Friday Ephemera
You want one and you know it. || Nommy nommy nom. || Protest scenes. || The islands of planet Earth. || The insides of planet Earth. || Their 3D-printed gummy vitamins are more deluxe than yours. || How to make mug brownies. || Bouncy castle, sort of. || I’m betting they do this better than you do. || Body positivity. || Our betters howl. || Our betters boast. || Our betters stand firm. || “The biggest seizure of human organs in history.” || The rules of the game. || “Conservatives were far less likely to be diagnosed with mental health issues than those who identified as liberal or very liberal.” || Hot stuff. || Café of note. || Fashion crisis detected. || And finally, loftily, “We are not moving in the atmosphere.”
The islands
Huh. No ‘Australia, the island continent’. It’s a rort!
Well there’s a surprise – not. The question is whether liberalism causes mental illness or does mental illness make these females susceptible to liberalism and which then intensifies the effects of the ‘loose screws’ rattling around in the heads of those afflicted?
Canada does have some pretty cool stuff though: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island, for instance, or a sub-sub-sub-island.
TimT: “No ‘Australia, the island continent’. It’s a rort!’
Sitting here on ‘Island Australia’ encompassing an area of 7.692 million km² the only way I can consider being on an island is that there is sea all the way around. Otherwise calling Australia a continent seems more appropriate.
Otherwise calling Australia a continent seems more appropriate.
NTSOG – and would that make everyone in Australia incontinent? Oh dear.
…seizure of human organs…
I see, so if they were “harvested” in sanitary conditions good to go, and all cultures are equal.
Even saying the jokes about this are low hanging softballs, is one.
“A 2020 Pew Research study reveals that over half of white, liberal women have been diagnosed with a mental health condition at some point.”
Yes, and the other 49% are lying.
The mind boggles as to what uses those human appendages are put to: Lawn ornaments? Coffee table talking-points? Tea-towel hooks? The utility is endless
The mind boggles as to what uses those human appendages are put to:
Schnitzengruben – it’s twooo, it’s twooo.
When I hit the line about them being in boxes labeled ‘plantains’ I scrolled back up to check the date on the story. Not 4/1, to my surprise.
“How to make mug brownies.”
“The reason sea salt tastes so much better is that it’s chemically identical to every other salt in the world”.
“The rules of the game.”
Major League Calvinball.
TimT: “… and would that make everyone in Australia incontinent?”
Have you taken your medicine today?
“The mind boggles as to what uses those human appendages are put to …?”
Bait for fishing for pike or Muskies.
I became suspicious enough after the “plantains” line that I checked – looks like this one is satire, ladies and gentlemen:
https://factcheck.afp.com/story-claiming-chinese-confiscated-shipment-7200-penises-originated-satirical-website
NTSOG, incidentally I just learnt a fantastic German compound noun that might describe my condition: Witzelsucht – a compulsion (‘Sucht’) for making often terribly inappropriate jokes.
…looks like this one is satire, ladies and gentlemen…
“Facts don’t matter” slogan, so either CNN or The Washington Post, then.
Pangolin Seizure – band name.
Tim T: Witzelsucht – a compulsion (‘Sucht’) for making often terribly inappropriate jokes.
Also versuchen Sie, heute noch einmal Witze zu machen!
Florida man!
I became suspicious enough after the “plantains” line that I checked – looks like this one is satire, ladies and gentlemen:
Hah! I figured when I read it that someone was just dicking around …
“Hello, human!”
Nommy nommy nom. || Protest scenes.
I see what you did there.
Morning, all.
I see what you did there.
This is my innocent face.
[ Holds up photo of adorable puppy. ]
Major League Calvinball
See also, Our betters stand firm.
“Critical thinking skills matter,” says KT.
Protest scenes
What’s a po’ brother to do when all the good stuff gets shipped out to China?
Yes, and the other 49% are lying.
The word even made me laugh. Can’t think why.
I mean, it’s not like there’s a pattern or anything.
Why, the very idea.
Body positivity.
Classy lady there.
Protest scenes.
I blame white supremacy.
#GuardianJournalism
https://twitter.com/MaxE2review/status/1382631038854311936
Keep having to check they’re real (it is).
