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January 11, 2014

Saturday Afternoon Open Thread - [Niedermeyer's Dead Horse]
— Open Blogger

Here's an open thread to get you through until the next serious post pops up. Perhaps it will lighten the mood a little.

Times they are a changin'.

Things aren't as simple as they used to be, not that they were ever simple but, they were never this complicated before.

And the kids, we bemoan how rotten they are but, hell, who raised them? I mean, really?! Not every rotten kid came from rotten parents and not every rotten parent produces bad kids but, more often than not, well... the gravitational force exerted on a Red Delicious results in said Red Delicious lying proximate to Malus Domestica.

And sex... my heavens at the hyper-sexual imagery they are basted in. It's everywhere. And, simultaneous to the increase in their exposure to sex is a loss of the traditional family. Kids are left alone, fending for themselves, with television and video games serving as surrogate parents.

It takes its toll.

CoolCzech really deserves the credit for this post because it was his pictorial of the change in culture between the 80's and the 20teens which made me stop and think about it.

To make it up to you, here's a photo of an 80's-era piglet, complete with legwarmers.

Cute, isn't it? It's as if it has never been exposed to the harsh ways of the world.

Keep your kids safe and teach them well because, when you don't, the consequences can be dire...

Don't let this happen to your own little piglets.

BTW, I watched Don Jon tonight. I enjoyed it. And, you Morons, Scarlett Johnasson is great in it.

Now. I'll leave you to your deep thoughts.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:47 AM | Comments (137)
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1 Mmm, non-halal.

Posted by: Dang at January 11, 2014 09:48 AM (MNq6o)

2 And, you Morons, Scarlett Johnasson is great in it. Great Topless, or Great Full Frontal?

Posted by: garrett at January 11, 2014 09:52 AM (q3g5v)

3 Great Topless, or Great Full Frontal? *** Neither. The girl is clothed throughout but is cute as all get-out.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 11, 2014 09:52 AM (DmNpO)

4 The girl is clothed throughout oh, I misunderstood.

Posted by: garrett at January 11, 2014 09:54 AM (q3g5v)

5 Finally dropped into the new "bottle shop" in the neighborhood. Trying two brands I've never had before, Piedmont Pilsner by Olde Hickory Brewery here in NC, supposedly they import all their hops, etc. from Germany and Czech., so I'm hoping it's kind of like Bitburger, which they did not have. The other one I've seen before and wondered about, YETI Imperial Stout by the Great Divide Brewing Co. I'll report my findings shortly.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 11, 2014 09:54 AM (ZshNr)

6 Not sure if this post is a feather in Ace's cap or a black eye... that second piglet picture is disturbing...

Posted by: Colonel Cathcart at January 11, 2014 09:54 AM (fkGuC)

7 The girl is clothed throughout Seems kinda senseless to me, though.

Posted by: Jake Tapper at January 11, 2014 09:54 AM (q3g5v)

8 lipstick on a pig!

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at January 11, 2014 09:55 AM (RLTt1)

9 Is that photo from an ad for the new strip club in Enumclaw?

Posted by: PabloD at January 11, 2014 09:55 AM (Z74Km)

10 The US gets Milky Virus while the Ukraine gets this - http://youtu.be/c9FS1bxaGTg

Yikes!

Might distract Akula51 again.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 11, 2014 09:56 AM (ZqlGu)

11 mrs Bigby's is more concerned about violence than sex when it comes to baby bigby though

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at January 11, 2014 09:57 AM (RLTt1)

12
speaking of times...

Saints at Seahawks (that's in Washington state for those of you in Rio Linda) at 4:30p on FOX*

*so, yes, Troy and his Annoying Paramour

Posted by: soothsayer at January 11, 2014 09:57 AM (gYIst)

13 But Scarlett loves Obama.

Posted by: NCKate at January 11, 2014 09:57 AM (6SdCf)

14 But Scarlett loves Obama. *** I didn't say she was smaht.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 11, 2014 09:59 AM (DmNpO)

15
btw, the line on that game is Seahawks -9.5.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 11, 2014 09:59 AM (gYIst)

16 Seems kinda senseless to me, though.

Posted by: Jake Tapper at January 11, 2014 01:54 PM (q3g5v)

Finally, the proper application of the word.

