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Celebrating Jackals: Birthday Twins – Subaru Diane and Omnes Omnibus

by WaterGirl|  August 3, 20201:10 pm| 88 Comments

This post is in: Celebrating Jackals, Open Threads

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So the birthday twins have their big day today.

If you have a favorite story about Omnes or a favorite verse from Subaru Diane, share it here.  Or anything else you want to share, of course!

This is the internet and there’s an image for everything, so I searched for “subaru scales of justice”.  This came up, so I figure what the hell, it works as well as anything.

Celebrating Jackals: Birthday Twins – Subaru Diane and Omnes Omnibus

We’ve been with you guys for all sorts of life changes, and will hopefully be with you guys for many more, including some big changes for the better in the coming year.

Happy Birthday to both of you! ?

 

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    August 3, 2020 at 1:17 pm

    If you want to link to that conversation with Omnes where you talked about some obscure thing, there’s a good chance that you will find it if you search for that word in Search this website above.

    The search plugin we have been using appeared to be a likely culprits in the 502 errors we have seen a couple of times in the past month, so over the weekend we upgraded to the latest version that can better handle large sites.

    Feel free to try it out.  Try not to break the new birthday toy, okay? :-)

  2. 2.

    WaterGirl

    August 3, 2020 at 1:19 pm

    Oh, and in honor of the birthdays, feel free to donate to Doug’s candidates in the thread just below this one.

  3. 3.

    John Revolta

    August 3, 2020 at 1:23 pm

    Happy Birthdays ya jackals ya.

  4. 4.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 3, 2020 at 1:28 pm

    Thanks, I think.

  5. 5.

    Soprano2

    August 3, 2020 at 1:31 pm

    Happy birthday, and hopes for many more!

  6. 6.

    Yutsano

    August 3, 2020 at 1:32 pm

    Hap Days of Births! Or something like that.

  7. 7.

    Mary G

    August 3, 2020 at 1:33 pm

    Too many great comments from botha youse to choose just one, but it’s an honor to hang with you. Balloon Juice  keeps me (relatively) sane in this time of plague and you’re a big part of it. Happy Birthday and may you have many more. ???

  8. 8.

    laura

    August 3, 2020 at 1:34 pm

    Happy birthday to two tippy top commenters and Many Happy Returns of the day. A refrigerated slice of coconut tres leches cake will be consumed con gusto in your collective honor.

  9. 9.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 3, 2020 at 1:35 pm

    Thanks, and have a happy, OO! Do you like the new nym NotMax and Satby bestowed upon you?

  10. 10.

    Martin

    August 3, 2020 at 1:36 pm

    Happy birthday OO and SD!

    Spare some good thoughts for my friends fighting the Apple Fire here in CA. Their homes are under the evacuation order and they’re on the front lines fighting this. A previous address of mine is also under the evacuation order.

    This is a really challenging area to fight a fire. It’s a pass between a pair of 11′ 11,000 foot mountains so it gets a wild wind tunnel effect with even mild winds. The terrain is steep, there aren’t many roads, and if it’s not windy, the smoke settles into this pass choking visibility, so you’re fucked either way.

    This is not their first rodeo, they fought the Silver fire there back in 2015, but this is already larger than the Silver Fire grew to be.

    edited

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    August 3, 2020 at 1:37 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:  Would you prefer your real nym in the title?  That can be arranged, if you like.

  12. 12.

    satby

    August 3, 2020 at 1:37 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: NOOOO! It was a typo and I was hoping Omnes wouldn’t see it and I could just wish him Happy Birthday again ?

  13. 13.

    dmsilev

    August 3, 2020 at 1:38 pm

    @Martin: 

    11′ foot mountains

    ‘Come to California. We have big mountains here.’

  14. 14.

    Ken

    August 3, 2020 at 1:38 pm

    Congratulations!  What’s it like sharing a birthday with John Landis and Martin Sheen?

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    August 3, 2020 at 1:39 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: You’re welcome!  (probably)

  16. 16.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 3, 2020 at 1:39 pm

    Well happy birthday, you two!

  17. 17.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 3, 2020 at 1:39 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Why do both of our ‘nym misspellings involve transportation?  I am a minibus and you a Japanese car.  ‘Tis a puzzlement.

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    August 3, 2020 at 1:39 pm

    @satby: If only you knew someone who could go back and fix it.

  19. 19.

