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It's the last day of school! Good vibes in the air getting ready for summer camp to start next ...

Count_Viceroy comments on May 23, 2019:

Last day! The best day of the year!

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

@Count_Viceroy For me first grade was three years after God created me on the eighth day and said "Lo! Strike that one from the record."

Who wants a signed copy?

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 23, 2019:

There's an unconfirmed story that a bible signed by Donald Trump was found in the ruins of Nortre Dame's steeple.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

@Kynlei He's signed plenty of them with his God like delusions. One misplaced bible doesn't prove anything. However it could be argued his signature gathered the wrath of the real deity. Not a **good** argument

bavardage : boring, idle gossip, i.

AnonySchmoose comments on May 23, 2019:

Other example sentences for BAVARDAGE: "The dame before me is chatting with the bouchère about tout et rien until I clear my throat, at which point she pauses, only to continue her bavardage." https://www.wordnik.com/words/bavardage New World Myth: Postmodernism and Postcolonialism in ... ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

>. . . . chatting with the bouchère about tout et rien . . . . "Trish! You spoke French!" -- Gomez Addams.

Futz: ( verb ) to busy oneself pointlessly.

AnonySchmoose comments on May 23, 2019:

I've heard the word used in normal ways. However, it is another word which *can have* vulgar connotations, but which normally does not. Found out here: https://www.wordnik.com/words/futz

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

>can have vulgar connotations, but which normally does not. Give me a chance I can make the most innocent sounding words sound vulgar.

[newyorker.com]

1ROBROY2 comments on May 23, 2019:

This man is a complete and total idiot.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

Not complete idiot. I should tell you tales around the campfire about my late drinking buddy, Clyde d'Wonderfog sometime. Clyde once told he didn't need the required auto insurance to get a state issued car tag. "I'm not **planning** to have an accident," he explained. You haven't hung around enough dummies buying you drinks.

[newyorker.com]

glennlab comments on May 23, 2019:

It is getting harder and harder to tell satire from the real news.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

If your attention span allows you to get to the bottom of the story and see it says "This is satire" there should **no problem at all.**

Was it still in operation? [nationalgeographic.com]

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 23, 2019:

< raises eyebrow> You were expecting it to be pressed into service as a Windjammer cruise?

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

@Robecology You said "You were expecting it to be pressed into service as a Windjammer cruise?" The story was about a specific ship that had burned and **sank.** It was beyond repair to be converted into any ship. You'd wandered off the story cited in the link.

Do you believe that.....

AmiSue comments on May 23, 2019:

Of course not! I’m on this site to escape such nonsense.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

Welcome to a whole new class of nonsense.

It's the last day of school! Good vibes in the air getting ready for summer camp to start next ...

Petter comments on May 23, 2019:

Your American schools break up early. In Kenya the summer holiday starts in Mid July.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

@Petter I'm under the impression the US public school day is longer than European one. Although it varies by school district and grade level, a typical school day started at 7 a.m. and was over by 3:30 p.m., with a half hour break for lunch.

It's the last day of school! Good vibes in the air getting ready for summer camp to start next ...

Count_Viceroy comments on May 23, 2019:

Last day! The best day of the year!

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

My memory of the last day of public school was because all the paperwork had been done, all the tests had been given, etc., it was mostly sit around and get bored to tears.

It's the last day of school! Good vibes in the air getting ready for summer camp to start next ...

Petter comments on May 23, 2019:

Your American schools break up early. In Kenya the summer holiday starts in Mid July.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

@Petter Some American public schools break up school vacations into shorter blocks because children generally forget some of the stuff they learned during the previous year.

This meme was meant for our gran poopa @EricTrommator.

BestWithoutGods comments on May 23, 2019:

What a croc! :P

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

In bright lime green, they ought to be a hit.

EMS in the style of the Dukes of Hazard

Zoohome comments on May 23, 2019:

Funny but photoshopped

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

What tipped you off?

It's the last day of school! Good vibes in the air getting ready for summer camp to start next ...

Petter comments on May 23, 2019:

Your American schools break up early. In Kenya the summer holiday starts in Mid July.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

Popular American mythology says the three month summer school vacation was started so school children could assist their parents in the fields, doing things like keeping the fields weed free and ensuring a bountiful harvest. The **serious** reason was the landed class spent their summer in the mountains away from the heat and disease carrying mosquitoes. The children of the poor tended to drop out of school at an early age. Back in the 1930's, anyone who graduated from high school was an intellectual. Most people didn't get that far. Back then, a mild case of literacy and the working end of a shovel was enough job skills to raise a family. Kenya is a whole another country.

Was it still in operation? [nationalgeographic.com]

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 23, 2019:

< raises eyebrow> You were expecting it to be pressed into service as a Windjammer cruise?

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

@Robecology The ship ran the federal blockade with a load of slaves during the Civil War. That meant for the owners a big enough profit the ship was burned and sank in a river. Once found and identified, restoration was a moot point. Slave ships for the **crew** was it's own horror story. Most captains didn't survive three trips if the cargo didn't mutiny and kill the crew first. (Once that happened it was common for the new crew to drift in the middle of the ocean pondering technical questions of marine navigation and how to sail a square rigger). They packed the slaves in so tightly, that cleaning the ship's additional load of human waste was impossible. With little ventilation and unsanitary conditions, throwing about 30% of cargo overboard as corpses during the cruise was a daily chore. Add in tropical disease that killed a significant percentage of cargo and crew alike, one need not ask why slave ships were at the far end of the pier. If you had a bad reputation as a seaman, you always could serve on a slave ship. Many a crew member woke up at sea discovering what Shanghai meant.

