Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Big Brooklyn Style!




Well here is the place to talk about the two new episodes of "Big Brooklyn Style" that will be on tonight.

The website is fucked up again and we are going crazy but what can you do?

I hope you enjoy the shows!

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Titus said...

Bring on the fucking tits.

The Dude said...

Gotta be a freakin' moron! I'm not gonna be insulted by you!

The Dude said...

Houston, we have tears. DRINK!!!

The Dude said...

Hoo-er! Indeed!

Titus said...

Too many fucking tears.

And More Troop, natch.

tits.

john said...

OT, but when I try to sign in Google hijacks me to one of their pages where the only choice seems to be "yes I agree" to something before they let me enter Troop's site. I was looking for the "eat shit and die" button choice (not there) but hitting the browser's "back" button does exit Google's clutches. Has anyone else run into this?

Titus said...

I want jeans!

Cleavage!

Tits!

Yeah.

Titus said...

Miami is not responsible.

Titus said...

Troop's a big hugger.

tits.

MamaM said...

Wow! Expect more orders. The dresses and styling came through again, as did more of Lisa and Jim.

Titus said...

I would like to see Mama on the show, showing cleavage.

tits.

MamaM said...

Ah Titus! MamaM laughed and thought of you when Lisa pushed her set together tonight and said "Uniboob!" as the teaser for next week's show.

Chip S. said...

Hey, Mr. TV Bigshot. How about telling the Discovery Channel to start posting complete episodes so that the cable-deprived among us can join the rest of the nation in enjoying BBS?

Titus said...

I just watched the Psycho Porn Fag in Montreal dismember and eat his Chinese lover...again.

The video is so horrible but sometimes I want to see the horror in this world.

Wow, so fucked up.

tits.

Michael Haz said...

Trooper - Sorry I missed last night's show. I know how much it means to you and Lisa.

I'll catch the re-run tonight.

Haz

ndspinelli said...

dvr tonight. I hope I see some conflict..it's all about conflict!

Darcy said...

I DVR'd as well. I'm such an early to bed gal anymore.

I'm so happy to hear about the recognition and interest in LeeLee's merchandise! Perfect, and well-deserved.

Dust Bunny Queen said...

DVR'd last nite and plan to watch today.

I don't understand why they are airing episode 4 before episode 3?

Trooper York said...

Boy youse guys are killing me in the ratings.

Please check it out and let me know what you think.

chickelit said...

I'll watch tonight with my daughter. She likes it and DVRs it for me.

chickelit said...

I went to a middle school awards ceremony last night for my son. He was voted the best language arts student of the year and also was recognized in art.

Oh and the guy from Wisconsin called and said he's boxing and shipping the taxidermied deer head so we'll be adding that to the wall.

ndspinelli said...

Congrats chickelit and also to your son. When I went back to school in 1999 to get my teaching certification[history] I did a lot of subbing along w/ maintaining my PI biz. It was nuts. I learned then that English had become Language Arts. I'm guessing some of the older folks here don't know the new term.

A lot of teachers liked to have me called as a sub because I didn't take any shit and the kids would work for me. The kids liked having a PI as a sub. I learned that home economics is now family and consumer science..what bullshit. I subbed on waffle day. You should have seen some of these Cheesehead boys trying to make waffles. Most of my subbing was in Sun Prairie and Stoughton..a little in Waunakee.

Darcy said...

Doesn't DVR-ing the show count toward ratings? I hope it does!

Chip S. said...

Any Nielson households here?

Oh, that's right; you're not supposed to say.

The Dude said...

I saw Ricky Nielson once.

Darcy said...

Did you go to a Garden Party?

The Dude said...

County fair, actually, but there were plenty of flowers and vegetables and the like there, so it was kind of like a party in a garden, with 40,000 of your closest friends in attendance. Well, not your friends, mind you, just random fair attendees. Had your friends been there it would have been a PAR TAY!!!

Michael Haz said...

I'm hoping to get the entire series on DVD from Netflix.

I wonder if Titus rents DVDs from Nettits?

Michael Haz said...

Darcy - Yoko brought her walrus. There was music in the air.

Darcy said...

I love the word random.

Darcy said...

Haha, Michael! ;-)

windbag said...

@Sixty, our county fair, out here in the western mountains of our fair Tarheel State, is the last county fair that does NOT have a midway. 100% agricultural fair. It's not until late August or September, I forget which. Our garden parties consist of judging pickles and preserves.

ndspinelli said...

I saw Ricky Nelson and the Righteous Brothers back in the 1970's @ an amusement park called World's of Fun in KC. I think it's a 6 Flags now. Ricky sort of phoned it in but the Righteous Brothers were damn good.

We were a Nielsen family when we lived in Chicago. We didn't have the box, we just had to log everything we watched. You were not supposed to include shows you taped[vcr's were new..early 80's]. However, Cheers was our favorite show and it's ratings when it started were poor. So, we lied[mea culpa] and put it in on our weekly log anyway. My bride and I like to think we saved that show.

I'm divulging a trade secret. When I would call people on a pretext trying to get info I would use Nielsen as a hook. I was interviewing people as potential Nielsen families. It was incredible how much virtually everyone wanted to be a Nielsen fam. So, they would answer virtually every question I had. It was one of the best pretexts I ever developed. Of course, this was when people had land lines and there was no caller id.

chickelit said...

