Friday Ephemeraren’t
Because I’m just a big-hearted softy, a chance to throw together your own pile of links and oddities in the comments. I’ll set the ball rolling with the cunning of cows; scenes of nocturnal activity; how to sit on a chair; some traffic news; and via Holborn, proof, if more were needed, that the Tribes To The North are hardy folk.
Oh, and remember, kids. Always blame the white devil.
Smart cows: I breed beef cattle [Angus] and use exactly the same insulated handle for my electrified ‘break gates’, but my cattle obviously haven’t been educated at university and have never got through such a gate.
the cunning of cows
If they develop opposable thumbs we’re doomed.
how to sit on a chair;
So, apparently, women and spatial issues begin very soon after birth. I had been told that it was because for all their lives women were told that this [ separates thumb and forefinger by four inches ] was six inches.
Always blame the white devil
Treat these leftists with the same intolerance that a paroled child killer deserves.
Always blame the white devil.
A plot twist worthy of Scooby-Doo.
Socialis media delenda est.
Steve E: “… had been told that it was because for all their lives women were told that this [separates thumb and forefinger by four inches] was six inches.”
That would explain the [repeated] scratches down the side of my car after my wife has driven it.
Socialis media delenda est.
Gorilla Glue.
It’s got electrolytes.
If you’d like some probably-good news, it seems there’s at least one entertainment company that still believes “clothes, hairstyles, etc. are meant for every human being, no matter what race, age, etc.”
At least, last I heard…
“thats [sic] not space buns… thats [sic] afro puffs… for black people, not you.”
Said the pudgy white girl.
the cunning of cows
inspired by Gary Larson perhaps.
For those of the Ephemeral Community who are lunar calendrists, Happy New Year of the Ox – Kung Hei Fat Choi or Gong Xi Fa Tsai as appropriate.
However, in theses modern wokeist gender times perhaps it should be re-named Year of the Transcow given that an ox is merely a bull with no balls
felicity: “inspired by Gary Larson perhaps.”
The cats always up the ante.
A plot twist worthy of Scooby-Doo.
Ah, but the black thug only murdered a frail 84-year-old Thai man – attacking him at random, unprovoked, and slamming him into the ground – because of “white supremacy.” Obviously. And that’s why he looked so satisfied with himself as he strode away afterwards. And continually telling a pet demographic that any shortcomings and bad choices, any moral dysfunction or fits of malevolence, are actually someone else’s fault, and that responsibility always, conveniently lies elsewhere… well, that’s bound to help. It’s “intersectional empowerment.”
Obviously.
@ David: “… and that responsibility always, conveniently lies elsewhere…” – which is the standard ‘disclaimer’ of untrained and egocentric toddlers, i.e. “Jonny, Sarah, the postman or even the devil made me do it.”
which is the standard ‘disclaimer’ of untrained and egocentric toddlers,
To a large degree, you can think of modern progressivism, its assumptions and policies, as analogous to really bad parenting. With similarly ruinous results.
See also.
How can you tell what your cows are up to when you’re not looking?
Given their track record of predicting the future, this is only a matter of time.
For your Valentine, some love poetry.
https://www.tiktok.com/@yveegee/video/6928114773477330181?sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=6927929888667403781&is_from_webapp=v2&is_copy_url=0
Always blame the white devil.
From Battle Beagle, Part 2, Act 1.
Meanwhile, Part 2, Act 2.
I know, denounce myself, report the the Cultural Enlightenment Centre, etc.
Via Gospodin Counsell, Always blame the white devil, especially the capitalist ones.
‘Heh’
https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1359978253042130944
From Battle Beagle, Part 2, Act 1.
From the linked Grauniad article: “That is absolutely a class and race issue” said an “environmental justice” activist.
Yes, a racial issue. But not in the way the “activist” would be willing to admit.
“If all of those white people were still here, this wouldn’t happen”
Some folks in Zimbabwe have been saying that recently. But who is now willing to “take up the white man’s burden”?
felicity: “inspired by Gary Larson perhaps.”
He did a similar one with dogs.
“If white people were still here, this wouldn’t happen”
What’s an all-black township to do? Just sit and wait for De Wyte Man to come and fix shit I guess.
Literally.
Always blame the white devil, especially the capitalist ones.
“Fatphobia is a direct result of anti-blackness,” says the immense, moustachioed ladybeing, regurgitating her lecture notes. Still, it’s good to have further confirmation that the actual meanings of words, and the order in which they’re uttered, are of little importance to these creatures. What matters – and generates great enthusiasm – is the self-satisfied lecturing tone.
What’s an all-black township to do? Just sit and wait for De Wyte Man to come and fix shit I guess.
Think of all the white people who came to America with little money who formed cooperative organizations to get shit done.
And of course there are all the Asians who come to America with nothing, can only afford to live in high-crime ghetto neighborhoods, and work hard at whatever jobs they can find while tutoring their children so that they will excel in school and do better than their parents.
Come to think of it, that’s a partial explanation of why blacks hate Asians.
Centreville’s home page shows that they have 11 full-time police and 6 dispatchers. If they simply defunded the police, it would free up a couple of million bucks in their budget. That would cover the debt service on around $30 million in improvements, which should be plenty for a town of four square miles.
They could slay the racist police dragon and the racist sewerage boogeyman in one swell foop!
