Saturday Night Thread

What does it say about me as a man if I love the movie “Juno”? Should I seek professional help?As per advice from my brother, I am going to watch “Pan’s Labyrinth.” Someone stop me now if I am going to cry.

Joe, have you got that not-so-fresh feeling?

anyone else just love how the democrats have become the hateful party?

Theo,Geez am I glad someone finally said that.I LOVE the fact that we’re the hateful party!!!11!I’m hoping we keep going. I mean, how cool would it be to be the hateful CANNIBAL party? Or the hateful cannibal ZOMBIE party?So many possibilities.

Matthew: Or we could just be French.gypsy: It’s becoming a pattern for conservatives to claim that conservatives are hateful simply because we vent frustration with the republican party’s hatred. fun how that works, ain’t it?

Stone what now? Did someone say stoning gays? I KID! I’m a kidder!

Saying what, Alaska? “DemocRAT Party: The Party of Hate”?

I don’t want a tattoo. All I want is a freaking bumper sticker

Democrat: Being Big Meanies Since 1/20/09

Sheet, Alaska. Tatoos are so… permanent.Can’t we all just get sekrit decoder rings?

Packster led me to this site which says AK’s had 28 earthquakes today so far.

But apparently Packster is okay. As is his Series Of Tubes. And Ryan.

nod at Jane.It’s been a pretty mellow day.

oooo whose ryan. fresh meat?! that is a name i haven’t heard before…hehe…be glad chris…i have literally woke up out of a trance seconds before ramming a mccain/palin bumper stickered car!

Ok… Who killed the thread? I hope it tweren’t me.

Chris – Good bumper sticker.The three I’d like to have are:The left lane is for passing, not cruising.Shove that phone someplace and DRIVE PROPERLY.but the one I really want is:I didn’t vote for that bastard twice, but I still got fucked by this depression.I’d probably have to change that to shafted.

As for currently on the vehicle, I have one of them rainbow squiggly things in the rear window. One I’d like to have on the car: ShamWow Me!

How about: “SlapChop me and you’ll love my nuts!”

In Maine they sell bumper stickers that say:Bumpah Stickah, for the Cah.I used to spend a lot of time in Boothbay Harbah.

Minx – Is someone doing mother nature or is it autoerotica?

i have a fascination with flowing lava.

Flowing lava, Gyps? Is that what you call it?

thanks for outing me carl!

Yeah, who the hell is Ryan?:)

Ryan is an asshole.

Alaska is pretty cool, but that Ryan guy… sheesh.

“Get on honking, I am reloading” has always been a personal favorite. However, as a military man it won’t do my marksmanship skills justice. I DON’T MISS!

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_01/016690.phpI do believe that’s worth a posting and a whole-hearted agreement with.

you guys know calling ryan (hey ryan!) bad names only makes me like him more!please tell me you and joe kick puppies together! hehe…

Where does Ryan normally go for abuse?I don’t think Alaskans need abuse, they have Palin as governor (or should that be governot), and until very recently they had a Senator that was convinced that the internet is a series of tubes not a truck.I’m going to miss Uncle Ted, his exploits have been a great source of hilarity over the years.

Fish, Hells yeah. Loves Steve Benen.

Unholy Vagina™ with frickin’ laser beams!

I’m immune to abuse. I eat gravel, remember?

feisty? ME?? really? Wow. I must come off as really really dull usually….(giving you a hard time, gyps, no offense meant)

Chris, that’s crazy talk.

shit, jane. I just heard something like 5 minutes ago & thought it was something you, too, should hear…and now I’ve forgotten….

Jane, it’s an absolute honor to know someone that can be so easily amused as you.

Did Theo see Jane’s item about Aretha’s hat & the Smithsonian?there’s no two ways around it – it’s an ugly hat

You wish.

I want what Gaia is getting.

Janeoyovich goes for the small pleasures in life, AK.

(did I ask for book titles? Is there an Alternate Thread going on? About what am I so easily amused? Am I sleep-commenting? *gets a beer*)

AK – That’s what yer wife said, dude.Don’t be blaming me!

or “senuous up” sorry

Burn!

Guinness Jane. Now!

Alan, would you settle for a Hell’s Belle?

You didn’t ask ME, but I like “A Soldier’s Tale…” for a book title. Are you going to write about your experiences, GI Scholar? Doesn’t that kind of stuff have to be cleared with some army office or some guy?

jane you don’t have to get me a beer. i have my iv of tequila pumping at a level 10 tonight…

Hells Belle sounds very good Jane. But I’m actually more in the mood for something dark and rich, so I’d go for the Bad Penny right now.I’ll have to keep my eye open for those. They look yummy.

whoa, did I hear ‘graphic novel

Joe, I think 15% is now the limit.

Hey, what’s a bit of punctuation between friends theo?

Minx, humor.But the PTTers love the idea of a graphic novel titled a “Soldier’s Tail”. I am thinking female soldiers will be offended by that title especially with my track record of relationships in the military.

oh, leave me alone.GI, you should totally write a graphic novel. I would devour it.

Consider it done Theo. I will enlist the help of brother boob.

Hey Packy or Gravelly Ryan– Have either of you heard an update about that journalist that was going to fly to Alaska’s tiny towns because the residents can’t afford heat and food? I’m hoping for good news…

The Minx,yes… he filmed and interviewed a bunch of people and he’s back. He also took over $10,000 in cash and food/supply donations that the blogging community organized and secured. While we were writing stories and collecting donations for the villagers, Sarah Palin was doing interviews complaining about the “Bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie to annoy me”. You can see some of his story here.And, CNN is picking up the story, so expect to hear more about it soon.

