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You are here: Home / Nature & Respite / Much Needed Respite: Viral Humor

Much Needed Respite: Viral Humor

by TaMara (HFG)|  March 17, 20205:30 pm| 148 Comments

This post is in: Nature & Respite, Open Threads

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A message from me and my dad, @Melbrooks. #coronavirus #DontBeASpreader pic.twitter.com/Hqhc4fFXbe

— Max Brooks (@maxbrooksauthor) March 16, 2020

Sorry, it’s still virus related. Been a very rough day here, so I needed some fun.

Day3 in pic.twitter.com/EKBDpQiwQI

— Bryan Shields (@BryanShields1) March 16, 2020

That little girl is me. LOL

pic.twitter.com/FNI1H9hZ2r

— mouhoubi lounes (@mouhoubi_lounes) March 16, 2020

Love the spitting out version of this.

Have we seen these before?

coronavirus song stylings
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Still funny even if we have.  And finally…

Today’s theme song:

How is everyone doing? Hanging in there?

Tell me something fun if you can…otherwise, kvetch away! We need a place to vent about self-quarantine!

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148Comments

  1. 1.

    Major Major Major Major

    March 17, 2020 at 5:40 pm

    We need to talk. pic.twitter.com/ZkLbN61KXT

    — Tynan! (@TynanPants) March 17, 2020

  2. 2.

    lamh36

    March 17, 2020 at 5:41 pm

    This gave me a laugh today…

    https://twitter.com/roywoodjr/status/1239746741412528129

  3. 3.

    eemom

    March 17, 2020 at 5:46 pm

    Max looks like his lovely Mom.

  4. 4.

    MattF

    March 17, 2020 at 5:49 pm

    The Far Side: https://www.thefarside.com/2020/03/17/2

  5. 5.

    zhena gogolia

    March 17, 2020 at 5:54 pm

    Sweet video of “We’ll Meet Again.” Watch to the end.

  6. 6.

    WaterGirl

    March 17, 2020 at 5:54 pm

    ok. you can fuck right off.

    Casinos ask Congress for emergency aid as coronavirus toll sweeps industry https://t.co/rw7naIWWLv

    — John Cole (@Johngcole) March 17, 2020

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    March 17, 2020 at 5:56 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Hey M4, do you want to try cole’s tweet that just worked for me so we can see what’s up with the embedded tweet not working for you?

    Or are you using a different process than I do?  I click on embed tweet, copy code, click on the text tab, paste it in, submit comment.

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    March 17, 2020 at 5:57 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Maybe because you did two in one comment?

    YES.  That appears to be the reason you are losing the fully embedded tweet.

  9. 9.

    Yutsano

    March 17, 2020 at 5:58 pm

    @eemom: Haven’t she and Mel been married for like forever?

  10. 10.

    Llelldorin

    March 17, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    One cool side effect of the shelter-in-place order in the Bay Area is that we’ll all come out of this looking like shipwreck survivors—barbers are nonessential.

  11. 11.

    Mary G

    March 17, 2020 at 6:06 pm

    i hope some body has a plan for these proposed corporate bailo… https://t.co/YjSBtvVXse— darth™ (@darth) March 17, 2020

    Link is to Elizabeth Warren’s thread on corporate bailouts – no bonuses or dividends, stock buybacks permanently prohibited, $15 minimum wage, and more.

  12. 12.

    Catherine D.

    March 17, 2020 at 6:10 pm

    @Yutsano:  Unfortunately, Anne Bancroft died in 2005.

  13. 13.

    Suzanne

    March 17, 2020 at 6:11 pm

    @Mary G: Where’s my family bailout, huh?

  14. 14.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 17, 2020 at 6:11 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Samwise! 😍

  15. 15.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 17, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    These old cartoons are ridiculous.  Now watching Peter Potamus.

  16. 16.

    Major Major Major Major

    March 17, 2020 at 6:14 pm

    @Llelldorin: Yeah, I’m about a week out from my usual haircut time, sooo I guess I’m going shaggy, or else buying a set of decent clippers and learning how to do a crew cut.

