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Post by sprite on Dec 30, 2022 7:57:17 GMT -5
Yes, long may he rot.
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Post by sprite on Dec 30, 2022 7:59:27 GMT -5
My neighbour had dinner with us last night, and shortly before eating, her phone alarm went off--time ot give the cats their meds. At 10pm, it went off again, and I expected her to pop back to do more meds. Nope, turns out that it was her, "have you fallen asleep on the sofa again?? Go to bed!" alarm.
that's self-awareness.
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Post by Queen on Dec 30, 2022 11:20:26 GMT -5
My neighbour had dinner with us last night, and shortly before eating, her phone alarm went off--time ot give the cats their meds. At 10pm, it went off again, and I expected her to pop back to do more meds. Nope, turns out that it was her, "have you fallen asleep on the sofa again?? Go to bed!" alarm. that's self-awareness. Mine is set for 10.15 pm.
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Post by sprite on Dec 31, 2022 14:58:17 GMT -5
partner got a series of texts from a cousin he's not close to. each one produces more questions than it answers, but we now know that his (illegal?) hobby of shooting rabbits in farm fields at night has resulted in knee surgery. but his bullet proof vest works.
Full marks to the police officers who managed not to laugh while questioning him.
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Post by kneazle on Jan 1, 2023 5:16:32 GMT -5
My mum tried to call my (very religious)aunty for new years but got no answer.
My aunty called back and said she'd been at church and mum said something about there being a service for new years day. My Aunty pointed out that it was also Sunday...
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Post by sprite on Jan 1, 2023 19:07:49 GMT -5
I'm probably going to insect hell for this, but we've had a few large wasps, possibly queens, come into our living room this month. we think we're accidentally bringing them in with the firewood.
we are using an evil spray to kill them, because it is really hard to get close enough to kill them quickly. And, yes, they are very big and scary. No, we don't kill them when they're outdoors.
today, the one that appeared 2 nights ago was walking on the floor, and dragging one of my hairs along with her. it just looked so bizarre.
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 1, 2023 21:17:51 GMT -5
Sob... ok I won't tell
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Jan 5, 2023 6:10:32 GMT -5
It's the geek in me that laughs seeing that every toilet in our airbnb place has a little magazine rack with copies of the New Scientist magazine.
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Post by sprite on Jan 5, 2023 9:28:46 GMT -5
I don't rake up all my leaves in the fall, and leave lots of plants to die naturally--does that partially redeem me??
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Post by sprite on Jan 5, 2023 9:45:13 GMT -5
For Christmas, my family makes donations. I wrote a christmas letter home, mentioning, I'm sure, 4 organisations I was GOING TO send money. Now I can only remember 3.
Do I ask my mom to tell me what the 4th one was??
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 5, 2023 17:46:39 GMT -5
You are utterly redeemed
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Post by sprite on Jan 6, 2023 7:22:22 GMT -5
A student wrote me an email yesterday, saying she wouldn't be in class for family reasons,
I was halfway through replying when I realised that this was the homework I'd asked them to do.
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Jan 7, 2023 3:17:27 GMT -5
The rather macabre humour in this family.
The beach was really rough today, I was surprised it was still open. In fact, I think the only reason it was open was because there was a surf carnival going on. So I laughed with LC that it would be really ironic to drown in front of all the lifesavers from clubs all around the Central Coast and Newcastle beaches..
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Post by sprite on Jan 7, 2023 5:53:13 GMT -5
We bought a mug from the UN gift shop, and the colour on it keeps peeling off in the dishwasher. It's landing on other mugs, and we can't scrape it off.
So we think that's funny.
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 7, 2023 6:43:50 GMT -5
Katie Porter, one of my favorite House Representatives, reading "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck" on the House floor while the Republicans continue being completely dysfunctional: /photo/1
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Post by psw on Jan 7, 2023 10:46:03 GMT -5
I also love Katie Porter!
I nominate her for next senator from California when one of the current ones finally retires.
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Post by tucano on Jan 7, 2023 14:11:35 GMT -5
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Post by tzarine on Jan 7, 2023 15:27:49 GMT -5
tucano
im dying etsy is often a source for laughs
the people in line for these mediocre overpriced brunch joints that keep sprouting up in my hood
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 7, 2023 16:56:25 GMT -5
Who are these people indeed!??! What amazes me is that there isn't just a bling Febreze bottle; the bling Febreze bottle is just one of like 10 pages of blinged Windex bottles, dishwashing liquid bottles, Starbucks iced coffee containers... why
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Post by tzarine on Jan 7, 2023 18:50:45 GMT -5
Who are these people indeed!??! What amazes me is that there isn't just a bling Febreze bottle; the bling Febreze bottle is just one of like 10 pages of blinged Windex bottles, dishwashing liquid bottles, Starbucks iced coffee containers... why well those stones are really cheap & are sold by the sheet, tzarevich & his friends got some & put them everywhere a crafty inspired person could do too much
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 7, 2023 18:59:58 GMT -5
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Post by sprite on Jan 7, 2023 19:27:52 GMT -5
I triple dog dare you.
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 7, 2023 22:34:36 GMT -5
Well unfortunately I was so amused by the idea that I went and told him
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Post by tzarine on Jan 7, 2023 23:44:19 GMT -5
angelina jolie & john lee miller in hackers francesca fiore from kids in the hall
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Post by tzarine on Jan 8, 2023 0:19:43 GMT -5
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Jan 9, 2023 6:47:52 GMT -5
That made me laugh out loud.
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Post by sprite on Jan 9, 2023 9:38:24 GMT -5
Wondering why Esty is being so wierd with my search results for keyrings, until I realised that it's mostly showing me belly and nose rings.
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 9, 2023 19:51:56 GMT -5
I've been getting this one brand of vegan chocolate hazelnut bars for a while, which usually are good but not SO good as to want to eat the whole thing in a single day, which is kind of their appeal. But this latest one that I got on Saturday is binge-worthy; tastes rather like a very large Neuhaus gianduja truffle, which is problematic.
Aha: I ended up looking at the label and now I get it-- they aren't vegan anymore.
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Post by tzarine on Jan 9, 2023 21:22:39 GMT -5
stupid ads esp those telling to ask your doctor like i saw this med, it looked cool, can ya prescribe me some? or the gambling ad come to our casino. oh, if you get an addiction, here is gamblers anonymous
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Post by Queen on Jan 10, 2023 4:56:04 GMT -5
I belong to a fb group called the Colbert nation, in honor of this guy It's full of satire, memes and other nonsense. And yesterday a guy called Richard Colbert dropped in with a whole long genealogy/humblebrag. Which was already making me laugh loud enough to scare the cat. But this morning he posted And the response was **chef's kiss**
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