Octopus Overlords

"Her was of staying in your mind" -- really? That's not even a credible typo.

It's the original.

I didn't mean to imply that the error wasn't in the original comic, just that it is egregious and hurts my soul. I can accept that typos happen, since they happen to me a lot, but publishing "was" when they clearly intended it to say "way" is an unforgivable crime against nature, God and proofreading.

Anyway, that takes care of my Airing of Grievances. Now on to the Feats of Strength.

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39821956

Since 2009 the British government has spent tens of millions of pounds on mine-clearance in the Falklands. Guy Marot of the Falkland Islands Demining Programme Office oversees a team of largely Zimbabwean operatives, highly valued for their long experience of demining in their home country and further afield.

And their expendablity.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 11:38 pm

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39821956

Yes, I imagine Orca would set off the mines quite easily.

Yesteryear.

Ham salad.

You've never had a ham salad sandwich?

My mom made it with bologna. We couldn't afford ham.

Never heard of Old English Cheese. The intertubes say it's basically Cheez Whiz.

Max Peck wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 10:04 pm You've never had a ham salad sandwich?

Chicken salad, tuna salad, but no ham salad. I don't think I've ever seen shredded/minced ham in any fashion. But now I'm curious.

LordMortis wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 10:42 pm

Max Peck wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 10:04 pm You've never had a ham salad sandwich?

Chicken salad, tuna salad, but no ham salad. I don't think I've ever seen shredded/minced ham in any fashion. But now I'm curious.

Ham salad is a staple in the Ohio area. Must not have made it further north.

You Ohians and the New Jersans with their pork rolls. What did the poor pigs ever do to you?

Max Peck wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 10:04 pm You've never had a ham salad sandwich?

I mean, it must have been a thing here. You're Canadian, right? Maybe I'm just unexposed to the horrors of a lesser age.

The closest I've come is my midwestern wife's deviled ham chip dip. Which... isn't as hideous as I expect if I eat it with my eyes closed. But I'm not a fan of ham in any form, so....

I love ham. I like ham salad sandwiches.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 9:21 pm Yesteryear.

The thing that stands out is how normal the portions are to the monstrosities you'd get now.

Ya I was wondering about the size of that King Coke. Im guessing 10 oz.

History

1955 saw the debut of the King Size (10- and 12-ounce) and Family Size (26-ounce) contour bottles in the U.S., marking an important step in giving consumers packaging options to meet their needs.

And the rest is history...

Oops. See the article about this: Broken Ram 3500 Dually Shows a Camper Can Still Overload a Big Truck

This broken Ram 3500 with an Eagle Cap camper in the bed went viral as photos showed it snapped on the side of the road in Baja California. Its owners say "the frame just cracked in half," adding in the original Facebook post that it was "not overloaded." Mopar, the factory warranty provider, disagrees and has declined to cover the quoted $17,000 in repairs.

If you missed it, supermacho asshole Andrew Tate tweeted to Greta Thunberg to brag about his many cars and their climate-damaging emissions.

She responded appropriately.



But that's not the whole story. Tate further responded with a video attempting to mock Thunberg, but the pizza box visible in the clip showed that he was currently located at his residence in Romania.

This clue allowed Romanian authorities to swoop in and arrest Tate and his brother, who are wanted on human-trafficking charges.



EDIT: Romanian authorities are pushing back on the pizza-box issue, saying they were already preparing to arrest Tate. But the deliciousness of a misogynist asshole getting busted just after insulting a teenage girl and doubling down on it is still perfect.

I liked his dad, chess player Emory Tate.

Holman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:57 pm If you missed it, supermacho asshole Andrew Tate tweeted to Greta Thunberg to brag about his many cars and their climate-damaging emissions.

She responded appropriately.

But that's not the whole story. Tate further responded with a video attempting to mock Thunberg, but the pizza box visible in the clip showed that he was currently located at his residence in Romania.

This clue allowed Romanian authorities to swoop in and arrest Tate and his brother, who are wanted on human-trafficking charges.

I never heard of that douchbag, but happy to see Greta pwn him twice.

Prisons are uncomfortable, but I imagine that Romanian prisons are even less comfortable than that.

(Innocent until proven guilty, of course, but the charges are based on accounts of a few women who claim they were held against their will, sexually assaulted, and forced to perform porn.)

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 8:18 pm

As a former US Army (Reserve) Demolitions Team Lead, I approve this meme.

Nice.

CAT-CAT?

not bad... not bad.