December 14, 2011
— Dave in Texas That's not a Swiss Army knife. This is a Swiss Army knife.
Just like this smart military blog, the best stuff is in the comments.
23 of 30 people found the following review helpful:5 stars Be careful...I had it in my hip pocket, then I fell down. When I got up, I was dead. Other than that, it's ok.
3.0 out of 5 stars Found this...
...stuck into a stone while on vacation. I'm impressed with it, generally. Unfortunately, it turns out that removing it made me the new king of Switzerland, which is a lot of responsibility.
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Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 14, 2011 06:15 AM (XE2Oo)
Posted by: fluffy at December 14, 2011 06:17 AM (Lpgtj)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 06:20 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2011 06:21 AM (zji3t)
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 10:18 AM (zLeKL)
Visit Ace's "I triple dog dare you to click on these links" post from yesterday afternoon (the first link will suffice)... and then try to make the same assertion.
Posted by: Jeremiad was a Bullfrog at December 14, 2011 06:21 AM (Og1Kk)
No. Not everything looks better in a kilt.
Consider the pics Ace posted yesterday.
Consider also: Michael Moore.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 06:22 AM (8y9MW)
If thrown hard enough, while all options are open, it just may.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2011 06:22 AM (zji3t)
No. Not everything looks better in a kilt.
Consider the pics Ace posted yesterday.
Consider also: Michael Moore. What has been seen cannot be unseen. Proceed with caution.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 14, 2011 06:23 AM (zji3t)
Posted by: Lojack at December 14, 2011 06:25 AM (ucERL)
(a) They consumed far too much Valu-Rite vodka
(b) The blithely clicked on links they were warned not to.
(c) (b), followed by (a)
Posted by: Jeremiad was a Bullfrog at December 14, 2011 06:27 AM (Og1Kk)
That sounded exciting, until I realized they probably meant golf, not skull-crushing.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 14, 2011 06:27 AM (dp+c+)
Posted by: Honey Badger at December 14, 2011 06:28 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 06:30 AM (zLeKL)
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 06:32 AM (zLeKL)
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 10:32 AM (zLeKL)
Unleash the wimmins!
Posted by: Jeremiad was a Bullfrog at December 14, 2011 06:33 AM (Og1Kk)
Somehow I have this vision of Richard Dean Anderson hunting down the designer to give him a piece of his mind on the matter.
Posted by: DarkLord© for Prez! at December 14, 2011 06:34 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Cicerokid at December 14, 2011 06:37 AM (uTGQs)
Posted by: brak at December 14, 2011 06:39 AM (CiZWa)
Posted by: the well-armed Swiss at December 14, 2011 10:19 AM (Lpgtj)
Heh. Yeah, my first thought was isn't everyone in Switzerland required to own a gun?
I'll admit, I want that knife.
I swear, if any of you regulars start trying to make a case for Santorum I will punch you in the balls.
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 10:32 AM (zLeKL)
I don't get why Santorum isn't doing better, he's not markedly worse than, say, the insane elf.
I am still bitter that the Dems insane elf is married to an elfen princess and ours is just insane.
Posted by: alexthechick at December 14, 2011 06:39 AM (VtjlW)
Somehow I have this vision of Richard Dean Anderson hunting down the designer to give him a piece of his mind on the matter.
Posted by: DarkLord© for Prez! at December 14, 2011 10:34 AM (GBXon)
Maybe he will, or maybe he won't...
Posted by: Jeremiad was a Bullfrog at December 14, 2011 06:40 AM (Og1Kk)
Posted by: mike at December 14, 2011 06:40 AM (0hdwM)
You wanna fix this POS??? How can anyone post anything around here with a posting nazi nanny program like this?
Posted by: Jerry at December 14, 2011 06:42 AM (JudFq)
Posted by: Fritz at December 14, 2011 06:42 AM (/ZZCn)
Dang, he got old.
To be fair, depending on what breaks down under the hood of a 21st century car, field repairs may require duct tape, or it might require $100k of electronics...
Posted by: DarkLord© for Prez! at December 14, 2011 06:43 AM (GBXon)
I'm happy to help contribute to the revenue stream, but I think it would be much cooler for Ace to get paid in kind, instead.
Every time I click an Elizabeth Warren ad, she has to get Ace a sammich.
Posted by: New fluffy(TM) at December 14, 2011 06:46 AM (Lpgtj)
To be fair, depending on what breaks down under the hood of a 21st century car, field repairs may require duct tape, or it might require $100k of electronics...
Posted by: DarkLord© for Prez! at December 14, 2011 10:43 AM (GBXon)
That, and the dire warning of, "touch anything under the hood and we'll void your warranty"
Posted by: Jeremiad was a Bullfrog at December 14, 2011 06:48 AM (Og1Kk)
Posted by: Truman North at December 14, 2011 06:48 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: nickless will probably get accidentally banned again soon at December 14, 2011 06:48 AM (hS0Gm)
I think that's attachment 492.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 06:49 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at December 14, 2011 06:50 AM (Qxdfp)
There are versions with USB drives and garage door openers.
I love my new smart phone but am annoyed when I can't use it as a remote for the TV. And I hadn't even thought about it opening the garage door...
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 14, 2011 06:51 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at December 14, 2011 06:51 AM (X7pCb)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 14, 2011 06:51 AM (XE2Oo)
Plus, it's got Amazon prime, so theres that.
10Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.
You just cna't say that enough. If that knife had an obama remover, I'd get two!
Posted by: HoundOfDoom at December 14, 2011 06:52 AM (KhioZ)
Barack Hussein Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.
I denounce myself.
Why, did you spell it wrong?
Posted by: fluffy at December 14, 2011 06:53 AM (Lpgtj)
Let me just say that there's nothing wrong with being JPGT and proud.
J, on the other hand, is just Not Our Sort, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at December 14, 2011 06:53 AM (xqhoO)
I love my new smart phone but am annoyed when I can't use it as a remote for the TV.
Yeah, so, in the other thread where I said I like to think I'm reasonably intelligent? Last night I could not figure out why the sound wasn't going down while I was using the tv remote. Then I realized that was because I was watching something on my laptop. Rocket. Surgeon.
Posted by: alexthechick at December 14, 2011 06:54 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Swiss Miss at December 14, 2011 06:56 AM (71LDo)
How can anyone post anything around here with a posting nazi nanny program like this?
Some links can go in the URL box below name and email. Just be sure to include 'http://".
