Friday Herb From Hell Open Comments

I don’t remember exactly when it happened (it must be hidden by my subconcious), but I remember the taste it left in my mouth. The metallic taste that reminds of the can enclosing the green beans, the foil that somehow remained attached to your leftovers and contacted your fillings while you were chewing on tomatoes, the battery one of your “friends” in grade school convinced you to touch with your tongue.
Coriander, the spice, adds a wonderful flavor to certain dishes. In its herbal form, it is the herb that Satan himself uses to torture souls in the lower levels of Hell.
I am speaking, of course, of cilantro. It lures you in by disguising itself in a parsley suit until it’s too late.

You think to yourself, “How bad can this be? It’s just a decoration, a garnish.”
That is how vile this herb is. It knows that if you were to know what it is beforehand that you would throw it in the nearest fireplace and kill it with fire.


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  1. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    FIRST

    G’Morning all

    Computer Crashed Tuesday. I worked all day and night trying to restore……etc. No Luck. Called a geek in and he came over Wednesday at 1:00PM. He opened the case, disassembled and checked components. He stood up, Put on a robe, mumbled some mumbojumbo and declared the motherboard dead. I bought a new computer yesterday and have (and still am) setting it up. I’ll tell you more after I get finished.

  2. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    FIRST
    G’Morning all
    Computer Crashed Tuesday. I worked all day and night trying to restore……etc. No Luck. Called a geek in and he came over Wednesday at 1:00PM. He opened the case, disassembled and checked components. He stood up, Put on a robe, mumbled some mumbojumbo and declared the motherboard dead. I bought a new computer yesterday and have (and still am) setting it up. I’ll tell you more after I get finished.

  3. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    It’s impossible to make pico de gallo without cilantro, and pico de gallo is itself a gift from the gods (intentionally not capitalized). It has nourishment, is low calorie, flavorful, looks are colorful, etc. You don’t even have to brush your teeth every morning if you just swish a little pico. It can’t be a bad a weed as you suggest given all of it’s magical powers when mixed with a few onions, some peppers and tomato, and seasoned to taste.

    (Remember the old cajun story about how to get rid of some undesirable varmits – tell the cajun they taste good, there’s only a short hunting season, and you have to have a license to hunt them – they’ll be exterminated in no time.) Same idea, but pico is good.

  4. El Gordo Avatar

    It’s impossible to make pico de gallo without cilantro, and pico de gallo is itself a gift from the gods (intentionally not capitalized). It has nourishment, is low calorie, flavorful, looks are colorful, etc. You don’t even have to brush your teeth every morning if you just swish a little pico. It can’t be a bad a weed as you suggest given all of it’s magical powers when mixed with a few onions, some peppers and tomato, and seasoned to taste.
    (Remember the old cajun story about how to get rid of some undesirable varmits – tell the cajun they taste good, there’s only a short hunting season, and you have to have a license to hunt them – they’ll be exterminated in no time.) Same idea, but pico is good.

  5. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Yumm, cilantro. Now it is the evil red pepper (and the enabling chef) disguising itself as tomato in a dish that must be destroyed!

  6. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Yumm, cilantro. Now it is the evil red pepper (and the enabling chef) disguising itself as tomato in a dish that must be destroyed!

  7. El Gordo Avatar

    As El Gordito points out, cilantro is an essential part of pico de gallo. It goes very nicely in pho as well. Add to those the use of coriander seed in Belgian white ale and you’ve got yourself one helluva plant right there.

  8. Dooood Avatar

    As El Gordito points out, cilantro is an essential part of pico de gallo. It goes very nicely in pho as well. Add to those the use of coriander seed in Belgian white ale and you’ve got yourself one helluva plant right there.

  9. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Definitely a “love it or hate it” herb. I love it. I can’t imagine tacos without pico de gallo or a big pot of frijoles a la charra without a bunch of cilantro stirred in right before serving.

  10. Hamous Avatar

    Definitely a “love it or hate it” herb. I love it. I can’t imagine tacos without pico de gallo or a big pot of frijoles a la charra without a bunch of cilantro stirred in right before serving.

  11. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Ah yes. It was only a matter of time. We knew their true colors. C’mon Dems, embrace their movement! You own it. These are your progeny:

    BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – The Coast Guard in Boston confirmed that a woman in uniform was harassed and spat upon by Occupy Boston protesters.

    The woman was walking to the train and said protesters spit on her twice, called her foul names and even threw a water bottle at her.

    Now, the Coast Guard is warning all staff working on Atlantic Avenue to avoid those protesters while in uniform.

    More than 140 Occupy Boston protesters were arrested earlier this week for refusing to cooperate with police on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

  12. Hamous Avatar

    Ah yes. It was only a matter of time. We knew their true colors. C’mon Dems, embrace their movement! You own it. These are your progeny:

    BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – The Coast Guard in Boston confirmed that a woman in uniform was harassed and spat upon by Occupy Boston protesters.
    The woman was walking to the train and said protesters spit on her twice, called her foul names and even threw a water bottle at her.
    Now, the Coast Guard is warning all staff working on Atlantic Avenue to avoid those protesters while in uniform.
    More than 140 Occupy Boston protesters were arrested earlier this week for refusing to cooperate with police on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

  13. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVE Cilantro!!

    and OH!™ TGIF yall

  14. Katfish Avatar

    LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVE Cilantro!!
    and OH!™ TGIF yall

  15. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #6 – Simply despicable!!

  16. Katfish Avatar

    #6 – Simply despicable!!

  17. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Obama honors the South Korean leader with a Japanese dinner. Just wondering if he has a secret department in the White House that dreams up ways to insult our friend and allies?
    http://www.nationalreview.com/the-feed/280099/obama-honors-south-korean-president-japanese-food

  18. El Gordo Avatar

    Obama honors the South Korean leader with a Japanese dinner. Just wondering if he has a secret department in the White House that dreams up ways to insult our friend and allies?
    http://www.nationalreview.com/the-feed/280099/obama-honors-south-korean-president-japanese-food

  19. Hamous Avatar

    I can’t imagine tacos without pico de gallo or a big pot of frijoles a la charra without a bunch of cilantro stirred in right before serving.

    Ya mose tagot gaspacho, a really good bloody mary, and ceviche.

  20. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I can’t imagine tacos without pico de gallo or a big pot of frijoles a la charra without a bunch of cilantro stirred in right before serving.

    Ya mose tagot gaspacho, a really good bloody mary, and ceviche.

  21. Hamous Avatar

    Re: Just war: One is always just in self defense. Sometimes self defense requires that you attack your attacker to prevent him from attacking you while you are in a weakened position. When the enemy uses human shields, they are no longer innocent (in the context of war – they have become innocent victims of those using them as shields) and should be wiped out as if they were shooting at you themselves. When someone verbally threatens you that is grounds for you to significantly raise your “threat level” and your defense condition. When that person (or entity) makes the first move to attack, one is justified in war and carrying it out until the other is no longer capable of inflicting harm or is completely exterminated.

  22. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Re: Just war: One is always just in self defense. Sometimes self defense requires that you attack your attacker to prevent him from attacking you while you are in a weakened position. When the enemy uses human shields, they are no longer innocent (in the context of war – they have become innocent victims of those using them as shields) and should be wiped out as if they were shooting at you themselves. When someone verbally threatens you that is grounds for you to significantly raise your “threat level” and your defense condition. When that person (or entity) makes the first move to attack, one is justified in war and carrying it out until the other is no longer capable of inflicting harm or is completely exterminated.

