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That’s some odd robotic whizardry there. Even little boybots need to drain the oil occasionally, just like the big bots do. Never mind the photoshoppage though, because this is a digitally enhanced Overnight Open Thread.
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This thread makes me think of this song!
@ Rodan:
Is that a Texas robot in NY?
@ savages_girl:
@ Rodan:
@ Rodan:
@ song_and_dance_man:
hey ya’ll
how’s the blog this fine evening?
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Or more to the point.
Is that a Ranger Robot in the Yankee clubhouse?
America loves an underdog.
Good for Josh Hamilton!
rain of lead wrote:
Doing great!
@ gulfloafer:
Because America came into being as an underdog. Silly upstarts.
gulfloafer wrote:
Rangers weren’t underdogs. They had a better team than the Yankees this year.
OK….now I am really out for the night. Peace out fine folks and behave while I am gone.
@ NoThreat2U:
Later gator!
@ Rodan:
It’s a cinderalla story.
gulfloafer wrote:
They were Division Champs, they were no Cinderella.
Did I hear that right? Mrs. Gene Autry presented the trophy to Nolan Ryan?
@ gulfloafer:
Big kiss, gulfloafer. Woohoo Texas! World Series in Arlington. Who’da thunk it.
OMG! This was too funny!
Bride-to-be set to say ‘I do’ — to herself
@ Rodan:
Why you want to rain on it?
@ Rodan:
Reminds me of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Pissin’ in the Wind.”
Just sayin’.
@ huckfunn:
Yep. She is giving the MVP to Josh Hamilton.
Rodan wrote:
What do ya think those kids will look like?
@ snowcrash:
A-Rod wiffs at the end. You couldn’t write a better script.
@ gulfloafer:
Made me so happy. LOL. I grew up in Boston, so its always “anyone but the Yankees” for me. Now living in TX, this is even better! Woohoo.
huckfunn wrote:
Half human and turkey baster?
Rodan wrote:
Reminds me of Tom Wait’s intro to “Better Off Without A Wife” from Nighthawks at the Diner.
I guess I’m gonna have to go with the Rangers. They are, after all, neighbors.
@ Rodan:
As long as she isn’t gay/
lol – “a solo honeymoon” ?
Suppose she meets someone she likes? How does she cheat on herself without her knowing?
The way Hamilton tuned his life around and was able to do what he did is nothing short of miraculous. That’s the main reason I’m so happy to see the Rangers win.
gulfloafer wrote:
I’m in mourning!
Rodan wrote:
OMG, I’d love to say “AMEN,SISTA!” to that one! I think I may do that too. To be honest, I only like men for one main thing: sex. Other times, I want to be left alone. Well, bikes, snowmobiles, skydiving and sports are great, but other than that? I am happier on my own.
@ Rodan:
I thought you were a Tampa fan?
gulfloafer wrote:
now that is funny right there!
gulfloafer wrote:
No way! I’m a Yankee fan!
Like Is aid, I’m in mourning but I knew they weren’t going all the way this year.
@ Bunk X:
Here’s the rest of the song.
@ PrincessNatasha:
Imagine having to spend your life with a washed up Jazz Musician?
Wow, there is so much in here:
http://downloads.cbn.com/cbnnewsplayer/cbnplayer.swf?aid=17933
hahahahah
nowthis is a great ad
“I worked so hard…”
there is not enough pancake makeup in hollywood to hide the bruises this ad leaves
http://vimeo.com/16072732
mjazz wrote:
Is she gonna bitch at herself for not picking up around the house? When she snores, is she gonna elbow herself in the ribs and say to herself, “roll over, dammit!” What’s gonna happen when she starts stealing the covers? Does she leave the toilet seat up or down?
Too many questions…
Rodan wrote:
I’d suicide-bomb myself.
@ Bunk X:
Opening up a can of words!
@ mjazz:
*
(should have added that)
@ PrincessNatasha:
Sharmuta would dream of that!
Rodan wrote:
FTFY
Rodan wrote:
cheers!
argie malbec down the neck.
Rodan wrote:
No wonder his wife left him.
@ Rodan:
I’m very tolerant.
Bunk X wrote:
Best part is? She can do all these things other people bitch about and not have to worry about it. Snore, fart, leave the toilet seat up or down, smash dishes after dinner and throw them away instead of washing them without some spoilsport whining about it… Total freedom. When you love you, all flaws are small and all transgressions are forgiven.
@ mjazz:
What happens if she decides to split up?
Rodan wrote:
Well you can put roller skates on him and with the ponytail use him as a backwards pull toy. But that would get old unless you moved outward from Santa Monica every time you brought him out. The novelty would wear out once you got past the Wilshire district.