Posted by: [/i][/b]KG at January 11, 2014 10:00 AM (IPz9m)

17 Saints at Seahawks (that's in Washington state for those of you in Rio Linda) at 4:30p on FOX* *** I'm a Brees fan but I hope Seattle stomps the hell out of them because my FF lineup is full of Hawks and Broncos.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 11, 2014 10:00 AM (DmNpO)

18 Great. Now people will think I'm a sex crazed debauched moron. One thing about sows: great nips!

Posted by: CoolCzech at January 11, 2014 10:00 AM (+w1hQ)

19
oh, and the 13th man?

that's crap.

Saints will win.

Patriots will win.

Chargers will win.

Panthers will win.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 11, 2014 10:00 AM (gYIst)

20 Every time I watch Mad Men I ponder how fashions have changed. Women were pretty then. Cute.

For girls of all ages the fashion now can be summed up in one word: slut.

Posted by: PJ at January 11, 2014 10:00 AM (ZWaLo)

21 Mmmmm....I'm gonna name mine "bacon".

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at January 11, 2014 10:01 AM (R5qgD)

22 Kids definitely have very little supervision now compared to when I was a kid back in the 50s. When I was a kid there was only 2 women that I am aware of who worked outside of the house in the whole block.

Now in my neighborhood there is only one that I am aware of with school age children who does not work.

And in the urban environment the "moms" are single and most of them stay strung out on some kind of drug financed by twenty-nine different welfare programs while their 27 kids roam the streets doing ever lawbreaking thing they can do.

And the sad thing about that last thing is that it wasn't that way until LBJ's great society started.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 11, 2014 10:01 AM (T2V/1)

23 Is that photo from an ad for the new strip club in Enumclaw? *** heh

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 11, 2014 10:02 AM (DmNpO)

24 Some pig.

Just watched these movies on Netflix. Highly recommended.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish version)

followed by

The Girl who Played With Fire

followed by

The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

in that order. Very good.

Posted by: Sphynx at January 11, 2014 10:05 AM (OZmbA)

25 And the kids, we bemoan how rotten they are but, hell, who raised them? I mean, really?! Well I do my part. I'm always yelling at them to get off my lawn.

Posted by: Daybrother at January 11, 2014 10:05 AM (kgaCF)

Jeepers! Watch you some Twilight Zone shows and see people dressed in nice clothes.

No saggy pants, no yoga pants that are 30 lbs past the intended limit, people are well groomed, men wearing suits and ties as daily wear, hair colors and styles from this world, courtesies and respect exchanged.

Yep, things ain't what they used to be.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 11, 2014 10:06 AM (BAS5M)

27 There is no future without babies.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 11, 2014 10:07 AM (TE35l)

28 men wearing suits and ties as daily wear

Yep, things ain't what they used to be.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 11, 2014 02:06 PM (BAS5M)

I'm glad we don't do that anymore... I'd be a faucet sweating in the damn things.

Posted by: [/i][/b]KG at January 11, 2014 10:07 AM (IPz9m)

29 Posted by: Sphynx at January 11, 2014 02:05 PM (OZmbA) *** After I watched Don Jon I watched a British flick 'Sleeping Beauty'. It was NOT a fairy tale.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 11, 2014 10:08 AM (DmNpO)

"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on
the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless
beyond words.

When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of
elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of
restraint."

--- Hesiod, Eighth Century B.C.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 11, 2014 10:09 AM (PZ6/M)

31 You could wait for the NFL, or you could throw on the Lightning v Flyers and watch real athletes.

Posted by: garrett at January 11, 2014 10:09 AM (q3g5v)

32 BC just beat Virginia Tech, Duke and Clemson just tipped off.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 11, 2014 10:10 AM (ZshNr)

33 After I watched Don Jon I watched a British flick 'Sleeping Beauty'.

It was NOT a fairy tale. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse

I'll give both a try.

Posted by: Sphynx at January 11, 2014 10:10 AM (OZmbA)

34 I'm guilty of not getting out of my pjs all week. I do have a nice 6 inch scar on my back for an excuse. Thanks for the tip on Don Jon, NDH. I've been meaning to watch it.

Posted by: no good deed at January 11, 2014 10:10 AM (HsJeN)

35 I didn't say she was smaht. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse Heh. I'm not ashamed to say I have one of those naked selfies she took that got hacked and posted on the internet. She doesn't need to be.

Posted by: Daybrother at January 11, 2014 10:11 AM (iifgA)

36 If O'bama wants to enact 'promise' zones to spice up economic activity, why not relax drug laws, morality laws, tax laws, immigration laws, insurance regulations, and see what happens?

