All Star Cryptid Advice Returns!

by | Apr 2, 2021 | Advice, Cryptids | 188 comments

WHYCOME IT CALL GOOD FRIDAY? STEVE SMITH SAD!

The Cryptids have assembled here at Glibs HQ. I am in the armored vault-studio control room, where I will be hosting tonight’s … uh, fun. SEA SMITH has returned from his Suez Canal vacation, and STEVE SMITH  and ZARDOZ have concluded their roadtrip. So, without any further delay, in which the cryptids could try to break into the studio control room, let us start.

SEA, you made quite a few headlines with your antics. Are you ready to give some advice out?

HI FUNNY GLIBERTARIAN LAND HOOMANS!

SEA SMITH READY! HE HAVE GOOD TIME IN SUEZ. HE PLAY “SHIP TETRIS” AND MAKE SILLY LAND HOOMANS ALL CRAZY ABOUT SHIP. SO MUCH LAUGH! BUT NOW HE READY GIVE BETTER ADVICE THAN DRIED UP OLD LAND HOOMAN.

Q: Six of us couples take turns entertaining and dining at all but one of our homes. One couple seldom entertains, as the husband is a clean freak who does not want his home dirtied. Additionally, he has stated that it is the inviting couple’s responsibility to prepare a vegetarian dish for him.

We are obligated to invite this pair because of the relationship they have with one of the other couples. Your thoughts/response for these non-reciprocating guests would be appreciated.

A: SEA SMITH HELP. HE BRING YOU BIG PILE SEA WEED AND SEA CUCUMBER TO FEED VEGGIE GUEST. THEN, HIM OFFER BRING 10,000 GALLONS SEA WATER CLEAN HE HOUSE! NOW HIM HAVE TO HOST! IF NOT, SEA SMITH ADMONISH ON MANNERS. BY ADMONISH, MEAN RAPE. YOU WELCOME.

COME ON IN, WATER IS FINE!

That is very… helpful of you, SEA. Lets turn to our next Cryptid, ZARDOZ. Ready to advise the Chosen Ones, Big Z?

ZARDOZ SPEAKS!

ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. THE ROAD TRIP WAS GOOD. FRIEND STEVE SMITH AND ZARDOZ VISITED MANY FUN ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS. THEY WERE STRANGELY EMPTY WHEN WE PARKED AND WENT TO VISIT… ZARDOZ WONDERS WHERE EVERYONE WENT? HOWEVER, THE CHOSEN ONES ARE HERE FOR ADVICE, NOT A TRAVELOGUE.

Q: My husband and I have been married for six mostly blissful years, but recently, some of his fantasies have started to worry me. About six months ago, he told me he had an attraction to women with amputations. Naturally, I was confused. I didn’t even know that was a “thing,” but I accepted it, even though I thought it was odd.

Three months ago, he asked to do some role playing, where we hid my leg under a towel to give the appearance of having a below-the-knee amputation, which he says is his favorite. I didn’t like it, but I went ahead with it. But now things are getting to be too much for me. He recently told me that not only does he find amputees attractive, but he wants to be one. What do I do?

A: ZARDOZ KNOWS ONE THING FOR SURE….ONE OF YOU IS GOING TO END UP SPARE PARTS. THERE IS ONLY ONE THING TO DO…CLEANSE BEFORE BEING CLEANSED. ZARDOZ WINS EITHER WAY. GOOD LUCK, AND BUY A CHAINSAW.

ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

Huh. That was…different. But no matter, we have our Cascadia Correspondent, STEVE SMITH, ready for the final word.

STEVE SMITH ADVICE GOODEST!

STEVE SMITH HAVE GOODLY ADVICE GIVE! HIM READ SILLY SLATE ADVICE GIVER, LAUGH, AND GIVE BETTER. STEVE SMITH MUST SAY,THAT NOT HARD DO. THEM VERY SILLY.

Q: My roommate and I have been having more backyard fires as a safer way to see friends during the pandemic. Our one neighbor “K” is in her 50s and keeps inviting herself over when we are having a fire. She usually dominates the conversation, complaining about her kids or work, and she won’t take the hint to leave when we are ready to pack it in. We’ve tolerated it up until now because she doesn’t seem to have any friends of her own and the pandemic has been difficult for everyone.

However, last night she crossed a line. A friend “B” was over for a socially distanced backyard fire, and B agreed to pee in a discreet corner of the yard by the shed because she wasn’t in our house bubble. Later, K walked up to our back door and peed where a welcome mat would normally be, in full view. We were shocked and didn’t say anything to her at the time, but her bathroom is literally next door. She was already making us feel uncomfortable, but this act was the final straw. How do we tell her that we don’t want her inviting herself over and peeing on our doorstep anymore?