@Darcy: I jonesing for something to replace "Justified" in the Netflix queue so hurry up and mention something else that you liked.

Chip S. said...

nick, interesting story about using Nielson as a hook. I just deleted an email inviting me to become a Mystery Shopper. All I had to do to qualify was send them a bunch of contact info.

Anonymous said...

Hi Darcy! Well it's over, I've cried, drank, cried some more, drank a bit more at he picnic, woke up with the Plumber in my bed fully dressed. Blocked Chip from my Twitter feed (sorry about that), the plumber said you were being an ass and flirted with that blue eyed devil Bagoh on Althouse. Mmmm, mmm.

I watched the second installment of Brooklyn style, with the plumber, I think. Excellent from what I remember!

Anonymous said...

These Waukesha conservatives are still drinking, they really do drink too much here in the burbs, another party tonight, which I will skip. They are a bad influence on me, my diet is all shot to hell.

And MamaM, I will preemptivly say to you, kiss my ass, in case I decide to go to the party after all and won't be here to read your drivel.

Anonymous said...

Big Brooklyn Style that is. Yes, I may be a bit drunk, damn conservatives.

Darcy said...

@chick

Hmm. It's not Justified but I really liked the series In Plain Sight. It's about a couple of federal marshals working in the witness protection program. I mostly liked it because it's not sappy. Mary Shannon, the main character, is not your girl next door. :)

Darcy said...

Hi Allie!

I'm laughing at the Plumber thing but not asking questions! LOL Hang in there, chica. And whoa - Bagoh? He's aces. And I'm a little envious. No one over there replies to me. I gave up, kind of.

(But hold on - you blocked Chip? Aww.)

chickelit said...

garage unfollowed me sometime recently. I know because he refollowed me this morning.

chickelit said...

I'll check out "In Plain Sight"

Darcy said...

I didn't want to look at garage's tweets. Had to be painful.

Anonymous said...

Darcy, I was hysterical. This is the plumber I had a crush on for a while, but there really isn't enough that we have in common to sustain an kind of relationship. And he drinks too much, lol.

Anonymous said...

It was hysterical, but I'm sure I was too.:)

The Dude said...

Watch Boardwalk Empire. It has Kelly MacDonald in it, so it is the best series ever just because of that.

Have you watched Breaking Bad? The father from Malcolm in the Middle does a remarkable job on that show.

Darcy said...

I had to look up Kelly MacDonald. Pretty.

I still need to check out so many good shows. Breaking Bad is on my list, too.

The Dude said...

Yeah, she looks good, but moreover, she is a fine actress. Her work in No Country for Old Men was remarkable, if only because she sounded as if she was from Texas. She is able to show her character's pain through her eyes - not sure I have ever seen anyone else who could do that as effectively as she does.

Darcy said...

I should have known there was depth to your admiration of her, Sixty.

I've been kind of afraid to watch No Country For Old Men because I thought it might be too intense/graphic for my taste. I'm reconsidering.

AllenS said...

I have to apologize to TY. I didn't watch the show last night. I've been working my ass off and fell asleep on the couch about 8 pm.

Chip S. said...

I'm pissed off.

Now that Allie stopped following me, twitter has cut my royalties by 5%.

Damn facist.

ricpic said...

The best thing about Breaking Bad is that Walter White has no redeeming qualities.

The actress Lee Remick (Wild River, A Face In The Crowd) aside from being a looker was terrific at conveying pain with her eyes.

The Dude said...

Well, Miss Darce, let Ol' Uncle Sixty tell you a little story about how he became familiar with NCfOM. Seems there was this channel on the cable, AMC I think, that was showing that particular movie every day for a month or something. I honestly don't know, as I just kept joining the show in progress - would watch a bit here, a bit there, and over the period of several weeks, was able to piece together the story, or at least I thought I had.

Eventually I was able to watch it all the way through, from beginning to end, and was absolutely blown away. Cormac McCarthy is one heck of a writer - what can I say. I have been busy, otherwise I would have read the book by now - a friend says it is even better than the movie.

The cast is top notch, the directing superb, the location shooting flawless, but underlying all of that is the storytelling, which is compelling, yet understated in the movie.

It is a subtle movie that is, at times, as unsubtle as a sledgehammer. It is about humanity, inhumanity, random chance, human kindness and, by the time I get to the last speech made by Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, speaking to his wife, I am in utter amazement that someone could write a story that good.

What can I say, I like that movie.

windbag said...

...enough...in common to sustain an kind of relationship. And he drinks too much...

Isn't that enough?

ricpic said...

Darcy, unless you're into grimness for grimness' sake I'd stay away from No Country For Old Men. I mean it will leave you feeling bleak and what's the point?

Darcy said...

Wow. I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts about NCfOM. I'm sold. I will definitely put it in my Netflix queue.

Thanks, Sixty.

The Dude said...

Oh yeah, in Brave, Kelly MacDonald plays the voice of a Scottish cartoon character who has curly red hair. Just another reason for me to admire her talent. ;^)

Darcy said...

That's kind of what I'd read, Rick, but I'm going to give it a try.

ricpic said...

