YSaC, Vol. 737: Das ist nicht für gesehen.

2010 July 24

no (no)


ssfs

No. Whatever it is, no. It is not for you. You may not have this … blender/lamp/chicken purée/event horizon/indoor-outdoor aquarium.

I.

Said.

No!

 

 

 

Okay, ask your mom.

Thanks, Steve!

164 Responses leave one →
  1. 2010 July 24

    Oh, a new catmath principal! No(No)=ssfs

    Mind-boggling!

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    • 2010 July 24
      CapnMac permalink

      We will explain this to you when you are older. {G}
      Or when you sister is older.

      Now, Clean your room!

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  2. 2010 July 24
    sarajean80 permalink

    Well, it looks like…

    I mean, it’s obviously a…

    Anyone can tell you it’s …

    I got nuthin’.

    Adores: 13
    • 2010 July 24

      :stares long and hard at the thing:

      *gasp*

      An extremely disgusting nooneshouldeverwanttoeatwhatcomesoutofthat cotton candy machine?

      :looks again:

      No, I think those are cobwebs. Back to square one.

      Adores: 0
  3. 2010 July 24

    [Corey] Top left looks like a protein skimmer inside a rather hideous aquarium, Top right looks like a petri dish with some rather energetic growth, and bottom left is a close up of said (sad) protein skimmer. [/corey] A PSA maybe? What not to do to our piscine friends?

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 24
      Artsy Computer Geek permalink

      Does a “protein skimmer” inside an aquarium suck up all of the fish? Well what other kind of protein is in there?

      Things that make you go ewwwwww….

      Adores: 0

    • 2010 July 24
      Moira permalink

      That’s an aquarium? Looked to me like a store’s glass display case. (Please notice I am *not* trying to figure out the crusty yellowed things.)

      But, on fifteenth look (or thereabouts), I wonder if that second picture is the inside of the whatever-it-is with the top taken off… with cobwebs.

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  4. 2010 July 24
    MandaB permalink

    No? Oh! Ohhhhh… *nods head yes*
    No.

    Adores: 1
  5. 2010 July 24

    In lieu of knowing what this thing is…

    So, I’ve forgotten to put the water in the coffee maker. I’ve forgotten to put the filter in and just dumped the grounds into the basket. I’ve even forgotten to actually BREW the coffee. But never, NEVER have I done what I almost did this morning…put the coffee grounds in the water reservoir. I’m glad I stopped myself, that could have been a real disaster.

    Adores: 2
    • 2010 July 24

      I had cereal, and went to the drawer for a spoon, and came out holding a knife. Then I went back to fix it, and came out with a fork. Only then did I manage to think long enough to actually grab a spoon, which I promptly attempted to eat my bowl of milk with. I then took the Frosted Mini Wheats out of the fridge and poured them into the bowl, put them back in the pantry where they belong, and had my cereal with no more trouble.

      Adores: 7
      • 2010 July 24
        Laurelhach permalink

        You pour the milk in the bowl first? Or was that part of the brain-fail?

        I usually just go to throw my plate in the trash, or put the orange juice in the dishwasher.

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        • 2010 July 24

          Yes, that was part of the brain-fart.

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        • 2010 July 24
          Dan permalink

          I put the salad dressing away in the microwave the other day.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 24
          TacoMagic permalink

          I put the milk back in the bathroom towel cupboard once. I was making cereal then needed to use said bathroom. Guess I decided the milk needed to come with me.

          Luckily my wife found it a few minutes later.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 24
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          I often find cereal in the fridg and milk where the cereal goes …. of course the milk may also be somewhere in the family room.

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      • 2010 July 24

        Well, at least the cereal didn’t get all soggy during the silverware confusion. 😉

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        • 2010 July 24
          Laurelhach permalink

          Every bowl has a silver lining…

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24

          True, but it was ever so slightly chilly.

