Indeed although it read More Esther and less Helen of Troy to me. Marco Rubio the man of a thousand faces… to launch a thousand ships (so he’s Sec Nav too?).
Honestly he does it better than the promotional stills of Lupita Nyong’o I’ve seen. It is not that she’s not a lovely woman, just that Helen is
A) a Hellenic woman of the 12th to 13th century BCE NOT a Sub Saharan beauty
B) In the stills they’ve somehow managed to suppress Ms. Nyong’o’s natural beauty (a challenge that)
C) Helen was so beautiful that Aphrodite herself (Goddess of love of all sorts) chose her as the most beautiful women on earth to bribe Paris for the golden apple. Go make a Solomon epic and make Ms Nyong’o the Queen of Sheba, that I might buy. Her as Helen, Nah Bro, not even close.
Even though I LOVE film, the number of actresses that would make a decent Helen is barely a handful, going to be hard to fill that role no matter who you are. Jennifer Connely in her Rocketeer days or Gal Gadot from Wonder Woman and Death on the Nile (although traditionally Helen is thought of as fair-haired), maybe Robin Wright in the Princess Buttercup days?). From the Golden era maybe Olivia DeHavilland of Captain Blood period. From 60’s/70’s Raquel Welch maybe. Clearly, I somehow have a thing mostly for dark haired beauties (in particular buxom ones). You can’t just be a sweet ingenue, you have to own the screen when you’re on it. I don’t feel like there are a lot of modern actresses that can do that AND make me buy she is the most beautiful woman in the world, enough to almost make Aphrodite jealous.
Morena & Gal are in their 40s, and and Jennifer is mid-50s, so a little long in the tooth to be playing dewey eyed princesses. Though Hollyweird can do wonders . . .
The one-way flight advertisement left out North Korea 🇰🇵. Though it’s possible even die hard lefties wouldn’t willingly subject themselves to that dumpster fire . . .
I saw an article about Hantavirus this week. I think it was the doctor who was on the infected cruise ship whining that “people are calm-mongering”.
I still see some younger people wearing face diapers. Not sure why, but a non-trivial amount of the “we’ll shop for you” workers at Fred Meyer (Kroger) are afflicted.
I had to take a test a few months back to assess my “spiritual gifts.” It seemed like half the questions were of the form, “Do you enjoy working with people to…” To which I responded, “I can stop you right there. It doesn’t matter how that sentence ends. No, no I don’t.”
Re: Cats (2019)
I honestly thought this was addressed to cats, explaining to them why it wasn’t such a bad thing that the year 2019 sucked. I had to read it twice before I remembered that they had made a movie of the musical Cats in 2019.
I now need to go get incredibly drunk so that I forget that unfortunate fact again.
Re: The archaeologist claiming the Israelites worshiped multiple deities
It always amuses me when archaeologists find evidence that the people that Bible said abandoned God and started to worship idols actually worshiped idols, and then they try to claim this as proof that the Bible is wrong.
Then, out of the other side of their mouth, they call the current Hebrew tribes there “colonialists” – when their own work shows that they lived there for thousands of years before the Arab tribes moved in.
I’ve mentioned before, I’m pretty well convinced Cats was Hollywood fantasizing abput Hillary wishcasting her way into replacing Trump as president. The way they cast Old Deuteronomy looks just like Hillary in a mane. And the core plot is that she’s been usurped from her rightful position so they will bring her back and defeat the great evil interloper through the power of wishes and interpretive dance.
I quit watching news decades ago, and with just two remaining original members, I no longer really trust The Who.
But, the Beatles also have just two remaining original members; they could tour with the remnant of The Who, wear owl costumes, and record as the Four Old Hootles. I’d trust them.
Oh, kitty? Copy this: Sierra Hotel Alpha Delta Delta Uniform Poppa!
The Home Depot one hits home right now. I’m in the middle of some yard and home projects at the moment, and no matter what, there’s always another trip.
You can add to those 3 Amendments the 1964 Civil Rights Act which was fanatically opposed by Democrats. They delayed the Senate vote for almost 2 months with one of the longest filibusters in history.
Been on the run most of the day, only now getting a chance to laugh at the memes. The Tarkin one was my favorite but there were many many funnies. Thank you.
According To Hoyt 
Nothing makes sense today. Need more coffee. May not make sense after coffee but I’ll be awake. 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉
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If it doesn’t, you can always go terrorize a village.
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Trouble is, at my age after all that coffee, I’d be terrorizing a village demanding to know where the bathroom is…
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I must say, Rubio rocks that outfit.
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Indeed although it read More Esther and less Helen of Troy to me. Marco Rubio the man of a thousand faces… to launch a thousand ships (so he’s Sec Nav too?).
Honestly he does it better than the promotional stills of Lupita Nyong’o I’ve seen. It is not that she’s not a lovely woman, just that Helen is
A) a Hellenic woman of the 12th to 13th century BCE NOT a Sub Saharan beauty
B) In the stills they’ve somehow managed to suppress Ms. Nyong’o’s natural beauty (a challenge that)
C) Helen was so beautiful that Aphrodite herself (Goddess of love of all sorts) chose her as the most beautiful women on earth to bribe Paris for the golden apple. Go make a Solomon epic and make Ms Nyong’o the Queen of Sheba, that I might buy. Her as Helen, Nah Bro, not even close.
