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And speaking of stale vaginas:


...and quite a few Vietnam vets are also ready for you to die, I bet.


...given that the average age of these airborne waitresses nowadays is about 57, the man obviously needs help.


...FIVE bullets to the chest?  That’s a textbook Clinton suicide right there.


...I can attest to at least ONE elderly family who’s not turned on the heat for the past three weeks.

From the P.R. company representing Green Lunacy & Panic, Inc.:


...you mean like it was 45 years ago, when you first started spouting this alarmist bullshit?


...not to mention the rising rates of athlete’s foot, night sweats, twisted ankles and toenail fungal decay.


...migraines, disease, dementia… is there anything climate change CAN’T do?


...I’m not a military expert, but I’m pretty sure that barbed wire is not much of a defense against missiles.

From the Hearts Of Stone Dept.:


...an easy mistake to make, if you’re French.


...didn’t she already do that in Track 2 on her last album?

And from the ever-silly INSIGNIFICA:

   

And in Totty News:


...off you go, then, to see for yourself.

Finally:


…I report, you decide:

And on that lavender note, we end the news.

Monday Funnies

What day is it?  Oh yeah…

As we go back to more SFW jokes:

And for Thanksgiving:

And one more time for one of my all-time favorites:

And because I’ve been watching gloomy Scandi-detective shows recently, here’s Pihla Viitala from Deadwind:

 

Just the right mixture of classy and slutty.  YMMV.

Crossing America — 2022

Time to play this game again, as many people have written to ask for it.

The Challenge:  You have the opportunity to go back in time, arriving on the east coast of North America circa  1650 in the early spring, and your goal is to cross the North American continent, taking as much time as you need.  When / if you reach the Pacific coastline, you’ll be transported back to the present day.  Your equipment for this journey will be as follows (taken back in the time capsule with you):

— enough provisions for the first five days’ travel
— a backpack containing some clothing essentials
— a winter coat, raincoat and boots
— waterproof sleeping bag
— an axe
— a couple of knives, and a small sharpening stone
— a box of 1,000 “strike anywhere” waterproof matches
— a portable water filtration system
— a set of topographic maps of North America
— binoculars and a compass
— a current U.S. Army First Aid kit
— ONE long gun (shotgun or rifle) and 300 rounds of ammo (but no scope;  and no interchangeable-barrel rifles like a Thompson Center Encore or Blaser;  drillings are acceptable, but you still only get 300 rounds of ammo, total)
— ONE handgun (and 200 rounds)
— ONE rimfire gun (either a rifle or handgun, with 500 rounds).

Once there, you’ll be given a horse, a mule and a dog or two — but apart from that, you’re on your own.  Remember you’ll be traveling through deep woods, open prairie, desert and mountains.  You may encounter hostile Indian tribes and dangerous animals en route, which should be considered when you answer the following questions (and only these):

1.  What long gun would you take back in time with you?
2.  What handgun?
3.  What rimfire gun?

Unlike previous surveys, I’m not going to tabulate the answers;  just have at it in Comments.  Reasons need not be given, as the choices will pretty much speak for themselves.  If you must  justify your choices, keep it short (as I have with mine).

Oh, and one last thing:  you can’t keep your previous choices of firearm;  you must find new ones.  So in my case, for example, I can’t pick the 1896 Swedish Mauser / CZ Safari Magnum and Ruger Redhawk .357 revolver / Springfield 1911 from the last couple of times — so my own new choices for this year are below the fold. Read more

Not Interested

For some reason, this story made me feel good today:

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN says he is a ‘snooker fake’ who should not be playing.

The Rocket is bidding to extend his record of seven UK Championships after beating Matthew Stevens in round one yesterday.  But O’Sullivan, 47 next month, said: “I shouldn’t even be playing at my age.  I don’t take it too seriously.  I find it all quite funny really.  I have a bit of an impostor syndrome.  I felt happier when I had that run of losing five finals.  But when I started winning tournaments again I didn’t really feel I deserved it.  It felt like a plot to allow me to do it, and I felt like a fake.”

“When I won the worlds again in May I didn’t feel great about it. I am feeling flat to be honest with you and don’t want to play snooker at the moment. I don’t play much and really don’t care. I mainly keep coming because it’s something to do.”

Easy to say when you’re the greatest snooker player of all time.  But I love his honesty.

Here’s Ronnie not caring…  yeah, it’s four hours long, but then again, it’s absolutely incredible.  Watch it tonight, for a Friday Night Movie;  or you can watch the first 15 minutes for the opening frame, and then the last few frames.

Intolerable

So there I was, all ready to defy that stupid restraining order (I mean, it’s been over ten years, come on) to go and see Nigella Lawson live in Dallas, when this happened:

Nigella Lawson shared an apology video to social media on Thursday after she was forced to cancel her scheduled live show, An Evening With Nigella Lawson, in Dallas.

The television chef and writer, 62, suffered airport woes as her flight to the U.S state was cancelled last minute, leaving her at the airport for five hours.

Personally, I blame the bloody airline involved (probably American, to judge from their “Fuck you so what?” response).

And to think that I was THISclose to being THISclose to Nigella…

I need Breakfast Gin II.