No, it wasn’t me, damnit:
A West Virginia man was charged with holding two deer captive inside his Cabell County home Monday, according to a Facebook post by West Virginia Natural Resources Police.
Police received a tip about the unusual animal occupants and responded to the home, where they discovered two bucks inside the residence. An investigation revealed the deer had been living inside the home for at least a year.
Time to start WESTVIRGINIAMAN on twitter?
Anne Laurie
He’s wearing your uniform, though.
Just Some Fuckhead
We know it wasn’t you because we didn’t help name the goddamned things and then ooh and ahh over the pictures of you bathing and grooming and fluffing them for last fucking year.
schrodinger's cat
So when are you serving venison stew with mustard?
BGinCHI
When WESTVIRGINIAMAN says he has the two bucks he owes you, go ahead and tell him you’ll take a check.
Patricia Kayden
At least he let them live. Deer are cute.
schrodinger's cat
BTW where is Steve, haven’t seen him since Thurston arrived.
BGinCHI
@Just Some Fuckhead: Plus endless pics of fat feet on an overstuffed recliner.
Just Some Fuckhead
@BGinCHI: .. intermingled seductively with hooves.
Davebo
Two deer walk out of a gay bar.
One looks at the other and says “I can’t believe I blew twenty bucks in that joint”.
schrodinger's cat
@Just Some Fuckhead: Does one furminate deer? Inquiring minds want to know. BTW how is your kitteh?
SiubhanDuinne
Yeah, right. That’s Lily in those fake Christmas dog-antlers.
Platypus
Somebody took “the buck stops here” a bit too literally.
SiubhanDuinne
@schrodinger’s cat:
JSF has a kitteh?? Does the humane society know about this?
Corner Stone
Don’t you try and tell us that is *not* a pic of you, Cole. The socks with sandals, the sausage fingers splayed out into a plaintive, “Whuttareugonnado, amirite?” gesture.
Although, now that I look at that pathetic deer, it’s at least 100 pounds underfed if it had been one of your pets.
Gin & Tonic
@Patricia Kayden: They’re a goddamn nuisance.
schrodinger's cat
@SiubhanDuinne: I remember him commenting about his kitten, a couple of years ago.
Corner Stone
Those propane tanks right up against the slat board siding is really awesome.
schrodinger's cat
@Corner Stone: I had friend who used to wear footie socks with sandals. Worst fashion statement ever.
srv
If you ever think of renting, bookmark this post
Fair Economist
If those are the pics, they look more like pets than captives. I’m also thinking they can’t be housebroken, so ick.
? Martin
I don’t think anyone is buying it, Cole. West Virginia isn’t that big. There can’t possibly be two of you there.
Bill E Pilgrim
Hillbilly Roombas
Just Some Fuckhead
That poor deer in the doorway looks like a deer in the headlights.
SiubhanDuinne
@schrodinger’s cat:
I.Did.Not.Know.
I was equating Fuckhead = Skullfuck
And
Kitteh = Kitten
From the BJ Lexicon:
John Cole
@Just Some Fuckhead: You just made the list.
@BGinCHI: And you too, dick.
Just Some Fuckhead
@John Cole: Woohoo! Tell me what I won, Johnny.
dedc79
Interesting given that he could’ve killed them, cut them into pieces, hung those pieces up in his home to dry and stuck their heads on the wall, all without committing a crime. What strange rules we live by.
? Martin
Wait, JSF just now made the list?
Corner Stone
@BGinCHI:
You forgot the dirty bathrobe tails after multiple walkings outside to get them to do their business for the night.
Just Some Fuckhead
@? Martin: Right? W. T. F. I throw the bullshit flag on this one.
Tommy
Okay I have a question. Look I am not suggesting anybody should. I bet these folks are a little “off.” But what is illegal about having a deer in your house? And not to put down WV, it is a stunnly beautiful state (go if you have never been), but this is WV for Christ sakes.
SiubhanDuinne
@Fair Economist:
That whole picture just shrieks “Jody and Flag,” n’est-çe pas?
Tommy
@dedc79: In my other commet I was thinking that but didn’t say it.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Corner Stone:
Or desperate 3AM posts after they jump the fence and he spends three hours driving up and down the road calling for Bambi and Rudolph.