A: STEVE SMITH SAY YOU HAVE BIG PROBLEM. YOU HAVE FRIEND MARKING YARD IN CORNER BY SHED, AND NOW CRAZY NEIGHBOR MARK YOU HOUSE! YOU TERRITORY NOT BELONG YOU, UNLESS DO SOMETHING. STEVE SMITH SUGGEST MOUNTING NEIGHBOR, SHOW WHO BOSS. STEVE SMITH VOLUNTEER SHOW HOW… BY SHOW HOW, MEAN RAPE. SEE, BEST ADVICE!

FREE CASCADIA!

Not sure what I was expecting tonight, but it was entertaining. In some fashion. Maybe. But I am going to turn this over to you, the commenters, before SEA SMITH figures out how to get in here. I see what you are doing there, SEA! I am taking the emergency exit pod. So long!

About The Author

Swiss Servator

Swiss Servator

Currently serving at the pleasure of a Swiss multinational. Previously a Soldier, rugby player, lawyer, bouncer, bartender, substitute teacher, risk manager, and cubicle mushroom. Will work for raclette.

188 Comments

  1. westernsloper

    She peed in front of the door? Throw beer cans at the bitch.

    • Ted S.

      I don’t believe that story one bit.

      • rhywun

        Just for that, you’re not welcome in my house bubble.

      • Ted S.

        I’m so sorry. The card says “Moops”.

      • Chafed

        If it happened in the UK, then I believe. Contra WS, throw beer bottles at her.

  2. trshmnstr the terrible

    He recently told me that not only does he find amputees attractive, but he wants to be one. What do I do?

    Special Guest Advice Writer Lorena Bobbitt has a suggestion.

    • westernsloper

      oh my

    • blackjack

      I am reminded of the time I almost got into a fight with Johnny Depp. Over an Edward Scissorhands joke.

      • Spudalicious

        I’m sorry it didn’t happen. You could regaled people for years with the tale of when you kicked Johnny Depp’s ass.

      • blackjack

        I know, right? But, the guy weighed in at about 85 pounds at the time. I wasn’t even sure it was him, until he “confronted” me.

      • Chafed

        Does confronted mean offered heroin?

      • blackjack

        You certainly have the correct era. Heroin chic was all the rage back then.

    • Tres Cool

      Remember when she was driving around after cutting dude’s wang off, and tossed it out the window?
      It hit the windshield of the car behind her. Know what the driver said to his passenger?

      “Jesus Christ! Did you see the cock on that bug ?”

      • blackjack

        What’s the last thing that went through that bug’s mind? Some dude’s dick!

      • Tres Cool

        *that joke also works for space shuttle explosion jokes

        What was the last thing to go through Christa McAullife’s head? Part of the control panel.

      • rhywun

        TOO SOON!

      • Chafed

        I was a college junior when that happened. I was making jokes about it that afternoon.

        /not proud

      • AlexinCT

        What color were her eyes?:

        Blew…

        One blew this way, and the other that way…

      • tripacer

        Last thing she said to her husband? “You take care of the dog, I’ll feed the fishes”

  3. DEG

    A friend “B” was over for a socially distanced backyard fire, and B agreed to pee in a discreet corner of the yard by the shed because she wasn’t in our house bubble.

    “Socially distanced backyard fire”, “house bubble”.

    Fuck.

    • trshmnstr the terrible

      I can’t even process that part of the question. It’s so mewlingly pathetic that I have a hard time accepting that people are that way.

      • Spudalicious

        One of my older sisters has emphysema. No one, not even family, has been in her house in a year. Your welcome to come sit on the patio.

      • grrizzly

        None of these people has emphysema or any other condition that requires extreme caution. They enjoy submission, all the retarded rules and protocols give meaning to their lives. The number of these morons is extraordinarily high in the West.

      • DEG

        My neighbors across the street are like that. One won’t see their grandkids except outside and distanced. The other are willing to have their kids and grandkids over, but only because the kids and grandkids isolate themselves.

        When I thought about going down to PA for Christmas, one of my relatives told me, “No one is coming over to my house, so there’s no way you’re staying here for the holiday.” That relative was willing to meet me outdoors.

  4. trshmnstr the terrible

    How do we tell her that we don’t want her inviting herself over and peeing on our doorstep anymore?

    “Piss off!”

    • commodious spittoon

      Stopcock.

  5. commodious spittoon

    However, last night she crossed a line. A friend “B” was over for a socially distanced backyard fire, and B agreed to pee in a discreet corner of the yard by the shed because she wasn’t in our house bubble.

    Each and every one of you should be lined up and shot.

  6. Hank

    “In Support of Shame

    “Go ahead and call out people who break COVID restrictions.

