Once upon a time, one of my students came to class wearing a "Cocks" cap. He was sort of an asshole, hated by most of the rest of the class, who seemed proud of the sly semi-obscenity he was getting away with. At some point, he had the poor judgment to leave his hat unattended. One of the other kids asked me for a piece of masking tape, which he knew I had in my desk drawer. A few minutes later, unbeknownst to me, that hat had been augmented with the tape upon which was written "ucker."
i believe the ucum merch is in reference to the connecticut-massachusetts rivalry in college gridiron football. it's known affectionately as the cum bowl.
I really believe that college students will spend an inordinate amount of time coming up with endless vulgar school slogans to put on t-shirts, hats, etc.
Apparently, the best Penn State students could come up with back when their rivals were the University of Pittsburgh was buttons that read SHIT ON PITT. Which once offended former longtime football coach Joe Paterno so much that he refused to answer questions from a student reporter that was wearing one.
The grocery stores in my area ( at least 2 unrelated ones that I know of ) have *finally* started putting up displays for Thanksgiving. I was really starting to worry that they were going to leave it too late this year.
I'm mulling over putting up the Halloween inflatables now rather than finding a place for them in the current garage purge. This year I want to add the Easter dinosaur inflatable, the Valentine's Day kitty inflatable, and the turkey inflatable to the array just to jazz it up. The Xmas dinosaur inflatable is down with a bum motor, but if I fix it he'll join the array. Every year we give out shitloads of full size candy bars and Halloween pokemon cards and it is a BLAST.
There is a house in my neighborhood that has had skeletons of varying sizes, some enormous, up all year. They're mostly in dancing poses. They also have a huge rainbow flag on their roof. That house cheers me up every day on my way to work! Good job!
One yard in my neighborhood has some Halloween displays up.
The candy aisle at the CVS is of course wholly given over to Halloween candy by now. Surely if I bought 10 pounds of candy now there's no chance I'd snack on it before Oct 31?
Tonight in the OT Chat, I plan on live-giffing the debate. That may be a thing I just created. I have a number of VP Harris gifs and will be dropping them in the Chat to match whatever is happening in the debate. Maybe a couple of Dump gifs where he is shown as his true ridiculous self.
I won't be able to watch live because it starts at 3 am my time, but I am going to predict that Trump will not say anything as explicitly racist as he'd like, but he will say something as explicitly sexist as he'd like- because he knows that the latter will be less likely to get outright condemnation in the press.
Ya know what, I was actually up at 2:50 a.m. (had to pee) and considered heading downstairs to watch. I actually stopped before I got back into bed to decide (if my husband had been awake, he'd have wondered if I was re-enacting parts of "Paranormal Activity") but decided I'd come back to Wonkette this morning and enjoy it with my coffee.
From your lips to gods' ears. I want them to pay a price for screwing North Carolina's ballot schedule. The state really ought to sue RFKjr to pay them for the money necessary to make new ballots.
Topic adjacent: the price of gas keeps dropping in Upstate SC. Inpeach the "president" who is just hanging out with basketball players, instead whatever the hell we, the magas and the legacy media, think he should be doing!
Hey! Do. you need a CripDyke to read? Have a CripDyke on Pervert Justice, but only on the condition that you do not tell Rebecca that I am advertising my other thing on her thing as if that's a thing that one might ethically thing.
Truth be told, when I was first thinking of starting up a Substack -- before I ever became a freelancer -- Trix encouraged me to do so. And then when I thought about turning on paid subscriptions (as an option -- except a couple of fiction pieces everything is free) I felt really weird about accepting money, and I wrote Rebecca about it, and even though she didn't have to talk to me (this was still before freelancing for her) she took the time to talk me through things and was, again, very encouraging. I even expressed fear that I might siphon off some small amount of support from Wonkette. She totally blew that off as not a concern, and then became one of my first 2 paid subscribers.
The above was intended to be for joking purposes only. I do not mean to imply that Rebecca has ever been anything other than massively supportive, even when she didn't have to be.
