What are we doing today? What time is the zoom? And yes I kinda did just ask that publicly to irritate Watergirl instead of asking via text and there is a reason for that. She’s been very down since the election, so I thought maybe I could piss her off and get her angry instead of depressed. What can I say, I’m a giver.
It’s a tough time, but I am still grateful. For all the things watergirl does here, for all the awesome front pagers, for my family, for my pets, for the little lady, and of course, for most of you commenters.
The Unmitigated Gaul
In the spirit of giving, how about 👍 buttons?
John Cole
@The Unmitigated Gaul: eat a bag of unsalted dicks
West of the Rockies
@The Unmitigated Gaul:
Wow. An emoji to ask a question you know pisses off JC. Well done! (Insert laughing emoji here.)
The Unmitigated Gaul
@West of the Rockies: I’ve tried being polite.😂
The Unmitigated Gaul
@John Cole: “Unslated dicks”? Is that a regional delicacy? What region are you in just now?
scav
@The Unmitigated Gaul: Perhaps they’re homeless dicks. Roof has had all its slates blown off?
trollhattan
@scav: Replaced by immigrant white boards.
pluky
@The Unmitigated Gaul: Those are the ones the cognoscenti know to order directly. They’re not on the menu, nor ever on the specials board.
brantl
I was going to ask about the MOST Commenters crack, and then I read the current comments….. The first one, specifically.
Ben Cisco
This is the content I live for. The snark!!
middlelee
I hope Joelle smacks you alongside the head for calling her the “little lady.”
UncleEbeneezer
Looks like I finally found a therapist with in-person sessions who should fit with my schedule. Talked to her yesterday morning and she seemed cool. We’ll have our first session in two weeks. Looking forward to it. I need it…
Omnes Omnibus
@trollhattan: White?
trollhattan
@Omnes Omnibus: They know who they are.
West of the Rockies
Is it just me, or is a bag of unsalted dicks somehow worse?
scav
@West of the Rockies: Well, salt is a preservative, so depending on the vintage of the dicks . . . . .
satby
@middlelee: have you seen the pictures of her standing next to John??
“Most of the commenters” probably excludes Baud and me.
Ruckus
Guys, this is a holiday.
You can’t cut loose even a little bit…….?
What all that means is thanks for the laughs.
TBone
Random old classic from elsewhere:
Starfish (she/her)
Someone asked, “Can I piss everyone off during Thanksgiving without mentioning politics?”
And John Cole said, “Challenge accepted.”
Zoom is at 8:00 PM Eastern.
Ruckus
@UncleEbeneezer:
As a past counselor I found that most of us at some point could use, if nothing else, a sounding board. Best of luck and I hope you got a counselor that can get where and why you are coming from and help with your needs.
narya
Welp. BOTH of my bread recipes FAILED. Not “not as nice as I’d like,” but actual FAILS. The dough is way too slack, and isn’t rising. Why? No clue. I made a batch of wheat rolls so I have bread to bring. I’ll bake the fails anyway, and use the result for . . something. Stuffing? Bread pudding? Panade for meatballs or burgers? Croutons? Depends how awful they turn out to be; maybe I’ll get some oven spring out of them.
middlelee
@satby: There is that.
Suzanne
You’re so generous, Cole.
middlelee
@satby: And now I am off with friends to eat a Thanksgiving dinner that none of us had to cook for which we are all thankful.
Along with being thankful for all the things John said.
Steve in the ATL
@Suzanne: do you seriously expect him to be thankful for Omnes? You must have hit the booze early today!
Lily
Arizona brings out the J. Wayne in you, big fella.
trollhattan
Runner Girl, continuing her Confederacy states tour, is in the Atlanta suburbs at a friend’s family place for turkey day. She’s now starstruck after an Alton Brown sighting. Evidently a neighbor.
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@middlelee:
The slap device should be a bag of unsalted dicks.
Leto
@The Unmitigated Gaul: my man/woman/person! 👍
Leto
@narya: well that sucks. I agree with the secondary usage for stuffing and/or meatballs. Hope you still enjoy the day!
cmorenc
@narya: Maybe you should have used Martha White flour, it’s got Hot-Rize!
zhena gogolia
Happy Thanksgiving, John. I told WaterGirl earlier today that you kept asking about the Zoom, and she had no idea. I just e-mailed her.
I think we’ll still be out at 8:00 PM ET, but everyone have a great time!
scav
@narya: Or, claim you were reconstructing the earliest neolithic flatbreads recently discovered in honor of the ancestors we so often forget.
WaterGirl
@Starfish (she/her): Thanks for the laugh!
Geminid
@trollhattan: My Atlanta friend tells me it’s a pretty day down there. Atlanta’s a nice town.