  23. Katfish Avatar

    Sometimes self defense requires that you attack your attacker to prevent him from attacking you while you are in a weakened position.

    Diplomacy – the art of saying “nice doggie” until you can find a big rock.

  24. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Sometimes self defense requires that you attack your attacker to prevent him from attacking you while you are in a weakened position.

    Diplomacy – the art of saying “nice doggie” until you can find a big rock.

  25. Dooood Avatar

    Wagonburner demonstrates why there are no Oklahoma Indian chefs running the great kitchens of the world.

  26. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Wagonburner demonstrates why there are no Oklahoma Indian chefs running the great kitchens of the world.

  27. Dooood Avatar

    Fifty years after Stanley Kramer and Judgment at Nuremberg

    “Germany hadn’t really gone through a dramatic reconciliation process,” said Harrington. “He was not just making a movie for the rest of the world, he was making this movie to show to Germans. He staged his premiere and got stars Judy Garland, Spencer Tracy and Montgomery Clift to attend.”

    “The German people quietly filed out of the theater after the film,” recalled Karen Kramer, widow of Stanley Kramer. “It didn’t play [in Germany] for two years after that premiere. They took it hard. The German people didn’t like what they saw. It was a very right thing and a very brave thing for Stanley to do.”

    LA Times here.

  28. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Fifty years after Stanley Kramer and Judgment at Nuremberg

    “Germany hadn’t really gone through a dramatic reconciliation process,” said Harrington. “He was not just making a movie for the rest of the world, he was making this movie to show to Germans. He staged his premiere and got stars Judy Garland, Spencer Tracy and Montgomery Clift to attend.”
    “The German people quietly filed out of the theater after the film,” recalled Karen Kramer, widow of Stanley Kramer. “It didn’t play [in Germany] for two years after that premiere. They took it hard. The German people didn’t like what they saw. It was a very right thing and a very brave thing for Stanley to do.”

    LA Times here.

  29. Hamous Avatar

    further to #11: One is perfectly justified in coming to the defense of a brother (allied nation) when they come under attack. One is justified in coming to the aid of another being attacked by an entity bent on conquest. For example the USA or Europe would have been justified in coming to the aid of the Armenians when the moooooooooooooooooooooooslim Turks were bent on genocide and conquest.

  30. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    further to #11: One is perfectly justified in coming to the defense of a brother (allied nation) when they come under attack. One is justified in coming to the aid of another being attacked by an entity bent on conquest. For example the USA or Europe would have been justified in coming to the aid of the Armenians when the moooooooooooooooooooooooslim Turks were bent on genocide and conquest.

  31. Katfish Avatar

    #9 el g
    He’s got to have the most inept protocol staff or he’s simply without clue, or both. The missile strike recently that killed Anwar al-Awlaki killed another US citizen who happened to be in the car with him, one Samir Khan. Sammy was a propagandist and recruiter for Al Qaeda. The Obama State Department

    contacted the family of al-Qaida propagandist and recruiter Samir Khan to “express its condolences” to his family.

    It’s a freakin’ WAR. Anwar & Sammy were enemy combatants in a war zone. They are legitimate targets. Under any reading of the laws of war & the Geneva Conventions. They should have expressed the regret to Sammy’s family that they only got him and Anwar and not a few more of their buddies.

    From Wikileaks, we also find that in September of 2009, brave Barack contacted the Japanese, asking if he could speechify in Hiroshima to apologize for nuking them in 1945.

    A heretofore secret cable dated Sept. 3, 2009, was recently released by WikiLeaks. Sent to Secretary of State Clinton, it reported Japan’s Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka telling U.S. Ambassador John Roos that “the idea of President Obama visiting Hiroshima to apologize for the atomic bombing during World War II is a ‘nonstarter.’”

    Idiot.

  32. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #9 el g
    He’s got to have the most inept protocol staff or he’s simply without clue, or both. The missile strike recently that killed Anwar al-Awlaki killed another US citizen who happened to be in the car with him, one Samir Khan. Sammy was a propagandist and recruiter for Al Qaeda. The Obama State Department

    contacted the family of al-Qaida propagandist and recruiter Samir Khan to “express its condolences” to his family.

    It’s a freakin’ WAR. Anwar & Sammy were enemy combatants in a war zone. They are legitimate targets. Under any reading of the laws of war & the Geneva Conventions. They should have expressed the regret to Sammy’s family that they only got him and Anwar and not a few more of their buddies.
    From Wikileaks, we also find that in September of 2009, brave Barack contacted the Japanese, asking if he could speechify in Hiroshima to apologize for nuking them in 1945.

    A heretofore secret cable dated Sept. 3, 2009, was recently released by WikiLeaks. Sent to Secretary of State Clinton, it reported Japan’s Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka telling U.S. Ambassador John Roos that “the idea of President Obama visiting Hiroshima to apologize for the atomic bombing during World War II is a ‘nonstarter.’”

    Idiot.

  33. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Couldn’t live without cilantro.
    It’s fennel and anise that are from hell.

  34. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Couldn’t live without cilantro.
    It’s fennel and anise that are from hell.

  35. Katfish Avatar

    #13 texpat
    Coriander is good. Cilantro is bad.
    Cinnamon is good. The leaves of the tree are bad.

    Some plants, you just have to know the right part to eat.

  36. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #13 texpat
    Coriander is good. Cilantro is bad.
    Cinnamon is good. The leaves of the tree are bad.
    Some plants, you just have to know the right part to eat.

  37. Hamous Avatar

    #14 TEXPAT: I don’t think I have ever seen the entire movie. I have seen some brief clips but never the whole thing in one sitting, at least not in the last 35 years or so. I will put that one on the list.
    The first comment (and only so far) on the list speaks of torture and Gitmo and Abu Graihb, and the need to abide by all of the rules of the Geneva Convention. What is amusing to me is, what about when we are fighting an enemy that did not sign nor are they adhering to any known standard of decency regarding the treatment of prisoners? Are we going to have our hands tied while they are shredding us?

  38. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #14 TEXPAT: I don’t think I have ever seen the entire movie. I have seen some brief clips but never the whole thing in one sitting, at least not in the last 35 years or so. I will put that one on the list.
    The first comment (and only so far) on the list speaks of torture and Gitmo and Abu Graihb, and the need to abide by all of the rules of the Geneva Convention. What is amusing to me is, what about when we are fighting an enemy that did not sign nor are they adhering to any known standard of decency regarding the treatment of prisoners? Are we going to have our hands tied while they are shredding us?

  39. El Gordo Avatar

    My introduction to Indian food was in the early 90s in El Paso, TX. On a business trip out there I had lunch with a client at an Indian restaurant. I enjoyed the meal, and afterwards we each grabbed a small handful of fennel seed to chew. I found it odd at first, but the taste was nice. I enjoy licorice though, so both fennel and anise appeal to me. Also, the inclusion of anise in this liqueur is what gives it the character it has. My mom makes a mean Pernod shrimp on occasion.

    Cilantro = good
    Fennel = good
    Anise = good

    It’s all good. Except gin.