    “BY KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS

    “APRIL 02, 202112:16 PM

    “Over the past year, the United States has experienced an uncontained pandemic, a racial reckoning, and a white supremacist–fueled insurrection. We’ve seen people contribute negatively to society in ways large and small: from refusing to wear masks to attacking businesses that enforce social distancing, to spreading vaccine misinformation. We’ve also learned that, regardless of how abhorrent a person’s behavior is, apparently the worst thing you can do is shame them for it….

    “The tsk tsking over shaming is in part a misunderstanding of what shame is and the role that it serves in society, according to [NY environmental studies prof] Jennifer Jacquet….From her perspective, sometimes shame can be a good thing.

    “…as one popular meme points out: Wearing a mask is a lot like wearing pants. The reason many of us don’t stroll through town naked is not because we fear arrest but because we fear shame. It’s worth noting that early research suggests that collectivist cultures—which tend to employ shame more—better contained COVID early on in their outbreaks….

    “In spite of the current uproar against it, Americans do routinely use shame as a tool, quietly and comfortably. “We shame poor people all of the time,” said Phuong Luong, a certified financial planner and educator at Just Wealth (and also a friend)….

    “On the individual level, Jacquet points to the policies that some states have publishing the names of residents who owe a significant sum in taxes…

    “It’s worth pointing out that the rise of the COVID anti-shamer tends to center the behaviors, experiences, and feelings of the more privileged among us….

    “We should not shame people indiscriminately. In her book, Jacquet highlights seven steps to effective shaming…”

    https://slate.com/technology/2021/04/shame-covid-restrictions-psychology-public-health.html

    • commodious spittoon

      “BY KAREN PIERRE-LOUIS

    • Ted S.

      It’s not shaming; it’s bullying.

    • blackjack

      Just maybe, Covid shouldn’t have been made a political litmus test. They took a disease that mostly affects the old and fat, with numbers of less than one percent gonna get it and less than one percent of them are gonna die, and wrecked the whole world for that, conveniently giving them a fighting chance against the president they feared more than any other in history. The left went insane in their use of it to curtail liberty. They stole the election and instituted any number of useless edicts in the name of preventing what should have been a mere blip. I accept no shame whatsoever for ignoring the clarion calls. I ain’t getting the shot and I ain’t getting any passport. If you wanted me to trust you, you shouldn’t have lied constantly.

      • EvilSheldon

        “If you wanted me to trust you, you shouldn’t have lied constantly.”

        This is pretty much my working philosophy, these days…

      • Trigger Hippie

        Unfortunately, most people are the frog who trusted the scorpion.

    • Chafed

      “according to [NY environmental studies prof] Jennifer Jacque.” That’s when I started laughing too hard to take it seriously.

  7. Sensei

    “We should not shame people indiscriminately. In her book, Jacquet highlights seven steps to effective shaming…”

    JFC.

  8. Hank

    Wait, I got another one for you!

    ‘Church membership is in a freefall, and the Christian right has only themselves to blame

    ‘Fewer than half of Americans now belong to a church, and the trend of pew abandonment isn’t slowing down

    ‘By AMANDA MARCOTTE

    ‘APRIL 2, 2021 5:00PM (UTC)…

    “It is not, however, because of some great atheist revival across the land…

    “Blame the religious right. Until recently, the U.S. was largely unaffected by the increasing secularization of many European countries, but that started to change dramatically at the turn of the 21st century. And it’s no mystery why. The drop in religious affiliation starts right around the time George W. Bush was elected president, publicly and dramatically associating himself with the white evangelical movement. The early Aughts saw the rise of megachurches with flashily dressed ministers who appeared more interested in money and sermonizing about people’s sex lives than modeling values of charity and humility.

    “Not only were these religious figures and the institutions they led hyper-political, the outward mission seemed to be almost exclusively in service of oppressing others. The religious right isn’t nearly as interested in feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless as much as using religion as an all-purpose excuse to abuse women and LGBTQ people. In an age of growing wealth inequalities, with more and more Americans living hand-to-mouth, many visible religious authorities were using their power to support politicians and laws to take health care access from women and fight against marriage between same-sex couples. And then Donald Trump happened.”

    https://www.salon.com/2021/04/02/church-membership-is-in-a-freefall-and-the-christian-right-has-only-themselves-to-blame/

    • J. Frank Parnell

      ‘By AMANDA MARCOTTE

      pass.

    • rhywun

      And then Donald Trump happened.

      *imaginary mic drop in the space between her ears*

      I’m not even religious and this is just… deranged.

      • Chafed

        So true. Even if you follow her logic through Bush, then wouldn’t Obama have brought people, or at least The Left, back to church? I can’t imagine anyone viewed Trump as having any meaningful religious affiliation.

