Friday Ephemera (771)
Don’t forget to mow the lawn, she said. || Today’s word is inadvisable. || Niche meme for sci-fi/farming enthusiasts. || Art thou not enriched? || The thrill of living in the Barbican, 1972. || Make-believe at the BBC. Or just misreporting. || Transporter malfunction. || Our artistic betters opine. || Today’s other word is payback. || Posture optimised toilet. || Not impossible. || Typing with light. || Glycerine and detergent. || “We all lost our minds,” says she. || It would, I think, be a start and result in less friction. || Try skateboarding, they said. || Skatepark for the blind. It’s also wheelchair-accessible. || Better than anticipated, all things considered. || The thrill of London buses, 1973. || Your empathetic betters. || Remaining optimistic, he sent back reports by homing pigeon. || Alexa, pause.
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…woman detached from reality
True, true, and nothing says that more than waving your johnson in the ladies loos and lockers.
Meanwhile, “Joey, have you ever been in
a Turkishan Egyptian prison?”Her sisters are Bhopal and Krakatoa, but I guess they can just call her Cher.
Well, I thought it was funny. Crayon reference, y’know.
LOL. My late mother had chronic spelling and pronunciation issues, and she was decidedly white. Itly, Warshington, and the like.
One day, she asked me, “How do you spell ‘spear’?”
“S-P-E-A-R,” I replied.
“No, not that kind of spear!” she exclaimed, handing me a photo of her and her gal pal at Epcot Center.
I had no idea what she talking about, and the only other kind of “spear” I could think of was Hitler’s architect Albert Speer. I knew full well she wouldn’t be asking about that.
Finally, she points at the photograph to tell me what kind of “spear” she meant. She was pointing to the geodesic sphere.
Does your definition of ‘rational conversation’ include restraints, medication, and judiciously applied electric current? If not, I’m bereft of suggestions.
If she turns out to be a twin they can call the two Cher and Cher alike.
[ Rolls shelled, hard-boiled egg from upthread – by now, a crusted, vaguely ovoid fluff ball – along bar to Muldoon. ]
See also: Latrina, Chlamydia, Syphilide.
…a crusted, vaguely ovoid fluff ball …
Wow. Normally you can only get those at the Singapore Raffles. Posh, this place is getting.
I KNOW, RIGHT?
[ Adjusts cufflinks. ]
That sounds so much like an inside joke among mechanics that I wonder if she’s a parodist.
If she is, she’s dayum good.
That’s the second one I’ve encountered this week. What’s the joke? That marines are such children they use crayons?
That they eat crayons.
UPDATE: [ Eyebrows rise. ] There’s even a Wikipedia article.
That marines are such children they use crayons?
Not really, they are not the sharpest tadpoles in the marquee so they eat crayons.
It’s part of the rivalry between the services. If you work with a lot of veterans you hear these sort of things alot. Generally taken in good nature. Generally. In an office anyway. The stereotype being Marines are kinda dumb and eat their crayons, the Chair Force are the really, really smart guys whose smartness causes everyone else grief, the Navy only exists to get Marines (and Army) to where they need to go, the Army is slightly more intelligent than the Marines but…I forget what their major malfunction is. And they all make fun of the Coast Guard. Depending on your specific veteran configuration it can be rather amusing. Even predictive and explanatory. As a civilian you’re just better off pretending you have no idea what they’re talking about.
..
Seen shortly after news that Marines were to be deployed to quell LA riots:
[ Birdsong, squirrel barking. ]
When you think of the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service – assuming you do, I mean – what image rushes to mind?
They’re not following the script! These brown people aren’t welcoming their white saviors with open arms! Make them say their lines!
I’m not given to schadenfreude, but I’m quite pleased to see this. Had I the means to save her crowd, I wouldn’t lift a finger. They fully deserve whatever the Egyptian government decides to dish out.
Along similar lines.
Meanwhile political assassinations in Minneapolis as two lawmakers and their spouses are shot by a man posing as a cop.
DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor party) Speaker Emerita Melissa Hoffman and her husband have died since that tweet was posted. DFL Sen. John Hoffman and his wife have survived surgery in critical condition.