Some links can't go there and then you have to use tiny url (or similar), several incantations and a couple of sacrifices.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 14, 2011 06:57 AM (XdlcF)
He is? Oh, goody.
Do you have a link?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 06:57 AM (8y9MW)
Switzerland's primary export used to be mercenaries, specifically infantry. Since the advent of gunpowder, they've been continually contracting their defensive capability. Only 5% of their total strength are career soldiers. The rest are conscripts. And NONE of them are blooded. They would be as Meats in the hands of our Warriors. (Bonus points if you know the reference).
If you invade, zer vill be a zub-macheen gun behind effry wheel uf chis und effry bar of choklet.
If.
Posted by: der Sviss at December 14, 2011 06:58 AM (Lpgtj)
But when I went to see the Matterhorn years ago, there had been a landslide that wiped out the only road and half a town. The Swiss Army rerouted the whole thing in 2 days. Here in the US, the unions would take 7 months and be 200% over budget.
Posted by: Swiss Miss at December 14, 2011 06:59 AM (71LDo)
You do realize that, with the correct phone and TV, there really is an app for that, right?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 06:59 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Roy at December 14, 2011 07:00 AM (bm4vI)
Last night I could not figure out why the sound wasn't going down while I was using the tv remote. Then I realized that was because I was watching something on my laptop. Rocket. Surgeon.
ROFL.
I inherited the ditz gene and I try really really hard to fight it, but sometimes...
Now all three kids are old enough to catch me doing that kind of shit. And tell my husband about it later.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 14, 2011 07:00 AM (XdlcF)
Loved the one about the wi-fi....
Posted by: shibumi at December 14, 2011 07:01 AM (z63Tr)
You do realize that, with the correct phone and TV, there really is an app for that, right?
Uh, excuse me a minute, I need to get the kids to go play soccer near the 8 year old Sony tv that I have a sudden urge to replace.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 14, 2011 07:03 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Roy at December 14, 2011 11:00 AM (bm4vI)
Yeah, because once the German soldiers looted those, they would have spent all their time trying to find the 'perfect' tool for the job, and NOTHING would have gotten done..
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 14, 2011 07:04 AM (NtXW4)
Loved the one about the wi-fi....
Posted by: shibumi at December 14, 2011 11:01 AM (z63Tr)
I loved the one by the guy who said his wife discovered it could recharge her 'rabbit' and he hasn't seen the knife or his wife for a week.
Posted by: Tami at December 14, 2011 07:04 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 14, 2011 07:05 AM (vzFJV)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 14, 2011 07:05 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 14, 2011 10:51 AM (XE2Oo)
The Mote in God's Eye by Niven and Pournelle, and +1000 internets for making a reference to it.
Posted by: joncelli, curled up in a fetal ball at December 14, 2011 07:05 AM (RD7QR)
I think there was a post here about funny Amazon reviews a couple of years ago. I remember checking out the one about the laptop desk that attaches to your steering wheel.
Three Wolves shirt. Best. Reviews. Ever.
Posted by: alexthechick at December 14, 2011 07:11 AM (VtjlW)
1 No hobo skinning utensils on it? Pass.
Posted by: EC at December 14, 2011 10:15 AM (GQ8sn)
Spoiled kid. I can remember when we used to skin hobos with nothing more than rusty butter knife and have to carry the carcass 10 miles uphill in the snow.
Now, get off my lawn.
Posted by: jwest at December 14, 2011 07:11 AM (8moZm)
Posted by: franksalterego at December 14, 2011 07:11 AM (9XykO)
>> Three Wolves shirt. Best. Reviews. Ever.
Ace actually has one of those. I giggled like an idiot when I saw it.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at December 14, 2011 07:12 AM (WvXvd)
Posted by: mpfs at December 14, 2011 07:13 AM (iYbLN)
Better than the Swiss Army Knife is the famed US Army P38. It's stated purpose is opening C-rats, but it has a bevy of other uses.
Great for shaving nose hair, cleaning finger nails, carving Kilroy Was Here into Thai hooker's butts, and regaling your girlfriend with the tale about cutting the nuts off an enemy soldier, and then dining with the same P38 on Beanie Weenies.
Posted by: Doctor Fish ( Posting from Mom's Computer in Texas) at December 14, 2011 07:14 AM (ndqJC)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 14, 2011 07:15 AM (SB0V2)
Hobos are skinned with teeth. Preferably someone else's. Not likely a previous hobo's though.
Posted by: DarkLord© for Prez! at December 14, 2011 07:18 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 07:18 AM (8y9MW)
What a piece of shit.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at December 14, 2011 10:47 AM (Qxdfp)
I guess you're a scotch-bottle-is-half-empty kind of guy.
Posted by: Diane Sawyer at December 14, 2011 07:19 AM (+NSCE)
They won't. Not sure if anyone's up to the proper way to handle the unteachable, though. Guess nobody else learns anymore, either.
Posted by: DarkLord© for Prez! at December 14, 2011 07:19 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: eman at December 14, 2011 07:20 AM (kEKwc)
They're sending them all over to GOP@obamacanblowme.com
Posted by: Roy at December 14, 2011 07:20 AM (bm4vI)
The Obama presidential campaign is launching an effort to collect Republican email addresses by inviting its supporters to submit information about their Republican associates to the Obama 2012 website.
The Obama information collection effort is cast under the mischievous guise of asking Obama supporters to “have a little fun at the expense of a Republican in your life” by signing them up to get an email from the Obama campaign ribbing them for having “inspired” the Obama supporter to donate.I suggest that everybody refer them to the FBI as a "cybercrime"
Posted by: Obama 2012 at December 14, 2011 07:21 AM (e8kgV)
Once I get my hands on a Wenger Model 16999 Giant Swiss Army Knife for the ridiculously low price of $975 clams, I shall claim the power of Loki. No woman will refuse my manly attentions. I'll be doubling down on vitamin E with raw oysters for lunch and dinner just to keep up. I'll bet this knife will look sweet in the custom vinyl belt holster, with my jeans and black 1976 Led Zeppelin concert t-shirt. I'm gonna be so cool the butter won't melt in my mouth.
Look out ladies. You've been warned.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at December 14, 2011 07:22 AM (WvXvd)
Wouldn't you have to wait until you received the first unsolicited email?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 07:23 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Roy at December 14, 2011 07:23 AM (VndSC)
So you're the guy who posted about falling down, and getting back up dead?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 07:24 AM (8y9MW)
Is there a Hello Kitty version?