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        • 2010 July 24
          TacoMagic permalink

          Don’t you mean every bowel has a silver lining?

          *Eats a spoonful of silver nitrate*

          I’m not even sure what that saying is supposed to imply.

          Adores: 2
      • 2010 July 24
        CapnMac permalink

        The other day, I was getting flatware and silverware out of the dishwasher for the meal I was going to make (a hardware mise en place of sorts).

        Felt all accomplished when I closed up the d/w, to find I’d not only already done just that, but that I had set up for a meal I was not making (and had decided against because I was missing several key parts of that meal).

        And people sometimes wonder (aloud) why I cook with beer so often–it’s because the beer is open, really . . .

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        • 2010 July 24
          CapnMac permalink

          I made bifstek quesadillas tonight for supper.
          The tortillas were exactly where they were supposed to be.
          The cheese, the picante, and the last of the left-over bifstek were all in the fridge where they were supposed to be.
          The comal was upon the stove.

          Tortillas heated up in the skillet until they folded over politely. They then filled with picante, steak and cheese in reasonable order. They then grilled in the skillet under a bacon press (makes the cheese ooze out and go “s’p’sp’sp’sp’sp’s’sp’ssss”) as expected.
          Iced tea went right in the glass.
          Made a tasty supper with no complications, and a clean kitchen before warching the movie.

          Why do I feel like there is some scimitar poised Damoclean . . . ?

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    • 2010 July 24

      Bridgete, this may sound strange, but these coffee mishaps may be a sign of greatness in your future. My best friend in high school was top of the class, but she would do these crazy scatterbrained things, like putting her socks in the freezer or pouring juice on her cereal. She too went into law and moved up through her firm very fast. Just remember, when you make senior partner, someone else makes the coffee for you 😉

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      • 2010 July 24

        Awesome! I always knew being scatterbrained was just a symptom of my mind being too full of other stuff. 😉

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      • 2010 July 24
        LurkRealClose permalink

        I had a similar friend in High School. Took her three tries to pass her driving test. But she graduated with honors from the University of Chicago with a double major in Art History and BioChemistry.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          CapnMac permalink

          So the Grant Applications are beautifully Illuminated? {G}

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 July 24
          LurkRealClose permalink

          I’m not sure she actually working, now; she moved to Alaska and is busy being a liberal rabble-rouser and home schooling her kids.

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    • 2010 July 24
      LurkRealClose permalink

      I went camping two weeks ago and didn’t have my cold cuts in the cooler when I went to make lunch. I found them in a drawer the other day.

      Adores: 5
      • 2010 July 24
        Grampdaddy permalink

        GACK!!!!!

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          LurkRealClose permalink

          Luckily, they were vegetarian cold cuts, so the smell was not as bad as you might think. I would hope I would have found them sooner, in that case.

          Adores: 0
  6. 2010 July 24

    [Corey]
    It’s a demontration on how to use the fider warch
    [/Corey]

    [Matt]
    What’s wrong with you people?
    [/Matt]

    Adores: 16
    • 2010 July 24
      Laurelhach permalink

      Unstable mental conditions, warped senses of humour, joy in other’s stupidity, and much more, too many to list.

      Adores: 12
      • 2010 July 24

        I guess I should have used the [Rhetorical Matt] tag instead…

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          Windrose permalink

          HamCan, I owe you an honorable mention punchity punch punch from two days ago. I apologize for overlooking your massive contribution to that day and every day!

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 24

          Awwww, two day old punchities seem just as fresh
          🙂
          Thanks!

          Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 24
        CapnMac permalink

        Man, you guys just will not let up on that poor fider wench; bad enough everyone was calling her a norwegian craftsman, like being called a fider instead of a violá, but to call her mannish . . .

        What?

        Adores: 0
  7. 2010 July 24
    Laurelhach permalink

    Okay, so we know that part of the conglomeration is an aquarium/terrarium–I’m really more worried about the fact that the protein skimmer/cotton candy maker appears to be floating inside said aquarium.

    Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 24

      I suspect Arthur Weasley has been introduced to the internet by someone, then, and decided to show off his floating protein skimmer to all us muggles.

      WANTED: Better Explanation [location]

      will trade rare and vintage cereals for better explanation. 5 boxes of Capn’s Crunch, firm, obo.

      Adores: 5
      • 2010 July 24
        Laurelhach permalink

        The Ministry’ll be after him for this one.

        Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 24

        Funny you should mention HP, my first thought was that “ssfs” was “no (no)” translatd into parselmouth. No means no, whether you’re muggle, wizard or snake!

        Adores: 5
  8. 2010 July 24
    Meredith permalink

    I thought it was a machine for making cheese out of the remnants of your forgotten fishtank. I know when I get back from vacation and see little Nemo taking a belly up nap, I always think, “Man, I wish there was some way to recycle all this junk”.

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 24
      MandaB permalink

      Note to self: If Meredith offers cheese, politely decline.

      Adores: 7
      • 2010 July 24
        Meredith permalink

        But I have a lovely 4 year old Guppy. It was a good year for….well, not such a good year for guppies, but a good year for cheese.

        Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 24

        Maybe sarajean can make fish-cheese soap?

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 24
          Meredith permalink

          We do not make the fish cheese soap. We do, however, make the fish cheese dip. I make it with Lionfish. The store brands use NotALionfish.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 July 24

          Served, I assume, on Not.a.Lionel’s tera cotta head?

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          sarajean80 permalink

          You know, if I mixed fish oil capsules with my stinky cheese soap, I might be able to sell it to Bertie Botts…

          Ugh, I just grossed myself out.

          (Sorry for the lack of comments today, I was at a birthday party for my now six year old niece. I have never seen so many different shades of pink. Much sugar was consumed by all. I’m off to lapse into a diabetic coma now.)

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 July 24
          Professor Dumbledore permalink

          Alas, earwax!

          Adores: 1
  9. 2010 July 24
    LurkRealClose permalink

    Yeah, I got nothing, either.

    Except that I’m pretty glad I can’t have this. It looks like it would clash with my new poncho.

    Adores: 5
    • 2010 July 24

      Extra credit homework assignment: Somebody please ‘shop the poncho onto LRC’s robot moose!

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 24
        LurkRealClose permalink

        O.M.F.G. That would be AMAZING!!!

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24

          http://i28.tinypic.com/2lik5q8.jpg

          Adores: 9
        • 2010 July 24

          Fantastic Astro! Here’s your extra credit form: Hands Astro a slightly greasy scrap of newsprint that smeels of cheesey fish dip I’m sure your teachers will find this satisfactory*

          *If you use the confundus charm on them

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 24

          *Smells, not smeels, but smeels could work too.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          LurkRealClose permalink

          Astro! I would like to offer you these doors.

          Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 24
      LurkRealClose permalink

      Poncho!

      Nope, no poncho. And Mr. LRC wants his dinner, so I’ll play around with Gravatar some more, later.

      Adores: 0
  10. 2010 July 24


    I’m tearin’ my hair out
    Oh every, everyday
    I’m tearin’ my hair out
    Oh ssfs what are you I say?
    I’m tearin’ my hair out

    It won’t be long ssfs
    till I’m alone
    In a padded cell
    to never come home
    Cause it’s warpin’, ooh it’s touchin’
    it’s crazin’ my brain
    I’m tearin’ my hair out
    Oh, every, everyday
    I’m tearin’ my hair out
    Oh ssfs what can you say?
    Cause it’s warpin’, touchin’ my brain
    Now it’s your turn, YSaC to cry

    No no no no no no
    No no no no no
    No no no no no no
    No no no no no
    No no no no no no
    No no no no no
    No no no no no no
    No no no no no
    No no no no no no
    No no no no no
    No no no no no no
    No no no no no….