Sixty, I have a theory about NCFOM that may be mine alone since I've never heard or read anything similar. Anyhoo, my theory is that it's an allegory (so what's so special about that? you're saying) but an allegory about the helplessness of the traditional or anglo United States in the face of the Mexican invasion. Needless to say that interpretation of the picture is so un-PC that the Coen brothers could only say that in allegorical form. Anyway that's my theory and I'm stickin' to it.

The Dude said...

I can see how one might react that way, Ricpic, but I really like Ed Tom and how he deals with his struggle. The wisdom that his uncle expresses in his speech to Ed Tom really spoke to me. That, plus he has cats. A man's man, just sayin'...

And who hasn't had a dream like the one Ed Tom describes? Either one of them, for that matter. I guess I was willing to see beneath the surface of the context and time the story is set in to look at the larger truths presented.

As I say, that writing really struck a chord with me.

Darcy said...

Sixty posted the sixtieth comment.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

I love the show. I wish you both the best. Get that web site up! Kick some ass!

The Dude said...

It's almost time for me to become 62 grit. No, wait, 63. Nevermind...

ndspinelli said...

After watching NCFOM a few times, I thought one needs to watch the even tougher, Three Burials of Melgiedes Estrada. Although they are 2 distinct productions, they have a definite symmetry. Blake, Chips and Bruce, I would love to hear yours and any others thoughts on this. I've spent time where both flicks were shot. The films capture the area perfectly.

The Dude said...

I think having some familiarity with that area helps with appreciating the movie. Well, it did for me, anyway.

Dust Bunny Queen said...

@ Chick

We started to watch the Hatfields and McCoys and stopped after an hour. It was so cheesy.

The show Longmire and it might have some promise. The premier episode they always throw in every character and cram the plot with information to make you understand who everyone is. Too much all at once....but towards the end it seemed to come together a bit. We will give it a couple more tries.

Michael Haz said...

I really liked NCfOM. I admit that I belted down a cocktail at the end, however.

The Coen movies are usually very well made, and have a quirkiness not seen in other film makers' works. NCfOM tells its story with a sparseness of words. You figure out the plot by watching the action and piecing together what you think is happening, and why.

Yeah, it's violent at times, but the violence is contained, unlike Saving Private Ryan, for example.

It's worth watching. And drinking while watching.

Michael Haz said...

I agree with DBQ about Hatfield & McCoys. Very bad acting.

The problem I have with series programs is that the first one I watch was Mad Men, and the second was The Wire. All others seem poor quality in comparison.

The Dude said...

Hatfields and McCoys was terrible - who wrote that mess? Did they just sprinkle words into the dialogue that they thought my people used back then? But at least the acting sucked.

And don't get me started on where it was filmed - you know where that will end up - just outside L.A.

I was really annoyed by the music - then I saw that Kevin Costner's band did the music - dude, reel your ego back in a bit - you really aren't that good. What I am trying to say is that as a musician he makes a fine actor. And his acting is terrible.

Titus said...

69

chickelit said...

Sixty Grit said...
It's almost time for me to become 62 grit. No, wait, 63. Nevermind...

Does this mean that you will become more refined or less coarse with age?

The Dude said...

Alas, neither.

chickelit said...

The show Longmire and it might have some promise.

Thanks, DBQ--I'll look into that too.

rcocean said...

Loved the show Troop. But we might DVDR from now on. Its tough for us to stay up that late.

In my 20s I never went to bed before 1 AM, now I rarely make it past 930-10 PM. Plus, I'm not EST.

Titus said...

A gay or Drag may add a little spice to the show which I love.

I recommend Lady Bunny stopping by and pinching a loaf.

tits.

blake said...

I should put up a review of No Country For Old Men. It came out right as I started blogging, and my comments were not entirely positive.

But I also said I needed to see it 2-3 more times to make sure it wasn't that I just didn't get it.

Which I didn't.

The Coens are so good at suspense and even action, that you can get the idea NCfOM is a cat-and-mouse story of Josh Brolin's Moss vs. Javier Bardem Chigurh.

Those aspects of the movie are so good, you start thinking Brolin is the protagonist.

But he's not. Tommy Lee Jones' Bell is, and he's missing from big chunks of the movie.

And there's a climactic shootout, but that's not the movie's climax at all. The climax is when Bell goes to Chigurh's motel room.

I won't say more until Darcy has seen it, but that scene is so contrary to the general notions that are set up by an action/chase movie that it's easy to feel unsatisfied by it.

I didn't get the scene the first time I saw it, and a lot of people completely miss it.

Of course, the denouement is pretty dark. It really is no country for old men...

blake said...

Nick,

I haven't seen The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada since it came out. It was very low-key as I recall and very sad.

There is a kind of similarity to the two, but Estrada seems to be a tragedy about circumstances. There's a code to be lived by, even when it's not fun.

Country is about whether that code can even be lived up to in the face of pure evil.

Titus said...

I love movies with big tits.

Russ Meyers movies are my faves.

Lots of big fucking tits bouncing and loving and enjoying life.

The way the America should be.

Just one big bouncing tit.

That's America and that patriotic.

Non bouncing bitter tits are bad.

tits.

ndspinelli said...

I would love to hear what that nice Jap woman says after she leaves the store. Now, that would be reality but it would have to be done w/ a hidden camera.

ndspinelli said...

I think these 2 shows were better because we now know the characters and personalities, just as it is in a drama or sitcom. There's no writing[as it were] so it's all about the people. And conflict..we need more conflict. But, conflict does make me uncomfortable.