It could work!

Posted by: I remember when at January 11, 2014 10:12 AM (yxqYi)

37 18 Great. Now people will think I'm a sex crazed debauched moron. Now?

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 11, 2014 10:12 AM (bCEmE)

"What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?"

- attributed to Plato (but doubtful he actually said this)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 11, 2014 10:13 AM (PZ6/M)

39 Pictures of future bacon is pretty.

Posted by: Yancey Ward at January 11, 2014 10:13 AM (RGR0F)

40
That Socrates gives some mean head.

--Actually said by Plato

Posted by: Sphynx at January 11, 2014 10:14 AM (OZmbA)

"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer
rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their
legs, and are tyrants over their teachers."

- attributed to Socrates (by the mayor of Amsterdam - couldn't remember where he read it, though)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 11, 2014 10:15 AM (PZ6/M)

42 I'm striving for cryptic inscrutibility.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 11, 2014 10:15 AM (JQuNB)

43 I was just passing through, saying hello. Now this post gor me all depressed. If you'll excuse me, I have to try to rustle up a couple piglets to hug.

Posted by: shredded chi - broke, busted & disgusted at January 11, 2014 10:16 AM (StNzx)

44 Well.., the thing is, Socrates was right.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 11, 2014 10:17 AM (aDwsi)

45 Posted by: I remember when It looks to me like the 'Promise Zones' are all set in areas that have all already been targeted as Democratic flip zones. This is just more political graft disguised as government 'investment'.

Posted by: Daybrother at January 11, 2014 10:17 AM (D3xXM)

46 Alex the Chick has a pet piglet?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 11, 2014 10:18 AM (tcK++)

47 kids are out of control because parents want to be their kid's friends fortunately for nck, T and I aren't her damn friends, we're mom and dad and we believe in the old ways

Posted by: navycopjoe why god why? at January 11, 2014 10:18 AM (At8tV)

48
That's some underage pig porn, there.

Posted by: Sphynx at January 11, 2014 10:19 AM (OZmbA)

49 I'm striving for cryptic inscrutibility. Posted by: Harrison Bergeron -------------------------------------- Oh, don't worry. We'll see to it that you are just a face in the crowd.

Posted by: United States Handicapper Genera at January 11, 2014 10:20 AM (aDwsi)

50 i saw the UW has installed seismic sensors at the seattle stadium to monitor earthquakes caused by the crowd

Posted by: oc joe at January 11, 2014 10:20 AM (hqVUe)

51 What is a "promise zone?" is that some religious chastity thing?

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 11, 2014 10:21 AM (RZ8pf)

52 Rant on I am 67 years old. I love this site! You are entirely correct about the sexual nature of our current time. I can live with it; frankly, I kinda enjoy it! My concern is the disintegration of the family. Yes, marriage still exists but is not a permanent state of relations. (I don't care one bit about what kind of marriage it is.) I care that 48% of live births are out of wedlock. I care that a large fraction of these babies are born directly into the welfare system. I care that the public education system cannot, or will not, rescue these babies so that they can hold down a decent job. I care that a fraction of these babies will spend a large part of their lives in prison; or worse, dead at an early age. I really care that our progressive government doesn't give a shit about these babies, except when we have a war and the babies become cannon fodder. Through no fault of their own, these babies are taking our country into the cesspool. There must be a better way. Rant off

Posted by: Quaoar at January 11, 2014 10:22 AM (huV3N)

53 I'm striving for cryptic inscrutibility. Posted by: Harrison Bergeron Well, is it pronounced Bergeron or Bagerahn. I mean, that's inscrutable right there.

Posted by: Daybrother at January 11, 2014 10:23 AM (px/Bz)

54 45 It looks to me like the 'Promise Zones' are all set in areas that have all already been targeted as Democratic flip zones. This is just more political graft disguised as government 'investment'.

Posted by: Daybrother at January 11, 2014 02:17 PM (D3xXM)

From what I saw of the list it looked like ALL of them were already members of the FSA in good standing already. The SE KY one may not be depending on exactly where he is talking about.

So what this amounts to is Stimulus III in which they dump a shit-ton of money on Democrat cronies to give out "as they see fit" to buy votes from the FSA.