      • Festus

        Donald is as religious as myself which is to say, not a whit.

    • Lackadaisical

      This only makes sense if only evangelical churches began to suffer.

      Also, no one is forcing you to go to a megachurch. Jesus, what a dimwit. Then again, maybe she is right and leftists simply cannot conceive of being even tangentially related to the right wing and thus has eschewed church altogether.

  9. blackjack

    But now things are getting to be too much for me. He recently told me that not only does he find amputees attractive, but he wants to be one. What do I do?

    Cut him off! Completely!

    • commodious spittoon

      Once again, lined up and shot.

      Crimony, this is easy.

  10. blackjack

    WHOO-HOO! Jury summons! This time it’s a courthouse about three miles from my house. I get paid full pop for jury duty. Last time, I saved a weirdo from getting a misdo molest conviction for no good reason. Only two hold outs. I doubt this one will work out as well, but there’s always hope.

    • commodious spittoon

      Been summoned four times, voir dired twice, not yet selected to serve.

      I do make a point of standing up and shouting NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER regardless of the ethnicity of the plaintiff.

      They’re mostly Hispanic, if that helps.

      • J. Frank Parnell

        A guy I used to work with got out of jury duty by replying to the summons with a handwritten multi-page screed about how the justice system is a corrupt joke. I’m certain the letter included dozens of spelling and grammatical errors. I’m also certain it was completely legit and not just a ploy to get out of jury duty.

    • Tres Cool

      I knew it. You’re Doug Stanhope.

      (the whole short clip is worth a listen- one of my favorites)

      • commodious spittoon

        Great episode on LOS.

      • pistoffnick

        “You were born free, you got fucked out of half of it and you wave a flag celebrating it.” – Doug Stanhope

  11. Aloysious

    HAIL ZARDOZ

    The answer is to prepare a landing space for ZARDOZ’ large head of stoniness; trick crazy neighbor and retardedly rude guest into landing zone, then request ZARDOZ do a power landing from a great height.

    Guests gone, Zardoz’ chassis is lubricated. That’s what I call a win-win.

  12. Nephilium

    At least we’re not in France.

    • straffinrun

      “If we stay united in the coming weeks…then we will see light at the end of the tunnel,” he said.

      Shameless.

    • Gustave Lytton

      I think there’s a name for the system where you need permission to leave your land… something like, ser…

    • Chafed

      But they are so sophisticated. I’m sure they are doing it right.

  13. rhywun

    SEA CUCUMBER TO FEED VEGGIE GUEST

    ?

    • Lackadaisical

      XD I didn’t see that one.

  14. rhywun

    CLEANSE BEFORE BEING CLEANSED.

    No kidding.

    Or run. Now. Head for ze hills.

  15. blackjack

    Man, how about you let the wimmen folk sit down and pee, inside, like humans? Of course the “K” chick is some kind of freak and she’s hoping you guys are like Trump in a Russian hotel. If you’re into that kind of thing, you’re golden!

    • commodious spittoon

      K chick, if any of this is real, is the only one I care to spare in this ensemble. She pissed on their stupid fucking welcome mat and they wrote to an advice blog in response. I’m team lady pisser, fuck these soy beta cuck jerks.

      • blackjack

        I’m with you! Those beta cucks got pissed on and pissed off, all at the same time.

      • commodious spittoon

        Listen though, all fun aside, those piss fetishists? They have to be, you guessed it, put up against the wall etc.

      • commodious spittoon

        I am, above all else, a comma fetishist. I don’t know why it pleases me so much, and perhaps the insistence is alienating to many people, particularly as our species graduates into more online, and therefore textual, locution, but I find that a well-placed comma (or, indeed, a dash!) removes ambiguity and is representative of, dare I say it, congruity in thought and the betterment of intercourse overall.

        Thank you for attending my ted talk.

        I refer to all my posts as teds, thank you and goodbye.

      • blackjack

        Tell me. I use so many fucking commas, everything I write reads like William Shatner speaking. I’ll just pause and let that sink in.

      • commodious spittoon

        I realized I sound like my mom because I pause to find the right word which is invariably elusive. I can think of words like ecumenical or interregnum just fine, because who cares? NObody ever uses those words. But try to describe fiat currency as … the word I’m thinking of which properly describes the whole goddamn sysem, and it’s a bust.

      • commodious spittoon

        There is, I’m convinced, a blindness like what you feel when you can see something peripherally but can’t see it when you look at it.

        Or maybe I’m just fucking stupid and properly clever people would know the thing I’m trying to

      • commodious spittoon

        The truth is it isn’t language failing me, it’s me failing language. There is no meaning absent word choice, and all the ambiguity is just thoughtlessness and ignorance on my part. Yes, I’m just dumb.