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    March 17, 2020 at 6:16 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: okay, i deleted your test.

  18. 18.

    Mary G

    March 17, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    The Vatican canceled Easter. You know how much stuff has to suck for the Pope to be like "you know what, this year Jesus stays dead".— Jesse Case (@jessecase) March 17, 2020

  19. 19.

    CaseyL

    March 17, 2020 at 6:18 pm

    I escape the awfulness with cute animal videos.  The Dodo is really really good for that.

    Billie the Badger

    Donkey Thinks He’s a Dog

    Hemingway and Waffles

  20. 20.

    Baud

    March 17, 2020 at 6:18 pm

    @Mary G:

    Too bad she’s a chick.  She could have been a contender.

    Also, she should talk about “billionaires” more. People like that.

  21. 21.

    kindness

    March 17, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    There will be those that don’t make it through this quarantine period all that sanely.  What I find interesting is what passes for funny depending on the length of the quarantined period.

  22. 22.

    MomSense

    March 17, 2020 at 6:20 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Aww, he’s so beautiful.

    Tonight the street where my office is was on the news because it’s deserted and normally a hub of people and activity.  It was so strange to walk out of my office and not see another soul.

    My morning commute is bizarre – no cars.  Today there was a warning that one of the exits was closed because of an accident.  When I drove past it appeared to be a hook and ladder truck in the ditch next to the off ramp.  Pre pandemic that is a 1 1/2 – 2 hour traffic delay.  Today I just zipped past.

    I’m feeling a lot of anxiety about exposing my mom, but she seems to be very zen about the whole thing.  My son with asthma is not taking this seriously enough and I’m ready to kidnap him, his SO and their puppy, and bring him home.

  23. 23.

    Baud

    March 17, 2020 at 6:20 pm

    @kindness: I’ve started laughing at my feet.  They are so funny.

  24. 24.

    The Thin Black Duke

    March 17, 2020 at 6:21 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Go bald, baby.

  25. 25.

    Baud

    March 17, 2020 at 6:25 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Same here.  Thinking about self experimenting with my hair.

  26. 26.

    Major Major Major Major

    March 17, 2020 at 6:26 pm

    @The Thin Black Duke: already doing that with or without a haircut…

  27. 27.

    geg6

    March 17, 2020 at 6:27 pm

    Well, the campus is pretty much empty and they told us to stay home for the duration. I went in as part of the skeleton crew the last two days but that’s over.  Now working from home.  The state wine and spirit stores close tonight at 9 and they are not even doing online sales.  I tried to stop yesterday to pick up a few bottles of wine and couldn’t get in at all.  So I went at lunch.  Much less crowded but still busier than usual in the middle of the day.  I have never seen the shelves that empty.  They had only six bottles of my favorite Pinot noir, so I got four and left two for someone else.  There was not a bottle of vodka in the whole place.  Sure wish they were doing online sales, in case this thing drags on and on.  And I, too, am about a week out from my usual hair appointment.  I think that will be my biggest hardship.  I hate when my hair grows in and touches my ears and neck.

    In the main, though, I think I’ll do fine.  I am an introvert, so this should be right up my alley.

    Uh oh, West by god Virginia is reporting it’s first case.  Good thing Cole has been self-isolating for years now.

  28. 28.

    Mary G

    March 17, 2020 at 6:29 pm

    People are working out this video meeting thing. Last night on wife’s church elder call, one dog would bark from an unmuted line, then that would set off all the other dogs off on the other unmuted lines, a sort of dog domino theory, until the audio crapped out.
    — AllInThisTogetherHat (@Popehat) March 17, 2020

  29. 29.

    Gvg

    March 17, 2020 at 6:29 pm

    Tomorrow is staff training in tools to work from home including taking calls. They sent the professors and students home at the beginning of the week except those that can’t go home. Dining halls stay open. Some buildings are going to card swipe access so only actual students and staff can get in…wow.

    tonight I need to get a new printer working so I can print from my cell or iPad. Watch a bunch of training videos too. Then drop my iPad at my parents so my nephew  in (5th grade) can video conference with his class while I go to work. Wipe it for germs and drop off. It’s the only device that has worked for his class. Not sure what we’ll do Friday. He may have to call teacher. He is missing his friends and stayed on the meeting app after the teacher left to do homework with his friends.

