Weekend Open Thread
A woman posted a video of herself complaining about not getting any man to help her move a granite object she purchased. After it was delivered, she contacted the men on her contact list. Everyone gave her an excuse on why they could not help her move it. She subsequently questioned the quality of men today, and even rhetorically asked if they expected “little old me” to do it. She reasoned that if she were “hotter”, she’d get volunteers.
However, she apparently took the video down after getting a lot of backlash. Many called her out for trying to take advantage of men while given them nothing they valued in return. Many Netizens simply declared that men are leaving the “friend zone” while others asked why she didn’t get her boyfriend to get his buddies to help him move the granite.
She ultimately hired a moving company to move the granite for her. Enjoy your weekend!
Category: Open thread
Not second!
First!
Three (3) second interval took away the 3pete trifecta from The Gun Bunny…not that I expected to be a contender anyhow, just came in from escort duty. Well played, Good Sir…Well played. Have a Rat from The Cong for your FIRSTNESS>
Nah, go ahead and take, I was just messin’ with you 🙂
It’s all good, Tally. We’ll just sit here and keep the dust offen these grilled tube steaks and chili cheese fries (hand cut taters) that I been making up for the d’weeded and Adorable Deplorables, while warshing them down with a few Frosty Cold Fermented Beverages and/or some of the vast store of Distilled Class VI Beverages available @ Fire Base Magnolia. There is also a goodly amount of The House Wine, Sweet Iced Tea, for those that REALLY want to be refreshed. Gots us a balmy 72 degrees F with a nice breeze blowing in from the West South West. We’re 60 degrees F warmer than we were this time last week.
I only mention my culinary abilities to remind Our Very Own BELOVED Only Army Mom that I cook. I also know which position to leave a toilet seat in. Jus’ sayin’.
FIRST!
First
Drats, foiled again!
Hack Stone was distracted by checking on the sourdough bread in the toaster for the tuna sandwich.
You toast your bread for tuna sandwiches? I’m gonna have to try that.
Oh, yes, very delicious!
You’ll love it!
I thought it might be from outdated Red Hat Software slowing your computer down!
Hate to break it to Tallywhagger, but unless I am really misunderstanding the rules of the WOT, The King of Battle gets the coveted, always-earned, never-given FIRST. You see, you have to say “First” in the message. “Not second” has the same meaning, I will concede, but it isn’t “First,” which must be said.
Mods, correct me if I’m wrong …
Yes, I think you are correct and I gleefully surrender not second to the actual first.
While the King of Battle and Tallywhagger fight out who gets the coveted “First,” I think I’ll just drop off some trivia, grab some popcorn, and watch the sparks fly. Enjoy, my fellow ‘weeds and ‘weedettes!
DID YOU KNOW…?
Were the D-Day landings in World War II almost given away by a newspaper crossword puzzle?
By Commissioner Wretched
didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com
Copyright © 2025
Now that the first month of 2025 is rapidly falling behind us, an assessment of how things are going is in order.
I can only tell you how it’s going for me, but from my perspective, it’s going as well as can be expected. Since I remain on “this side of the dirt,” as they say, I have very little to complain about.
And I certainly hope the same is true for you.
That being said, let’s get into this week’s collection of trivial nuggets hauled out of the vault. You just might enjoy these!
Did you know …
… you might be allergic to the Moon? Of course, there’s no real way for you to know, short of actually going to visit our natural satellite. But at least one astronaut found out the hard way that he was allergic to the Moon. Dr. Harrison “Jack” Schmitt (born 1935), a geologist, was one of the astronauts aboard Apollo 17 in 1972, and Schmitt reported that the dust on the Moon caused the inside of his nose to swell and gave him throat issues as well. Schmitt, it turns out, has an allergy to Moon dust. (Achoo!)