SiubhanDuinne
@Tommy:
When I drive north, I always look forward to driving through — and sometimes, even staying overnight in — West Virginia. I agree, it is just a drop-dead, gob-smacking, jaw-dropping beautiful state.
Amir Khalid
@Tommy:
Don’t the authorities frown on keeping non-domestic animals in your house?
Culture of Truth
Prancer: “I am NOT spending another minute trapped with that motherfucker Dixon.”
Just Some Fuckhead
My guess is this yahoo was making deer jerky, real slow-like.
srv
John, you are into some weird shit.
Corner Stone
@Tommy:
I’ve never had a deer in my house but I think that if you have maybe you need to revisit your life choices. I mean, a deer in your house. Maybe you should rethink your life decisions. Just saying.
Bobby B.
If you get arrested, don’t lead with your moobs.
schrodinger's cat
@Bobby B.: He needs a bro
RSA
@Tommy:
I wondered the same. Googling around, I’m guessing that deer fall into the category of exotic pets, where “exotic” seems to mean a non-domesticated animal. That’s pretty vague, I think, but there are apparently lots of laws at different levels about keeping them. So if a state or town writes laws about keeping alligators and monkeys and such, they might just call them exotic pets and automatically fold in deer.
Just Some Fuckhead
It’s a damn shame cbear isn’t here for this post.
Tommy
@SiubhanDuinne: It is a wonderful place if you are a hiker/camper like myself. I think most people that have never been to the state think backwards and poverty. I guess you might have both of those things, but it awe inspiring pretty.
@Amir Khalid: I don’t know. My city has pretty anal laws about animals in the household. But I think it is the number and not the type. If you want a pig or turtle you can have one. Deer, well we kind of kill them were I live. We got bow and gun seasons on deer.
Corner Stone
@Tommy:
That’s…good to know?
phoebes-in-santa fe
The deer are nice, Cole, but where’s THE CAT? I haven’t seen him in an age.
Just Some Fuckhead
We had a raccoon get in the house once but we never thought about inviting him and a buddy to stay. I guess those West Virginia winters get awfully cold and lonely.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Corner Stone: Ya ever open up a little bit and someone else opens up too much?
Major Major Major Major
So you can have a dik-dik or a muntjac as a pet, but not a big-boy deer. Interesting.
Gin & Tonic
@Corner Stone: The sheep are happy to hear that.
Just Some Fuckhead
Is it possible this fat guy engages in Santa cosplay?
kc
@Just Some Fuckhead:
That reminds me, we haven’t seen any Steve pics in ages.
Tommy
@Corner Stone: Oh as I said I am sure they got issues. I don’t take this hedge out of my front yard, bunnies live there. I don’t open the window in one of my bathrooms, well doves nest there each year.
Sure they are not in my house. Big difference from a deer in my house but kind of the same isn’t it. If the doves or rabbits came into to my house it would freak out my cat, but I don’t see myself stopping them if it didn’t change my life and they were happy.
eldorado
true detective season 3 SPOILERS
Corner Stone
@eldorado:
They have a suspect that kidnaps wild deer?
Tommy
@Corner Stone: Well I kind of said a lot more, but cut and paste what you want to make your point.
Central Planning
@Tommy:
What’s an anal law? What’s a pretty “anal law”? Inquiring minds…
Corner Stone
@Tommy: Actually, I was being kind.
RSA
@Corner Stone: It was inevitable, given the recent Supreme Court ruling.
Central Planning
I got an Amazon Echo. It’s not as helpful as I like/need. Questions like:
– What are the reviews for Mad Max?
– What is wordpress?
– What’s the best way to drink tequila?
stump the thing. Oh well. At least it’s a decent voice-controlled music player. And the Avion tequila is pretty good neat.
Tommy
@Central Planning: @Corner Stone: They are very specific. I only know my city. I don’t know each state or city. Sorry I said that, just what I know.
In my town you can’t have more than three pets.
I know this because the house behind me, caddy corner, the owners got arrested for abuse of animals. They had a few dozen. I guess in terrible conditions. The arrest warrant was for the number.