Yes but you have to special order it from Japan. That one has bonus tentacles too.
The Obama information collection effort is cast under the mischievous guise of asking Obama supporters to “have a little fun at the expense of a Republican in your life” by signing them up to get an email from the Obama campaign ribbing them for having “inspired” the Obama supporter to donate.
Yeah. If that happens to me, some poor DNC staffer is getting an earful about possible violations of privacy laws.
Posted by: alexthechick at December 14, 2011 07:24 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: eman at December 14, 2011 07:24 AM (kEKwc)
This knife should be Man of the Year.
This knife, just one of them, is more useful, more productive than all the child-protesters.
Posted by: soothsayer at December 14, 2011 07:24 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: Minnie Rodent at December 14, 2011 07:25 AM (S3rrR)
Yeah, but it's bigger than them, too.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 07:25 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 14, 2011 07:28 AM (SB0V2)
I am gettin old and certainly don't have time to listen to 28 minutes of this bullsheet to hear that I need to send cash to save my ass. Seems the airwaves is full of these asshats pontificating forever before they get around to asking for my cash for their latest scam.
Should be a way to do them some harm
Posted by: Concealed Kerry or Submit at December 14, 2011 07:31 AM (vXqv3)
I know why: it's one more instance of his "enemies list" mentality. He doesn't believe Conservatives are misguided friends (or even opponents) to be persuaded, he believes we're enemies to be defeated.
As such, the normal rules of decency have no place in his plans. The normal paradigm of "not evil, just wrong" never even occurs to him.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 07:31 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Attila (Pillage Idiot) at December 14, 2011 07:31 AM (AD2Yp)
Posted by: Concealed Kerry or Submit at December 14, 2011 07:33 AM (vXqv3)
Posted by: Inspector Asshole at December 14, 2011 07:34 AM (URxdy)
On the other hand, I really do think that some specific liberals (Barack Obama, who is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure, for instance) are evil, not just wrong. But that's on a case-by-case basis, not my belief about all liberals everywhere.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 07:35 AM (8y9MW)
Maybe we could create a data base of libs and farm them out to Ace fans kinda like an adopt an idiot thing!
It's been hard enough herding them up into these occupy camps. They're worse than cats.
Posted by: Roy at December 14, 2011 07:36 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: joncelli, curled up in a fetal ball at December 14, 2011 07:37 AM (RD7QR)
Not as long as we don't force them to accept our definition of "freedom."
They believe in Freedom From (as in: Freedom from responsibility), we believe in Freedom. If I have to qualify our belief, it might be more tightly (and to some extent, less accurately) as "Freedom To."
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 07:37 AM (8y9MW)
This is how atheists say have a nice day:
"At this season of the Winter Solstice, may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."
That's their version of a Christmas wish. It's not just a bitter and cynical sentiment, it is a bitter and cynical prayer.
And the cocksckin group Freedom From Religion wants to put their atheistic prayer on a banner.
They are upset that the Knights of Columbus have a banner flying over a public street, as they've done for decades in Pitman, NJ, that says, "Keep the Christ in Christmas." So the atheist want to put up their own banner.
Posted by: soothsayer at December 14, 2011 07:37 AM (uFokq)
Have no fear of this comrades, Barry just wants information on enemies of the state. And then they go to Lubyanka for a little questioning about being counter-revolutionaries.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 14, 2011 07:39 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Lojack at December 14, 2011 07:39 AM (J8uGt)
Posted by: mpfs at December 14, 2011 07:40 AM (iYbLN)
Yes, because atheism means being a killjoy. It just gets boring after a while.
Posted by: joncelli, curled up in a fetal ball at December 14, 2011 07:40 AM (RD7QR)
You know what I like best about Christmas time?
I know it's a very difficult time for atheists. Each day they are bombarded with mentions of Christmas and Christmas paraphernalia. And it burns them up inside.
I like that.
Posted by: soothsayer at December 14, 2011 07:41 AM (uFokq)
that stop motion link in the sidebar was actually worth the time, and Indy didn't need that stupid knife.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 14, 2011 07:41 AM (JYheX)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 07:41 AM (Xm1aB)
I bet if I had one of these knives, she would return my calls.
Oh yes, I bet she would have no choice but to return my calls then.....
Posted by: Mike at December 14, 2011 07:43 AM (gCa4h)
Posted by: Roy at December 14, 2011 07:43 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: DarkLord© for Prez! at December 14, 2011 07:44 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 07:44 AM (zLeKL)
I wonder if they realize that a true acceptance of their position would mean that society itself was completely illogical, and that my best response to them (since I don't like what they're saying) really would be to punch them in the throat?
Lucky for them, I'm a Theist, and therefore believe in a real Right and Wrong which has nothing to do with "this natural world," and everything to do with an infinite being and the attributes of same.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 07:45 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 14, 2011 07:45 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 07:45 AM (Xm1aB)
118 That's why I proclaim LOUDLY to everyone I interact with--MERRY CHRISTMAS! I figure I irritate at least one atheist everytime. Makes me warm inside.
What a great season.
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 07:46 AM (tb5pQ)
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 07:46 AM (zLeKL)
Does it have a utensil for protecting you when the Christians riot after a Tebow victory? Maybe unholy water and an upside down cross?
Have no fear, the moderate Muslims will protect you.
Posted by: Roy at December 14, 2011 07:47 AM (VndSC)
Now to figure out what my opening bid is going to be to get the 16 and the 20 year old into mass on Christmas.
I'll start with $10 each but lay on the guilt thickly so that they'll go for free? Any thoughts?
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 07:47 AM (tb5pQ)
yeah there's a difference between unbelievers and people who make a career out of being religion-haters.
Posted by: soothsayer at December 14, 2011 07:48 AM (uFokq)
That's quite a drop for Newt.
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 11:46 AM (zLeKL)
19 percent at no opinion means we might be surprised once the votes are actually cast.
Posted by: joncelli, curled up in a fetal ball at December 14, 2011 07:48 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 07:48 AM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 07:48 AM (zLeKL)
"Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum will likely enjoy an uptick in momentum after a conservative group releases its ratings of six leading GOP presidential contenders. And Mitt Romney is in for another blow.
[The report] offers good news for Gingrich, Perry and Santorum. All three received AÂ’s in every category the organization graded, and AÂ’s overall. Romney, however, scored a D overall.