    Everyone is scrambling to find things that work. The first app the teacher tried only worked for about half the class. This one managed the class but most of the time was taken up getting logged in and sorting tech difficulties. I bet my work first days are going to be like that too.

  30. 30.

    Mary G

    March 17, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    Day 24 of the Quarantine Parents everywhere: pic.twitter.com/wY8iznS2EX— Maybe: Jacoby (@Getthebagcoach) March 17, 2020

  31. 31.

    eemom

    March 17, 2020 at 6:33 pm

    @Yutsano:

    @Catherine D.:

    They were indeed, before she passed away. #truelove

  32. 32.

    Mary G

    March 17, 2020 at 6:33 pm

    Honestly my favorite coronavirus interview was the other day when a public health expert’s toddler grandson wanted to ask us about gorillas— Olivia Messer 💀 (@OliviaMesser) March 17, 2020

  33. 33.

    JPL

    March 17, 2020 at 6:33 pm

    Since Anne posted Actioncookbook’s site.. I’ve been listening to the doors and all of a sudden I’m 18 again..   I loved them.

  34. 34.

    Ohio Mom

    March 17, 2020 at 6:35 pm

    Has everybody already heard the joke, Experts are expecting a baby boom in nine months, and then in 2033, the rise of tne QuaranTEENS?

    Veal, all week.

  35. 35.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 17, 2020 at 6:39 pm

    Frankenstein Jr. is even more insane!

  36. 36.

    Baud

    March 17, 2020 at 6:41 pm

    @Ohio Mom:

     

    They’ll be like, Ok, Millennials.

  37. 37.

    WaterGirl

    March 17, 2020 at 6:41 pm

    @Mary G: That is funny!

  38. 38.

    Gin & Tonic

    March 17, 2020 at 6:42 pm

    First day of most employees working from home was fairly uneventful for those few of us who went into a mostly empty office so we could support the others. Makes me think that in a lot of cases “I’m going to be working from home” means “I’m going to be sitting on the couch watching Netflix and maybe checking my e-mail every couple of hours.” But what they do with this time is above my pay grade.

  39. 39.

    NotMax

    March 17, 2020 at 6:43 pm

    When is Dolt 45 going to start blaming the Sun?

    “Look it up. It’s got a corona, doesn’t it? Do the math.”

    @mrmoshpotato

    Huckleberry Hound. Also too, Snagglepuss.

  40. 40.

    Avalune

    March 17, 2020 at 6:47 pm

    To entertain myself I’ve been asking for an animal + activity and drawing those and putting them up on my Instagram feed. So far I have a bear reading the paper, owl hanging clothes, otter fishing, and kiwi surfing. I’ve got some other suggestions to draw yet.

    I’m @h.l.barnwell and taking more suggestions if anyone wants to play.

  41. 41.

    Gin & Tonic

    March 17, 2020 at 6:49 pm

    @Avalune: A moose riding a bicycle.

  42. 42.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 17, 2020 at 6:49 pm

    @NotMax: Haven’t watched any Huckleberry Hound yet.

    “Those Impossibles are impossible!” -The Spinner

    https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1535563126

  43. 43.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 17, 2020 at 6:50 pm

    @Avalune: Platypus wearing a fedora :)

  44. 44.

    Major Major Major Major

    March 17, 2020 at 6:50 pm

    @Mary G: hahaha

  45. 45.

    NotMax

    March 17, 2020 at 6:52 pm

    @Avalune

    Rhinoceros vacuuming the carpet.

  46. 46.

    Martin

    March 17, 2020 at 6:53 pm

    @WaterGirl: Feds should give them a bailout if they guarantee that every gambler that loses money can cash out and demand they get reimbursed for their losses.

    Seems only fair.

  47. 47.

    NotMax

    March 17, 2020 at 6:53 pm

    @Avalune

    Giraffe in a limbo contest.

  48. 48.

    Avalune

    March 17, 2020 at 6:54 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Yay!