    Villago Delenda Est

    August 3, 2020 at 1:40 pm

    For the Birthday kids

  20. 20.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    August 3, 2020 at 1:40 pm

    I like the pic of SiubhanDiunne in mid parachute jump. Respect!

  21. 21.

    Villago Delenda Est

    August 3, 2020 at 1:41 pm

    @dmsilev: I’ve been to the highest point in Frorida.  Being from the Left Coast, I was less than impressed.

  22. 22.

    Amir Khalid

    August 3, 2020 at 1:41 pm

    Fun fact: Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades, and the badge on a Subaru depicts the Seven Sisters. And, um, omnibus is a now-obsolete word for a conveyance of public transportation.

  23. 23.

    Martin

    August 3, 2020 at 1:44 pm

    @dmsilev: LOL. How’d I manage to fuck that up.

    Ok, back to work it is then.

  24. 24.

    Josie

    August 3, 2020 at 1:45 pm

    Happy Birthday to the two of you and hopefully many happier birthdays to come.

  25. 25.

    frosty

    August 3, 2020 at 1:45 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: A puzzlement indeed, but I’m going to roll* with it for this thread.

    Happy Birthday Subaru and O’minibus!!

    * Unintentional transportation pun at no extra charge

  26. 26.

    WaterGirl

    August 3, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    @Martin:  What was it supposed to be?

  27. 27.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    August 3, 2020 at 1:48 pm

    Happy Birthday you two! And many more.

  28. 28.

    BGinCHI

    August 3, 2020 at 1:50 pm

    True Story: I once gave OO several million dollars in startup money for a tech venture, and all I got in return was a dongle.

    Anyway, happy birthday, young buck.

  29. 29.

    dmsilev

    August 3, 2020 at 1:50 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: When I lived in Chicago, I was greatly amused to learn that someone had built an artificial hill just for winter sledding purposes, since the natural topography was so …two dimensional.

  30. 30.

    Martin

    August 3, 2020 at 1:51 pm

    @WaterGirl: 11,000′. They’re decently large mountains.

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    August 3, 2020 at 1:51 pm

    @BGinCHI: And no birthday wishes for SD?

  32. 32.

    Josie

    August 3, 2020 at 1:51 pm

    @Josie: 

    ETA: Forgot to add this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDT12zAWDuM

  33. 33.

    BGinCHI

    August 3, 2020 at 1:52 pm

    @WaterGirl: Her loan application is still under consideration.

  34. 34.

    Benw

    August 3, 2020 at 1:53 pm

    Happie birthdaes!

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    August 3, 2020 at 1:54 pm

    @BGinCHI: I must protest, sir!   Loan or no loan, she still deserves birthday wishes.  :-)

  36. 36.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 3, 2020 at 1:56 pm

    @WaterGirl: No, I’ve come to feel quite affectionate towards the Subaru Diane variant. But thanks for the offer!

  37. 37.

    BGinCHI

    August 3, 2020 at 1:56 pm

    @WaterGirl: OK, Happy Birthday Subaru Diane.

    May you some day offer a higher ROI than OO.

  38. 38.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 3, 2020 at 1:59 pm

    @Amir Khalid: And yet the full Latin phrase has a different meaning.  I don’t think we need to go into origin stories when I am typing on my phone.  Suffice it to say that my ‘nym does not involve public transport at all.

  39. 39.

    dexwood

    August 3, 2020 at 1:59 pm

    Happy birthday you two. Thanks for making a great place even better.

  40. 40.

    Yutsano

    August 3, 2020 at 2:00 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: So: a story from my first experience in Florida.

    A bunch of us band kids from all over the West Coast are trying to fumble our way through a slightly sketchy area of Miami. We get to some store (I don’t remember what kind it was) and we ask directions to the nearest convenience store.

    “Well you just go over the hill then turn left.”

    We all blink in confusion as we see nothing resembling a hill. So we ask what hill he’s talking about.

    “Oh that hill right over there.” He says without any direction.

    We ask one more time because again we see nothing resembling a “hill”.

    He points to the right and says, “It’s right over there you stupid kids!”

    Over on the right is a rise maybe 10 feet high.

    We all look at each other, say “thank you”, and move on. Then laugh as we pretend to “struggle” up the hill.

    And that’s my big Florida story.

  41. 41.

    James E Powell

    August 3, 2020 at 2:02 pm

    Happy Birthday to you both and many happy returns.

  42. 42.

    geg6

    August 3, 2020 at 2:05 pm

    Happiest of days to Omnes and Subaru Diane!