On deficit elimination, each candidate received an A but Romney, who managed only a C. Romney also got a C for his planÂ’s inclusion of waste reduction, as did Bachmann and Paul. Perry, Gingrich and Santorum received AÂ’s in the latter category."
Does Club for Growth make endorsements or just rate candidates?
Posted by: Y-not at December 14, 2011 07:49 AM (5H6zj)
yeah there's a difference between unbelievers and people who make a career out of being religion-haters.
Posted by: soothsayer at December 14, 2011 11:48 AM (uFokq)
True dat. I have no problem with ethical unbelievers who will leave me alone just as I leave them alone. Of course I'm officially an agnostic but groping towards belief at this point, so I would take that position.
Posted by: joncelli, curled up in a fetal ball at December 14, 2011 07:50 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 07:50 AM (tb5pQ)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 07:50 AM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 07:51 AM (zLeKL)
Is there a cross-bow attachment available?
Posted by: dananjcon at December 14, 2011 07:51 AM (8ieXv)
Posted by: Phoenixgirl at December 14, 2011 07:52 AM (s+J9D)
Unfavorable views of Barack Obama inched to their highest level of his presidency in the latest ABC/Washington Post poll, but he's still more popular than his front-running potential Republican challenger, Newt Gingrich.
And then there are views of the economy, which make both look almost good by comparison.
Forty-nine percent of Americans now express an unfavorable opinion of Obama, while 48 percent view him favorably - the first time his negative number has exceeded his positive one in this most basic measure of personal popularity. Obama's favorable rating has plummeted by 31 points from his career high, 79 percent, days before he took office.
Poor Barry, what can he do? All of his work to ruin the country is going unappreciated. Racism must be at an all time high.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 14, 2011 07:52 AM (1Jaio)
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Obama Claus is collecting email.
He's making a list
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out who's naughty and nice
Obama Claus is collecting email.
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 14, 2011 07:53 AM (Hx5uv)
I should make it clear that that RCP report is not from Club for Growth. It's some group called Strong America Now (SAN).
I know CfG does candidate evaluations (and Perry came out well), but I was wondering if they endorse. I'm guessing that they can't b/c of their non-profit status.
Posted by: Y-not at December 14, 2011 07:53 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at December 14, 2011 07:53 AM (WvXvd)
Yea but the Times is helping and if we could round em up we could treat em like Hobos
Posted by: Concealed Kerry or Submit at December 14, 2011 07:53 AM (vXqv3)
Posted by: Mama AJ on her cool new phone at December 14, 2011 07:54 AM (XdlcF)
Great suggestion.
OTOH, I'm shocked that any child under the age of 22 (or pre-college graduation, assuming they are getting their tuition bill supplemented by the 'rents) has the option to not attend Mass. That was never an option in my house.
Posted by: Y-not at December 14, 2011 07:55 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 07:56 AM (zLeKL)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 07:57 AM (Xm1aB)
Opening for Perry? Hope so.
Campaign attacks usually work, we have been looking for a non romney candidate so we are like chickens without our heads. Hope Gingrich hits Romney back good though, so much material out there.
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at December 14, 2011 07:57 AM (Cjjf6)
I'll start with $10 each but lay on the guilt thickly so that they'll go for free? Any thoughts?
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 11:47 AM (tb5pQ)
Do you own a gun?
Posted by: Tami at December 14, 2011 07:57 AM (X6akg)
Still, happy about the Gallup poll. It shows voters are willing to take a second look at other candidates.
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 11:56 AM (zLeKL)
I think everybody is so disappointed with the frontrunners that everybody but Gary Johnson and RAWN PAUL!!!111!!! is getting a second look.
Posted by: joncelli, curled up in a fetal ball at December 14, 2011 07:58 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: phoenixgirl on other work computer ready to drink the perry flavor-aid at December 14, 2011 07:59 AM (s+J9D)
Okay, what would you do? I am truly interested.
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 11:57 AM (Xm1aB)
Agree, but insist on doing it at home with a hot knitting needle.
Posted by: joncelli, curled up in a fetal ball at December 14, 2011 07:59 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 14, 2011 08:00 AM (SB0V2)
Okay, what would you do? I am truly interested.
----
Well, I'm not a parent, but I slept at a Holiday Inn Express...
I would say no. Patience is a virtue. He needs to develop some. There's only a few years left until he can do what he pleases. Meanwhile, he can learn some realities about what employers find acceptable or unacceptable.
My parents didn't let me pierce my ears and I'm a girl.
Posted by: Y-not at December 14, 2011 08:00 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 14, 2011 08:00 AM (SB0V2)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 08:01 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 14, 2011 08:01 AM (SB0V2)
Posted by: Herman Cain at December 14, 2011 08:01 AM (tf9Ne)
I bet if I had one of these knives, she would return my calls.
Oh yes, I bet she would have no choice but to return my calls then....Posted by: Mike at December 14, 2011 11:43 AM (gCa4h)<<<< Don't tell me, let me guess - you also think if women get to drive cars there won't be any virgins left, right?
/sarc Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at December 14, 2011 08:02 AM (0xqzf)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 14, 2011 08:03 AM (XE2Oo)
Okay, what would you do? I am truly interested.
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 11:57 AM (Xm1aB)
Left is right, right is wrong, and you have to be a Sailor or ride a Harley first. Otherwise, forget it, the other manly men will just make fun of you.
I got mine done when I retired from the USN.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:03 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 14, 2011 08:04 AM (SB0V2)
If it's any consolation pierced ears can grow shut if he ever decides he doesn't want them any more. Also skin will grow through the opening and close off the wound as a source of infection. NOT the same for a pierced tongue which will never "heal through" and is a constant source of bacteria going straight into the vascular system.
I'm not fond of the idea, but frankly piercing an ear isn't in the same category of "irreversible body mutilation" for me that tats and other piercings are.
Didn't say I like it....just that it's not as bad as some other things he might have asked for.
Posted by: MrObvious at December 14, 2011 08:04 AM (t4++D)
Yeah, there is a strong cultural link to ear piercing.
Hell, my sister and I were not allowed to spend our money earned from summer and after school jobs. I remember catching a lot of grief for buying myself a jean jacket when I was in college!
