All Star Cryptids’ Advice

by | Mar 9, 2022 | Advice, Cryptids | 171 comments

I had gotten complacent. It had been a while since the cryptids had to be wrangled into the studio. But the call from mexican sharpshooter jolted me out of it.

“Swiss, we need a fill in post tonight.”

I could just imagine the sly grin crossing his face.

I scrambled through the calendar. “Wait, I thought I had something…uh oh.”

“No worries, we have the cryptids on standby. Make sure you are in the studio by 1900 Glibs time.” The phone went dead, and I was sure I heard the start of a laugh before it did.

No use cursing my situation. Time to armor up, and get into the studio/vault.

Good evening everyone. Welcome to the All Star Cryptid Advice Roundup!

We will begin with our Senior Maritime Havoc Correspondent, SEA SMITH. Sea, what do you have for our audience?

SEA SMITH. ADVICES FOR LAND HOOMANS!

SEA SMITH HAPPY SEA FUNNY GLIBERTARIAN LANDHOOMANS…AND HE HAVE STURGEON IN POCKET! SEA SMITH KNOW HE HAVE BETTER ADVICES THAN DRIED UP OLD LAND HOOMAN. NOW HEAR THE ADVICES OF SEA SMITH.

Q: My car is a plug-in hybrid, which means it runs on electricity for about 20 or 30 miles, then switches to run on gas. Gas is needed on long trips, but since electric driving makes fewer emissions, we try to drive on electricity as many miles as we possibly can.

If I stop to visit a friend at the limit of (or beyond) my electric-only range, what does etiquette say about asking if I can plug in the car for a bit of a charge? It’s not like I’m desperate to plug in, because I can always run on gas if the battery is empty, but a charged-up car is better for the planet.

I’m sure no host would mind a guest charging a phone, but charging a car taxes a home’s circuits a bit more. Still, the cost is nominal. In our area, plugging into a standard home outlet costs less than 20 cents an hour. I would gladly offer to reimburse a host for the electricity, but this seems petty.

A: SEA SMITH THINK YOU MOOCH, AND HIDE YOU CHEAPNESS BEHIND “SAVE PLANET!” SEA SMITH HAVE BETTER IDEA. SEA SMITH SAY YOU PUSH CAR, AND SEA SMITH CHASE. YOU ESCAPE, YOU NO USE GAS, NO MOOCH POWER. YOU NOT ESCAPE, SEA SMITH LECTURE YOU ON MANNERS. BY LECTURE, MEAN RAPE.

SEE HOW GOOD ADVICE SEA SMITH GIVE!

COME ON IN, WATER IS FINE!

Uh…OK then. Hurray for Gaia, I guess.

Let us turn to our Cascadia Correspondent, STEVE SMITH. STEVE?

FREE CASCADIA!

STEVE SMITH GLAD BE HERE. HIM VERY BUSY WORK FOR FREE CASCADIA. THEN UKRAINE PLACE COME AND TAKE ALL HEADLINE. STEVE SMITH SHAKE HIM HAIRY HEAD. BUT YOU NO HERE LISTEN STEVE SMITH TROUBLE. HIM HERE GIVE ADVICE! STEVE SMITH HALP COUSIN SEA SMITH GANG UP ON OLD ADVICE HOOMAN.

Q: I love candid photographs. I also appreciate posed, portrait-like photos. I believe the subjects of these photographs, whether candid or posed, should be given the opportunity to share the images — or not — at their sole, unquestioned discretion.

Apparently, however, my version of photography etiquette is not shared by many people.

Due to the plethora of cellphones with cameras, almost every social function is now plagued by celebrants insisting on group photos. Stop everything, huddle, and freeze a smile while someone takes a wide-angle photo of you looking terrible that they can share with the world through social media.

I have made every polite effort to avoid being in these pictures. I quietly leave the room; I drop my napkin and duck below the table; I step behind a taller person (difficult because I am also tall).

These tactics often fail. At my wits’ end, lately I have resorted to honesty. I regret to tell you that even brutal candor is ineffective on relentless photo-takers insistent on ghastly pictures.