     

    @mrmoshpotato: Oh he can be the friend of the platypus at high tea someone else requested!

     

    @NotMax: Good one! I’ll let you know when that’s up! Oh geez and the giraffe! Love it too.

  49. 49.

    NotMax

    March 17, 2020 at 6:56 pm

    @Martin

    Sheldon Adelson to Dolt 45: “About those checks I promised…”

  50. 50.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 17, 2020 at 6:57 pm

    @Avalune: Octopus playing the xylophone.

  51. 51.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 17, 2020 at 6:58 pm

    Space Ghost.

    The heat monster throws lava bombs.

  52. 52.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 17, 2020 at 7:00 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: “Be careful of that flying lava.”

  53. 53.

    JPL

    March 17, 2020 at 7:01 pm

    Earlier I credited Anne for making me feel 18 but it was Tamara.   hmmm      Let me mention again how much I am enjoying listening to the doors on youtube

  54. 54.

    NotMax

    March 17, 2020 at 7:03 pm

    @mrmoshpotato

    “Do you like gladiator movies, Jace?”

    ;)

  55. 55.

    Aleta

    March 17, 2020 at 7:04 pm

    @Avalune:   kitten(s) icing a cake

  56. 56.

    piratedan

    March 17, 2020 at 7:05 pm

    @Martin: should tell them… well, you of all people know that the House always wins….

  57. 57.

    Avalune

    March 17, 2020 at 7:09 pm

    Oh if anyone from here starts following me – send me a DM so I can follow you back (and tag you if you had an animal request).

  58. 58.

    Ken

    March 17, 2020 at 7:09 pm

    @NotMax: I thought a lot of Adelson’s casinos were overseas; Southeast Asia, maybe?  I doubt those are doing a roaring business now.

  59. 59.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 17, 2020 at 7:09 pm

    not humor but Charlie Pierce is tweeting out his favorite versions of his favorite Irish songs

    The Wind That Shakes The Barley.

    @Catherine D.: 2005!  I remember she and Mel on Curb Your Enthusiasm, a very Brooks/David take on Larry starring in the LA version of The Producers. I would’ve said it was five or six years ago.

  60. 60.

    🐾BillinGlendaleCA

    March 17, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    @JPL: They have YouTube videos of doors?  Folk open and close them?

  61. 61.

    satby

    March 17, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    Elizabelle shared this on another site and I LOVE THIS DOG!

    Edit: the butterfly wings 😍😍😍 I am ded!

  62. 62.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 17, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    @Avalune: Never seen a request to be stalked. 😁

  63. 63.

    Martin

    March 17, 2020 at 7:11 pm

    Welp, my D&D group is now shut down.

    Orange County now has SF’s shelter in place order effective tomorrow night. Palm Springs does as well. OC doesn’t report a lot of cases (very surprisingly given how many strong ties we have all across asia) but maybe the hospitals are getting hit hard.

  64. 64.

    MattF

    March 17, 2020 at 7:11 pm

    Explanation for non-New Yorkers: the gentleman disinfects the subway turnstile before jumping over it.

    https://m.facebook.com/100014904481414/posts/814448422395300/

  65. 65.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 17, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    @🐾BillinGlendaleCA: And the scene from Monsters Inc. is just mind-blowing.

  66. 66.

    Roger Moore

    March 17, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    @Avalune:

    A cat filling a bird feeder.

  67. 67.

    TaMara (HFG)

    March 17, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    In case you’re missing the parades:

    We decided to have our own St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Nina and Anna drew the town and everyone made a float or two. ☘️☘️☘️ pic.twitter.com/EIb0L3ulOb

    — Dave Moore (@DaveTodayFM) March 17, 2020

  68. 68.

    🐾BillinGlendaleCA

    March 17, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: You’ve obviously missed my OTR submissions.

  69. 69.

    TaMara (HFG)

    March 17, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    @Avalune: A pig mopping the floor.

  70. 70.

    The Dangerman

    March 17, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    @The Thin Black Duke:

    Go bald, baby.