Posted by: Y-not at December 14, 2011 08:05 AM (5H6zj)
This is kind of a cool contest that your tax dollars are paying for through the National Endowment for the Humanities! - Win Dinner With Terrorists! http://tinyurl.com/8xaqnwd
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at December 14, 2011 08:05 AM (jx2j9)
Okay, what would you do? I am truly interested.
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 11:57 AM (Xm1aB)
I'd say yes, as long as you can take them out when it is appropriate, and don't go with Mulitples...
I'm 52 and have had a single ear pierced for about 30 years... and found that a classy, single diamond stud, is acceptable in just about any social situation.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 14, 2011 08:05 AM (NtXW4)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at December 14, 2011 08:05 AM (WvXvd)
Fuck, here in the SF bay area I see babies with piercings. More than one.
Baby and piercings that is.
I swear I saw a 7 year old girl with tats. Makeup is normal.
I guess if you can wander around nekked, you might as well be able to get turned on by little kids.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at December 14, 2011 08:06 AM (Qxdfp)
Just some whimsical fun -
My Advent Calendar of Music – Day #14: The Children's Hour http://t.co/kJY1uy4Y
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at December 14, 2011 08:06 AM (0xqzf)
I still say no.
Posted by: Y-not at December 14, 2011 08:07 AM (5H6zj)
I'm 52 and have had a single ear pierced for about 30 years... and found that a classy, single diamond stud, is acceptable in just about any social situation.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 14, 2011 12:05 PM (NtXW4)
Single smallish diamond is what I have, it's subtle enough not to be ostentatious.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:08 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at December 14, 2011 08:11 AM (0xqzf)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at December 14, 2011 12:11 PM (0xqzf)
Hard-core!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:12 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 14, 2011 08:13 AM (0yt4x)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 08:14 AM (Xm1aB)
Maybe you could get a tattoo on your ear lobe to cover the hole!
I will say it's a good sign that Dave's son actually asked for permission.
Posted by: Y-not at December 14, 2011 08:14 AM (5H6zj)
I'm 52 and have had a single ear pierced for about 30 years... and found that a classy, single diamond stud, is acceptable in just about any social situation.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 14, 2011 12:05 PM (NtXW4)
Single smallish diamond is what I have, it's subtle enough not to be ostentatious.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 12:08 PM (npWmN)
I had a solid gold cock ring, but when gold hit $1800.00 I sold it and paid off my house (yeah, its a small house).
BTW, I have the largest Swiss Army Knife. Excellent tool. Well made and will make you cry when you dump it overboard during a drunken fishing outing.
Posted by: maddogg at December 14, 2011 08:15 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Mama AJ on her cool new phone at December 14, 2011 08:15 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Y-not at December 14, 2011 12:14 PM (5H6zj)
Rather than get it done when he went away for college, yeah.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:16 AM (npWmN)
Based on one of the comments above, I think I'll extract a promise from him to not get a tatoo in exchange for my relenting on this point.
Thanks for the input...I cannot tell you how hard I've struggled with what, in the grand scheme of things, seems like such a small worry.
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 12:14 PM (Xm1aB)
He'll have to stay out of 'inappropriate places' for about the first six weeks....because he can't take them out during that time.
Posted by: Tami at December 14, 2011 08:18 AM (X6akg)
In addition to the moral repugnance that this entails, it is a glance at the clueless condescension of the elite. The Weathermen were named from a lyric to Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows," a reference to historical inevitability of communism. Here we are forty years later with another four decades of the failure of socialism and still it is the utopian day dream of the elite. There is no such thing as failure as far as the commies are concerned.
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 14, 2011 08:19 AM (Hx5uv)
I had a solid gold cock ring, but when gold hit $1800.00 I sold it and paid off my house (yeah, its a small house).
BTW, I have the largest Swiss Army Knife. Excellent tool. Well made and will make you cry when you dump it overboard during a drunken fishing outing.
Posted by: maddogg at December 14, 2011 12:15 PM (OlN4e)
Yeah, well...small cock ring will only get you a small house.
You must not have had the Survival Raft Tool 165 set to automatically deploy. I did until the damn thing went off in a rain storm. If you still have the remote you should be able to deploy Tool 357, Life Ring, that should be enough to get it close enough to the surface that you can dive for it. Use Tool 492, Scuba Tank, when you get to it so that you have enough air to bring it up.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:19 AM (npWmN)
Six year old says "when I'm an adult, you can drive me to [insert name of my beauty salon here]!"
After debating for a minute, I decide to ask why that's where he wants to go.
"Because then I can get my hair colored green!"
My husband has said no to this request months ago, you see.
Six year logic still beats liberal logic.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 14, 2011 08:21 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: phoenixgirl on other work computer ready to drink the perry flavor-aid at December 14, 2011 08:22 AM (s+J9D)
Posted by: Bond, James Bond at December 14, 2011 08:22 AM (gCa4h)
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 14, 2011 12:21 PM (XdlcF)
And...it's much funnier.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:23 AM (npWmN)
He now owns a brokerage, and luckily the holes have mostly closed up and he keeps the tatoo hidden.
When I'm hiring or looking for tenants, that's something that sways me. If people get addicted to tatoos and have obviously spent tons of money on the things while giving me some sob story...
I love our handy man, who is covered in tats and piercings. He does tattoos in SF as his (new) main living. And you know what? That's his station in life.
As an artist - I get tired of my art, other peoples art and whatever is in vogue. I could never imagine something I could never remove.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at December 14, 2011 08:24 AM (Qxdfp)
Okay, I'm a Texan, so blue jeans can be formal wear.
That said: under 18 (I don't think your post said): "No."
18+ "Sure. On your dime."
Note: this is the same rule I use for tattoos or any other piercing.
Hey, society has changed- we don't wear waist-coats and spats anymore either.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 08:25 AM (8y9MW)
Did Obama just thank the troops the fought in Falluhja for bringing justice to those who attacked us on 9/11?
Posted by: robtr at December 14, 2011 08:25 AM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 08:26 AM (zLeKL)
No ear piercings or tatoos. ABSOLUTELY NOT. You shouldn't even waiver.
If you're in a trailer park however, go ahead. He has too many rungs to go before the ear piercing would matter.
As far as the mass thing goes--it's hard to make the 16 year old varsity football captain, 4.25 GPA, and job go when his 20 year old idiot spendthrift backtalking 2.8 GPA brother refuses. As for him, I have 2 more years and then he is ON his own.
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 08:27 AM (tb5pQ)
Did Obama just thank the troops the fought in Falluhja for bringing justice to those who attacked us on 9/11?