Yes, if you’re celebrating abortions with mimosas, you’re mentally ill.
Do you ever notice how liberals tend to tell you personal details of their life just after meeting them? I’m not talking about details like shoe size, I’ve met people who even before they knew my name insist on telling me about a health condition or some other intimate experience.
I once met a woman in the park with young children when I was there with my similarly aged kids. I remarked how cute her twins were to which she replied immediately with the story of how they were conceived in a petri dish along with two others but she and her husband did not want to have four kids so these were the two that were “selected.” All I could think of was how she would the surviving twins that story – which I am sure she will impart to them – without cackling madly and yelling, “WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER, YOU TWO WON THE LOTTERY!”
Good news, everyone, the peaceful protesters are no longer looting.
Keep having to check they’re real (it is).
Some of the Guardian’s own contributors have difficulty on that front.
“A 2020 Pew Research study reveals that over half of white, liberal women have been diagnosed with a mental health condition at some point.”
Not that I doubt it, but now do the shrinks that determined this…
If this doesn’t get him elected, nothing will.
I became suspicious enough after the “plantains” line that I checked – looks like this one is satire, ladies and gentlemen:
Easy to be fooled: China is, after all, an insatiable market for exotic animal penises.
Regarding Prince Phillip serving finger food to put a guest at ease, that reminds me of the (probably apocryphal) story of Queen Victoria. Seems she was hosting a dinner for a visiting dignitary not familiar with finger bowls and their intended purpose of washing one’s fingertips after handling food who mistook it for a drink and sipped from the finger bowl. Whereupon Queen Victoria picked up her finger bowl and drank from it as well. The first rule of manners, as opposed to etiquette, is not to embarrass your guests.
“Have you taken your medicine today?” and “Not that I doubt it, but now do the shrinks that determined this…”
Today’s soundtrack.
Hawaiian shirts were originally made from kimono fabric. They are a product of Japanese colonization, not American.
“The biggest seizure of human organs in history.”
What are the Chinese doing with these? Eating them? I can see the menu now. Sum Yum Guy Soup? Dik Chop Suey? Favorite at the State Fair treat, dick-on-a-stick.
dick-on-a-stick
That’s Japan at a plethora of “religious” festivals
What are the Chinese doing with these?
Aside from this news item, which was a hoax, Chinese “traditional medicine” involves all sorts of exotic animal parts and organs. John Derbyshire once observed that the Chinese are the least religious and most superstitious people on Earth. Hmmm, that’s a thought, maybe we can sell them asbestos-free breakfast cereal and homeopathic water.
Florida man!
But can he swing Tarzan from a vine?
“Hello, human!”
“I would like to science too please.”
I once met a woman in the park with young children when I was there with my similarly aged kids.
Ask yourself who she’s trying to convince that this was a perfectly natural and not at all horrifying act. Protip: it isn’t you.
“Hello, human!”
Okay, “Curious Pigeons” has to be a band name.
“Hawaiian shirts were originally made from kimono fabric. They are a product of Japanese colonization, not American.”
As I pointed out a couple of weeks ago, the only actual existing Emperor on the planet is in Japan. So why aren’t all these “anti-imperialists” marching around Tokyo?
The islands of planet Earth.
Taiwan: 32,260 km2 (Republic of China}
[ spits ]
Bouncy castle, sort of.
It’s nice to see people doing GTA things IRL that don’t, you know, involve assault and robbery.
Body positivity
Where I come from that’s called “free Cajun seasoning”.
[ spits ]
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Taiwan is an independent country, not part of the ROC.
I’m a little disappointed that the animators didn’t manage to superimpose Victoria Island and Baffin Island over top of Victoria Island and Baffin Island. Seems like a missed opportunity.
3D-printed gummy vitamins
My wife makes layered desserts from colored gelatin, and she’s never required a 3D printer to accomplish it.
Taiwan is an independent country, not part of the ROC.
But Taiwan is officially the Republic of China. Its genocidal neighbor is the People’s Republic of China.
Sam, “Republic of China” =/= “People’s Republic of China”
Taiwan is formally referred to as the Republic of China. If anything, this is calculated to piss off the PRC.