    Gin = blech

  40. Dooood Avatar

    My introduction to Indian food was in the early 90s in El Paso, TX. On a business trip out there I had lunch with a client at an Indian restaurant. I enjoyed the meal, and afterwards we each grabbed a small handful of fennel seed to chew. I found it odd at first, but the taste was nice. I enjoy licorice though, so both fennel and anise appeal to me. Also, the inclusion of anise in this liqueur is what gives it the character it has. My mom makes a mean Pernod shrimp on occasion.
    Cilantro = good
    Fennel = good
    Anise = good
    It’s all good. Except gin.
    Gin = blech

  41. Dooood Avatar

    The Houston Texans NFL team is the undisputed world champion…

    …in donating to Republicans.

    The top Republican-leaning teams are the Houston Texans, San Diego Chargers, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals.

    The Texans’ owner, executives, players and spouses gave $293,000 to politicians since early 2009, 98% of it to Republicans. The Chargers gave $172,000, 79% to the GOP. The Jets $148,000, 80% to Republicans and the Cardinals donated almost $120,000, 97% to Republicans.

    The top Democratic-leaning NFL teams are the Miami Dolphins, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks.

    But they are much cheaper with their handouts than the party they’re giving to. The Dolphins’ were the most generous, handing out $100g’s, with only 52% going to Democrats. The Bengals doled out only $62,000, 59% to Dems. Falcons almost $41,000, 56% to Democrats.

    The full list of NFL teams’ political donations can be found here.

  42. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    The Houston Texans NFL team is the undisputed world champion…
    …in donating to Republicans.

    The top Republican-leaning teams are the Houston Texans, San Diego Chargers, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals.
    The Texans’ owner, executives, players and spouses gave $293,000 to politicians since early 2009, 98% of it to Republicans. The Chargers gave $172,000, 79% to the GOP. The Jets $148,000, 80% to Republicans and the Cardinals donated almost $120,000, 97% to Republicans.
    The top Democratic-leaning NFL teams are the Miami Dolphins, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks.
    But they are much cheaper with their handouts than the party they’re giving to. The Dolphins’ were the most generous, handing out $100g’s, with only 52% going to Democrats. The Bengals doled out only $62,000, 59% to Dems. Falcons almost $41,000, 56% to Democrats.

    The full list of NFL teams’ political donations can be found here.

  43. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Iran fails in attempt to launch space monkey.
    Achciwncewonxcijad’s an astronaut too?
    dang.

  44. Katfish Avatar

    #20 doooooooooood
    You gotta get good gin. Martinis are a divine drink and are only made with gin. A drink with similar ingredients made with vodka is a pointless, tasteless exercise.

  45. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #20 doooooooooood
    You gotta get good gin. Martinis are a divine drink and are only made with gin. A drink with similar ingredients made with vodka is a pointless, tasteless exercise.

  46. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Speaking of Indian food, I’ve been wanting to try this place out.

  47. Hamous Avatar

    Speaking of Indian food, I’ve been wanting to try this place out.

  48. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Can we all agree that Gagamaggot is nasty?

  49. Hamous Avatar

    Can we all agree that Gagamaggot is nasty?

  50. Katfish Avatar

    #26 hamster
    That stuff is like cough syrup. Without the codeine.

  51. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #26 hamster
    That stuff is like cough syrup. Without the codeine.

  52. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #23 – linky no worky (el Flash-O done crashed-O)

  53. Katfish Avatar

    #23 – linky no worky (el Flash-O done crashed-O)

  54. Katfish Avatar

    Hmmm….

    Remember all those missiles that went missing in Libya while we were bombing the crap out of them? They’re starting to turn up.

  55. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Hmmm….
    Remember all those missiles that went missing in Libya while we were bombing the crap out of them? They’re starting to turn up.

  56. Hamous Avatar

    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZO, Jaegermeister, and there are a couple of others that have the anise or licorice as a predominant flavor.
    On a really cold crisp evening by the campfire nothing beats a hearty shot of rumplemintz after a flame grilled steak dinner.

  57. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZO, Jaegermeister, and there are a couple of others that have the anise or licorice as a predominant flavor.
    On a really cold crisp evening by the campfire nothing beats a hearty shot of rumplemintz after a flame grilled steak dinner.

  58. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #28 Hmmm. Works here. Anyone else having problems?

  59. Hamous Avatar

    #28 Hmmm. Works here. Anyone else having problems?

  60. Hamous Avatar

    #29 Pyro: Further to the ‘just war’ theme, the first time one of those missiles is used against Israel from Gaza, it is time to carpet bomb the place, go in and kill every combatant, human shield and collaborator. Enough is enough.

  61. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #29 Pyro: Further to the ‘just war’ theme, the first time one of those missiles is used against Israel from Gaza, it is time to carpet bomb the place, go in and kill every combatant, human shield and collaborator. Enough is enough.

  62. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #23 video worked for me.

  63. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #23 video worked for me.

  64. Katfish Avatar

    What’s really good is to make the hot chocolate of death (1 cup half n half and 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips heated until the chocolate melts and dissolves) and mix in either some good bourbon (nice vanilla-like flavor) or creme de menthe.

  65. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    What’s really good is to make the hot chocolate of death (1 cup half n half and 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips heated until the chocolate melts and dissolves) and mix in either some good bourbon (nice vanilla-like flavor) or creme de menthe.

  66. Hamous Avatar

    #32 Fm your linkie; could be a caption contest winner:

    Don’t you hate when you climb Mount Everesy after eating bad clams?

  67. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #32 Fm your linkie; could be a caption contest winner:

    Don’t you hate when you climb Mount Everesy after eating bad clams?

  68. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Yay! Another language on the ballot in Harris County.

    The U.S. Census Bureau has informed Harris County election officials that ballots must now be available in Mandarin.

  69. Hamous Avatar

    Yay! Another language on the ballot in Harris County.

    The U.S. Census Bureau has informed Harris County election officials that ballots must now be available in Mandarin.

  70. Katfish Avatar

    #31 hamster
    It until the peacock fades to black for me. But they try to block streaming video here.

  71. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #31 hamster
    It until the peacock fades to black for me. But they try to block streaming video here.

  72. Hamous Avatar

    #35 Pyro: Why in the WISS would you want to use good bourbon in a concoction such as what you mentioned??? That is wissin alcohol abuse! GOOD bourbon should only be served neat, on the rocks and/or with a splash. Save the cheap shizzle rot-gut bourbon for your foo-foo chocolate drink.

  73. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #35 Pyro: Why in the WISS would you want to use good bourbon in a concoction such as what you mentioned??? That is wissin alcohol abuse! GOOD bourbon should only be served neat, on the rocks and/or with a splash. Save the cheap shizzle rot-gut bourbon for your foo-foo chocolate drink.

  74. Tedtam Avatar

    I love fennel. Get you a nice bunch of it and do this:

    Olive Oil
    Poppy seeds
    Fennel – sliced
    Onions – sliced (optional)
    Can of diced tomatoes
    Salt and pepper to taste

    Drop some oil in a skillet and heat it up. Drop in some poppy seeds and let ’em heat up to release their flavor. If you’re gonna do onions (I usually don’t), drop them in a few minutes after the poppy seeds. Saute the onion for a few seconds, then drop in the fennel. Cook ’em until they start to get a little soft. Then put in the can of diced tomatoes and cook until the whole mess is nice and hot, season to taste.

