Poor piglet!

Canndue comments on Dec 27, 2021:

Bacon is. Life

Diogenes replies on Dec 28, 2021:

@JackPedigo Totally agree.

Is my understanding of the 'marvelous' Christmas Story correct?

St-Sinner comments on Dec 26, 2021:

Based on the circumstantial evidence, I present to the jury this most likely scenario of what actually happened in this sinister lie that caused severe mental and bodily harm to millions of good people for 2,000 years.

Diogenes replies on Dec 26, 2021:

I don't know---- I 'wuzen't' there that day!

Is my understanding of the 'marvelous' Christmas Story correct?

anglophone comments on Dec 26, 2021:

You missed the bit about God existed before He existed and He had to fuck His own mother before He existed so that He could come into existence. And He gave poor old Joseph a massive inferiority complex: after Mary had had a God-almighty fuck Joseph's performance in bed could never come anywhere ...

Diogenes replies on Dec 26, 2021:

Yup

Is my understanding of the 'marvelous' Christmas Story correct?

bobwjr comments on Dec 26, 2021:

Were mushrooms or hash involved ?

Diogenes replies on Dec 26, 2021:

There had to be something to kink the brain that much. And the three dumbies following a star. Now just how would that be done?

My sentiment exactly, merry Christmas, I'm sick of hearing it! :-)

jeshuey comments on Dec 24, 2021:

And yet Xmas is only 366 days away.

Diogenes replies on Dec 25, 2021:

Where did you get the 366 number--- they howl and quack for about 2 months--- all the 'good' old tunes like, I Saw Santa fucking Rudolph.

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it ...

Fernapple comments on Dec 21, 2021:

Well the days of easy travel seem to be over, so I guess it is going to become a far more prejudiced, bigoted and narrow-minded world. Travel especially flying may not have been good for our carbon footprint, but it did broaden the mind.

Diogenes replies on Dec 22, 2021:

I went to Costa Rica. They have 3 'industries': tourism, theft and bananas. And in that order.

Next time I'll read the fine print.

Canndue comments on Dec 21, 2021:

Would have thought those trashy things would have disintegrated by now…

Diogenes replies on Dec 22, 2021:

I had a Plymouth Horizon. It used no gas- it was the tow truck that used the gas. I will never own another Chrysler pile of junk.

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 21, 2021:

This is very true. It brings to mind people claiming when I went to Kenya and had a layover in Egypt that I was wrong because "Egypt is not in Africa." Later as my wife got to America she was asked at work "how long does it take to drive to your country?" True story, true remarks here. All by ...

Diogenes replies on Dec 22, 2021:

"True story"! I worked construction at Ontario Hydro- after a day at the looney bin, I usually went home with a head ache.

A priest collapses and is rushed to hospital.

zeuser comments on Dec 18, 2021:

Honest mistake. Creepy, but honest.

Diogenes replies on Dec 19, 2021:

Well priests get thrown out of the "sick sex club" if they fuck women!

“Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if ...

Diogenes comments on Dec 16, 2021:

Yes, Moam Chomsky is always aware! But what he is saying applies only to the gullible, and that also includes the clever, but not wise! At least 'that' is my opinion.

Diogenes replies on Dec 16, 2021:

@Marionville Yes.

Living in an Amish paradise…

Diogenes comments on Dec 12, 2021:

Okay, but a little horse shit on the road---- beats the fucking, insane, frantic rush to nowhere.

Diogenes replies on Dec 13, 2021:

@Killtheskyfairy We have the old order Mennonites in areas around here, which is almost the same religion. There was a "traffic murder" around here last night. It had nothing to do with Mennonites- it had to do with ass holes that should have never been allowed on the road for ANY REASON. They are rapidly going nowhere. But yes, it is certain that any religious cult that isn't wise enough to take advantage of education and BENEFICIAL, technical advancement have a big problem. I fully agree with you.

On the 25th, after all these centuries of blithering horse shit, I think it is time for some insight...

zeuser comments on Dec 12, 2021:

Since he has carpentry skills, I see him more as taking over the toy making operation, organizing the elves, calling a general strike, and single-handedly ruining his own birthday. Because I guarantee you he's fed up with all this shit too.

Diogenes replies on Dec 13, 2021:

Well another thought about Jeezuz-dude- if he can walk on water, he would have no trouble flying through the air with Santa's sleigh! Let's add a little more comedy to this moronic farce?