I would give it three weeks.
@ PrincessNatasha:
The downside is that if she ever gets a divorce she’ll lose half of her possessions by default. Then she’ll have to pay alimony to support herself.
OMG! What about the kids? Who would get custody?
Lottery Winner
@ gulfloafer:
he’s a nasty man.
Bunk X wrote:
Solomon could not be reached for comment.
Bunk X wrote:
LMAO… Well, at least she’ll lose it to herself. So she’ll have fun collecting it and receiving paychecks every 2 weeks for nothing. BTW, there is another proof I was the one wearing the pants in my now-defunct (for 2 years, thank Ceiling Cat!) marriage— I lost all my capital, my ex (who is, allegedly, a man) wiping me out, financially.
@ PrincessNatasha:
You had a joint account?
@ PrincessNatasha:
What an asshole!
things to make you go hmmmmm
For First Time, Model Has G.O.P. Favored to Win 50-Plus House Seats
Republican chances of taking over the House are now up to 80 percent, according to the FiveThirtyEight forecast model; they had been 75 percent two days ago.
In an average simulation, the model projected that the Republicans will control 230 seats when the new Congress convenes in January; that would reflect a 51-seat gain from their current standing and would be close to the 54-seat gain that they achieved in 1994. This is the first time we have published a forecast putting the Republican over-under line at a number higher than 50 seats.
time for the unofficial anthem of the OOT
ahhh…rammstein.
@ coldwarrior:
Oh, hell YEAH!
LOL
PrincessNatasha wrote:
du hast mich!
soothing, is it not?
My theme!
PrincessNatasha wrote:
more…ich will
I may be labeled a sick freak, but in the context of Rammstein, German language sounds sexy! And no, I am not a Nazi! LOL
@ coldwarrior:
@ PrincessNatasha:
@ mjazz:
@ song_and_dance_man:
@ Bunk X:
@ rain of lead:
Can’t beat the greatest guitarist ever!
PrincessNatasha wrote:
german is the superior language for industrial music.
rammstein in english just doesn’t work
@ PrincessNatasha:
This is a sick freak!
rain of lead wrote:
FiveThirtyEight was pretty accurate back on 2008. I remember because his predictions kept pissing me off. Hope he’s right this time.
@ Rodan:
Yeah, just what I needed to hear. Return to the Other Forever.
@ Rodan:
aaaggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!
it burns, it burns
make it stop ppllleeeaaaaasssseeeee
coldwarrior wrote:
Industrial music, for me, takes second place only to classical. I love it!
Rodan wrote:
Reminds me of this song.
@ PrincessNatasha:
before they were rammstein, they were schreikback
@ Bunk X:
Classic song!
@ PrincessNatasha:
Never forget that you picked him.
@ Rodan:
If you notice Foster was playing the very riffs that Stanley was. I’m sure Foster learned those riffs from Jordan and not the other way round.
Can you say Parrot?
Sleep tight and don’t let the Icarus bit … the pillow that is.
gulfloafer wrote:
*blink**blink*
bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Bunk X wrote:
That’s foul!
Rodan wrote:
HEY!
the best lessons that stick with us the most are the ones that hurt(alot) or cost us money (again, alot)
Bunk X wrote:
Sorry! No go, there. Can’t blame me any more than you can blame any other smart people who fall victim to fraud. Sometimes a fraud is artfully executed, and is perpetrated exploiting another person’s best traits of character. So, whatever!
rain of lead wrote:
true words right there…pain is an excellence teacher.
Rodan wrote:
No foul intended. The woman is always the one who chooses. Reminds me of this song:
PrincessNatasha wrote:
I’m not exempt. Been there, done that. =)
mjazz wrote:
This is EXACTLY what NPR just did during Fundraising Week!
@ PrincessNatasha:
It’s like saying a woman is to blame for getting raped because she wore “slutty” clothes. Nonsense, right on its face! Nice try though…
1389AD wrote:
More like Chuck.
My only “guilt” is not realizing to what depths of depravity a supposedly human being can fall. Not just “not realizing”, but not believing it possible.
@ 1389AD:
Good comparison!
PrincessNatasha wrote:
Humans are evil and will destroy the happiness of another. Stick with an animal is you want loyalty.
snork wrote:
That too. Except Chuck isn’t funny, and this guy is.
snork wrote:
Who can be like Chuck!
PrincessNatasha wrote:
You’re still young. There’s nothing that supposedly human beings won’t do, if they have too little self-control and/or no conscience.
