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I'm an artist, educator, militant anti-theist , and I write. I gamble on just about anything. And I like beer...but I love my wife. This blog contains observations from a funny old man who gets pissed off every once in a while.

Thursday, August 25, 2022

THURSDAY #4992

One Of My Very Own

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EMAIL: ralh.henry.at.folio.olio@gmail.com

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If he writes her a sonnet, he loves her. If he writes her 300 sonnets, he loves sonnets.

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"Hot air balloons are great!"

"Are they safe? Can you steer them?"

"Listen, don't bring that negative energy into this wicker basket. I'm going to light the flamethrower now."

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ASK YOURSELF


Do you wear a uniform?

Most men spend a great amount of time ensuring their clothing fits very narrow parameters. I thought nothing could be funnier than grown men insuring they have the same size tie tied with the exact same knot but then I remembered the fake little buttons on their sleeve. Individuality must be eradicated at all costs. If you dare to wear non-sanctioned clothes, have a non-sanctioned coif, etc, then you might just start thinking for yourself and that is dangerous.

"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."

- first line in Harry Potter

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Do these people not have daughters?

Can this be rationally explained to me?

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What would you have had him do?

Fighting a virus that we have never seen before is hard. You first attack it like you attacked the last one and when that doesn't work you change your mediation suggestions when more data becomes available. And for this, he is criticized.

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Why do some people so vigorously support Big Oil?

Why would anyone oppose electric vehicles? Do they all own stock in oil companies? Or are they so conservative that they oppose ANYTHING the liberals' advocate?

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Have you ever created an heirloom?

When I bought my house it had an outbuilding that the woman used to create the most amazing irises anyone had ever seen. She hand cross-pollinated to make every color you can imagine - including dark brown. The yard was covered in irises but when I learned that they require much more maintenance than I was willing to give we gave the bulbs away to anyone who would dig them up. Now I think about that woman's lifework spread all over the city but not one person knows her name.

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Would you feel safer if these two people were behind you at the grocery checkout?

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Does it bother you that both of these people sharing this "bed" are male?

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Have you ever been so poor you had to steal detergent?

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Have you ever worked very hard to make something different from anything you've ever seen before?

That is very well done...except for that little white triangle at the very bottom.

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Whose fault is this?

I once read that there is only one reason an employee will steal from you. If they can. I would use that same rule in the incident above. I blame the pavers for making that possible.

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Does Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway deserve to be treated differently than any other Norwegian?

The Divine Right of nobility is bullshit. It is the best/worse example of the evils of "We've always done it that way."

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Have you tired of the war in Ukraine?

Please remember that it is an ongoing struggle of life and death and it deserves our full support for the good guys to win.

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Do you think she's aware of her umbrella's message?

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Do other countries have as much fun with these decals as Americans?
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Have you ever known a homeless person?

Living in your car is not "beating" the housing crisis. It is the housing crisis beating you. 

I have known several homeless people and can assure you that none of them want to be homeless.

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How could anyone endanger their child to make political points?

And when the child gets sick those same parents rush them to the hospital and demand that the doctors use their expertise to heal the child...the same expertise the parents ignored.

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Would you pay money to experience this?

I would not.

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These are the same people who protest having children "groomed" by homosexuals.

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A Telling Slip Of The Tongue

What are you willing to do to lessen the chances of a school shooting? If your answer is "nothing" then you are the problem.

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Smart people often play dumb and ask questions while dumb people often play smart and answer them.

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Somedays you feel like you are surrounded by idiots. Other days you realize it's not just some days.

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THAT WHICH IS SELDOM SEEN


I had to enlarge it to see the unusualness.

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The way I created my mosaics was to lay the tile out like I wanted them then apply clear plastic shelf paper to hold them all in place while I transferred them to the wall.

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Got to be Russia.

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Uber woofer.

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The World's largest truck was the 1974 Terex 33-19 Titan by General Motors.

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How very wonderful.

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Trumpy Bear is going to Trump's prison name.

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That reminds me of my daughters and I sitting on the floor of the hallway at the animal shelter reaching through the chainlink fence to touch puppies and deciding which one to take home with us. I was pretty set on a hunting dog with bright blue eyes when a tiny sheepdog-looking puppy bit my finger and I said NO! And that puppy sat down and looked so remorseful that I knew he and I were meant to live together. He turned out to be one of the best dogs I have ever owned.

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I'm just going to go ahead and assume that the thing had been eating all day and just wasn't hungry.

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I have a thing for Stump Removal

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Action Movie Scene

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Using AI to scan a 3D image

A shout out to @TempleOfTolerance for pointing out that it's using AI by Nvidia called 'Instant NGP/Nerf'. Hope I got it right. Either that or @IGotsDemGoodies suggests that it's LIDAR used in Apple devices.  Take care, everyone!

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Old age: Trying to scoop out too-frozen ice cream and dislocating your shoulder.

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Let he who has never kidnapped a raccoon to blow into the ignition breathalyzer interlock system cast the first stone.

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PEOPLE NOT LIKE THE REST OF US


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Does his posture look a little awkward to you?

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Han Solo, Indiana Jones, and Jack Ryan.

Plus American Graffiti, Apocalypse Now, and Cowboys & Aliens. He made his bosses a lot of money.

And if I'm not mistaken, that is the "gun" that is going up for auction.

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It was stated that it was a scuba suit.

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Oldest Trick In The Book

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Making Papyrus

Papyrus originated in ancient Egypt. Today, just one village still makes it.

Most of the 'papyrus' that tourists buy in Egypt is actually made from palm leaves and glue.

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Words Learned

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

No reference number

I read your profile and I was looking for what your degree was in. Also, what year did you graduate and what did it cost.
This isn't a dig at you I am genuinely curious.

Ralph Henry said...

Dear Data Requester, I'm just too jaded I guess, but questions like that send up some red flags for me. Sorry.
RH

Anonymous said...

Puzzle time: I gave up on this puzzle, and then about 10 minutes ago it is popped into my head. It sounds like it should be right.
Steven Seagal (sea gull)

Anonymous said...

C3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8
Raul

Anonymous said...

I've seen too many people in videos getting maimed standing that close to a moving subway/train for me to try

Anonymous said...

A2
https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/proposed-tennessee-common-law-bill-gay-child-marriage-hb233-amendment/536-499495d4-145e-447f-9fd8-b3c035fa217c
This bill as far as I read does not allow minors to marry buuuut, it is an attack on lgbt.

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