    I fix this as a side dish to our lasagna at Christmas. Everyone loves it. I may try adding some diced eggplant one year. Yummmmm!

  75. Tedtam Avatar

    I love fennel. Get you a nice bunch of it and do this:
    Olive Oil
    Poppy seeds
    Fennel – sliced
    Onions – sliced (optional)
    Can of diced tomatoes
    Salt and pepper to taste
    Drop some oil in a skillet and heat it up. Drop in some poppy seeds and let ’em heat up to release their flavor. If you’re gonna do onions (I usually don’t), drop them in a few minutes after the poppy seeds. Saute the onion for a few seconds, then drop in the fennel. Cook ’em until they start to get a little soft. Then put in the can of diced tomatoes and cook until the whole mess is nice and hot, season to taste.
    I fix this as a side dish to our lasagna at Christmas. Everyone loves it. I may try adding some diced eggplant one year. Yummmmm!

  76. Hamous Avatar

    The #23 linkie workie for me; and they wuz right, we are so screwed.
    I hope the debacle of the HNP presidency, coupled with Jimmah Cawter, will convince one and all that Keynesian economics are condemned to failure each and every time they are tried.

  77. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    The #23 linkie workie for me; and they wuz right, we are so screwed.
    I hope the debacle of the HNP presidency, coupled with Jimmah Cawter, will convince one and all that Keynesian economics are condemned to failure each and every time they are tried.

  78. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I think the Perrys must still secretly be Democrats. They got a bad case of the po-me’s.

  79. Hamous Avatar

    I think the Perrys must still secretly be Democrats. They got a bad case of the po-me’s.

  80. El Gordo Avatar

    #40 TT,

    Sounds very tasty. May try that out on my guinea pigs family sometime.

  81. Dooood Avatar

    #40 TT,
    Sounds very tasty. May try that out on my guinea pigs family sometime.

  82. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I there any other cooking utensil more valuable than a cast iron skillet? It can be used to cook anything, from steak to cake – the list is endless. And the best news of all is the easy clean-up. Just leave it on the back porch every night and the varmints will have it shined up by morning. Just doesn’t get any easier than that.

  83. El Gordo Avatar

    I there any other cooking utensil more valuable than a cast iron skillet? It can be used to cook anything, from steak to cake – the list is endless. And the best news of all is the easy clean-up. Just leave it on the back porch every night and the varmints will have it shined up by morning. Just doesn’t get any easier than that.

  84. Hogfan Avatar

    Gonna have to agree with Bonecrusher #39.
    Nothing better than a good Kentucky Bourbon melting a few cubes of ice then slowly sipped and savored.

    According to several of the distilleries I’ve visited, there is only one way to pour Bourbon as well. Bourbon always goes in last. Be it over ice or a splash of branch. The thought being the Bourbon will improve what ever the mix otherwise you’re just watering down good Bourbon.

  85. Hogfan Avatar

    Gonna have to agree with Bonecrusher #39.
    Nothing better than a good Kentucky Bourbon melting a few cubes of ice then slowly sipped and savored.
    According to several of the distilleries I’ve visited, there is only one way to pour Bourbon as well. Bourbon always goes in last. Be it over ice or a splash of branch. The thought being the Bourbon will improve what ever the mix otherwise you’re just watering down good Bourbon.

  86. Hogfan Avatar

    No football comments today. The Razorbacks get a well deserved week off before hitting the road for 2 games. (One tiger down, one to go)

    Of course the Gators are off every week.

  87. Hogfan Avatar

    No football comments today. The Razorbacks get a well deserved week off before hitting the road for 2 games. (One tiger down, one to go)
    Of course the Gators are off every week.

  88. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #31 & #34 – I did ‘find’ the clip via Google – could not get the posted linky in here to play

  89. Katfish Avatar

    #31 & #34 – I did ‘find’ the clip via Google – could not get the posted linky in here to play

  90. Katfish Avatar

    Nothing better than a good Kentucky Bourbon melting a few cubes of ice then slowly sipped and savored.

    Ice?

    philistine

  91. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Nothing better than a good Kentucky Bourbon melting a few cubes of ice then slowly sipped and savored.

    Ice?
    philistine

  92. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #35 – the others are RIGHT!

    dats alcohol ABUSE!!!

    Jimmy Beam Black (or white if penny’s are tight) neat or on ice for MOI

  93. Katfish Avatar

    #35 – the others are RIGHT!
    dats alcohol ABUSE!!!
    Jimmy Beam Black (or white if penny’s are tight) neat or on ice for MOI

  94. Hamous Avatar

    This ought to give all a pause and marvel at the restraint of the Israelis.

    Hamas did not agree to an Israeli request to abandon a policy of future IDF kidnappings as part of the prisoner-swap agreement with Israel, a Palestinian source told the London-based Al Hayat on Friday.

    According to the source, Israel – which will release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for kidnapped tank gunner Gilad Schalit – agreed not to target any of the prisoners once they have been freed.

    This is absolute insanity! Hamas refuses to agree to stop kidnapping Israeli soldiers, Israel, in return for that kick in the cajones, is scheduled to release more than 1000 pal terrorists in 2 stages, has agreed to not target those it is releasing. Does this mean that the released terrorists have a get-out-of-jail-free card? Shalit has not yet been released; is he still in good health, what kind of psychological torture has he been subjected to, will the pals stop the unrelenting violence against innocent Israeli civilians? Why does anyone ever believe anything from the pals?

  95. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    This ought to give all a pause and marvel at the restraint of the Israelis.

    Hamas did not agree to an Israeli request to abandon a policy of future IDF kidnappings as part of the prisoner-swap agreement with Israel, a Palestinian source told the London-based Al Hayat on Friday.
    According to the source, Israel – which will release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for kidnapped tank gunner Gilad Schalit – agreed not to target any of the prisoners once they have been freed.

    This is absolute insanity! Hamas refuses to agree to stop kidnapping Israeli soldiers, Israel, in return for that kick in the cajones, is scheduled to release more than 1000 pal terrorists in 2 stages, has agreed to not target those it is releasing. Does this mean that the released terrorists have a get-out-of-jail-free card? Shalit has not yet been released; is he still in good health, what kind of psychological torture has he been subjected to, will the pals stop the unrelenting violence against innocent Israeli civilians? Why does anyone ever believe anything from the pals?

  96. Hamous Avatar

    Drudge still has the worlds 3 biggest butt-heads wagging the index finger up on the front page. You just can’t fake the similarity betwixt them. Missing a pic of Castro, Stalin and Mao to fill out the bunch.

  97. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Drudge still has the worlds 3 biggest butt-heads wagging the index finger up on the front page. You just can’t fake the similarity betwixt them. Missing a pic of Castro, Stalin and Mao to fill out the bunch.

  98. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #17 Couldn’t live without cilantro.
    It’s fennel and anise that are from hell. Yup!
    #20 Gin = blech Yes! I don’t like cedar trees in my booze.
    #26 Can we all agree that Gagamaggot is nasty? Without question!
    Mornin’ Gang

  99. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #17 Couldn’t live without cilantro.
    It’s fennel and anise that are from hell. Yup!
    #20 Gin = blech Yes! I don’t like cedar trees in my booze.
    #26 Can we all agree that Gagamaggot is nasty? Without question!
    Mornin’ Gang

  100. Dooood Avatar

    #52 Bonecrusher

    Clarification is called for here.