Posted by: robtr at December 14, 2011 12:25 PM (MtwBb)
The irony! It burns us!
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at December 14, 2011 08:27 AM (RD7QR)
----
Yep.
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 12:26 PM (zLeKL)
I thought according to Obama, the left and the media Iraq didn't have any thing to do with 9/11?
Posted by: robtr at December 14, 2011 08:27 AM (MtwBb)
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 12:27 PM (tb5pQ)
And he's not already on his own because...? (says the guy who's 28 yo son and 26 yo daughter with hubby and baby still lives with him...but I haven't had to mow my own lawns, clean my own house or cook my own food for a couple of years now and I do get to see a lot of my grandson 
)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:30 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 14, 2011 08:30 AM (vzFJV)
Posted by: phoenixgirl on other work computer ready to drink the perry flavor-aid at December 14, 2011 08:31 AM (s+J9D)
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 08:31 AM (zLeKL)
It was so gross I jumped off him and started scrubbing my hand on my pants. I still get the fuckin jimmy-jams thinking about it.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 14, 2011 12:30 PM (vzFJV)
But if you have ahold of them you can get him to go anywhere you want him to.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:32 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: Moonbati Ahmadinnerjacket at December 14, 2011 08:34 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 14, 2011 08:34 AM (0yt4x)
If the spam mail doesn't identify the person, they all are, and I'll let them know why. The asshole they support wants people to sign their friends and relatives up for unsolicited mocking emails.
Posted by: grognard at December 14, 2011 08:34 AM (NS2Mo)
And he's not already on his own
because...? (says the guy who's 28 yo son and 26 yo daughter with hubby
and baby still lives with him...but I haven't had to mow my own lawns,
clean my own house or cook my own food for a couple of years now and I
do get to see a lot of my grandson )
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 12:30 PM (npWmN)
We finally got my 26-year-old stepson to help out around the house. He moves out, moves back in, moves out, moves back in. The last couple of times he was with us, no help at all. This time he takes care of the dogs, helps with housecleaning, and cooks two or three dinners a week, in addition to taking a class and working a few nights a week. I can live with that.
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at December 14, 2011 08:34 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: model_1066 at December 14, 2011 08:34 AM (YbQJm)
And he's not already on his own because...?
He's in college. I feel like if I educate him I can pull the plug. If I don't I feel like I'd be helping him forever. This way I will have no guilt when I say he's DONE.
I'm mad right this minute because he wanted $400 in a hurry for next year's security deposit. He insisted last year that the apartment was cheaper than the dorm with the meal plan. In fact it has worked out to be $3000 more expensive. I didn't know I was parting with an additional $400 days before christmas.
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 08:35 AM (tb5pQ)
But if you have ahold of them you can get him to go anywhere you want him to.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 12:32 PM (npWmN)
I have the exact same thought with nose rings: Must. Not. Treat. Like. Cow.
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at December 14, 2011 08:35 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at December 14, 2011 12:34 PM (RD7QR)
That works. I've already told these two that when the youngest turns 18 and graduates High School I'm burning the house down and buying an RV and no one is going to live with me.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:36 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: Lojack at December 14, 2011 08:36 AM (J8uGt)
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2011 08:37 AM (Fw2Gg)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 14, 2011 08:38 AM (0yt4x)
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 12:35 PM (tb5pQ)
You will put up with a lot more from your own kids than you do from anyone else, that's a fact. As for burning the house down when the youngest turns 18...well, I talk a good show, but we will see in another 6 years if it really happened or not. (I'm hoping they are all gone by then, then I can just sell the house instead of burning it down.)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:39 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: blaster at December 14, 2011 12:37 PM (Fw2Gg)
Sharp objects + the little joncelli = NO.
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at December 14, 2011 08:39 AM (RD7QR)
Tool #432. Between the sling-shot (431) and the butane torch (433).
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 08:40 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at December 14, 2011 08:41 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 08:41 AM (tb5pQ)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 14, 2011 12:38 PM (0yt4x)
eh...yeah, that's true. You wouldn't think that you would need surgical gloves for everyday use, would you?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:41 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: Jean at December 14, 2011 08:41 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 08:43 AM (Xm1aB)
this knife would be great for dad if it had a butter-knife tool
-- cuz dad fixes everything with a butter knife
and then, after he ruins the end of the butter knife, he sticks it back in the drawer
-- and then when he needs to "fix" something else, he grabs a butter-knife from the drawer, but never a butter-knife with an already ruined end, and ruins another one
Posted by: soothsayer at December 14, 2011 08:43 AM (uFokq)
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 12:41 PM (tb5pQ)
No kidding. Kids these days, yah?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:43 AM (npWmN)
234 Somebody yell up the stairs at ace, okay?
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at December 14, 2011 12:41 PM (RD7QR)
We would probably have a new thread up by now, but AceÂ’s late night Palin-hating diatribes have thrown us off schedule.
Posted by: jwest at December 14, 2011 08:44 AM (8moZm)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 08:45 AM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 14, 2011 12:43 PM (uFokq)
My Dad's favorite tools were quarters and dimes. He always had at least one of each on his person for turning screws and prying things open.
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at December 14, 2011 08:45 AM (RD7QR)
Still sorta mad at Mr dagny for talking me into kids in the first place. I do like the middle one though. He just got his driver's license last week and wanted to spend the night at his friend's house last night who lives 30 min away. It's a study day before exams but since he has over a 4.0 he seems to know what to do. Anyway I said be home by 11. At 12 I sent him the following text:
To whomever finds this phone, it belongs to my son who is apparently lying dead or in a coma by the side of the road. Please call his worried mother.
I waited till 1230 called him, woke him up and he's apologizing all over himself. Gotta figure out what to do abt it since I don't think he meant to f-up. I'll probably just torture him.
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 08:46 AM (tb5pQ)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 12:45 PM (Xm1aB)
Chicks think they're cool. Wanna break them of it? Point out all the over-40 fat guys that have them (I can send you a pic).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:47 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at December 14, 2011 08:47 AM (21lBC)
Posted by: model_1066 at December 14, 2011 08:48 AM (YbQJm)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 08:48 AM (Xm1aB)
That's a good one.
Though I'll say (even though it was probably completely accidental and "innocent") you need a real punishment, even if it's not too harsh. Not sure about what your kids already do, but around my house growing up it would have being the one responsible for cleaning the kids' (3 boys) bathroom every weekend for a month. Or something on that order.