And there has been zero legislation passed to approve this are provide financing.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 11, 2014 10:25 AM (T2V/1)

55 The Piedmont Pilsner was okay, kind of bland. Not really recommended, you can get better for the price. Saving the Yeti Stout until later.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 11, 2014 10:25 AM (ZshNr)

56 Cheerleaders?! The "good old days" were not that good.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 11, 2014 10:25 AM (edRK0)

57 #29

The one with Emily Browning? Really strange. A college student who doesn't need the money takes a job as a sort of prostitute with no actual sex. She takes a sedative and sleeps naked with wealthy old men. Actually sleeps and nothing else. The men derive a thrill from their lost youth without any pressure to perform or awareness of the young woman restraining her repulsion at their aged physiques.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 11, 2014 10:26 AM (bPxS6)

58 Quaoar - I believe that among African Americans, the statistic is much worse. Something on the order of 65% without fathers in the home.

Posted by: United States Handicapper Genera at January 11, 2014 10:26 AM (aDwsi)

59 Well, this is pretty senseless, but I'm putting boots on to go plow snow. Senseless because the weather service predicts more snow tonight. But senselessly plowing snow is slightly incrementally less senseless then sitting here reading [stuff] on the internet, and the weather predictors might be wrong.

Didn't your parents teach you to not play with your food?

Posted by: ♪♪No particular place to go♪♪ at January 11, 2014 10:26 AM (yxqYi)

60 Eliot spitzer and an sm pig walk into a bar....

Posted by: redenzo at January 11, 2014 10:27 AM (WCnJW)

61 So does applewood smoked lean more toward preppie piggie or bondage piggie?

Posted by: Fritz at January 11, 2014 10:27 AM (UzPAd)

62 Merovign and I have been riffing on Forbidden Planet over on FB.

JJ Adams - "So basically, doctor, you're saying we've been riding around this alien planet in a shopping cart?"
Dr. Morbius - "I'm impressed Commander that you grasp the situation so well."
JJ Adams - "Well, it says so right here in the script."
Dr. Morbius - "Surely you jest Commander. Where does it say that?"
JJ Adams - "Page 34. No, 35... wait, does your copy have green pages? That's the old one..."
Dr. Morbius - "Commander. Do the green pages indicate that is an old script or a new script? Clarity and conciseness are hallmarks of an educated man. But I am sure you have a strong voice."
JJ Adams - "Well they didn't hire me for my hair."
Dr. Morbius - "And if you comment that my daughter has a great beaver, I will have Robbie run you over."
JJ Adams - But she's so lonely! And, by total coincidence...
Dr. Morbius - "One more word Commander and I will have you thrown off this planet."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 11, 2014 10:28 AM (ZqlGu)

63 58 Quaoar - I believe that among African Americans, the statistic is much worse. Something on the order of 65% without fathers in the home.

Posted by: United States Handicapper Genera at January 11, 2014 02:26 PM (aDwsi)

I looked at the numbers from the census bureau last year. As I recall the numbers ran like this

Blacks - 75%

Hispanics - 45%

Whites - 25%

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 11, 2014 10:30 AM (T2V/1)

64 Quite the performance by the Ukrainian dancer. Thanks, I shall send the link on to my brother in law, has an interest in the arts.....

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 11, 2014 10:30 AM (l3vZN)

65 And there has been zero legislation passed to approve this are provide financing. Posted by: Vic Nailed it.

Posted by: Daybrother at January 11, 2014 10:30 AM (4K8Lx)

66 19 -

If I were a betting man, which I'm not, I would put my money on you being wrong on all 4 of those.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 11, 2014 10:32 AM (BeSEI)

67 that piggeh is creepy

Posted by: chemjeff at January 11, 2014 10:33 AM (9GG/0)

68 Infidels! Allah will roast you in hell for this unclean blasphemy, putting that filthy unclean pig into forbidden seductive garments to tempt and arouse and confuse His Jihadi Faithful. But, put a nice clean sheep in black leather and I'd totally hit that. Mustapha, Soldier Of Allah

Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at January 11, 2014 10:34 AM (Qm24A)

69 Anna Puma, too funny. Watched "Day the Earth Stood Still" on Netflix last night. Pure nostalgia. Miss the old "B" movies, not just Robbie and "Mr Carpenter" but Village of the Damned, Curse of the Demon, Most Dangerous Game, Isle of the Lost Souls, Monster on Campus, The Blob, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, et al. Oh well, I guess we live in a more serious age...Lady Gaga...'nuff said.