      • rhywun

        Some asshole invites me over only I can’t enter their stupid “house bubble”, they get a nicely-worded “fuck off” in response.

      • The Hyperbole

        She invited herself over.

      • commodious spittoon

        You host a dinner party, people show up. That’s the point of a dinner party.

      • The Hyperbole

        I disagree, if I host a dinner party I expect the people I invited to show up not just random people from the neighborhood.

      • commodious spittoon

        I mean yes but also no

        This is a bonfire

        Listen,

      • Gender Traitor

        Ackshually, “K” is the one who invited herself over.

        A friend “B” was over for a socially distanced backyard fire, and B agreed to pee in a discreet corner of the yard by the shed because she wasn’t in our house bubble.

      • rhywun

        I’m just saying in general.

      • grrizzly

        Peeing in the backyard instead of on a toilet indoors is like wearing shorts instead of long pants.

      • commodious spittoon

        I mean, hot.

        Sorry, it just is

  16. Gustave Lytton

    Q: My husband and I have been married for six mostly blissful years, but recently, some of his fantasies have started to worry me. About six months ago, he told me he had an attraction to women with amputations. Naturally, I was confused. I didn’t even know that was a “thing,” but I accepted it, even though I thought it was odd.

    You can’t fool me. The advice columnist just watched Crash, didn’t she?

  17. J. Frank Parnell

    Meanwhile on “advice column question or setup for a porno”:

    Q. Neurotic neighbor: This morning a firm knock on the door introduced me to a neighbor I never knew I had. She had come to admonish me for spying into her house from the top-floor room we have, in a family house I share with my parents. I am in this room frequently as I do my morning meditation and yoga in there, looking out over the trees in the distance. I also work up there because it provides me with natural light on all sides. As she offloaded a grievance she admitted she had been holding for weeks, I became even more aghast. She thinks I have been up there staring into her house, day and night, and threatened to call the police and “tell her husband” if it carried on. Ironically, the more she spoke, the more it became apparent she has clearly taken a lot of time to watch me up there, as she knew exactly what I do and when.

    • Sensei

      I’m confused. No mention of pizza delivery or cable TV repair or installation.

      You’ll note the writer isn’t really denying the allegations. That said if the lady doesn’t like it close the blinds. The guy is (for the moment) allowed to look out the window.

      • Chafed

        Not even a hug or peck on the cheek.

      • Tejicano

        “So I guess a blow job would be out of the question…”

  18. grrizzly

    And that’s how people will beg for their vaccination passports in California.

    Indoor events can return in California later this month as COVID-19 conditions improve

    For venues with a capacity of up to 1,500 people, the new rules will be:

    In the red tier, the state’s second strictest, attendance would be limited to 10% of capacity or 100 people — though that could increase to 25% if all guests are tested for the coronavirus or show proof that they’ve been fully vaccinated.

    In the next step up the ladder, the orange tier, the capacity cap would be 15% or 200 people, and increase to 35% if all guests are tested or fully vaccinated.

    Maximum capacity would rise to 25% or 300 people in the least restrictive yellow tier and could grow to 50% if everyone is tested or completely vaccinated.

    For larger-capacity venues, testing or proof of vaccination would be required and attendance limited to 20% of capacity in the red tier. The threshold would be 10% or 2,000 people in the orange tier — and could increase to 35% if all attendees are tested or show proof of full vaccination.

    Venues can also choose to separate people into sections based on their vaccination status. Those who are fully vaccinated could sit shoulder-to-shoulder, but they still must wear masks, state Public Health Officer Dr. Tomás Aragón said.

    • DEG

      Newsom’s recall can’t happen fast enough.

      • blackjack

        Latest news is he’s likely to survive, if one believes the polling. Personally, I don’t believe the polling. Besdides, he still has a good stretch of time to do more evil and inept things before the recall election.

      • Urthona

        They don’t have the votes to ever replace him though so it’s mostly a waste of time.

      • blackjack

        That’s just one of their tactics. Claim the polls are in their favor. 56% of the singers of the petition in LA county were dems. It’s way more real than they are wanting us to think.

      • blackjack

        Fucking signers, not singers, although there’s probably a good amount of those too, being Hollyweird and all.

    • rhywun

      OFFS!!

    • Trigger Hippie

      Who needs full-blown federal totalitarianism when you can just outsource it to fascist state governmens?

      6-6-6, The Number of the Beast!

      • Hank

        I’d like to a video of that, if it weren’t Good Friday.

      • Trigger Hippie

        That Evil Eddie RPG? I’ve toyed with the idea of giving that a chance.

      • rhywun

        I guess if the goal is keep me a shut-in, they win because I’m not playing along with any of this theater until it all goes away.

