Long ago a friend and I took a student break (a week low-budget vacation) around Lake Superior. Supper at a little cafe in Wawa, Ontario. The US/Canadian exchange rate was higher by some odd % amount. I paid in a mix of US and Canadian bills and coins. The waitress looked at it and said “OMG”. I told her that when she finally figured the exchange out to keep the excess as a tip.
Liked the one with Baron leaning over dad with the comment “Tell AI to make you the pope and post it. Every lib will suddenly become pro catholic. Trust me.” Priceless!
The Alcatraz memes in the link were good too.
“Blond girls have started telling Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez Jokes.”
My beloved commented that all the Pope memes on his Facebook page have been positive (this is not normal). Showed him the Blues Brothers . He laughed. “That’s exactly what I mean!”
This may change over time, but it’s sure nice now.
“In this house we believe The news is propoganda The state is organized crime Taxation is theft Socialism is the gospel of envy All gun laws are an infringement Liberty is Everything”
Seen on the shelf at the local foodbox store. Picked up a jar of pasta sauce. Underneath, a little black sticker. In the style of BLM: TAXATION -is- THEFT.
Said to myself, “self, my people were here.” I approve.
On the Australian one: that’s not how you throw a boomerang. Hold it up with the tip pointing forward, throw it with a good flip of the wrist, and it will come back.
Years ago I was at a conference and ran into a boomerang guy. Told him I have one (souvenir, from a colleague). He offered to give me some intro lessons, with the boomerangs he had in his suitcase. Yes, he always took a couple on his business trips.
He also told me the term for a boomerang-shaped object that doesn’t come back to you: an “aerobic stick”.
It’s only a lie if one is comparing the cost of loading a few boxes, or the cost of purchasing the cheapest junk ammo on the market. To get a load that works best in YOUR firearm, handloading is almost always the best.
My dad hand loaded his ammo. He wanted our son to have the gear. When we went to get it, it had…disappeared. Oh, no! Someone must have broken into the garage and stolen it!
My bet is my brother’s “roommate,” at the time. Especially since he was eventually arrested for storing stolen appliances in the main garage.
Dad loaded ammo for everyone: family, extended family.
Mom traded the equipment for extensive yard work 18 years ago. Long story. Wish we’d taken it, even if we weren’t going to load ammo for the next 20 years. Oh well, suspect son will get BIL’s setup eventually, if he wants it. Currently BIL is reloading. We also buy a lot of ammo for practice.
Reusing brass does bring down the cost. If all the components have to be purchased, if all parts are available (primers have particularly difficult off and on), and time to load isn’t counted, then very slightly less. For BIL reloading is about the only thing he can do currently after his near death experience last year. Hasn’t gotten his strength back and probably won’t. And hard won to be able to do this one activity.
The one advantage is the ability to load exactly the way you want it loaded. As we learned with a lot of dad’s revolver loads. No wonder uncle was able to take down a black bear menacing uncle over a deer (uncle was dressing out the deer, and bear was not bluffing. If bear had gotten to it first, uncle would have swore a lot, but let bear have it). Dad was loading for bear.
The proper response is to laugh and laugh and laugh. Democrats do you remember the Movie ‘Some Like it Hot?(Tony Curtis, Jack Lemon, Marylin Monroe, or how about Milton Berle, he damn near made a career out of wearing a dress, well that and stealing other peoples jokes. We don’t care, we just want you to leave our children alone, if you want to rape and enslave children I suggest you go to communist country, or somewhere else. Your reign of terror will end, if you’re lucky it won’t be at the end of a rope.
I dunno, I kind of liked the one where dwarves have Aussie accents (They drink a lot and a re combative! Some of them live in holes in the ground where they pull gems out of the walls!).
I like the one I saw years ago where orcs were like Southern Rednecks. Kludge together war machines from rough cut logs and fling things from them? Check. Eat anything? Check. Charge into a fight yelling at the top of their lungs? Double check.
Plus, as a redneck myself, sometimes the orcs just seem to have more fun.