Posted by: Caliban at January 11, 2014 10:35 AM (2ArJQ)

70 67 I wonder if the poster sexypig knows about this picture yet

Posted by: navycopjoe why god why? at January 11, 2014 10:35 AM (At8tV)

71
Burt, I went 4/4 last weekend.

My powers, do not doubt them.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 11, 2014 10:35 AM (gYIst)

72 Piglets in stompy boots. You can't get that anywhere else but the HQ.

Posted by: rickl at January 11, 2014 10:35 AM (sdi6R)

73 I curse I every team I predict will win, so I refrain. I want NE and Carolina to win, but no prognostications. The other games, meh. I suppose Seattle for variety's sake and San Diego for the underdog factor.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 11, 2014 10:36 AM (ZshNr)

74 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 11, 2014 02:28 PM (ZqlGu)

There is a line in that movie that is hilarious. The daughter summons Robbie, but it takes a while for Robbie to show up. When she asks Robbie what took him so long, it replies...

"Sorry, I was giving myself a lube job".

Hard to believe that line stayed in the film.

Posted by: HH at January 11, 2014 10:36 AM (XXwdv)

"And sex... my heavens at the hyper-sexual imagery they are basted in. It's everywhere. And, simultaneous to the increase in their exposure to sex is a loss of the traditional family. Kids are left alone, fending for themselves, with television and video games serving as surrogate parents."

Funny thing is, once the oldest TiFW daughter went off to college, she became quite conservative in her views towards sex.

Started bemoaning what "kids these days" were exposed to.....

.....after whining at us when she was that same age when we bemoaned the same thing.

It was interesting to watch the change in values in ALL of our daughters once they became young adults. Their friends have gone through the same changes, too.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 11, 2014 10:36 AM (PZ6/M)

76 I believe that among African Americans, the statistic is much worse. Something on the order of 65% without fathers in the home. I've got three sawbucks on the Over.

Posted by: garrett at January 11, 2014 10:37 AM (q3g5v)

77 71 -

Doubting them I do. And with no money on the line, it looks like we will compete for the honor of being AoSHQ's top prognosticator. A title that is of interest to... precisely two people, it would seem.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 11, 2014 10:37 AM (BeSEI)

78 Let's have a knock out tournament. Pick the winner of the first game to survive to pick in the second, in the third, and if anyone is left, the fourth of the weekend.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 11, 2014 10:40 AM (ZshNr)

79 Scarlett Johansson. Meh. Now Lena Dunham...!

Posted by: Said No One EVER at January 11, 2014 10:40 AM (MMC8r)

80 I'll take Seattle in the first game.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 11, 2014 10:40 AM (ZshNr)

81 #23

OTOH, a lot of the parents my age who had kids starting in the late 80s gave them an absurd amount of supervision, becoming known as helicopter parents always hovering nearby. When I was growing up I didn't know anyone who had so many scheduled activities as these kids. We might have had some sport or music lessons that came up after school but generally handle getting together with other kids for ourselves.

When I was a kid I could disappear on a summer morning and not return until late afternoon. I'd be completely out of touch unless I had some change for a phone call. My folks simply didn't think this was cause for worry. Nowadays, we have nanny cams and cell phones that allow a parent to keep a GPS track on the kid.

A lot of the young adults I meet now were never untracked by their parents or supervised by surrogates for more than an hour or so until they reached high school. And people wonder why so many teens today are uninterested in obtaining a driver's license when it had been so intensely important to previous generations.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 11, 2014 10:41 AM (bPxS6)

82 "We've never said the word 'no' to our daughter Etheral Swift Jones and we're so proud of...Eeeth, darling, the hot stove is hot, maybe think about that while I drive you to the emergency room. Well, gotta go, a parent's work is never done you know!"

Posted by: Mr Jones, doesn't know what's going on at January 11, 2014 10:41 AM (jTKU5)

To make it up to you, here's a photo of an 80's-era piglet, complete with legwarmers.

Cute, isn't it? It's as if it has never been exposed to the harsh ways of the world.

Personally, I'm not a fan of wool fibers in my bacon sammich.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 11, 2014 10:41 AM (TIIx5)

84 60 Eliot spitzer and an sm pig walk into a bar....

Posted by: redenzo at January 11, 2014 02:27 PM (WCnJW)

Bartender says, "Hey, you can't bring that pig in here!"