    The Jerusalem Post article you link to is quoting Hamas sources. Those Palestinian sources are saying the exact opposite of what Israeli General Security Service chief Yoram Cohen told Israeli Radio a few days ago.

    caveat emptor.

  101. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #52 Bonecrusher
    Clarification is called for here.
    The Jerusalem Post article you link to is quoting Hamas sources. Those Palestinian sources are saying the exact opposite of what Israeli General Security Service chief Yoram Cohen told Israeli Radio a few days ago.
    caveat emptor.

  102. Hamous Avatar

    As far as the slime-ball know-nothing protesters on Wall Street, in Baston, and other places around the country, I wish for a long cold driving rain with gusty winds. After about a week of that the protesters will:
    1) Be cleaner
    2) will be a lot cooler, mayhaps freezing their collective tooki off
    3) The areas they have been infesting will get a gentle washing of the rain and will be a little cleaner; however it will then get muddy, oh shucky-darn
    4) May find better/different things to do with their time and in a different place

  103. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    As far as the slime-ball know-nothing protesters on Wall Street, in Baston, and other places around the country, I wish for a long cold driving rain with gusty winds. After about a week of that the protesters will:
    1) Be cleaner
    2) will be a lot cooler, mayhaps freezing their collective tooki off
    3) The areas they have been infesting will get a gentle washing of the rain and will be a little cleaner; however it will then get muddy, oh shucky-darn
    4) May find better/different things to do with their time and in a different place

  104. Hamous Avatar

    #55 TEXPAT: Have you ever heard the truth from the pals, ever? Do you really think the pals are ever gonna live up to their obligations under any agreement with Israel? Let me know if you say yes, because I have an enormous bridge to the land of RFU’s I wanna sell you.

  105. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #55 TEXPAT: Have you ever heard the truth from the pals, ever? Do you really think the pals are ever gonna live up to their obligations under any agreement with Israel? Let me know if you say yes, because I have an enormous bridge to the land of RFU’s I wanna sell you.

  106. Hogfan Avatar

    philistine

    This from some yahoo who doesn’t like cilantro.

    I remember the first community service project I was involved in was smuggling books in to Oklahoma.

  107. Hogfan Avatar

    philistine

    This from some yahoo who doesn’t like cilantro.
    I remember the first community service project I was involved in was smuggling books in to Oklahoma.

  108. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    This is good; SUICIDE OF A SUPERPOWER by Pat Buchanan.
    “Will America Survive to 2025?”

    .

  109. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    This is good; SUICIDE OF A SUPERPOWER by Pat Buchanan.
    “Will America Survive to 2025?”
    .

  110. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Of course the Gators are off every week.

    Since we don’t play the Hogs this year I would say “See you in the championship game” but we both know that ain’t gonna happen 😉 We’ll be seeing LSU or Alabama again.

  111. Hamous Avatar

    Of course the Gators are off every week.

    Since we don’t play the Hogs this year I would say “See you in the championship game” but we both know that ain’t gonna happen 😉 We’ll be seeing LSU or Alabama again.

  112. Tedtam Avatar

    Just had a visit from my sister. Things are not looking well for my brother-in-law. She said he seems to be okay with dying, but it’s the process of going through it that’s so difficult and demeaning. He’s volunteered for some medical trials, and she said it seems that being able to further the study of medicine seems to be giving him some dignity and feeling of being able to give during this time when he can do so little for himself.

    He’s on morphine for the pain, but I can’t say the same for my sister. She said she was in a thrift store recently, buying some soft pillows, linen savers/liners, etc. for her hubby. The tumor on his spine makes sitting very painful and there are other things happening which are not fun, either. While she was squishing a pillow to test for softness, a lady asked if she was okay, and sis told her that her husband had cancer. Sis kept her head turned away, and could feel the lady watching her. She finished shopping and went to check out. For some reason, the machine at the store would not process her check, even though it had just run two checks properly before her. Sister was in tears at the thought that she couldn’t take home the things she had picked out for her husband’s comfort, and turned to leave. Before she could reach the door, she was called back – the lady who had been following her since she told her what she was going through had paid for her items. Sis just hugged her neck, unable to express her gratitude in words. I told Sis that perhaps her check not processing was God’s way of allowing that woman to express her charity, and to give Sis a light in her darkness.

    God bless all the nice people out there.

  113. Tedtam Avatar

    Just had a visit from my sister. Things are not looking well for my brother-in-law. She said he seems to be okay with dying, but it’s the process of going through it that’s so difficult and demeaning. He’s volunteered for some medical trials, and she said it seems that being able to further the study of medicine seems to be giving him some dignity and feeling of being able to give during this time when he can do so little for himself.
    He’s on morphine for the pain, but I can’t say the same for my sister. She said she was in a thrift store recently, buying some soft pillows, linen savers/liners, etc. for her hubby. The tumor on his spine makes sitting very painful and there are other things happening which are not fun, either. While she was squishing a pillow to test for softness, a lady asked if she was okay, and sis told her that her husband had cancer. Sis kept her head turned away, and could feel the lady watching her. She finished shopping and went to check out. For some reason, the machine at the store would not process her check, even though it had just run two checks properly before her. Sister was in tears at the thought that she couldn’t take home the things she had picked out for her husband’s comfort, and turned to leave. Before she could reach the door, she was called back – the lady who had been following her since she told her what she was going through had paid for her items. Sis just hugged her neck, unable to express her gratitude in words. I told Sis that perhaps her check not processing was God’s way of allowing that woman to express her charity, and to give Sis a light in her darkness.
    God bless all the nice people out there.

  114. Hamous Avatar

    #59 SD: from your linkie:

    “How can Notre Dame credibly teach that all innocent life is sacred, and then honor a president committed to ensuring that a woman’s right to end the life of her innocent child remains sacrosanct?”

    To call that a siren blaring, light flashing contradiction of principle would be a gross understatement. Pelousy, Biden, the Kennedy Clan, and a whole host of “Catholic in name only” politicians continue to receive Communion while they fight vigorously against a basic element of the Catholic church. The priests don’t do anything about it, nor do monsenyors (sp?) bishops or cardinals; by church cannon law, aren’t they, at a minimum, to be denied communion and in reality shouldn’t they be excommunicated?

  115. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #59 SD: from your linkie:

    “How can Notre Dame credibly teach that all innocent life is sacred, and then honor a president committed to ensuring that a woman’s right to end the life of her innocent child remains sacrosanct?”

    To call that a siren blaring, light flashing contradiction of principle would be a gross understatement. Pelousy, Biden, the Kennedy Clan, and a whole host of “Catholic in name only” politicians continue to receive Communion while they fight vigorously against a basic element of the Catholic church. The priests don’t do anything about it, nor do monsenyors (sp?) bishops or cardinals; by church cannon law, aren’t they, at a minimum, to be denied communion and in reality shouldn’t they be excommunicated?

  116. Hogfan Avatar

    #61
    Always amazed by random acts of kindness.

    Prayers out for you and your family Tedtam.

  117. Hogfan Avatar

    #61
    Always amazed by random acts of kindness.
    Prayers out for you and your family Tedtam.