    Did that just this morning; generally I’m too busy to shave as opposed to clip, but I’ve got the time suddenly. Sure, the hair can choose to come in gray, but I get to decide if it sees the blade.

    I need some lollipops so I can go out as Kojak.

  71. 71.

    🐾BillinGlendaleCA

    March 17, 2020 at 7:14 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: Monsters Inc., another name for the GOP?

  72. 72.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 17, 2020 at 7:15 pm

    @🐾BillinGlendaleCA: Ok ok, you want to be stalked too, but your request requires a time machine.

  73. 73.

    🐾BillinGlendaleCA

    March 17, 2020 at 7:16 pm

    @The Dangerman: Fuck that, I love my hair; I’ll just let it grow out.

  74. 74.

    Avalune

    March 17, 2020 at 7:17 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: Ahaha – yes that is a good point. I’m living dangerously!

     

    @Roger Moore: Oh I like it!

     

    @TaMara (HFG): Haha! All these poor animals doing housework!

  75. 75.

    🐾BillinGlendaleCA

    March 17, 2020 at 7:18 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: No time machine required, just a small payment to support my work.

  76. 76.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 17, 2020 at 7:18 pm

    @🐾BillinGlendaleCA: Doors

  77. 77.

    NotMax

    March 17, 2020 at 7:19 pm

    @Aleta

    Along with an anteater to do the rosettes.

    ;)

  78. 78.

    Leto

    March 17, 2020 at 7:19 pm

    @Martin:

     Roll 20, online D&D tools could be the answer you need to keep that game going. Between that and discord, your group should be set.

    Also I’m noticing a particular theme with most of these requests for something to be drawn…

  79. 79.

    Yutsano

    March 17, 2020 at 7:21 pm

    @Avalune: Chickens playing piano.

  80. 80.

    catclub

    March 17, 2020 at 7:21 pm

    @Mary G: Pope to be like “you know what, this year Jesus stays dead”.

     

    Well, if they don’t kill him in Good Friday services, save it all for next year.

  81. 81.

    Kelly

    March 17, 2020 at 7:21 pm

    We had a nice XC ski yesterday. We figured we could keep our distance but it was easier than we expected to maintain our isolation. We had the trails to ourselves. A couple pics:

    https://imgur.com/a/854vN0e

  82. 82.

    Anotherlurker

    March 17, 2020 at 7:21 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: For a fresh look at the Hanna/Barbera Saturday morning cartoons, check out “Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law”. It is a wonderful sendup of the genre, with the added bonus of having William Hanna and Joseph Barbera as Executive Producers/Writers.
    It is laugh out loud funny and obviously written with love. You will never view their superheros in the same light.

  83. 83.

    Ivan X

    March 17, 2020 at 7:22 pm

    Hey FP’ers, can we get an artists/musicians/writers/crafters/etc thread going? I love those, and it seems like a time when people have an opportunity to work on a project that they might not otherwise have. Hell, I’m up for reading about what anyone’s project is right now, whether it be home reorganizing, redefining their exercise life, online learning in some topic, etc. Let’s make the most of what otherwise could be boredom, fear, and looping news consumption furthering those things.

  84. 84.

    LuciaMia

    March 17, 2020 at 7:22 pm

    Oy,  thought Id put in a delivery (I use Peapod) near the end of the week. Just thought Id check their delivery time slots. Everything is sold out up till next Tuesday where the list ends. Wowee!

    Glad Im still in pretty good shape, in the fridge and pantry. Two bags of King Arthur flour; Im wont run out of bread.

    But no ice cream…yup.

  85. 85.

    Martin

    March 17, 2020 at 7:22 pm

    @Leto: Unfortunately, I don’t actually have a D&D group. My friends are boring

    I should add – I’m a bit behind on Critical Role. Been saving them for this occasion.

  86. 86.

    TheflipPsyd

    March 17, 2020 at 7:23 pm

    @Avalune:  A pangolin  and a bat sitting on  the beach drinking a Corona.

     

     

    Too dark?

  87. 87.

    NotMax

    March 17, 2020 at 7:23 pm

    @Yutsano

    You’ve got it.

  88. 88.

