Oooh. Somebody’s getting offensive and personal. YOU said it was political. That’s why I asked YOU! There’s another social media site for argumentative cunts like you. I suggest you fuck off back to it. What a fucking shit for brains you are.
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Oooh. Somebody’s getting offensive and personal. YOU said it was political. That’s why I asked YOU! There’s another social media site for argumentative cunts like you. I suggest you fuck off back to it. What a fucking shit for brains you are.
Singing a national anthem is political. Wearing a Canada sport shirt is political. Neither will get you thrown out of a stadium. Your point?
Yep. Everyone I know who had a trip planned to the US this year has cancelled. The risks are just not worth it.
Adam Kinzinger every week…
I have this on my shelf. A treasure trove of home science projects.
I pita da fool!
It’s like Putin in French. They have to call him Poutine instead because Put(a)in means bitch.
True.
I met someone like that in the Uffizi a few years ago who also seemed to feel qualified to criticise the displays as unworthy to be considered art.
By cheese I assume you mean smegma?
I think, if you really want to annoy him, from now on everyone should pronounce his name to rhyme with ‘garage’.
Er, no. It won’t.
Same goes for the rest of Europe.
Literally driving a bulldozer? That would have been worth watching.
“Two pints, Paul!”
Yep, pretty much hearing the same thing all over Europe.
No, it’s Innsbruck. Geneva is on the other side of Switzerland
What’s happening in Liechtenstein? I literally live 20 minutes away from Vaduz. Got to warn you - the place is tiny and expensive as hell! Might be an idea to stay in Austria and travel there by bus for the day (no trains!). Dornbirn and Bregenz are options.
Just revisited this post as Psycho Killer is playing on the radio…
Reminds me of an old joke: What’s a ratchet? About twice the size of a mouse shit.
I’ll raise you…
@georgetakei.bsky.social If you think European leaders are pushovers let me remind you that many grew up protesting hardline governments during the toughest of times. Here is the current Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, at a street protest in the 1970s. Cross him at your peril…
“Battle not with monsters lest ye become a monster. And if you gaze into the abyss the abyss gazes also into you”.
Just yesterday I was shocked to read a post on LinkedIn by a respected business person I follow. He wrote: “Politics aside, Elon Musk has built quite a beautiful car with cutting edge technology “. Yes, and politics aside, The Nazis did, too. You don’t defend a nazi under any circumstances.
I love The Dish. Some really laugh out loud moments in that.
I think The Piano is from New Zealand.
They recreated this photo perfectly for a scene in Once Upon a Time in America. The two main characters in the film replaced the two boys you see sitting on the cart.
Sounds like she was annoyed you went out and left her alone all evening and she was giving you the cold shoulder.
Ooh. I like that reference!
“Unnnnh… MORE COWBELL!!!”
If you hadn’t written that I would never have guessed where it was. Even the ruins I saw in Turkey were never surrounded by green like this…
I would never correlate the before with the after it’s just such an exceptional transition. Really superb work as always, Darrell!
It could easily have been this - an actual book!
Slept in a U2 t-shirt and now I’m wide awake. I’m not sleeping.
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“Kill them. Kill them all!”
So, this is where the term ‘bored to tears’ comes from?
Did you know that in Germany the right to keep a cat in rented accommodation cannot be refused as a senior court ruled that a cat is “an extension of the being”.
Surprising number of typos and grammatical errors. I notice these things because it helps understand if he write these himself or if it was done by a staffer.
What I want to know is if the protesters were wearing suits. And did they say ‘thank you’ afterwards?
1. I get what you’re saying 2. I think everyone knows the difference between the two. After all, nobody I know ever confuses Africa with South Africa 3. The States are far from United so it’s probably better to refer to the landmass than the official name.
There’s one in the hills above my apartment. I could hear it hooting the past few months as I got home at dusk. Lovely.
Quill and chill…
Why would you think it may not be popular? I’ve been doing exactly that for the past 35 years.
My parents bought me a set of old lead soldiers when I was a child. They could never work out why I was so irritable all the time… 😬
It’s one reason I never bought a house in Dublin. Everything was already excessively priced when I left 20 years ago and I didn’t want to get tied in to a mortgage that would eat up my entire salary. But lucky you to live there! Enjoy your move!
Good gravy! It’s a beautiful house but is that the price of a house in the UK these days? I’m in the process of buying a house in France for my retirement in ten years. Same size as yours but about 450k cheaper…
WTAF???? That is amazing!!!