MamaM said...

The "was I wrong?" exchange with the matching denim outfit, and Lisa's burst of emotion with "I'm pissed" were two places where playful and real seemed to come together in a fun way that expanded Lisa's character.

While I'm temporarily ok with seeing the husband marginalized (in the hopes more will be revealed) the "conflict" set up between Lisa and the person tasked with the responsibility of taking her ideas and turning them into finished wearable product feels uncomfortable and unnatural to me. Tension is one thing, disrespect another; and I don't like the way the their relationship is currently being portrayed.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

I hope you can someone work a tie in between your show and Little People/Big World. I know it does not seem to work for dress show specializing in larger dresses, but think about it.

I was watching Sons of Guns and Jesse James just popped in and asked for some custom Browning Automatic Rifle. But he had to have the guy they fired come back to do it. They tried to make it like James did not know that, but it seemed staged.

But a tie in with you guys and the Little People would be hilarious.

Titus said...

My sense is we are going to find out there is a dark side to Miami and that is the reason she is so late with everything.

I think she may be a dirty whore and is out all night like Diane Keaten in Mr. Goodbar. She's rough trade in my book and I don't trust her. She may be popping ping pong balls out of her cooch while standing on a bar in some shady part of town. This is what my gut is telling me.

She may need to be send to one of those camps we had during WW2-just a though.

Titus said...

Where did the asian woman farting ping balls out of her cooch come from?

Was it Priscilla Queen of The Desert?

Or has this custom been around a long time?

tits.

Darcy said...

Who is Miami?

chickelit said...

Who is Miami?

I maim spelled backwards?

The Dude said...

Her name is Mayumi, but a person's actual name does not rise to the level of actually being important to a person who is an illiterate narcissist, just sayin'.

Darcy said...

Mayumi is a pretty name. Thanks, Sixty.

And lol, Bruce. You are working puzzles 24/7, aren't you?

The Dude said...

In other tie-in news, George Stephanopoulos was on Pawn Stars. That appearance might have boosted his Q score, but it lowered my estimation of Rick and the gang. Okay, Chumlee did look smarter standing next to George, but George looked more like a ventriloquist dummy than a "newsman". That was just a sad episode.

The Dude said...

What I am saying, Troop, is avoid midgets, especially leftist midgets who worked for Clinton.

chickelit said...

And lol, Bruce. You are working puzzles 24/7, aren't you?

The words are kinda jumbled all the time, yeah. It's a wonder I can function sometimes.

Darcy said...

Well, you're adorbs.

Titus said...

Here we go Celtics, here we go!

Miami, Maui, Tokyo Rose, whatever.

There is a nip that always picks up glass at my loft's exclusive garbage. I always say hi Beinging ling ding ding.

She grabs it and scurries off.

Beware of the old nips on the subway. They are sneaky, when the doors open they run through the car and grab a seat before anyone else. It's like they are running through some rice patty somewhere. I have seen some of them actually have dead ducks with duck heads hanging out of their clutch.

tits.

MamaM said...

That was just a sad episode.

It was. He appeared small. Smaller than 5'6". Not so very adorbs after all.

At least his duck head wasn't hanging out his clutch.

The Dude said...

Then what was that?

Titus said...

Sometimes when handing my recyclable "glass" to ding a ling I don't hold my arm out very long and make her reach for it as almost in desperation and sometimes I hold it a little tighter in order to make her struggle for it.

I also sometimes drop my plastics in order to watch her on the ground dig them up.

I believe in makes her stronger and more appreciate of me and the wealth I am distributing to her.

I guess in some way you could call me a job creator.

tits.

Titus said...

Even during warm weather ding a ling chinky ching is wearing flannel.

I always wondered about that.

How does she do it?

No tanky in sight, even in 90 degree humid weather.

You know her BO smells like Kun Pao Kitten.

She is also hunched over. You know I am footing the bill for her healthcare bills, and she probably isn't even legal. What do people without insurance do when they need health care? Is it all emergency room visits? I was wondering about that today too.

All those cafe workers and retail queens and tourist worker sluts and gym bunny employees and the poor souls that have the clean the cum off the walls in the saunas at the gyms and ass bleachers and waxers. We are paying for their healthcare and it kind of makes me a little sick.

Not having insurance is so...I don't know...gross.

tits.

Titus said...

What do people do when they have cancer and don't have insurance?

I have a friend who is a teacher in Boston and he said he has a kid in one of his classes who is a tranny. The kid was a girl and now is half a boy. Shim's tits were cut off but he is still waiting on the hog.

Who is going to pay for shim's hog?

He told me that shim gets a special time to shower separate from the normals in the school. So fucked up.

I told my friend you should tell Shim "it doesn't get better" for you because you are a freak of nature.

Tranny's need their own club and should not be associated with gays, actually neither should dykes. The truth is we all really hate each other.

Anonymous said...

Titus, they hope and pray they can find a hospital that will accept them as charity cases. Or they apply for Medicaid if they're poor enough.Or they go bankrupt trying to pay for their own medical care.

Trannys are on their own, cancer patients trump them.

Anonymous said...

Rightfully so, not that I don't think transsexuals don't suffer.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

A flower that Titus might like.

MamaM said...