  43. 43.

    geg6

    August 3, 2020 at 2:08 pm

    @Yutsano:

    Heh.  When my sister lived in Florida, we used to laugh at what they called “hills.”  And since it was the highest spot for miles around, we called the Palm City Bridge “Mount Palm City.”

  44. 44.

    WaterGirl

    August 3, 2020 at 2:08 pm

    Omnes, I forgot to mention that you hold the BJ record for most comments being nominated to become rotating tags.

    It must be time for you to say something pithy again.

  45. 45.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 3, 2020 at 2:09 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Celebrating Jackals: Birthday Twins – Subaru Diane and Omnes Omnibus 1

  46. 46.

    Adam L Silverman

    August 3, 2020 at 2:10 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Celebrating Jackals: Birthday Twins – Subaru Diane and Omnes Omnibus 2

  47. 47.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 3, 2020 at 2:11 pm

    @BGinCHI: IIRC it was a very nice dongle with racing stripes.

    On a completely unrelated note, does anyone want a ride in my Riva Aquarama?  Lake Como is very pretty at this time of year.

  48. 48.

    satby

    August 3, 2020 at 2:14 pm

    @WaterGirl: ???

  49. 49.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 3, 2020 at 2:14 pm

    @WaterGirl: Christ, I am the Peter O’Toole of Balloon Juice.

  50. 50.

    zhena gogolia

    August 3, 2020 at 2:14 pm

    Happy Birthday to two of my favorites!

  51. 51.

    Anotherlurker

    August 3, 2020 at 2:15 pm

    Happy Birthday Omnes and Subaru Diane! Indulge yourselves right and have a great day.

  52. 52.

    Brachiator

    August 3, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    Happy birthdays!

  53. 53.

    geg6

    August 3, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I always thought that was Martin.

  54. 54.

    satby

    August 3, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    @satby: Too late, either ironically or by just copying, now several people have used that mistake.

    I’m REALLY SORRY Omnes.

  55. 55.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 3, 2020 at 2:19 pm

    @satby: You’re on my list.  But don’t get too worried, it’s a big list and you are nowhere near the top.  Okay, Saturday?

  56. 56.

    WaterGirl

    August 3, 2020 at 2:20 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:  That’s something most people only aspire to.

  57. 57.

    Miss Bianca

    August 3, 2020 at 2:24 pm

    Happy birthday, O2 and SD!

    Two of my all-time favorite commenters from way, way back. I may have been lurking, but I also was laughing!

    Hope you have some properly-socially-distanced revelry on your natal anniversary!

  58. 58.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 3, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    @geg6: Nah, he’s our Pacino.

  59. 59.

    Ruckus

    August 3, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: 
    I was told that the highest point in FL was a freeway overpass…..
    Having been there numerous times and spent an inordinate amount of time there for never living there, I’m inclined to believe this.

  60. 60.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 3, 2020 at 2:26 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Laughing, eh?   With or at?

  61. 61.

    BGinCHI

    August 3, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I do!

    Wait a minute……

  62. 62.

    MarkPainter

    August 3, 2020 at 2:41 pm

    It’s my birthday too, although there is only one of me.

  63. 63.

    Elizabelle

    August 3, 2020 at 2:41 pm

    Happy Quarantine Birthday, jackals SD and OO.

    May you and we all be free roaming the country this time next year. Safely.

  64. 64.

    raven

    August 3, 2020 at 2:43 pm

    @BGinCHI:  Did you know Chatham Murray?

  65. 65.

    Miss Bianca

    August 3, 2020 at 2:43 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Well…laughing *at* your various jibes, japes, and jests means…I am laughing *with* you…I think?

    Oh, great O2, now you’ve got me flashing back to the dinner table conversations of my extreme youth, with my entire family calling me “Sarah Bernhardt” because of my – in their view – overly dramatic take on any given situation. Then, when I got upset about *that*, they’d always fall back on, “We’re laughing WITH you, not AT you!” to which my tearful cri de coeur would be some variation on, “I’M NOT LAUGHING!!”

    Good times, good times.

  66. 66.

    raven

    August 3, 2020 at 2:43 pm

    Happy Birthday!

  67. 67.

    Sister Golden Bear

    August 3, 2020 at 2:52 pm

    Happy Birthday to you both!

  68. 68.

    Haroldo

    August 3, 2020 at 2:52 pm

    Happy Birthday, those with the heralded Most Favored Commenter Status.

    These are the manifestations of your (partial) names I first learned of as a sprout. (The glorious pictures cannot be shown, alas.)