This concept may be difficult for our “selfie society” to grasp, but there are people who do not want to be in every photo. We do not enjoy seeing ourselves caught in a blink or a sneeze, frozen in a picture that is then posted online and seen by every person we ever met — including old boyfriends and archrivals from high school.

Please tell these people that “no” means “no” for a photo, just as it does for a plate of anaphylactic shock-inducing catfish.

A: STEVE SMITH UNDERSTAND. HIM NO WANT BE IN PICTURES. HIM HAVE HIDE FROM “BIGFOOT HUNTERS” AND HOOMANS “GOIN’ SQUATCHIN'”. IF FRENS STILL TAKE PICTURE WHEN SAY NO, ASK NICE SEE PHONE AND THEN SMASH WITH BIG ROCK.

PICTURE BLURRY!

WORD GET OUT, “NO TAKE PICTURE, THEY CRAZY!” YOU WELCOME FOR GOODEST ADVICINGS.

FREE CASCADIA!

Free Cascadia indeed. Thank you STEVE. Our Senior Cleansing Correspondent is up next. ZARDOZ, take it away!

ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. QUICK REFRESHER FOR THE CHOSEN ONES – THE GUN IS GOOD, THE PENIS IS EVIL. JUST YOU REMEMBER THAT! NOW, IN ORDER TO FURTHER INSTRUCT THE CHOSEN ONES, ZARDOZ WILL GIVE ADVICE, SURELY GREATER THAN THAT OF ANY BRUTAL.

 

Q: Thirty-two years ago I was seeing two different men. I slept with each of them in the same week and became pregnant. I told them midway through the pregnancy that the baby might be theirs. One ditched me. I never heard from him again. The other is my husband of 31 years. We went on to have two more children. I have suspected all along that my oldest son, “Todd,” wasn’t my husband’s biological child. When Todd was 8, we did a DNA test, and I was right.

Todd was recently married. I asked him several times before the wedding to tell his future wife his birth story. Todd was adamant in his refusal. He has no interest in meeting his biological father or having a relationship with him. My husband is his dad — period.

I feel guilty for not sharing the truth with Todd’s wife when she asks me questions. She knows Todd was born before my husband and I were married. Todd says it’s his decision and “it’s not a big deal.” I disagree. Should I tell her the truth? If I do, I risk upsetting my son and maybe their marriage. They will have kids in the future, and I think she should know. What do you think I should do? 

A: FOOLISH BRUTAL! YOU CLEARLY DID NOT TAKE TO HEART THAT THE PENIS IS EVIL! YOU HAVE CREATED NEW LIFE, AND ARE PLAGUING THE EARTH WITH THE RACE OF MEN. NOW YOU INTENDED TO BLAB ABOUT YOUR BRAZEN WANTONNESS? BE SILENT! WHY SAY ANYTHING WHEN YOUR OFFSPRING HAS SAID NOT TO?

THERE IS ONLY ONE SAFE COURSE HERE. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TELL ANY TALES WHEN YOU ARE SERVING OUT YOUR MISERABLE DAYS IN THE GRAIN FIELDS.

GRAIN SLAVES DO NOT GOSSIP!

ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

That will wrap up tonight’s installment. Thanks for the … uh, wisdom. I am gettng out of here. SEA SMITH keeps trying the vault door.

Pray for SP.

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.

171 Comments

  1. Sensei

    “If I stop to visit a friend at the limit of (or beyond) my electric-only range, what does etiquette say about asking if I can plug in the car for a bit of a charge? It’s not like I’m desperate to plug in, because I can always run on gas if the battery is empty, but a charged-up car is better for the planet.l

    Well, is this a friend or a friend with benefits?

    • MikeS

      I’m thinking this cheap asshole should just be happy to have friends, nevermind trying for “benefits”.

      • Sensei

        He’s saving the planet!

    • Brochettaward

      I am alarmed – even dismayed – t0 see the number of Glibs who would take on the glory of being Frist while seemingly ignoring the great responsibility that comes with the task.

      Do better.

      • Brochettaward

        SHAME.

        SHAME.

        SHAME.

      • MikeS

        Looooove KWS. Thanks for this link.

