Weekend Open Thread
It’s like the sheep trusting the wild wolves to protect them. Many among the left believe that if the government had the monopoly on firearm operation, there will be no gun murders. As with any other tempting but false promise, the reality is not what the left envisions. Should those on the left get their wish, and the government runs low on other people’s money, the majority of the “progressives” will be among the new poor. Both the government, and the criminals, will be well armed. Venezuela should be a cautionary tale, not a “how to” template. Enjoy your weekend.
Category: Open thread
FIRST!
HA! HA!!!!
Missed it by that much.
A pinch
As a Representative from the Unfortunate State of Sober, I demand a recount and Inspection of Electors for Hack.
Hack Stone wants his supporters to patriotically and peacefully march on Chip NASA’s headquarters to show their displeasure in the travesty against fair and free elections. Once the public sees the documentary about the shenanigans surrounding this malfeasance, they will rise up and return Hack Stone to the throne. Just hope that Chip NASA did not leave a floater in the Royal throne.
That’s a plan you can trust!
Where Hack Goes 1, We Go Beqrudqinqly!
You forgot to say “Over”, over.
Stupid Hack posted the wrong clip.
Hack, you’ll appreciate this gift I made last week for my buddy’s 40th.
Stupid carbon rod.
5 seconds to be exact….😉😎
Finally got your mind offen being FIRST in the Heart of OAM and back to a competition that you may have a chance in, huh Chippy? I will give you a Kong’s Rat and remind you that among your coming up short on charming, courting, and wooing her with your ways, you are WAAAAAAAY behind in your deployments of the Vaunted TAH As(s)teroid Of Insults on dirtbags that deserve it. And they deserve that WAAAAAAY yonder more than you deserve OAM.
In other news, all joking aside, if you do not know the signs of stroke, learn them and commit that to your memory banks. Knowing what was happening to me saved my azz. Twice! BP spiked at 211/107 the FIRST time. Second time it was down to 50/35 with a pulse rate of 22. Second one took me out for several minutes. EMT couldn’t explain why I came back.
Oh, KoB, you do make my heart smile. So do you Chip, so do you. But I do have to award a point to KoB for baffling the medics. Chip, no fair taking that line and running – low-hanging fruit-picking does not get points (unless it is really funny).
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, kong rats at the Chipster anyway. Even if I don’t get any Shiner Bock outta the deal.
That’s my used doggie’s name, Chip because he catches potato chips when you toss them at him !!!
Known as the Chipster around here, He’s a great pooch and is a rescue !!!
Who rescued whom ???
Will Hack Stone score a second consecutive First Comment on This Ain’t Hell Weekend Open Thread? Magic 8-Ball says…
Magic-Ball says get your ass back to selling outdated and overpriced Red Hat Software.
Oh, All Knowing and Wise Magic 8-Ball: Is Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) a turd?
first!
Nope
Don’t be a sore “winner”, you’re better than that.
Never, I’m just an asshole. Come on now. 😋 😘
You missed it by 5 seconds…I think You and the Chipster tied.
Only our Claw, AKA Supply Daddy knows..
First!
Nuh unh
You missed it by 8 seconds..
Looking forward to reading your column!
1st
*poke*
Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!
You missed it by 13 seconds. Rebel!
gabaf/hbtd/rtr
Gave it a 15 count today instead of a 10 count before hitting the Post Comment thingy. Trying to make it a little more sporting for those whiners that get upset when The King of Battle, THE King of FIRST, EARNS (never awarded) the Coveted, Highly Sought After Title. Was glad to see a good turnout for today’s jousting. Is better to have tried and failed than to not try at all.
You guys must be retired or in a management position to be able to play on computers in the middle of the afternoon.
I will attempt to be first when I retire as they don’t want me in management. Probably a good idea come to think of it.
FWIW, Odie – the only times I was able to score a FIRST on the WOT was when I was employed – finagled my at-desk lunch time to overlap the posting of the WOT.
After I returned to retirement, I’ve usually been too busy doing ‘honey-do’s’ or playing with grandchildren to watch for the WOT.
You may have heard it said that you’ll be busier after you retire than before.
It. Is. True.
“You may have heard it said that you’ll be busier after you retire than before.”
Yep. Graybeard nailed it.
