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You are here: Home / Politics / Domestic Politics / Saturday Night! (Open Thread)

Saturday Night! (Open Thread)

by Betty Cracker|  April 4, 20158:29 pm| 150 Comments

This post is in: Domestic Politics, Open Threads

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This morning, I went for a hike. Saw some nice rapids:  Then I went to a kid’s birthday party. Saw this: 

 Now I’m home watching a really horrible movie on Netflix.  I don’t know where everyone else is. I haven’t seen any news all day, so I have no idea what’s going on in the world.

Have I missed anything? Open thread.

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  1. 1.

    The Dangerman

    April 4, 2015 at 8:31 pm

    Shiny new thread, like a brand new penny.

    ETA: I reiterate from the prior thread, Duke v. Kentucky will be such a disappointment if it comes to pass.

    ETA2: Two consecutive games that a Duke opponent blew a bunny that might have made a difference (unlikely today, but it was huge).

  2. 2.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 8:32 pm

    Just Duke blowing Sparty.
    Errr…blowing out Sparty.

  3. 3.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 8:33 pm

    Here we go, Wiscy, here we go! Clapclapclap!!

  4. 4.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 4, 2015 at 8:34 pm

    Kids and smokes are always a good combination.

  5. 5.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 8:35 pm

    That Barbie is oddly disheveled looking.

  6. 6.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 4, 2015 at 8:37 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    That Barbie looks as though she’s just had a rough night on the tiles.

  7. 7.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    Ummm, it may say more about me than is decent…but is that second Barbie just beyond the ashtray in a compromising position?

  8. 8.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 8:39 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: I get the impression that her one on one date with Ken The Bachelor didn’t exactly go as she had planned after the hot tub.

  9. 9.

    Ruckus

    April 4, 2015 at 8:41 pm

    I find that not watching the news makes the world a much nicer place. Doesn’t change anything except keeps my BP lower. Most news is transient anyway so I figure I’m not really missing anything of importance and what is gets repeated here and on the other sites I read.
    Like @Suzanne: said in the last post I feel like I’m surrounded by too many idiots and assholes. The local news just reenforces that because what makes the news is idiots and assholes. Unfortunately that’s what makes the national news any more as well, too many idiots and assholes letting their freak flag fly.

  10. 10.

    max

    April 4, 2015 at 8:41 pm

    @Corner Stone: Ummm, it may say more about me than is decent…but is that second Barbie just beyond the ashtray in a compromising position?

    Too much root beer and smoking for a doll new to the big city table.

    max
    [‘Time for the Barbie Rehab playset!’]

  11. 11.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    April 4, 2015 at 8:42 pm

    Hoops! The Dookies have taken Sparta and are proceeding to pillage. I’ll need to root for a meteor Monday as I don’t like Big Blue either.

  12. 12.

    Ruckus

    April 4, 2015 at 8:43 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:
    I used to think that even when making the Barbie molds for Mattel. And that was decades ago.

  13. 13.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    April 4, 2015 at 8:44 pm

    @Corner Stone: She’s certainly in a contorting position. And the first Barbie looks a bit like she was tossed free in the meth lab explosion.

  14. 14.

    Baud

    April 4, 2015 at 8:44 pm

    It’s White Trash Barbie!

  15. 15.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 8:46 pm

    Everybody wants a fucking pony. But nobody understands what you have to give up sometimes to get one…
    Years of therapy later, nightshift cocktail waitress Barbie sits down, takes a deep breath and finally confronts her demons.

  16. 16.

    NotMax

    April 4, 2015 at 8:47 pm

    Trailer trash Barbie not as offputting as Catwoman Barbie.

    Meow. Pic 1 – Pic2

  17. 17.

    Baud

    April 4, 2015 at 8:48 pm

    Barbie is overshadowing the rapids, which are really nice.

  18. 18.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 8:49 pm

    @Baud: I look at those rapids and I hear dueling banjos.

  19. 19.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 4, 2015 at 8:50 pm

    Remarkable photo of drought life in CA.

  20. 20.

    NotMax

    April 4, 2015 at 8:54 pm

    May have pasted the same link twice.

    Here’s the <a href="https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608054253084935673&pid=15.1"other one, if only to prove it is a licensed Mattel product.

  21. 21.

    NotMax

    April 4, 2015 at 8:54 pm

    And… messed that up as well.

    May have pasted the same link twice.