    Adores: 3
  11. 2010 July 24
    Windrose permalink

    Magic Skate Ball says: The answer is NO(no).

    Adores: 2
    • 2010 July 24
      LimeLolly permalink

      It’s Magic Meatball……. and it says:

      Ask again later

      Adores: 0
  12. 2010 July 24
    TacoMagic permalink

    No, no, no, no, no, no, no, yes.

    Adores: 5
    • 2010 July 24
      Moira permalink

      Madeline Kahn, is that you?

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 24
        TacoMagic permalink

        I was aiming for “Jim” from “Vicar of Dibley.”

        My aim may have been off.

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 24
          Moira permalink

          Or perhaps many people, too many to list, have used that line in one way or another.

          Naaah, couldn’t be.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          Meredith permalink

          If that’s so, the question is thus: Then how was babby taco made?

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          Grampdaddy permalink

          His aim may have been off….

          Adores: 0
  13. 2010 July 24
    Grampdaddy permalink

    It’s the new and improved Tardis – you would have recognized it except they left off the blue light.

    Adores: 4
    • 2010 July 24
      TacoMagic permalink

      Tardis
      You don’t have to put on the blue light,
      Those days are over
      You don’t have to travel space time tonight.

      Tardis
      You don’t have to let eleven in tonight,
      Travel time for whimsy
      You don’t care if it’s wrong or if it’s right.

      Tardis
      You don’t have to put on the blue light…

      Adores: 20
      • 2010 July 24
        Meredith permalink

        Beat me to it!

        Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 24
        CapnMac permalink

        Now, imagine it’s Eddie Murphy (48 hours) singing instead {G}

        Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 25
        Eclecticblue permalink

        It took me about 30 tries, but I finally was able to give you a door, Taco! (I think my fingers are too dry/cold/both to tap the “+1”)

        Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 24
      Laurelhach permalink

      Oh, I see, right there’s the door, and the time rotor, and the tribophysical waveform macrokinetic extrapolator, and the coffee maker. All makes sense now. Thanks Gramps! Now I know what to destroy look out for.

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 24
        Grampdaddy permalink

        Glad to be of….. help?

        Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 24
      nonsensicalcat permalink

      Does it come with a Time Lord? Or do I have to go back to Craigslist to find one of those?

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 24
        Laurelhach permalink

        You need to get a permit first, cat.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          CapnMac permalink

          And a sonicscrewdriver. Which, sadly, does not seem to have any Absolut content at all; just another grey goose chase, darn it!

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          Grampdaddy permalink

          And there will be a re-homing fee for the Time Lord. We want to be sure you will keep him as a pet and not just feed him to your mutant hamster.

          Capn, has there been a time when it was ever clear what they put in those sonicscrewdrivers? I think they stoli the recipe.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 July 24
          CapnMac permalink

          About the time it seems they might tullamore, dhu they? No, just Laphraoig about leaving the rest of us lackavaulin.

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 24

        I have Ten locked in my closet resting comfortably. He won’t be available ever for awhile because he’s mine damnit, mine he has some prior commitments.

        Adores: 1
  14. 2010 July 24

    You say yes, I say no,
    You say stop, and I say no, no, no!
    No!
    Oh, no!
    You say goodbye, and I say hell no!
    Hell no hell no!
    I don’t know why you say goodbye I say hell no!

    You say high, I say no.
    You say why, and I say I don’t no!
    Oh, no!
    You say goodbye, and I say hell no!
    Hell no hell no!
    I don’t know why you say goodbye I say hell no!

    Heba, Heba Hell No-ah!
    Heba, Heba Hell No-ah!

    My apologies to the Beatles.

    Adores: 15
    • 2010 July 24
      Artsy Computer Geek permalink

      Astro — you are suppose to be studying math not music!!! (Yes, I know they both begin with M.)

      Adores: 0
  15. 2010 July 24
    nonsensicalcat permalink

    But I WANT IT! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?

