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Hey - know what the difference is between a trombone and a chainsaw? Sometimes you can get a chainsaw in tune. There's another difference. You've never seen a horror/slasher movie in which innocent victims are messily slaughtered by a trombone-wielding maniac. You never will. There are some depths ...

That's supposed to be music? Must be jazz, which is the musical equivalent of letting preschoolers break into the band room and abuse the instruments. Oh, if you want to talk about musical abuse of perfectly good instruments, there is much, much worse out there. Here the most serious example of tha...

Apparently the scammers hit area codes with Chinese residents and don't bother with any finer targeting. They spoof a legitimate consulate phone number and try to get people to connect to a live scammer. Yeah, I've gotten a couple of those on my cellphone. Since the only Mandarin I know is a tan Ge...

Sometimes I think PT Barnum wasn't pessimistic enough. Man... as hash-busters go, those message bodies are really something. I now see the downside to running my own mail servers and doing my own quite-vigorous spam blocking. I'm obviously missing out on a whole slice of the too-ridiculous-to-be-be...

Atomic wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 18, 2018 5:55 pm

Dressing down for comfort. Ahhhhhh.....

It's the autumn weather... clearly, a cold day in Hellen's neighborhood.

I'll try to look at the settings in Wordpress tomorrow, but I'm not sure why you'd be getting blocked by IP address, unless you're SERIOUSLY moving fast through the site. A few thoughts. The Lionscript blocker site suggests that the script can block addresses based on "suspicious activities"... the...

Warrl wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 17, 2018 5:57 pm

oldmanmickey wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 17, 2018 5:55 am

Could not change a damn light bulb without screwing it up.

But depending on the fixture it goes into, that might be the correct procedure - either for removing the old bulb, or installing the new one.

Alkarii wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:29 am

For some reason, nobody's shocked when a defibrillator fails. You'd think that would be rather concerning.

If it was a musician who had suffered a heart attack, it would definitely be disconcerting.

Alkarii wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 16, 2018 1:38 pm

You do realize this thread is FOR jokes like that, right?

Sure... but even here, we gotta pay to play!

We can hope it goes that well... but it might not. Blind lust can open a window onto all sorts of jalousies, and I shutter to think what might result (there are even tales of slat-shaming taking place). I think you need to make a contribution to the pun jar for that crank post. Or look up jalousie ...

FreeFlier wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:54 am

I'm wondering about unexpected relationships . . . maybe to Thana?

Interesting idea! I don't think we've ever seen a portrayal of another member of Thana's para species before, have we? We don't really know what Thana is, other than the informal "devil girl" term?

We can hope it goes that well... but it might not. Blind lust can open a window onto all sorts of jalousies, and I shutter to think what might result (there are even tales of slat-shaming taking place).

Virus-free. www.avast.com btw- It's really reassuring to find you this scam is been screened as 'virus free'... For some reason, the scammers haven't paid for the optional upgrade to Avast which unlocks the modules that detect lies, sleaze, and slime. Pity about that, really. You'd think that the u...

I wonder... with the popularity of things like Airbnb, brew-pubs, and traditional bed&breakfast establishments, maybe there's a new side business opportunity in the offing here. As senior Librarian, she might be in a position to rent out some of the spare reading rooms "by the night", set up a kitch...

jwhouk wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:45 pm

...Is this a repeat?

I don't recall ever seeing her portrayed in this particular posture.

Don't really see the diff... So Bud's the scented-candle fiend. That shouldn't be surprising, considering the lamp memories she has from when she was a little girl. We don't know what scents, though. Pine, and bayberry, and citrus... that's one thing. It would be different (and perhaps tough on her...

Atomic wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 09, 2018 12:30 pm

WC was also famous for injecting oranges with gin so he could appear innocent while juicing up for the day's work...

“Somebody’s been putting pineapple juice in my pineapple juice!”

I wonder, though, if this isn't all a historical misunderstanding. It's not about Halloween. Or coffee, or eggnog, "pumpkin spice" or otherwise. It's not about Christmas... it's much older than that holiday, and quite pagan. You could say it's about Octoberfest, and ale. In fact it dates back to the...

Atomic wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 07, 2018 9:30 pm

Now what AM I going to do with my collection of sundries, notions, knick-nacks, tchotchkies, and conversation pieces?

I would suggest that you ought to sell them to your local neighborhood floccinaucinihilipilificator, but I doubt you'd get much for them.

Interesting change in character portrayal for Brandi... I imagine that doing darker skin tones consistently is a lot easier in a purely digital workflow. I think this happened literally overnight... I could swear that Brandi was portrayed with lighter skin (as in all of the archive) when I saw the s...