Jackie
@middlelee:
Absolutely! 👋
Jackie
@comrade scotts agenda of rage:
Perfect response! Even salted will do! 😂
trollhattan
@Geminid: I’ll get a debrief post-trip. So far I know she’s “spotted my first 100′ confederate flag.” in addition to Mr. Brown. Plus put in her 10 training miles.
MattF
Just did FaceTime with T-day family gathering in the Berkshires (western Massachusetts). My sister and her son, his wife and two kids. It was good, all is well. Wonders of modern technology & all that.
SWMBO
John, how is your dad doing? Did he get to go home today or are they holding him another day?
Gin & Tonic
@trollhattan: Many, many years ago, one of my first business trips ever, inexplicably in the company of my company’s president, took us NY’ers to the office of a VP at the South Carolina Farm Bureau Ins. Co. The entire back wall of his office was a Confederate flag. Wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling. Kind of set the tone.
narya
@Leto: Oh, I will–there is plenty of food, the auxiliary rolls are baking right now, the creme brûlée came out okay, and there will be plenty of wine and good company, so.
@scav: Okay, that got a guffaw. It’s exactly what the rolls look like, tbh. I think it’s my starter; it really needs a lot of refreshing before I can actually bake bread with it. Also, the dough is too slack, so I’ll have to talk to the intertubes. Honestly, I’m annoyed at the amount of flour I “wasted,” but there’s nothing to be done except laugh.
trollhattan
@Gin & Tonic: Yeesh.
“Did you see those Yankee faces?” was in no way part of the post-meeting conversation, I’m sure.
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
@middlelee: I wish I had a thumbs up emoji for this comment!
Timill
Meanwhile, in other Thanksgiving news, apparently it was Jamal Hinton’s turn to host Wanda Dench this year.
WaterGirl
@Gin & Tonic: Wow. I bet they loved you New Yorkers as much as you loved them.
Sister Golden Bear
@Jackie: In a pinch one can use spotted dick, albeit it’s a bit messy.
trollhattan
@Sister Golden Bear:
I vote canned haggis. It’ll truly leave a mark.
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UncleEbeneezer
@Ruckus: Thank you. I said as much to the therapist in our call. Told her a lot of what I need is just someone to talk and vent to. She totally understood and added that she also likes to give her clients exercises/assignments for trying to implement better mental health practices in real life. I love this. I can totally use that sort of thing too.
trollhattan
Okay, this tribute to Les Nessman is pretty great.
Alaska turkey drop.
Geminid
@trollhattan: The Chattahoochee National Recreation Area is one of Atlanta’s. nicest features. It’s made up of 7 or 8 parks spread over ~15 miles of river. The “Hooch” is a good-sized river comparable to the James and the Potomac. It empties into the Gulf of Mexico as the Appalachicola River.
The Chattahoochee N.R.A. was created during Jimmy Carter’s administration. The various sections all have good walking trails and good bird watching.
middlelee
@A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan): That would get us both in trouble.
zhena gogolia
For those of you who dig Brent Terhune, he’s got a good one for Thanksgiving!
mrmoshpotato
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: 🎒🚫🧂🍆
MagdaInBlack
@mrmoshpotato: You are in so much trouble, mister. ( laughing emoji )
mrmoshpotato
@MagdaInBlack: I’m sure. LOL!
JCNZ
Use mine!👍
JCNZ
@Leto: 👍
Rachel Bakes
@narya: oh no! I hate it when my bread mojo is off like that. When it all comes out like paving stones. Glad the rolls worked.
Gin & Tonic
@WaterGirl: It’s funny, because somehow we got the contract and I spent the next five years traveling to Columbia 4-5 times a year. What a shithole.
Dorothy A. Winsor
We’re back from Thanksgiving dinner at our son and DIL’s house. Neither one of us should be driving in the dark, so we ate early. Great food and nice to catch up with them.
timill
Once again, the Cowboys have failed to learn from Bill Belichick: on 4th down, do not punt from your end zone. Snap it into the crowd and kick from the 25. At least the Giants only got a field goal off the short field, for a net gain of one point instead of the usual five.
Gloria DryGarden
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: perfect!
Gloria DryGarden
@narya: old yeast. Maybe roll out rounds of flat bread ( in your spare time) and griddle cook. Phooey.
Ramalama
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: I would give that a ‘thumbs up’ in any other website but I know which side my toast is buttered on. So I shall give it a dicks up.
Glidwrith
@narya: Dylan Hollis has a recipe to repurpose bread for making pancakes. It works pretty well.
dearmaizie
@middlelee:
Also, she’s not part of “my family”?