s not all sunshine and roses in the Deadly household this morning, unfortunately…
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1pmtdm7/robot_vacuum_roomba_maker_files_for_bankruptcy/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title&embed_host_url=https://doorfliesopen.com/2025/12/15/instant-hippo-thoughts-week-15-2025-season/
Rikki-Tikki-Deadly
Holy shit, I just found out why Rivers came back! Retired players get NFL sponsered health insurance for themselves, one other adult, and all qualifying children for 5 years after retirement. He just reset the clock on the NFL coverage for more pregnancies and most of the existing kids
Doktor Zymm
I do not like the tush push
I do not like it all
I do not like in the winter
I do not like it in the fall
I think it is lame and also hate the name
When a team decides to use it
The game goes right to shit
I do not like the tush push
jjfozz
‘Man oh man. The Patriots are dismantling the Bills as my newborn son naps beside me in front of the Christmas tree. It’s a sunny Sunday afternoon and I have nowhere else to be today other than right here with my boy and with my team.
I may well be the most insufferable man east of the Mississippi River today.’
The Maestro
BeefReeferLives
I tried to pull another “worst to first” like last year but it didn’t happen. I will say that the “worst” part of the journey comes easily to me.
scotchnaut
Now, now…
2Pack
Finally done working, settled in with the (Most White Guy Ever) evening hot chocolate and puffy slippers.
HOW THE FUCK WE DOIN’ B….
/falls asleep face first into the hot chocolate
//drowns
///when they ask how I died an embarrassed Mrs. Horatio will say “Oh, uh, um, he was jerking off with a belt around his neck” rather than tell the truth.
Horatio Cornblower
This Cult Bowl is so bad, I think I am pulling for titty cancer?
King Hippo
Gumbygirl is watching the Cure Bowl on her evening walk
Mr. Ayo
The hardest part of this Tua saga is how many times they will have to “break the news” to him between now and Sunday.
Who was that Memento “handler” guy? Teddy??
King Hippo
It’ll be fine on Monday, when they tell him he played and did awesome.
Horatio Cornblower
Nacua accepting the Jimmy the Greek Player of the Year award at halftime.
Gatoraids
Idea for the next DFOCon
Doktor Zymm
Just experienced a first: caller saying he has homicidal — not suicidal — thoughts, but thankfully was self-aware and calm enough to call the local mental crisis hotline for help. The crisis line transferred him to me to get police and EMTs started.
I’m a not a crisis negotiator, but, again, thankfully, the crisis line operator is, and stayed on with me to keep the caller calm and focused. Responders just arrived, and no one is hurt.
Whew.
WCS
Surveys have shown that most men still can’t find it.
2Pack
I haven’t seen two offenses this anemic since the the Fourth Royal Cavalry Brigade ran out of beef rations against the vegetarian tribesmen of East Upper Punjab
herodotus450

Jimbo
Its amazing what happens when you work hard, stay together, and knock your opponent’s franchise QB out of the game by discombobulating their brains.
Redshirt
so who is giving malik willis the matt flynn contract
fleshwound_NPG
HI IM MARK DAVIS
SonOfSpam
So apparently Andrew Tate, all-around scumbag, had a boxing match with a gay Netflix actor last night.
The opponent being gay isn’t important here, but what is important here is that the gay Netflix actor kicked the shit out of Andrew Tate.
2025, I like your final acts.
Horatio Cornblower
My 90 year old nun aunt just sent me my Christmas card- novenas for days! I can be as bad as I want, she’s gonna hook me up at the pearly gates. Time to go outside and get baked, in Jesus’ name, A fucking men!
Gumbygirl
Minshew out.
McCarthy just got knocked to Tuesday.
Allen is walking to the sideline without a shoe.
QBs are falling left and right.
Redshirt
QAaaaaron thinking about Aiden this afternoon
BeefReeferLives
Found a funny:
ROOMMATE: hey what the hell happened to my corn
THE INVENTOR OF CREAMED CORN: pretty cool right
rockingdog
Couldn’t be just one guy, but a roomfull, like a clubhouse setting perhaps… this would be a concern.
2Pack
Oh, right. Our defense sucks ass.
Redshirt
I didn’t realize Balls was on the Bengals D, but that makes a lot of sense
Doktor Zymm
DOOR FLIES OPEN
/LemonJello sprints through the clubhouse with only a Jaguars bandana around his wing-wang
DDDUUUUUUUUuuuuuuVVVVVAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLlllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!
DOOR FLIES SHUT
LemonJello
MARVIN: Ocho, the NFL isn’t going to let you get away with taking a swing at a fan for something that they said.
OCHO: What if the fan was uttering a curse that would make you drop every pass that was thrown your way. The NFL could let you do it then.
MARVIN: But they won’t.
OCHO: But they could.
MARVIN: But they won’t.
OCHO: But they could.
MARVIN: THE NFL WON’T LET A PLAYER COMMIT AN ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST A FAN NO MATTER WHAT WORDS CAME OUT OF THEIR MOUTH IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT THE FAN WAS ACTUALLY SAYING AND FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST FOR THE LAST TIME MAGIC ISN’T REAL YOU SOUND LIKE ELI FUCKING MANCHILD WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?