The first step to critical thinking (or simply if you have common sense or not). 😆

JackPedigo comments on Dec 12, 2021:

Problem is, many of those who don't have time go over to the 'have time' side. Sometimes this is how I feel while on the freeways. Everybody's in a friggen rush. It's hard to even drive the posted speed limit. Everybody give you dirty looks or ride your tail.

Diogenes replies on Dec 12, 2021:

I try VERY hard to be up in the morning-- before the Hoovered morons are on the road. I look back: no morons on the road; I drive slightly over the speed limit-----but out of nowhere- at rocket speed, there is a vegetable, with a low IQ within inches off my back bumper. Okay, not "Hoovered"---- "vacuous".

“Prayers never bring you anything….

waitingforgodo comments on Dec 11, 2021:

I prefer my WC Fields the way he liked his children; ineffably, ineluctably and irredeemably baked.

Diogenes replies on Dec 12, 2021:

Shaw said he loved flowers and children, so that's why he didn't cut either of their 'tops' off.

I think it is little confusing

Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Dec 9, 2021:

Which is why real historians now call these dates B.C.E. and C.E.

Diogenes replies on Dec 11, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Blame it all on Constantine; this minor Jewish cult would have long been forgotten if not for him.

The war goes on....

glennlab comments on Dec 9, 2021:

War is over, Walmart won.

Diogenes replies on Dec 10, 2021:

and with their never-ending Chinese junk

I think it is little confusing

Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Dec 9, 2021:

Which is why real historians now call these dates B.C.E. and C.E.

Diogenes replies on Dec 10, 2021:

I don't know how close I am to being a "real historian", but yes, the "common era". It does take some of the foolish comedy out of history,

The internet has proved this to be true

Willow_Wisp comments on Dec 8, 2021:

I can think of 10,000 men this applies to.

Diogenes replies on Dec 8, 2021:

@Moravian YES, true also.

The internet has proved this to be true

Willow_Wisp comments on Dec 8, 2021:

I can think of 10,000 men this applies to.

Diogenes replies on Dec 8, 2021:

Willow hello. Yes!

“To be kind to all, to like many and to love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, ...

Diogenes comments on Dec 5, 2021:

Excuse the satire- and look what happened to her!

Diogenes replies on Dec 5, 2021:

@Marionville YES, agreed 100%. Have read a brief of her history, a while back, and yes a lot of her time and education was in France.. I think 'Al's disease' is 'getting me'. Ain't much to get!

"Success is not FINAL, Failure is not FATAL, It is the courage to continue that COUNTS" ...

Diogenes comments on Dec 2, 2021:

Even a fool should know when it is time to quit.

Diogenes replies on Dec 3, 2021:

@MsKathleen An imposed start has nothing to do with the victim!

"Success is not FINAL, Failure is not FATAL, It is the courage to continue that COUNTS" ...

Diogenes comments on Dec 2, 2021:

Even a fool should know when it is time to quit.

Diogenes replies on Dec 3, 2021:

@FrayedBear Good ol' Winney! Thank you! He set Ireland free!! He send the "Black and Tans" to Ireland, which caused so much anger. That was the final straw!

Essentially, yeppers.

St-Sinner comments on Dec 1, 2021:

Will you give me any hope in this dog eat dog world?

Diogenes replies on Dec 2, 2021:

I don't think too many dogs eat other dogs- not like the human-thing, that wars and murders just for the fun of it.

Season ridiculous reason?

Diogenes comments on Dec 2, 2021:

And when a person has to shut the radio and TV off for 6 weeks so they won't have to listen to this brainless shit!!

Diogenes replies on Dec 2, 2021:

@Killtheskyfairy VERY!

[google.com] Benny Hill medical care.

Diogenes comments on Nov 29, 2021:

The Yanks have some VERY funny comedians; don't get me wrong---- but so often I wonder why that profoundly moronic laugh tape comes on. Did I miss something? As far as Mr. Hill- there will never be something that is more funny!

Diogenes replies on Nov 30, 2021:

@glennlab I haven't seen England or BBC in decades. I am in Canada. I have been having coffee at McDonald's in the morning- and the coffee is okay. For the last few weeks there has been MARVELOUS QUIET AND TRANQUILITY to start the day. They got their boom-box "fixed", whatever that means, and the loud, vulgar, fucking shit has returned. Unbelievable! It has nothing to do with music.

How nauseating! Lol

Zster comments on Nov 23, 2021:

Oh my goodness! Is that my neighbors? Or my relatives?

Diogenes replies on Nov 28, 2021:

@Zster I have marched to my own drum- and a few times got it right- but most times I got it wrong- 'I would guess, that is better than the thing with the long red tie', for example, who doesn't have the ability to get anything right.