      • kinnath

        you are welcome

      • The Hyperbole

        Isn’t his hair a bit short for you?

      • The Hyperbole

        You didn’t start listening until his second album? Poser!

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Oh piss off!

      • Aloysious

        “Frist?”

      • Brochettaward

        That’s what a baby Firster posts. One taking his first steps. I need more.

      • Aloysious

        Babies?
        I don’t know…

  2. Ted S.

    Todd’s mother is a narcissistic bitch who wants to destroy her son’s relationship with his wife, and make it all about *her*.

    • MikeS

      I hate this almost as much as when I agree with Hyperbole, but, Ted’s nailed it.

      • Ted S.

        Just remember: when you disagree with me, it’s because you’re wrong.

      • rhywun

        Yes, he did. I hope “Todd” moved to the other side of the country, for his sanity.

    • The Hyperbole

      Not saying Todd’s mom isn’t a narcissitic bitch but how would this information destroy their relationship?

      • Ted S.

        You think it’s going to stop at that information?

      • Chafed

        Brochettaward is that you?

    • Gustave Lytton

      She also still wants to fuck the guy that dropped her like a hot potato.

      • Chafed

        Lol. That is written between the lines.

    • Chafed

      When you’re right, you’re right.

  3. Ted S.

    The woman who doesn’t want to be in group photos on social media ought to offer to take the photos for the other members of the group.

    • Lackadaisical

      Nice idea. I’m guessing many of these are selfies though. And yes, some people prefer a selfie…

  4. MikeS

    Subtitles AND alt-text. I’ll be in my bunk.

  5. DEG

    SEA SMITH THINK YOU MOOCH, AND HIDE YOU CHEAPNESS BEHIND “SAVE PLANET!”

    YES

    I have made every polite effort to avoid being in these pictures. I quietly leave the room; I drop my napkin and duck below the table; I step behind a taller person (difficult because I am also tall).

    I DID NOT WRITE THIS!

    THERE IS ONLY ONE SAFE COURSE HERE. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TELL ANY TALES WHEN YOU ARE SERVING OUT YOUR MISERABLE DAYS IN THE GRAIN FIELDS.

    Good advice.

    • Brochettaward

      I’m torn. On one hand, I’m almost certain that this guy, along with a couple of others ensnared in Vertias stings were loose-lipped braggards just looking to get laid. At the same time, they reveal themselves to be spineless hypocrites so fuck’em.

      • commodious spittoon

        They got fucked anyway, so… props to them?

        And they’re bragging in a certain direction… like all the quote-unquote mistakes that NYT and other publications make which only ever point in one direction, these jerkoffs aren’t bragging about bringing the Ben Shapiro perspective into their reporting.

        They’re frat boy fascists.

  6. rhywun

    STEVE is right. I am the anti-photog.

    WhyTF are you taking so many pictures instead of, oh I dunno, experiencing shit? Your brain is pretty good at remembering stuff.

  7. blackjack

    I’m a quarter Sicilian. All my family photos have someone holding up a newspaper to hide their face. Easy. Probably they didn’t want to get caught for what they did to a guy just like the electric car guy, I’m guessing.

    • Sensei

      ‘Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!’

  8. Don escaped Texas

    candid photographs

    does she go? eh? wink wink nudge nudge

    • MikeS

      Say no more!

    • Sensei

      I’ve got one of their originals and it was a good purchase.

    • rhywun

      LOL I appreciate the effort but I’m not buying another fucking mask again.

      • The Last American Hero

        Staying home when the 6th wave hits and lockdowns resume?

      • rhywun

        If needs must, yes. Done with this shit.

      • Lackadaisical

        Then you should defy their unlawful orders.

        Easier said than done I know.

  9. Fourscore

    I’m a picture taker, for the memories. If I don’t date them they kind of lose their value. For example a wheel barrow of watermelons with one of my late brothers has a lot of sentimental value. The pictures are something that doesn’t fade like the memory. I often stick on a picture of the person I email, reminding them of a good day we had together. I almost always get a “Thanks for the memory”.

