Random Open Thread
Christmas Eve, the last day of the Advent season. Christmastide begins midnight tonight. For many traveling, we hope you make it to your destination safely. We also hope that everyone gets what they need by today and are ready for tomorrow. If alcohol is on this evening’s “to do” list, remember the “water back” method and drink water between beverages. Happy Christmas Eve!
Category: Open thread
First!
Woooo!
If Amateur Historian cannot fulfill his obligations as First Commenter for the Random Open Thread, Hack Stone is fully capable of take the helm until the end of his term.
Can I please get a reminder on what those obligations are? I don’t often get First Commenter status.
You must occupy the throne as a good and just leader, since it is Christmas you must throw a feast and bless all whom you rule. Passing baubles and coins to the masses doesn’t hurt either. Or you can just be a dick.
Well, dick it is. Merry Christmas!
That’s easy and affordable.
Yes, it is.
Bring enough for everyone.
😆 🤣 😂
Merry Dickmiss.
Wrap that rascal!
Obligations are to rule as despotically as possible until the next ROT. One should also be prepared for the haters that will show up, whining that you, instead of they, has achieved FIRST Commentor status for a ROT. Now…being as The ROT does not show up as often as the Coveted WOT, one must lay in sufficient snacky stuff and refreshing beverages to appease your (dis)loyal subjects until the dropping of the next ROT (that could be awhile). Those supplies may and/or may not be supplemented when a dropping of a MOT (Mid-week Open Thread), a HOT (Holiday Open Thread), allows another miscreanted deploreable to make claim to being FIRST Commentor. There may and/or may not be other duties and responsibilities here forth and where upon forthcoming.
You may have noticed that Mr. Stone very seldom, if ever, offers up anything more than a slight discount on obsolete Red Hat Soft Wear when he flails away at his F5 Key with enough force to lay claim to a FIRST Commentor Status.
I believe a Safety Brief is in order, as well.
Ok, everyone be sure to stow all grandmothers securely before tonight, lest you want her to be flattened by a reindeer.
Did you say a Safety Dance is in order?
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Fourth!
5th.
Merry Christmas all,
Feliz Navidad a todos,
Fröhliche Weihnachten alles!
For God so loved the world that He gave His Only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.
He is the reason for the season.
Hallelujah! God rest ye merry gentlemen and gentleladies. Peace on Earth!
There was a Random Open Thread?
Who knew?
He’s coming…Prepare…
Ho! Ho! Ho! 🎄
Are you trying to summon the current VP?
The False Commander “Phony” Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) works balls.
Will terrorists invade the All Points Logistics Christmas Party this evening and hold everyone hostage, as seen in the holiday classic Lie Hard?
I can just see ol’ Phildo crawling through the HVAC ducts at APL headquarters, stalking the terrorists with his trusty Beretta 92FS in his hand.
Stay safe
What my local veterinarians charge these days; a B-52 might be cheaper to maintain.
CSM Buddy (21) had all his teeth pulled, dusted of a credit card for that.
THAT is much closer to the truth than many people think!
It certainly would make an impression upon landing in his /her parking lot!
Also.
Pelosi has changed much since her days at Pompeii as a senator.
Merry Christmas all. I hope all of you are home and enjoying your time with your families. For those who are not, I hope you stay safe. I am currently watching Masters of the Air with my mother (I really hope Spielberg wises up and creates a series focused on the Navy. The Army, Marines, and Air Force have had their turn already. So, c’mon Spielberg: DO IT!).
Anyway, here is a version of Carol of the Bells I make no apologies for:
And here is an interesting topic on what sets Christianity apart from other faiths and religions:
The in depth defence of Fire Base Magnolia is indeed…in layers…
A true Christmas Miracle…if I get one…
I am here, 1920 days, present, and ready for any duty. I’ll be willing to take CQ or even check IDs at the front gate.
And just in case Santa is here at TAH just a gentle reminder not that I’m expecting anything, but I’ve been very very very very good this year I think,
I’m just saying is all…. Everything else I have I need or I can buy….. remember what they said if it fornicates, flys or floats, fund it with a fee for a finite future.
Looking at YOU!…Chimpy
Here’s you a bitch of a truckload, Chip…
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Jameson, take me awayyyyy! My eyes!!!
If she ever had looked that good… guess it depends on what you are looking for!
Bro, You’re not even getting sticks and coal for Christmas. I’m gonna arrange for Santa to dump a bag of frozen reindeer, shit for you.
Careful what you asked for, Chippy…you may just get it!
Present and unaccountable as i award myself yet another Honorary First.
((((OVER))))
Epstein did not kill himself.
ONLY 27 shopping days until the Trump Inauguration! I love reminding liberal snowflakes about that, and I have to find them on social media because I live in a county where DJT took over 70% of the vote!
Eggnog, anyone?