    Gin & Tonic

    March 17, 2020 at 7:23 pm

    @Kelly: Jealous. Wish I had snow.

  89. 89.

    TaMara (HFG)

    March 17, 2020 at 7:24 pm

    @Avalune: Sloth playing the clarinet

  90. 90.

    Yutsano

    March 17, 2020 at 7:24 pm

    @Leto: FYI: it’s a Mormon torture night. Which after today will feel like cake. Oh and corned beef and cabbage for dinner. After today I will enjoy that rather heartily.

  91. 91.

    guachi

    March 17, 2020 at 7:25 pm

    Biden is ahead by 39 in Florida.

  92. 92.

    Avalune

    March 17, 2020 at 7:25 pm

    @TheflipPsyd: I can probably get away with it – less dark/obvious than one of my FB friends who wants a dragon burning down the white house. :D

  93. 93.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 17, 2020 at 7:25 pm

    LadBaby finds a trove of pasta hidden in a Nottinghamshire sex shop.

  94. 94.

    Steeplejack (sky-high wi-fi)

    March 17, 2020 at 7:26 pm

    @JPL:

    I love the Doors. Can’t do video on the plane, so listen to “Break on Through” for me. Maybe add “Crystal Ship.” Oh, and of course the long version of “Light My Fire.”

  95. 95.

    Avalune

    March 17, 2020 at 7:26 pm

    @TaMara (HFG): Cute!

    Good thing they keep implying we’ll be quarantined longer than 2 weeks – I’m getting quite a list going and I’m super stoked about it.

  96. 96.

    The Dangerman

    March 17, 2020 at 7:26 pm

    @🐾BillinGlendaleCA:

    I’ll just let it grow out.

    I’ve done the pony tail thing, but I’ve had Poly Gals rub my head right after a close shave (sure, they are young enough to be my daughters  grandchildren and generally shitfaced, but that’s OK); that never happens to me with long hair.

  97. 97.

    Steeplejack (sky-high wi-fi)

    March 17, 2020 at 7:29 pm

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Done.

  98. 98.

    WaterGirl

    March 17, 2020 at 7:29 pm

    @satby: oh my god, that is amazing.

  99. 99.

    Baud

    March 17, 2020 at 7:29 pm

    @guachi:

    Not enough.

  100. 100.

    NotMax

    March 17, 2020 at 7:30 pm

    @Steeplejack

    Can’t do video on the plane,

    Which is why downloading stuff from Netflix or Prime to your device in advance comes in handy.

  101. 101.

    Martin

    March 17, 2020 at 7:30 pm

    Looking at voting crosstabs, and boy the youth vote seems a lot higher than usual. What’s wrong boomers, afraid to go out and vote?

     

    Too soon?

  102. 102.

    LuciaMia

    March 17, 2020 at 7:30 pm

    Biden is ahead by 39 in Florida.

    39 percent or 39 people?

  103. 103.

    JPL

    March 17, 2020 at 7:31 pm

    @🐾BillinGlendaleCA: lol   Sometimes you just gotta appreciate a good laugh.

  104. 104.

    WaterGirl

    March 17, 2020 at 7:32 pm

    @Ivan X: I will bug John.  We were going to have one in December, and in February.  Maybe I can threaten to put it up myself if John doesn’t do it.

  105. 105.

    catclub

    March 17, 2020 at 7:32 pm

    @TheflipPsyd: I think Corona Beer should do ‘Find your bleach’ commercials

  106. 106.

    Kelly

    March 17, 2020 at 7:33 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    learning how to do a crew cut.

    As my hair went gray it developed unmanageable weird cowlicks. I’ve done the self crew cut for 5~6 years now. You can hear when the clipper is cutting hair.  I go out to the porch and keep clipping till it sounds done :-)

  107. 107.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 17, 2020 at 7:33 pm

    @TheflipPsyd Too dark?

    not for me

  108. 108.

    Feathers

    March 17, 2020 at 7:34 pm

    Dropkick Murphys are livestreaming a St. Patrick’s Day set!

    https://twitter.com/DropkickMurphys/status/1240049837589970944

  109. 109.