How nauseating! Lol

Zster comments on Nov 23, 2021:

Oh my goodness! Is that my neighbors? Or my relatives?

Diogenes replies on Nov 26, 2021:

@Zster Hi, I wish I had not used that name; it is rather pretentious. Supposedly the gent lived in all sorts of barelly habital surroundings--- at least we have that in common.

I was taught the method for advancement is not quick or simple. - Marie Curie

Fernapple comments on Nov 25, 2021:

M. Curie, had to gain her qualifications, initially, from an illegal underground university, run at great personal danger and in secret by the Polish resistance, following the Russian invasion. Because the Russians closed down all Polish universities and forbade the Polish from taking part in higher...

Diogenes replies on Nov 25, 2021:

Yes, she overcame huge obstacles- a true hero. I have fought some very hard battles- but I think I have given up when they became "insurmountable"

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure:...

Diogenes comments on Nov 24, 2021:

I can give you a sure-fire formula for failure: study, get good marks, be ethical in your work habits---- and live in a corrupt country. Swope is full of shit.

Diogenes replies on Nov 24, 2021:

@Marionville Marje PLEASE excuse the vulgar expletive. Ya, you hit the nail on the head- another bad night; hell, every night I go through the trillion mistakes I've made in life.

How nauseating! Lol

Zster comments on Nov 23, 2021:

Oh my goodness! Is that my neighbors? Or my relatives?

Diogenes replies on Nov 24, 2021:

He looks like a Hydro One employee and and his gob o' fat wife.

“I spent a lot of money on birds, booze and fast cars.

ChurchLess comments on Nov 23, 2021:

And I'd do it all again.

Diogenes replies on Nov 23, 2021:

So he said!

Be yourself, not your idea of what you think somebody else’s idea of yourself should be.

Marionville comments on Nov 21, 2021:

I’ve always been my own person….too much so, for some people - I may add!

Diogenes replies on Nov 22, 2021:

I still haven't learned, "An astute person, telling the truth, should know that they are not going to go very far in this life."

“I’m well down the pecking order in my own home.

Diogenes comments on Nov 21, 2021:

Marje, I new who he was, but now that I am ancient, I had forgotten the rest. Thanks for that. Who is the top football scorer in the world- and still playing? You may be surprised.

Diogenes replies on Nov 21, 2021:

@Marionville There is a point to be made here---- the hidden news IS the news. How are egoistic males going to rule the world if facts start coming out? Can't ever let that happen! (SIC). Yesterday I took my fat maximus down to fitness. The English woman's team was on the TV; that was because the club had to "pay" for the men's Premier League. "Christine Sinclair is a professinal soccer player... her 186 goals in 296 matches ranks her first in most career international goals scored by a female or male player world wide."

Now what did I forget??

Canndue comments on Nov 20, 2021:

I’m certain that it…..wait….what were we talking about…

Diogenes replies on Nov 21, 2021:

"Oh crap ya!"

“I’m well down the pecking order in my own home.

Diogenes comments on Nov 21, 2021:

Marje, I new who he was, but now that I am ancient, I had forgotten the rest. Thanks for that. Who is the top football scorer in the world- and still playing? You may be surprised.

Diogenes replies on Nov 21, 2021:

@Marionville I am willing to check my own information again; but it has been consistant. Canadian woman, Christne Sinclair. It is okay if you say, "I have never heard of this person"

LMAO!!!! So true! 😇🙄🤣🤣🤣

Diogenes comments on Nov 19, 2021:

* A person would have to consume a truck load of drugs- to get a washed-out facial expression like that.

Diogenes replies on Nov 21, 2021:

@FrayedBear Sure- I have ONE pint every day!

“If being an egomaniac means believing in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect ...

Diogenes comments on Nov 19, 2021:

Good morning. As usual, I can not sleep. Yes, Lennon has a point.

Diogenes replies on Nov 19, 2021:

@Marionville Marje, I volunteerd at the food bank for a few years- every week!

“If being an egomaniac means believing in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect ...

Diogenes comments on Nov 19, 2021:

Good morning. As usual, I can not sleep. Yes, Lennon has a point.

Diogenes replies on Nov 19, 2021:

@Marionville Dropping some good booz; that is a sin! LOL. I am ashamed; I do not have one excuse for not doing some volunteer work. Okay, I may go into Toronto and see Frida at Covenet House and throw in a few bucks. And think about it--- some Irish get mean and nasty when confronted with perverts. YES, priests that assault children should be hung!