With the Plumber Saga, the young grasshopper proves to be an apt pupil of the Master, almost but not quite deserving of the Debred and Derail Award, which comes in the shape of a duck head.

The Award Winner and Standard to be TOPPed, happened over at The Op on a thread about a woman reporter in the middle East who was finger effed by a crowd of lovely militants. The subject must have triggered the Master's digging finger, because he started pulling debris out of his asshole and describing in detail each individual kernel, hull and grain found. The possibilities were endless and he owned the thread until the hostess with the mostess deleted his ass. One kernal too many tipped the scale, but there's no knowing which one it was.

chickelit said...

@MamaM: I must missed that part. Probably just as well. There is a certain threshold level of theatrics which put off any audience.

chickelit said...

Just imagine that the youth in Narcissus had been homely or not even comely. Fewer people want to see that. It's just human nature.

Nobody likes ugly psyches either, let alone being forced to look.

Chip S. said...

One kernal too many tipped the scale, but there's no knowing which one it was.

Well, we can certainly rule out Colonel Angus.

chickelit said...

Trannys are on their own, cancer patients trump them.

This is true and we agree.

Dust Bunny Queen said...

hope and pray they can find a hospital that will accept them as charity cases. Or they apply for Medicaid if they're poor enough.Or they go bankrupt trying to pay for their own medical care.

Had some friends who did just that. Wife was diagnosed with breast cancer and they have no insurance and couldn't qualify for Medicaid (Medi-Cal) and wanted to be able to save their ranch property and assets from being eaten up by the medical.

They divorced. Pretended that she was the bad party in the divorce, slutting around,druggy etc so he got to keep most everything of the hard assets (ranch, cattle, horses, equipment). They lost all of their life savings, which really weren't much. She moved to another State where she had family and was destitute for about 3 years while she had treatment. He traveled to see her several times a year

4 years later, they are not getting married again, but are basically back together.

Is it fraud? Yes. Do I care? In this case, NO. She wasn't just looking for a free ride and wanting to get something for nothing. This wasn't their lifestyle. They are hard working independent people who got caught. She was trying to save her life.

If we are ever in those circumstances, we plan to do the same.

Chip S. said...

If we are ever in those circumstances, we plan to do the same.

Or you could just buy health insurance.

Anonymous said...

I have to buy my own health insurance and it's a pretty ugly actually penny, I'm not old enough for Medicare. Luckily I don't have diabetes, but my hypertension diagnosis is held against me, even though its under control. Any chronic condition you have bumps up the cost , until they just decide to drop your ass entirely, then you are shit out of luck.

Anonymous said...

Yes I know my commas are messed up or missing, do I care? No.

Chip S. said...

Surely you know about this.

Most states had these high-risk insurance pools before Obamacare came along.

Chip S. said...

And Allie, isn't commenting at TOP contraindicated for people with hypertension?

Dust Bunny Queen said...

Or you could just buy health insurance.

Ineligible.

Chip S. said...

Ineligible.

You really ought to look into your state's high-risk pool, then. Not every state had one before Obamacare, but they do now. Those pools are the best part of standard health-insurance reforms of the past few years, IMO.

I don't claim expertise about them, but cases like yours seem to be exactly why they exist.

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Titus said...

I do have to admit Mama that I enjoy pulling klinkers out of my asshole, especially when they are intertwined with butt hair.

The pulling apart part is what most excites me.

Klinkers in one pile over here, ass hair in another pile here.

I think I mentioned this once but I went to a really hot (natch) guys house to do him. I looked in the medicine cabbby, as I always do, an he had an huge glass full of different colored pubes.

I was disgusted and immediately left.......actually, he pleaded with me at the door to stay so I did let him blow me, but I was disgusted just the same.

Who's fucking pubes were those? My guess is some victims that he murdered. But I was smart, I told him he could only blow me in the hallway of the building and I had my hand in the elevator the entire time to keep the door open. Some other fucking tenants were trying to get up the elevator but I was just like can't you wait 4 minutes-some people are so selfish.

It's warm and I am horny and my husband is in Vegas. Look out.

I am crowning right now, ready to pinch a loaf.
tits.

Anonymous said...

Ok, I'll say this a different way. My hypertension only gets exacerbated when I comment in a blog in which I assume I am amongst friends. When said friends watch bullying occur day after day and stand by without saying a word, except for Blake.

chickelit said...

When said friends watch bullying occur day after day and stand by without saying a word, except for Blake.

Everybody already knows that blake is perfect.

Darcy said...

If you can count Blake as a friend, you are very fortunate, indeed. I agree! :)

I think most everyone here is pretty kind as well.

Anonymous said...

Yes, most everyone.

Anonymous said...

And Darcy, of course you are also a victim of the bullying, so you wouldn't be included as a stand by and watcher.

chickelit said...

People of all stripes are cruel and thoughtless. I once met a young woman who flat out told me--"I'm glad people like you buy insurance--you pay for endometriosis treatments." Of course she was s flaming liberal but she was talking to a fellow dirt-poor graduate student.

Like I once wrote and had to later argue with Ritmo over: "A profound sense of humanity occurs when something is given to the poor. A profound sense of propriety is violated when something is taken from someone and given to someone else. Mandated charity is charity destroyed." link

I used get annoyed when people befriended my nemeses.

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Darcy said...