  19. Mojeaux

    Not sure which is worse, the husband who wants to chop himself up or the person who won’t let a guest go to the bathroom in its house.

    • commodious spittoon

      Everyone goes to the fucking gallows, it makes a lot of sense in my head.

    • blackjack

      It’s vitally important to underscore the efforts to eradicate this barely relevant virus. Otherwise, people might think about what it all means. Scary thought to these people, right there.

  20. Trigger Hippie

    Anyone else having difficulty logging in on their usual device? WordPress has apparently decided that I’m a robot and locked me out of this website via my tablet no matter how many times I pass their “prove you’re not a robot test”.

    Annoying as all get out.

    • UnCivilServant

      WordPress knows I am a robot but lets me in anyway.

    • RAHeinlein

      I’ve been experiencing issues for over a week – most of the time I am unable to see posts.

      • blackjack

        On my phone, I have to go to the latest post I can get to and then use the sidebar arrow to navigate to anything newer. It’s been as far as three times over. Going to the home page just stays back at the previous post as if there’s nothing newer. On my laptop, this is not an issue.

    • Trigger Hippie

      Christ! Now I can’t even load the main page on my tablet, much less read the articles, comments or reply.

      Da fuck is going on?!

    • rhywun

      I’ve never had the robot test.

      Site is still slow as mud but I power through.

  21. mexican sharpshooter

    A friend “B” was over for a socially distanced backyard fire, and B agreed to pee in a discreet corner of the yard by the shed because she wasn’t in our house bubble. Later, K walked up to our back door and peed where a welcome mat would normally be, in full view

    Imagine being dumb enough to believe this isn’t stupid,

    • Hank

      Even restaurants let you use their restrooms, heck, even gas station convenience stores let you use their restrooms.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        I was in CA for a long weekend recently and was told I could not use the facilities. Even if I bought something, which I offered to do.

      • Hank

        Hmm…I know some people in California but they are fairly homebound, so maybe it’s worse than I thought.

      • blackjack

        I haven’t encountered that. I have seen restroom closed signs. Might be by order of the health dept. The Panda express has a 10 foot long window filled with postings about all the new covid laws governing the buying of orange chicken, that might one of them.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        They told me to go to the gas station. In El Centro the gas station told me to go to Home Depot.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        Varies by place here: Vons yes, Grocery Outlet no.

    • blackjack

      I’m pretty sure ( assuming any of this actually ever happened) that “K” was fronting off the dufus brothers for making “B” ( aunt B?) piss in the yard. She was like, ” fucking make your neighbor piss in the backyard because you’re a pair of pussies? Fuck you, I’ll piss on the fucking porch!”

    • Tejicano

      I just don’t get the idjits who still believe a virus can be a threat after it’s been outside the host body for more than a half hour or so – probably less than 5 minutes on most cases. Somebody being in your “house bubble” for a couple minutes to pee isn’t going to pass on a virus if you aren’t in there with them.

      It isn’t alive. It cannot replicate itself outside a host. It basically dries up and breaks down when left on a non-living surface for a few minutes.

      It seems to me that all this hand-washing and avoiding all viruses is making peoples’ immune systems weaker and most likely will lead to more viruses – including COVID – propagating faster when given a chance.

      • Gustave Lytton

        There’s a reason Norwalk happens on cruise ships and nursing homes and MRSA in hospitals. Most places have a long way to go before worrying about being too clean. Basic personal hygiene like hand washing and cleanliness continues to elude large chunks of the population.

      • Tejicano

        I can see how the high population density and high traffic in common areas would lead to quick spread of viruses but having one or two guests in your house for a few minutes to use a toilet seems completely harmless.

        These idjits are acting like viruses are living organisms which live and propagate outside of living beings. They really have no concept for how viruses work.

  22. kinnath

    So the Iowa Guv signed a law today eliminating the requirement have a permit to acquire handgun or a permit to carry. The permit to carry is now optional so that people can carry in reciprocating states.

    Funeral homes and morticians are celebrating across the state.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      As does Clint Eastwood in Bridges of Madison County.

      • Festus

        Watched that film in a totally non-gay way with my buddy from the sawmill. At the drive-in.

  23. commodious spittoon

    I have enough rum to see me through the end of time. So go on ffuck yourself, I’m set for life.

    • commodious spittoon

      where’d the zoom link go, I want in

  24. Q Continuum

    “Human breasts are characterized by their large size and rapid development prior to and during puberty, when growth of other body parts also reaches a high level. They can thus be considered costly structures in terms of energy use. … Heavy investment in breast development during puberty may seem puzzling because the functional significance of breasts is far from obvious. There is no or little relationship between breast size and production and composition of milk in current industrial societies (reviews in Anderson 1983; Cant 1981; Low et al. 1987), and breasts have therefore been hypothesized to constitute a deceptive signal used by women to attract preferred mates (Low et al. 1987).”

    https://archive.li/yrR3J

    Friday Funbags.