“If being an egomaniac means believing in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect ...

Diogenes comments on Nov 19, 2021:

Good morning. As usual, I can not sleep. Yes, Lennon has a point.

Diogenes replies on Nov 19, 2021:

@Marionville That is an excellent idea. I have had both shots, but not the third. I eat an excellent diet; to me that is medicine. I thought you were going to tell me that you had just come back from your 5 mile run. Am I doing that? Well I am starting back. Yes, I will get to fitness again this morning. Yesterday, I asked about Kay. She is 96 or 97- and she usually is studying a large book as she uses the treadmill.

I am a member of a group known as the Brights (noun) a group advocating a naturalistic worldview as ...

Diogenes comments on Nov 16, 2021:

I would not assert that I was "Bright"- because I ain't- but my ego is not so small that it needs polishing with falsehoods either. Mr. Clement's idea could be correct.

Diogenes replies on Nov 16, 2021:

@JackPedigo I don't care what perverts do. They can stick it up each others nose if they want.

Higher Prices May Force Americans To Eat Reasonable Portions On Thanksgiving WASHINGTON—Noting ...

JackPedigo comments on Nov 16, 2021:

Funny, deja vu circumstance after WWII the British were put on rations. Britain is an island and gets a lot of imported foodstuffs and the war cut into their supplies. They went on rations for years but it has been shown it was during this period that the British were at their highest health.

Diogenes replies on Nov 16, 2021:

I always have an excuse-- I was depressed today and ate junk food to no end. My gut feels terrible! That ain't pleasant. One redeaming thing- I got down to fitness. Those last two years, without fitness sure decreased my strength.

In the news last week a San Francisco cop quit rather than be vaccinated.

Shaggy2018 comments on Nov 15, 2021:

Any first responder refusing to vaccinate themselves should be fired in my opinion. You can’t serve nor protect if you bring disease to every encounter with the public.

Diogenes replies on Nov 15, 2021:

Yes, if the subject's biggest job is to bring death, like any other murderer, give him the max.

A consideration: when the comfortable, soft chair makes one's bottom more pliable--- and the ...

Robecology comments on Nov 15, 2021:

I used to think that a soft bed was a good one...now I'm not so sure!

Diogenes replies on Nov 15, 2021:

LOL! It was figurative, a metaphore.😊 Ya, a person has to get some sleep. I know someone that has a "diet coach"- whatever that is. It takes a bit of concentration to 'enjoy one's food' and eat a normal amount. Why would anyone want to be 500 pounds with some deadly, unnecssary disease?🤢 "500 pounds!" Well, I have actually seen a few quarter-tonners around here.

All too true

CourtJester comments on Nov 14, 2021:

Trump is why you have your vaccine but every democrat was against it until Biden took office. The vaccine didn’t change in any way. Just your allegiance.

Diogenes replies on Nov 15, 2021:

@phxbillcee Those Rethuglicans are all 'novelists', or they should be; they can certainly invent reality.

Just do it.

Killtheskyfairy comments on Nov 14, 2021:

It’s one of my favorite weapons. I have one in the car and I lift weights to practice so I can use it if needed.

Diogenes replies on Nov 14, 2021:

I don't have a "favourite weapon", but in this obscenely crazy world, maybe I should have one.

“Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you.

zeuser comments on Nov 14, 2021:

When two people agree on everything, you can be sure that one of them is doing all of the thinking.

Diogenes replies on Nov 14, 2021:

"Everything" is the key word. Intelligent people will agree on many of the intelligent ideas- but maybe processed in different ways

Great advice Joe Lmao

Beowulfsfriend comments on Nov 14, 2021:

Here's the thing, though, about Bannon, he doesn't bath or shower. He'll need to be fire hosed down and deloused.

Diogenes replies on Nov 14, 2021:

Well, I'm turning into a grubby old bastard too---- but I still don't think I look as bad as "it".

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Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Nov 14, 2021:

Does it work on shitty neighbors?...

Diogenes replies on Nov 14, 2021:

I live in a no-crime area. The baby porners thought that would be a good place that the police would not look. I think the community should pay for the cost of bullets---- and sledge hammers to adjust the lumps atop their heads

I have a dream!

Castlepaloma comments on Nov 13, 2021:

I have a dream he finds a nice funny farm.

Diogenes replies on Nov 14, 2021:

@Castlepaloma Eisenhower warned about the ' war and murder industry' way back in the 60s. But beside that, Dump has been the first to try to be a dictator- and because of the lack of investigative education---- the US is sinking very fast.