@ciaraioch.bsky.social I don’t know if you’re aware but the RTE news feed here seems to be sharing almost hourly updates on the Pope’s situation. “Pope awake”. “Pope had good night’s sleep”. “Pope spoke for a few minutes”. Waiting for the “Pope sitting up having a cup of tea that’s ‘grand’”.
I always read your links!
Read it again. I was being punny…
Ritually significant? To who?
I thought that was John Noakes!
Coffee, cat and a good book.
Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which George Burns…
Meanwhile the Taoiseach pays his respects with a bowl of shamrock to the very same person withdrawing their support. Baffling.
Decimate means to reduce by one tenth - so a 10% reduction.
Best line: “I have never worn a condom”.
I saw this in the cinema. There’s a scene where Steve Martin quits his job and goes home to tell his wife. She replies that she’s pregnant. Disgusted he says: “Oh, great. Men have responsibilities. Women have choices.” My girlfriend turned to me and said “THAT’S NOT TRUE!” as if I’d just said it.
What COULD you have been doing when you were busy putting together that montage?
He’s busy standing up for Israel and its war crimes which he defends under the guise that it has “the right to defend itself”.
And you stand with Israel and its war criminal PM. Shame on you, you hypocrite.
I thought this was Dulce de Leche until I read your description. Not a big fan of peanuts unless they are wrapped in layers of chocolate and caramel…
In Ireland The Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) is justifying accepting his invite to the White House for St. Patrick’s Day as ‘diplomatic’. I wrote to him yesterday asking him if he was really serious thinking bringing a bowl of shamrock to a convicted rapist was diplomatic (and wise).
Well, if it’s the surname of the character played by George Clooney in Catch-22 then you’re perfectly right to change it! No problem with mangling an Irish name. We’ve kind of got used to it by now…
Yeah, it works. Laochra and Laochaire are pretty similar (lay-oh-ch-ra vs. Lay-oh-ch-ay-ra) but the ch is soft like in ‘loch’ but you do what you want. It’s actually kind of catchy once you say it a few times your way.
Incredible how this has galvanised European support for Ukraine. This is what Churchill referred to as the “Dunkirk Spirit”.
Well, being Irish that isn’t hard for me to guess. Laochra? Seems a little difficult for Americans to pronounce…
Yeah, absolutely not judging you. I just remembered Mme. Pelicot explaining her reasoning and it made a lot of sense. And sense is something I listen to. Not asking for details but how did you come up for a new name? Have you chosen one of a person you respect?
I watched this when I was a kid. It was 1981, I think. Corny lines like: “You’re Merlin? You must be over 800 years old!” “Well, I do 50 pushups a day and I don’t eat fried food”. Harmless fun and I liked the silly stories.
Her married name was also that of her children and grandchildren. Changing it would not right a wrong but would make a wrong worse. She kept it because it signified a long-established bond between her family and changing it would damage or destroy it. But I understand your conviction to change it.
I get the first names as Transgender friends of mine have similarly changed theirs to more gender-correct names. But the last name is so much more identifying. When Gisele Pelicot was asked why she didn’t change her last name she had taken from her husband who drugged and raped her she explained:
Just watched the exchange and my blood is boiling. If ever there was a time for European unity then that time is now. And I think it’s pretty universal.
Ah, the rejected final lines of Waiting For Godot…
Cats. Cats should be able to do the job equally well.
I mean this the best way and I’m genuinely interested. Why do you want to change your last name? I’m asking because you posted about it and I’ve not met many people who have done this.
Did you do a U-turn after your Uke turn?
Surely in some universe there’s got to be a push-me-pull-you AT-AT…
@frogs4girls.bsky.social saw this in Innsbruck today and thought of you…
Picard: “Computer, I ordered Earl Grey, hot!” Computer: “And isn’t he?” Data: “I’ll say!”
@ticiaverveer.bsky.social
That’s up there with “loads of people have Volkswagens. It never used to be a toxic brand”.
Yep, lots of protein, too. I eat a couple of handfuls of them each day.
The real question is why she bought it in the first place.
Have you seen this? Five years old but a really nice history of the Chief Mousers… youtu.be/oXkY8rBiPPo?...
I believe he meant ‘millions’.
This requires an appropriate accompanying sound…
It’s Istanbul. Not Constantinople.
Not joking here (and I know it’s not a book) but Rocky. It’s not a boxing film. It’s a love story. Watch it again and fall in love.
Yes, but they’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day!