… the popularity of the 1960s Batman television series caused the other major networks to try a superhero farce? While Batman was a ratings hit for ABC, the other series – Captain Nice on NBC and Mr. Terrific on CBS – were flops. Captain Nice, starring William Daniels (born 1927) in the title role, lasted fifteen episodes, while Mr. Terrific with Stephen Strimpell (1937-2006) in the title role managed to eke out eighteen episodes. Both shows debuted on January 9, 1967, and both aired their final episodes on August 28, 1967. (And nobody remembers those other shows, do they?)
… rabbits are incredibly prolific? Yeah, you already knew that. But let me give you a little insight into just how prolific they can be. In 1859, Thomas Austin (1815-1871), an Englishman who settled in Australia, imported 24 rabbits to his property Down Under. Austin felt that the little bunnies would add some familiarity to the area, and heck – what harm can a few rabbits do, anyway? Well, by 1920, the population of rabbits in Australia – who have no natural predators there – had soared to an estimated 10 billion, all of them confirmed to be descendants of the original 24 brought in by Austin. (You do the math. Thanks to Mason for the tip!)
… a huge coincidence almost gave away the World War II D-Day landings? In May of 1944, the Daily Telegraph newspaper of Great Britain published a series of crossword puzzles which contained vital code names in the upcoming D-Day landing operations on the coast of France. The words “Utah” and “Omaha” were in the puzzles, and were also two of the names given to the beaches in Normandy where the Allies would land. Another word in one puzzle, “Mulberry,” was the name of the floating harbor to be towed across the English Channel, and yet another word, “Neptune,” was the code name for the naval support of the operation. The most glaring possible security leak, however, was the use of the word “Overlord” in a puzzle. “Overlord” was the code name for the entire D-Day operation. An investigation by Britain’s MI-5 intelligence agency led to the home of Leonard Dawe (1889-1963), a teacher, who compiled those particular puzzles. Dawe’s use of those five words in the puzzles turned out to be an astonishing coincidence, as he had no knowledge of any plans being made by the Allies.
… the human brain has enough memory capacity to store an awful lot of television programming? The storage capacity of a human brain has been estimated at 2.5 petabytes, or 2.5 million gigabytes. If your brain worked like a digital video recorder, it would be able to store about three million hours of TV program. (Why you would want to do that, of course, is beyond me.)
… some of the biggest names in the automotive industry are owned by another big name? The Volkswagen Group owns the following automobile lines: Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Audi, Ducati and Porsche, among others. (Ah, what’s in a name, anyway?)
… five nations in the world do not have airports? As you might expect, they are five of the smallest nations as well. Vatican City, San Marino, Monaco, Liechtenstein and Andorra do not have airports. Travelers have to go to the nearest bigger country to catch their plane. (Come fly with me, indeed.)
… penguin sanctuaries in the Falkland Islands are a result of the 1982 war between Argentina and Great Britain? During the conflict, land mines were placed along the coasts of some of the islands. The penguins which live there are not heavy enough to trigger the mines, so they are able to live and breed safely there – no humans are going to bother them, not with the chance of being blown to smithereens. Efforts are now being made to prevent any attempts to remove the mines, due to the success of the sanctuaries. (Boy, those penguin sanctuaries are the bomb, aren’t they?)
… many children in the Roman Empire suffered from malnutrition? The diet of ordinary Romans was mostly made up of starchy foods, not including fresh meat, fats, or many green vegetables. (See, kids? There’s a reason to eat healthy foods. Don’t be a Roman.)
… most sports bars that show games on television do so with the sound off? And the reason may surprise you – it’s not because the noise of the bar patrons would drown out the game sound anyway, but because restaurants and bars have to pay a fee to each professional sporting organization to be able to carry the games in their establishments. Sound costs more. (Sounds like a sound policy to me.)
Now … you know!
Another fine job on the trivia, CW. We Thank you, Good Sir. Trying to play catch up and the struggle is real. Plus I gots a CRC meeting tomorrow and doing everything I can do to…Prepare…for that.