It’s time someone told the truth, Conservatives don’t give a Damn whether you were a dress or not, Victor Victoria anyone? The point being Alex Karis cannot play sports with Julie Andrews in any fair setting. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. Now, the solution is simple, we conservatives are all about freedom, So to comply with title nine, all colleges and high schools must set up equal conferences for All Recognized Sexes. I would recommend you keep the number reasonable, but its your f**king bank account. Let’s see how fast the Waspy Nazi League (ivy) Changes their tune when they have to spend their own money.
Freedom for everyone other than the bankers and finance departments. I seriously mean it, the answer is always more freedom, not less. That also means the Freedom to ignore your ignorant lying ass. There is no guarantee to be listened too, there is no guarantee to be agreed with. And there certainly is no right to infringe on the rights of others because your feelings are hurt. Grow the hell up and stop being the ugly little children they want as their slaves.
The “spooky things” one brings to mind “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I am the meanest son of a bitch in the valley.”
Having just finished with the annual Tax Hell, I agree.
The power to tax, once granted, will be expanded without limit until taxes consume everything. Every transaction will cost more than it’s worth, every business will be destroyed. And the taxers will stare at the ruins of a once thriving economy in shock and ask, “What happened?”
Apropos of nothing, the new “Viking Berry” flavor of Monster Juice Drink is made out of cherry, blackcurrant, blackberry, and bilberry juice. And a lot of sugar (but also some sucralose, boo) and 180 mg of caffeine.
It’s delicious chilled. I’m pretty sure it’s also delicious at room temperature. It’s probably not healthy for you, but it tastes awesome. And the can art is nice.
But it’s a seasonal flavor, so grab it while you can.
Also apple juice concentrate. I missed it because it was right next to “carbonated water, sugar, glucose”.
The label says it’s only 5% juice, but the trick is that all the juices are concentrates. So the carbonated water is being used to reconstitute the juices. Normally juices are reconstituted with four parts water to one part concentrate. This is probably more like eight or nine parts water to one part concentrate, with the rest being sugar and other Monster additives.
Most of the Juice Monster flavors are okay. The more sugar they have, the less chemical they taste. I also like Java Monster, because it’s basically coffee or milk coffee in a can. (No carbonation.)
According To Hoyt 
What I’m first?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Like the Trump logo: doubt he’ll use it.
LikeLike
Echo, echo, echo…
LikeLiked by 1 person
…ohce ,ohce ,ohcE
LikeLiked by 1 person
Regarding Israel, it was an explosive but mostly peaceful protest. There might be more of that to come.
LikeLiked by 1 person
A Canadian visits United States…
… and gets held at gunpoint by a stranger.
The stranger says, “give me all your money and I’ll let you live!”
The Canadian replies, “I’m from Canada.”
The stranger lowers his gun. “Damn. You’re worse off than I am buddy. Here’s $20 bucks.”
LikeLike
Long ago a friend and I took a student break (a week low-budget vacation) around Lake Superior. Supper at a little cafe in Wawa, Ontario. The US/Canadian exchange rate was higher by some odd % amount. I paid in a mix of US and Canadian bills and coins. The waitress looked at it and said “OMG”. I told her that when she finally figured the exchange out to keep the excess as a tip.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Here’s a worthy meme:
https://is.gd/SmBha8
LikeLike
link doesn’t work
LikeLike
Adblocker or tracking-link blocker probably prevented it; here’s the original link without an ad in between:
LikeLike
Aye, PowerLine actively thwarts “hot” links to image.
LikeLike
Looks like the Powerline blog won’t allow hotlinking their images, so here’s a link to the post:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/05/the-week-in-pictures-escape-from-alcatraz-edition.php
Scroll down for the meme in question; it’s the “Da Pope” meme.
LikeLike
The WP e-mail with your “not showing linked images” reply showed the image just fine.
WPDE. With fire. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
LikeLiked by 1 person
That 5th meme, with MaligNancy, Schumer and Schiff-head in the boat to Alcatraz — it should be a rowboat, with them chained to the oars. :-P
LikeLike
Right?
Only one meme being linked?
Liked the one with Baron leaning over dad with the comment “Tell AI to make you the pope and post it. Every lib will suddenly become pro catholic. Trust me.” Priceless!
The Alcatraz memes in the link were good too.
