Open Thread – Tue 28 Feb 2023


Belisarius Begging for Alms, Jacques-Louis David, 1781


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  1. Sancho Panzer Avatar
    Sancho Panzer

    “You don’t understand, I need to be the best, this is bigger than Kooyong,” Dr Ryan allegedly told Ms Rugg.

    “I want to be the prime minister one day …

    Wow!
    She’s the Real Teal.

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  2. Rabz Avatar
    Rabz

    “I need to be the best, this is bigger than Kooyong, this is bigger than my planet sized backside,” Ryan allegedly told Ms “Munchin’ some” Rugg.

    Your “leaders”, people.

    There is a reason for the existence of the concept known as “HOP Time™”.

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  3. Cassie of Sydney Avatar
    Cassie of Sydney

    ““You don’t understand, I need to be the best, this is bigger than Kooyong,”

    She sure is “bigger than Kooyong”. Her large physical girth is equalled by her exaggerated hyperbole.

    All the Teals are self entitled hypocrites but Ryan is probably the worst, although Daniel isn’t far behind.

  4. rickw Avatar
    rickw

    Mate’s Thai wife was bought up on crickets, other bugs and various small mammals caught in the rice paddies.

    Missus tells Dad about being raised eating farm rats in Thailand. He turns green.

    “Dad, that’s not a hard luck story, she loves the bloody things!”

  5. Cassie of Sydney Avatar
    Cassie of Sydney

    I suspect that before the May election last year, creepy Svengali Simon, being such a good sugar daddy, promised Lard-arse and the other Teals that not only will they hold the balance of power after the election, each one might possibly one day be PM.

  6. Knuckle Dragger Avatar
    Knuckle Dragger

    What were his learnings from this journey?

    Episode 1:

    1. Do not try and nuzzle me while I am driving;
    2. Do NOT whack the gearstick with a paw when nuzzling refused;
    3. You can get along famously with other dogs previously unknown to you and in their own homes;
    4. It is possible to chew to bits an unchewable dog bed as a contest with the aforementioned other dogs;
    5. Being in the back of the ute whilst passing loaded road trains full of stock is extremely exciting; and
    6. It is possible to sleep for hours while listening to Cold Chisel and Def Leppard.

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  7. Sancho Panzer Avatar
    Sancho Panzer

    Rabzsays:

    March 3, 2023 at 10:22 pm

    What about a Leonard Cohen night?

    What about a mass extinction event brought about by an entirely unexpected meteor strike?

    Ooooh.
    You’re in trouble, Muriel.

  8. Sancho Panzer Avatar
    Sancho Panzer

    Speaking of Holmes-a-Court, I watched a show on Jonestown last night.

  9. Zulu Kilo Two Alpha Avatar
    Zulu Kilo Two Alpha

    creepy Svengali Simon, being such a good sugar daddy,

    His mother, raised in a strongly left wing house, had difficulty coming to terms with the concept of inherited wealth…

  10. Colonel Crispin Berka Avatar
    Colonel Crispin Berka

    Dr Faustus says: March 3, 2023 at 6:42 pm

    Delicious in many ways – my favourites are exactly as Pogria lays out above in her offal porn.

    Dr Faustus must surely be an English northerner.
    You know those northerners.
    Can’t walk past a bad traffic accident without picking up some dinner.

  11. Knuckle Dragger Avatar
    Knuckle Dragger

    And a very good evening to those just arriving on Flight LL101 from Lurkerland.

    The angry cat ladies among you are asked to please return the cutlery, and report to the quarantine desk.

  12. Dot Avatar

    Shit.

    I am still awake from last weekend. I wonder if I will sleep for a solid 96 hours or so.

  13. Cassie of Sydney Avatar
    Cassie of Sydney

    “Sancho Panzersays:
    March 3, 2023 at 10:48 pm
    Speaking of Holmes-a-Court, I watched a show on Jonestown last night.”

    What was the show Sancho? There’s a very good book about Jim Jones and Harvey Milk, it’s called “Cult City”, excellent read, and very disturbing.