Pig says, "Oh give him a break. He lost his gig at CNN."

Posted by: Sphynx at January 11, 2014 10:43 AM (OZmbA)

85 "The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and are tyrants over their teachers." - attributed to Dave in Texas, 4th century BC Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 11, 2014 02:15 PM (PZ6/M) FIFY

Posted by: CAC at January 11, 2014 10:43 AM (h025M)

86 10 The US gets Milky Virus while the Ukraine gets this - http://youtu.be/c9FS1bxaGTg Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 11, 2014 01:56 PM (ZqlGu) OK, I'm convinced. Pole dancing should become an Olympic sport. Provided that knee-high boots are part of the uniform.

Posted by: rickl at January 11, 2014 10:43 AM (sdi6R)

87 Caliban, Curse of the Demon is somewhat under appreciated. There were some good movies in that lot. Them! is still the best giant atomic monster movie, followed by Japan's giant mutant dinosaur Godzilla.

HH, blame the culture. In our more sexually aware era of today, sure "lube job" automatically makes us think of something besides scheduled vehicle or robot maintenance.

Earlier line still cracks me up - "Never touch the stuff myself Sir. Promotes rust."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 11, 2014 10:44 AM (ZqlGu)

88 Posted by: Epobirs at January 11, 2014 02:41 PM (bPxS6)

Not only being out of touch, but most the parents in those days pretty much threw you out of the house during the summer.

"Go outside and find something to do".

And we were off...

Posted by: HH at January 11, 2014 10:46 AM (XXwdv)

89 Yes honey, of course you can watch Miley on DVD in the SUV on the way to the emergency room.

Posted by: Mr Jones, doesn't know what's going on at January 11, 2014 10:46 AM (jTKU5)

90 I'd like some applewood smoked bondage bacon, please

Posted by: chemjeff at January 11, 2014 10:47 AM (9GG/0)

91 Unnatural, I tell you. Having spent a reasonable amount of time observing, I can tell you that piglets seek mud. There is probably some good reason for it that I don't understand, but given vistas of grassy/wooded dry areas, the hogs will congregate and wallow in any mudhole they can find.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 11, 2014 10:47 AM (aDwsi)

92 "...the hogs will congregate and wallow in any mudhole they can find." Wimmen pay good money to go to spas and do that.

Posted by: Meremortal at January 11, 2014 10:48 AM (jTKU5)

93 the hogs will congregate and wallow in any mudhole they can find. Posted by: Mike Hammer ------------------------ Come to think of it, the same is true of kids.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 11, 2014 10:49 AM (aDwsi)

94 The other one I've seen before and wondered about, YETI Imperial Stout by the Great Divide Brewing Co. I'll report my findings shortly. Great Divide's Hercules IPA is great. Well worth a try. Also, if you're like IPA, see if they have "Mycernary"* by Odell Brewing Co. It's my all time favorite. So hoppy it has almost a grapefruit top note. 10% abv. *Yes, it's spelled correctly. Myrcenary is the chemical that hops imparts to beer. BTW, really cool box art too...

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 11, 2014 10:49 AM (3Dg5d)

95 46 Alex the Chick has a pet piglet?

I imagine she has plenty of them, but probably refers to them as "ravage snacks".

Posted by: Anachronda at January 11, 2014 10:49 AM (U82Km)

96 There is probably some good reason for it that I don't understand Temperature regulation and pest mitigation, I believe.

Posted by: garrett at January 11, 2014 10:50 AM (q3g5v)

97
Pork.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 11, 2014 10:51 AM (n0DEs)

98 "Them! is still the best giant atomic monster movie, followed by Japan's giant mutant dinosaur Godzilla."

I'll add 'The Thing from Another World' to that list. Loved all of 'em.