In reality, we are working on our 2nd jobs and hope to retire from those positions in a couple of years.
Way to go Chip!! FIRST to you! And trivia to you and all others! Have fun …
DID YOU KNOW…?
Was baseball legend Jackie Robinson scouted by another team before signing with the Dodgers?
didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com
It was 53 years ago this week that humans became official citizens of more than just our little planet. We landed on the Moon for the first time.
(Don’t even start with the “Moon-landing hoax” nonsense, okay? Just don’t start.)
Considering the state of technology in 1969, compared to today, it’s a miracle that six of the seven landing missions made it safely there and back, and the one that had a problem (Apollo 13) got back safely anyway. Today’s technology should make it easier to get to the Moon and back, and yet … we don’t go.
I wonder why not.
*grin*
AW1
Oh, well, it’s enough that we went six times, I suppose. And we’ll go back, of that I’m sure.
Just as I’m sure you’re ready for this week’s installment of silly trivia, which is ready for you right now!
Did you know …
… how the term “sniper” came about? During the 19th Century, British soldiers stationed in India would test their marksmanship by hunting a small bird called a snipe. The birds were found in marshes and wet meadows, and were difficult to spot. The soldiers who were especially proficient at hitting snipe were called “snipers.” (I’m reminded of the time my brother took me on a snipe hunt. I won’t talk about it here, save to say it was a … unique … experience.)
… the average person will spend about 18 months of their lifetime in the bathroom? (Not all at once, of course.)
IT HAS BEEN SAID that one who spends 10 minutes a day in the bathroom each day at work will have spent 40 hours of worktime in the loo during a one-year period!
… Coca-Cola™ makes many different beverages? How many, you wonder? Well, let’s put it this way: If you were to drink one beverage produced by the Coca-Cola company per day, it would take you more than nine years to drink them all. (What would really throw you off is if they introduced new ones while you’re drinking the existing ones.)
… most of e-mail is spam? According to one source, of the 247 billion e-mail messages sent every day, 81% are what we would classify as spam. (I never consider e-mails from you, my readers, as spam.)
… you may suffer from phantom vibration syndrome? Have you ever had the feeling that your cell phone was buzzing and vibrating, when in fact it was not? That’s phantom vibration syndrome, and one study showed that 68% of people experience it. (Of course, it could also be Publisher’s Clearing House calling to let you know you won their latest drawing, but I rather doubt it.)
A long, long time ago, before Coca Cola became woke, the ninja family visited the Coca Cola headquarters in Atlanta, GA…and yes, indeed, there were varieties of beverages produced by that company.
We believe FANTA may be one of them.
We also remember visiting Coca Cola Plants in Kindergarden and Elementary School…When Coke was in bottles, not cans.
If you drink Fanta, you are a Nazi!!! Take your hate somewhere else. Hack will now retreat to his Panic Room.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fanta-soda-origins-nazi-germany
Fanta in the Middle East as well!!
And the Far East…
😉😎
Disregard Hack’s hating on Fanta.
Enjoyed those as a kid.
Oh, Lord, that quinine flavor that Coke Italy made…that’d gag ya. Made the malaria go away, though. Tried it in the Atlanta room with all the fountain sprays.
Hey ninja, didja try that really tart Italian beverage?
API: We may have…there were so many different drinks with those fountain sprays! Bet you did!! Did you like it?
Don’t forget the landline and cellphone calls. Those Customer Reps at Hormel Meat Company are really on the ball, over 95% of the Caller IDs on Hack Stone’s phone says “Spam Alert”.
… the first black player in Major League Baseball almost signed with a team other than the Brooklyn Dodgers? Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) was attending college in Pasadena, California, in 1942 when he was scouted by manager Jimmy Dykes (1896-1976) of the Chicago White Sox. Dykes gave the young Robinson a tryout and was impressed, but not enough to sign him. Shortly thereafter, Robinson was drafted into the Army, but when his military time was over, he was again scouted – this time by Branch Rickey (1881-1965), then the general manager of the Dodgers. Rickey signed Robinson and steered him to become the man who broke the color line of MLB when he came up to the Dodgers in 1947.