So that leaves 27 days for Joe Biden to cure cancer. He did promise to cure cancer during his term, but unfortunately, the research was on Hunter Biden’s laptop, and someone at the FBI misplaced it.
FIRST THIRTY SECOND
And…’lest we forget…a custom design for Fort Roh-Dog…
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If you change that to Sam Adams, that kinda looks like D’s Cantina…
Anyone needing a last minute gift for that special someone for Christmas or Hanukkah, just remember, you can never have too many copies of outdated and overpriced Red Hat Software. We’ll be running a special sale this evening in the church lobby after midnight mass. Be sure to use the promo code “3rd Bankruptcy” for your 13% discount.
From The Park.
I know this thread is for ROT.
Will we have a COT?
Most probably, Sam. Be under a HOT (Holiday Open Thread), going by history. And probably drop fairly early tomorrow morning. Alas, the Gun Bunny will be on the road, South Bound and Down, when it drops. I’ll have to play catch up in the early evening. Six (6) hour ride, even with the usual limited traffic I see on I-75 on Christmas Day. Would usually already be down there before now, but the flight schedules weren’t working at all for me and my driver wouldn’t be available til early morning. Loading the Prime Mover bit by bit as we speak.
Merry Christmas!
And a Merry Christmas to you and yours, Mi’Lady!
I pray you have a safe trip KoB.
Appreciate that GB. Happy Birthday (Celebrated, we know His Birthday was actually in the spring) to The Former Jewish Carpenter for the Graybeard Clan. Ya gonna bake one of them apple cakes? 😀
It’s a snowy cold Christmas eve with just me and the dog but I
still am better off than most people. Merry Christmas to all my
vet friends on TAH.
May Santa grant your wishes or at least humor them.
Give your bestest friend a hug for me, Benevolent One. I miss mine.🐾🎄🐾
😉
This started out bad, and has aged poorly.
Using AI to steal the voice of (now President elect) Donald Trump,
then putting fake AI words in his mouth to pump himself up.
“Good friend” – false
“United States war hero” – false
“White House insider” – false
All LIES.
Do you have 3 feet of copper wire?
You know, to save yourself?
There are others that this YouTube channel also put up.
Including using fake AI to steal the voice of increasingly popular Joe Rogan.
YouTube title –
Teddy Daniels AI Deep Fake Trump Advertisement this should be illegal
I’ll throw this onto the Yuletide fire … from 2018, a special “half-column” of Christmas-specific trivia that filled the need for completing a page of our holiday special Daily Planet. Enjoy … and a very Merry Christmas to you all!
Did you know …
… “Jingle Bells” is not a Christmas song? It was written in 1857 for the composer’s Sunday School class to celebrate Thanksgiving. (Lots of snow at Thanksgiving, too, eh?)
… a scientist studying Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer says he has a red nose because of an infection? (You would even say it … achoo!!)
… in the Netherlands, Santa Claus does not come from the North Pole? Sinterklaas (their version of Santa) actually comes from Spain. (Ole!)
… finding a spider or spider’s web on Christmas is considered good luck in Germany, Poland, and Ukraine? Legend has it that a spider wove a blanket for baby Jesus. (Here in the United States, finding a spider means call the exterminator.)
… scientists have determined that the only way Santa can deliver all his gifts in one night is for him to be a time traveler? (Most kids had that figured out a long time ago. And why are scientists sitting around worrying about Santa, anyway?)
… two weeks before Christmas is one of the most popular times for couples to break up? (Uh-oh…)
… a traditional Armenian Christmas meal consists of fried fish, lettuce, and spinach? Armenians fast for a week before Christmas Eve, so the first meal afterward has to be pretty light. (I don’t mind spinach, but every time I eat it, I get this overwhelming desire to go and beat up Bluto.)
… people in Japan traditionally eat Kentucky Fried Chicken for Christmas dinner? Though there are almost no Christians in Japan, grownups and kids head to KFC every Christmas to enjoy fried chicken. It’s so popular there that orders for a chicken dinner at Christmas must be placed months in advance. (Finger lickin’ good, ho-ho-ho!)
… “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” was originally a threat? The song was originally sung by rowdy, lower-class servants demanding booze from their masters, or else. That’s where the line “We won’t go until we get some” comes from.
Now … you know!
Keep an eye on your Feline Fur Babies, CW…Mission Creep is a Clear and Present Danger. Merry Christmas, Good Sir!
Growing up on America’s “4th Coast,” I can say that I remember more Thanksgiving blizzards than white Christmases.
I am here, 1920 days, present, and ready for any duty. I’ll be willing to take CQ or even check IDs at the front gate.
And just in case Santa is here at TAH just a gentle reminder not that I’m expecting anything, but I’ve been very very very very good this year I think,
I’m just saying is all…. Everything else I have I need or I can buy….. remember what they said if it fornicate flies or floats,
Please, please please please please please just a tiny little small like maybe one of the old Chevy C-10 or Toyota Tacoma, even a Ford Courier
Almost there