A brunette goes into the doctor's office and says that her body hurts wherever she touches it.

Killtheskyfairy comments on Nov 13, 2021:

Is this same true of blonde men?

Diogenes replies on Nov 14, 2021:

Yep!

I have a dream!

Castlepaloma comments on Nov 13, 2021:

I have a dream he finds a nice funny farm.

Diogenes replies on Nov 14, 2021:

"Funny farm"? Hasn't this criminal been in one for years?

You can't tell just by looking..

St-Sinner comments on Nov 13, 2021:

Lol... reminds me of Bernie

Diogenes replies on Nov 13, 2021:

@St-Sinner Yep.

You can't tell just by looking..

St-Sinner comments on Nov 13, 2021:

Lol... reminds me of Bernie

Diogenes replies on Nov 13, 2021:

@St-Sinner ---- with a horrenderous amount of effort!

A few more FFRF goodies (2013).

Diogenes comments on Nov 13, 2021:

I haven't got any idea what a "Hay-soos" is- but all the four cartoons are 100% point on.

Diogenes replies on Nov 13, 2021:

@JackPedigo No habla beona Espanol. I don't know if I spellled "beono" correctly- and I don't care. No, this is not a downer response--- thanks for the response.

You can't tell just by looking..

St-Sinner comments on Nov 13, 2021:

Lol... reminds me of Bernie

Diogenes replies on Nov 13, 2021:

@St-Sinner YES, but change just for the sake of change, is just a waste of time--- and so god-damned boring-- but the 'controllers' need to be smashed!

You can't tell just by looking..

St-Sinner comments on Nov 13, 2021:

Lol... reminds me of Bernie

Diogenes replies on Nov 13, 2021:

"Bernie" who? By now there would be wreckage all over the place. Big question---- it is about time the world had a big POSITIVE- shake up all over the place!

I worship nothing

St-Sinner comments on Nov 9, 2021:

Correct. A limo driver in NYC told me that he escaped Auschwitz when 14. I uttered "thank god". He replied.. "What god? there is no god. 2 million children were killed during holocaust. How could a god let that happen?"

Diogenes replies on Nov 10, 2021:

@St-Sinner Yes!

“For those who believe in god, most of the big questions are answered, but for those of us who ...

Diogenes comments on Nov 9, 2021:

"M", there is something that I have thought to add to this. No, I am not on drugs---- and no, I have not been watching too many fantasy movies. Nature has never revealed to us what is in store. Even our knowledge of the universe is still at about the flat-earth level. If Nature honours us with ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 10, 2021:

@Marionville That wasn't my point. Not "change places with butterflies or any other species"! Really? And a person will come back with the same skin colour and not arrive in some hell-hole sewer??? And the 'dominant' will "preserve"- as they rightly should- because they are 'dominant'. (sic)

I worship nothing

St-Sinner comments on Nov 9, 2021:

Correct. A limo driver in NYC told me that he escaped Auschwitz when 14. I uttered "thank god". He replied.. "What god? there is no god. 2 million children were killed during holocaust. How could a god let that happen?"

Diogenes replies on Nov 9, 2021:

The picture of the 'standing skeletons', such profound evil--- it is ubelievable. And even in almighty hell, one man tries to keep his dignity by trying to cover himself.

The greatest omission in life is to risk nothing.

KateOahu comments on Nov 8, 2021:

Really, what it boils down to is the difference between “living” and “existing”.

Diogenes replies on Nov 9, 2021:

@MsKathleen One hundred percent correct! I have never had 'street smarts'. 'After thought' is of no value when 'pre-evaluation' should have been used.

The greatest omission in life is to risk nothing.

KateOahu comments on Nov 8, 2021:

Really, what it boils down to is the difference between “living” and “existing”.

Diogenes replies on Nov 8, 2021:

I am barely "existing" because I took on too many challenges that I didn't have enough experience to complete.

Bad Jebus

Killtheskyfairy comments on Nov 6, 2021:

Terrorism and indoctrination of young children, the calling card of religion.

Diogenes replies on Nov 7, 2021:

Yes, the 'apparent' adults go TOO far when they start to recite the fairytales to their kids.

"I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken" Oliver ...

Diogenes comments on Nov 3, 2021:

Okay, everyone knows who Ollie is- but what is this about?

Diogenes replies on Nov 6, 2021:

@Fernapple Yes.

Many might need this.

