Friday Ephemera
Lion deterrent detected. || Get a load of me. || In case of emergency. || Meet your new flatmate. || Scenes from Mother Russia. || How to make carrot cake. || The thrill of carving broccoli. || They have one of these and, frankly, you don’t. || Headphones detected || Hens and roosters. || The classics, redone. (h/t, Damian) || The progressive retail experience, parts 421 and 422. || Little picture books. || Not without a point. || Slow-motion bubble-popping, from the inside. || Globle, or the thrill of geography. || The struggle is real, people. || Roland50 studio. || An obstacle is encountered. || The making of marbles. || A high-stakes drama unfolds. || And finally, behold ye the dominant species on planet Earth.
Meet your new flatmate
I’ve seen some “ladies only” signs that would give him PTSD. 😀
If I were that concerned about being mistaken for a man, I’d lose the beard.
Jerk. What he’s REALLY enjoying is scaring women.
They have one of these
So does he.
(Yes, aviation nerds, I am aware that a J44 Turbojet is not the same thing as a Pratt & Whitney F100)
I both love and hate the idea that people exist who while out and about, see FART on a number plate and think, ‘well that is completely unacceptable, mark my words the dmv will be hearing about this!’ And then actually take the time to email or write to the relevant authority. ‘Dear DMV, as a chronic, unstoppable blast farter, you can imagine my distress when I came upon the FART plate during my morning constitutional to the farmers market. I was so upset I took my cabbage, sprouts and beans home as fast as my dutch oven parachute pants would let me. I’ll have you know I fart amd I vote, sir!’
Fart proudly.
Two of those together
Hot deck
Morning, all.
What he’s REALLY enjoying is scaring women.
And if you ladies would rather not find Camp Creepy Manic Guy in your bathroom or changing room, this is, he insists, proof of your own “internalised misogyny,” and it’s “up to you to unlearn” your foolish female ways. Because, you see, it’s “patriarchy” when women don’t want to get undressed in front of a mentally ill man. To avoid said “patriarchy,” you must submit. To him.
He describes himself, modestly, as a “gender educator.”
I think we’ll give that one a post of its own.
Comments that-a-way.
Lovely slime.
How to make carrot cake.
The tiny grater… 😀
The tiny grater… 😀
And the tiny sponge to clean the tiny grater.
“dutch oven parachute pants”?
An obstacle is encountered.
“I just clocked it straight in the face.”
“I just clocked it straight in the face.”
Happily, neither party was injured and the greatest hardship was having to wait 15 minutes or so for the animal to relocate itself, at a somewhat leisurely pace.
I guess my sense of humor’s hardening as I slide down the razor blade of life, or maybe my ribs are too sore from all the poking.
“headphones”–they have found dickbutt grafitti in ancient rome.
Russia: brave woman. Another woman was hauled away for holding up a blank piece of paper. Makes the Left here (US) envious. It is not merely anti-war sentiment, but the ruble has devalued 80-90% because of it. Putin is threatening to make debt payments in rubles instead of dollars.
“little picture books”: the point is not about gay books or not gay books–it is about sexual books. Little kids can accept the concept of a mommy and daddy and that is as far as they can grasp. They do not need to know what parents do in bed and do not even want to see kissing (ewwww). Leave them alone. Why exactly does your mental health depend on the approval of 8 yr olds?
FART license plate: Fart is unchanged from the Etruscan and thus predates even the roman empire. It is one of the oldest unchanged words in English. The essentials are eternal.
Sloth on the zipline: sloths gotta have (slow) fun too. After the hit, the sloth waves his arm and looks back like “WTF humans”. hahaha
Especially when compared to the ‘new flatmate’.
Sloth on the zipline
Band name.
Band name.
Debut album: Hey You Guys!
ccscientist–
They need the approval of children–or rather, the indoctrination of children–so that they can make the argument that this is all “natural” and “normal development.” If they can push the trannie/homosexual stuff down to early childhood, then they can argue that those of who object to their fantasies are denying “science.”
And, some of them are grooming.
“They have one of these and, frankly, you don’t.”
Only because I live in a flat and I’m not sure how I’d get it up the stairs.
“Fart proudly.”
North Carolina, eh? Either Clint Basinger is involved, or he won’t be happy about missing out on this himself. It would appear though, on the available evidence, that North Carolinians are obsessed with bottom-burps.
“And finally, behold ye the dominant species on planet Earth.”
Honestly, it surprises me when cars stop for those things.