    When you come to the Honey Harvest you’ll be in a group picture with all the other new old friends. A memory you may want to forget, but still…

  10. rhywun

    So I’ve been bitching about several “running late” packages from Amazon this week. All of them were shipped via USPS and two are waiting in Brooklyn (i.e. the town where I live) since Monday and one is now somewhere in NJ.

    “I did this!” ?

  11. Q Continuum

    “a charged-up car is better for the planet”

    Good thing that magic electricity that comes from the wall is made by unicorn farts.

  12. The Late P Brooks

    Doesn’t the plug-in hybrid recharge off the real motor?

    • Sensei

      Yes, after the battery is depleted.

      You can usually go 20 to 30 miles EV only which may allow you to plug in and rarely need to use gasoline if you have a small commute.

  13. The Late P Brooks

    Deja vu

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that nearly $16 billion in Covid-19 relief would be stripped out of a massive government spending bill after Democratic leaders faced problems locking down votes amid a last-minute dispute within their party over the issue.

    A vote on the spending bill — which includes $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine — is expected in the House late Wednesday evening.

    ——-

    The sweeping government spending bill, known on Capitol Hill as the omnibus, is the product of months of negotiations, but the sprawling legislative text, which runs 2,741 pages, was not released until around 1:30 a.m. ET Wednesday, just hours before House leaders initially had planned to try to jam it through the chamber, leaving little time for lawmakers to review the measure.

    We’ll find out what’s in it eventually.

    • rhywun

      JFC so tedious

      Interesting the CNN is relatively honest about the chicanery.

    • creech

      Stack up five reams of copier paper. That’s a visual of how many pages this bill is. Now tell me that there is even one member of Congress that read a bill that is 2,500+ pages long. I’ll bet that all the bills passed by the 1st congress, that established the federal government of the United States, didn’t total 2,500 pages. Bills should be short enough that a congressman or senator could only be allowed to vote after they can pass a pop quiz about the bill once 24 hours have passed after it is presented for consideration.

      • rhywun

        The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.

      • commodious spittoon

        Blegh.

        As soon as you knocked her up, she blimps out to a size 24.

        Why I prefer inseminating hand towels.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Fleshlight FTW!
        /just say’n

      • rhywun

        Do the boobs blimp out with the rest of her? Not possible, I would imagine.

      • Q Continuum

        Mrs. Q is pretty top-heavy and they blimped a couple of sizes. They kept one of those sizes when the rest of her shrank back though. Got lucky.

      • MikeS

        wow

      • Brochettaward

        Those tits aren’t even remotely Q worthy. Leave it to you to like the girl who looks like she’s 2D. #4 is where it’s at.

      • MikeS

        More than a handful is a waste.

      • Brochettaward

        I’ll find a use for all of it.

      • rhywun

        You don’t like the giantest tiddies GAY

      • MikeS

        If Rhy’ is calling me gay, I may need to reassess some things.

      • kinnath

        your pick was perfect

      • Chafed

        I agree. 1 and 2 FTW.

      • Festus

        Those first three have hardened my resolve to travel to the Ukraine and join the resistance.

    • Brochettaward

      You provide things for Straf, but refuse The Bro a pan of cookies long since promised. Vile treachery.

      • Tulip

        I did make you cookies. You insulted them.

      • Chafed

        Did you whack him upside the head?

    • straffinrun

      Thanks, Tulip. That’s a good resource. Did a hasty McAffee today.

      https://ibb.co/K58CdNn

  14. hayeksplosives

    I am picking up my new Tesla Model Y tomorrow. It’s kind of the bigger “hatchback” version of the model 3, so it’s better for families, group commuters, and big dudes who bad joints who have trouble with how low to the ground the model 3 is.

    Haven’t decided whether the keep the model 3 (it’s still in great shape) or sell at it at almost its original price.

    Part of that is inflation, but part is the insanity of people laboring under the delusion that although gas prices are high, somehow electricity will be low.

    I don’t have a Tesla for saving the planet; I have one because it’s a joy to drive.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      “I don’t have a Tesla for saving the planet; I have one because it’s a joy to drive”
      Hell yeah! those things are badass! much accelaration!

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        I Kant spel gud

    • slumbrew

      I’ve no beef with EVs per se – just with the “they’re gonna save the planet!11!!” nonsense.

