[cough cough] Is this thing on?

It’s up to 11.

no comments? That makes me a Sad Panda.

ooh, yay!

Let’s make every comment count, they might go away again without warning.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Yep. I damn sure made this comment count!

mikey

Remember Pearl Harbor!

Oh good. Now that this is done, what’s for dinner?

Above: Our server

So, what’s that little dude trying to do? Find and free the hamsters?

What the hell was that?

Re; the video, I mean.

#

Doctor Missus Marita said,

December 13, 2008 at 23:10 (kill)

Oh good. Now that this is done, what’s for dinner?

I’m going to bake a loaf of home made bread this afternoon.

Then, I’m going to spend a couple hours making a great big pot of irish stew.

Hey, it’s cold all of a sudden.

That reminds me, I have to check and see if it’s legal to have a fire tonight…

mikey

I damn sure made this comment count!

Vun! Vun comment that counts!

Ah-ha-ha-ha-haaa!!!!

[thunder and lightning]

Ah-ha-ha-ha-haaa!!!!

Sorry, it’s been done. And see also.

Well I guess I can’t blame THAT on WordPress, now that it’s fixed forever and everything.

Fixed first link here.

It wasn’t the groundhogs, it was these guys.

hooray !

Ya’ll need to feed the hamsters more often.

Wait………why does the main page on my steam-powered computer with a magic lantern monitor read June 13, 1897?

Trying this yet one more time.

Wow, that was too much effort for a really cheap joke.

Too! Too much effort! Ah-hah-hah-haaa!

Whoa. The Seven Counts post has 77 comments.

Someone is going to spoil that for me now, I’m sure.

Sorry, it’s been done.

I wasn’t claiming to be original. It was, like, an homage.

Where are all da princesses at!

Um, I just didn’t add any links …

Four! Four the sake of brevity!

2

3

Now that this is done, what’s for dinner?

Chilli and then off to see the remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and then crying softly to myself over how badly they butchered it. Then it’s a repair install of Win XP x64 because my drivers are completely borked. Yay…

an homage.
That gives me an hemorrhoid.

That gives me an hemorrhoid

’emorrhoid, methinks.

I think we’re having tasty, tasty pork chops. Along with whatever vegetable loot my husband pillaged from Haymarket. And then watching the goddamn Batman, which Netflix finally saw fit to ship to us.

I have an history of complaining when people commit an horror like “an homage”.

Finally, a new thread where I can rant and . . . Shit! I forgot what I wanted to say.

It’s too bad the French don’t have a word for homage…

It’s too bad the French don’t have a word for homage…

Sure they do, you goofball! It’s chezage.

Would an homage to French cheese be an “homage fromage?”

Quelle dommage about your fromage hommage.

Do any of you computer gurus know how to dump the cache in an Antikythera laptop? The manual says to open this little bronze box and throw the contents into a trashcan, but do they mean a real trashcan or a desktop one?

It’s too bad the French don’t have a word for homage…

Yes, its called le copy.

RUGGED IN MONTANA said,

“Do any of you computer gurus know how to dump the cache in an Antikythera laptop? The manual says to open this little bronze box and throw the contents into a trashcan, but do they mean a real trashcan or a desktop one?”

Not a real trashcan dummy. Go green. Bring it to your local cache recycling center.

Bring it to your local cache recycling center.

Umm…..hazardous waste.

What a buncha elities, talkin’ all frenchy ‘n stuff. Food, french, and elietist movies. Next you’ll be tallkin’ viva le revolucion or some other unamerican crap. It’ill prolly include brussles sprout too. Commie bastardinos.

Hearthland.

I wondered why you guys went silent for five days. I figured either the BISY BACKSON business was some sort of hiatus, or that Gary Ruppert had finally executed his kidnapping & sodomy master plan.

One of the center gears is marked “cassius”.