SiubhanDuinne
@Major Major Major Major:
I’ve known about dik-diks* for years, but never before heard of muntjacs. Thanks for expanding my knowledge base, even though I’ll probably never use it.
* (Yes, of course I giggle like a 12-year-old boy every time I see, say, or think of a “dik-dik.” And?)
dopey-o
@Culture of Truth:
FIFY
ThresherK (GPad)
@Central Planning: We’re all thinking it, so I’ll just say it out loud: This anal bleaching trend has gone too far if someone’s codifying it into laws to keep anuses pretty.
redshirt
I support Cole’s right to keep deer as pets. You go, man!
redshirt
@Central Planning: Mad Max is the best action movie of the past 15 years, at least. Maybe more. It’s incredible.
p.a.
@efgoldman:
Would you be able to tell a difference?
FlipYrWhig
@SiubhanDuinne: “Muntjac” has to be a surrogate swear word in some fuddy-duddy’s private language. “I went to the store and the cashier was being such a… muntjac to me!”
Steeplejack
@Just Some Fuckhead:
LOL.
jibeaux
Why would anyone, even a West Virginian, want to keep two..
oh, never mind.
Steeplejack
@John Cole:
“WeVA Man” has a nice ring. (Pronounced “wee-vuh.”)
Tommy
@redshirt: Amen.
What I get from that pic is the deer isn’t trying to run away. We have domesticated a number of animals. Not sure deers I care about. But pretty sure if they wanted to run they could.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
There’s a buck who’s been camping right next to our driveway the last few nights. I call him Buckminster, but I haven’t invited him in.
Deer trivia: outside the rut, bucks hang in bachelor groups. I call them stag parties when I see them. It’s kind of comical to see 5 bucks tucked under a tree napping. Inside, with no does to up the testosterone levels, I’d expect two bucks to pretty much continue the bachelor lifestyle. Where do they rub the spring velvet though?
Corner Stone
@Tommy:
“caddy corner”? Seriously?
What an asshole.
kc
@Corner Stone:
Oh, my God, knock it off.
I’m starting to hate some of y’all.
cbear
@Just Some Fuckhead: I just be lurking, JSF.
BTW, that deer looks awfully nervous to me….I wonder what will happen when the cops ask him to show them on the Rudolph doll where the bad man touched him.
Omnes Omnibus
@efgoldman: Oh, you’re already there, bub.
Face
Can one housebreak a deer? If not, do they just crap anywhere? Im guessin his house has a stench that makes a monkey exhibit seem floral….
Suzanne
If Cole had actually had wild animals living in his house for a year, he would be much more severely injured by now. Think gored on an antler after slipping while mopping up some chai tea. Or in traction.
Roger Moore
@cbear:
He’ll complain that it’s a reindeer rather than a white tailed deer, so the doll is anatomically incorrect.
Suzanne
@Corner Stone: I love you so much. LMMFAOOOOOOO.
My dad is a deer. Just the nicest guy ever. Never did nothing to nobody. Now you’re saying I can’t have a deer in my house like are you racist against deer? Just saying.
Corner Stone
@kc: You obviously missed the endless BJ wars on catty corner v caddy corner.
But if you need someone to hate on, feel free to hate on me.
/Katt Williams
satby
@Corner Stone: I’m dying over here.
Omnes Omnibus
@Corner Stone: What about kitty corner?
SiubhanDuinne
@FlipYrWhig:
Also, it looks as though it should anagram into something amazing, but so far I can’t make that happen.
Suzanne
@Corner Stone: It’s “kitty-corner”, damnit.
Punchy
I heard this guy’s favorite movie is “Uncle Buck”. He writes “Deer John” letters to his lover and drives a wickedly loud John Deer tractor cuz he’s got no doe to buy a car. I’m surprised he wont beg for a few bucks to get a used vehicle.
SiubhanDuinne
@Corner Stone:
I don’t say this often (enough), but fuck off.
satby
@Omnes Omnibus: @Suzanne: yup, I grew up hearing kitty-corner too.
mai naem mobile
I think the deer look adorable. And, I don’t think its John, but his Bed and Breakfast buddies.
Face
@Punchy: His favorite pol is Al Gore.
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne: The one I came up with is definitely not getting printed here.