Rikki-Tikki-Deadly
Well crap, are we boarding yet or is watching the end of this still the most entertaining thing for me in the next few minutes
Doktor Zymm
Oh wait, instead of watching the Pats not fuck this up I can go look at more capybara pics!
Doktor Zymm

Doktor Zymm
can’t wait til Drake Mayes future wife is stolen by a capoeira instructor
Gatoraids
I read that as Capybara instructor and thought that would be a great job.
litre_cola

Doktor Zymm
Friday afternoon, we laid Pops LaCross to rest. He didn’t want a big funeral, but that didn’t stop about 80 of his friends and family from paying their final respects graveside. I don’t think I’m ever going to be okay again, he left a hole I don’t think we can fill, but those folks propped up Sis LaCross and I that day and we found some strength. Even the future Duchess LaCross flew in from Yonkers even though she’s going through her own cancer scare.
I haven’t been posting much lately, because I haven’t really been in a spot to bring the funny. It’s been a lonely, sad couple months watching him battle this thing to the end and doing what I can to help him. But I just want to thank y’all for keeping me entertained. Raise a glass in the old man’s honor. And for godsakes, get your buttholes checked as soon as you’re eligible.
Colon cancer is a motherfucker. Trust me, you don’t want to check out that way.
Col. Duke LaCross
These shame chicken wings are saltier than Andy Rooney on a bad day.
scotchnaut

You know what I hate? Besides Bulgarians? Salty chicken wings. There’s just no reason to put salt on the damn things, especially if you go teriyaki to begin with.
Teriyaki is a solid choice, but in my opinion you’re better with a nice Parmesan, or a good garlic powder.
Now cocaine, that’s a topping no one really thinks of anymore, but back when I was corn holing Bianca Jagger in the Studio 54 basement a lot of us would use it. It had to be a dry rub, of course. If you melted the coke down for a wet sauce you’d get all these fumes and the next thing you knew the chef was OD’d face first in the egg wash and the whole batch was ruined. Then you had to go find another Mexican who was good with chicken, but fortunately those people are a dime a dozen, and they’ll put in an honest day’s work for those dimes, unlike this goddamn Bulgars.
I remember one time, I’m wandering the streets of Sofia whacked out of my mind on some heroin Mick had given me in exchange for leaving Bianca alone, (I wasn’t of course, we were still a hot item on the side but we figured what Mick didn’t know wouldn’t hurt him and besides we all knew about him and Bowie but none of that mattered that night at the foot of the Balkans), and I had no idea where my pants were other than not on my legs
Horatio Cornblower
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So I go to the hothouse today to pick up poinsettas for my mother.
She ordered 8, not that her house is packed with these things.
Get home, phone rings, “They forgot to give you other box of flowers. Can you go back?”
“No! No fucking way. That’s insane. You don’t need them.”
Undone by my kin. Oldest played LDB to impress girly that had never heard of the Bowie/Crosby version because…he found her under a rock?
You took a bullet for the best reason of all. Poon pursuit.
Like Fill’er-Up Rivers uses birth control
https://youtube.com/shorts/Z_wRcohEhrU?si=5ZuOKD1AEMTtru8i
Important announcement for BallsOfSteelAndFury.
https://bsky.app/profile/patriottakes.bsky.social/post/3maojv5ur5k2g
See? We do have common ground between the Cultist and the Freedom Fighters.
DAMN STRAIGHT!!
Screw fantasy football-huge upset in the scotchnaut household!
MIL wanted to invite herself over today and stay for “X” number of days over the holidays. I threw a tantrum and things were unresolved this morning. It’s 6 EST and she’s nowhere near the abode. Might have to have a winner, winner chicken dinner.
/MIL just left a message, sending out (yet another) feeler…
//Stay Tuned!
I’m surprised she’s not in a wood chipper already…
Mrs. Horatio loves listening to these podcasts where people fight with police about having to show their IDs or filming in public places.
I’m not a fan of cops, but most of these people could be shot in the face and you wouldn’t hear a peep or protest from me.
Or them, for that matter.
Indiana has decided I have unreported income. From 2020. I know I had virtually zero income that year and all I had was claimed and reported. Hell I believe I got a refund from them!
If you know what it is (you do), just tell me. Let’s not waste our time. And if it’s under 100, kiss my ass.
“Indiana wants me, I can’t go back there.”
-Shogun
True! And let’s face it, anyone that wants me, you really gotta question their mental health.
You Make The Call:
I caught Hendrix’ LDB/Silent Night/Auld Anxiety thingy but only 1/2 way thru the second tune. Am I relegated to the dustbin of history?
That’s the one that got me!
My understanding of the rules is that if you didn’t hear and/or recognize LDB, you’re still alive.
Headline: “Trump’s desire for self-naming hints at insecurity”
*spit-take* HINTS?!