Just rotate it until the detente lines up with the “zero” symbol…

(Trust me – I’m OLD)

mikey

NSA is deeply concerned about RIM’s access to compartmentalised technology.

frottage </RUGGED-IN-MONTANA>

I think that bug served a porpoise, Gavin.

I had no idea there were all those people out there, uncommenting.

A friend of mine is concerned that the remake of “The Day The Earth Stood Still” would somehow de-value the original. I told him that the original was probably less likely to be turned into a smoking cinder than the new one. I mean, I suspect they’re stand-alones. Unless the remake is a fall-over-alone. Haven’t seen it yet. Probably won’t. Not enough money to be throwing it away.

The headline on MSNBC: ‘Day the Earth Stood Still’: Klaatu barada stinko

frottage

What’s this about me and cheese?

..is no one going to comment on the porpoise?

..is no one going to comment on the porpoise?

Not on purpose.

I embarked on a porpoise-driven life but he couldn’t reach the pedals.

DON’T EVER LET THIS SITE GO DOWN AGAIN. I willllll die if it does.

Qu’est-ce que tout cela parle de dauphins?

Joke about immortal porpoises DO NOT WANT.

Here’s how we roll technologically at Just Another Blog (From L. A.)™, in case y’all need any tips on keeping your site up.

How about immoral porpoises, SC? Staid lions?

And now for some Nobel prize winning lolcat-blogging.

thank jebus, I was deep into withdrawals!

Joke about immortal porpoises DO NOT WANT.

Things could take a tern for the wurst.

immoral porpoises

Hot dolphin!

You can’t tuna friendly dolphin!

…this is a very strange plaice!

The holy mackerel condemns this sordid behavior.

I’m pretty sure holy mackerel condoms would leak.

Just say go fish…

mikey

You can’t tuna friendly dolphin!

Or a hostile piano.

Way OT but my office is moving to swankier quarters and donating the refrigerator. I thought that it would be nice to find a local nonprofit that could really use it, rather than going the goodwill route. My ad on craig’s list was very clear that I will only hand it off to a registered, verifiable, totally on the up ‘n up nonprofit.

The number of desperate pleas for help that have come in are a real wakeup call for me personally. There are a lot of hungry, out of work families this Christmas who have enough trouble bringing in sufficient food, then have no way of keeping it because they can’t afford to replace basic appliances. These are people who were trying to pull themselves up into the property-owning middle class and have recently been plummeted into destitution.

Charitable donations are tough for a lot of people now, but I hope that everyone can at least find some way of volunteering or giving goods. The lines at the soup kitchens are longer than they have been for quite awhile.

You know what they say, “you can tune piano but you can’t tune a fish.”

http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=Tuna+piano&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

[pedestrian takes dump in punchbowl, ruins party]

Poopnog.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=Tuna+piano&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

Just rotate it until the detente lines up with the “zero” symbol…
We didn’t need no fancy ‘zero’ symbol when I was a boy.

Poopnog.

If you dry it, crush it into powder, and smoke it, it gets your really really high.

holy mackerel condoms.
The perfect finish to salmon chanted evening.

Pedestrian is awarded a pony for the plea for giving stuff to people who need stuff.

Maybe there’s someone out there who needs someone else to take a dump in their punchbowl. Who knows?

Maybe there’s someone out there who needs someone else to take a dump in their punchbowl.

That is a different section of Craig’s List. The same section, incidentally, where I will donate my shiny new pony.

Is the eggnog supposed to taste like this?

That is a different section of Craig’s List.

Larry Craig’s List, most likely.

there’s someone out there who needs someone else to take a dump in their punchbowl.
If that first someone is called Simon, then
No miser — POOP re: Simon.

It’s a palinilap, or an emordrome, or something.

Smut Clyde–

I remember reading somewhere in another thread that you’re from Australia. Is this true?

I’m moving down there in a month and could use some cultural assimilation assistance.

…oh, please, can we watch this?