Even though I LOVE film, the number of actresses that would make a decent Helen is barely a handful, going to be hard to fill that role no matter who you are. Jennifer Connely in her Rocketeer days or Gal Gadot from Wonder Woman and Death on the Nile (although traditionally Helen is thought of as fair-haired), maybe Robin Wright in the Princess Buttercup days?). From the Golden era maybe Olivia DeHavilland of Captain Blood period. From 60’s/70’s Raquel Welch maybe. Clearly, I somehow have a thing mostly for dark haired beauties (in particular buxom ones). You can’t just be a sweet ingenue, you have to own the screen when you’re on it. I don’t feel like there are a lot of modern actresses that can do that AND make me buy she is the most beautiful woman in the world, enough to almost make Aphrodite jealous.
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Dude. Sydney Sweeney. Boobs. ‘Nuff said.
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Morena Baccarin?
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Whoops.
Morena & Gal are in their 40s, and and Jennifer is mid-50s, so a little long in the tooth to be playing dewey eyed princesses. Though Hollyweird can do wonders . . .
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Blonde Barbara Eden in the 1960’s
Natalie Wood
Jayne Heitmeyer
Mathilda May
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Virna Lisi circa Italian Pride and Prejudice.
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The one-way flight advertisement left out North Korea 🇰🇵. Though it’s possible even die hard lefties wouldn’t willingly subject themselves to that dumpster fire . . .
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Pedantically speaking, there should be more words starting with “Mother” in the Pulp Fiction meme.
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“How do I know which meme is yours?”
“It’s the one that says ‘Bad Motherfucker’.”
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I am, in fact, wearing my Latin T-shirt that says, “I have no ducks, let alone in a row. I have squirrels, scattered everywhere.”
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“I have no ducks, let alone in a row. I have squirrels, scattered everywhere.”
Cats. Herds of cats, all playing tinfoil-ball soccer…
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“Meeeeeeeoooooooooooooooooooooooooowww!”
Cuban cat fútbol announcer.
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Not enough room to individually praise the ones I liked, so here’s a list of those I didn’t.
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Extra spicy memes today. Bravo!
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I saw an article about Hantavirus this week. I think it was the doctor who was on the infected cruise ship whining that “people are calm-mongering”.
I still see some younger people wearing face diapers. Not sure why, but a non-trivial amount of the “we’ll shop for you” workers at Fred Meyer (Kroger) are afflicted.
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You say you’re sick of racism, sexism, bigotry, patriarchy, white supremacy and oligarchy?
STOP HANGING OUT WITH DEMOCRATS!!
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Re: “Surround yourself with people…”
I had to take a test a few months back to assess my “spiritual gifts.” It seemed like half the questions were of the form, “Do you enjoy working with people to…” To which I responded, “I can stop you right there. It doesn’t matter how that sentence ends. No, no I don’t.”
Re: Cats (2019)
I honestly thought this was addressed to cats, explaining to them why it wasn’t such a bad thing that the year 2019 sucked. I had to read it twice before I remembered that they had made a movie of the musical Cats in 2019.
I now need to go get incredibly drunk so that I forget that unfortunate fact again.
Re: The archaeologist claiming the Israelites worshiped multiple deities
It always amuses me when archaeologists find evidence that the people that Bible said abandoned God and started to worship idols actually worshiped idols, and then they try to claim this as proof that the Bible is wrong.
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Then, out of the other side of their mouth, they call the current Hebrew tribes there “colonialists” – when their own work shows that they lived there for thousands of years before the Arab tribes moved in.
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At first I thought they were doing Cats as if it was a software update. It took awhile before the light dawned about the movie.
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I’ve mentioned before, I’m pretty well convinced Cats was Hollywood fantasizing abput Hillary wishcasting her way into replacing Trump as president. The way they cast Old Deuteronomy looks just like Hillary in a mane. And the core plot is that she’s been usurped from her rightful position so they will bring her back and defeat the great evil interloper through the power of wishes and interpretive dance.
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Why are you gyrating* like that?
It’s interpretive dance. I have an MFA in the subject.
What are you interpreting, the passing of a kidney stone from the stone’s perspective?
*Autocorrupt initially had that as ‘hurting’, which might also be somewhat apropos.
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Best meme of the day is the ouija board. “Let’s keep in touch…” BWAhahahaha!!!!
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I used to watch the news and trust The Who.
I quit watching news decades ago, and with just two remaining original members, I no longer really trust The Who.
But, the Beatles also have just two remaining original members; they could tour with the remnant of The Who, wear owl costumes, and record as the Four Old Hootles. I’d trust them.
Oh, kitty? Copy this: Sierra Hotel Alpha Delta Delta Uniform Poppa!
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I feel like there should be a Brer Fox/Brer Bear mention in there somewhere about the bees.
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Then why do cats bring us sacrifices? 🤣
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The Home Depot one hits home right now. I’m in the middle of some yard and home projects at the moment, and no matter what, there’s always another trip.
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You can add to those 3 Amendments the 1964 Civil Rights Act which was fanatically opposed by Democrats. They delayed the Senate vote for almost 2 months with one of the longest filibusters in history.
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Been on the run most of the day, only now getting a chance to laugh at the memes. The Tarkin one was my favorite but there were many many funnies. Thank you.
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