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Mr. Mole, Mrs. Mole and Baby Mole were scurrying along one of their narrow tunnels, all in a line. At the back, Baby Mole squeaked "I can smell maple syrup!" Mrs. Mole looked back and said "no you can't, be quiet". They scurried some more, and Baby Mole said "I can still smell maple syrup", again ...

Well, today I learnt a new (for me) term: Empire seams are horizontal seams that join the bodice and the skirt parts of a dress – typically placed right underneath the bust. And the thing is – empire seams need to be placed precisely underneath the bust to look right! https://www.mariadenmark.com/202 ...

For non-USAians: how good do you expect those moderators to be? Will it degenerate into a Vance nut-fest? Or will it remain civilized and coherent?

Oh dear, I'm imagining a lost volume of Quietly Flows The Old Don where The Orange One explains his great plan: … and I met the head man at the Department of Water in Canada, and he said to me, "Mr. President" … very respectful these Canadanians are, dummy-crats could learn a lot from them, he said " ...

I don't mean to brag, but at a time when he can't even get ten thousand people to show up for his rallies ... ... more than one hundred and ten thousand people will be there in person, yelling their fool heads off, to watch my football team playing Michigan, at 3:30 pm Eastern today. 110,000 ...

:snippity: Trump selling his shares is one thing that could make that happen. :o Trump sell his shares? No, surely this master schemer, this titan of business, this economic genius (top of his class at Wharton!) will secretly welcome the low price because it means he can buy mountains of the stock ...

‘ Apprentice’ Producers Recall Particular Set ‘Stench’ They Just Couldn’t Shake Off The potential set for “The Apprentice” just didn’t pass the smell test . I was disappointed when the hashtag #TrumpSmells evaporated after a brief outbreak of joyous twittering. More #TrumpSmells is always good to re ...

As one who had her own personal state trooper assigned to sit with her in the 4th grade due to threats against our family, I can assure you, it did not make me feel safer. It probably made my parents feel better though. At least until the Molotov cocktail was thrown into our front yard. Oh wow! An ...

Donnie hates Taylor Swift. What does Donnie say when one of the extremist groups endorses him? Indeed. Old Don hasn't yet said that Swifties include many fine people. Nope, he want's to annoy them all. The Trumpist demographic is now firmly white and elderly, even young white folk are excluded.

UC Berkeley chemists discover new way to break down common plastics :snippity: My knowledge of chemistry is very limited, but I have been disappointed that there has been relatively little progress on the plastics recycling front in the last decade or two, either by chemical or biochemical means ...

Another win for artists protecting their work: The BBC reports Trump loses Electric Avenue song legal fight From the 2020 election - Former US President Donald Trump has been found liable to pay damages to London singer and songwriter Eddy Grant for using his song Electric Avenue without permission ...

a restaurant called Los Perros? Un poco sospechoso, ¿sí? Are the owners trying to tell us something? Do they own another restaurant called Los Gatos?

Ouch! I think Kennedy's brain-eating worm nibbled at my cerebral cortex, I felt a tiny bit Trumpist for un momentito!

But nobody can fix Trump except Laura Loomer. So I'm a little less frightened. :confuzzled: I cannot find a meaning for the word "fix" that is compatible with this sentence, knowing that it comes from a wise mind (points for groveling?). The idea that anything is improved - in any aspect, whether ...

From Karl Rove (in the article quoted in the tweet in the preceding post), even an asshole's farts don't stink:

As is frequently the case with Mr. Trump, he let his emotions get the better of him.

Hmm. Perhaps men are too emotionally unstable for high political office?

Dr. Ken wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 11:29 am Trump would never be able to do self deprecating humor like this.

<trump mode> Why would anybody do self-deprecating humor? That's for losers!

Unlike Trump, Harris had experienced political operatives helping her prepare for the debate. Trump could have the very best experienced political operatives helping him prepare for the debate and it wouldn't make a bit of difference. Trump has no interest in learning. He has no ability to learn ...

It is quite hilarious that the MAGAts believe that no-one could predict the questions for a candidate's debate, nor could a current vice-president and highly intelligent and capable politician be prepared with answers. I wonder about the Newsmax poll that said 93% of their poll thought Trump was the ...

I loved watching him contort his face as she listed his various crimes. His facial muscles couldn't settle on one neutral expression, but that happens when you're in pain (or royally pissed and working hard to not show it) I guess. Trump has a weird (!) straight-lipped, tightly closed mouth, head ...

Dave from down under wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2024 1:36 am Snake watch
As it gets warmer they are out and about:

Friday night
1.2m python behind the upstairs book case.
Saturday
Golden crown
Sunday
Blind snake
Today
?????

Pethaps the Plague Of Mice will return? If the spiders don't get them.

neonzx wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2024 11:56 pm Freaks and Geeks unite!

Well, Frakes is in!

Sort of interesting article Dave, thanks, although its stodgy pedestrian prose was not helpful – so I skipped a lot. I don't recall the article addressing one of the key factors for some people adopting the sovcit ideology: that they perceive (correctly or not!) that they have been badly treated by t ...

I'm confident I'm the only one in Fogworld who mentally edits the first line to:
O Canada, wie grün sind deine Blätter!

Yeah, thought so.

Kendra wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 2:40 pm
They have it as a list of "Attendee's" Should that be attendees?

I believe the word is "marks".

In-her He-brides? Waddafug is goin on in them eye lands??

The Aviva replaced the creaky old Lansdowne Road rugby football stadium. I recall (probably incorrectly) an old quip about an adjacent district of south Dublin: "Oh, that Dierdre is a snooty one! Where do she and her man live now?" "Ah, she says they live in Ballsbridge, but her neighbours say they ...