I’m pretty sure I can’t wait to hear Herr Smut’s response.

Civil?

Where are we on the Akavit scale tonight?

mikey

I’m in NZ, though it is questionable whether I could provide any helpful assimilation tips even for here. You could try Just Alison, though.

No akvavit yet. Early afternoon here, Bats concert last night, too fragile today to work up an head of indignation about being confused with our funny-talking neighbours across the Tasman.

an head
I meant to do that.

I’m Australian, comsympinko.
To which area of Oz are you moving?

Brucetta–

Sydney. We’re going to be there for a year.

And yeah, mistaking a Kiwi for an Aussie is analogous to mistaking a Canadian to a USanian. They get a but upsut about ut.

Smut Clyde–

My apologies. I certainly didn’t mean to imply anything about your ancestry…

an head
I meant to do that.

I thought it was a homage.

OK, cool. I doubt you need to do much to assimilate, then. It’s a multicultural city, just bursting at the seams and creaking a bit. And rentals are very hard to get and very expensive.

Oh, and learn to like bad beer.

I thought it was a homage.

It did indeed look like an further homage.

I know a little about both places. I’ve seen a live Grand Final, watched both the Wallabies and the All Blacks win and lose Rugby World Cups and was in attendance for England’s 319 for 7 at the Oval on Day One of the 2005 Ashes.

So it’s not like I’m coming from the Ozarks or anything…

Brucetta–

I’ve heard nothing but great things about Sydney and can’t wait to go.

Thanks for the heads-up on the beer. I’ll probably stick to the Bundaberg, personally.

Ah. You speak Cricket. You’ll be fine.

Noooooooo, not Bundy! *makes retching sounds*

Personally I don’t like Sydney, but I’m weird that way. Most people love it.

I know a little about both places. I’ve seen a live Grand Final, watched both the Wallabies and the All Blacks win and lose Rugby World Cups and was in attendance for England’s 319 for 7 at the Oval on Day One of the 2005 Ashes.

So it’s not like I’m coming from the Ozarks or anything…

Hey, I come from the Ozarks!

Who is this Een-gland person?

Brucetta–

I. Love. Cricket. I lived in Southampton and saw Shane Warne bowl for Hampshire. I got hooked because all our friends were West Indian and were crazy Hampshire C.C. supporters.

I understand there’s no soc…football. Isn’t it interesting how most of the current/former members of the Colonial Club don’t play much football?

Australia, USA, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan…the list goes on and on. The only place you see former UK colonies go nuts over football is in West Africa. I really find that peculiar.

“Hey, I come from the Ozarks!”

Yeah, I should have been more careful with that. I grew up in Appalachia.

1. No pooftahs.
2. No member of the faculty is to maltreat the “Abbos” in any way whatsoever—if there’s anyone watching.
3. No pooftahs.
4. I don’t want to catch anyone not drinking in their room after lights out.
5. No pooftahs.
6. There is no… rule six.
7. No pooftahs.

I lived in Southampton and saw Shane Warne bowl for Hampshire.

Rumour has it that the media magnates, in their constant campaign to make cricket more media-friendly, are promoting this new design for the wickets used in the regular Australia / England tournament.
They also want to change the name to “the Eschers”.

Never had any Groundhog Day angst, since I was perusing the whirlwind of lulz via Firefox … I only ever use Interwebs Exporker for updates – it’s a perennial bug-magnet.

Fixing is underway, after which the site will work 100% perfectly forever.

Bill Gates wept.

Dammit, I missed out a joke earlier, during the period of marine-related puns.
You walrus hurt the one you love.
I’ll go now.

Soccer is a big deal in Jamaica. It’s popular in Trinidad and Tobago, too.

You walrus hurt the one you love.

Get that man a tea.

Yeah, I should have been more careful with that. I grew up in Appalachia.

ahem.