I get that, Bruce. It's hard not to think less of people who are kind to people who have been deliberately nasty to you. But the interesting question for me is - what is their goal? If the goal is loving, then I can't quarrel with it. I might really want to, but it would be at odds with what I believe. Or at the very least, what I try to believe.

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Anonymous said...

Darcy, always so wise:)

Chip S. said...

I once had a gf who teased me by calling me "the COTFU" when the situation called for it.

She meant it in fun, and I always responded accordingly. We'd have probably broken up a lot sooner if I had become indignant.

There is a COTFU for this blog, and it ain't me, or chickelit, or AllieOop. If the blogfather thinks there's a problem, I'm sure he'll let us know.

Darcy said...

Or Darcy! :)

chickelit said...

There is a COTFU for this blog, and it ain't me, or chickelit, or AllieOop. If the blogfather thinks there's a problem, I'm sure he'll let us know.

You are correct. And I'm content with my own named planet with no visible satellites.

Michael Haz said...

I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy.

Thoughtyoushouldknow.

Darcy said...

You so ARE. ;-)

ricpic said...

I have to admit I'm immensely grateful to the medical profession. Just got back from what used to be my annual and has become my semi-annual visit to my dermatologist. And sure enough he found some pre-cancerous spots on my face which he zapped. So I'm good to go for now. For the past five years every time I come in for my checkup he finds and kills potential cancers. Basically the guy keeps me alive. It's like every time I leave his office there's an immense weight off my chest. Which lasts about 15 minutes before the worry returns, I mean other worries of which the list is endless. Anyway, I'm grateful. One day I'm gonna embarrass him by telling him how much I appreciate his keeping me alive. But not yet. Gotta keep him honest.

Dr. Morris. In Homer, New York. How's that for All American?

Off to the great American west, see you guys in a coupla weeks.

Anonymous said...

I like the ball busting that happens here, if it's in fun, it is snarky, but not mean to hurt or to wound.

Some things that go beyond ball busting can veer off towards bullying, especially when there is one or two victims are are consistently chosen for this " special attention". Especially when victims have stated numerous times they don't find it amusing.

BUT I do honor freedom of speech that Trooper bestows upon us and far be it from me to try to squelch it, but that doesn't mean that I won't call it as I see it, I have that same freedom of speech, thanks to Trooper as this is his blog.

Chip S. said...

Disclaimer: The girl at the link isn't the ex I was talking about. It's just a blog that turned up when I googled COTFU.

I wouldn't want her to see a trackback and think I was stalking her.

Chip S. said...

@AllieOop--How about freedom of non-speech?

Anonymous said...

Chip, honestly I don't give a shit, anymore.

But I do reserve the right to say kiss my ass to MM after every one of my comments henceforth though.

Even Steven.

Anonymous said...

I like that new guy Farmer, he denied being a lefty or a righty, he said he was a, "I don't give a shitty", LMAO.

windbag said...

...How about freedom of non-speech?

One of the best lines in the Shrek movies: Donkey! You HAVE the right to remain silent. What you lack is the CAPACITY to remain silent.

windbag said...

@ricpic: Homer? I grew up down the street (Rte. 11) in Castle Creek.

chickelit said...

Darcy said...
I get that, Bruce. It's hard not to think less of people who are kind to people who have been deliberately nasty to you.

I guess my memory is too long or something, because I remember nasty going back years right here.

I understand that we disagree on somethings and it pains me--believe me.

Michael Haz said...

Time we all go for a ride to happy hour.

Darcy said...

I was agreeing with you, Bruce. If you're reiterating where you stand on "who deserves what nastiness?", believe me, it's not necessary for my sake. I'm clear on it.

Darcy said...

@Haz:

Yes, please! :)

MamaM said...

I fail to see how a compliment for AllieOop on her growing mastery of thread derailment and projection could be considered anything less than kiss to her ass.

In compliance with her demand that I continue to kiss her ass again, I share my admiration of her prodigious ability to tangle poop with hair when she doesn't give a shit.

chickelit said...

@Darcy: Let me be perfectly clear. We still disagree on identities. I thought Troop had sorted this out and was credible. If you're still believing what you believed a while ago then you're essentially calling Troop a liar. Now, it might be in Troop's interest to keep such a thing going for the sake of blog hits, but then--wouldn't that be the height of hypocrisy?

Dust Bunny Queen said...

Re: Insurance. The State fund. I am not eligible because I haven't been declined, have no pre-existing conditions, and could get private insurance for slightly less. 490/month private versus $535 monthly State plan. Since I'm not working and drawing any commissions, I don't want to draw down my savings by the tune of $5K a year when I have no medical needs.

Hubby could qualify for the State plan. It really is a good plan for people who are denied insurance elsewhere.

BUT at $535 (6420 annually PER PERSON 12,840 for both of us and not counting the deductible that we would also have to pay) and given that his medical costs out of pocket even with pre existing is minimal @ 1500 a year and mine is even less since I only go for an annual physical and take no meds of any kind. We can currently self fund everything except the most catastrophic event. We pay cash for all medical services and get a steep discount AND he is just short of being Medicare eligible....it is not cost effective to pay the insurance co. when we can just bank the money.

Yes, I know....we are gambling for the next couple of years. If we gamble wrong, we lose big like Allie said. Go bankrupt.