      Let me know when we build more nuke plants.

      That, and EVs are great as second cars – still want something I can drive several hundred miles, do a thing, then drive back, without waiting around for hours for a recharge.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Gimme a 3/4 ton Chevy with utility bed and ladder racks that can go 350 miles on a charge, then we a re talking, until then HAHA!
        /Nelson

    • Chafed

      The way things are going, if you hang on to your Model 3 a few more months you’ll get more than you paid for it.

  15. creech

    When are cryptids getting together, go on vacation to Moscow, visit Czar Vlad in Kremlin?

    • slumbrew

      CHUCHUNYA SMITH SAY HI

    • Gustave Lytton

      In Soviet Russia, you ra… nope, Comrade Smith still rape you.

  16. Yusef drives a Kia

    Manually fire off furnace
    run til 80 degrees
    wake up at 6 and start furnace from 53 degrees,
    rinse and repeat as needed,
    FUUUUUCK!

    • Brochettaward

      I find Babylon Bee has great headlines, and articles that disappoint. They lack subtlety. It’s overwritten.

      • straffinrun

        TL;DR version

        “Ah,” the Lord said, “you do not get the point. There is a Remnant there that you know nothing about. They are obscure, unorganized, inarticulate, each one rubbing along as best he can. They need to be encouraged and braced up because when everything has gone completely to the dogs, they are the ones who will come back and buildup a new society; and meanwhile, your preaching will reassure them and keep them hanging on. Your job is to take care of the Remnant, so be off now and set about it.” . . .

      • Brochettaward

        The Great Firster sent me, his greatest child, The One Before The First, the carrier of The First That Will Change Everything, formerly The First Of All Firsters, to oversee The Firstening.

        I am superior.

      • straffinrun

        The great firster being your mom and you the product of the Big Gang Bang.

      • straffinrun

        Regardless, wassup, Bro?

      • Brochettaward

        I only respond to my full title.

      • Gustave Lytton

        great headlines, and articles that disappoint. They lack subtlety. It’s overwritten.

  17. hayeksplosives

    My sweet kitteh was a humane society rescue from San Diego last May, when my husband finally came home from the hospital after his open heart surgery (Cliffs notes: a strep infection got into his blood and chewed up his aortic heart valve and weakened his blood vessels, leading to an aneurysm, mini strokes and other high hilarity.)

    Not a fun time, but with prayer and friendship and sharing stories and advice among the Glibs, we pulled through!! My gratitude to you is eternal.

    Weird part is our elderly cat got freaked out about his absence in March and April last year, and my frequent comings and goings to visit. One day she bolted out the door. I hope she found a new family; she was so friendly, she was known to walk into neighbors’ houses. I looked and looked; posted online, she was chipped. I hope she got adopted by a great family.

    Great thing about New Cat is that new cat had been abandoned at 6 months old in an apartment corridor when his humans left him. So we got him last May, and he’s the most companiable cat you could imagine. He sleeps on the bed between us every night, lies on our laps when we watch tv, helps me run telecons, etc. He is very happy and secure.

    Best part is he knows when one of us is sad and comes up to be with us and just give love. He even grabs my forearm and kneads on it until I massage his toe pads.

    I know we have a bunch of “dog people” Glibs, but cats have their merits too.

    • Sean

      I don’t want to live with either in my house.

    • rhywun

      “More cows for us.”

      /WEF

      Seriously, who’s buying this shit? Plus the boilerplate “blame Russia”.

    • Semi-Spartan Dad

      My Angus fell through. Asshole tried to pawn off a subpar one. Trying again this weekend with a new source that seems on the up and up. Probably going to get two heifers instead of one now. Hoping to get a Charolais cross for the second one.

  18. Festus

    Reading through the afternoon links. Aside from the obvious which we have all addressed (Healing Vibes to SP and Family!) I started to wonder if poor Winston has never seen a baby chuckle or a passel of puppies run through the dandelions. Did his Mom let him bring a goldfish home and then force him to raise it in an old shoe? What the fuck, Dude? There are couple of more people on the site that are slipping into slide whistle territory. Right now is when we need agile responses to what appears to be a concerted effort by TPTB to curtail our rights and basic freedoms. You can’t unify a herd of cats but by God, you can make them run with a well aimed garden hose.

