FOLIO OLIO: TUESDAY #3778

One Of My Very Own

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GoT

I thought I was the only one who couldn't see shit, but no. The whole internet was bellowing about it.

Not nearly as many stars died as I had expected.

They did use the word 'ululating' in the closed captions:

And here's more of what the internet has to say...

HUMAN'S STRANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH ANIMALS

After countless years of breeding, we humans have developed an animal that would die to keep us safe.

One would think that we would just leave well enough alone after achieving such a feat.
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But, no, we keep trying to treat more or less wild animals as if they were dogs, with varying degrees of success.

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These are probably a non-lethal species of shark, but we have seen plenty of people getting much too close to the most fierce of them.

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Then you come across a story that should give us all pause.

I even researched it to ascertain its truth.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/world-s-most-dangerous-bird-cassowary-attacks-kills-its-owner-in-florida

This is supposed to be a photo of the actual murderer.

There were some comments left on the article:
- Cassowaries are dinosaurs, and they haven't forgotten. Don't fuck with dinosaurs.
- Cassowary = Meth Peacock
- Australian murder bird
- It’s legal to have Cassowaries in the US? WHY. Even Aussies know not to fuck with them are you guys nuts???
- Are we nuts? You're asking us if we're nuts? Have you never seen a newspaper or read any stories? We're all fucking certifiable.

And...

What fucking satanic clown orgy did did that thing crawl out of?

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That helps to explain this bit of avian history:

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When I die I’m donating half my body to science and the other half to a magician.

S.T.E.M. MATTERS

I'm big on not reinventing mobility methods that nature solved millions of years ago.
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Falling down in a lethal environment wearing a suit sewn by bra makers. Takes guts.
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Now let's review this lady.

One would think that she had a choice of nose types and sizes.

And out of all those noses she chose this one?!?

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"My friends are going to flip when I send a pic of this airplane wing and the clouds," my wife on an airplane trip.

HUMAN'S STRANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER

I bet that reporter about shit.
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I call that a cry for attention.
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I think this country has it all wrong.

When it comes to race relations there are words that all white people are forbidden to utter. Failure to adhere to this mandate could end your career.
But then racist can hide in plain sight, never giving any indication that they hate black people. I say we bring back the use of the word to help identify the racists.
My best friend was a big political operative for the Democratic party here in South Carolina. He was a good, honest man who would never lie to me. He told me that the biggest racists he had ever met were Democrats and that they just mask it to get the black vote. I don't know, nor do I care, if that is still true, but I do know affiliation with one political party does not give you a pass on racism.

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Member of liberal elite struggling to pay rent again.

I predict that Donald Trump will be re-elected in 2020. I base this on what I hear from the Democratic candidates. I want universal health care, but the same country that elected Trump is not about to make an about-face on that and many other issues.
Social change has to come in drips and dribbles - not massive waves.
I hope I'm wrong.
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Do women spend as much time joking and arguing about which one has the tightest vagina? Or is it just a male obsession?
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The above was captioned: "Martha Stewart (on the right) 1964"
Hahahahanhanaha!

And here's another of her on the NYC subway in the sixties.

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Do you think he's checking to see if they are real?
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A guy let’s go of phone on a trampoline.

That face.
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That reminded me of the book, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.

It's a must read for every American.
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This police officer performs a perfect “Ippon sionage” judo technique against a man wielding a machete.

That is one gutsy move.
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We have a barber shop that serves beer, wine, and liquor shots to all its customers. I wondered how he could get a license for something like that and come to find out he doesn't need one since he was giving it away instead of selling it.
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If women only knew how absolutely stupid they look in those things.
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I joke about everything, even the things I care deeply about.
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At my age, there are many things that bring back memories.

I got my ass kicked by three army guys outside a bar in Germany and needed 11 stitches in the top of my scalp. I was so angry that I told the doctor not to deaden it prior to sewing it up. I wanted to feel every fucking stitch.
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I was once interrupted on a mural site by a little old lady who asked if she could take some pictures. I said, yes, of course, and she had me sign a release.
Several years later I am laying in a hospital bed with my first wife beside me on the day I was to undergo surgery. Just when the doctor walked in, this image popped up on the Today Show.

It was of a mural I painted promoting volunteerism, and that old lady was a very famous photographer.

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Me: How can I prepare for this meeting?

Wife: We can do a mock interview.

Me: Okay.

Wife: Why should we hire you?

Me: WHy ShOuLd wE HiRe yOu?

FUN WITH LANGUAGE

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Repost? Sorry, but I'm putting this post together on the day the last season starts.
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You old fucks remember this nonsense?

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I don't even care if shit like that is true anymore. I would make me smile true or not.
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Came across a Round Two of this:

- “This tastes like your mother’s pie”.
- "Did we really need to invite so many people?"
- "Can you put your phone down for a minute?"
- "Do you want the leftovers dad?"
- "Yeah, maybe you could just put it in your mouth and stop complaining then?"
- "Don't talk with your mouth full."
- "Here comes the gravy boat!"
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When my daughter used to ask me how much more dinner she needed to eat to get dessert I liked to answer in abstract quantities like 'the average weight of joy' or 'seven sunsets' to teach her that life often doesn't make sense.