Re: Allie

I'm not MammaM although you have accused me of that, and of stalking you and accused several others of being the incredibly scary (to you I guess) MammaM. Kiss my ass too.

Just disagreeing with you seems to constitute bullying. Everyone must agree with Allie and never ever have any debates.

Anonymous said...

I'm on board Michael, everyone welcome on my pontoon boat, cocktails are now being served! Cocktails on the lake, gotta make it fast cause I think it's gonna rain.

Anonymous said...

DBQ, I know you are not she. Kiss my ass back at ya. You are not nearly clever enough to be MamaM.

MamaM said...

The Allied "Oops, I did it again" Effort at Troop Gathering and Rank Division is in full effect. Another "poor me, I'm so picked on among my friends" shitstorm stirred and it's time to paint the toenails purple and high off for another boat ride.

Anonymous said...

And you know what, I really truly do not give a flying fuck who she is. She thrives on this backbiting shit and we are all dupes who have fallen for her schtick.

But hey more power to ya, keep on keeping' on.

chickelit said...

AllieOop said...
DBQ, I know you are not she. Kiss my ass back at ya. You are not nearly clever enough to be MamaM.

Your rant against DBQ on Althouse the other night (which you then deleted) was inexplicable IMHO.

Anonymous said...

MamaM , you are one of the most vile vicious creatures I've had the misfortune to cross paths with.

I am brave enough to tell you to your face what a nasty piece of work you are.

Michael Haz said...

Lord love a duck, what is this? TOP version two?

It's Friday. Friday afternoon. Time to lighten up.

Darcy said...

Please don't accuse me of calling Trooper a liar, Bruce. I don't think he is at all. Further, I don't expect Trooper to really care who is who in his comment section!

My position is that I really don't care about anyone's identity online as long as I don't feel like they are both malicious and have the capability of physically hurting me or reaching into my real life in some way. If or when I feel that is likely the case, I will simply remove myself from here. So there is no need for you to worry about anything I will do or say. I won't say a thing.

Are we good?

Michael Haz said...

@Darcy - Care for a mojito? Let's step over to the bar for a while.

Darcy said...

YESSSSS, Michael. Two, please. =)

chickelit said...

@Darcy: yeah, we're good.

Anonymous said...

Chick, I really can't figure you out, you seem to have some agenda, Some weird jealousy over Blake, you say you like Darcy as a friend yet you allow MamaM, to belittle her and mock her at every turn. Have you no scruples either?

I used to think you did.

MamaM said...

You know what Colonel Angus has to say about this?

"When duck heads MOOOOO, I don't answer my homophone!!"

Anonymous said...

MM, you post drivel, unfunny hateful drivel.

Darcy said...

I consider both Bruce and Blake my friends, Allie.

I don't want this. I want to talk about silly stuff. And drink Mojitos.

Anonymous said...

Don't worry Darcy, I'm done.

And MM, kiss my ass.

The Dude said...

One of my favorite comedians, Ron "Tater Salad" White is the author of "I Had the Right to Remain Silent...But I Didn't Have the Ability". Don't know if he originated that line, but he uses it to great effect. He is a very funny guy.

As for COTFU, I used to date a redhead named Joy. I think that was when I made the connection between the warning signs one sees in the stripes on a coral snake and the warning sign that nature has provided those with color vision, vis a vis redheads. But that's neither here nor there.

A woman who once had to sit next to me on a long transoceanic flight said to me "It's a wonder no one has killed you". She was sweet that way. But I took her words to heart and have lived 15 years since she told me that. Yep, it's a wonder, all right...

But I am working on it, people. Trying to be less mean. I am trying to allow people who think Mississippi is gross but being sodomized by a stranger in a men's room stall at a Madonna concert is "hot" marinate in their own feculence and racial hatred. Some people just cannot be reasoned with.

So I am breathing and trying to keep my blood pressure in the normal zone. Oh yeah, normality - what a place!

Michael Haz said...

*Slides two mojitos down the bar*

*Lights the tiki torches*

Michael Haz said...

I still roll out of bed bright and early in the morning.

It just takes an extra hour to get up off the floor now.

chickelit said...

Sometimes, it's just impossible to hide cleavage.

I'll drink to that!

tits

Darcy said...

Was that an Ode to Joy, Sixty?

(And I think you're adorbs. But we all know that by now.)

And LOL, Michael. I really do have this vision of you mixing cocktails, turning up the music and humming, lighting the torches amidst a small skirmish going on.

A good man. ;-)

chickelit said...

*looks up feculence*

Yeap. It's a perfect example of that Latinate vs. Germanic dichotomy that English has going.

The Dude said...

And Oopie, I know you are a freakin' commie and think that others possessions are actually yours, but are you really expecting Royal Chicken Clucker or anyone else to borrow trouble and berate some unknown person on the internet for something you perceive as bullying? Really? Isn't it easier, and even perhaps better to ignore such behavior?

I think very highly of several of the people who comment here, but we are all grown ups, right? This isn't fucking grade school. If you have a problem, handle it, or shut the fuck up about it. What, are their fingers broken? Is their will broken? Have they become so weakened by living in a nanny state that they can't tell their internet tormentor to fuck off? And having done so, is not the issue closed?