  118. Katfish Avatar

    I remember the first community service project I was involved in was smuggling books in to Oklahoma.

    From ARKANSAS!?!?

    Did you manage to remember the crayons for the coloring books?

  119. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I remember the first community service project I was involved in was smuggling books in to Oklahoma.

    From ARKANSAS!?!?
    Did you manage to remember the crayons for the coloring books?

  120. Hamous Avatar

    #61 TT: Sorry to hear of your sister and her hubby’s plight. You have touched on something profound:

    I told Sis that perhaps her check not processing was God’s way of allowing that woman to express her charity, and to give Sis a light in her darkness.

    I think this touches on why there is poverty and suffering in the world; it gives those who have the opportunity to give to those who do not. The genuine act of charity, one individual giving to another, is blessed and both parties benefit from it. Think about it, if there was some magical land where there was no poverty, (like what Jean-Luc Piccard often claimed on Star Trek Next Generation), how would people be able to express genuine charity when there was no need?

    Having the government take $5 from me by force, keep $4 of it to give $1 to an ungrateful, lazy SOB who hates me because I have the capacity to take care of myself, is neither compassion nor charity – it is extortion. What the lady did for your sis was the real McCoy, PRAISE Y_VH!

  121. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #61 TT: Sorry to hear of your sister and her hubby’s plight. You have touched on something profound:

    I told Sis that perhaps her check not processing was God’s way of allowing that woman to express her charity, and to give Sis a light in her darkness.

    I think this touches on why there is poverty and suffering in the world; it gives those who have the opportunity to give to those who do not. The genuine act of charity, one individual giving to another, is blessed and both parties benefit from it. Think about it, if there was some magical land where there was no poverty, (like what Jean-Luc Piccard often claimed on Star Trek Next Generation), how would people be able to express genuine charity when there was no need?
    Having the government take $5 from me by force, keep $4 of it to give $1 to an ungrateful, lazy SOB who hates me because I have the capacity to take care of myself, is neither compassion nor charity – it is extortion. What the lady did for your sis was the real McCoy, PRAISE Y_VH!

  122. Katfish Avatar

    The priests don’t do anything about it, nor do monsenyors (sp?) bishops or cardinals; by church cannon law, aren’t they, at a minimum, to be denied communion and in reality shouldn’t they be excommunicated?

    monsignor and canon.

    As far as your question re: Holy Communion, I don’t know why they don’t. There could be at least a couple reasons:
    1. It’s a pastoral decision – the priests & bishops feel excommunication would put their souls at even more risk.
    2. Communion is also served by lay ministers and it is not their call to make.
    3. Whether to receive Communion is the person’s choice and that person should be aware as to whether they are in a state of grace or mortal sin.

    In the end, the Big Guy will sort it all out.

  123. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    The priests don’t do anything about it, nor do monsenyors (sp?) bishops or cardinals; by church cannon law, aren’t they, at a minimum, to be denied communion and in reality shouldn’t they be excommunicated?

    monsignor and canon.
    As far as your question re: Holy Communion, I don’t know why they don’t. There could be at least a couple reasons:
    1. It’s a pastoral decision – the priests & bishops feel excommunication would put their souls at even more risk.
    2. Communion is also served by lay ministers and it is not their call to make.
    3. Whether to receive Communion is the person’s choice and that person should be aware as to whether they are in a state of grace or mortal sin.
    In the end, the Big Guy will sort it all out.

  124. Hogfan Avatar

    64

    No, no crayons. Those came across your southern border . Payment to keep Texas from falling in the Gulf.

    /”shoot low boys……..

  125. Hogfan Avatar

    64
    No, no crayons. Those came across your southern border . Payment to keep Texas from falling in the Gulf.
    /”shoot low boys……..

  126. Hamous Avatar

    #59 SD: I just finished reading the teaser and I did not find anything objectionable. Looks like a good book.

  127. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #59 SD: I just finished reading the teaser and I did not find anything objectionable. Looks like a good book.

  128. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I remember the first community service project I was involved in was smuggling books in to Oklahoma.

    From ARKANSAS!?!?

    Did you manage to remember the crayons for the coloring books?
    Modify Delete

    Did you hear about the Razorback that moved to Oklahoma? Increased the average IQ of both states.

  129. Hamous Avatar

    I remember the first community service project I was involved in was smuggling books in to Oklahoma.

    From ARKANSAS!?!?
    Did you manage to remember the crayons for the coloring books?
    Modify Delete

    Did you hear about the Razorback that moved to Oklahoma? Increased the average IQ of both states.

  130. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good afternoon Hamsters. Doing the Snoopy Happy Dance again today in this glorious weather. Bright full Moon and 52 at 6, almost could be described as crisp. Clear blue sky, gentle breeze, absurdly low humidity (20%) and windows wide open at 1 pm makes this a perfect Fall day. Thank you, Lord.

  131. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good afternoon Hamsters. Doing the Snoopy Happy Dance again today in this glorious weather. Bright full Moon and 52 at 6, almost could be described as crisp. Clear blue sky, gentle breeze, absurdly low humidity (20%) and windows wide open at 1 pm makes this a perfect Fall day. Thank you, Lord.

  132. Katfish Avatar

    How do we know the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas?

    If it had been invented elsewhere it would have been a teethbrush.

    :jazz:

  133. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    How do we know the toothbrush was invented in Arkansas?
    If it had been invented elsewhere it would have been a teethbrush.
    :jazz:

  134. Hamous Avatar

    #72 Pyro: Limbaugh just did a piece on that. The Lords’s Army is Christian fighting against the oppression of the moooooooooooooooooooooooslim majority. The lying mooooooooooooooslims (but I repeat myself) is accusing the Lord’s Army of raping and looting, etc. This is not the first time that the USA has taken up arms against Christians in support of mooooooooooooooooooslims. It is practically demanding a rebuke from Y_VH.

  135. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #72 Pyro: Limbaugh just did a piece on that. The Lords’s Army is Christian fighting against the oppression of the moooooooooooooooooooooooslim majority. The lying mooooooooooooooslims (but I repeat myself) is accusing the Lord’s Army of raping and looting, etc. This is not the first time that the USA has taken up arms against Christians in support of mooooooooooooooooooslims. It is practically demanding a rebuke from Y_VH.

  136. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Heh

    In 2011, Republicans are sitting at the end of the bar, and it’s 2 a.m. Ryan and Christie have already gone home, and the GOP is looking for someone to keep it company. As Joan Jett’s “I Hate Myself for Loving You” plays, Mitt winks at them from the other end of the bar. Right now, he’s the best the GOP has; how the night turns out is yet to be seen.

  137. Hamous Avatar

    Heh

    In 2011, Republicans are sitting at the end of the bar, and it’s 2 a.m. Ryan and Christie have already gone home, and the GOP is looking for someone to keep it company. As Joan Jett’s “I Hate Myself for Loving You” plays, Mitt winks at them from the other end of the bar. Right now, he’s the best the GOP has; how the night turns out is yet to be seen.

  138. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #45 EG

    the varmints will have it shined up by morning.

    Splendid, old chap!
    🙂

  139. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #45 EG

    the varmints will have it shined up by morning.