They could slay the racist police dragon and the racist sewerage boogeyman in one swell foop!
Here, have a drink.
5,000 people in Centerville. 13 people on that city council page. Four “wards”, two of which have two aldermen representing them. Seems the citizens would have excellent representation at those numbers. Wonder what gives?
I do a lot (and I mean a lot) of work with municipal utilities on stuff like capital planning and rate-setting. Centreville looks to be an example of what happens when you let 50 years of bad policy go unaddressed. I’ve no first-hand knowledge of Centreville, but in 4 out of 5 projects that I get called in to fix, the cycle goes:
1: Utility Manager says “We need to raise rates by 6% to pay for needed maintenance and improvements.”
2: City Council says “Our voters can’t afford/don’t want to pay more. Just do your best.”
3: Utility Manager keeps things going for as long as he can, watching the deferred maintenance list grow and grow.
4: Years of jury-rigged systems finally start to fail catastrophically. Utility Manager gets fired by City Council for the crime of doing what previous elected officials told him he had to do.
5: New Utility Manager comes in and says “We need to raise rates by 40% to pay for deferred maintenance and get the system operational again.”
6: City Council fires new Utility Manager for outrageous demands.
7: Lickspittle new Utility Manager comes in and does nothing except stand next to Mayor and demand that Somebody Else pay for his mismanaged and ineffective system.
There’s plenty of other red flags in that story as well. The big one for me was the fact that the streets department covers over the manholes when they do a resurfacing job. That just shouldn’t happen in a functional city with a City Engineer and a Utility Manager who understand their jobs.
Of course, looking at their population trend (losing around 50 households per year), this is the sort of problem that you can actually ignore until it goes away. Give it another 20 years or so, and you can turn the whole thing into a nice retaining pond that makes water management easier for the surrounding communities.
Give it another 20 years or so, and you can turn the whole thing into a nice retaining pond that makes water management easier for the surrounding communities.
I’m always amazed at cities foolishness over property. Abandoned buildings? Hey, someone will buy it and we’ll get some tax coin!!!!
Ah, no. Plow it under and let the grass grow. But that won’t pay for the extended families’ jobs, now will it?
If the building is truly abandoned, then apparently, for whatever reason, it is undesirable. Otherwise…and this is of course putting aside legal/political issues…someone would buy it and put it to use. Sometimes plowing it under is the best solution.
I’ve never worked construction, so it took me a second to realize you were saying the city paves over its manholes when you said “covers over”.
I first thought you meant they used manhole covers, so I couldn’t figure out the problem… I shouldn’t post while hungry.
They are not manhole covers, comrade. Say maintenance hole access covers.
Say maintenance hole access covers.
It’s not “hole access” you rapist!
Say “sustainment port admittance integument”.
Say maintenance hole access covers
Can’t source the video that was sent to me…it’s somewhere on tik-tok…but here are some other problematic terms from the automotive world:
male connector
female connector
bung hole
dike
circlip
HElicoil
nuts
nipples
jugs
shaft
…well, you get the idea.
I know what Car Dyke is.
But what’s a car dike?
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/blues-clues-pride-flags/
It occurred to me, why are reporterettes so obsessed with “sexuality,” the more eccentric, the better? When I was in my 20’s (during the 1980’s) I don’t think I gave “sexuality “ a thought, not in the way the term is used today. Anyone know what gives?
Happy Ox!
Ah, but the black thug only murdered a frail 84-year-old Thai man…
Did anyone even try pulling on his hair to see if he wasn’t really an old white man wearing a mask? Hmmm?
What about the same for the entire government of Centreville?
I rest my case, your Glamorousness!
But what’s a car dike?
These are dikes:
https://locknlube.com/products/channellock-337-7-inch-diagonal-cutting-plier?variant=21466735312980
pride flags
Search function isn’t working for me this afternoon, but I made a comment some time back about producing a line of pride flags that were pink on the top and blue on the bottom, with your choice of niche pride colo(u)rs along a narrow strip in the middle.
It’s a subtle reminder to the boring vanilla hetero people that they’re a massive majority, and a subtle reminder to the people of the ten thousand special niches that nobody can tell them apart from more than a meter away.
These are dikes
Thank you sir. For the informative link, and for not disguising a page of meshed ladyparts.
So people of Caucasian or other non-African ethnic extraction don’t ever have blocked sewers? Then why do I have extra long rubber gloves and various other implements for plunging, poking as well as root-cutting and root-pulling for clearing blocked underground pipelines around my home? And I’m not even paid by the local council to do such necessary work.
I have taken to answering online forms, surveys, etc.. when they ask for “gender” as:
Other: Taxpayer
It makes me feels better, probably annoys them and let’s them put my response straight in the bin.
I still respect efficiency.
src: “Other: Taxpayer”
You left out ‘long suffering’.
So people of Caucasian or other non-African ethnic extraction don’t ever have blocked sewers?
Of course they do! It’s just that they don’t sit around for 60 years waiting for somebody from the Capitol to write a check to some politically-connected company to swoop in and make a big show of not fixing the problem.
OT: David, did you once mention Pascal Jousselin’s witty Mister Invincible (Justice and Fresh Vegetables)? Volume 2 has been published.
did you once mention Pascal Jousselin’s witty Mister Invincible…?
It was Tim T.