BillinGlendaleCA
Wait, there’s a list?
Robert
John,
Please, more photographs of the critters; especially Mr. Howell.
Suzanne
@satby: Mr. Suzanne has a background in linguistics, and he was telling me about all the regional variations in that term. Hilariously, he had never heard the term before hearing about it in a college lecture. I asked, “So how do you refer to that spatial relationship?!?” He said, “DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE STREET.”
Suzanne
@Omnes Omnibus: Share. Please??
Little Boots
just glad nobody is carrying a flag.
Corner Stone
@mai naem mobile:
I think you may be right. He’s been trying to sell some kind of WVA B&B destination for a while now.
Holy Christ! They are going the WVA Jared Fogle route for specialty tourist sex destinations.
Corner Stone
@SiubhanDuinne: I’m not sure what you’re trying to convey here?
Suzanne
@Corner Stone: Are you on BoF?
ruemara
Was this consensual?
@a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): You know, with this explanation, it really could be Cole.
Just Some Fuckhead
@efgoldman:
Is Fred short for Lord Alfred Venison?
Loneoak
Add a couple welfare queens to those strapping young bucks and we’d have a proper George Will column.
Omnes Omnibus
@Loneoak: Missing a Cadillac, aren’t you?
John Revolta
Oh, see the little deer!
Has the deer a little doe?
Yeah, two bucks! Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk……………………..
Tommy
@Corner Stone: Do you have a problem with me? I said caddy corner because I have talked of the women behind of me. This is another person.
Face
@John Revolta: that joke stag-nates. I could give ya a few pointers…
SiubhanDuinne
@Omnes Omnibus: I can figure out part of it. But let’s just say, if I had those letters on a Scrabble rack, I wouldn’t be happy.
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne: Do you do anagrams for fun? Not judging, just asking.
Little Boots
@SiubhanDuinne:
engaging is the first mistake.
Tree With Water
I’d like to see that guy locked in a shed for whatever the equivalent of one year in a deer’s life versus a human’s (tthe old one year of a dog’s life equals seven human years formula). That, or watch someone kick his sorry ass inside out.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: I am nice to her. Observe her behavior and figure out why.
@Tree With Water: Wow.
Roger Moore
@Face:
And he’s a member of the Rob Deer Fan Club.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
how it begins.
SiubhanDuinne
@Omnes Omnibus: yes.
Roger Moore
@Omnes Omnibus:
It’s parked at the house Caddy corner from mine.
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne: That’s rather cool.
@Roger Moore: Arrggh!
Loneoak
@Tree With Water: Nah, just make him keep them through rutting season in his trailer.
Little Boots
what is everyone angry at this guy for? he opened his house. Like Adam, maybe he even named them.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Take it up with Tree With Water; he seems to be the one in a “mood.”
Little Boots
we’re all in a good mood.
jeebus.
SiubhanDuinne
@Omnes Omnibus:
It always seems slightly geeky to me, but thanks for thinking it’s cool. I adore solving British-style cryptic crosswords, which feature lots of anagrams and other wordplay.
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne: I’ve confessed to enjoying a conversation about the differences between a political party and a political movement, so who am I to judge?
Little Boots
starting to worry about scott walker. he’s a complete dick, but still under the radar.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Roger Moore: Does it have a Deadhead sticker?
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: He doesn’t have the chops for the big leagues.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Omnes Omnibus: The administration seems to disagree.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
he sucks, but people are fooled, a lot.
John Revolta
Now, what that picture really needs is for the deer’s face to be blotted out……………….
Little Boots
when did CornerStone get so angry?
Amir Khalid
The sharks seem to be circling Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. The Wall St Journal accuses him of having in his personal bank accounts some 2.6 billion ringgit (US$700 million) transferred from development fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd. There’s been a growing clamour here for his resignation, which would be a first for a sitting PM.
Omnes Omnibus
@BillinGlendaleCA: I kind of like that the administration is looking to strangle potential up and comers in their cribs.
Little Boots
@Amir Khalid:
it’s the malaysian pop.
oh yes, I remember.
Steeplejack
@Suzanne:
Swap the first and last letters.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
they suck at even being corporate whores.
they just suck all around.