    As for Holmes a Court Jnr, I’ll reserve my words however his late father was a gangster and a crook but the luvvies of the 1980s lurrved Holmes a Court Snr because he and his grotesque wife were lefties and art collectors.

  14. Colonel Crispin Berka Avatar
    Colonel Crispin Berka

    rickw says: March 3, 2023 at 9:52 pm

    Accidentally bumped into about four levels up in CCP management at the inter airport show.

    Ooooh! Did you remember to get an autographed copy of Covid 2.0?

  15. Rabz Avatar
    Rabz

    Jonestown

    An entirely preventable debacle.

    A white collectivist presided over the deaths of 918 people, a significant proportion (i.e. the vast majority) of whom were black.

    “The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project”

    It all sounds so benign, Cats.

    Yet, it was not.

  16. GreyRanga Avatar
    GreyRanga

    Knuckles I reckon you were the rescue person not the dog. You needed something to care about.

  17. GreyRanga Avatar
    GreyRanga

    Dantown a white collectivist who caused the death of over 900 elderly people. Should be summarily executed.

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  18. Zulu Kilo Two Alpha Avatar
    Zulu Kilo Two Alpha

    As for Holmes a Court Jnr, I’ll reserve my words however his late father was a gangster and a crook

    Papa Holmes a Court should have been in the next cell to Alan Bond.

  19. Knuckle Dragger Avatar
    Knuckle Dragger

    I care about lots of things Ranga – including, but not limited to Collingwood, cricket, poorly cooked smallgoods, little monkeys, the overdue return of the sundress, the son and heir, Little Britain, various nieces and a nephew, Archer reruns and the Wayne Harmes fit-up of 1979.

    Dude just happens to be a good dog who behaved much better than expected during a two-month odyssey across this wide brown land.

  20. Colonel Crispin Berka Avatar
    Colonel Crispin Berka

    Gray Connolly describes CPAC as “the Mos Eisley of grift”, LOL.
    Opinion in the twitterverse is that De Santis is inculcating an anti-establishment theme and that Republican CPAC smells too establishment-y to the punters.

  21. Rabz Avatar
    Rabz

    the overdue return of the sundress

    Never went away, KD. A favoured siren’s preferred summer day wear. Behold her in an especially golden one and everything seemed to be right with the world.

    #jaggededges

  22. Johnny Rotten Avatar

    Dragnetsays:
    March 3, 2023 at 10:20 pm
    Bruce of Newc, there was a great little shop in a laneway off Bolton St where they made heavenly liver n bacon rolls for the lunchtime crowd.
    It was my staple in 1994-97 whilst a temporary Novocastrian.

    Dragnet. Liver and bacon is a great combination along with steak and kidney in a pie. Great Winter food on a colder day.

  23. GreyRanga Avatar
    GreyRanga

    I’m talking about the daily grind Knuckles. Having a creature to care about takes your mind off immediate problems. Now, what’s a collingwood and I hope you haven’t told the Son and Hier that one day the poorly cooked smallgood stand is going to be his. When my no.2 son was 5 he asked when all my junk was going to be his. Now he doesn’t want it. I’m shattered. The good thing is my daughter wants it.

  24. Iron Cove Avatar
    Iron Cove

    Rabz,
    I watched a wonderful show last night, Pavement at the Enmore.
    How about a blog dedicated to the electric geetar?
    Yeah.

  25. H B Bear Avatar
    H B Bear

    As an extreme right wing male, I’m appalled at the toxic femininity on display in this Ryan v Rugg dispute.

  26. H B Bear Avatar
    H B Bear

    Papa Holmes a Court should have been in the next cell to Alan Bond.

    I think that is what is known in the business as a very timely death. Connell too.