    • trshmnstr the terrible

      There is no or little relationship between breast size and production and composition of milk in current industrial societies

      Erm, I’ve heard the exact opposite.

      • blackjack

        I stopped caring about any milk they might contain after the age of two.

    • blackjack

      breasts have therefore been hypothesized to constitute a deceptive signal used by women to attract preferred mates

      Doesn’t really seem all that “deceptive” to me. Everywhere I go, women’s breasts are staring at me!

    • commodious spittoon

      4 hooked me, broke my heart, I am a broken man. I hate to say I was rooked so easily, she’s unbelievable. I love her and I’d do it again, wouldn’t you?

      • blackjack

        I’d have to see her piss on my porch to make a fair determination.

      • commodious spittoon

        She’s fucking dirty, I’d almost forgive her for it.

        Almost.

      • Q Continuum

        You’ll be happy she dumped you because now you’ve got a shot at 15.

      • commodious spittoon

        Amateurish doesn’t begin to describe it. She’s the stepdaughter I don’t even want to fuck, ffs. I want to be her father, that’s how disinterested I am.

      • Q Continuum

        I’ve seen several documentaries on this subject on PornHub.

    • Lackadaisical

      There is no or little relationship between breast size and production and composition of milk in current industrial societies

      Hey derpbags, how about you imagine preindustrial society where people might be malnourished, etc..

      Here are three things excessively small breasts might signify:
      1) Malnutrition
      2) Its a kid, you perv
      3) hormonal imbalance, resulting in difficulty having and sustaining children

      Thus it is obvious why men may prefer larger breasts as they’re a sign those 3 above are not an issue.

  25. commodious spittoon

    I’m still seeing the handedness post on my phone……………..

    • blackjack

      Go to it and then use the arrow buttons on the sidebar. Forward will take you to the next newest post. Same thing has been happening to me, but only on my phone, laptop’s great.

    • commodious spittoon

      I’M IN

      CHARLIE IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY

      • commodious spittoon

        Bored already…

      • commodious spittoon

        Why the fuck did Swiss shave his head?

      • commodious spittoon

        Swiss is still commenting from an office space, drop ceiling and all… don’t trust this fucker at all

      • commodious spittoon

        Does nobody else notice this shit? You have drop ceiling behind you. FFS.

      • Chafed

        How much have you had to drink?

  26. Tejicano

    I decided to dry out for a few days. I guess kinda just to show I’m still in control. I don’t miss getting a buzz on as much as I thought I might but I do miss the taste of beer. I never drink any sort of soda/coke/etc so my options are water or coffee.

    Tomorrow I’m going to be smoking a brisket and doing more BBQ after that – seems kinda flat without a beer but I’ll figure it out.

    • slumbrew

      There’s no real substitute for beer, but fizzy water triggers some of the ‘I’m having a drink’ feelings for me. Better than tap water, at any rate.

      • Tejicano

        I’ll try the fizzy water thing. Couldn’t be worse than non-alcohol beer which tastes to me like it was made for people who’ve never actually tasted beer but heard about it somewhere.

    • Sean

      Quitter.

  27. hayeksplosives

    It’s Friday but Sunday’s Coming (tree 63)

    Nothing’s sacred, the days are cheap
    Truth is thin on the ground
    Still our prophets are crucified
    Nobody believes we’re stumbling
    It’s Friday, but Sunday is coming

    Someone’s saying a prayer tonight
    For hungry mouths to be filled
    Someone kneels in the dark somewhere
    And darkness is already crumbling
    It’s Friday, but Sunday comes

    https://youtu.be/ZeBBLmFNRtM

    Last night they had to put Mr HE on a ventilator. Tomorrow they do the heart surgery. Thank you Glibs for your support.

    It’s Friday but Sunday’s coming. Whether here on earth or in some other beyond, we cannot know yet.

    • hayeksplosives

      Sunday – Hallelujah – it’s not so far, it’s not so far away
      Sunday – Hallelujah – it’s not so far, it’s not so far away

      Broken promises, weary hearts
      But one promise remains:
      Crucified, he will come again
      It’s Friday, but Sunday is coming
      It’s Friday, but Sunday is coming

      Sunday – Hallelujah – it’s not so far, it’s not so far away
      Sunday – Hallelujah – it’s not so far, it’s not so far away

      And darkness is already crumbling
      It’s Friday, but Sunday is coming
      Yeah, it’s friday but Sunday is coming
      Can you feel it: Here it comes

      Sunday – Hallelujah – it’s not so far, it’s not so far away
      Sunday – Hallelujah – it’s not so far, I’ll come where Heavens stays

    • slumbrew

      Damn. You and the hubs are in my thoughts – you’ve had an unfairly rough stretch.

