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from the britcom Fawlty Towers:

Polly: "Which part is puffed up?"Basil (whispering) "Her eyes."Polly: "What?"Basil: "Eyesssss."Polly (to nurse) "Her thighs"Nurse "THIGHS?????!!!!!"

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This is another matter to put before THE U.N.. The fossils need to face the music for demonizing any efforts to move off of their poisoned tits. They know exactly what they've done and why. It's a crime against humanity.

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I'm doing that now, Z. I might bump it up to twice a week soon. It helps that vegetarian food is tastier than it was 20 years ago.

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When Donald trump hears "global warming," he thinks, "Chinese hoax." When I hear "global warming," I think, "jobs."

-- Joe Biden

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At my old job, they took you out for your birthday. I'm vegetarian and chose a place that only served vegetarian food. You would have thought I'd taken them to be poisoned by some of their reactions. I'm not the type of vegetarian who screams at people that "meat is murder"; people's food choices are their own. I made this choice because it was relatively easy for me--I've never really liked the taste or texture of most meat, and the place I picked cooks fabulous food. But it never occurred to me that there were people who thought meat was a necessity at every. single. meal. Like, you really can't eat ONE lousy meal this year that doesn't have meat in it?

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I have to measure and spread out my protein intake for medical reasons. So I am a little more aware of my intake. But the average steakhouse steak is the meat portion for four people in a lot of countries. In a lot of those countries, meat is almost a garnish (like the thin slices of pork belly in a bowl of ramen). In Korea, rice is still the center of the meal and everything else is eaten with rice.

And whenever anyone says vegetarian food is bland and boring, I remind them that a sizeable portion of India is vegetarian. And who has eaten Indian food and thought, "Well, this is flavourless."

As an aside, I was giving a friend (non practising Jew) a ride home and saw an ad for breakfast bagels (this was a long time ago). Riki laughed at "your choice of ham, bacon, or sausage". I wonder if any chain even sells a vegetarian breakfast or you just end up having to subtract meat from everything.

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Go vegan! For your waistline, your wallet, and the world!

And if you can't/won't, read and heed Zyxomma's lovely comment, above. :-)

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Grillers! FTW! They're yummy. Enjoy! :-)

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Best. TV. Comedy. EVER.

Fight me.

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Breaking on@MSNBC: The Supreme Court will NOT expedite a Republican request to stop an extended deadline in Pennsylvania for receiving mail-in ballots. The decision was 5-3. Justice Barrett did not participate in the case.

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all we ever see is clouds and I live at the bottom of a west facing mountainside. Henderson has probably gotten some rain in the meantima, as has the west side of the Valley but here? clouds, 20% humidity for a hot second, and that's it.

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Basil thrashing his Mini, full stop.

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I had to downvote this because it's not true. This story is about one of his fanbois bullshit rally last year where there wasn't any turnout because the organizers couldn't pay for it.

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What I love best about this is that my real name is Polly. No joke. Seriously, who is named that? Me. Because my mom's name was Genevieve, and it was hard to spell.

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Yeah, it kinda is. And "kinda" is WAY too close for comfort. We need massive change.

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... and I think "mass deaths". .

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