I was pretty sure you were joking, but I also just wanted to throw some sparkly thoughts your way. I enjoy your writing very much, and you should be more than comfortable with people showing their appreciation via filthy lucre.
I think of the time on West Wing when one of the staffers (Josh?) started a fire in a fireplace not realizing that the chimney had been plugged up for decades. It became a major disaster because fire alarms were set off and it was just this little thing in the fire place, but all of a sudden it was like someone had set off a nuke on the grounds.
Ta, Evan. Now I understand the Cocks caps we saw in NC during our honeymoon vacation.
Once upon a time, one of my students came to class wearing a "Cocks" cap. He was sort of an asshole, hated by most of the rest of the class, who seemed proud of the sly semi-obscenity he was getting away with. At some point, he had the poor judgment to leave his hat unattended. One of the other kids asked me for a piece of masking tape, which he knew I had in my desk drawer. A few minutes later, unbeknownst to me, that hat had been augmented with the tape upon which was written "ucker."
i believe the ucum merch is in reference to the connecticut-massachusetts rivalry in college gridiron football. it's known affectionately as the cum bowl.
Joe Biden . . . class act!
I believe there are still t-shirts for the University of Southern California that say, in their rivals’ script, “FUCLA”
I really believe that college students will spend an inordinate amount of time coming up with endless vulgar school slogans to put on t-shirts, hats, etc.
Apparently, the best Penn State students could come up with back when their rivals were the University of Pittsburgh was buttons that read SHIT ON PITT. Which once offended former longtime football coach Joe Paterno so much that he refused to answer questions from a student reporter that was wearing one.
OT Swallwell roasts Jordan for posting a fake picture of PAB with a duck
https://www.rawstory.com/jim-jordan-2669159592/
I like how "Aliens eating ducks" can misconstrued into Weekly World News headlines.
Why a duck?
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Swalwell is just brutal on the rhetoric. Love this new kind of Democrat.
Starfleet Command visits with Democrats on Star Trek Day ! 🖖
https://youtu.be/o4AjTmyJNmo?si=UDh7D_JJaLy9733b
Joe has such a lovely genuine smile.
He's a really kind guy and it shows.
Good news!
The grocery stores in my area ( at least 2 unrelated ones that I know of ) have *finally* started putting up displays for Thanksgiving. I was really starting to worry that they were going to leave it too late this year.
I'm mulling over putting up the Halloween inflatables now rather than finding a place for them in the current garage purge. This year I want to add the Easter dinosaur inflatable, the Valentine's Day kitty inflatable, and the turkey inflatable to the array just to jazz it up. The Xmas dinosaur inflatable is down with a bum motor, but if I fix it he'll join the array. Every year we give out shitloads of full size candy bars and Halloween pokemon cards and it is a BLAST.
Can you just e-mail me candy?
( Not tech savvy... Beam me up, Scotty)
I don't even do Halloween, and I want to trick-or-treat at your house!
There is a house in my neighborhood that has had skeletons of varying sizes, some enormous, up all year. They're mostly in dancing poses. They also have a huge rainbow flag on their roof. That house cheers me up every day on my way to work! Good job!
Yep, my neighbor's display gets more varied every year. This year they added kitty skeletons to their lawn.
What a coincidence - I have a rainbow flag too!
No Super Bowl yet ?
One yard in my neighborhood has some Halloween displays up.
The candy aisle at the CVS is of course wholly given over to Halloween candy by now. Surely if I bought 10 pounds of candy now there's no chance I'd snack on it before Oct 31?
Tonight in the OT Chat, I plan on live-giffing the debate. That may be a thing I just created. I have a number of VP Harris gifs and will be dropping them in the Chat to match whatever is happening in the debate. Maybe a couple of Dump gifs where he is shown as his true ridiculous self.
I won't be able to watch live because it starts at 3 am my time, but I am going to predict that Trump will not say anything as explicitly racist as he'd like, but he will say something as explicitly sexist as he'd like- because he knows that the latter will be less likely to get outright condemnation in the press.