    Here’s the other one, if only to prove it is a licensed Mattel product.

  22. 22.

    Baud

    April 4, 2015 at 8:54 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    I feel mosquito bites. But it’s a pretty photograph.

  23. 23.

    jl

    April 4, 2015 at 8:57 pm

    Thanks for nice pics, BC.

    Love the first pic. Florida rapids are so cute.

    Not sure what the second pic is about.
    There is an equestrian ‘tanning bed barbie’ that comes with riding horse, root beer and smokes?
    That sounds kind of weird, but, hey, it’s the South, what would I know about it?

  24. 24.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 4, 2015 at 8:58 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Do you think she had to fight for her virtue?

    Speaking of which, Happy 91st birthday to Doris Day.

    (“I’m so old, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.” — Groucho Marx or Oscar Levant, depending on whom you want to believe.)

  25. 25.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 8:58 pm

    @Corner Stone: That’s Georgia, the Chattooga River. I’ve done section 4 a couple of times.

  26. 26.

    jl

    April 4, 2015 at 9:01 pm

    @raven: OK, thanks. Georgia, not Florida.

  27. 27.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:02 pm

    Sock-Em-Dog, section 4.

  28. 28.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 9:02 pm

    @raven: In your case I would’ve guessed section 8.

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    So Barbie got her pony, and she’s not smoking, so there’s that.

    Edit: I should have shared my first thought first: that is a breathtakingly beautiful photo. (the first one) The hike must have been glorious. (unless you were breaking in new shoes.)

  30. 30.

    gnomedad

    April 4, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    Are those spaghetti trees?

  31. 31.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 4, 2015 at 9:04 pm

    @raven: Guessing that’s not you in the boat.

  32. 32.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:04 pm

    @Corner Stone: Thank you, thank you very much.

  33. 33.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 4, 2015 at 9:05 pm

    @jl: No, Betty’s pic is FL. Dueling banjos is GA.

  34. 34.

    jl

    April 4, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    @raven: Oh, you were talking about the movie. I got it now.

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    @Baud: That captures it perfectly! laughing out loud is good after the seriously sad stuff we’ve been discussing.

  36. 36.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: I have a picture of me on one somewhere. It’s a big industry to shoot the rafts and sell the pics. The river is a Federal Wild and Scenic so the raft companies are limited and very regulated. Anyone in that area should try it. Obviously there are three other sections but 4 is the most technical.

  37. 37.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    April 4, 2015 at 9:07 pm

    @NotMax:

    I think that’s Dominatrix Barbie. Don’t remember Catwoman carrying a whip—on the job, anyway. What she does in her personal life, etc., etc.

  38. 38.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 4, 2015 at 9:08 pm

    @raven: Sure, but the customers go soft-shell, not hard-shell.

  39. 39.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    April 4, 2015 at 9:10 pm

    @NotMax:

    Okay, I stand corrected. I have such a dirty mind.

  40. 40.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 9:11 pm

    @NotMax: @Steeplejack (phone): I think Steep is right. I feel stupid asking, but is that a real barbie?

    (In my defense, I was never into dolls and never wanted a barbie.)

    Edit: I see my question has been asked and answered. Amazing that that’s a real barbie. Do you think parents actually bought that for their kids?

  41. 41.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    April 4, 2015 at 9:11 pm

    @Steeplejack (phone): Catwoman has always had a whip.

    *checks*

    The bullwhip first appeared in Batman #39 (February 1947).

  42. 42.

    Tree With Water

    April 4, 2015 at 9:12 pm

    Gay marriage = Barbie with a horse (and she’s never going back, either). How do democrats sleep at night?

  43. 43.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 9:12 pm

    Wiscy came to play!

  44. 44.

    jl

    April 4, 2015 at 9:13 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Thank you for the correction.

    Glad you are here. There has been talk of paid Russian moles around here.

    The consensus of the sad sheeples of this here blog is that the Bob in Portland was a paid Russian internet troll.
    A bit higher quality than US GOP paid trolls.

    I think BiP was a Ukranian paid double agent troll, due to sketchiness of most of his links.

    And that would make you the Russian double agent troll. I figure that from your intenet name, with the ‘tonic’ thrown in to mislead people.

  45. 45.

    jl

    April 4, 2015 at 9:15 pm

    @Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism: Any Wonkette reader knows a self-respecting catwoman always comes prepared with a whip.

  46. 46.