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/148985.All_Aces

    https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cars-of-a-lifetime/cars-of-a-lifetime-1979-subaru-fe-it-can-finally-be-told-and-shown/

  69. 69.

    Uncle Cosmo

    August 3, 2020 at 3:09 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Omnibus was also the name of a US commercial but educational TV series (1952-61). Great show for curious & precocious kids (or adults for that matter) but a loss leader for the networks that aired it.

    IIRC the theme was from Mussorgsky’s “Pictures At An Exhibition” (which he used as a bridge between the individual compositions representing the paintings). (I was one of those kids.)

  70. 70.

    KSinMA

    August 3, 2020 at 3:16 pm

    Very happy birthdays!!!

  71. 71.

    J R in WV

    August 3, 2020 at 3:30 pm

    When we lived in Key West, the famed Solaris Hill, highest point on the island, was then 19′ above sea level. Now probably more like 15′? Right beside the grave yard where the pirates are buried or entombed.

    Happy birthday you guys!! Subaru Diane is probably the only commentor I have never gone off on at 3 am…

  72. 72.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 3, 2020 at 3:37 pm

    Happy B-day to Omnes and Subaru Diane.

  73. 73.

    WaterGirl

    August 3, 2020 at 3:37 pm

    @MarkPainter: Happy Birthday to you, MarkPainter!

  74. 74.

    WaterGirl

    August 3, 2020 at 3:40 pm

    @J R in WV:  I must have missed it when it was my turn!  Or perhaps I am privileged to be in the company of the esteemed Subaru Diane.

  75. 75.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 3, 2020 at 3:41 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

     I am a minibus and you a Japanese car.

    The car company is named for a star cluster, the Pleiades which the Japanese call Subaru.

  76. 76.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    August 3, 2020 at 3:44 pm

    @WaterGirl:  Mt. San Gorgonio and Mt. San Jacinto are both around 11,000′ tall.

  77. 77.

    HinTN

    August 3, 2020 at 3:44 pm

    @BGinCHI: Nobody said the dongle wasn’t valuable.

  78. 78.

    BGinCHI

    August 3, 2020 at 3:50 pm

    @raven: Nope. Don’t think so.

  79. 79.

    Ben Cisco

    August 3, 2020 at 4:29 pm

    Massively late to the thread, but wanted to get my Happy Happys in.

    Happy Birthday, Subaru Diane (makes me giggle every time) and OO!

  80. 80.

    The Lodger

    August 3, 2020 at 4:53 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Would the ice cream be Haäpy Birfdäsz?

  81. 81.

    dww44

    August 3, 2020 at 5:29 pm

    @MarkPainter: Happy Birthday to you and to OO and SD, the birthday twins.  Guess you make it triplets.

  82. 82.

    prostratedragon

    August 3, 2020 at 6:37 pm

    Happy Birthday!

    Happy Birthday Variations, Rachel Barton Pine

  83. 83.

    Schmendrick

    August 3, 2020 at 8:16 pm

    There’s a whisper of love on the wind
    I can hear it above all the din
    An echo of mirth
    And joy for the birth
    Of Omnes and SiubhanDuinne.

    —- Happy Birthday to the Jackal Triplets. Sorry Mark — I couldn’t squeeze your name in and maintain the “artistic integrity” of the limerick. It took me along time, but I finally found a way to build a “rhyme” for SiubhanDuine (at least it rhymes with the way I pronounce it!). And Omnes, we are not laughing AT you, we are laughing ABOUT you.

  84. 84.

    Avalune

    August 3, 2020 at 8:30 pm

    Happy day!

  85. 85.

    TomatoQueen

    August 3, 2020 at 9:07 pm

    Happy Birbday to you both!

  86. 86.

    SFAW

    August 3, 2020 at 9:36 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    The car company is named for a star cluster, the Pleiades which the Japanese call Subaru.

    For real? I always wondered why they had (what appeared to be) six stars in their logo. Although I have to wonder which of the sisters got the boot.

  87. 87.

    SFAW

    August 3, 2020 at 9:40 pm

    Happy Birthday to the BJ Gemini! And many, many more!

     

    But I have a question: is that picture supposed to be Subaru Diane? Isn’t her hair darker? Or is it Omnes doing the cosplay thing? [Albeit without his cheesehead.]

  88. 88.

    SWMBO

    August 3, 2020 at 11:54 pm

    Happy Birthday! May you get all the wonderful things you wish for yourself.

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