    Adores: 0
  16. 2010 July 24
    abwh permalink

    No is right. Nancy Reagan No. Just Say No. Red Bow No.
    Those items are (quite clearly, by the way) crystal methamphetamine lab components.
    So, Just Say No.
    En. Oh.
    No.

    Adores: 2
    • 2010 July 24
      nonsensicalcat permalink

      Well, now that the mystery is gone I don’t want it anymore.

      Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 24

      I think you need these: [corey][/corey]

      Is that really what it is? And if so…how do you know? :raises eyebrow:

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 24
        abwh permalink

        [corey] Corey tags, in this application, must be regarded as implied due to the serious nature to begin with. The entire thread should have [corey] and [/corey] applied liberally and as in the case of [serious corey] being redundant, would negate the statement by said nature of matter/ antimatter neutralization akin to a flawed Venn Diagram. [/corey].
        That, or Astro has been dividing by zer

        Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 24

      If it really is a meth lab, then I think one of the overlords overlords ought to add the “slimy” tag or something.

      Adores: 0
  17. 2010 July 24

    Had to share this. You’ll know why when you read it.

    http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2010-07-24/

    Adores: 4
    • 2010 July 24
      Artsy Computer Geek permalink

      Did anyone else have visions of the “Taco Thong” in print?

      Adores: 2
      • 2010 July 24
        CapnMac permalink

        No, but, once again, I suspect Steve Postis is a lurker (and not the cave-roof predator kind)

        Adores: 0
  18. 2010 July 24
    Kae permalink

    That’s okay. I didn’t want a Cotton Candy Machine of the Damned, anyway.

    No, really.

    Well, okay. Maybe a little.

    Adores: 7
    • 2010 July 24
      Laurelhach permalink

      I think that belongs to the wierd Gorgoroth thing in the basement.

      On the other hand, Cotton Candy of the Damned would make a great band name (‘Machine’ just made it too long).

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 24
        CapnMac permalink

        Ooh, yeah, that’s even better than Cotton Candy Dam (especially since only animal husbandry majors would “get” it)

        “Gorgoroth’s Machine” has a very deathmetal ring, though.

        Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 24
        Grampdaddy permalink

        Hit single “Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I’ve got Brains in my Tummy” ??

        OMG – they’re back!! ZOM

        Adores: 1
  19. 2010 July 24
    Lilly permalink

    not sure why, but I see parts to a homemade still.

    Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 24
      abwh permalink

      Meth lab.

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 24
        abwh permalink

        Portable, carry-it-around-in-your-car size.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24

          And you know this how?

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          There are some questions than need no (or you don’t want an) answer.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          abwh permalink

          Acquaintances in the law-enforcement community.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          Windrose permalink

          Are you . . . Batman?

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 24

          You called?

          (Public Service Announcement: Batman and Robin say to always remember to clear your caches!)

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          Joker permalink

          Oh, do come on, Batsy! You’re honestly so bored with me that you’re responding to the distress signals of strange parrots on… hey. This site is funny! Hahahahahhahahahahahhahahahhahahhahahhahahhahahahahah!!!!!!!

          Like, totally LOL.

          Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 24

        All I know about meth labs is that they need garden hoses for something. I had two garden hoses stolen out of my front yard, after the second time, I called the police non-emergency line to file a report, because at $20 each, those hoses add up. The officer filing my report told me that garden hoses are often stolen for use in meth labs, and that I should probably just hide the hose under something, because meth-lab builders aren’t very clever.

        I can’t tell what this thing is (the upper right pic looks like a golden bowl in a centrifuge, flinging water out) but since there’s no garden hose involved, it OBVIOUSLY can’t be a meth lab. (ummm…)

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          CapnMac permalink

          You’d think that meth cookers would just get a hose while in target tying to get 13 pseudefrine tabs and holding up the line doing so . . .