AK – you take that question.You’re one of the “bored, pathetic bloggers who lie” that Palin hates.

new post on TPC with a poll! We love polls!”New show slot opening up at MSNBC. Let them know who you want as host”http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-show-slot-opening-up-at-msnbc-let.htmlfollow the link to vote. Go!

I wonder which timeslot’s available? please say morning joe, please say morning joe

Dear Artist FKAT- If Morning Joe is replaced by Sarah Palin, that would NOT be an improvement.

They want a new show instead of doing Olbermann/Maddow, rinse, repeat, for like 6 hours straight.I get it all on podcast, so the time slot doesn’t matter to me.

wtf, why you give TAFKAT credit for my suggestions?! Is this how it always is around here?

If this keeps up, I’m going to go be an asshole on Facebook and feel guilty for it all night, again.

MATT TAIBBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gyps: forgive me, but Matt Taibbi can be kind of an asshole. Kind of in the same way Bill Maher can be kind of an asshole.

theo,I hear ya on Arianna. I like what she says but I’m often tempted to hit the [CC] button.

I’m gonna start write-in votes for John Oliver.Because he is beautiful.

Bob’s not like Matt Taibbi or Bill Maher. The issue I have with the other two is that they have a tendency to be smug.

gyps: did you slowly lower your hand over your face, gradually making a fist while shouting “I will always love you”?Not that I do that, or anything.

What’s in the beer around here? Major identity crises abound.

i must love smug assholes. without bill, matt, and bob…although i agree bob keeps it “publically” more civil…i would go crazy!

Richard Wolffe

Packy, What’s the guy’s name.

who did you guys vote for?! none of them really “float my boat”…

sam sederi like the name

okay, so i voted for sam seder…cleaned my cookies..hehe…and then voted for eugene robinsonwho the hell is voting for rosie odonnell…not that i don’t ummmm like(?!) her but in no way should she fill this slot.

it was rosie wasn’t it gravel?! hehe…

Oh no, Packy clogged the tubes again.I can’t get any volcano updates.

I keep telling you people… IT’S not A BIG TRUCK™!

Good Night All… As Always anyone that wishes to join me under the Slanket(tm) for shallow conversation & Cherry Wheat Beer by Sprecher is Welcome.

okay gravel i will try, but i can’t get the party started on here! i have tried and failed…i personally think that snl and ferguson come on here to get the majority of their jokes! some of the stuff i have been noticing is way too ironic to be by chance!anybody else noticed this?!btw…steve martins skit about the girls falling in love with him after he has treated them like shit….TOTALLY us with elvis! hehe…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMBXJ9I3pJMDiscuss.

I guess this means I won.

OK looks like everyone has gone to bed. But it is 4:20 pm in the land of the little people. Time for an imaginary Michael Phelps sized bong hit!Since there is really no thread, I am going on a tirade about my least favorite phrase which even the Mighty Goddam Awesome Bob Cesca used much to my chagrin. This phrase is a kind of East Coast, Christopher Buckley, white deck shoes, liberal arts professor, bastardization of a 60′s counter culture slang. I’m talking about “spot on”. It’s the literary nails on the chalkboard in my psyche. I have never actually heard anybody say it, but it shows up on liberal blogs, usually after some really cool post that is totally right on. But they can’t say that! NOOOOO! They have to use the “s.o.” word. It makes me want to vote Republican and listen to Rush Limbaugh at a high volume! Maybe I need therapy, but it would be a lot easier if everyone would just stop using it. Thank you, I feel better. Time for a nice walk in the 75 degree nice South China afternoon.

‘Spot on’ is a British expression. It was used heavily by Brits from about 1910 through 1950. It is still used to this day, but not as heavily as in the time range that I specified.If you remember Nigel Bruce in 1930s and 1940s movies such as Alfred Hitchcock’s “Suspicion” (Cary Grant, Nigel Bruce, and I can’t remember the actress’s name although I can see her face) and all of the Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce ‘Sherlock Holmes’ movies, Nigel’s characters said “spot on” and “old bean” incessantly. The phrase “spot on” is used in many of Alfred Hitchcock’s movies made in Britain in the ’30s. One or both of the British fops that wanted to get back to england in time for the cricket trials in “The Lady Vanishes” use the phrase “spot on.”This phrase is encountered heavily in 1930s British mysteries and penny dreadfuls. Agatha Christie’s and P. G. Woodehouse’s characters use the phrase.I believe that the phrase derives from cricket, but I could be wrong.This phrase is more common in the northeast corridor of the U.S. because of the large number of British expats there. I use many British and Australian expression myself, but ‘spot on’ is not one of them. Rhodes scholars from the U.S. often return from Oxford loaded up with British slang. I haven’t heard Rachel or Bill Clinton say ‘spot on’ however.Example:Oh bloody hell, that cnnNews just dropped another load of bollocks on the GDAB. What a wanker.Spot on! No worries mate.

Although spot on sounds like an affliction Lady Camilla would have with her panties.

ROTFLMAOCromwell was a right cunt as well as a bloody wanker.I’m about 25% Irish, 65% English, and the rest is a blend of whatever else was available in S.E. PA so portions of my body commit terrorist acts against the rest. It’s often confusing.

emsique:Aw, shut yer gob, ya wanker. Ya sound like yer half a square shy of bein’ round.Whatever blows yer kilt up is spot on.