Weekend Open Thread
This appears to be a scene from the Book of Judges. The man being overthrown rushes into a tent in an attempt to hide from his pursuers. The woman in the tent ends up hammering a tent nail through his head. The meme pokes fun at people voting for candidates based on their appeal rather than on their qualifications… Then they wonder why they get crappy results. The leftist that posted this meme missed the point and assumed that the one who came up with the meme is against democracy. Enjoy Your Weekend!
Category: Open thread
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Ok, Gun Bunny, looks like a TIE for WoT First.
What are the odds?
And “who’s on first”?
We wuz robbbbbed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RECOUNT!!!! eggs-xactly the same time!…and only 1 second difference betwixt FIRST and turd…er…er…er THIRD!
But hey, GO ARMY skunked all of the BEAT NAVY, the Chari Farce (speaking of YOU!, Chippy, and the other miscreanted deploreables of TAH.
The Trappings of Power are hereby conveyed upon My Brother, Tox. Rule as sniffy creepy does…despotically!
A Rat of The Cong be upon you, Good Sir!
Why, Thank’ee, good Sir. I will do my best to rule with the Iron Fist, with or without the Velvet Glove. I hope the scepter is strong enough to be wielded as a war club.
Top Shelf Libations for all! The bar is NOW open!
Home made ingestables are on the side board, with plenty to go around!
So let it be written, so shall it be done!
FIRST!!??!
First!
Whoa! Toxie takes the crown this week!! Incredible timing with less than two seconds separating Toxie, King and me. I would demand a recount but I’m not a sore loser. So, for Toxie and all of you deplorables, I have some trivia! Enjoy, and have a safe Veterans Day, friends.
DID YOU KNOW…?
Did the license plate of a historic vehicle predict the day World War I would end?
By Commissioner Wretched
didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and I’m already hearing the usual warnings about hiding from hunters.
I’ve been getting that kind of guff most of my life. In fact, my ex-wife once said that our time together made every day feel like Thanksgiving.
“That’s what I get for marrying a turkey,” she said.
I get it. You can stop now.
One thing that won’t stop, of course, is the trivia. And to add to your holiday preparations, here’s today’s sampling, designed to make any recipe a smile inducer. Enjoy!
Did you know …
… you can have a great time finding unusually-named places in North Dakota? Check out a good map of the state some time, and you’ll discover: Antler, Buttzville, Cannon Ball, Concrete, Flasher, Medicine Hole, On-a-Slant Village, Ops, Three V Crossing, and Zap. (North Dakota sounds like a fun place to live. Cold, but fun.)
… a holiday for aliens exists? It’s unofficial and kind of complicated, so bear with me. April 26 is considered “Alien Day” in many circles, based on the classic 1979 movie Alien. Famous for its tag line, “In space, no one can hear you scream,” the sci-fi horror movie directed by Ridley Scott (born 1937) takes place in part on an extraterrestrial moon called LV-426 (4/26, get it?). The xenomorph creatures created for the movie have appeared in many more films, including all the sequels to the original as well as the Alien vs. Predator series. (At last, a day for people like me!)
… the average U.S. taxpayer spends a lot of time on taxes? According to the Internal Revenue Service, that average taxpayer (whoever it is) will spend about eleven hours in record-keeping, planning, submitting forms, and all the other fun and frolic we do every April. That’s the bad news. The good news is, for all that work that same taxpayer gets about $3,000 back as their refund each year. (That last figure proves it – I am very much a below-average taxpayer.)
… children celebrating birthdays in Russia don’t always get cake? Rather, in many cases they get a birthday pie. (Sticking the candles in is something of a challenge.)
… you cannot see a rainbow if you are facing the Sun? Rainbows are sunlight scattered through drops of water in the atmosphere, and you have to have the Sun behind you in order to see one. (Check for leprechauns while you’re at it, okay?)
… until the 1990s, appliances in Britain were more likely than not sold without electrical plugs? It was not required, as the purchaser was expected to also buy the plug and wire it in. (I probably shouldn’t give people over on this side of the pond any ideas.)
And it was more than likely the old British electrical plugs like this (see below) and not the standard European one they’ve used for decades now.
Because after all, who knows more about electricity than the Brits?
I’m sorry, but anyone who grounds the positive terminal of a battery is not someone I’ll listen to in matters electrical.
Lucas…Prince of Darkness
Woo hoo! The edit feature is working again!
It was also common for homes to be sold without light switches, fixtures, or even faucets.
… the license plate of a vehicle in which an assassination took place may have foretold the end of a war the murders started? On June 28, 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914) and his wife Sophie (1868-1914) were assassinated as they were being driven through the streets of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The murders touched off World War I, which raged for a little over four years. In an astonishing coincidence, however, the license plate of the auto in which the couple was shot may have predicted the day that war would end. The auto plate read “A III 11 18” and some have interpreted that to be “AI II 11 18.” Looking at it that way, the last three parts could also read 11/11/18. The war ended on November 11, 1918 – or 11/11/18. The possible coincidence was not noted until a historian visiting the Vienna, Austria museum in which the car is kept noticed the plate and verified that it was, indeed, being used on the day of the assassinations. (Maybe it’s a stretch, but then, if you believe in coincidences, all of them are something of a stretch.)