@ Bunk X:
What do you bet that gal is crazy, like a fox? She looks like quite a cutie. Anyone here willing to bet that she doesn’t get a mitt-full of marriage proposals from eligible men, all offering to solve her dilemma?
PrincessNatasha wrote:
Not at all. It takes two to tango. I’ve been scammed myself. Fortunately I saw it coming and got out before it happened, and counter-scammed.
@ 1389AD:
Chuck’s collapse is funny!
Rodan wrote:
This clown. All he needs is a stack of cookbooks!
Rodan wrote:
I found I do not need anyone’s loyalty. Nor do I need to share my life with anyone to an extent a married person does, or even a “seriously involved” one. I have friends, and I cherish them. I have parents and other family, and I treasure them. Everything else is just fun and is a bonus. Once it gets too “involved” I back the hell out. Some call it abnormal, I call it independence.
@ Bunk X:
a touching tender song
snork wrote:
Welcome back. Pudwank missed you.
@ PrincessNatasha:
I made that mistake myself.
Rodan wrote:
In some ways it is; in other ways, he has hurt too many other people and he did harm our cause for a time (though not permanently).
Rodan wrote:
ME! ME! ME! MAKE ME AN ADMIN! I CAN BE LIKE CHUCK IF YOU WANT!
…dang. Just showed my cards…
The Juan Williams affair made news in Europe also.
Bunk X wrote:
and that is just what we need
@ coldwarrior:
Misdeal. Please reshuffle.
Bunk X wrote:
from which deck?
little things that piss me off
dethklok…the cartoon
coldwarrior wrote:
The poop deck works for me.
@ Bunk X:
Who would want to be like Chuck? I don’t wish that on anyone!
Rodan wrote:
Chuck probably doesn’t even want to be like Chuck.
It certainly hasn’t been working out very well for him!
Rodan wrote:
Halloween’s coming up. I could be Chuck, but then I’d have to destroy this blog in order to do it right.
Bunk X wrote:
i hand out candy to the kids wearing a suit and a nixon mask.
it’s funny as hell.
Bunk X wrote:
Oh, wait! Chuck CAN’T destroy this blog! I’m in.
COOKIE MONSTER
Anyway, Chuck is a wanker, and Starbuck’s Liqueur, while sounding sissy, packs a hell of a punch, so good night to all!
Bunk X wrote:
we could threaten to delete everything before 2009.
@ Bunk X:
He wields no powah here! bwa haha ha ha ha ha
PrincessNatasha wrote:
heh.
g’night
Goodnight Princess!
fun!
coldwarrior wrote:
I bet it is.
I live in an RV park. A few kids live here, but they’re conservative Christians who don’t do Halloween. No other kids come here.
1389AD wrote:
i figure just the image of dick nixon scares the stuffing out of any bad spirits, and some of the parents and grand parents.
@ 1389AD:
I’ve done Halloween at an RV Park before. It was pret-ty dang cool, lol. My younguns loved it.
coldwarrior wrote:
Do you hold your hands up in the air doing the “v” sign, shake your jowls at them and say “I am not a crook”? LOL.
At one of the companies I worked for in the Silicon Valley back in the 90′s we had a 70′s theme Halloween party and I came dressed in a suit with a Nixon mask. They played disco music and I did the Funky Nixon dance.
hysterical:
m wrote:
I suppose we’ll have a little candy on hand in case kids do show up. But I’d be surprised if any do. There weren’t any last year, AFAIK.
The Osprey wrote:
oh, hell yes…i even say things like ‘even i could go to china’
m wrote:
I was thinking that we could all be Chuck on Halloween, but I don’t think it would work. Too much cut-and-paste and self-worship.
@ PrincessNatasha:
Night! Don’t let Chuck appear in your dreams!
1389AD wrote:
we are very popular because we hand out handfuls of the good stuff: twix, kit kat kitteh, and butterfinger. and the kids get a good dose of detante…i need a kissenger to help me tho.
@ 1389AD:
Then go door-to-door and force feed the little bastards.
and why not
@ Bunk X:
Hey how about selling Chuck masks?
Bunk X wrote:
EAT THIS CANDY OR I’LL RIP YOUR LIPS OFF!!!
Police Officer: Sir, your car has a broken headlight, oh no, wolves…
This is freaky
@ 1389AD:
This park did Halloween up! Decorations and all ~:)
some times it seems like a great day to whoop sombodys ass
Rodan wrote:
That’s a great idea. Coming up! XD
That was in Russia. She just missed it.
@ mjazz:
well. on the m23!
BBL. Stuff happens.
mjazz wrote:
what was??
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!
hysterical
@ coldwarrior:
The wolves, I believe. No?