Roger Moore
@SiubhanDuinne:
So you answer hard acrostics, but do you have a pretty taste for paradox?
Roger Moore
@BillinGlendaleCA:
I don’t know; I didn’t look back.
Omnes Omnibus
@Roger Moore: You should never look back.
Roger Moore
@Omnes Omnibus:
Something might be gaining on you.
Amir Khalid
@Little Boots:
This is rather more serious than that.
Little Boots
@Amir Khalid: ‘
it is, I should not joke about this. it is.
Omnes Omnibus
@Amir Khalid: $700 million would get a nice life in the South of France. Isn’t that the typical end to this?
Amir Khalid
@Amir Khalid:
As reported by The Malaysian Insider, the WSJ has released online redacted documents it says are related to the transfer of funds into Najib’s personal accounts.
Little Boots
okay, not to be racist, but when was the last non-corrupt malaysian government?
Felonius Monk
Is the perpetrator really being identified as John Doe?
trollhattan
Sweet rompin’ Ronny Reagan on a Roomba this is a funny galldarned post and comment string. I just want to point out that Cole got no time for no deer what with his other obligations.
Suzanne
@Steeplejack: Of what?
Little Boots
@Suzanne:
good lord, girl.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Why do you assume that Malaysian governments are corrupt?
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
not sure.
Omnes Omnibus
@Suzanne: Muntjac.
Suzanne
@Little Boots: I’m reading about crazy Scientologists and I lost the plot. Help a sister out.
Tree With Water
@Amir Khalid: “There are always people in the park on Sunday’s”.
Ferdinand Marcos said that on his last Sunday in office, in response to question about the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos that had gathered in Manila’s central park to demand the ouster of the old bandit.
Amir Khalid
@Omnes Omnibus:
If that were the end-game, Najib would never have left the money in Malaysia. It may have been a slush fund for political ops and greasing cronies.
Little Boots
@Suzanne:
omnes did,
but what are you reading?
I love scientology stuff. i seriously love that stuff. it’s so weird and fascinating.
Suzanne
@Little Boots: Oh, oh yes, that. That I knew already.
Little Boots
and did not mean to pick on malaysia, amir, but am I right?
Amir Khalid
I have a comment at #146 awaiting moderation. Please release me, let me go …
Suzanne
@Little Boots: Going Clear.
Amir Khalid
@Little Boots:
It depends on whom you ask.
Little Boots
@Suzanne:
saw the documentary, but also, just fall into a scientology hole sometimes online. it’s kind of amazing, and weird, and just, I don’t know, depressing but compelling.
Little Boots
@Amir Khalid:
what do you think?
Steeplejack
@Suzanne:
Muntjac. To get the anagram that Omnes referred to.
Omnes Omnibus
@Suzanne: Not the same but it reminded me ….
Little Boots
place just stops sometimes.
Amir Khalid
@Little Boots:
There is no single answer to the question.
Little Boots
@Amir Khalid:
and I should not be flippant. okay.
Little Boots
still have to say, show up people. we know you are around. I will play this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLEhh_XpJ-0
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: There is something deeply, deeply wrong with you.
Little Boots
cannot believe these guys sometimes.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
there is something wrong with everybody who will not show up after midnight.
isn’t that in the bible somewhere?
Steeplejack
@Omnes Omnibus:
For once I agree. That is one of the songs/videos that makes me go on an “Apologize for Paul McCartney” tour.
ETA: Anything with Linda in it is usually a tell. Bless her heart.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
fine, post your favorite paul.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Hey, there are plenty of nights when you don’t show up, before or after midnight. So shut up, sit down, shut up again and come up with some better music.
“IOU.”
Amir Khalid
A little background on this — notice the presence of a name familiar to Americans: Goldman Sachs.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
okay, that’s a little angry.
but nice, very nice.
are you pissed at me?
Mnemosyne (tablet)
@Suzanne:
Until the debates here, I never knew it was called anything BUT “kitty corner.”
Omnes Omnibus
Grace.
Aleta
@Steeplejack:
“WeVA ” has a nice ring. (Pronounced “wee-vuh.”)
close enough ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSUkCCTCqF8
Little Boots
@Mnemosyne (tablet):
I’ve heard both. not sure why everyone is on edge in this place.