… a Major League Baseball player got one over on an umpire in a classic way? During the 1991 season, Andre Dawson (born 1954) was playing for the Chicago Cubs and in one game, he was ejected by umpire Joe West (born 1952). Dawson was fined $500 by the National League for the ejection, and he paid the fine with a check – and on the memo line, Dawson wrote, “Donation for the blind.”
… one U.S. state actually grows each year? That state is Louisiana. The state gets bigger due to alluvial deposits from the Mississippi River, the delta of which is in the state. (In about ten gazillion years, it’ll be bigger than Alaska!)
… two similarly-named embassies get a lot of each other’s mail? The embassies of the nations of Slovakia and Slovenia in Washington, D.C., receive a lot of mail intended for the other, and each month staff members of the two meet to exchange the misdelivered messages. (Changing the names never occurred to anyone, I take it.)
… a group of flamingoes is called a flamboyance? (And rightly so!)
… an actor had his teeth broken for a movie role? Brad Pitt (born 1963) went to a dentist voluntarily and his his front teeth chipped for his role in the 1999 film, Fight Club. Following completion of the filming, Pitt returned to the dentist and had his teeth repaired. (I’ve heard of method acting, but that’s ridiculous.)
… the first Apple computer did not have a keyboard? The Apple I was created in 1976, and was basically nothing more than an assembled circuit board. It had no keyboard, no monitor, and no case. The first Apple computer sold to the public was an Apple II, which was introduced on April 16, 1977, and began the home computer revolution. (So what exactly did that first Apple computer do, anyway? I know – it sold the product.)
Now … you know!
FIRST (ht2 Tox) Comment read 6,6,5 seconds ago upon refresh. Tox’s refresh key is prolly sore after that pounding.
Turkeys are all in DC, baked ham and roasted beef beast will be the entree’. Too bad I can’t sample the Soccer Moms instead of their covered dish offerings.
Any fun living in Minot?
An Alien Invasion Force forced the surrender of some damn good troops on 26 April ’65. In many circles that date is considered to be Confederate Memorial Day. The Head Alien carried his scorched earth/make war on women and children policy to the West and used it to great effect out there too.
The average US Taxpayer spends a lot of $ on taxes. FIFY What is this refund you speak of?
I’ll take a piece of thigh pie.
Remember when Rainbows were a good sign instead of something being used to force your acceptance of deviance?
A lot of electric stoves and dryers sell the “pig tail” separately.
Use any excuse to kill millions.
None so blind as those that will not see.
Lubs me some Creole Cooking! LSU? Not so much.
Look who delivers the mail in DC for the answer.
Damn a pink bird.
Angelina busted Brad’s chops. Dumbass shoulda seen that coming.
Wish Lt Dan had of invested in that Fruit Company for me.
Another fine job on the trivia, CW. Thanks!
Here ya go KoB. Maybe you need one of these.
https://www.tiktok.com/@potpourrivibes/video/7223450441307245830?lang=en
Don’t threaten me with a good time!
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Looks like one shot would wreck a shoulder.
Even better than a .88 magnum.
“… a group of flamingoes is called a flamboyance? (And rightly so!) “
I done once heard that a group of BABOONS is called a “Congress”, just a-sayin’, …
Nicely played, and true. Just don’t make a meme about it and attach it to a certain female failed presidential candidate, and you should stay out of jail.
Ok well 2 hours late but I was on the road.
Holy Carp 🐟 it’s PETDRSN
And the Phildo knows where the meat pole goes….
In the American taxpayer’s collective asshole….
Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) just will not flush….
And he still won’t take my calls after my first one 8 years ago.
Know what I mean?
FIRST FOURTEENTH
Not first, but present nonetheless.
Finally joining the party. Where is everyone?
Found a Weissbeir at our HEB from Munich – so I’m enjoying something a little different today.
Boss told me to take today and tomorrow off, so I’ve been busy making a leather magazine holster for my new EDC.
Most of the GB clan is getting over whatever this bug is that’s been goin’ ’round.
The Bouk of Fakes has been censoring my conservative posts a lot more this week. The Despots have been celebrating killing babies, children, rape, and murder all while playing the ultimate game of Blame the Victim.
But there’s been a sale on for some of my favorite freedom seeds, so…
Epstein didn’t kill himself.
The Alphabet Agencies all wear jackboots and start the day singing Unds Uber Alles. To a tune from the 1920’s/30’s.
God is still on His Throne, and some of these perpetrators are gonna be terrified on The Day. Right now I don’t have any sympathy for them.
Y’all be good, play nice, say your prayers and read your Bibles.
Specs or Fat Dog usually carries at least on Weizen, often Franziskaner or Paulaner.
*WOO-HOO!*, I’ll gladly take top twenty-some while I award myself another Honorary First,
((((OVER))))
Epstein did not kill himself.
The establishment still does all it can for itself while abandoning everyone else.
THE FBI still does all it can to prove itself to be an establishment minion.
I know we’re going to stumble our way into the 8th quadrennial MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME!!
I recall back in the day the benchmark of a candidate’s worth was, “Who’d you want to drink a beer with”?
I just want a fuck that respects the Constitution.
Those motherfuckers DO NOT exist.
We’re doomed.
Whoda thunk it. Is that really feterman?
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