Rodan wrote:
You could have two complete Chucky costume sets. You’ve got the young thin hip geetarist Chucky costume with hippie wig and the orange overalls, and then the bloated blogger Chucky costume with a greying ponytail, jowly mask and simulated paunch underneath the dirty gray t-shirt and flannel.
@ The Osprey:
@ coldwarrior:
He must have used a Star Wars lego set to create that…Darth Vader is in the audience and the drummer looks like Luke Skywalker. LOL.
mjazz wrote:
ok…that makes sense.
it doesn’t say where the vid was filmed. and the big m on the street might suggest england but they arent driving on the wrong side of the raod
I want an Obama mask for Halloween. Or a Pelosi mask.
The Osprey wrote:
rammstein’s drummer IS luke skywalker.
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@ The Osprey:
check these
http://www.buycostumes.com/browse/Hats-Wigs-Masks/Political-Masks/_/N-3kZ1z1410p/results1.aspx?AID=5021361&PID=746431&SID=BC-PolMasks
The Osprey wrote:
wear a bullet proof vest!
are you gonna take all the candy as tax OR because it isnt ‘healthy’
@ coldwarrior:
No, I checked the link at the bottom & it took me to the youtube version which says it was in Russia.
@ rain of lead:
these guys have a good stock also
http://www.halloweenstore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?
@ The Osprey:
Hey, look, we want to scare the kids, not scar them for life/
@ rain of lead:
hahahaha
there’s a zombie obama
mjazz wrote:
then it makes sense.
ok ya’ll
CW is drunk
we need to take the keyboard away from him before he gets hurt
rain of lead wrote:
gummy bears!
that was sooo annoying!
I chewed gummi bears to get through nicotine withdrawal.
Wasn’t easy.
You could scare the bejabbers out of libs with this DICK CHENEY mask!
HALIBURTON! HALIBURTON! WHARBLGARBLGARBL!
mjazz wrote:
mmm, glucose doesnt do the same thing to the brain as nicotine…i know…i quit cold turkey. it sucked ass for the first 3 weeks.
ok ya’ll
out
gotta day off with no chores to do, so I’m gonna spend it doing fun stuff with my young’un
sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep now
The Osprey wrote:
do they have a chimpeymcbushhitler mask?
@ rain of lead:
night
Hey, what language is this?
This is freaken funny, this kid hacks into a tv program and they read his comments on the teleprompter.
Praise be to Gaia, it’s the Goreacle!
I could spread ManBearPig awareness with that one!
@ coldwarrior:
No, it wasn’t the drug aspect. I needed something to gnaw on.
@ mjazz:
dutch
@ coldwarrior:
Worse thing I ever quit.
mjazz wrote:
heh, i needed people to beat on.
it was not a fun time here.
coldwarrior wrote:
Yeah but it looks more like Andy Griffiths than GWB….
mjazz wrote:
i still occasionally have a dream where i put in a big ole skoal wintergreen longcut or fire up a camel.
i am very bad with nicotine. i cant even have a cigar now or i would slip right back into the habits.
@ coldwarrior:
Dank je.
rammstein gets all pyro
mjazz wrote:
bitte sehr
(colloquial)
@ coldwarrior:
It’s been maybe 15 years or more and I never get the urge, but a couple weeks ago I’m walking through the parking lot and the thought came along “A cigarette would be nice right now.” It was scary, kinda, because I know what would happen.
mjazz wrote:
It’s Dutch.
My first thought was…I wonder whether anybody has ALREADY hacked into TOTUS!
If they did, would we ever KNOW?
@ coldwarrior:
Google doesn’t recognize that, hmm.
mjazz wrote:
yep…the nicotine molecule fits so perfectly in the neural gaps (its called the nicotinic receptors for a reason) that the adiction is never really gone.
mjazz wrote:
colloquial high german…its an accent like ‘yinz’
@ coldwarrior:
I think I read that when you smoke the brain creates more of them.
I know there are receptor sites for the opiates, also. I’m not sure about alcohol.
mjazz wrote:
yes, on the first staement.
yes on the second.
no on the third. alcohol isnt a neurotransmitter.
its a CNS depressant
shhhhh….
The Osprey wrote:
that mask aint even close
more shhhhh…..
heh…i put the thread to sleep.
good night.
Juan Williams is pissed, as he should be. I love authentic anger, especially when it’s aimed in the right direction: http://hotair.com/archives/2010/10/22/quotes-of-the-day-490/
@ MrPaulRevere:
I noticed on tv he looks hurt, also. Can’t blame the dude.
Totally blindsided.
@ mjazz:
Blindsided is right. It was a totally subjective decision to fire him. After all of those years of carrying water for liberalism, this is his reward.
