Friday Ephemera (783)
Well, at least her phone was okay. || Hers may be the biggest I’ve ever seen. || Hoovering of note. || I vote for the magic bucket. || “Over 80% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border.” || Oh look, bubbles. || Bristol’s bonfire kids, 1962. || Not unfair. || Nommy-nommy-nom. || A use of other people’s time and money. || The rapid sorting of tomatoes. Also, potatoes. || At last, toilet-paper mushrooms. || More peer-reviewed scholarship. || Inapt fap. || Space reserved. || The progressive retail experience, parts 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665 and 666. || Parking scenes. || Unlikely leaf propellant. || Thing that never happens happens again. || The right tool. || Sights of London. || Newcomers. || And finally, on making The Wizard of Oz – a tale of fires, amphetamines and asbestos snow.
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Geologists when they get fired
David, has anybody ever started a comment thread with “First!”, and are their bodies buried in the basement?
[ I suddenly recalled that I used to see that rather frequently in the early days of the internet. ]
Roomba Rule 34
It should be legal for the driver to shoot him.
Once again, it should be legal for the train drivers and conductor to just shoot him.
There hasn’t been much bickering lately. So….
Wonder how long this one will last.
Pushy lot, breathing down our neck like.
It’s a love-hate relationship: They hate us but can’t leave us. Meanwhile we keep forgetting they exist.
The putrefaction of academia continues apace.
Look out Pete Hegseth, the Venezuelan navy is getting ready for a fight.
Well that has all the marks of a calculated juxtaposition.
Don’t forget the randy midgets.
A fight or a cargo ship to pirate?
Ah, the good old days. From 1995 to 2007, there was a U.S. Senator named Bill Frist. It wasn’t uncommon on the blogs I read to see “Frist!” as the first comment. And of course it’s always amusing when someone leaves a “First!” comment, but someone sneaks in ahead of them so they’re second. Awkward.