Posted by: HH at January 11, 2014 10:51 AM (XXwdv)

99 Pork. Sword.

Posted by: Free Association with Sandra Fluke at January 11, 2014 10:52 AM (q3g5v)

100 I'll have a ham sandwich with some handcuffs and leather, please

Posted by: Michael Moore in a Spandex Femskin Suit at January 11, 2014 10:52 AM (9GG/0)

101 79 Scarlett Johansson. Meh. Now Lena Dunham...! Posted by: Said No One EVER at January 11, 2014 02:40 PM (MMC8r) mmm...Scarlett Jo's FUPA is tits. Lena Dumbass' FUPA is, well, FUPA.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 11, 2014 10:54 AM (3Dg5d)

102 I'll add 'The Thing from Another World' to that list. Posted by: HH ------------------ Turned out to be a blood eating carrot, no?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 11, 2014 10:54 AM (aDwsi)

103 Michael Moore in a Spandex Femskin Suit ------------------- Okay, that's going to put me off my feed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 11, 2014 10:55 AM (aDwsi)

104 Of course 'The Thing' wasn't a radiation film per se, just thinking about some old great SF films of the day.

Posted by: HH at January 11, 2014 10:55 AM (XXwdv)

105 Yep Mike. Vampiric veggie. Just imagine defeating it with molten Velveeta.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 11, 2014 10:55 AM (ZqlGu)

106 The secret code name for the media's plan to destroy Christie is Operation Dumbo Drop.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 11, 2014 10:56 AM (E+uky)

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 11, 2014 10:57 AM (aDwsi)

108 The difference between our society and every other society that bemoaned "today's youth" is that, in olden days, most people had to grow the hell up and be productive unless they wanted to starve to death. Now, they can just swipe the EBT card and have the taxpayers fund their ignorance.

Posted by: PabloD at January 11, 2014 10:57 AM (Z74Km)

109
105 Yep Mike. Vampiric veggie. Just imagine defeating it with molten Velveeta.

hmmm... Bondage 'Babe' vs the Velveeta Volcano?

Posted by: chemjeff at January 11, 2014 10:57 AM (9GG/0)

110 "Turned out to be a blood eating carrot, no?"

Sort of. 'Course he wasn't from around these parts...

Posted by: HH at January 11, 2014 10:58 AM (XXwdv)

111 But he was also radioactive.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 11, 2014 10:59 AM (ZqlGu)

112 Sort of. 'Course he wasn't from around these parts... Posted by: HH ----------------- I've commented a couple of times that I kept waiting for James Arness to show up in that movie. Took me a while to realize that he was the carrot. Must have been a very early role for him.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 11, 2014 11:00 AM (aDwsi)

113
A knockout tournament, you say?

Posted by: soothsayer at January 11, 2014 11:00 AM (gYIst)

114 The earschplittinloudenboomers are moving in now. May have t bail out here shortly.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 11, 2014 11:01 AM (T2V/1)

115 One of great moments of my childhood was watching the ending to The Man with the X-Ray Eyes. Wholesome.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 11, 2014 11:01 AM (E+uky)

116 "Now, they can just swipe the EBT card and have the taxpayers fund their ignorance." Is the following Urban Legend or true? I read that you can take a $100 EBT card to the grocery store, buy one grape for .02, and they have to give you the $99.98 change in cash if you request it. If true, Colorado's attempt to stop people from buying pot with EBT cards seems futile, as well as all other attempts to control EBT card use nationwide.

Posted by: Meremortal at January 11, 2014 11:02 AM (jTKU5)

117 James Arness : "After high school, he attended one semester at Beloit College before receiving his draft notice in 1943. He entered the army and trained at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, before shipping out for North Africa. After landing at Casablanca, Arness joined the 3rd Infantry Division in time for the invasion of Anzio. Ten days after the invasion, Arness was severely wounded in the leg and foot by German machine-gun fire. His wounds, which plagued him the rest of his life, resulted in his medical discharge from the army."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 11, 2014 11:02 AM (aDwsi)

118 "Ten days after the invasion, Arness was severely wounded in the leg and foot by German machine-gun fire. His wounds, which plagued him the rest of his life, resulted in his medical discharge from the army." Senseless.

Posted by: Jake Tapper, journalist to the stars at January 11, 2014 11:04 AM (jTKU5)

119 "Must have been a very early role for him."

His death scene was electrifying. Gotta say, that carrot did get 'juiced' in the end.