  27. rosie Avatar
    rosie

    Apparently the best thing to do around here is visit the Pueblos Blancos but in the absence of a motor vehicle not an option for me.
    I did catch the bus to El Monesterio de la Rabida which is where Chrisopher Columbus negotiated his deal with the Catholic Monarchs and set off on his journey of discovery.
    €3.50 includes an audio guide, don’t forget to return it and retrieve your passport.
    1492 was a very busy year for Spanish royalty.
    It’s well worth a visit and if you have a car, easy to drive to and get parking. Take a picnic, enjoy the view.
    You can also catch a ferry to the Grand Canaries from here, 30 to 36 hours, prices from €120.
    Strawberries are the main export of the little town on the other side of Rabida, Palos, I really should buy some.

  28. thefrollickingmole Avatar
    thefrollickingmole

    I have the theme for the music night.
    Songs which prove you are secure enough in your heterosexuality to actually play them.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IslF_EyhMzg

    Or just novelty songs
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lCOgj9_Rcl4

  29. Johnny Rotten Avatar

    Dr Faustussays:
    March 3, 2023 at 8:10 pm
    Offal porn and Dad Jokes.
    Fitting end to another week – time for a stiff hand sanitizer and tonic.

    Steak and Kidney pie, and,

    To get a feel for his audience, the lecturer asks “How many people here believe in ghosts?”

    About 90 students raise their hands.

    “Well, that’s a good start. Out of those who believe in ghosts, do any of you think you have seen a ghost?”

    About 40 students raise their hands.

    “That’s really good. I’m really glad you take this seriously. Has anyone here ever talked to a ghost?”

    About 15 students raise their hand.

    “Has anyone here ever touched a ghost?”

    Three students raise their hands.

    “That’s fantastic. Now let me ask you one question further… have any of you ever made love to a ghost?”

    Way in the back, Ahmed raises his hand.

    The professor takes off his glasses and says “Son, all the years I’ve been giving this lecture, no one has ever claimed to have made love to a ghost. You’ve got to come up here and tell us about your experience”.

    The Middle Eastern student replied with a nod and a grin and began to make his way up to the podium. When he reached the front of the room, the professor asks “So, Ahmed, tell us what it’s like to have sex with a ghost?” Ahmed replied “Shit, from way back there I thought you said goats”.

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  30. johanna Avatar
    johanna

    Justice in Victoriastan, episode eleventy:

    Key points:

    Simiona Tuteru was facing charges of breaching national heavy vehicle laws over the crash in 2020 on the Eastern Freeway
    His driver Mohinder Singh was jailed for 18 years and six months for ploughing his truck into four police officers
    Supreme Court judge Lex Lasry criticised the prosecution for handling the case poorly

    Supreme Court Justice Lex Lasry criticised Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions on Friday for acting “oppressively and unfairly” in the handling of the case against Simiona Tuteru, 51.

    Mr Tuteru, who worked as a manager at transport company Connect Logistics, was facing charges of breaching national heavy vehicle laws over the crash in 2020 on the Eastern Freeway.

    One of his drivers, Mohinder Singh, was jailed for 18 years and six months for ploughing his truck into the police officers as they stood in an emergency lane having pulled another driver over.

    Singh was severely sleep-deprived and drug-affected on the day of the crash, and police allege that Mr Tuteru should have stopped him from driving.

    Justice Lasry said despite two and a half years passing, the case was still not ready for trial, putting responsibility for that on the prosecution.

    “To continue with this matter would be an abuse of process,” Justice Lasry said.

    He put a stay on the proceedings, saying it was necessary to protect the integrity of the court.

    “A stay is a rare and exceptional order to make,” he said.

    His crime was annoying Vicpol. So they put him through the wringer for two and a half years, but never came up with a case.

    Note that Lasry is a notoriously leftie judge. For him to do that, it must have been way, way out of line. No consequences for the wrongdoers, though.

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  31. Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity Avatar
    Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity

    His crime was annoying Vicpol. So they put him through the wringer for two and a half years, but never came up with a case.

    Just chewed through all his savings, & those of his family, in legal fees.
    Eye-watering penalty imposed. Let’s get back to granny-bashing

  32. rickw Avatar
    rickw

    His driver Mohinder Singh was jailed for 18 years and six months for ploughing his truck into four police officers

    Maybe standing on the side of a busy freeway for more than an hour is a shit idea?

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