The completely useless irrelevant thread

[mullokintyre]

And you can find Intercourse in the heart of Amish Country in PA.

 

[finicky]

What the Dems present for leadership, the f'g phoney.
Pete Buttigieg, it's uncanny ..

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Alfred E Newman

 

[finicky]

One of the suspected prototypes. This one somewhere btw 1930-45 but earlier suspects in the late 19thC.

A Boy with No Birthday Turns Sixty

The long and tangled history of Alfred E. Neuman. In a 1975 interview with the New York Times, MAD Magazine founder Harvey Kurtzman recalled an illustration of a grinning boy he’d spotted on a postcard in the early fifties: a “bumpkin portrait,” “part leering wiseacre, part happy-go-lucky kid.”...

www.theparisreview.org

 

[mullokintyre]

One of the suspected prototypes. This one somewhere btw 1930-45 but earlier suspects in the late 19thC.

A Boy with No Birthday Turns Sixty

The long and tangled history of Alfred E. Neuman. In a 1975 interview with the New York Times, MAD Magazine founder Harvey Kurtzman recalled an illustration of a grinning boy he’d spotted on a postcard in the early fifties: a “bumpkin portrait,” “part leering wiseacre, part happy-go-lucky kid.”...

www.theparisreview.org

When I first saw The Simpsons I thought it may have been created by the same people as those behind MAD Magazine,
Mick

 

[finicky]

They definitely would have read Mad. The apprentice surpasses the master (Simpsons better than Mad wouldn't you say). Tribe of sniggerers pissing passing down its culture.
For a minute I wondered if we might be drifting off topic but then I looked up again at the o.p's subject heading.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

.For a minute I wondered if we might be drifting off topic but then I looked up again at the o.p's subject heading.

there is no off-topic drift, even if useless and irrelevant drifts to useful and /or irreverent.

 

[farmerge]

And now for my bit of Useless and Irrelevance.
Finally, had the machinery shed roof (2 sections) and the east end of it fully repaired.
With trying conditions for more than a few days the work is now completed.
This was all caused by the tornado back in January.
The brickie we have employed has embarked on the job of replacing the damaged safety fence around the back of the house.
To date, 4400 bricks, but going to have to do a count just in case more will be needed.

 

[Dona Ferentes]

but wow

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[mullokintyre]

but wow

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I reckon I met these girls a few weeks ago when in Missouri.
I got coffee and cake served by them and it was so slow we fell asleep.
Mick

 

[Dona Ferentes]

I reckon I met these girls a few weeks ago when in Missouri.
I got coffee and cake served by them and it was so slow we fell asleep.
Mick

which sister did you get; what t-shirt was she wearing?

 

[mullokintyre]

One of the l

which sister did you get; what t-shirt was she wearing?

One of the later models, she had 69 on her T shirt.
Mick

 

[macca]

There is an old saying "pigs might fly" never seen it myself but I like this one

Pigs doing laps.................

<<"We couldn’t believe it, we did a quick 180, went back, my wife started taking video. It had swum one of the widest parts of the Clyde, and it was swimming as the water was 12.2 meters deep, so it wasn’t gaining any footholds.">>

Couple's shock as 'massive black shadow' swims beneath boat on Aussie river

One NSW man thought he was looking at a horse or large log, until the truth became apparent.

au.yahoo.com

 

[farmerge]

but wow

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One could suggest that "age has not wearied them but only "slowed them down".

There is an old saying "pigs might fly" never seen it myself but I like this one

Pigs doing laps.................

<<"We couldn’t believe it, we did a quick 180, went back, my wife started taking video. It had swum one of the widest parts of the Clyde, and it was swimming as the water was 12.2 meters deep, so it wasn’t gaining any footholds.">>

Couple's shock as 'massive black shadow' swims beneath boat on Aussie river

One NSW man thought he was looking at a horse or large log, until the truth became apparent.

au.yahoo.com

Well known to be good swimmers.

 

[farmerge]

Came across some old Tombstone Inscriptions recently
Just picked a few out that caused more than a grin

Cemetery in New York.
Harry Edsel Smith, New York.
Born1903 died 1943.
Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was.

Cemetery in Maryland.
Here lies an atheist, all dressed up and no place to go.

Cemetery in Nova Scotia
Here lies Ezekial Aikle, aged 102.
Only the good die young.

Cemetery in England.
Anna Wallace
The children if Israel wanted bread,
And the Lord sent them manna.
Clark Wallace wanted a wife,
And the Devil sent him Anna.

Cemetery in England.
Remember man, as you walk by,
As you are now, so once was I.
As I am now, so shall you be,
Remember this and follow me.
To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone:
To follow you I'll not consent,
Until I know which way you went.

Now one for @Garpal Gumnut

Cemetery in Vermont.
Here lies the body of our Anna,
Done to death by a banana.
It wasn't the fruit that laid her low,
But the skin of the thing that made her go.

 

[wayneL]

Weird s4it you see on horse properties:

 

[farmerge]

Weird s4it you see on horse properties:

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Perhaps it goes with some of the owners.

 

[wayneL]

Perhaps it goes with some of the owners.

Yes indeed. The horse world has some interesting characters

 

[farmerge]

Yes indeed. The horse world has some interesting characters

Yep you work on the neddies and I work for the fools in some cases.

 

[finicky]

I get the ravages of age, god knows, but this is ridiculous. What the hell is wrong with America? How could she let herself go like this?

Bridget Fonda before and after (2022)