    • slumbrew

      “ we need agile responses”

      *Lights the Agile Cyborg signal*

      • Festus

        A shining beacon in these troubled times!

      • Ghostpatzer

        The “Agile Cyborg” software development methodology has a nice ring to it. The scrums would be epic.

  19. Tres Cool

    suh’ fam
    whats goody

  20. Gender Traitor

    Good morning, homey, Fes, U, and Sean!

    I…got nothin’. Yet.

    • Tres Cool

      I just cleaned off my display, removing a substantial layer of gunk.
      Wow, Gabby Enright looks old.

      • Festus

        We all look old, Friend. Mornin’ Morning People!

      • Festus

        The bigger the cushion, the better the pushin’

      • Gender Traitor

        As long as she doesn’t lose weight, amirite? ?

      • Tres Cool

        Oh, she checks all my boxes.
        Remember Jill Del Greco? She was one I aspired to until a friend that worked in the courthouse (she was the crime and courts reporter) told me what an absolute cunt she was to the people she worked with during live shoots.

    • Gender Traitor

      Oh, yeah – I think I mentioned leaving for work early yesterday, trying to avoid a traffic mess on the interstate. As I approached my usual on ramp, it looked OK, but as soon as I got up there and looked “downstream,” I decided to exit immediately. I was doing fine on the surface streets…until I turned off one major-ish thoroughfare a fraction of a mile too soon. That road started taking me the entirely wrong direction, so I had to muddle my way back to where I knew where I was.

      Ended up being about fifteen minutes late for work, but that was probably still better than it would have been if I’d stayed on the highway. Even so, I wish I hadn’t driven so far out of my way right after gas prices took such a steep jump. ?

      • Gender Traitor

        Thank goodness for the compass on the rearview mirror of my Subie, since I don’t have GPS. At least I had some idea which direction I needed to go.

      • UnCivilServant

        A GPS, even just in map mode comes in handy.

      • slumbrew

        No smartphone?

        Stand alone GPS units aren’t too expensive.

        GPS is great option to have.

      • Gender Traitor

        I do have a smartphone, but I think I might have turned off as much of the “locating” function as I could manage, not wanting all my movements to be tracked. We actually do have a GPS unit – a Garmin, IIRC – that we bought for our trip out to CO/NM a few years ago but have hardly used since then. Maybe I should borrow it out of the cubbyhole in TT’s car and keep it in the cubby of MY car, since I’m on the road more than he is these days.

      • Tres Cool

        Its almost like you haven’t lived here your entire life….

      • Gender Traitor

        Yeah, but I’m one o’ them north side trailer trash. I’m lucky they let me go south of downtown.

      • Tres Cool

        Or as Tres Sr. says about his wife, “We live in a gated community but somehow she still gets out”.

      • Festus

        Yep. Got stuck at a level crossing for half an hour yesterday. Train guys give no shits.

      • Ghostpatzer

        “That road started taking me the entirely wrong direction, so I had to muddle my way back to where I knew where I was.”

        Tom Wolfe wrote a book about that. Something about a bonfire? Do NOT try this in NYC.

  21. Festus

    Yesterday was not great. Got called in for OT on about 4 hours of sleep. Plant won’t run without Tinkerbelle… He waved his magic wand and made all the cooties go away. Then I had to drive back home to get ready for my regular shift. Gas is basically 8 bucks per gallon. I put twenty in on the way home and it barely moved the gauge. I want to be laid off now.

    • Festus

      I see a return to locking gas caps. Why does the Universe keep forcing our prior follies upon us? I demand answers!

      • Tres Cool

        Yup. I already ordered 2 off amazon.

      • Ghostpatzer

        Dammit, I already lived through the seventies!

      • Festus

        Yup. I missed most of the fun part too, not being able to sport an erection until 1975, or so. All the stagflation and none of the stag. Cue Rocky voice *”Not Again?”*

      • The Hyperbole

        Are we going to have to wear bell bottoms and hand-knitted sweater vests?

