Random Drunken Thoughts Thread

[MaxStout]

Another end-of-year list.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Another end-of-year list.

Damn it! I clicked on that...

 

[GrogNerd]

I don't know who needs to hear this, apparently EVERYBODY:

CANNOLI is the PLURAL of CANNOLO. there is no such thing as CANNOLIS.

and don't compound stupidity by adding A FRIGGIN APOSTROPHE

or, if this is a bakery run by the Cannoli family, I apologize

 

[day_trippr]

This seems like a terrible idea...

https://news.yahoo.com/tech/facebook-planning-flood-platform-ai-171804069.html

 

[balrog]

This seems like a terrible idea...

https://news.yahoo.com/tech/facebook-planning-flood-platform-ai-171804069.html

Oh puh-leeze. It's just like playing computer games with computer players -- they never ever EVER cheat or...

okay, wait a minute.

 

[balrog]

Had a coworker long ago who would have his dad watch the kid while he & his wife both worked. We were all mid-thirties & none of the rest of us had no kids yet. He said his dad would just sit, watch the kid, drink Miller Lite and eat Oreos. We all thought that was awful.

Fast forward a few millennia, and I'm thinking, well, okay, swap out the ML for a dry irish stout, or an altbier, or a nice pale ale, and maybe not so bad.

Okay, a dry irish stout, AND and altbier, AND a pale ale.

And swap the Oreos for a sausage & artichoke stuffed baked soft pretzel.

And some cheese.

 

[Pkrd]

Had a coworker long ago who would have his dad watch the kid while he & his wife both worked. We were all mid-thirties & none of the rest of us had no kids yet. He said his dad would just sit, watch the kid, drink Miller Lite and eat Oreos. We all thought that was awful.

Fast forward a few millennia, and I'm thinking, well, okay, swap out the ML for a dry irish stout, or an altbier, or a nice pale ale, and maybe not so bad.

Okay, a dry irish stout, AND and altbier, AND a pale ale.

And swap the Oreos for a sausage & artichoke stuffed baked soft pretzel.

And some cheese.

And swap out the kid for a football game?

 

[balrog]

And swap out the kid for a football game?

I wouldn't judge.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Had a coworker long ago who would have his dad watch the kid while he & his wife both worked. We were all mid-thirties & none of the rest of us had no kids yet. He said his dad would just sit, watch the kid, drink Miller Lite and eat Oreos. We all thought that was awful.

Fast forward a few millennia, and I'm thinking, well, okay, swap out the ML for a dry irish stout, or an altbier, or a nice pale ale, and maybe not so bad.

Okay, a dry irish stout, AND and altbier, AND a pale ale.

And swap the Oreos for a sausage & artichoke stuffed baked soft pretzel.

And some cheese.

You forgot give kid a device hooked the webs... (setting babysitting on EZ mode)

 

[balrog]

Christmas ain't over till the thank you notes are written.


Yeah. I'm that old.

 

[Snuffy]

Christmas ain't over till the thank you notes are written.
Yeah. I'm that old.

Now that we have a grandson, any Christmas that does not include a visit from my son and DIL is now a "non-Christmas". This year, because they were visiting hers instead of his, we had no decorations. Not even a tree. I ran some lights around the room in my "dungeon" and that was it. Instead of buying each other gifts, the wife wanted to split the cost of new SS cookware so we could get rid of all our aluminum and plastics. Now that it's over for '24, I feel kinda like that kid sitting on the stoop with new socks and an Etch-a-Sketch while all the other kids ride by on new bikes. Next year, it's full-on Griswolds.

 

[GrogNerd]

I LOVE my Eargasms, but WHO THE EFF would want to light up the inside of their ear canal?


https://eargasm.com/collections/eargasm-product-line/products/earlights

 

[balrog]

I LOVE my Eargasms, but WHO THE EFF would want to light up the inside of their ear canal?


https://eargasm.com/collections/eargasm-product-line/products/earlights

The same folks who've decided I cannot build a simple PC without having myriad color-changing, room-illuminating LED eye barrages on the CPU, the GPU, the friggin Memory sticks (??!!) and every fan!!

And stay off my lawn.

 

[GrogNerd]

The same folks who've decided I cannot build a simple PC without having myriad color-changing, room-illuminating LED eye barrages on the CPU, the GPU, the friggin Memory sticks (??!!) and every fan!!

And stay off my lawn.

