I almost didn't look at old ads link because it required all the browser vulnerabilities to be turned on. And I dislike the manipulation of one item of content per overhead-laden page.
I was amused by the ads, but put off by the commentary... but my OCD kept me going until I got to the self-slicing pig, and decided, never miiiiind.
Evening, folks!
For the Great Chili Debate (beans? carrots?) I offer this recent Arlo & Janis comic:
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2016/11/28
Did that. Now to check out the post.
That by-county Election Map of 2016? Find the largest "red" (hate the reversed colors!) area smack in the middle of the country. Now, approximate the middle of that big red puddle. That's where I live.
And it's still not far enough from The Other Side.
Happy Leftovers Day, Hordelings!
It's an hour down and an hour back every day to get to mom's house for the festivities. Not a bad drive, but getting tiresome. However, must get down there soon to do our solemn duty to help consume leftovers.
Oh, yeah, and commingle with relations. (So. many. relations!)
And chuckle at their hangovers. I didn't get to develop one, being designated driver & all.
Thankful there is an AoSHQ & a Horde of Morons.
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This thread is just going too fast for my late-night brain. I'm chickening checking out. Maybe for a midnight snack go cook a hot dog and put ketchup on it. Mwah-ha-haaawww!!
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Harry Paratestes: ...isn't it kind of cool to see states giving the fedgov the middle finger on an issue that clearly should be a state issue?
As the author of Head Shop Comix and several pot songs (like drinking songs, but with more coughing, see some of my Mindful Webworkshop series on YouTube), you might think I'd be in favor of this, but I'm actually disturbed by it.
I think President Trump (PRESIDENT TRUMP! AHAHAAAHHAAA!) should start enforcing the federal law on pot throughout the nation. Come down hard on the flaunters. Bust all those sickly pot-med users.
No quicker way to get the fed law rescinded. In Oklahoma, the Atty Gen started prosecuting bars that were not living by the Prohibition-ist BYOB "club" rules - AG cracked down, the legislature responded, and we quickly got liquor by the drink like a civilized state!
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Nigel West Dickens #698: I used to have a friend who was incapable of admitting he was wrong, even when confronted with irrefutable evidence. Annoying as shit.
I know that guy. Actually, that's several of my relatives... Oboy, Thanksgiving family dinner in just days...
Oh, yeah, and drinking from a garden hose/ hose pipe? Of course no kids would do that today. Those hoses are made with materials known to be carcinogenic in California, after all.
Poor California, so cancer-prone.
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Now caught up to my second comment at #476... how far behind have I fallen now? And I think I'm reading more slowly as the night wends on.
Been meaning for some time to self-reveal on the hot dog ketchup controversy.
I was raised super whitebread (not to be confused with the Capt.), and to me a hot dog was Wonder™ bread buns, dog (don't know what, probably Oscar Meyer™ or something common like that), and ketchup - probably Heinz 57®. As I got a little older, I did try mustard (yellow French's §
and even relish. But always ketchup.
I grew up, didn't eat hot dogs for a long time, then lived in Chicago for fourteen years, where I learned a hot dog is a much different critter! Pass the onion salt.
I would mention my attitude toward ketchup today, but since I was taken to task by a Moron once for just mentioning slicing bananas on my cereal, I don't think I could stand the ensuing harsh personal criticism - being a delicate safe-space needing little guy... in my seventh decade.
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Hookay, I have read the comments up to my own (#259) so before I refresh and find 259 more....
Growing up here in NE Oklahoma, being the cosmopolitan melting-pot that it is, I'd heard soda, soda pop, pop, and occasionally the South-influenced generic "coke." The map someone linked to (first one not second one I didn't see) confirms Oklahoma's mix.
And of course now I want a Vernor's... or an RC or Dr Pepper from circa 1960 before they changed the recipes.
* pours another snifter of brandy *
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½ Not-first comment:
What lazy, newly-minted cob logger put together this lame-ass ONT? First ONT that's really made me miss ol' whatzisname who used to do most of the ONTs. Ace should fire whoever did this.
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That quote up top attributed to General Douglas MacArthur - that's fake, isn't it? Nicely done. You may have a future with CNN!
☠ Alternate universe:
Hillary Clinton wins in a landslide, keels over and dies immediately from surprise; Presidency goes to... Gary Johnson.
If true, this is absolutely shocking disrespectful behavior on the part of our newly-elected President! Shocking, I say! Here, this says it for me even better:
Having now done my best to resolve all outstanding problems of the Horde, I must hie m'self to somnolence and the meditative and prayerful contemplation of my own nigh-insurmountable life dilemmae... your help in this welcome. 
click m'nic and increase my YT views on webworkshop #14. Thanksgiving video, #15, coming up on Thursday, lord willing and the greek don't rise.
* TARDIS DISAPPEARING SOUND *
Jim: Caught in the gravitational pull of the pillow, I'm drawn relentlessly to the soft landing and restful sleep with which it beckons.
I hear ya, Jim. Likewise. Big T'giving week ahead, relatives to wrangle with, food to consume, and the disruption to routine doesn't stop 'til after New Year's.
Chi: ...then when you move him back home and give him a home, he threatens to cut your throat as you sleep - good times!
Ah, family! Ain't it grand!
See, now, in my case it was our taking in big brother's daughter when his ex got tired of dealing with her... and the gooseflesh moment of finding the big butcher knife stashed under her bed.
I will always have scars on my arms from her clawing me up one night. "If she had any marks on her, I'd have to take you in," said Patrolman Abraham. None on her, just plenty on me.
zombie: ...It could be that he is in Mexico BECAUSE he is fleeing some criminal charge in the US. The last thing he would want would be for me to contact the consulate.
buzzion: ...Then that should be exactly what you should do.
Heh. What buzzy said was my first thought.
We want to be nice, kind, helpful, and even self-sacrificing. Yeah. When it's worth it. It often isn't.
Jesus chose his time with utmost precision and perspicacity.
Dang it. Godzilla Zombie's dilemma has taken over the thread. I don't have much time left here. Can't we get back to.. um... whatever else there was? ... okay, never mind...
zombie: So, I will bow to the wisdom of everyone before me who already said "No," and say "No" myself by virtue of not replying.
Now, that's just straight-up wrong. You're supposed to ignore all Moron advice, get involved, and lose big-time, so we can all tell you toldya so.
Ref: Chi's housemate.