KateOahu comments on Nov 3, 2021:

I have an electric hammer for sale, if you are interested

Diogenes replies on Nov 6, 2021:

@MsKathleen Ya, good for a laugh.

“Atheism may be defined as the mental attitude which unreservedly accepts the supremacy of reason ...

Diogenes comments on Nov 4, 2021:

Marje, said it before, I will not call myself an "atheist" because I will not take the time to refute foolish, invented gods. I am agnostic because I have no idea of how many big bangs there have been, every 14 billion years, and what caused the first one. A laugh: I have often heard from the ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 5, 2021:

And another point, why is it always "hand of god-dude"? Not plural, so was the other hand amputated?

Many might need this.

KateOahu comments on Nov 3, 2021:

I have an electric hammer for sale, if you are interested

Diogenes replies on Nov 5, 2021:

@MsKathleen $5,000.00! Sounds like a great price--- I'll take two😜. I don't know why I am laughing- seriously, I have done things in life that would be almost as dumb as that.

"I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken" Oliver ...

Diogenes comments on Nov 3, 2021:

Okay, everyone knows who Ollie is- but what is this about?

Diogenes replies on Nov 5, 2021:

@Fernapple I 'finally' did a little reading- obvously I need to do a lot more reading. I even spell "Anne Boleyn's" name correctly this time. Oliver Cromwell was a distant relative of Thomas Cromwell, and also a relative of Anne Boleyn, but to please Hank 8, he testified against her. Yes, Anne was beheaded, but so were both Cromwells, although over a century apart. Thomas Cromwell got what he deserved by being a suck-up to Henry VIII.

Many might need this.

KateOahu comments on Nov 3, 2021:

I have an electric hammer for sale, if you are interested

Diogenes replies on Nov 4, 2021:

I have bought everything else a fool would buy---- how much is it?

"I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken" Oliver ...

Diogenes comments on Nov 3, 2021:

Okay, everyone knows who Ollie is- but what is this about?

Diogenes replies on Nov 3, 2021:

@Mcflewster I haven't looked this up yet- too many negative, and stressful, things on the go. There was a relative of Ann Bolyne who testified against her: his name Cromwell. I have wondered if he had any linage connection to Ollie

Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid ...

waitingforgodo comments on Nov 2, 2021:

Can't help but wonder if the smartest might select a champion.

Diogenes replies on Nov 3, 2021:

Well Donald John Dump was never smart enough to even do his own school work, but for most of his life, he has managed to ferret out the slimiest of criminals to do his dirty work.

Just so U know!!!

Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Nov 1, 2021:

I love the summer when it warms up enough that my joints stop aching...

Diogenes replies on Nov 1, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Hey, stop that! I am "just a bit' over 35--- younger than Jack Benny; he was always, every year, 39.

Just so U know!!!

Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Nov 1, 2021:

I love the summer when it warms up enough that my joints stop aching...

Diogenes replies on Nov 1, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Ya, I'm rotting away, bit by bit.

Just so U know!!!

Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Nov 1, 2021:

I love the summer when it warms up enough that my joints stop aching...

Diogenes replies on Nov 1, 2021:

Jeezuz, I thought I was the only old bastard on here. I wonder what that oil is that they use on squeaky door hinges is.

"Understanding a question is half an answer." Socrates.

Diogenes comments on Nov 1, 2021:

But what is the purpose of the question? Is it to show the 'brilliance' of the stupid questioner---- or to get an unknown answer. The wife of James Joyce asked him, "Why don't you write something that people understand." But Socrates still makes a valid point.

Diogenes replies on Nov 1, 2021:

@FrayedBear Well here goes--- there are a few things I know--- and too much I don't know!!! I didn't get one thing out of Joyce in my 101 class. I don't even know if Joyce knew Joyce. With your high mental superiority--- maybe you could tell me about, The Portrait of the Artist. Ya, I know the Irish still dress up in period costume and celebrate Bloom Day.

By all means marry - if you get a good wife, you'll become happy: if you get a bad one, you'll ...

Marionville comments on Oct 31, 2021:

…or become a stand-up comedian! 😅

Diogenes replies on Oct 31, 2021:

"Comedian" of a darker vein!

“I am an atheist and that’s it.

mcgeo52 comments on Oct 29, 2021:

One of the classiest ladies to grace the big screen. She definitely lived up to this.

Diogenes replies on Oct 30, 2021:

@MsKathleen As you can easilly guess, I got a terrible grade in English 101- I will make the excuse that that was many decades ago. Hell, the books! Read them? So many! I thought it was a weight-lifting course! I have kept one of my favouite text though, Seven Centuries of Verse, and Frost is a favourite.

"Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

Diogenes comments on Oct 29, 2021:

Well, I don't think 'Soc' got that one right; weak minds discuss nothing.

Diogenes replies on Oct 30, 2021:

@Marionville and Fernapple Well about #3, that is also loquacious, but not lucid- to me, that amounts to noise- or nothing.

“Beds are dangerous.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 30, 2021:

Fields was amazing. He died the year I was born and a man younger than myself claims that Fields was an avid camper, fisherman, and river person. Nothing of this sort made publication.

Diogenes replies on Oct 30, 2021:

But what was said about what he drank and what he ate? I never heard anything about this, so I don't speulate! And a chair is as much a prison as any other.

The worst capitalist saying "Never mind the quality , Feel the Width" Please do not say this ...

Marionville comments on Oct 27, 2021:

Originated in the backstreets of London by unscrupulous tailors palming off inferior cloth by pointing out you’d get more of it for your money than the better quality material.

Diogenes replies on Oct 27, 2021:

Yes, it is 'cheaper'to bye quality once, than to buy cheap muliple times.

Ever feel like that

Diogenes comments on Oct 23, 2021:

Who cares? I've lost my shit long ago. Still more sane than the nuts that still think they are sane.

Diogenes replies on Oct 25, 2021:

@MsKathleen Well almost!

“I’m a rich man.

mcgeo52 comments on Oct 23, 2021:

Joseph Heller, the author of Catch 22 was attending a party in a Gatsbyesque mansion on Long Island. Another person at the party remarked to Heller that their host, an investment banker, made more money per month that the total Heller had made off his book, Heller responded by saying, "That may be ...

Diogenes replies on Oct 23, 2021:

Yes, the poor man, regardless of his wealth, never has enough.

That time of the year again

Killtheskyfairy comments on Oct 21, 2021:

Nope!!!

Diogenes replies on Oct 22, 2021:

You have a shortage of words!😉 There is an advert on TV already for Christmas trees. The trees are artificial, of course, just like all the other bull shit related to Santa Clause's birthday. Uh? Did I make a mistake?😒

A few nights ago I was watching PBS.

KateOahu comments on Oct 21, 2021:

Here is an article about it: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whitest-white-paint-beats-the-heat/

Diogenes replies on Oct 22, 2021:

@MsKathleen If Tesla was alive, the idea would probably already be in place.

“Life is a long preparation for something that never happens” ………………..W.B. Yeats.

Diogenes comments on Oct 22, 2021:

I 'confess'; another bit by Yeates that doesn't sink in. After all these years, still struggling with "Easter, 1916"- but yes, I am aware of Pearse, both of them, and some of the events.

Diogenes replies on Oct 22, 2021:

@Marionville Yes! Certainly!

A few nights ago I was watching PBS.

KateOahu comments on Oct 21, 2021:

Here is an article about it: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whitest-white-paint-beats-the-heat/

Diogenes replies on Oct 22, 2021:

Thanks for that artcle. Now if there could just be a coating, or paint, for cars that acted like a solar panel. Now the electricity to charge the elecric car batteries comes from some generating stations that emit polutatnts.

Someone mentioned the Canadian Hubert Reeves on here a few months ago.

AnonySchmoose comments on Oct 19, 2021:

Am not fluent enough in français to read his writing.

Diogenes replies on Oct 20, 2021:

@AnonySchmoose It takes a few seconds of search. Type his name and quotes- but his bio is also there from four or five sources.

Someone mentioned the Canadian Hubert Reeves on here a few months ago.

KateOahu comments on Oct 19, 2021:

We HAVE won already, unfortunately.

Diogenes replies on Oct 20, 2021:

So true!

Someone mentioned the Canadian Hubert Reeves on here a few months ago.

AnonySchmoose comments on Oct 19, 2021:

Am not fluent enough in français to read his writing.

Diogenes replies on Oct 20, 2021:

Yes, he got his education in Quebec- but there are many English translations of his quotes.

“The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.

FrayedBear comments on Oct 18, 2021:

A very appropriate photo that you use. I only wish that Kissinger's reptilian features were also alongside Powell's.

Diogenes replies on Oct 19, 2021:

What about Cheney, Rumsfeld- and the dyslectic Georgie Walker Bush?

Budding Fox reporter

zeuser comments on Oct 17, 2021:

I hear they make a good buck though, mom. 😏

Diogenes replies on Oct 18, 2021:

"Make" a good buck!--- but Dump's would have on it, "In Trump we trust"

Not to be controversial, but I really believe this to be true.