Omnes Omnibus
@Steeplejack: Well played.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
no, and what are you pissed about?
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: Here’s Lennon’s response. You can see a current guest of the State of California in the first minute or so.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
That’s a tough one, because my favorite McCartney is all too often bound up with my favorite Beatles. He and Lennon were both geniuses, but the sum of the two was even greater than the parts, which was amazing.
I think “Yesterday” is a quintessential McCartney song that avoids his signature excesses.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Mnemosyne (tablet): Me either.
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
least someone doesn’t hate me.
Little Boots
fair enough. wow. thanks steeplejack.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: I am not pissed about anything. I am a very happy boy. Life is grand.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
that is one of the most beautiful songs ever.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
I know you’re not. you’re just pissy, man.
cool song though.
Little Boots
and another thing. ladies always disappear. which is not a good sign.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Dude, you must chill. Try this.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
we must all chill.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: How about this?
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
that is incredibly awesome though. damn, omnes.
Major Major Major Major
I should’ve mentioned a while back, but I more or less quit drinking recently. One beverage with social necessity but that’s it (work stuff, not parties or whatever).
It’s interesting.
Little Boots
@Major Major Major Major:
balloon juice a necessity? cause, it should be.
Major Major Major Major
@Little Boots: Feels like it a lot :P
I’ve actually found that good non-alcoholic beer pretty much blunts any cravings I might have. It’s like decaf coffee I guess..
Y’know for me.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Major Major Major Major: It is indeed. I had pickled my liver, so I had to quit 5 years ago.
ETA: I’ve had very few cravings and kind of find the smell of booze slightly repulsive.
Aleta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrtDrltnzyg
McCartney song
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
even better, and finally somebody answering the test.
Mnemosyne (tablet)
@Major Major Major Major:
It turns out that drunk people really aren’t that interesting unless you’re also drunk.
Little Boots
@Major Major Major Major:
is it omnes’ fault. can it be omnes’ fault?
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
“Michelle.” Mostly Paul, some John.
Major Major Major Major
@BillinGlendaleCA: Good for you. After my first (only?!) seizure they told me I needed to cut back and then I realized that meant “cut back to a normal person” which is like three to ten drinks a week, so I decided to. Finally. Probably saving my marriage.
Alcohol ain’t fun, kids.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
fine, you know I miss you, right?
despite all the times I don’t show up.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Mnemosyne (tablet): Especially if they don’t speak English.
Steeplejack
@Amir Khalid:
From the linked article:
Wow, a 10 percent commission for a quickie transaction. I guess Goldman Sachs doesn’t give volume discounts. But I guess that’s less than the vig on a payday loan.
Steeplejack
@Aleta:
Yeah, no.
Little Boots
@Amir Khalid:
we suck. do you guys maybe suck a little?
Mnemosyne (tablet)
@Steeplejack:
McCartney works best with a songwriting partner, like this one:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h85OGkCaKIg
Little Boots
plus this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt5fv-89Maw
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: Here’s another contender, I’ve had Enough.
Amir Khalid
@Steeplejack:
I don’t even see why a quick transaction should cost Goldman Sachs a penny more than a slow one. It’s not like they send the forms by personal courier.
Omnes Omnibus
@BillinGlendaleCA: Quoi?
EconWatcher
@Amir Khalid:
Surprised to hear that could happen in Malaysia. When I had a recent (admittedly whirlwind) business trip there, the government officials we met seemed absolutely top notch, Singapore-quality. I would have thought they’d have controls built in to prevent that kind of transfer.
Little Boots
@Amir Khalid:
they’re whores, darling. what are you guys doing?
Steeplejack
@Major Major Major Major:
For a good non-drinking drink, I like club soda (or any sparkling water) with a dash or three of bitters in it. Good taste, and the drink has a little color to it, which seems to forestall a lot of stupid “Why aren’t you drinking?” questions.
Amir Khalid
Meanwhile, stock prices are crashing in China, wiping out trillions of dollars in market value.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
uh, huh.
Little Boots
amir, you make it sound like people are paying attention. this is america. we don’t pay attention, on principal.
Major Major Major Major
@Steeplejack: I’ll try that out, thanks.