      • Ghostpatzer

        Don’t forget the double knits!

      • Festus

        So sweaty! Tube tops could make a comeback, though.

      • Ghostpatzer

        That would be nice. Also, micro-miniskirts.

      • Tres Cool

        Ive been meaning to learn to macramé.

      • The Hyperbole

        My mom was really into, made some cool stuff too, I made a frog once.

      • Gender Traitor

        hand-knitted sweater vests

        Standing by to take orders.

      • Tres Cool

        The increase in energy price is going to have a proportional effect on the cost of goods. In our (locally) more economically-tested areas Im pretty sure there’s going to be an increase in crime, particularly theft by shoplifting. The grocery I frequent is in a not-great neighborhood (GT knows it). One day while shopping I saw one of the managers stocking and asked her “so whats the loss rate at this store?”. She just rolled her eyes and said “you cant even imagine”.
        Its only going to get worse.

  22. Gender Traitor

    And sure enough, just when it’s time for me to go clean up and dress for work, Little Black Cat decides he MUST have some lap time. ?

    • Festus

      Love the little black cat for all else is folly and foolishness. Festus has spoken.

      • Gender Traitor

        Oh, I do. And I believe he loves me…in his own feline way.

      • UnCivilServant

        *sings off-key* Feelines, nothing more than feelines.

      • Gender Traitor

        ?

      • Festus

        You are the Lady of the Snapping Lid! He will follow you through the depths of hell until he decides not to.

      • Festus

        You are the Lady of the Snapping Lid! He will follow you through the depths of hell until he decides not to.

  23. robodruid

    Good Morning guys (and gals)
    So very glad that we are all here. Daily Mail et al seem to be so very concerned that we are not more involved in Ukraine.
    As soon as this cold front passes through this weekend, I think I am going to start planting stuff outside. I have got to get the next set of seeds sprouting.

    • Festus

      Still 3-4 feet of snow on the yard here.

      • robodruid

        Sorry Fest, that level of snow would just about kill me.

      • UnCivilServant

        I don’t mind that much on the yard.

        I mind that much on the car and the street.

    • Semi-Spartan Dad

      I think we’re going to wait until early April (Zone 7). We planted in March last year and a snap frost in April killed pretty much everything.

      • robodruid

        Yea, i know….
        But i have a LOT of seeds, some Chinese broccoli did extremely well last year. I have 30 flats of seedlings in my library right now, its time to move some so i can make some more.

      • Festus

        If I do wind up losing my job and can keep my health, I might just fire up the gardens again just out of boredom. Nahhh! I’ll sit around and drink beer just like the old gypsy said.

      • Festus

        I don’t go outside much. Neighbors are asshoe.

      • Semi-Spartan Dad

        Good luck with everything Festus. I don’t often comment early AM but have reading of the shit your company has put you through. I hope it turns out better soon.

      • Festus

        Thanks. I just put the groin to the grindstone. Who hates a hard worker? I’ll abide.

  24. Tres Cool

    Oh, Im glad I stayed awake last night to finally attend a mid-week zoom.
    Even though I can tell my sleep schedule is already wrecked.

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      I remember that. That was the dipshit who sprayed himself with deer piss during rut season.

      That buck went Corn Pop on him

    • Festus

      He’ll cut a bitch…

  25. Festus

    Gotta split. Those were some tasty links, Swizzy. Well done!

  26. Fourscore

    Good morning all, it’s great to see everyone again! I’m going to start the peppers next week, the snow is going to start to melt on Sunday.

    There is so much bad news, seems like any news is not good these days but hearing of GT’s cat and others’ little foibles brings a spot of joy to an old man’s heart. Nonsense like saving the world with green energy makes as much sense as me trying to recapture my excess gas. I’m surprised I haven’t been busted for crimes against humanity.

    Anyway, y’all keep encouraging me to keep on keepin’ on and I appreciate that

    • Festus

      We always will.

    • Tres Cool

      The sun is up, Im a couple beers in, and Jugsy gets home tonight.
      Im also weighing if I want the responsibility of a garden. According to Tres Sr., peas should be in the ground by St. Patricks Day.