I showed the LED earplugs to my sister, asked "who the eff would want these?"

she said, "your great-nephews"

sent a link to some NeoPixels, said "they can do better"

 

[ehall]

mmm hashbrowns!

 

[Agent]

Walking up the driveway at 10:30 last night and heard a godawful ruckus of booms and bangs.

Apparently the single degree temps (F) got the lake all excited, and it was making ice like a banshee. To the point I could hear it over 1/4 mile away. I was imagining a racoon was bouncing around my garage.

The family is buying ice skates tonight, since our cross country ski set sits idle with 0.0000" of snow on the ground.

 

[GrogNerd]

Have endoscopy on Wednesday.

So far, have confirmed by text message, email & just now with live person on the phone.

I don't have a fax, I don't know semaphore & my smoke signaling is out of practice.

I don't know how else to convince them i will make that appointment

 

[GrogNerd]

Butch keyed Vincent's Malibu

 

[day_trippr]

Confirmed.

 

[balrog]

Have endoscopy on Wednesday.

So far, have confirmed by text message, email & just now with live person on the phone.

I don't have a fax, I don't know semaphore & my smoke signaling is out of practice.

I don't know how else to convince them i will make that appointment

I have been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty...

 

[pvtpublic]

Have endoscopy on Wednesday.

So far, have confirmed by text message, email & just now with live person on the phone.

I don't have a fax, I don't know semaphore & my smoke signaling is out of practice.

I don't know how else to convince them i will make that appointment

So are you going?

 

[GrogNerd]

So are you going?

undecided

 

[balrog]

After ignoring you for 10 minutes, employees at one of those big box stores pay attention to you real fast, if you just start up a chainsaw.

Follow me for more shopping tips.

 

[BongoYodeler]

After ignoring you for 10 minutes, employees at one of those big box stores pay attention to you real fast, if you just start up a chainsaw.

Follow me for more shopping tips.

And they pay a different type of attention to you if you use one of the display toilets at Home Depot.

 

[PCABrewing]

or, if this is a bakery run by the Cannoli family, I apologize

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But if it is a bakery run by the Cannoli family collectively, doesn't the apostrophe go after the "s"?
I recall some rule like that, i could be remembering incorrectly.

 

[PCABrewing]

And they pay a different type of attention to you if you use one of the display toilets at Home Depot.

Those always seem to be clogged

 

[GrogNerd]

another email confirmation today

Have endoscopy on Wednesday.

So far, have confirmed by text message, email & just now with live person on the phone.

I don't have a fax, I don't know semaphore & my smoke signaling is out of practice.

I don't know how else to convince them i will make that appointment

 

[day_trippr]

 

[Dland]

Old saying in my old crew, "and Bob's your uncle," Usually used after someone explains how to do something to someone else.

As in; Just caramelize the onions with the ground beef, and Bob's your uncle.

Or; Just climb up on the roof and put compressed air down the stink pipe, and Bob's your uncle. (just kidding, probably best not to try that ;]

Anyone else heard of that saying?

 

[day_trippr]

I have read that expression often, but don't recall hearing anyone use it

 

[balrog]

English. Bobs your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt. I first heard it when I saw the movie 101 Dalmatians.

 

[GrogNerd]

Bob's my cousins' uncle, not mine.

 

[Skeeter686]

I work with enough folks from across the pond, so I hear it occasionally. Or the more pretentious "and Robert is your mother's brother."

 

[BongoYodeler]

 

[balrog]

Or; Just climb up on the roof and put compressed air down the stink pipe, and Bob's your uncle. (just kidding, probably best not to try that ;]

Anyone else heard of that saying?

Pretty sure I've never heard the compressed air one.
But we do travel in different circles.

 

[Broken Crow]

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Hey! You just gave away the secret with the 'Law' column to every mainstream-box-office-success scriptwriters formula;
Use any subject and characters and concoct a script built around that Law column and Bob's your uncle!

 

[Dland]

Pretty sure I've never heard the compressed air one.
But we do travel in different circles.

I just made that one up for amusement, and picturing the consequences of that amused me also.

 

[day_trippr]

Ooooh baby! It's gonna be hella cold 'round here this weekend!

 

[pvtpublic]

Ooooh baby! It's gonna be hella cold 'round here this weekend!

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-10? That's all you're getting? Were getting -30, I'll have to start wearing pants instead of shorts now! Lol

 

[day_trippr]

Hahahaha! Ok, you "win"