If I could be a fisherman, I would But I CAN’T because I’m a FUCKING GENIUS! I was the Walrus! Paul wasn’t the Walrus! I was just saying that to be nice, but I was actually the Walrus!

Q. What does a typical NZ batsman have in common with the Ancient Mariner?
A. He stoppeth one of three.

…cricket is all well and good – but the Ancient Mariner? Come on! (doesn’t even rime)

rime, rhyme, rime, rhyme..

(oh, look! an albatross!)

comsympinko:

I. Love. Cricket. I lived in Southampton and saw Shane Warne bowl for Hampshire.

You’ll do fine over here then. 🙂

I understand there’s no soc…football. Isn’t it interesting how most of the current/former members of the Colonial Club don’t play much football?

Actually there is soccer here: the Australian team (Socceroos) made it to the World Cup finals in 2006. But yeah, it’s not as popular as either of the rugbys or AFL.

Late as usual but I just wanted to announce, I’ve found my special porpoise. I’m so happy!

Strange, I never saw the bug at all.

Hey, comsympinko, you’re dropping down to our end of the world, welcome in. You’re welcome to Sydney, I must say: although there’s some good bits, it’s not a place I feel that warmly about.

Brucetta, whereabouts are you? I’m in Adelaide*, and kinda like it. Also quite fond of Melbourne, particularly for the trams.

* For non-Aussies, Adelaide is best described by way of a joke once told me by a smug Melburnian: “I went to Adelaide once. It was shut.” Yah, thanks, matey. Hope your knob drops off.

Hi Alison, I’m in Adelaide too, though I’m originally a Queenslander.

I thought the ‘shut’ joke was usually about Canberra. When we were moving to Canberra, people said “Oh, you’ll be so bored, nothing’s ever open.” When we moved to Adelaide, people said “Oh. I’ve never been to Adelaide.”

Mostly I really like it here, though some things drive me nuts and other things are just weird.

“Q. What does a typical NZ batsman have in common with the Ancient Mariner?
A. He stoppeth one of three.”

Ha ha ha. Tee hee hee hee hee hee. Or something.

‘Cept fer this little Wordsworth bitchslap vis-a-vis Coleridge:

“From what I can gather it seems that the Ancient Mariner has upon the whole been an injury to the volume, I mean that the old words and the strangeness of it have deterred readers from going on. If the volume should come to a second Edition I would put in its place some little things which would be more likely to suit the common taste.”

They hate we all commoners. Even Coleridge. Work the literature. Find your old words and strangeness and develop an new commonality.

and was in attendance for England’s 319 for 7 at the Oval on Day One of the 2005 Ashes.

….My family has had no interst in cricket since The Ashes.

Thanks Seb, whoever or whatever you are!

Brucetta, I’ve just had a house guest from Queensland, although I’ve never been there. I’ve heard the ‘shut’ thing about Canberra, too, although most people who’ve spent any time there complained mostly about navigating through the streets of the damned.

It’s hard for me to guess what might look weird to someone not originally Adelaidean, because I grew up here, so I’m sort of inured to the weirdness. I’d like some decent public transport, like Hong Kong (a city that’s a dream, public transport-wise). Although I do live at Glenelg, so I’ve got the tram and shouldn’t complain.

Oh yeah, Canberra is hellishly difficult to navigate; I spent my first six months there getting horribly lost.

Some of what’s weird in Adelaide: the climate, which is backwards to a Queenslander (all the rain in winter and a dry summer without drenching storms?) But also the obsession with neat English rose gardens. And the sea being cold, even in summer.
The public transport here is actually very good, compared to most other cities in Australia – at least, if you want to get in and out of the city centre. But it could be a lot better of course, when you look at what some overseas cities have.
Glenelg is nice.

I don’t know what pepole are gonna think about me say this but pepole need to look at conspiracy theroy on the internet in then put them in to action so once we gain control we ca do good…. . any Action is? justified if done for the greater good if the end justify the mean. . . . Conquer an Righn!