Weekend Open Thread
I recently saw a video of an obese woman complaining about airline policy regarding seating. Specifically, she wanted airlines to accommodate folks like her with a free second seat in first class. This extra seat would help her sit comfortably. I have a better idea. She and others like her should consider traveling on a cargo or cruise ship. Enjoy your weekend!
Category: Open thread
FIRST!
KoB saw something about obese women and just had to be first! It was like flies to honey!
Something about Fat Chick Appreciation Night at the Enlisted Club.
Brought to you by Gold Medal Flour.
We’ve all known a few
Actually, LC, I was just finishing catching up on the 30 minute, B&W Episodes of Gunsmoke (yes I have a thing for Miss Kitty) when I opened up Mr. Chromie, spotted the WOT had dropped and the pics of those warthogs, causing me to beat feet in the opposite directions, falling face FIRST into the “Be the FIRST to Comment” box. Being of semi sound mind, but mostly decrepit body, I kept me eye on the prize of EARNING the Coveted FIRST, typing in said “FIRST” and hitting the “Post Comment” Icon Thingy, thereby being FIRST by at least Five (5) minutes (going by the time frame on the clock icon thingy). Anyone that has been keeping up with the adventures of The Gun Bunny knows that he loves him some female type personnel (‘specially those that were BORN female) but he will NOT be attempting to tote across the threshold of Fire Base Magnolia and females that require the use of chain hoists or block and tackle. I wouldn’t hit that with your junk and the spapos pushing.
KAAAA-BOOOOM! The King of Battle…THE King of FIRST has laid down a rolling barrage to claim a Trifecta of FIRST on the Vaunted (EARNED NEVER AWARDED) TAH Friday Weekend Open Thread FIRST. The KoB will also lay claim to a Quad Fourty (four (4) in a row) of FIRST with 3 WOTs and a HOT, showing the d’weeded AND Adorable Deplorables that it can…and should be done. All one has to do is…endeavor and they will persevere. Chief Lone Watie approves this message.
Belly up to the Buffet Bar, Girls and Boys. Grilled Bird of Yard and Beasts of Beef for all hands…along with the usual assortment of refreshing beverages.
3 WOT’s and a twat…
You asked for it, I just couldn’t resist !!!
Present and UGGHHHHHHHH Accounted for…bllaarggghhhhh…
Besig ….fucker……
Third. Closest I will get
Dang! Late to the dance, again.
Present! Happy friday!
Well look who’s now running for County Sheriff… at the Outer Banks !!
Yes, he just moved to North Carolina 4 months ago.
He is already repeating his phony suck,
wearing and displaying the same 5 extra medals,
and pushing his PHONY TRUMP CRED.
You can see his FAKE February 2024 Trump “Thank You” letter here,
part of his rant post on locals, from this morning.
https://www.facebook.com/TEDDYDANIELSTV/
What a loser.
6th i think. And it’s Friday already?
Yikes that’s some potato boys and girls in the imagery….
Hope y’all have a wonderful weekend, enjoy it and stay safe!
Regarding the free seat, yeah no….get your fat ass to the gym or even just outside walking…and avoid the excess calories ya lard ass…
Be considerate of those who have true medical conditions (thyroid type for one) that prevent them from losing weight. I know a couple who would love to lose weight, eat healthily, exercise as much as their conditions allow but still can’t get the pounds off.
But when I see some with a large soda and doughnuts, yeah – change habits folks.
You are the most important thing in the life of your dog. Make your dog an important thing in your life. You’ll be glad you did.
Live on a lake and spend quality time with my Chessie.
He could retrieve a sheet of 3/4 inch plywood in a hurricane.
You and your Chessie are doubly blessed!
Fifteen as I award myself Honorary First once again.
((((OVER))))
So there I was, one of the three largest people about to get on the contract flight to Yokota AB. One of the other two was an USCG Ensign who played lineman on the football team. The third was a Japanese National who worked for the US Navy as a translator; I wasn’t sure but I was lead to believe he was a retired sumo wrestler. None of us was obese in the land whale category; we had all spent more time in the gym than in the dining room.
So anyway, as the three of us godzilla’d our way up the ladder truck, we discovered in the nothing but coach seating 747 the government liked to use, we were assigned to the same three seat row. Now that’s military intelligence.
As for the suing woman, I say, “Get over yourself and get thee to a hospital, gym, and counselor. I don’t care how large you are, you aren’t special and deserve nothing more than what everyone else gets.”
You want two seats? Buy two seats.
Hell, buy three and lay down…
Is there enough distance between the seats in front and row behind to lay down on one’s back? Looks like the knee room is non-existent from what pictures I’ve seen.
I’ve not been on a plane since before GWH Bush instituted his Keystone Kops – Airport Version.
Wise advice for anyone.
Gee, at this point I don’t think it matters where I come in in the coveted FIRST, so I’ll congratulate the King of Battle and leave you all to contemplate some seriously un-serious trivia. Long live the king!
DID YOU KNOW…?
Did Jack Webb make his “Dragnet” character’s L.A.P.D. badge number a tribute to Babe Ruth?