Other advice I’ve got has been “tonic water with a wedge of lime”, but it turns out bartenders charge an arm and a leg for that.
Aleta
gotta split this popsicle stand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7YpdLaoI7Y
Dave Brubeck – Besame Mucho 1967
Major Major Major Major
@Amir Khalid: Shhhh, we only care about Greece, not the actual giant bubble that’s going to lead to something horrible.
John Revolta
McCartney says that the melody for “Yesterday” came to him in his sleep. He walked around with it in his head for several weeks trying to come up with a set of lyrics. In the meantime he had a working set of lyrics called “Scrambled Eggs”.
Scrambled Eggs……………
Ooo-eee baby how I love your legs…………..
Well, maybe first impressions are the best. I dunno.
Mnemosyne (tablet)
@Steeplejack:
I was at a wedding once where the bartender started making mocktails for the kids with grenadine and club soda. One of the little ones whose mom wasn’t nearby tugged on my skirt, so I got her one.
As we started walking back across the floor, her mom spotted her four-year-old holding a glass with red liquid in it, and because I am evil, I said, “It’s okay for her to have wine, right?”
The mom grabbed the glass and sniffed it and was very relieved it was totally innocuous.
Omnes Omnibus
@Mnemosyne (tablet): This worked quite well.
Little Boots
@Aleta:
I will miss you. cause you are being honest. and it’s kind of nice.
Little Boots
and miss billin too, cause, same.
Steeplejack
@Amir Khalid:
The whole idea of a percentage commission is kind of sketchy too. How much more heavy lifting is involved in a $3 billion bond than a $1 billion bond? Two hundred million dollars’ worth? Srsly?
It’s vampire squid territory.
Omnes Omnibus
@Steeplejack: Ginger ale also works.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Omnes Omnibus: We’ve had dinner with madame’s sister-in-law and her spouse, they’re Korean and don’t speak English. I don’t understand Korean very well.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
right? jeebus?
really?
? Martin
@Amir Khalid: What people may not realize is that the middle class is heavily invested in China (not just the upper class) and many people are heavily leveraged. This is looking not unlike the house flipping population in the US in 2007.
A few days ago the Chinese government gave permission for people to use their houses as collateral for margin calls. That is all kinds of bad. I’m not sure China has a clue what to do here. Like the ECB, they seem to compound bad decision with bad decision.
Major Major Major Major
@Omnes Omnibus: Not in my experience. What you want is people to not question your drink; a weird color works well. Ginger ale is not a weird color.
Again, in my experience.
Steeplejack
@Mnemosyne (tablet):
Good song. Haven’t heard that one in a while.
Honestly, I have been so scarred by some of McCartney’s treacle that I rarely find myself thinking “Hey, let’s listen to some McCartney tonight!” So there are some good songs that get overlooked or forgotten. But, on the other hand, I don’t accidentally run into “Ebony and Ivory.”
Little Boots
I think everyone needs george. he’s a beatle, dammit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt5fv-89Maw
Amir Khalid
@EconWatcher:
There’s the civil service, which can be very professional indeed, as you’ve seen; and then there’s politicians like Najib.
Little Boots
could the angry one not be angry.
EconWatcher
@Amir Khalid:
I’ve experienced some major turbulence on airplanes, and I always look at the flight attendants to see if they appear worried–if they don’t, I relax and assume things must be OK. (One time they did look worried, and we later had an emergency re-routing.)
Similarly, people have been predicting China will crash for several decades, but you can tell if it’s serious by watching the high officials there–do they seem worried? And from all of the bizarre actions they’ve been taking in the last week to stop the freefall in the stock market, I’d say they appear to be panicked.
In the words of Fred Sanford, “this might be the big one.”
Omnes Omnibus
@BillinGlendaleCA: I’ve had that experience before. And I am walking into it again.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
anger.
Steeplejack
@Major Major Major Major:
Tonic water is way too sweet by itself, IMO. I would go ginger ale for a sweetish drink.
Wedge of lime would go well in the club soda and bitters.
And, finally, my experience is that bartenders charge an arm and a leg for all drinks. You just really notice it and resent it when it’s non-alcoholic. Best to console yourself with the health effects, not any financial savings.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
you know everyone loves me, right?