    Splendid, old chap!
    🙂

  140. Hogfan Avatar

    69 – 71
    Gees you would think I’m a Conservative Christian American. Gettin’ hit from all sides with nothing but slurs and inuendos about my appearance and mental capabilities.

    Haters

    /Gotta go, Mrs HF says to get off the computer and get back to work.
    Told her I would leave her for good but,…………..I’d still see her at family reunions.

  141. Hogfan Avatar

    69 – 71
    Gees you would think I’m a Conservative Christian American. Gettin’ hit from all sides with nothing but slurs and inuendos about my appearance and mental capabilities.
    Haters
    /Gotta go, Mrs HF says to get off the computer and get back to work.
    Told her I would leave her for good but,…………..I’d still see her at family reunions.

  142. Hamous Avatar

    #78 Hogfan: How many uncle-dads are at your fambily re-unions? Are you trying to tell us your fambily tree is lacking in branches?

  143. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #78 Hogfan: How many uncle-dads are at your fambily re-unions? Are you trying to tell us your fambily tree is lacking in branches?

  144. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    What does the average Arkansas student get on his SAT?
    .
    .
    Drool.

  145. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    What does the average Arkansas student get on his SAT?
    .
    .
    Drool.

  146. Dooood Avatar

    Hogfan

    You must have been a fan of the late Lewis Grizzard.

    Shoot low, boys, they’re ridin’ Shetland ponies !

  147. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Hogfan
    You must have been a fan of the late Lewis Grizzard.
    Shoot low, boys, they’re ridin’ Shetland ponies !

  148. Katfish Avatar

    #78 Hogfan: How many uncle-dads are at your fambily re-unions? Are you trying to tell us your fambily tree is lacking in branches?

    It has lots of branches, but they keep weaving back and reconnecting to the trunk.

  149. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #78 Hogfan: How many uncle-dads are at your fambily re-unions? Are you trying to tell us your fambily tree is lacking in branches?

    It has lots of branches, but they keep weaving back and reconnecting to the trunk.

  150. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Don’t bend over in the garden Mama because them taters got eyes.
    Lewis Grizzard.
    I’ve read all of his books. Too bad he died way to young…..45, I think.

  151. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Don’t bend over in the garden Mama because them taters got eyes.
    Lewis Grizzard.
    I’ve read all of his books. Too bad he died way to young…..45, I think.

  152. Hogfan Avatar

    Ding ding ding….Texpat wins today’s obscure quote award.

    Too bad the money will have to be used to buy Buck Hamster a new comfy couch.

    The old one just broke from all the piling on.

    /can barely reach the keyboard to wipe off the drool

  153. Hogfan Avatar

    Ding ding ding….Texpat wins today’s obscure quote award.
    Too bad the money will have to be used to buy Buck Hamster a new comfy couch.
    The old one just broke from all the piling on.
    /can barely reach the keyboard to wipe off the drool

  154. Dooood Avatar

    #84 SD

    Remember the Grizzard story called “Sittin’ Up With the Dead” when he and his father and friend had to sit up with his dead great uncle in the casket after the wake. Riga mortis had set in before they found him so the undertaker had tied the body down in the casket, but in the middle of the night the rope broke and the old uncle sat straight up in the coffin.

    I thought I was going to get a hernia from laughing so hard the first time I heard that one.

  155. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #84 SD
    Remember the Grizzard story called “Sittin’ Up With the Dead” when he and his father and friend had to sit up with his dead great uncle in the casket after the wake. Riga mortis had set in before they found him so the undertaker had tied the body down in the casket, but in the middle of the night the rope broke and the old uncle sat straight up in the coffin.
    I thought I was going to get a hernia from laughing so hard the first time I heard that one.

  156. Hamous Avatar

    #85 Hogfan: I had one working about reunions and condoms but the impending whack from Grannyamous askeeeered me ofn it.

  157. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #85 Hogfan: I had one working about reunions and condoms but the impending whack from Grannyamous askeeeered me ofn it.

  158. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #86 Texpat, Yup. Being from Alabama, I could/can relate to Lewis Grizzard and Jeff Foxworthy, when they talked about their kin-folk, they were also talking about my people. 😉
    Oh, and if anyone doesn’t know they were both from Georgia.

  159. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #86 Texpat, Yup. Being from Alabama, I could/can relate to Lewis Grizzard and Jeff Foxworthy, when they talked about their kin-folk, they were also talking about my people. 😉
    Oh, and if anyone doesn’t know they were both from Georgia.

  160. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #85 HF

    The old one just broke from all the piling on.

    One of the first postings here after LST closed down was “Some of us’ns are slidin’ in here on Hammy’s couch.” Someone else, I think it was GJT said “We’re gonna need a bigger couch.”

  161. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #85 HF

    The old one just broke from all the piling on.

    One of the first postings here after LST closed down was “Some of us’ns are slidin’ in here on Hammy’s couch.” Someone else, I think it was GJT said “We’re gonna need a bigger couch.”

  162. Hogfan Avatar

    87 Bonecrusher

    Is that the one about where Gators come from?

  163. Hogfan Avatar

    87 Bonecrusher
    Is that the one about where Gators come from?

  164. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #90 – Hey HF ltns! (and as long as your beloved Ozarks remain as gorgeous as our Hill Country……………I’ll make all efforts to restrain myself———————besides all the other posters have used all the jokes I know)

    🙂

  165. Katfish Avatar

    #90 – Hey HF ltns! (and as long as your beloved Ozarks remain as gorgeous as our Hill Country……………I’ll make all efforts to restrain myself———————besides all the other posters have used all the jokes I know)
    🙂

  166. Hamous Avatar

    #90 HOg: I think the one you are talking about has to do with the Arkansas inbred (but I repeat myself) and a cajun queen from Bayou Lafourche.

  167. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #90 HOg: I think the one you are talking about has to do with the Arkansas inbred (but I repeat myself) and a cajun queen from Bayou Lafourche.

  168. Hogfan Avatar

    Thanks Katfish. Ditto the Ozark/Hill Country.

    Grizzard on the Southern Language
    &
    Last Confederate soldier

  169. Hogfan Avatar

    Thanks Katfish. Ditto the Ozark/Hill Country.
    Grizzard on the Southern Language
    &
    Last Confederate soldier

  170. Hogfan Avatar

    Later Hamsters. Gotta go tend to my wounds. Nothing a a tall glass of Bourbon can’t help though.

    How bout a little inbread traveling music

  171. Hogfan Avatar

    Later Hamsters. Gotta go tend to my wounds. Nothing a a tall glass of Bourbon can’t help though.
    How bout a little inbread traveling music

  172. Dooood Avatar

    #93 Hogfan

    Great, great, funny stuff. I never get tired of listening to it.

  173. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #93 Hogfan
    Great, great, funny stuff. I never get tired of listening to it.

  174. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #86 Texpat, Now that tale sounds like something from an Irish wake. Dad’s family are Irish with a dash of English way back. He told of a wake for the brother of a family friend at the family home to which his folks brought him and his older brothers to pay respects. He was only 6 or 7 and was very startled to be picked up to look into the casket at the deceased, whom he didn’t know. He recalled his shock of viewing that dead person for years afterward.