… a popular breakfast cereal’s cartoon spokesman has a family? In 1952, Kellogg’s began advertising its brand of Sugar Frosted Flakes™ with the cartoon character of Tony the Tiger. In the initial ads, Tony had a family which was also shown – wife Mrs. Tony, son Tony, Jr., and daughter Antoinette. Tony, Jr., even had his own cereal for a while, Frosted Rice™. (You know what? That’s simply grrr-r-r-reat!)
“Frosted Flakes”…
Anyone remember THIS commercial from Kellogs Rice Krispies?
How do you think we learned Opera (Besides Looney Toons “What Opera, Doc/Kill The Wabbit”)
A Classic 57 seconds…Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/Biuwby6j5Gw. Always thought it was this one!
We remember that one!!😆
THAT was-a one-a CHEESY commercial!
Thatsa One Spicy Meatball!
… an ancient tomb in Spain was destroyed because it was mistaken for a picnic table? The 6,000-year-old Neolithic tomb in the Galicia region of northwestern Spain was destroyed in 2015 after workers for the city of Cristovo de Cea mistook it for a broken-down old stone picnic table. Apparently, nobody in the town’s government knew of the tomb’s existence, and workers simply thought they were replacing a worn-out stone picnic table with a nice new one. The site was not marked, city officials said, and they had no idea what might have been there. (For what it’s worth, the new stone picnic table is very attractive and has gotten quite a bit of use by the locals.)
… the first part of Canada to be explored by Europeans was the last to become a province? Newfoundland, on Canada’s eastern coast, was the first explored by Europeans in the 15th and 16th Centuries. Ironically, it did not become a province until 1949. (They were just taking their time.)
… the known universe consists of only 4% matter? The rest is 23% dark matter and 73% dark energy. No, I have no idea what dark matter and dark energy are – and neither do most scientists, since they’ve spent decades trying to figure that out. (They don’t know what it is, but they’re pretty sure of what it isn’t.)
… a Soviet medal for motherhood was once awarded to a man? The Mother Heroine Medal of the Soviet Union was given to all women who bore ten or more children. The award, created in 1944, was given to a man named Veniamin P. Makarov in the 1970s because he adopted twelve children.
Newfoundland was a dominion before it became a province. Its history is a study of a government spending too much money.
… painting your room blue is thought to make you more creative? (I’m not altogether sure who thinks that, but okay.)
… a group of flamingoes is called a flamboyance? (An utterly fitting plural word, don’t you think?)
… the average person produces between two and four pints of saliva a day? (That’s nothing to spit at.)
Now … you know!
Finally, Hack Stone is above average in something. It may be a twofer if you provide us the average amount of urine per day.
Don’t even try. VA doc has me on multiple diuretics. Quit while you’re ahead.
Well, Hack, since you asked, I used my Google Fu to discover that the average person produces a bit less than 2 liters of urine per day.
A real pisser of a fact, but there it is.
On station.
I will lord fairly and evenly.
Many cooling beverages at the Craft Services Table, with and without ethanol, also snacks hot and cold and if you ask nice, I may spare you a few freedom seeds with which you can sew in your Gardens of Fucks.
I am a fair and just ruler.
NOW Off to my MUCH neglected As(s)teroid of Insults®™ duties.
This video explains why President Biden has been making incoherent statements the last few years.
OK, so I couldn’t help myself, I’m a giving kinda guy like that…. with apologies and a h/t to thebesig. Have a great weekend you funky monkeys!!
He’s Back!!!
John Ross (Bob Ross Parody/Satire)…
“How To Paint Abortionist.”
“How to offend every leftist in one painting masterpiece”
Came out about 3 weeks ago.
12 minutes.
Folks, he NAILED it this time!
One of his funniest lines in this video:
“We haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since we took away their slaves”
Bro, I mean, BRO I mean, (DID YOU JUST ASSUME MY GENDER!?!?!?) damn, this is WORTH every second.
Gold Jerry, COMEDY GOLD!!!
Any remember Christopher Cross’ song “Ride Like The Wind”?
If so, you may get a chuckle from this 1 minute 51 second video:
“MICHAEL McDONALD – A Tribute To The Greatest Backing Vocalist Of All Time”
In 1969, Tommy James and The Shondells came out with the song “Sweet Cherry Wine” (We still have the 45 RPM).
Based on a couple of lines, some thought the group was singing a protest song against the Vietnam Conflict.