If you won 50 million in Euros, Pounds or US Dollars how would you spend it?

Petter comments on May 23, 2019:

In pounds, I'd feel a lot richer than if it were in dollars. I suppose the first spending would be on the government, there's a 20% tax on all lottery winnings that are over a pittance here in Spain. I would then budget carefully to survive on the remaining 40 million!

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

Does the budget include nights out for the arm candy?

The US has the largest military force on this planet, in history - uncontestable military might.

Arouet comments on May 23, 2019:

A couple of supplementary factoids: The USA has never engaged in a defensive war. The USA has never single-handedly won a war since early in the 19th Century. Possible, though questionable exceptions: The USA defeated the CSA, without assistance, in 1865. The CSA fought (unsuccessfully) a ...

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

>The USA has never single-handedly won a war since early in the 19th Century. The major deal is American has military allies. Additionally we have defense treaties with them and assist them should invaders appear on their doorstep. It's what sovereign nations do. Why defeat your enemies without allies? If you're planning to beat up the neighborhood bully, bring your own gang of thugs to help out. Ergo, the old phrase "You and what army?" >Never in the history of human conflict has so much money been spent on so many weapons for so little good. Nothing important except the on going effort to rule the world via imperialism and puppet governments.

Just been looking at google maps and realised that from top to bottom of the UK is slightly less ...

bookofmorons comments on May 22, 2019:

By European standards most North American states and provinces are huge countries

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

@Petter >don't eat salad unless you have made it yourself Sanitary practices are optional in some countries. It's difficult for me to forget in *A People's Guide to Mexico* the meat markets came with x-rating, partly because the vendors batting off the flies. >I have NEVER had rocks thrown at me, Lucky you. One travel writer said in lieu of rocks, the kids threw dog dropping at him. Hey, an improvement from rocks. It should be noted he was traveling by hitchhiking. Another travel writer said that hotel owners frequent avoid hiring electricians and try home brew wiring, causing room fires in their wake. >wishes of Petunias or their equivalent are to be respected as commands It's more like traveling alone can get depressing. I'll be enjoying all the delights of travel and start thinking *"I ought to have somebody to share this with."*

Just been looking at google maps and realised that from top to bottom of the UK is slightly less ...

bookofmorons comments on May 22, 2019:

By European standards most North American states and provinces are huge countries

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

@Petter The source you cited says one of the conclusions of the the book is "Racial classification is shown to be a scientifically invalid concept." Just ask an Apache tribesman you happen to meet. ;-) The US State Department has a rather long winded travel advisor about Ethopia's civil unrest in the border regions. Overall they give it a level two caution alert but several regions hit levels three and four. US citizens are advised outside the country's capital the embassy won't lift a finger to help them. The United Nation's World Health Organization (WH0) recommends shots for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, typhoid, cholera, yellow fever, rabies, meningitis, polio, measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis), chickenpox, shingles, pneumonia and influenza. Additionally HIV and AIDS are common in the general population. I understand the Faranji Frenzy (shouting "YOU! You, you, you, you...) is becoming less common including children who throw rocks at tourists. Odds of convincing Petunia to accompany me are rather dim. She wants to visit Floyd, Virginia, next month instead.

jif·fle intransitive verb \ˈjifəl\ dialectal, England : to move restlessly : fidget Origin ...

TheDoubter comments on May 22, 2019:

new for me.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

@Marionville I'm making the irrational assumption you don't mean Norfolk, a waterfront city in southeastern Virginia instead of Norfolk, a county in East Anglia in England.

Just been looking at google maps and realised that from top to bottom of the UK is slightly less ...

bookofmorons comments on May 22, 2019:

By European standards most North American states and provinces are huge countries

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

@Petter Those are all West Africa. I come from East Africa. (As did your antecedents.) I'm a gringo from Dixie. When it comes to identifying people racially, I abandon hope after reading about how often the former South African government had to re-identify who was what. It's a repeating theme in racially organized governments. There's people who roll their eyes once they find out there's a group of Ethiopian Jews with gun metal colored hides the Israelis identify as one of their own. Except for Native Americas, the general agreement is American aboriginals arrived from Asia. The American tribal groups cross their arms, stare at you and insist they've **always** been here. Racial identification is too baffling for me. Umm...where is the east/west dividing line for Africa?

A few morning Woofs.

WonderWartHog99 comments on May 22, 2019:

Yea. Sure. I'm going for the double points as a pointless excuse.

WonderWartHog99 replies on May 23, 2019:

@JGal "In 1970 Disney announced in Variety that Song of the South had been “permanently” retired, but the studio eventually changed its mind and re-released the film in 1972, 1981, and again in 1986 for a fortieth anniversary celebration. Although the film has only been released to the home video market in various European and Asian countries, Disney’s reluctance to market it in the USA is not a reaction to an alleged threat by the NAACP to boycott Disney products. The NAACP fielded objections to Song of the South when it premiered, but it has no current position on the movie." -- https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/song-of-the-south/

Judge rules that banks can release Trump records. [cnbc.com]

St-Sinner comments on May 22, 2019:

Good news. I am happy. Trump can fight only for so long. What makes me happier is how much legal bills he is stacking up... lol