Diogenes comments on Oct 17, 2021:

A dog usually takes on the persona of the people around it. Groucho's joke has no meaning.

Diogenes replies on Oct 17, 2021:

@MsKathleen 😂 (words can not discribe such situations)

He checked.

St-Sinner comments on Oct 15, 2021:

William Shatner aka Captain Kirk said in an interview... "I’m not religious, but I’m spiritual. I read avidly on philosophy and animals, plants and trees; how connected all of life is." So I'll take his word. He's 90 and had 4 wives. Damn. Why can't I have two?

Diogenes replies on Oct 17, 2021:

@FrayedBear Without looking it up, I had it figured out that it had to deal with deux and trois. And poor ol' Freudy spent too much time trying to drown his rubber duck. If he had just put a hole in it, that would have filled it with water- and that would have been the end of it.

He checked.

St-Sinner comments on Oct 15, 2021:

William Shatner aka Captain Kirk said in an interview... "I’m not religious, but I’m spiritual. I read avidly on philosophy and animals, plants and trees; how connected all of life is." So I'll take his word. He's 90 and had 4 wives. Damn. Why can't I have two?

Diogenes replies on Oct 17, 2021:

@FrayedBear I think some phychiatrist are crazier than their subjects, and Freud would have to be one of the craziest. No thanks to "Oedipus complex." I married my former bride due to my own lack of education. And I have forgotten all French that I have learned, but after looking up "folies au trois" and finding nothing, from any source, it would seem that only you know what it means. Het spijt me mijnheer; Nederlands uit me is een beitje beter.

When they asked me what my religion was...

skeptic70 comments on Oct 15, 2021:

I often heard the same: what church do you attend? I simply said none, and moved on from the person.

Diogenes replies on Oct 17, 2021:

I would be insulted by the suggestion- and would not dignify it with ANY answer. I do not want any part of my day interrupted with such mind mulch.

He checked.

St-Sinner comments on Oct 15, 2021:

William Shatner aka Captain Kirk said in an interview... "I’m not religious, but I’m spiritual. I read avidly on philosophy and animals, plants and trees; how connected all of life is." So I'll take his word. He's 90 and had 4 wives. Damn. Why can't I have two?

Diogenes replies on Oct 16, 2021:

"TWO"---one was enough for me! There was that song, way back, with the long title:"I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old dad". Got one! Hate that song!

I'll tell you what you did with Atheists for about 1500 years.

p-nullifidian comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Atheists are still considered “unelectable“ in the US by both political parties.

Diogenes replies on Oct 16, 2021:

Yes, and the Muslms are supposed to be considered crazy- which country has "In god we trust" on their money? Way back Thomas Paine was secular, but the US has gone loonie since then.

I'll tell you what you did with Atheists for about 1500 years.

powder comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Have a do gooder cousin (marriage) that was crapping online how wonderful and tolerant her church is as they drapped a rainbow flag over jesus. I basically told her what you said above, shut her up about how "inclusive" her church is for awhile online at least.

Diogenes replies on Oct 16, 2021:

@powder I suppose if I tell the truth on here- I will be just asking for trouble. I couldn't give a rat's ass about the fictional Jeezuz-dude--- or the pervert flag either.

Isaac Asimov wrote in 1980: America suffers from a strong anti-intellectual strain of "my ...

JackPedigo comments on Oct 15, 2021:

I've recently discovered my closest friends for over 10 years are in that category. The pandemic has separated many families and friends including this one. The female told another friend they don't listen to mainstream media. My question would have been so they listen to fringe media? A number of ...

Diogenes replies on Oct 16, 2021:

@JackPedigo Yes, I agree with you.

Just so U know...

ChurchLess comments on Oct 16, 2021:

It's stuck up 24-7 now adays.

Diogenes replies on Oct 16, 2021:

Mine too!

“I was brought up an atheist and have always remained so; but at no time was I led to believe ...

Diogenes comments on Oct 16, 2021:

"Yes", to that quote! I will not spoil the morning by relating on how I was brought up. There are sane people about. A laugh! I go into a coffee shop, and their service and goods are excellent- but I saw a sign by their cash a few days ago, "All I need is a coffee and Jesus"---- About that time, ...

Diogenes replies on Oct 16, 2021:

@Marionville Marje- an' being 'mean', like I am, I woudn't share my "pail of beer" with Jeezuz-dude either.😜 Finally Fitness is open! I just came from there.Have the opportunity to tell a few more lies and share some laughter too.