Turns out, it was not the case:
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/tommy-james-the-shondells/sweet-cherry-wine
We saw Tommy James on the Mike Hukabee show.
Here is the live version performed about 12 years ago.3 minutes long.
An Oldie, But A Goodie.
Oh, well. Outta the running, again.
I was busy trying to encourage a couple of granddaughters to nap – with about as much success as gaining the FIRST on WOT.
Y’all enjoy the weekend!
OUT YOU GO!
Perks of the job as loadmaster (AF), jumpmaster (Army) or some such? Gotta love the shiny boot in the first photo. Technique NAILED. That or he’s just ensuring he’s got that high gloss buffing offa that boot’s ass!! 😅
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I’ve got a buddy who spent a lot of years jumping out of aircraft in Force Recon who is gonna love this.
A fine example of a “Kiwi Jump” where you hit the ground with Kiwi® Shoe Polish on your Fourth Point of Contact from his boot!
In several of my cherry jumps someone froze up in the door and required this kind of assistance from the jumpmaster. We had one big Puerto Rican kid who had that assist every time he froze up in the jump door of the 34-foot tower. I don’t recall seeing him during jump week. And he, Soto #656, does not appear in the jump school class book.
Pansies.
Meh, splash and dash. 😉
Fifty-something and I award myself Honorary First once again
((((OVER))))
I missed being FIRST by 2 hours and 55 minutes. I’ll try and lower the time next week or maybe someone can put me in for first. See ya later Alligator.
I’ve buzzed-posted enough for a hot minute. Need to get harvest the first (h/t to ChipAsstronut) batch of pintos and get ‘nother round in ASAP.
Look. I love you but you’re gonna havta get yourselves harder to kill.
Have a GREAT weekend!
Number 65 for me !!!!
I am just sooooo special !!!
Donchaknow !!!
I just scooped up about ten pounds of Phil Monkress from my yard.
These might help and they make excellent fish bait.
What Do Red Worms Eat? You’ll Be Surprised to Know (tinyplantation.com)
Remember the Fake Marine Phony Purple Heart
VFW Post Commander thief / grifter from Rhode Island?
[A woman who falsely claimed to be a wounded Marine combat veteran who was dying of cancer to bilk veterans charities for more than $250,000 faces at least two years in prison under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, according to the Justice Department.
Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, 31, has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, forgery, and fraudulent use of medals and to pay more than $82,000 in restitution, according to her plea agreement, which the Justice Department has posted online.]
[Fake Marine to spend at least 2 years in prison
for defrauding $250,000 from veterans charities]
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/stolen-valor-marine-veterans-charities-plea-agreement
Yeah, this one.
The worst part about people falsely claiming to be part of our beloved Marine Corps is that they never got shook down by some boot Lieutenant who was assigned as the the Battalion Navy Relief Representative.
Hack Stone,
The worst part about MarineDad61
calling out Fake Marines on the Book of the Fake,
is the real concern that
phonies, phony enablers, and phony defenders
will try to play payback, harassment, and/or revenge games
on the son of MarineDad61.
This does not slow MarineDad61,
and (so far) this has not affected the son of MarineDad61.
Hack Stone has a question for the great unwashed masses. If you were going to the Smithsonian Air And Space Museum out by Dulless, and you would be taking two boys aged 8 and 9 years, how much time would Hack need to allocate for them to see all of the good stuff? The museum opens at 10:00 AM, but Hack needs to be back at Stately Stone Manor to crank out some Korean Tacos for dinner.
Hack:
Not sure what Hack’s TOT is for cranking out those Korean Tacos, but Mick* recommends (see what I did there re: 3rd person?) about 4 hours to get through the museum with boys that age, so 1000-1400 oughtta work. Hope this helps.
*As to the time planning factor quoted above, please keep in mind that Mick was a career Marine Corps Aviator who still obsesses over all things aviation, so Mick tends to stand and gawk for much longer periods of time than average normal people, much to the chagrin of Mrs. Mick.
Mission has been scrubbed. They failed to get up at the appointed time, and it is too late to navigate beltway traffic and have enough time to take it all in. Like oks like they will have to wait until their next visit.
If anyone is interested in the Korean Tacos, Hack swiped the recipe from here:
https://www.readyseteat.com/recipes-Korean-BBQ-Chicken-Tacos-with-Sweet-Coleslaw-8181