“Blond girls have started telling Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez Jokes.”
LikeLiked by 1 person
The link worked for me. Might have something to do with my ad & the ematrix blocker.
LikeLike
My beloved commented that all the Pope memes on his Facebook page have been positive (this is not normal). Showed him the Blues Brothers . He laughed. “That’s exactly what I mean!”
This may change over time, but it’s sure nice now.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thr masks on the kids serve at least two purposes. One, to “stop tr spread. Two, to keep the little $%#@ from saying anything.
LikeLiked by 1 person
LikeLike
LikeLike
Friday Meme Thing – Granite Grok
LikeLike
A sign I can get behind!
(JIC WP blanks it out …)
“In this house we believe
The news is propoganda
The state is organized crime
Taxation is theft
Socialism is the gospel of envy
All gun laws are an infringement
Liberty is Everything”
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hmmm. I wonder how much a gross would cost me at the local sign printer?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Seen on the shelf at the local foodbox store. Picked up a jar of pasta sauce. Underneath, a little black sticker. In the style of BLM: TAXATION -is- THEFT.
Said to myself, “self, my people were here.” I approve.
LikeLiked by 1 person
THIS.
LikeLike
All I know is that the corrugated plastic is obscenely expensive.
LikeLike
c4c
LikeLike
The ADHD one hits a little too close to home. ~:D
LikeLiked by 1 person
Gaza: where a bomb accidentally hits a hospital and it’s the secondary explosions that actually destroy the building and kill everybody.
And the fake news condemns Israel.
LikeLike
On the Australian one: that’s not how you throw a boomerang. Hold it up with the tip pointing forward, throw it with a good flip of the wrist, and it will come back.
Years ago I was at a conference and ran into a boomerang guy. Told him I have one (souvenir, from a colleague). He offered to give me some intro lessons, with the boomerangs he had in his suitcase. Yes, he always took a couple on his business trips.
He also told me the term for a boomerang-shaped object that doesn’t come back to you: an “aerobic stick”.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Q: What do Australians call a boomerang that doesn’t return?
A: A stick. :-D
LikeLike
SFBS!
LikeLike
Lvl 1000 lie:
It’s only a lie if one is comparing the cost of loading a few boxes, or the cost of purchasing the cheapest junk ammo on the market. To get a load that works best in YOUR firearm, handloading is almost always the best.
LikeLike
My dad hand loaded his ammo. He wanted our son to have the gear. When we went to get it, it had…disappeared. Oh, no! Someone must have broken into the garage and stolen it!
My bet is my brother’s “roommate,” at the time. Especially since he was eventually arrested for storing stolen appliances in the main garage.
I really need to let this crap go. It hurts.
LikeLike
Dad loaded ammo for everyone: family, extended family.
Mom traded the equipment for extensive yard work 18 years ago. Long story. Wish we’d taken it, even if we weren’t going to load ammo for the next 20 years. Oh well, suspect son will get BIL’s setup eventually, if he wants it. Currently BIL is reloading. We also buy a lot of ammo for practice.
Reusing brass does bring down the cost. If all the components have to be purchased, if all parts are available (primers have particularly difficult off and on), and time to load isn’t counted, then very slightly less. For BIL reloading is about the only thing he can do currently after his near death experience last year. Hasn’t gotten his strength back and probably won’t. And hard won to be able to do this one activity.
The one advantage is the ability to load exactly the way you want it loaded. As we learned with a lot of dad’s revolver loads. No wonder uncle was able to take down a black bear menacing uncle over a deer (uncle was dressing out the deer, and bear was not bluffing. If bear had gotten to it first, uncle would have swore a lot, but let bear have it). Dad was loading for bear.
LikeLike
LikeLike
The proper response is to laugh and laugh and laugh. Democrats do you remember the Movie ‘Some Like it Hot?(Tony Curtis, Jack Lemon, Marylin Monroe, or how about Milton Berle, he damn near made a career out of wearing a dress, well that and stealing other peoples jokes. We don’t care, we just want you to leave our children alone, if you want to rape and enslave children I suggest you go to communist country, or somewhere else. Your reign of terror will end, if you’re lucky it won’t be at the end of a rope.