“And finally, behold ye the dominant species on planet Earth.”
If I was a mother escorting two small children, I’d wait for the signal, and make them wait, too. They need to learn to obey all such signals. When they are older (and comprehend how traffic moves and what the dangers are), then they can be permitted discretion.
I further note that our ability to learn and follow rules for the common good is a big part of what makes us the dominant species.
No, Rich, they need to learn how to obey signals that are meant for them. Ones at crosswalks, for example. Our ability to understand what’s addressed to us and what’s addressed to others is a big part of etc.
they need to learn how to obey signals that are meant for them
Agreed. I don’t recall, after all these years exactly how we kids were taught, but I’m sure it involved understanding and properly obeying both red/yellow/green and walk/don’t-walk.
The making of marbles.
Thank you – I needed that. Pretty neat how they go from little glowing blobs to marbles!
Pretty neat how they go from little glowing blobs to marbles!
Good analogy for life.
OT Hong Kong now has a chain of instant-build (well, 2 weeks) 1,000+ bed covid isolation camps of, shall we say, dubious quality.
Is it possible, one wonders, to make this shit (being the operative word) up? (From a newspaper report on one of them)
Residents sent to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge facility, with about 1,200 beds and an occupancy rate of 80 per cent, should be prepared to bring their own toilet paper to the bathroom. This essential item is not available in the toilets there for hygienic reasons, according to a facility manager.
From last week’s ephemera: “Almost Pong: a game, of sorts”.
Did everyone see his main page with the list of his games from *2014*? “Connected” was *very* big for a while. https://www.lessmilk.com/connected/
It’s still fun to play. That is, if it works on your browser. Me: MS Edge, yes; Firefox no. YMMV.
“It’s still fun to play. That is, if it works on your browser.”
It is. Works here in Brave. I’m always envious of those people who seem to be brimming with ideas for games, because that’s always been my stumbling-block.
At least, that’s what I keep telling myself.
Julie Burchill at Spiked:
they need to learn how to obey signals that are meant for them
I sense that I’m some missing context here. Why is that signal in the middle of the lane? I suppose/looks like there’s an open manhole there? But why all the bother with a stop/go signal? What has it to do with the (presumed) manhole being open? Seems absurd to me that even with the barricade around the hole that a stop light is needed unless something is expected to come down that driveway or something is being coordinated out of sight? This looks like a UK or Irish or ??? over-the-pond style sidewalk/street. Which itself, if we need to be all safetysafetysafety, isn’t very safe as those bricks are not much of a curb. When I see safety overkill like that, I presume there’s something I’m missing and thus err on the extremely safe side. Not saying she doesn’t overreact exactly but those kids might/could be grandkids, possibly with a friend, and thus extra caution?
I sense that I’m some missing context here. Why is that signal in the middle of the lane?…This looks like a UK or Irish…
Looks to me like a temporary traffic light in the UK. I have seen photos/videos of such at construction site.
Apropos:
Looks to me like a temporary traffic light in the UK.
But WTH does it need to be there? Is it just because some guys (and yes, they’re guys… I’m willing to put serious money on it) went down the manhole? Why would that require traffic to stop/go? Unless the point of the light is to attract attention…possibly because henchlesbians or such are down there? In which case all bets are off. What actual “safety” purpose does that thing serve? Unless there’s a serious, logical explanation, I’m on the woman’s side here. What should be laughed at is not her but the bloody “traffic” light.
And on another point…while I’m on a (possibility vodka induced) rant, WTF is this Vineyard Vines fashion brand? It’s a dumb logo. I at first thought it was an actual vineyard that let their precocious granddaughter design the logo. For such is the custom of those people. The logo is dumb. A huge whale that takes up significant real estate on the shirt that the customer paid (a lot of?) money for? Idiocracy.
But WTH does it need to be there?
Damned if I know. I do seem to recall that photos/videos I’ve seen in the past showed more context and that the usefulness seemed real. But I am trying to recall things I saw years ago so feel free to take that with a grain of salt.
David: Your readers are in desperate need of enlightenment.
WTF is this Vineyard Vines fashion brand? It’s a dumb logo…A huge whale that takes up significant real estate on the shirt
It’s clearly for people who like to pay money to advertise a brand. There is a fashion among particularly shallow people for wearing clothing that prominently advertises the brand, as if the wearer gains status by loudly associating himself with the brand. Gullible fools. At least NASCAR drivers are paid by the companies whose logos they display.