@ The Osprey:
Shhh! I got it.
@ The Osprey:
Now THAT was funny!
mjazz wrote:
LOL! He speeds up the teleprompter! Love to see Obama try to cope with that!
[...] Now before me segue into something completely different, here’s a link to a kid who hacked into a news broadcast. First he speeds up the feed, then he tossed in his own commentary. (Here, with subtitles. Tip o’ the Tarboosh to mjazz.) [...]
Behold the wit and wisdom of Charles Johnson. Even at snark he is an epic fail: via twitter I get scared whenever I take a flight with a bunch of Amish people in traditional garb. They don’t fool me with that butter churning act.
@ MrPaulRevere:
I think he’s seen the light.
@ MrPaulRevere:
Of all the people to mock. They were totally forgiving when that outsider killed some of them for no reason.
Exact opposites of muzzlims.
@ Bunk X:
It would be cool to change the words ever so slightly to mean something different. He wouldn’t even notice.
@ 1389AD:
There was an episode that the TOTUS put up Obama’s own introduction, and he read it. I think it happened in Ireland.
@ Bunk X:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/18/obama-thanks-irish-pm-repeats-speech-teleprompter-meltdown/
mjazz wrote:
Excellent point. Only Christians are held up for mockery at the sewer now. Have a great Saturday all.
I think I’ll learn Portuguese
Drugs legal
only kidding
@ MrPaulRevere:
Not to mention it makes no sense whatsoever. There is no point.
Is he saying muzzlims have behaved like the Amish? Not quite.
@ Bunk X: LOL. This is why I enjoy Rush.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7SDLwTdnqc&feature=related
With that, I’m out for tomorrow. Gotta make a mask…
Helping the robot to pee. I can identify with that. My kindergartener comes hom with diffeent pants today than he left home with this morn….ok, so what went wrong…his ‘stream’ did not go as intended. Kinda like life, only the pea seems to be aimed.
@ mjazz:
@ coldwarrior:
A little hypothesis that I happen to believe.
ThreeHundred wrote:
Last time anyone helped me pee was when I threw my back out when I was about 32.
@ Nevergiveup:
I woke up catheterized after a bar fight (that involved me due to sheer proximity) when I was 25.
Does that count?
Bumr50 wrote:
Did you have a female nurse? Yeah it counts but I don’t think about that or circumcision?
@ Nevergiveup:
I was so shitfaced that I don’t remember. I somehow ended up cracking the back of my head on some concrete.
What I DO remember was waking up to see a doctor with a group of med students at the foot of my bed explaining the dangers of alcoholism.
Bumr50 wrote:
I was never that intoxicated that I ended up like that. One of the Navy Nurses in my unit was telling some stories about a bunch of young sailors who ended up in such a situation and how they treated them to “Cure” them of over drinking. Pretty funny
Any thoughts on the latest from Wikileaks on the alleged 100k + Iraqi “civilians” killed and the “torture” that happened?
For those having a rough morning, I got the cure, sort of:
A pretty good mashup this one!
@ mfhorn:
I don’t believe either one, frankly, but I could also almost give a rat’s ass if they were true. It is a war, and you fight a war to win. All the people who whine that we don’t treat a fucking Koran with enough fucking respect had no problem when Palestinian terrorists turned the Church of the Nativity into their outhouse and took a bunch of priests and nuns hostage. We still haven’t gone into beheading in any major way, so I figure we are still playing nice with the fucking Mohammedans. And I’d give my right testicle for one of our military “leaders” to say something like this to the fucking media. I won’t hold my breath.
The cure is universal! Two more:
and
Nevermind the retarded dancing in that last vid, it is actually pretty damn swingin’!
mfhorn wrote:
The guy from Wikileaks should be terminated with extreme prejudice
@ Nevergiveup:
Nah, just perform an experiment on him. If you handcuff his right hand to his left ankle, douse him in gasolline, and set him on fire, how far will he run? It would be an interesting experiment. Kind of like putting 400K classified documents online to see how many Iraqi “collaberators” you can get snuffed is an experiment…
@ Iron Fist:
Absolutely. That sounds very much like something from Beeduwine’s Rules For Drinking. An excerpt:
23) Do not mix beer with homemade wine.
25) If she came with that guy, there is a good chance she will leave with that guy, but not always.
26) Only steal other guys’ women if it is a challenge, and you’re certain you will get away from it without a broken nose.
31) Don’t engage in a fight that can’t be won without fighting dirty.
32) Always fight dirty.
47) If you go to war, win.
Iron Fist wrote:
Ok, then douse him with water, then execute him with extreme prejudice
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