Damn, girl, no wonder you are a commie - you really don't think much of human beings and their ability to live an autonomous life. These are words on a web site in an obscure corner of the internet - perhaps you need to get out and breathe, do some work, anything that will allow you to gain some perspective. Maybe find a sense of humor, who freakin' knows - even a commie might be able to become human. It _could_ happen.

The Dude said...

Freude - avec ou sans sombra.

chickelit said...

Shades of Sigmund there, Sixty?

Michael Haz said...

Time out for a while. Need to take the slow ride home on the interminably congested I-94.

If we don't hook up [<youth lingo. I'm down wit' the yutes] later tonight, I wish everyone an exceptionally good weekend.

Anonymous said...

Sixty, I think a lot of my friends and those I love and admire and I am a loyal friend. I guess loyalty is a lost virtue in this "I'm in it for myself" world we live in. I don't find cruelty to be funny.

Ah well.

The Dude said...

Well, thinking that indifference is the height of cruelty, what can I say but "Whatever".

Anonymous said...

No Sixty, it's not the indifference that is cruel, it's the "attention" of MM that is cruel. You are misunderstanding me. I don't think Chick is cruel at all, or any of the rest of you. You are indifferent, that's not cruel, it's just indifferent.

Anonymous said...

What does give me pause is that no one but Darcy and Blake have stood up here and said , hey MM that's my friend, lighten up. Darcy said upthread to me that both Chick and Blake are her friends, that was an example of what a caring human being might say when they see someone they like being treated unfairly.

BUT, it amazes me that I am having to explain common decency to adults.

windbag said...

And Oopie, I know you are a freakin' commie and think that others possessions are actually yours, but are you really expecting Royal Chicken Clucker or anyone else to borrow trouble and berate some unknown person on the internet for something you perceive as bullying? Really? Isn't it easier, and even perhaps better to ignore such behavior?

I think very highly of several of the people who comment here, but we are all grown ups, right? This isn't fucking grade school. If you have a problem, handle it, or shut the fuck up about it. What, are their fingers broken? Is their will broken? Have they become so weakened by living in a nanny state that they can't tell their internet tormentor to fuck off? And having done so, is not the issue closed?

Damn, girl, no wonder you are a commie - you really don't think much of human beings and their ability to live an autonomous life. These are words on a web site in an obscure corner of the internet - perhaps you need to get out and breathe, do some work, anything that will allow you to gain some perspective. Maybe find a sense of humor, who freakin' knows - even a commie might be able to become human. It _could_ happen.


Worth repeating.

Allie, perhaps we fail to come to your rescue because we don't see the bullying...or rather don't interpret the interaction as being bullying. Regardless, what 60-G said is spot on--we're grown ups so deal with it. It doesn't matter to me that you deem us too wimpy, blind, indifferent, or sadistic to rush to your aid. That you devote so much emotional energy into electronic blips on the screen is your right, just not something that appeals to others.

Can we just drink and bitch about how much the Mets suck?

The Dude said...

How much they suck, why they suck and then we can mention their sucky commie owner. I'll drink to that!

If we say the word Y*nkees three times will Trooper appear?

The Dude said...

Worked like a charm.

Dust Bunny Queen said...

"Worked like a charm"

LOL

Darcy said...

Eesh. Harsh.

I really need that mojito now. And a tall, dark and handsome to serve it. Or just handsome. Okay, really, just a friendly face.

Yeah. A friendly face is nice.

Chip S. said...

I've started already. Mojito #1 is history.

Accompanied by a fresh baguette dipped in olive oil, balsamic vinaigrett, and roasted garlic.

[/Chip Ahoy]

Darcy said...

LOL

Add a baguette, etc. to my wants now.

The Dude said...

What's a "Mojito"?

I know who Olive Oyl is - next to Betty Boop, one of the hottest cartoon women EVAR!!!

Darcy said...

It's rum and sugar, and...I think...I don't know some kind of leafy thing in there. I'm not a mixologist. But they are strong.

Chip S. said...
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Chip S. said...

Uh, 60...you're forgetting someone...

Jessica Rabbit!!

Chip S. said...
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The Dude said...

Mint? Is there mint? I like mint. I like The Mint, too, once saw a ton of gold there. Mmm, gold.

But the inclusion of rum explains why I have never had one. Well, that and the fact that I don't drink mixed drinks or go to bars or have the ingredients to make one here at home.

I suppose I shouldn't drink anything not made by a relative, right? Should we invent the new word "Loca-drunk"? "Loca-alkie"? Work with me people...

The Dude said...

She's just drawn that way, plus one man's ceiling is another man's floor, am I right?

Or something...

Darcy said...

I think it is mint! And lime. It's delicious. But I totally get that it would only appeal to people who like mixed drinks.

The Dude said...

You put the lime in the mixed drink and stir it all up - then you feel better...

Chip S. said...

Crush fresh mint leaves in a tall glass.

Add ice, then rum, lime juice, simple syrup (sugar water), and club soda.

Sorry about the triple posting. I had to reboot to calm my computer down.

I blame Allie.

Darcy said...

And then you dance a jig!

Chip S. said...

And after that you make another round.

Soon enough you're doing the horizontal hula.

Too far?

Darcy said...

That's quite a recipe.

Chip S. said...

If only I had tiki torches, like MHaz.

AllenS said...

What does COTFU mean?

Chip S. said...

Center of the Fucking Universe.

AllenS said...

I've known quite a few of those. Thanks, Chip.

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