By Commissioner Wretched
didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com
Copyright © 2025
Can you believe that in just a few weeks’ time, 2025 will be half over?
Time goes so fast! Especially when one gets into one’s dotage, as I have. The individual hours tend to drag by, but overall, time is moving faster than I would prefer it to do.
It’s not unlike being on a bus and heading for the next stop and, while you’re enjoying the ride, you wish it wouldn’t go so fast.
Hard to enjoy the view when it speeds by you.
Anyway, enough of my philosophizing. Let’s get into the trivia, which is what you come here each week for anyway.
Did you know …
… you have most likely seen something that is eigengrau? If you’re curious, eigengrau is the color you see when you open your eyes in a pitch-black room. (I always called it pitch black, myself.)
… the link between an actress and her most popular movie was strong? Judy Garland (1922-1969) gained worldwide fame playing Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. As anyone who’s seen the movie knows, Dorothy was transported to Oz by a tornado. On June 22, 1969, the day Garland died, an F-3 tornado touched down in the town of Irving, Kansas. (That’s karma at its best.)
… a bizarre question marked the first meeting of two world leaders? When Russian President Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) met U.S. President Bill Clinton (born 1946) for the first time in 1995, Yeltsin reportedly asked Clinton, “Do you think O.J. did it?” He was referring to the murder of the wife of former football star O.J. Simpson (1947-2024). (Well? Did he?)
… a serial killer once received a police commendation? Ted Bundy (1946-1989), who was executed for killing numerous women and girls in the 1970s, once was given a commendation by the Seattle, Washington, Police Department. Bundy had chased down a purse snatcher and held him until officers arrived. (Even a broken clock is right twice a day.)
… a long-held belief about a connection between a classic television detective series and Major League Baseball is not true? When Jack Webb (1920-1982) created the radio series Dragnet in 1949, he starred in the role of Sergeant Joe Friday. In 1951, Webb brought the show to television, and in the opening titles showed Friday’s badge with the Los Angeles Police Department. The badge bore number 714. Many sources say Webb, a lifelong baseball fan, selected that number because it was the number of home runs hit by Babe Ruth (1895-1948). However, Webb initially wanted Friday’s badge to be 777, due to the luck associated with the number seven. He chose instead to add the final two sevens together to get 14, thus making the badge 714. Additional trivia note: Webb’s character was a police lieutenant during the 1958-59 season, still with the same badge number. When Webb revived Dragnet in 1967, however, he reverted Friday back to being a sergeant. The LAPD lieutenant’s badge with number 714 was then worn by a real police officer, Dan Cooke (1926-1999), who had worked as the department liaison to Webb’s production company. Following Webb’s death in 1982, the badge number was retired by the LAPD. (I have to say it … “Just the facts, ma’am. Just the facts.”)
… a speck of dust can be thought of as huge? It’s all a matter of perspective. The typical speck of dust is roughly halfway in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle. (Now there’s something to keep you awake at night.)
… the “father of our country” had no children of his own? George Washington (1732-1799) married Martha Dandridge Custis (1731-1802) in 1759. Custis had five children from her previous marriage. The future first President of the United States doted on his step-children, but he and Martha had no children of their own. (Stepfather of his Country doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.)
… many Cherokee Indians refuse to carry $20 bills? The reason is that the bill bears the picture of President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), who was responsible for the “Trail of Tears” in the 1830s that resulted in the displacement of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States and the deaths of thousands during the forced march to the west. Hatred of Jackson over the years has led many Cherokees today to carry any money except $20 bills.
Light Harry Lee said about George Washington, “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen”. I read somewhere Ben Franklin said if he was first in everything, why did he marry a widow?
… society didn’t become trashy just recently? Historians tell us that in 1892, Princess Pauline von Metternich of Liechtenstein (1836-1921) got into a heated disagreement with Countess Anastasia Kielmannsegg of Russia (1841-1918) over the flower arrangements for an upcoming theatrical exhibition in Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein. The disagreement eventually grew into an “affair of honor,” and a duel was arranged between the two – a duel that would be fought with swords and with both women topless. The last part came at the suggestion of a Baroness Lubinska, a medical doctor who served as “president of the fight.” Lubinska said she recommended the women fight without clothing because of the possibility that fabric pushed into a wound by the sword would cause the injury to become infected. The Princess won the fight, inflicting a minor cut on the Countess’ arm, and the two became good friends afterward. (Naturally.)
… most snakes have only one lung? A few varieties have two, but they’re very much reduced in size. Scientists believe this has allowed snakes to make room for other organs in their elongated bodies. (Evolution giveth, and evolution taketh away, it seems.)
Now … you know!
Show up when you can, CW. As long as you bring the Trivia, we won’t want an accounting of your whereabouts.
Time waits for no man…no not even you. (ht2 The Moodies) Speaking of time…The Lovely Lois thinks it’s time you made her an Honest Proposal…or a raise…she’s good with either. For me, I think it’s time you lined your twenty six (26) Leaden Soldiers up on the pages of Book 3.
I do some of my best work in a pitch black room. I have eyes that see in the dark (ht2 KR).