Posted by: HH at January 11, 2014 11:05 AM (XXwdv)

120 Ronald Coleman was wounded by shrapnel on the first day of WWI for the British at Mons and invalidated out.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 11, 2014 11:06 AM (E+uky)

121 Got a pick for the first game, soothsayer?

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 11, 2014 11:07 AM (ZshNr)

122 HH - A meltdown. Hmm. Any one here ever make a hotdog cooker that just consisted of a couple of nails wired to the AC? I may have to try that with a carrot.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 11, 2014 11:07 AM (aDwsi)

123
1st pick: Saints

Posted by: soothsayer at January 11, 2014 11:08 AM (gYIst)

124 Okay. One of us won't survive that one. I'm talking no spreads, straight up wins, just so that's clear.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 11, 2014 11:09 AM (ZshNr)

125 Hmm. Any one here ever make a hotdog cooker that just consisted of a couple of nails wired to the AC?

Frankly that sounds dangerous

Posted by: chemjeff at January 11, 2014 11:10 AM (9GG/0)

126
yeah, yeah, no points

Posted by: soothsayer at January 11, 2014 11:10 AM (gYIst)

127
nood andy

Posted by: soothsayer at January 11, 2014 11:11 AM (gYIst)

128 Is the following Urban Legend or true? ________ Not true. stays on the card. Now, what they CAN do is find a small, corner "grocery" that will take EBT for cigs & beer, or sell the steaks & lobster they buy on the card for cash, or take their drug dealers' wife shopping in trade. I've seen all the above done (even bought some steaks) - I knew a guy that would take orders & be back in 30 minutes.

Posted by: shredded chi - broke, busted & disgusted at January 11, 2014 11:16 AM (StNzx)

129 Beloit (pronounced "ben-wah") is the kollidge that puts out the yearly list of what you can't expect freshmen to know shit about, because it didn't happen during their lifetime.

It would be amusing to see what Big Jim Arness wasn't expected to know.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 11, 2014 11:18 AM (xq1UY)

130 Turned out to be a blood eating carrot, no? Vegetables are evil.

Posted by: --- at January 11, 2014 11:24 AM (MMC8r)

131 Posted by: shredded chi - broke, busted & disgusted at January 11, 2014 03:16 PM (StNzx) Thanks.

Posted by: Meremortal at January 11, 2014 11:24 AM (jTKU5)

132

Caliban, Curse of the Demon is somewhat under appreciated. There were some good movies in that lot. Them! is still the best giant atomic monster movie, followed by Japan's giant mutant dinosaur Godzilla.

--------------------------------------------

Don't forget "Tarantula". Also one of my favorite movies of that era was "War of the Worlds".

One of the funniest scenes and lines from "War of the Worlds" is at the dance and all the electricity went out. When it finally came on everyone notices that their watches had stopped. Then the main character, in his impromptu investigation, asks, "Does anyone have a pocket compass"?, every man in the room starts searching their pockets. I laugh just thinking about it.

Posted by: Soona at January 11, 2014 11:31 AM (rbTfA)

133 That "nail hot dog cooker" probably safer than the way the Mexicans cooked in the house they rented from a coworker a few years ago.

The brought bricks in and built a little square in the middle of the living room floor and built a fire on the bricks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 11, 2014 11:33 AM (T2V/1)

134 #133

I heard about something similar from a client who had a lot of 'imported' labor in part of his company. He said these guys were straight from the sticks and had never lived any place that didn't have dirt floors, roofs so permeable they let smoke right through, and, of course, no electricity or indoor plumbing. He said he had one place where they dug up the back yard to create a latrine because the indoor flush toilet was completely alien to them.

What I found baffling is what task he set these guys to doing that they could be easily taught. Since I had some suspicions about the extent of his business I chose not to pursue the question.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 11, 2014 11:44 AM (bPxS6)

135 This thread is probably dead but I'm gonna tell you guys this anyway: last night I was out with friends and one of them related that she checks her 12 year old daughter's Instagram all the time, and she was scandalized to see a video of two other 12 year old girls dry humping on a bed and proudly sharing this with the world. One of the girls also had a photo of herself in her underwear with her breasts falling out of her tank top and a knowing smirk on her black-eyelined face. At 12 years old. I literally wanted to weep. Where do kids get this stuff from? My own 12 year old doesn't use Instagram or Facebook and the only thing she's interested in other than her French horn is Dr. Who and Transformers. I'm so happy that she's a geek and slightly socially awkward.

Posted by: Republic of Texas 2: Electric Boogaloo at January 11, 2014 12:28 PM (Gk2GE)

136 No doubt this is old to many of you but I just discovered Todrick Hall yesterday...the kid is a genius:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJzds6fRfjM

Posted by: SGT. York at January 11, 2014 12:29 PM (H/tdv)

137 Bacon futures. Cute bacon futures. But bacon. Futures.

Posted by: Dr. Deano at January 12, 2014 12:26 PM (NXgTz)

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