Punishment isn't about being angry at them, it's about impressing upon them that they never, ever want to do that (whatever "that" was) again.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 08:48 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 08:48 AM (tb5pQ)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at December 14, 2011 08:49 AM (21lBC)
The ones you have will all fail within a week of one another. Always, always have more light bulbs than you think you need.
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at December 14, 2011 08:49 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: tasker at December 14, 2011 08:50 AM (r2PLg)
None of us ever asked for one. Part of that was probably because my parents took great pains to point out how stupid most guys with ear-rings (or tattoos, since that's come up) look.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 08:50 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 12:46 PM (tb5pQ)
Yeah, that's fun, isn't it? Especially if they really and truly are good kids, they will beat themselves up worse than you can. Just tell them "We'll talk about it after I've had a chance to think up an appropriate punishment" and they'll torture themselves all day. Then at the end of the day you tell them "Don't do it again and we'll never have to talk about it again." Bet you won't ever have to bring it up.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 08:50 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: Jean at December 14, 2011 08:51 AM (WkuV6)
So... what's the over/under on that? 30 seconds?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 08:52 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at December 14, 2011 08:52 AM (21lBC)
I'm 50 and every time I think of doing something stupid I hear his voice.
Posted by: mpfs at December 14, 2011 08:55 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 08:55 AM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 08:56 AM (8y9MW)
I feel the same way about tattoos on chicks.
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 14, 2011 08:56 AM (Hx5uv)
I'm in the midst of giving a final exam for my Finance students, and I'm bored (second one today). Yes, I am one of THOSE profs. So I thought I'd check in with the Moron Horde.
Dagney:
Here in the RightWingHousehold, the eldest is only 11. But she's well trained. We don;t give consequences (i.e. if you don't do X, Y will happen). We just say, "it's your choice" when we tell them to do something. If they choose not to do it, no big deal AT THAT TIME.
But somehow, the Moron and Moronette-in-training always give us an opportunity to make it hurt within a couple of days. They might have plans to go over to a friend's house. They might have looked forward to watching a lon-awaited movie. Whatever. Then, we calmly say, "when we asked you to do X, it was your choice. Now it's our choice whether or not you get Y. And we choose no."
Works like a charm, and the wailing and gnashing of teeth commences. As long as your kids learn the first rule (i.e. Thou Shalt Not F*CK With Mom and Dad), you have a chance. If not, you're already dead.
Good luck.
Posted by: RightWingProf at December 14, 2011 08:56 AM (Rone0)
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at December 14, 2011 08:57 AM (RD7QR)
They never "opined" about it. They mostly just laughed.
Derision is far better than condemnation.
You rebel against "rules" and condemnation. You try to avoid derision.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 08:57 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Obama On My Shoulder at December 14, 2011 08:58 AM (lpWVn)
He'll have to stay out of 'inappropriate places' for about the first six weeks....because he can't take them out during that time.
Posted by: Tami at December 14, 2011 12:18 PM (X6akg)
You do what we did in the Navy... put in a very small piece of metal to keep the 'hole' open... somthing that does not show..
I 'made' a small piece of wire, with a bend in the back, which would poke through the hole from the back... and then used a very small piece of tape to hold it in place...
Command never said a word... but then this was the 80's... LOL
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 14, 2011 08:58 AM (NtXW4)
I get in the mount and I'm going for a cross-collar choke, and as I slide my right hand up his lapel to get a grip on it, my pinky went through his fucking nasty earlobe.
Man, that is all kinds of wrong.
Since you already warmed him up, you should have raped his septum.
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2011 08:58 AM (O61DO)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 08:59 AM (Xm1aB)
Well, yeah, me, too. They don't much anymore though. (On the other hand, go to a local Renaissance Fair sometime- be careful where you look, but if you are, there are some smokin' hot examples of the female figure. Usually in corsets.)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:00 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 12:56 PM (8y9MW)
Thanks Allen. I was thinking I wasn't going to need my blood pressure medicine today, now I guess I don't have to worry about the double-dose I took earlier.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 09:00 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 12:56 PM (8y9MW)
I'm heartened to see that a good number of the comments are of the "Not only no but hell no" variety.
Posted by: joncelli, too stressed by half at December 14, 2011 09:01 AM (RD7QR)
Well, YMMV, apparently.
It may have helped that dad was a former Marine who could (by all appearances) teleport across the house if you got him angry enough.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:01 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 12:59 PM (Xm1aB)
Hellooooo, 40 year old fat guys with earrings, don't tell - show!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 09:02 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: Max Power at December 14, 2011 09:02 AM (q177U)
That's me. Looking out for the health of the Moron Horde.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:02 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:03 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Max Power at December 14, 2011 09:04 AM (q177U)
Posted by: Max Power at December 14, 2011 01:02 PM (q177U)
but only if at least two of them were on the same subject...double points if there are at least two sets of double posts...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 09:04 AM (npWmN)
Posted by: Dave at December 14, 2011 09:04 AM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: Mama AJ on her cool new phone at December 14, 2011 09:05 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Obama On My Shoulder at December 14, 2011 09:05 AM (lpWVn)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at December 14, 2011 09:06 AM (npWmN)
Well, some of them do, yes. But a) hot chicks with corsets, b) jousting (if you go to the right ones, you even get real jousting, not that mamby-pamby fake stuff like Medieval Times), c) did I mention hot chicks in corsets?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:06 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: joncelli, who always wanted to say that at December 14, 2011 09:09 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: really ... at December 14, 2011 09:11 AM (meyVd)
Posted by: dagny at December 14, 2011 09:12 AM (tb5pQ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:12 AM (8y9MW)
Needless to say, the book was even better.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:13 AM (8y9MW)
You forgot LARPers with apparently huge disposable incomes.
And rednecks that think its cool to wear a Zeppelin t-shirt, ripped jeans, and a Scottish claymore strapped across the back.
Posted by: grognard at December 14, 2011 09:14 AM (NS2Mo)
Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 14, 2011 01:08 PM (OWjjx)
My old AoSHQ bootlegs all had:
Explosion--> Banhammerin' -->Explosive Apology -->Sincere Apology
on Sides 'A' and 'B'.
Posted by: garrett at December 14, 2011 09:14 AM (O61DO)
Posted by: tasker at December 14, 2011 09:14 AM (r2PLg)
Anyone go see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? Not playing in my neighborhood (yet?).