LikeLike
Whole lotta children vanish from orphanages in communist countries. Most are never seen again. Not even the bodies.
So, looks like some of them are already taking your advice.
LikeLiked by 1 person
“It’s 108 miles to Vatican City. We’ve got a full tank of gas and half a bottle of communion wine. It’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses.”
“Hit it!”
LikeLiked by 1 person
I dunno, I kind of liked the one where dwarves have Aussie accents (They drink a lot and a re combative! Some of them live in holes in the ground where they pull gems out of the walls!).
Drow should have terrible French accents.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Or possibly Russian. The one where someone decided that drow are Russian was pretty good too.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I like the one I saw years ago where orcs were like Southern Rednecks. Kludge together war machines from rough cut logs and fling things from them? Check. Eat anything? Check. Charge into a fight yelling at the top of their lungs? Double check.
Plus, as a redneck myself, sometimes the orcs just seem to have more fun.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Have you read Moe Lane’s Fermi Resolution books? There are orcs in Texas.
LikeLike
What about satyrs & fauns? Cockney accents, Irish, or Scots?
LikeLike
South Dublin.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’ll have to look that one up.
🧐🇨🇮
LikeLike
What is with Heinlein’s shirt? Some kind of Japanese story illustration turned into a shirt fabric?
LikeLike
It’s time someone told the truth, Conservatives don’t give a Damn whether you were a dress or not, Victor Victoria anyone? The point being Alex Karis cannot play sports with Julie Andrews in any fair setting. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. Now, the solution is simple, we conservatives are all about freedom, So to comply with title nine, all colleges and high schools must set up equal conferences for All Recognized Sexes. I would recommend you keep the number reasonable, but its your f**king bank account. Let’s see how fast the Waspy Nazi League (ivy) Changes their tune when they have to spend their own money.
Freedom for everyone other than the bankers and finance departments. I seriously mean it, the answer is always more freedom, not less. That also means the Freedom to ignore your ignorant lying ass. There is no guarantee to be listened too, there is no guarantee to be agreed with. And there certainly is no right to infringe on the rights of others because your feelings are hurt. Grow the hell up and stop being the ugly little children they want as their slaves.
LikeLike
Happy Mother’s Day to all.
LikeLike
The “spooky things” one brings to mind “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I am the meanest son of a bitch in the valley.”
LikeLiked by 1 person
It brings to mind, for me, the sister’s caution in Tunnel in the Sky. You want to remember that there can be things spookier than you.
LikeLike
I have 4 little hands
folded snuggly and tight
my wings aren’t grown in
but my fangs work just right.
During all the long hours
till night-time is through,
you’ll never see me
till I come after you.
(Sung to the tune of “I have 2 little hands”, and my sister freaked when I taught this to her kids.)
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’d go a bit further: “Personal Income Tax is Slavery”.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Having just finished with the annual Tax Hell, I agree.
The power to tax, once granted, will be expanded without limit until taxes consume everything. Every transaction will cost more than it’s worth, every business will be destroyed. And the taxers will stare at the ruins of a once thriving economy in shock and ask, “What happened?”
LikeLiked by 1 person
LikeLike
Apropos of nothing, the new “Viking Berry” flavor of Monster Juice Drink is made out of cherry, blackcurrant, blackberry, and bilberry juice. And a lot of sugar (but also some sucralose, boo) and 180 mg of caffeine.
It’s delicious chilled. I’m pretty sure it’s also delicious at room temperature. It’s probably not healthy for you, but it tastes awesome. And the can art is nice.
But it’s a seasonal flavor, so grab it while you can.
LikeLike
Also apple juice concentrate. I missed it because it was right next to “carbonated water, sugar, glucose”.
The label says it’s only 5% juice, but the trick is that all the juices are concentrates. So the carbonated water is being used to reconstitute the juices. Normally juices are reconstituted with four parts water to one part concentrate. This is probably more like eight or nine parts water to one part concentrate, with the rest being sugar and other Monster additives.
Most of the Juice Monster flavors are okay. The more sugar they have, the less chemical they taste. I also like Java Monster, because it’s basically coffee or milk coffee in a can. (No carbonation.)
LikeLike