    Amir Khalid

    April 4, 2015 at 9:18 pm

    This seems like good news worth sharing.

  47. 47.

    eemom

    April 4, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    A short history of myself and Duke:

    1984: Went to the law school because it was the only one I got into.

    1987: Graduated, in debt up to my eyeballs, due at least in part to the fact that the institution gave me $0.00 in financial assistance; but gave a shit ton of such assistance to people who were considerably stupider, and no more economically needing of such, than I.

    1986: Laughed my ass off when they lost the Final Four or Final Two or whatever it is in like the last 90 seconds.

    2015: Will laugh my ass off if that happens again.

    The end.

  48. 48.

    NotMax

    April 4, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    @WaterGirl

    Yes, it is an actual, officially licensed Barbie.

    Not Mattel’s (nor DC Comics’) most progressive marketing decision.

    Retailed for $50 when it first came out.

  49. 49.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    April 4, 2015 at 9:20 pm

    @Corner Stone: It would be so wonderful if they’d play like UC did. Wiscy is a stronger team than UC, so it could really be a game and well, I won’t say it.

  50. 50.

    Baud

    April 4, 2015 at 9:22 pm

    @eemom: Do you think they didn’t give you financial assistance because you couldn’t order events chronologically? ;-)

  51. 51.

    Mike J

    April 4, 2015 at 9:23 pm

    @eemom:

    Went to the law school

    You and Nixon.

  52. 52.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:23 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): U talkin abut UConn?

  53. 53.

    Baud

    April 4, 2015 at 9:23 pm

    @Amir Khalid: That is good news. That was a great show back in the day.

  54. 54.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:24 pm

    @Baud: Cha-ching!!!

  55. 55.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 9:24 pm

    Frank!

  56. 56.

    Amir Khalid

    April 4, 2015 at 9:25 pm

    @efgoldman:
    Perhaps Mnemosyne, our resident Giant Evil Corp mole, might have some insight into that.

  57. 57.

    srv

    April 4, 2015 at 9:27 pm

    Are you sure that’s not a creepy WiFi Barbie, monitoring you?

    Next up, she’ll be a FAC for drones.

  58. 58.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    April 4, 2015 at 9:27 pm

    @raven: Nah, UCinti. That was a surprising game.

  59. 59.

    Baud

    April 4, 2015 at 9:28 pm

    @srv: Your thinking of Stalker Ken.

  60. 60.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:28 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Oh, dem bums.

  61. 61.

    NotMax

    April 4, 2015 at 9:28 pm

    Y’know, all things considered, could be worse.

    Could be Found A Corpse In My Apartment Barbie.

    (Too soon?)

  62. 62.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 9:28 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Kermit and the other original muppets must be pretty old by now. I wonder who they will get to play them for the new show?

    (What? The muppets aren’t real???)

  63. 63.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:29 pm

    Another missed easter bunny!

  64. 64.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:29 pm

    Decker be a hoss.

  65. 65.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    April 4, 2015 at 9:30 pm

    @NotMax: I blew up the meth lab because I had a lot to answer for Barbie?

  66. 66.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    April 4, 2015 at 9:30 pm

    Until last week I thought Duke was the only one who could stop Kentucky, but watching Wisconsin, and seeing Notre Dame almost doing it, hmmmmm. If Wisconsin can survive UK’s bench, I can see the Badgers run the table

  67. 67.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 9:30 pm

    @Baud: I can’t figure out why they ever cancelled it in the first place.

  68. 68.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:30 pm

    Frank with a delayed fake.

  69. 69.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:31 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee: You obviously have not been watching the Badgers this year.

  70. 70.

    Baud

    April 4, 2015 at 9:32 pm

    @WaterGirl: Probably the same guy that cancelled Star Trek.

  71. 71.

    Amir Khalid

    April 4, 2015 at 9:33 pm

    @WaterGirl:
    The Muppets are plenty real. More real than quite a few humans who get on the television. You know which humans I mean.

  72. 72.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 9:33 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee: Whoever wins this game wins the championship.
    Hoopfully Wiscy.

  73. 73.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 9:34 pm

    @Baud: Yeah, and that guy probably got a raise and is head of a studio now.

  74. 74.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:34 pm

    The wedding dance girl was funnier last year.

  75. 75.

    The Dangerman

    April 4, 2015 at 9:35 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Whoever wins this game wins the championship.

    Concur.