This has become the “legacy” media’s style guide when it comes to reporting on republicans:
“We have finally fully arrived at the ultimate in passive voice: the past exonerative tense, so named because culpability is impossible when actions no longer exist. For the most extensive erasure of direct communicative value, the original object can now even be removed entirely.”
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-interactive-guide-to-ambiguous-grammar
I don’t understand. He’s done this literally HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
How is this a surprise/thing now?
I heard LDB in a bar yesterday so it’s a good thing I was already out.
Sounds like a kick-ass bar.
Not the same one I posted in the back office. There were several bars yesterday.
Well that’s a good day!
“Back office? Is that what they’re calling it now?”
Superb as always good sir. Thanks for all your hard work. Pleasure meeting you this year and I hope you and the fam have a marvelous holiday season.
Thanks Taj
All, the bestest to you this holiday season
I’m watching the MLB Network, which is showing Ken Burns’s documentary on Baseball for the umpteenth time, (and which I will watch every time it comes on), and they’re showing an ad for generic Viagara and using an AI actor to talk about his lack of boners.
It’s oddly hilarious.
They could have got the actor from Growing Pains.
Oh. Um…you didn’t hear?
What is Viagra for if not bringing back dead Boners?
O7
Needs the context of the reply but this is banner material.
(it took every fiber of my self-control not to say ‘boner’ material)
Me: “I have a day and a half left of work before knocking off for the year. I need to get three things done. They’re involved, but I can do them with some focus and effort.”
Everyone Remotely Associated With My Work: “I need to call Horatio with the absolute dumbest fucking question ever asked.”
“Hi Horatio! Could you write a quick 2 page summary of what makes a question dumb with examples and citations for me real quick? I could really use it before end of day so we can get things wrapped up before the holidays. And could you also go ahead and send it to an appropriate list of people, use your discretion but clear it with me first? Thanks and happy holidays!”
-Some guy that was cced on an email Horatio got last week but has not worked with him on anything else ever
It’s like your’e in my emails.
You’d have to be a sick person to enjoy the downfall of the Michigan Wolverines.
On a somewhat unrelated topic, here’s a quick selfie of myself:
Thanks for the hustle here GTD.
Likely my final hurdle on the LDB comp will be tonight’s Wifey retirement celebration dinner at a trendy local pizzaria. If I make it past that I should be good.
Hope you all have your shopping done.
Good luck
Errands done, so now just need to get through whatever Christmas shows tonight
/Sooooo not making it
Congrats to wifey’s retirement.
Bailing out after my 2 pm calls to finish Xmas shopping. Mom and Dad Horatio have been absolutely no help with what they want for Xmas, so they’re getting last minute gift certificates.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47393000/steelers-dk-metcalf-suspended-two-games-fan-altercation
I thought it was $4.5 million potentially voided. I was very wrong.
My understanding is that it voids money that was *guaranteed* – so he can still get the money as salary; he just has to stay healthy and on the roster. But given his value to the team (pretty low at the moment) it’s unlikely that they keep him around.
Every time I see DK, my brain says Dunning-Kruger, so him doing something stoopid tracks for me
I was going to compliment you for a clever comment, but everytime I see Kruger my brain says Diane Kruger and I forget what I talking about.
Just learned she’s with Norman Reedus, the actor who made his mark in The Boondock Saints and made his fortune with The Walking Dead Dead, two of the biggest wastes of films in the history of wasting film.
Good for him for cashing in.
Remind me of that Christopher Titus joke:
“When we’re at the airport and she leaves to use the restroom, complete strangers go up to me and go, ‘Dude, how did you land that?!’ I just laugh and go, ‘I don’t know. But don’t you say something, because she doesn’t realize this is weird!”
As a proud member of the ‘I Have No Business With This Woman’ club I approve this message.
For $45 million he should be allowed to murder that guy on the 50 yard line at the Super Bowl.
Once again Subsequent GTD Reflections is a Brick Free Zone
That’s what happens when you’re The Velvet Underground in a Nickelback world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydA0bmL-UEk&list=RDydA0bmL-UEk&start_radio=1
I’m still good on LDB too! I’ll be in all day doing work, but kind of want to go out for dinner which will be a risk. I know my corner bar won’t play xmas music, but the little Italian place down the street is an unknown. There’s also a South American place I haven’t tried, lots of Catholics in SA but surely they have better xmas music than LDB?
It would be fun if restaurants advertised themselves as “LBD free”.
Can’t go wrong with a biker bar. Food would probably be iffy.
Bars could have the risk of a griefer turning LDB on the jukebox. You might want to see if there are any Amish restaurants nearby.
Oh it’s not available on the jukebox
Once again, condolences on the loss of Gen. Pops LaCross. It’s clear he was well-loved. I don’t think you’d see that many people turn out for my interment even if they gave out free beer.
Oh, that’s not…wait, what kind of beer?
There would be tons at mine, by turns consoling my wife and telling her she looks great having shed all that dead weight.
(artist’s conception)
For those who are confused, no, that’s not a Super Bowl halftime show! But if Arizona were hosting the big game this year, it would have been!
Conception!?! NOT AGAIN!
— overhead within two miles from the Rivers house