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Joe McConnell

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Retired from decades bouncing around in the Ann Arbor technosphere. I mute accounts that post AI-generated cartoons.

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No. I would never say that. The secret police are always listening.

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And then, when you get a really good look at it, break into laughter.

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Naturally, we blame it on the Gauls.

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And more random.

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Asgard Police Arrest Drunken God. Threatened Loki with wood working tool.

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Summer...

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???

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Scrubbing burnt-on olive oil and other grease off a favorite pan.

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Because their parents never taught any better.

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Children should be taught useful words like "desuetude," "angst," "revolution," "sarcasm," and, you know, like that.

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Ah, you're thinking of the eponymous founders of two huge corporations. I meant Fred Boeing and Amalia Lockheed, two obscure naval architects, active in central Michigan in the 1950s.

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Why do we have Presidents? There's perfectly good unemployed royalty out there. We should buy some.

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Slaves. Next question.

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Had to look up synecdoche. I thought it was a a city in New York.

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We have some "Litoral Combat Ships" they could pick up at a deep discount.

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Great. But it needs a new marketing department. "The Monorail of Wuppertal" sounds like a minor German prince, perhaps one who bet on France in 1870.

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If blocking did not exist, it would be necessary to invent it.

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"As an Indian don't you support Rishi Sunak" I very much do I think he is a crown jewel of England and therefore should be kept locked in the Tower of London and only taken out once a year for public display

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They've found another shipwreck, not far from the famous Antikythera wreck. No hard data yet, but researchers are confident that a mussel-encrusted object will turn out to be an ancient cell phone.

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They hit it, it hurt their hand, and now they're sorry.

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YES THAT WORKED SO WELL AND DID NOT AT ALL THROW THE PARTY INTO A DIVISIVE NOMINATION CONTEST AND LOST ELECTION THAT WOULD HAUNT IT FOR THE NEXT HALF CENTURY

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In 1938,hydroelectric engineer Fred Barkowitz saw one of those and immediately patented the standing shut-off valve.

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They could have picked, at least, a nice color.

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"And for God's sake, put some pants on."

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We warned her, but would she listen?

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Don't wake up in the middle of the night, clutching your heart and thinking "Oh, God! I wish I'd listened to more progressive rock." Download some King Crimson today, before it's too late.

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Goth is spelled with an initial 'G', but it's nice that they got 7%.

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Now, if they didn't take you to The House of the Rising Sun, you've got a legitimate complaint.

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Especially that Ray Bradbury book where we discover the remains of a lost Martian race and their corroded and abandoned stainless steel vehicles.

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As Chair of the Walt Kelly studies group, I can assure you that the correct pronunciation *is* "peaner butter", in Fort Mudge and the world.

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Funnier if you could make it beat swords into plowshares, but all in good time.

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If we are friends I cannot guarantee I will remember your spouse or children but I will frequently ask after your pets by name 🙃

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Sure, but in most US states it's a misdemeanor to shoot things from a moving vehicle.

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And for those writing 18th Century romance, stop referring to the King of Prussia as Fred. He hated that.

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On this date in 1893, HMS Victoria, a seriously flawed warship, was rammed by another ship and sank in 15 minutes. Notably, neither Lockheed nor Boeing existed at that point in history.

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So what's this about somebody named Lumberwolf or something? Driving under the aegis of New Haven? I didn't know Connecticut had those.

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I heard that. My sentiments, exactly.

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Please tell me I'm not the only person who sees this and thinks of the Thirty Years War.

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Leopards four, humans zero. Leopards advance to the finals.

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That's what slaves are for, after all.

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Leaving all else aside, why does a major British political candidate have a juggler? I mean, if we were talking about a king, I could understand, but... what's that? "Jugular?" Oh. Never mind.

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Interesting. In the 10+ years I've had a "handicapped" tag, not one person has questioned it. In fact, some people run away screaming.

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I'll never understand why anyone uses filters. I prefer to see the real, unfiltered person.

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Joanne Freeman's avatar Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social
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From an 18th century dictionary. Some things never change.

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Holly Nielsen 's avatar Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social
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My parent’s have informed me that they’ve resorted to speaking in Danish about certain things so that the dog can’t understand them. We can no longer say “sausage” in the house, it has to be “pølse”.

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