A quick note on the rabbits…Anybody that wants to get the taste of a tuna taco out of their mouth could do up some fricka seed, welsh, grilled, or fried rabbit. For Southern Australians it’d have to be fried…to go along with the gravy and biskets.
Mention me to the Lovely Lois.
Been watching a fair amount of YTs about women complaining “where are all the good men?”
Basically, all the “good men” are waking up and walking away from the toxic women.
The Third Generation Feminists are now finding out that they DO need a man.
These women are demanding that men bring everything “to the table” (height, six-figure paycheck, six-pack abs, simping), but those same women bring nothing tangible to that same table in return. Cooking? Nope. Cleaning? Nope. Want children/raise a family/make a home? Nope. Nothing but their high maintenance “good looks”.
So, to all you women out there bitchin’ about “where are all the good men”, you wanted your equal rights, now ya got ’em. And a few equal lefts in there, too. Enjoy your cats and box wine.
All the good men are with good women. Funny how that works.
Every time I see some neon-haired female moonbat, I’m reminded that in nature, poisonous animals sport bright colors to advertise their toxicity!
Present!
I am grateful to not have to be dating at my advanced age, I have a woman who is an excellent partner and understands we both bring value to this marriage and to each other’s lives.
Based on what I see on social media these days I can’t recommend to any young man that marriage is a positive option…and if one were to consider it I strongly recommend a pre-nup with adultery penalty options for BOTH parties…no need to give half your shit to a whore, but at the same time don’t marry someone if you can’t be faithful to either…
With that out of the way the reality today is that many women seem to revel in how much “they don’t need a man” until the moment they do, and then they want to piss and moan that all the men they’ve told to fuck off over the years aren’t interested in them as friends.
The number of fatties who think guys like Jason Momoa should be grateful the fatties want them is indicative of the level of delusion we’re teaching these young women today.
It’s time to stop all this “queens” and “kings” stupidity…99.98% of us are still peasants, the sooner we come to terms with reality the better life can be…if you’re an ugly, fat, unpleasant woman the odds of a good looking, rich, fit guy choosing you and staying faithful is about the same as me being chosen as the Celtics new center as a 6’3″ almost 70 year old…
Get real ladies and stop this insanity.
I think the Redskins used to have a few players like that…..
Mmmmyeah, twentysomething while I declare myself present and unaccountable as I award myself yet another Honorary First
((((OVER))))
The people in the inner establishment are awfully nervous these days, and deservedly so.
The False Commander “Phony” Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) works balls.
For a show I never watch it sure radiates stupid into my universe a lot.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ana-navarro-slams-trump-voters-mass-deportations-america-what-you-did
All I can say is if they voted for Trump, they have no fear of deportation. It wasn’t exacty a secret that Trump planned deportations. I know a hell of a lot of Mexicans in my area (many of whom hold dual Mexican/US citizenship) who are vehemently anti-illegal immigration. I’m afraid I’m just gonna have to enjoy Anna’s liberal tears while I wait for proof of her accusations. I’m already waiting for a lot of proof from that other fraud, and I don’t mean Adam Schiff.
This, one of my techs I used to have went to a predominately Hispanic (he is Hispanic) church. Now, he is a former Army grunt who saw some shit in the Af of the Gan and is a very staunch conservative. His church wanted to house a bunch of illegals and naturally he was against it and told the church elders it was going to blow up in their faces. After a couple of months of just hanging around, not cleaning, bitching about the food, clothes, lack of money etc. The church kicked them out on their own. They wandered around town for awhile and just kind of disappeared.
Late again. At least I’m consitant
Chiming in faggots I’m on the road but I’m parked for five minutes.
Scrolling down to see who the first is Tallywhagger what the fuck?!?
Okey-dokey, then welcome to the first first of the first month of 2025 and some of the firsts and the new golden age of America
Another one goes down, this gutless drek was a Senior Advisor to B. Hussein 0bama and Das Hildebeast, convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison for child sexual abuse.
Obama and Hillary Clinton’s Top Aide Convicted of Child Sexual Abuse – WokeSpy