Cops found a list in the suspect’s fake cop car that had more lawmakers’ names on them.
These two had voted with the Republicans to withdraw state-funded healthcare eligibility from illegal aliens.
I guess open season has started on elected officials. What is this, Mexico?
Why yes. Yes, it is. We kind of imported it.
My God. The woman who was assassinated this morning was talking about the vote, and she sounds terrified.
The assassin was dressed in fake cop gear and drove a car with fake cop accoutrements. When the cops arrived at the first murder scene, they “had a hunch” and went to the second scene (close by), where they had a shoot-out with the assassin, and he entered the house where he’d just shot the two people, escaping out the back way.
What rando has cop-car accoutrement? I can see a rando getting a flak jacket and a fake badge, but this sounds more well-funded and well-planned.
Los carteles? Or worse, someone from inside the house.
There was an event in 2020 in Nova Scotia.
Variation on a theme.
As noted in the replies, “It turns out that you don’t get to just go into another country and just do whatever it is you want to do.”
The name Vance Luther Boelter has surfaced as the shooter.
THAT’s how he got the cop paraphernalia: he’s in the security biz. And there’s his connection to immigration.
The tweet says “The Egyptian authorities continue to assault foreigners who came to participate in the march to break the siege on Gaza.”
Hello?
They’re entitled to use force against people who don’t belong and especially those who are pushing for something that’s not in their interest.
Despite having seen endless, quite vivid examples over the years, it’s still possible to be unprepared for the colossal fucking narcissism of these creatures.
That they eat crayons.
Can confirm. My studio mate did two combat tours with them and I often catch him munching on them between shoots. I usually save him the red ones.
This is the guy.
I don’t know how old the video is but he has the affect of a regular Joe, not a wild-eyed leftist.
DataRepublican found out that funding from his groups had been cut recently.
But what does that have to do with the vote regarding state-funded healthcare for illegals?
Is he getting set up?
[ Starts fiddling with precise shade of muted teal of app folders on phone. ]
#307D95 should do it.
Ah, that’s better. I think that counts as earning me a gin and tonic.
IIRC, Roseola was popular at one time.
Not that for d—-d sure.
And so, the image that now comes to mind is of vamping, squealing drag queens in big, flammable wigs and unfeasible heels, tottering unsteadily to your rescue while wrestling suggestively with a big hose.
Ooh-er, missus. Etc., and so forth.
When you think of the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service…
Not unrelated, as we are “queering” all the things, a diary goes under the microscope.
Alongside the concept of shame, I miss the concept of restraint.
He’s the CEO of a “government-funded private protection service…active in the Congo”
That’s a euphemism for “private mercenary company”. He’s not being set up, he’s been paid to do a job.
“Rational Conversation” is the name of my crowbar.
Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture.
Indeed. Next up, “Evidence Points To Vibrant LSMFTQ++ Polyamorous Relations In The Soviet Union”
I suppose I shouldn’t be giving them ideas.
Looks like David has too much time on his hands.
Time to start posting up-buggered links?
But the California EPA determined that the colon was now the ladybug’s habitat so they had to leave it in place.
Curious if anyone with a military background watched the marching soldiers in the big parade today and would care to contrast it with marching soldiers in other military parades. Say even these Filipinos in 1946.
Daniel, In Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash”, a nuclear powered gatling railgun was named “Reason”. After “Ultima Ratio Regum”.
Curious if anyone with a military background watched the marching soldiers in the big parade today…
Yeah, in general seemed a bit sloppy but the camera work isn’t helping, particularly the long lens shots that compress perspective and make people appear to be bobbling more. The wide shots look better. The OCPs don’t help, not exactly being tailored (except those who do), compare with the troops in the historic uniforms who were tighter.
OTOH, if they are spending their time training instead of just marching, I’m good with that – the 3rd Infantry being the exception, of course…also it didn’t appear there was anyone counting cadence which makes keeping in step more of a challenge – the rock noise doesn’t help either.
This being a one off it is not like the annual Victory Day parade through Red Square for which I am sure they drill for intensively.
OTOOH, the armor guys look like they are having a blast.
Yeah. These guy just got home from defeating the Nazis. D-Day, Market Garden, Bastogne, etc.