  76. 76.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 9:36 pm

    @efgoldman: Tough times! :-)

    @Amir Khalid: See, they are real!

  77. 77.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    April 4, 2015 at 9:37 pm

    Aargh. We were slowly getting the cats accustomed to each other again and were even able to have all of the room doors open while we were home to supervise, but Keaton and Charlotte had ANOTHER spat and now all of the doors are closed again. Goddamnit.

  78. 78.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:37 pm

    @The Dangerman: Front runners as usual.

  79. 79.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    April 4, 2015 at 9:40 pm

    @raven: I admit i haven’t, Pac 12 bias(in B-ball, plus not watching much since getting rid of the cable) I admit. Frank Kaminsky is a major stud, cmon Lakers draft him.

  80. 80.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:41 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee: I’m a B1G expat in Georgia but I follow the Illini and, hence, the Badgers.

  81. 81.

    Suzanne

    April 4, 2015 at 9:42 pm

    @Ruckus: I have that overdeveloped sense of fairness that really, REALLY causes me to want bad shit to happen to these people sometimes. I recognize that as a character flaw in myself and I’m working on it, but I really think that the best I’ll ever be able to do is shut my mouth until I can crow about it later on BJ.

  82. 82.

    trollhattan

    April 4, 2015 at 9:43 pm

    Get your Peeps contest winners here.

  83. 83.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 9:44 pm

    “You and I will revisit them soon enough.”
    Yes, Kate Upton. Yes we will.

  84. 84.

    srv

    April 4, 2015 at 9:44 pm

    @Baud: No, really, NSA Barbie.

    Ken left her for GG.

  85. 85.

    Baud

    April 4, 2015 at 9:44 pm

    @Suzanne:

    I have that overdeveloped sense of fairness that really, REALLY causes me to want bad shit to happen to these people sometimes.

    Much like Catwoman Barbie.

  86. 86.

    Baud

    April 4, 2015 at 9:47 pm

    @srv:

    Of course, Mattel says safety and security are a huge priority, and Hello Barbie sends parents daily or weekly status reports about what their kids are saying

    That makes it much better.

  87. 87.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    April 4, 2015 at 9:48 pm

    @raven: It will be a feather in the B1G Ten’s cap to have a champion in both football and baskerball, after receiving so much grief.

  88. 88.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:48 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee: Yea it would even though Urban Meyer is a shit eatin dog fucker.

  89. 89.

    PurpleGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 9:49 pm

    @NotMax: Probably not made for the regular child customer but for the adult collector. The collector market looks for special editions in special clothing and themes, and also costs more.

  90. 90.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 9:54 pm

    Whoop!

  91. 91.

    p.a.

    April 4, 2015 at 9:55 pm

    Brown men’s lacrosse record:8-2. Guess which 2 games (matches?) I’ve been to see.
    Contemplating dropping a vicodin before tomorrow’s Wingnut Holiday Meal Torture Experience.

  92. 92.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:55 pm

    @Corner Stone: I didn’t think it was no 3.

  93. 93.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 9:55 pm

    @p.a.: Snort it.

  94. 94.

    Betty Cracker

    April 4, 2015 at 9:56 pm

    I am making the butter lamb. Never worked in an edible medium before; it’s taking a break in the fridge at the moment. Will post a picture of the results soon!

  95. 95.

    Botsplainer

    April 4, 2015 at 9:58 pm

    Love Bo Ryan’s quiet ways compared to Calipari’s drama queen persona.

  96. 96.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 10:00 pm

    @Botsplainer: I didn’t care for him until the coverage of him and the team really enjoying this whole experience.

  97. 97.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 10:01 pm

    @Betty Cracker: You are so creative, I can’t wait to see the butter lamb. So you decided to carve ahead of time and keep your fingers crossed for the transport?

  98. 98.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 10:04 pm

    @Botsplainer:

    Calipari’s drama queen persona.

    Calamari bugs the shit outta me with his hand wringing, whiny bullshit.

  99. 99.

    schrodinger's cat

    April 4, 2015 at 10:06 pm

    @Betty Cracker: How big is the lamb going to be? Life size?

    I have been experimenting with various mussel recipes, this evening has been my best attempt so far. I made mussels and chick peas in roasted red pepper and a tomato broth which also had a dash of ginger, Thai red curry sauce and some coconut milk. I served it on top of a some whole grain thin spaghetti. Served with some fresh cilantro and lime wedges.