Amir Khalid
@EconWatcher:
Silver lining: this might put a stop to whatever it is they’ve been up to in the South China Sea.
Amir Khalid
@Little Boots:
Are you absolutely sure about that?
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: No.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
oh I know. like picking on you, but you are so mellow lately.
it’s kinda nice.
Little Boots
@Amir Khalid:
no, but maybe a little.
Little Boots
@Little Boots:
maybe a little:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn1BapsppXM
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
My favorite Beatle, when I was a lad. “I Need You.”
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: Diet Coke, the breakfast of champions.
Little Boots
and amir, I really need you to tell me? malaysia, the hell? be honest.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Amir Khalid: May hike to your garden either tomorrow or Thursday.
Little Boots
not trying to pick on you, but just, a thing, buddy.
Major Major Major Major
@Steeplejack: One of the reasons I’m quitting is because I know most of the bartenders I’m likely to run into for the next few months at least, but your point is well taken.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Okay, that’s a great take of a good song. Kudos.
“Flying on the Ground Is Wrong” (written by Neil).
Steeplejack
@BillinGlendaleCA:
Sorry, I’ve always disliked diet sodas. Except Fresca. Is that a diet drink, and do they even make it any more?
Steeplejack
@Major Major Major Major:
Damn, then they should be comping you on the tonic and lime!
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZxzZFddmTg
Little Boots
seriously, love you guys so much.
srv
I’m still looking for the Subaru on google maps
Now you know the rest of the deer story
Little Boots
just to annoy omnes, cause it’s what I do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6yk9wWNB08
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
and I’ve missed you so much. dammit.
Little Boots
and billin, so much.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
That’s a good one. Rod Stewart can get a little sellout-y sometimes. “You Wear It Well.”
Just don’t play “Maggie May.” I heard that every 15 minutes for six months when it first came out, and it triggers my PTSD.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
god, loved it at first, then grew to hate so much.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: How about Rod singing Paul?
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
okay love you, always love you. but can we do ELO?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11A8JZ-RDDo
Steeplejack
@BillinGlendaleCA:
That was an acceptable clip, although I saw (a) no Rod Stewart and (b) too much Linda McCartney.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: K. The default ringtone on my phone.
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA: @BillinGlendaleCA:
once again, love you so much.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: I done a Rick Perry, Opps.
Little Boots
can we all do tom petty?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowSGxim_O8
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
ELO is one of those groups where I had the weird experience of not noticing them at all and then waking up one day: “Jeez, they’ve got like ten hit songs, and I’ve been listening to them for a year.” Disconcerting.
“Turn to Stone.”
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
I know, not cool, then suddenly, cool.
Steeplejack
@BillinGlendaleCA:
All righty, then.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: For me that was Roxy Music.
Little Boots
and SHEETS/
Little Boots
the best
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
“Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.”
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: Don’t Come Around Here No More. j/k.
Steeplejack
Okay, Steep out.
“Refugee.”
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: Play you out…
Steeplejack
@BillinGlendaleCA:
Cool. Zzzz.
piratedan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72j7Ars1r5g
Valdivia
@Steeplejack: I have a very soft spot for ELO. Still to this day I love their music.
Zinsky
I’m reminded of an old joke:
q: What is the difference between Beer Nuts and deer nuts?
A: Beer Nuts are $1.49 a bag and deer nuts are under a buck!
Sherparick
@dedc79: Yea, I keep wondering what kind of law this guy broke? Law is so suppose to conduct that harms other humans and/society at large. Exactly how was West Virginia harmed by this guy reenacting his version of the “Yearling?” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yearling_%28film%29
Sherparick
@Zinsky: Ta, ta, ta, boom. You heard that watching a Stooges movie I expect.
chopper
@? Martin:
it parallels more with 1929 if you ask me.
Omnes Omnibus
@Valdivia: You admit that in public?
BGinCHI
@Valdivia: Mr. Blue Sky. Genius.
Paul in KY
@Just Some Fuckhead: I think the deer looks a little embarrassed.
PJ
@Steeplejack: There is an additional charge for sketchy activity, a portion of which will be set aside to pay any FCPA fines (the bulk of it will be distributed as bonuses.)