    Mary G

    March 17, 2020 at 7:34 pm

    My inner child loved this one:

    Saw this quote & thought it was hilarious, but true. 😂”Trump will forever be known as the President who was so full of sh*t, the country ran out of toilet paper.”— Leona Lioness ❤ #Resist (@LeonaLioness666) March 17, 202

     

     

    I'm being told @DearAuntCrabby came up with this. Credit to her! It's hilarious! Thank you for that! 👏👏— Leona Lioness ❤ #Resist (@LeonaLioness666) March 17, 2020

  110. 110.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 17, 2020 at 7:36 pm

    Gov. Newsom presser to begin at any moment.

  111. 111.

    Leto

    March 17, 2020 at 7:37 pm

    I don’t know if this was mentioned in an earlier thread (I’ve been sporadic today), but this brings me immense fucking joy:

    Ex-congressman Duncan Hunter sentenced to 11 months in prison

    Hunter was ordered to report to prison by May 29, authorities said.

  112. 112.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 17, 2020 at 7:39 pm

    Rachel Maddow and Mike Bloomberg look like they’re gonna violate the six feet rule to start slapping each other

  113. 113.

    Baud

    March 17, 2020 at 7:40 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: It would be worth it.

  114. 114.

    NotMax

    March 17, 2020 at 7:41 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Twenty quatloos on Maddow.

  115. 115.

    Aleta

    March 17, 2020 at 7:42 pm

    @Avalune:

    a crane practicing dance steps alone

    a sloth making coffee

  116. 116.

    JPL

    March 17, 2020 at 7:43 pm

    @Leto: As Stephanie Ruhle says there is always good news. We need to hope that the orange white supremacist doesn’t pardon him first.

  117. 117.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 17, 2020 at 7:43 pm

    @Aleta:

    a sloth making coffee

    nice

  118. 118.

    LuciaMia

    March 17, 2020 at 7:45 pm

    On FXX every Simpsons episode tonight is St. Pat’s, Irish or heavy-drinking related.

  119. 119.

    HumboldtBlue

    March 17, 2020 at 7:48 pm

    Gov. Newsom speaking, roughly 90k beds available in the state, many other details.

  120. 120.

    Steeplejack (sky-high wi-fi)

    March 17, 2020 at 7:50 pm

    @NotMax:

    I never want to watch some long-ass video on the plane. I’d rather do Times crosswords or surf the ‘Net. I just can’t see the YouTube videos embedded in tweets.

  121. 121.

    debbie

    March 17, 2020 at 7:51 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Can she swing that low? //

  122. 122.

    lamh36

    March 17, 2020 at 7:54 pm

    anyone FP’er gonna put up a primary election thread.  There are 3 states with results tonight

  123. 123.

    NotMax

    March 17, 2020 at 7:55 pm

    @Steeplejack

    On planes I mostly doze. The downloads (things like episodes of TV shows) come in handy during the dead time cooling my heels in the airport.

    Lots of people not aware of the downloading option. No connectivity necessary to watch them once they’ve been downloaded.

  124. 124.

    lamh36

    March 17, 2020 at 7:56 pm

    CNN has a Justice Dem person on the electio analysis panel, you can guess she’s already trying to spin Bernie’s getting shellacked in Florida..

  125. 125.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 17, 2020 at 7:57 pm

    @lamh36: and Ohio sounding hinkier and hinkier

    I’m okay with postponing the primary, but…. June 2? They can’t come up with a vote-by-mail program in six weeks? seven?

  126. 126.

    Ivan X

    March 17, 2020 at 7:58 pm

    @WaterGirl: thanks!

  127. 127.

    lamh36

    March 17, 2020 at 8:00 pm

    Projection CNN: Joe Biden winner in Florida. Illinois too early to call. Biden has won 17 states, and I’m betting by the end of the night it’ll be 19

  128. 128.

    Baud

    March 17, 2020 at 8:01 pm

    @lamh36: Does he have any good states left? Oregon?

  129. 129.

    Kent

    March 17, 2020 at 8:02 pm

    @lamh36: Crushing it in FL.  By 40 pts or so?  61 to 22

  130. 130.