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 14, 2011 09:14 AM (dp+c+)
Didn't forget them at all.
I was just highlighting the good points of RenFairs.
I guess, for the Horde, I should mention the wide variety of unusual alcoholic beverages, too. For instance, mead is hard to come by outside of a Renaissance Fair.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:15 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:16 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnel in that awful movie I, thankfully, can't remember at December 14, 2011 09:17 AM (O61DO)
Relax....Ace will be up soon and put up an "Open Thread" with an apology about how he is having writer's block. Then, tomorrow, he will crank out a new post every 6 minutes to make up for it.
ROTFL
Posted by: Max Power at December 14, 2011 09:17 AM (q177U)
Incandescent lightbulbs don't go bad, I don't think ....I mean, I found some really old ones in an old closet once, they had to be 20 years old or more....and they still worked fine.
I think it's that little filament thing in them that you have to watch out for, it's really fragile. ...If that little filament breaks, its dead. I've had new ones not work because it was broken.
Posted by: wheatie.....aka ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at December 14, 2011 09:18 AM (HvKWW)
Still chuckling...
Posted by: DANEgerus at December 14, 2011 09:18 AM (e3/KR)
Posted by: Joffen at December 14, 2011 09:18 AM (WJ5Y2)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 01:15 PM (8y9MW)
A-freaking-men brother. I found a liquor store in the Hudson Valley in New York that carried a really great mead, but since moved away.
full disclosure - I was once a LARPer with disposable income. I'll never go back, not so much because of the geek immersion as the rampant communism.
What I bought, armor and all, makes for a great Halloween costume (or three), but that's about it.
Posted by: grognard at December 14, 2011 09:19 AM (NS2Mo)
Never heard of it.
TTSS is a great book and the BBC mini series was excellent. I am hesitant about this because as much as I love Gary Oldman and Benedict Cumberbatch, I cannot conceive of how you can make it a 2 hour or so movie.
Posted by: alexthechick at December 14, 2011 09:19 AM (VtjlW)
Anyone go see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? Not playing in my neighborhood (yet?).
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 14, 2011 01:14 PM (dp+c+)
Best new movie (best comedy about an islamic terror cell, ever):
Four Lions
Highly, highly recommended.
Posted by: really ... at December 14, 2011 09:19 AM (meyVd)
Posted by: tasker at December 14, 2011 09:21 AM (r2PLg)
Tinker Tailor is opening to a limited engagement, and there isn't a theater anwhere within 20 miles showing it. : (
Posted by: Max Power at December 14, 2011 09:22 AM (q177U)
What type of LARPing (since that can refer to a couple of sub-cultures, both of which might show up at a Renaissance Fair)?
I used to go to Scarborough Fair (in Waxahachie, TX) on a regular basis, but the wife and I quit going when she got pregnant with our first. The kids are big enough now that we might try to go next year.
We probably won't do costumes until the kids are bigger, though.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 09:22 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: tasker at December 14, 2011 01:21 PM (r2PLg)
Well, he admitted he feels hate for her at this point, which isn't surprising. I feel apathy, mostly, not sure where the hate came from, unless he feels driven to it by more vocal supporters of hers.
My last post on that dead thread:
Regarding the Palin stuff...my observation after reading this thread is that there's still a big difference between:
"Quit her governorship to become a reality star."
and
"Quit
her governorship to avoid personal bankruptcy due to an extraordinary
amount of fraudulent ethics charges that needed to be defended."
The
reality is probably somewhere in between, but it does no one any favors
to continue to insist that one or the other was the True Reason.
In
any case, whether she was forced out or quit because it was the path of
least resistance for her, it ended her political career. In general, I
think those that consistently stick to the first explanation to at
least acknowledge that the frivolous complaints put her in an
extraordinarily bad position that was completely undeserved. Yes, she
had a hand in the law that was used against her, but that doesn't
justify the predatory use of that law by Dem operatives to ruin her
financially.
Thankfully, she disarmed that by resigning. Despite
some of her negatives, I think she's a very decent person that doesn't
deserve what she got. I don't think the person that agreed to run with
McCain is the same Palin that is out there now. I think that despite
her attempts to look tough that it scarred her very badly.
The
fact that some of it made her embittered, defensive, and obsessive in
some areas is an unfortunate, understandable, and completely
disqualifying aspect to all of this.
Posted by: grognard at December 14, 2011 09:23 AM (NS2Mo)
321 I think he lost it last night-
said Palin had a nose as big as Streisands...
Posted by: tasker at December 14, 2011 01:21 PM (r2PLg)
Hard to imagine how someone develops the white hot hate Ace harbors for Palin. Do you think he might have written an 1800 word “Mike” email to her and she didn’t respond?
Posted by: jwest at December 14, 2011 09:26 AM (8moZm)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) says 'No' to RINO Romney at December 14, 2011 01:22 PM (8y9MW)
Fantasy, full combat, but soft weapons. NOT goth/vampire.
Though I would love to see a bunch of each type locked in a room and forced to interact. Hilarious.
But....you know Lightning Bolt Guy? I know him and LARPed with him for years. He will probably never live that down, but being ridiculous is what LARPing is all about. Willful suspension of disbelief that a pouch filled with birdseed is a magic spell is quite a jarring thing when observed by someone uninvolved.
Posted by: grognard at December 14, 2011 09:27 AM (NS2Mo)
Incandescent lightbulbs don't go bad, I don't think ....I mean, I found some really old ones in an old closet once, they had to be 20 years old or more....and they still worked fine.
I think it's that little filament thing in them that you have to watch out for, it's really fragile. ...If that little filament breaks, its dead. I've had new ones not work because it was broken.
Posted by: wheatie.....aka ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at December 14, 2011 01:18 PM (HvKWW)
If you use DC (instead of AC) an incandescent bulb can stay lit for decades, literally. They used to sell little capacitors to use for this and they would extend the bulb's life by orders of magnitude.
Posted by: really ... at December 14, 2011 09:36 AM (meyVd)
Very sleek and handy.
Wish I could have had one that time I got a fishhook stuck near my earlobe...
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Posted by: 1.21 gigawatts of aggression at December 14, 2011 07:54 PM (JXaAZ)
(Bonus points if you know the reference).
On the gripping hand,
Maybe I don't.
I'll ask my Fyunch(click). He'll know.
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