You finish up Book 3 and you can build you a Yellow Brick Road out of Gold Bars. Those of us that have read Books 1 & 2 were blown away by them.
Yes, he did do it…and is roasting in Hell as we speak.
SGT Joe Friday was a cop’s Cop. They’re cops today that don’t deserve a badge. And that’s a fact!
The speck of dust in your eyeball is the size of the Earth. The one on your suit doesn’t show up until the picture is developed.
Martha’s Great Grand Daughter, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, married one of the Greatest Generals the world ever knew…
Andy Jackson slaughtered most of the Native Muscogee Creek Nation at Horseshoe Bend, Alabama. The Creek’s didn’t like him either.
Two 50 something yo women fencing, topless? Mighta been more interesting if they’d of mud rassled. heh heh I guess one of them got the point of it all.
My final ex wife had a head full of snakes…and even with only one lung, they sure could hisss.
Thanks for the trivia, again, CW. Was a tad bit concerned with your late arrival, but Lois did tell me she was planning on having a long talk with you for…reasons.
The traditional rule for a duel by épée with respect to “Un affaire de Honorer” (at least, pursuant to the rules of my birthplace: New Orleans, LA) was that “Honor is satisfied with the first drop of blood” whereupon the duelists congratulate each other and move forward with their lives. So it was that a hot headed young stud (today we would call him an “Airborne Ranger”) might engage in three duels during the course of a single ball. (Ball = a dance, you SOB’s, not what you were thinking).
Some balls are held for charity, and some for fancy dress…
Phil Monkress works balls…in a fancy dress
Phil Monkress works balls…but I digress.
Excellent! Great song.
I toss a softball, as slow as I can, and it takes 20 hours for someone to take a swing. I’m very disappointed, dickweeds.
RIP
HotLips
Maybe not WOT worthy, but I found this article interesting:
https://lidblog.com/real-hero/
Good read.
One for Boomer’s Sunday post (not a meme though):
Plus (a meme, at least):
Now even the Globalist Bankers are telling us to…Prepare
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jpmorgans-jamie-dimon-calls-us-stockpile-bullets-rare-earth-instead-bitcoin
He sure didn’t say that during the last administration.
Paid $2.3999/gallon today.
Another fellow at the pump and I were remarking on what a difference a year (and an election) make.
Went to a friend’s 50th birthday party last night and they had a sign about what was popular, in the news, songs and prices in 1975.
I remember seeing average home price of 42k, New car right around 4k, milk 1.03, eggs 0.85 and gas 0.57
All in the family tune started running through my head.
I get it. After my dad retired from the Air Force, he built a house in Wyoming. Nothing huge or spectacular, market value of $24000 in 1972. It’s now appraised at $1.3 million.
Nice investment. Hopefully he has a good view from where he likes to relax at.
Problem is, all the other real estate has gone up just as much, and you just end up putting all that “profit” back into a place to live. After you pay some taxes on that “profit”, of course.
Unfortunately, we had to sell it after he passed in 2003. None of us were in a position to keep it. Still, it went for just over 300k in 2004. Hard to beat the view in Teton county, but it got liberalized.
I can remember when a “gas war” was not about the Middle East.
Presentish and unaccountable.
Y’all have a great weekend
Don’t subtract from the population,
If you’re adding to it ensure that it is with your spouse,
Don’t show up on any news feeds,
Don’t make the Flowers of TAH come after you with a frying pan.
Do tell your loved ones that you love ’em
Do pet the dog and/or cat
Do go to church Sunday.
God bless you all.
Last week we lost Norm Peterson, this week we lost Major Houlihan.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/loretta-swit-star-mash-dead-87
I wonder who the 3rd person will be as they always seem to come in 3’s
Nice tits!
Ah the airline seat conundrum created by the airline to cram as many people as possible into the plane even to make it unhealthy.
So I am 6’3” and about 250. My shoulders are how God made them and in standard airline seat stick out past the seat about 2” on either side, and intrude into the seat space of my fellow passengers and/ or aisle. A window seat it is about three inches to the passenger. On first class it is about zero because the gap between seats widens to about two inches. This is how all seats used to be and in truth on practically every jet could be. The leg space is as bad as expected and typically my knees are in the seat in front of me. The rest of me fits just fine.
So I should fly cargo eh? Might I suggest you are an ignorant dick? Or at least acting like one? Perhaps I should fly for hours turned sideways in my seat?
The airlines created this problem by reducing seat size unnecessarily. It certainly wasn’t always this way. The only thing it has changed about my flying habits is I drive more, a lot more than I used to. I mostly just fly international and seldom on a US carrier (except Jet Blue, that doesn’t serve my closest airport but has normal sized seats).
On station.
The heavy folks should take the train. They have cattle cars that will accommodate their girth.
Flatbeds with tie downs. Enjoy the fresh air and view.
No need to tarp the load.
I have been off the grid a while fishing. But much to the chagrin of many, I am back!
And while I have been gone, I am going to assume that the False Commander “Phony” Phil Monkress has worked numerous sets of balls in my absence.