    Elizabelle

    March 17, 2020 at 8:02 pm

    Y’all catching the free Dropkick Murphys concert from Boston?  Livestreaming here.

  131. 131.

    Steeplejack (sky-high wi-fi)

    March 17, 2020 at 8:02 pm

    @NotMax:

    Point taken.

  132. 132.

    Feathers

    March 17, 2020 at 8:05 pm

    Another cat adopting an owner: https://imgur.com/gallery/y3kWsz1

    ETA: turn the sound up, and get tissues.

  133. 133.

    Kent

    March 17, 2020 at 8:06 pm

    Kornacki saying that FL turnout projected to hit 2.1 million which would exceed the 1.7 million from 2016.  Surprising.   Obviously a lot of that is early and absentee votes.

  134. 134.

    Kent

    March 17, 2020 at 8:08 pm

    @lamh36:CNN has a Justice Dem person on the electio analysis panel, you can guess she’s already trying to spin Bernie’s getting shellacked in Florida..

    What’s the spin?  Must be pretty fucking creative.

  135. 135.

    Elizabelle

    March 17, 2020 at 8:09 pm

    @Kent:   People have been waiting for months/years to vote against Trumpster.

  136. 136.

    Kent

    March 17, 2020 at 8:09 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    @lamh36: and Ohio sounding hinkier and hinkier

    I’m okay with postponing the primary, but…. June 2? They can’t come up with a vote-by-mail program in six weeks? seven?

    Vote by mail requires optical scanning machines for counting.  And then the computer systems for counting.  Do they have them?  Enough of them?  What is the normal voting method in Ohio?

  137. 137.

    Sister Golden Bear

    March 17, 2020 at 8:13 pm

    @Martin: Quite possible about the hospitals. Unconfirmed rumor is that a lot of hospitals here in the Bay Area were getting lots of likely cases, but they can’t be confirmed because there’s not enough tests available.

  138. 138.

    Another Scott

    March 17, 2020 at 8:15 pm

    @Kelly: Beautiful.  Thanks for sharing!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  139. 139.

    Elizabelle

    March 17, 2020 at 8:16 pm

    @satby:   Stella!!

  140. 140.

    Martin

    March 17, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    @Kent: Doesn’t require optical scanners. You only need those to count quickly. Everyone has some scanners, some states have lots of scanners. So, you share scanners across states, you do some manual counting (we’ve been voting since long before there were optical scanners) and it gets done. What you lose is the election night TV show telling you who won.

  141. 141.

    Mary G

    March 17, 2020 at 8:38 pm

    Honestly who among us has not done thishttps://t.co/44AucHX9lv— John Scalzi (@scalzi) March 18, 2020

  142. 142.

    trollhattan

    March 17, 2020 at 9:00 pm

    @satby:

    Stella loves life. And leaves. Really, really loves leaves!

  143. 143.

    Amir Khalid

    March 17, 2020 at 9:06 pm

    @Kelly: I do the same.

    Right now, I’m in a bad situation. In lockdown AND internet to laptop is down. I’m on the fone, which I HATE using.

  144. 144.

    FelonyGovt

    March 17, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    @Martin: A party in one of my cases asked for an extension, saying that Orange County “issued an order prohibiting public and private gatherings of any number of people, including at places of work”. That can’t be, can it? That would bar a married couple from being in the same room…

  145. 145.

    Amir Khalid

    March 17, 2020 at 9:20 pm

    @Kelly:

    I do the same.

    I’m in a bad way right now. Lockdown, ISP to laptop down. I’m on the fone and I hate BJ on the fone.

  146. 146.

    WaterGirl

    March 17, 2020 at 9:38 pm

    @Amir Khalid: I’m sorry. :-(

  147. 147.

    Amir Khalid

    March 17, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    I also mistyped my email when trxing to post here. Grumble.

    And I need to call the hospital to reschedule my appointments because they’re only seeing emergency cases right now. More grumble.

  148. 148.

    WaterGirl

    March 17, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Everything is hard, and technology issues just make it harder.

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