  100. 100.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 10:07 pm

    @WaterGirl: The girls are on the porch making little containers and putting bulbs in them to give out at their gathering next week.

  101. 101.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    April 4, 2015 at 10:09 pm

    Dare any of us break the news to Betty that most people use a mold to make their butter lambs rather than carving it from scratch?

    http://www.polartcenter.com/Easter_Lamb_Butter_Chocolate_Mold_Kit_p/9030093.htm

  102. 102.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 10:10 pm

    @raven: A bit of hope and the circle of life?

  103. 103.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 10:12 pm

    @WaterGirl: I think that is what they are aiming for.

  104. 104.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 10:12 pm

    @Mnemosyne (tablet): Betty won’t care* – using a mold isn’t creative, so what fun would there be in that?

    *Not actually authorized as a spokesperson for Betty.

  105. 105.

    JCT

    April 4, 2015 at 10:13 pm

    It’s fershimmeled Barbie- she’s seems to be verklempt.

  106. 106.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 10:14 pm

    @raven: I think that’s a nice choice. I hope the service provides comfort to all.

  107. 107.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    April 4, 2015 at 10:15 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    It’s more that I suspect the extended family is going to be like, What do you mean you carved it from scratch? Didn’t Aunt Sofie remember to give you her mold?

  108. 108.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 10:16 pm

    @WaterGirl: It’s not really a service it’s more of the celebration of life deal. It’s in the Founders Garden and will have food and music.

    Of course my wife is from Appomattox and Thursday is the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War so she’s going up for that. I really want to go but we have a conference this week and I can’t.

  109. 109.

    MomSense

    April 4, 2015 at 10:19 pm

    Riding attire has certainly changed. There’s no way Barbie could ride that horse in a pencil skirt.

  110. 110.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 10:20 pm

    @Mnemosyne (tablet): Not so sure about that – they have surely met Betty before! Hand carved is so much cooler than a mold.

  111. 111.

    Roger Moore

    April 4, 2015 at 10:21 pm

    @efgoldman:

    I think I’m just as glad that I don’t drink.

    I would think that article might get you started.

  112. 112.

    NotMax

    April 4, 2015 at 10:23 pm

    @Betty Cracker

    Hm. Could’a made a Butter Thinker for the kid not all that long ago…

  113. 113.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 10:23 pm

    @raven: I guess I sort of assumed that – I was using the word service really loosely.

  114. 114.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 10:24 pm

    I just looked and no one has outbid me on the Cobra Helicopter ride!!!

  115. 115.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 10:24 pm

    @WaterGirl: Got it.

  116. 116.

    Betty Cracker

    April 4, 2015 at 10:24 pm

    @WaterGirl: In the spirit of both a belt and suspenders, I’m taking the pre-made lamb tomorrow and enough butter to carve a new one in case it gets sloshed to pieces in the cooler during the trip!

    @Mnemosyne (tablet): Someone who’s making the trip down from Buffalo usually buys one up there and transports it south in a cooler, but this year they all forgot. I don’t think I could have ordered a mold online quickly enough, and besides it was fun to carve; I used a garlic press to make the fleece.

    I think it deserves its own damn thread. Will post it soon!

  117. 117.

    Suzanne

    April 4, 2015 at 10:24 pm

    @efgoldman: Tito’s is delicious.

  118. 118.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 10:26 pm

    Gettin a little hard to breathe there Kats?

  119. 119.

    NotMax

    April 4, 2015 at 10:28 pm

    @efgoldman

    Rules to live by:

    1) Never eat at any place called “Mom’s”

    2) Never buy any product emblazoned with “As Seen On TV!”

    3) Never introduce anything named Tito’s into your body

  120. 120.

    Ruckus

    April 4, 2015 at 10:30 pm

    @Suzanne:
    I have to tell people that I not as nice as I first seem. That’s because I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Now, how long that doubt can be sustained has been shortened dramatically in the last few yrs. Can’t tell if it’s me getting older or them willing to be assholes much faster.

  121. 121.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 10:31 pm

    @raven: congratulations!

  122. 122.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 4, 2015 at 10:32 pm

    @NotMax: “Six republics, five nationalities, four languages, three religions, two alphabets, one Tito.”

    But I don’t think he made vodka.

  123. 123.

    Doug r

    April 4, 2015 at 10:32 pm

    @efgoldman: Here’s what Big Bird is up to: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lnfAxUjRQAo

  124. 124.