Ya know what, I was actually up at 2:50 a.m. (had to pee) and considered heading downstairs to watch. I actually stopped before I got back into bed to decide (if my husband had been awake, he'd have wondered if I was re-enacting parts of "Paranormal Activity") but decided I'd come back to Wonkette this morning and enjoy it with my coffee.
Eh, they'll say some bullshit like, "Trump harks back to William McKinley in his debate speech".
I still hate they're calling it a "debate". It isn't.
I think the proper term will be "ass-whuppin'"
I tend to agree that he might understand that things got real.
Whether he can control his addled mind, is another question.
Poll has Harris up +3 in North Carolina but NYT has her down nationally?
From your lips to gods' ears. I want them to pay a price for screwing North Carolina's ballot schedule. The state really ought to sue RFKjr to pay them for the money necessary to make new ballots.
The better she does, the harder they deny it.
That NYTimes poll is BS
Why tonight’s debate isn’t Trump vs Harris, it’s Biden vs Gabbard. - David Brooks
Why is Babblin' Brooks?
David Brooks needs to be ______ __ ___ ___ ! (with votes of course)
Why David Brooks needs to stick his head in a bucket of excrement and rotate rapidly. - Philip McCracken
Topic adjacent: the price of gas keeps dropping in Upstate SC. Inpeach the "president" who is just hanging out with basketball players, instead whatever the hell we, the magas and the legacy media, think he should be doing!
My area's still over $4 but it has dropped some. I can't remember the last time it was under 4.
Under $3 when I filled up my Prius on Sunday.
Gas near my house was $2.99 last night. It was $3.19 this morning.
Guess we knew the gas companies wouldn’t let those prices stay under 3 before the election
The company will raise the price, then let it slide back down a cent or two a day for the next two weeks - then hike them again.
Midwest stations do that. Goes up like 40 cents overnight then drops back down around half that then back up again.
I'm convinced that they've hooked up the pricing to the spot market and we are just seen the price swings in real time.
And it's pretty widespread down here, the bastards.
Thanks, Obama.
He is such a mensch.
Hey! Do. you need a CripDyke to read? Have a CripDyke on Pervert Justice, but only on the condition that you do not tell Rebecca that I am advertising my other thing on her thing as if that's a thing that one might ethically thing.
https://pervertjustice.substack.com/p/hrc-and-the-fight-for-gender-justice
Well considering Evan swooped into Doc's Tabs this morning...
(I know, you're a freelancer not FT but still!)
Don't worry, it's all in good fun.
Truth be told, when I was first thinking of starting up a Substack -- before I ever became a freelancer -- Trix encouraged me to do so. And then when I thought about turning on paid subscriptions (as an option -- except a couple of fiction pieces everything is free) I felt really weird about accepting money, and I wrote Rebecca about it, and even though she didn't have to talk to me (this was still before freelancing for her) she took the time to talk me through things and was, again, very encouraging. I even expressed fear that I might siphon off some small amount of support from Wonkette. She totally blew that off as not a concern, and then became one of my first 2 paid subscribers.
The above was intended to be for joking purposes only. I do not mean to imply that Rebecca has ever been anything other than massively supportive, even when she didn't have to be.
Ah the limitations of the 'net.
I was pretty sure you were joking, but I also just wanted to throw some sparkly thoughts your way. I enjoy your writing very much, and you should be more than comfortable with people showing their appreciation via filthy lucre.
Same - but I'm an olde.
Good thought! Wish I'd thought enough to clarify it!
Merely a diversion of dynamic discussion.
No piles of cold hamburders?
I still can't help wondering how long it took White House environmental services staff to get the grease burger stench out of that room.
I think of the time on West Wing when one of the staffers (Josh?) started a fire in a fireplace not realizing that the chimney had been plugged up for decades. It became a major disaster because fire alarms were set off and it was just this little thing in the fire place, but all of a sudden it was like someone had set off a nuke on the grounds.
Response should have been on par with that.