    • Spudalicious

      Hayek, I am so sorry. I hope he pulls through.

    • Q Continuum

      I don’t know if you were around for when this happened, but when q-ette was born 6 weeks ago the process was very traumatic. Mrs. Q nearly bled out and q-ette wasn’t breathing. In the NICU she failed several neurological function tests and I was informed that she probably either had a hypoxic brain injury or a structural brain abnormality. After a relentless battery of tests and the worst week ever, both ladies were discharged; q-ette back to a normal newborn with no problems found and Mrs. Q on the mend. The NICU said it was exceptionally unusual for a baby with her findings to be discharged so soon and with such a good prognosis.

      The point: don’t give up because things can turn on a dime. Hopefully Mr. splosives comes through and recovers; I’ll hold a good thought for you and him. Keep the faith.

    • commodious spittoon

      Goodness. I hope for goodness.

    • Tundra

      I’m praying for you both.

    • Toxteth O'Grady

      Thinking of you both.

    • Tejicano

      Watch out for incoming prayers.

    • one true athena

      Hang in there. Blessings to both you and him that he pulls through.

    • Chafed

      I’m sorry He. I hope things improve for the hubs. I’m sort of local if you need some help.

    • Trigger Hippie

      I wish the best of luck and health for you and the hubby, that’s all I can honestly give.

      Hope you both are in a better physical and mental state ASAP.

    • SP

      Best wishes for Mr ‘Splosives. We’re thinking of you both.

    • Ownbestenemy

      Well wishes and prayers to you, hubby and family.

    • Hank

      This is as good a time as any for me to start praying again, so let me do that and pray for good things.

    • Lackadaisical

      I’ll keep you and Mr. HE in my prayers.

    • rhywun

      Oh my. Best wishes!!

    • Sean

      Prayers and positive thoughts sent your way.

  28. Lackadaisical

    In the most awkward transition ever: Anyone planning on writing about the NY Marijuana legalization?

    • rhywun

      The most interesting aspect I saw is something about Andy calling off the dogs if you’re smoking in public or your car smells. That seems more consequential to me than whatever colossal shitpile of a “market” they set up.

      • Lackadaisical

        Huh, that part I didn’t know, guessing that is his discretion? Now can we have the same for alcohol? 😀

        Yeah, from what I gather the law is a mess, but still better than the previous state of things.

      • rhywun

        Yes. And I’ll be honest, I never saw it happening in uptight NY.

      • Lackadaisical

        Exactly. A few years ago I swore we’d never get legalization.

  29. Festus

    Mornin’ Glibbies! What did I miss? Aw fuck! Sorry, sweet Hayek. Ultra super special vibes sent your way. Dude from my Grad class just dropped dead. Everybody loved him because he was an awesome guy. 57.

    • Festus

      He borrowed his Mom’s sedan and we took it out into the mud. I don’t remember how I ended up hanging out with them that day but every time we’d get stuck, we’d jump out and push whilst screaming “Rock Lobster!” This was 1979 or so. I was 14.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        Aw, Festy, sorry to hear it; that can’t be good for your erratic morale.

        Morning, East Coasters.

      • Gender Traitor

        Good morning, TO’G & Fes! It’s too cold here to go out to Tranquility Base, but I have a happy little black kitty on my lap and a mug of chai latte, so I got that going for me!

        I’m so sorry to hear about your classmate, Fes! I was just snooping around on The Book of Faces wondering what’s the latest on a postponed-from-last-year class reunion and came across an announcement of the loss of another classmate of my acquaintance. They’re probably going to start dropping thick & fast soon. 🙁

      • Festus

        This is when the cancer and strokes strike.

      • Gender Traitor

        Tell me about it! Tom T’s been battling both for the last few years! 🙁

      • Festus

        Get Tom Terrific on that recumbent bike!

      • Festus

        I’m incredibly, physically tough. I’ll be around long enough to drain the Government for a good long time.

  30. Festus

    Too soon but I’d imagine that Steve and The Savior are giving each other gentle handies in that top picture.

    • limey

      Ain’t nothing gentle about it, at least from STEVE.

      *shudders*

    • Festus

      Only in the State of California.

      • Sean

        I have a 2 sets- one set of the cubes and a set of the round ones. I’ve never thought of ingesting any of them.

  31. Tres Cool

    whaddup doh ?

    HE- hate to hear the news about the spousal unit. Like Trashy said, think positive. I think we’re all on your side with the prayers and positive thoughts.

  32. Festus

    Heavens! Off today but back at it on Sunday. Best wishes to all, especially Hayek’s Hubby!