    WaterGirl

    April 4, 2015 at 10:32 pm

    @Betty Cracker: So it is going to be a curly cow, that’s what I was hoping for, how fun!

  125. 125.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    April 4, 2015 at 10:32 pm

    @Betty Cracker:

    Oh, I get that it was more fun to carve it (and I want to see a photo!) but most people I knew used a mold (or, frankly, bought it pre-made).

    For transport, you should probably try to brace it inside the cooler somehow. Maybe put it in a small box and then put baggies of ice around that box so it doesn’t move?

  126. 126.

    max

    April 4, 2015 at 10:37 pm

    @Mnemosyne (tablet): For transport, you should probably try to brace it inside the cooler somehow. Maybe put it in a small box and then put baggies of ice around that box so it doesn’t move?

    Freeze it overnight in the freezer in a box. Transport in an empty, cool cooler.

    Any water on the butter at all, even ice water, will accelerate the melt down process.

    max
    [‘And cover the cooler in a white something in the car, so the sun can’t heat the cooler.’]

  127. 127.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 10:38 pm

    How the F is that not a foul?

  128. 128.

    Suzanne

    April 4, 2015 at 10:42 pm

    @efgoldman: How could one possibly “hand make” a liquid? And why would one one expect a bottle of vodka that costs $15 and is sold across the country to be artisanal?

  129. 129.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 10:45 pm

    WHAT?!

  130. 130.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 10:45 pm

    Goddamn, refs. Why don’t you just slip on a blue jersey at this point?

  131. 131.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    April 4, 2015 at 10:46 pm

    @Mnemosyne (tablet): But the molded ones are not nearly as cool as the ones made by hand with curly wool.

  132. 132.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    April 4, 2015 at 10:47 pm

    At least this is a real game.

  133. 133.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    April 4, 2015 at 10:47 pm

    @max:

    You still need to prevent the box from sliding around in the cooler, though. Blocks of wood?

  134. 134.

    Suzanne

    April 4, 2015 at 10:48 pm

    @efgoldman: Rhetorical question.

  135. 135.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 10:49 pm

    @Corner Stone: Clear charge.

  136. 136.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    April 4, 2015 at 10:49 pm

    @NotMax: I don’t know. One of the hottest guys I ever met was named Tito. no doubt he still is; actually Humberto, but he goes by Tito.

  137. 137.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 10:54 pm

    @Corner Stone: No fucking call?!
    Fuck you refs.

  138. 138.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 10:55 pm

    GFY refs. Stop being in the tank for KY, you fucking punks.

  139. 139.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 10:55 pm

    @Corner Stone: OOO, you’re right on that one.

  140. 140.

    Mike in NC

    April 4, 2015 at 10:56 pm

    @raven: I once spent three weeks in Scotland for a NATO exercise and all I wanted to do was to catch a ride on a frickin’ helicopter. French, British, Dutch or American. There were dozens of them. Never happened.

  141. 141.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    This is bullshit.

  142. 142.

    raven

    April 4, 2015 at 11:00 pm

    @Mike in NC: I haven’t been in one since 1969. We were coming in to land in a Huey when I got this shot with my instamatic!

  143. 143.

    Juju

    April 4, 2015 at 11:01 pm

    @Corner Stone: all I can say is holy cheese balls you refs suck.

  144. 144.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    April 4, 2015 at 11:03 pm

    @Corner Stone: @raven: Who could have ever imagined the refs would be so generous with UK?

  145. 145.

    Corner Stone

    April 4, 2015 at 11:16 pm

    @Juju: They did every thing they could. Just wasn’t enough.

  146. 146.

    NotMax

    April 4, 2015 at 11:20 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    Exception that proves the rule.

    ;)

  147. 147.

    NotMax

    April 4, 2015 at 11:24 pm

    @Gin & Tonic

    Mel Brooks on Yugoslavia (begins about 2:25 in).

  148. 148.

    Roger Moore

    April 5, 2015 at 12:12 am

    @Suzanne:

    How could one possibly “hand make” a liquid?

    Hand squeezed orange juice?

  149. 149.

    nanzee

    April 5, 2015 at 9:30 am

    @NotMax: Yikes! Nightmare Barbie.

  150. 150.

    low-tech cyclist

    April 6, 2015 at 9:07 am

    I realize I’m way late to this thread, but: they have rapids in Florida? Who knew??

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