When I was a preteen, the only brand of shirt that displayed a logo was Izod: a small stylized crocodile. And the Izod brand was associated with prep school kids. In the 80’s the number of brands that put their logo on their shirts began to explode, and I think the trend was driven early on by sportswear worn by ghetto customers. (Is that correct, anyone?)
Forgot to add: I’ve seen a couple Vinyard Vines stores, and they seem to be targeted at that preppie and preppie-wannabe market.
And here’s another thing about that stop light. It’s a bloody stop light. Everyone, everyone in west/east/north/south civilization knows WTBH a stoplight means to vehicular traffic. Yet for some reason, someone decided it was necessary to oversell the point by putting a sign there, one obviously (?) long worded such that it was obviously (?) not intended for fast…or moderately fast…moving traffic to read.
When I was a preteen, the only brand of shirt that displayed a logo was Izod: a small stylized crocodile.
Those were popular about 1980 or so. I remember my freshman year roommate had thing about them. He was so anti-consumerism about it that he bought a different brand, Cock-o-something as I recall, that had the logo of the alligator upside down in a circle with a line through it. Which…whatever…but this was at the University of Florida…the…ummm…Gators. He was actually caught off guard when people questioned his school loyalty. He was an architecture major. If that tells you anything…(* ducks *). I’ve often been told how architects are much smarter than engineers. Mostly by architects.
But WTH does it need to be there?
Very simple. The road is a 2-lane carriageway. Road works have reduced the available width for some distance to one carriageway. At the other end of the obstruction there will be a similar sign and traffic light contra-operating to prevent traffic meeting head-on in the narrow section. In more labour-intensive times past there would be two men with manual swing stop/go signs braving the wind/sleet/snow or rain. Now they can earn their money in comfort.
Very simple. The road is a 2-lane carriageway…
Ah, of course. That was probably what I saw long ago. Thanks.
He was so anti-consumerism about it
I must be anti-consumerism, too, since I despise attempts to gain status by wearing brand logos. Just give me durable, reliable, well-made products, thank you. But I have encountered a great deal of anti-consumerism which goes so far as to condemn any wish to own nice things. (Presumably only the State should own them.)
had the logo of the alligator upside down in a circle with a line through it.
Never saw that, but did see a parody in which the alligator was replaced by an alligator clip.
people questioned his school loyalty
School loyalty required honoring the Izod/Lacoste logo??
I’ve often been told how architects are much smarter than engineers. Mostly by architects.
Hey, you’ve got to be Very Smart to design buildings with require far more maintenance than traditional designs.
The contempt for beauty is a mere courtesy detail.
Very simple. The road is a 2-lane carriageway…
Ok, I’ll buy that. Looks like a low-traffic suburban street but perhaps as I said there is something occurring around the bend. But why the need for the verbiage intensive sign?
Also…watching it again to beat this dead horse that I didn’t put there…. I noticed the other child is a girl who seems very hesitant to go whilst the boy is the opposite. Grandma needs to keep both of them on the same page. In a world where chicks with dicks are setting swimming records, I just don’t see why the truck(?) driver is laughing at something like this like he’s on drugs…unless of course…
watching it again to beat this dead horse
Are you done beating it? I need to take it to the sausage factory.
Sunday is the day when we make the “premium” sausage.
School loyalty required honoring the Izod/Lacoste logo??
The point being the school mascot is a Gator. Just noticed I typed ‘Cock-o-something’…or it got auto corrected…should read ‘Croc-o-something’.
Trying a different horse this time…So a girl scores her first basket in a basketball game and rather than fall back on defense, runs to get/give Daddy a hug. Let the gushing commence. Apparently situational awareness and being responsible to your teammates is a bad thing now. It’s all about you.
The point being the school mascot is a Gator.
[ Facepalm ] I should have remembered that.
You know how you tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile, right?
One you see later, the other in a little while…
[ Opens notebook. Starts “Alex” page. Writes “known punster”. ]
alligator: eats your dog
crocodile: eats you
that’s the big difference, though ironically hippos kill more people than crocs, even though herbivores. Just nasty temper I guess.
hippos kill more people than crocs, even though herbivores. Just nasty temper I guess.
No surprise. They are vegans, after all.
hippos kill more people than crocs, even though herbivores.
Also more than lions.
Just nasty temper I guess.
They are large, strong, bad-tempered animals that look funny and harmless. Even stupid people nearly all know better than to take chances with lions or crocs. But lots of people have no idea that hippos are dangerous.