    Some years later his older brother told him about another wake for a friend in the family’s living room for which two friends were keeping vigil overnight after the family had retired or gone home. A third friend was to join the vigil after he got off work around midnight, but by that time the two were already three sheets to the wind and decided it would be great to trick the third for being late in his duty. They stashed the deceased behind the couch, and one fellow assumed the position in the casket. When the third, also several sheets to the wind, arrived the one in the casket sat up and berated him for being late. The third fellow passed out on the floor.

    As Dad commented, you haven’t lived until you’ve been at an Irish wake. 🙂

  175. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #86 Texpat, Now that tale sounds like something from an Irish wake. Dad’s family are Irish with a dash of English way back. He told of a wake for the brother of a family friend at the family home to which his folks brought him and his older brothers to pay respects. He was only 6 or 7 and was very startled to be picked up to look into the casket at the deceased, whom he didn’t know. He recalled his shock of viewing that dead person for years afterward.
    Some years later his older brother told him about another wake for a friend in the family’s living room for which two friends were keeping vigil overnight after the family had retired or gone home. A third friend was to join the vigil after he got off work around midnight, but by that time the two were already three sheets to the wind and decided it would be great to trick the third for being late in his duty. They stashed the deceased behind the couch, and one fellow assumed the position in the casket. When the third, also several sheets to the wind, arrived the one in the casket sat up and berated him for being late. The third fellow passed out on the floor.
    As Dad commented, you haven’t lived until you’ve been at an Irish wake. 🙂

  176. Dooood Avatar

    #97 Adee

    That’s funny and perfectly believable.

  177. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #97 Adee
    That’s funny and perfectly believable.

  178. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    where is anybody?

  179. Hamous Avatar

    Oh well, Hunnert. Shabbat Shalom, Y’all

  180. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Oh well, Hunnert. Shabbat Shalom, Y’all

  181. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Youngest son has been waiting for the new iphone to come out for months, odered it as soon as they were taking them. Of course here in the woods we are last on the delivery route, about 7 the UPS guy drives up, – son is and has been sitting in the yard all afternoon – gets out panting and asks, Someone looking for an iphone? 😀 He delivered 25 today I think he said.

  182. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Youngest son has been waiting for the new iphone to come out for months, odered it as soon as they were taking them. Of course here in the woods we are last on the delivery route, about 7 the UPS guy drives up, – son is and has been sitting in the yard all afternoon – gets out panting and asks, Someone looking for an iphone? 😀 He delivered 25 today I think he said.

  183. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    He just walked up to me, spoke into the phone Google Camaros and up popped Camaros on Google.

  184. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    He just walked up to me, spoke into the phone Google Camaros and up popped Camaros on Google.

  185. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Lets’ see who can solve this one. Whats red, 100 yards long, and has 8 teeth?

    Give up?…….

    The front row at Razorback Stadium.

  186. El Gordo Avatar

    Lets’ see who can solve this one. Whats red, 100 yards long, and has 8 teeth?
    Give up?…….
    The front row at Razorback Stadium.

  187. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    #103

    I’m sure that was also true at Reliant Stadium last weekend hosting the Battle of the Piney Woods.

  188. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #103
    I’m sure that was also true at Reliant Stadium last weekend hosting the Battle of the Piney Woods.

  189. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #57;

    TEXPAT: Have you ever heard the truth from the pals, ever?

    If I had to guess the top one thousand weaknesses and/or shortcomings Texpat had, lack of reading would NOT be one of them

  190. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #57;

    TEXPAT: Have you ever heard the truth from the pals, ever?

    If I had to guess the top one thousand weaknesses and/or shortcomings Texpat had, lack of reading would NOT be one of them

  191. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Texpat has a thousand shortcomings?

  192. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Texpat has a thousand shortcomings?

  193. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Tedtam #61;

    the lady who had been following her since she told her what she was going through had paid for her items. Sis just hugged her neck, unable to express her gratitude in words. I told Sis that perhaps her check not processing was God’s way of allowing that woman to express her charity, and to give Sis a light in her darkness.

    Amen! What a great story.

    Thoughts and prayers for sis & her hubby.

  194. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Tedtam #61;

    the lady who had been following her since she told her what she was going through had paid for her items. Sis just hugged her neck, unable to express her gratitude in words. I told Sis that perhaps her check not processing was God’s way of allowing that woman to express her charity, and to give Sis a light in her darkness.

    Amen! What a great story.
    Thoughts and prayers for sis & her hubby.

  195. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat has a thousand shortcomings?

    Well, he is mortal but I picked that number simply to emphasize my point. But not only is a lack of reading NOT one of them, neither is him posting on a topic without a sound understanding as to what he’s talking about.

  196. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat has a thousand shortcomings?

    Well, he is mortal but I picked that number simply to emphasize my point. But not only is a lack of reading NOT one of them, neither is him posting on a topic without a sound understanding as to what he’s talking about.

  197. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Oh, I thought you had a scoop. 😛

  198. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Oh, I thought you had a scoop. 😛

  199. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #76;

    how the night turns out is yet to be seen.

    Rest assured he won’t be drunk. I found the following paragraph to be pretty funny.

    In 2012, I will be writing breathlessly about how America will be engulfed in flames should Mitt Romney not be elected president. I will write endlessly about his infallibility and his impeccable conservative credentials. But thanks to science, I can be forgiven. It won’t be me.

    🙂

  200. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #76;

    how the night turns out is yet to be seen.

    Rest assured he won’t be drunk. I found the following paragraph to be pretty funny.

    In 2012, I will be writing breathlessly about how America will be engulfed in flames should Mitt Romney not be elected president. I will write endlessly about his infallibility and his impeccable conservative credentials. But thanks to science, I can be forgiven. It won’t be me.

    🙂

  201. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Oh, I thought you had a scoop.

    That would be Shannon. 😉

  202. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Oh, I thought you had a scoop.

    That would be Shannon. 😉

  203. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Obligatory: The Mitt Romney lip-reading clip

    The video is from badlipreading.com and it’s pretty funny.

  204. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Obligatory: The Mitt Romney lip-reading clip
    The video is from badlipreading.com and it’s pretty funny.

  205. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    McDonald’s Cashier Uses Metal Rod to Beat Customers

    These two McDonald’s costumers were “attacked” according to the news report. 🙄

  206. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    McDonald’s Cashier Uses Metal Rod to Beat Customers
    These two McDonald’s costumers were “attacked” according to the news report. 🙄

  207. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    ‘Fast and Furious’ Flashback: Big Sis Brags About Weapons Tracing Program In 2009

    Napoletano emphasized how the DOJ will prosecute thwe arms dealers wh were selling the arms to los traficantes. First off, is it the dealers that are arming the narco lords? Nope. Eric Holder, however, seemed content to do so. So prosecute him.

  208. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    ‘Fast and Furious’ Flashback: Big Sis Brags About Weapons Tracing Program In 2009
    Napoletano emphasized how the DOJ will prosecute thwe arms dealers wh were selling the arms to los traficantes. First off, is it the dealers that are arming the narco lords? Nope. Eric Holder, however, seemed content to do so. So prosecute him.

  209. Dooood Avatar

    Texpat has a thousand shortcomings?

    Please, I’ve only discovered 367 so I don’t need you guys exaggerating my faults and weaknesses.

  210. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Texpat has a thousand shortcomings?

    Please, I’ve only discovered 367 so I don’t need you guys exaggerating my faults and weaknesses.

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