          Adores: 2
    • 2010 July 24
      abwh permalink

      The object in the photograph on the right looks a bit like a chicken-pot-pie.
      Meth=chicken

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 24
        Laurelhach permalink

        Hey abwh, I’m no expert, but don’t you think this looks a wee bit like a meth lab?

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 July 24
          abwh permalink

          I’m not sure; it looks kinda like it might be a meth lab.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24

          You two are crazy! This is obviously a meth lab! I can’t believe you didn’t notice.

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 24
        CapnMac permalink

        You guys! Everyone here in No knows that, in the cultural-oppressor language “ssfs” is the derogatory term used to demean and suppress the indigenous autochthones who deliberately engage in chemical destruction of their central nervous systems using synthetic stimulants.

        In non [matt] speak, “Duh, meth lab; as if!”

        Adores: 1
  20. 2010 July 24
    abwh permalink

    [disclaimer corey] The person purporting to be abwh is clearly delusional and in no way reflects the policies or opinions of the management of YSaC, it’s contributors or it’s advertisers.[/disclaimer corey]
    We rejoin our program already in progress.

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 24

      of YSaC, it’s contributors or it’s advertisers.

      [Isaac]Well, which is YSaC, contributors or advertisers?[/Isaac]

      Sorry. Must be a bug going around.

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 24

        Thanks Astro, I wasn’t here to catch that.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          abwh permalink

          It was the meth. Or the chemo, it’s not too clear at this point.

          Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 24
      Windrose permalink

      ab, good cover. 8)

      Adores: 0
  21. 2010 July 24
    abwh permalink

    Who is that guy?

    Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 24
      Meredith permalink

      That’s what I’m asking.

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 24
        abwh permalink

        There’s a gentleman at the door in a SWAT uniform asking about some crazy dude with a meth lab in his jet.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          abwh permalink

          Mention anything about Bozeman, Montana?

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 24
          CapnMac permalink

          Pretty decent encounter then, normally the swat guys hit the door with a ram and knock it down.
          Or the ceiling, if your name is Ruttle.

          Adores: 0
  22. 2010 July 24
    abwh permalink

    Whoa, where am I?

    Adores: 0
  23. 2010 July 24
    abwh permalink

    *ahem*
    [apology corey] I am indeed sorry for my reprehensible behavior. There was no meth influencing my actions. Fourteen hours of driving and a cooler full of Red Bull, however… still no excuse. Please forgive me? [/apology corey]
    *hangs head and proceeds to enroll in a twelve step program*

    Adores: 0
  24. 2010 July 24
    TacoMagic permalink

    Lines from Taco’s kitchen:

    TacoMa’am: Oh no the Rancor is attacking!
    TacoMagic: That’s what she said.
    TacoMa’am: *Look of bemused confusion*

    Adores: 2
  25. 2010 July 24
    abwh permalink

    Can’t even keep the avatars properly distributed.

    Adores: 0
  26. 2010 July 24
    CapnMac permalink

    Used google-fu on “no(no)” and only get feminine hair removal products.

    Brain is rejecting that this could be a Used (ick) Gororoth Grooming tool (shudder).

    Not that I’d want to rinse it out after, either; but I’d like to think I’d not flog it on CL after having found it in the secret burial ground under the burned-down meth house used to be on, either . . .

    I’m now going to go look for my lost cereal bowl (which is probably next to the caviar spoon and truffle plane).

    Adores: 0
  27. 2010 July 24
    LitaRider permalink

    I can’t even tell that it is a thing.

    Adores: 0
  28. 2010 July 24
    LitaRider permalink

    A few weeks ago I made a cup of green tea. I returned for a second cup and could not find the box of tea. We’ve not since found it in the cabinet nor in the bath, nor in the bedroom. We suspect I threw it in the trash.

    Comment disclaimer: I am mobile today so comments are not nested. Please forgive me for getting out of line.

    Adores: 1
  29. 2010 July 24
    Windrose permalink

    I feel very random mahongany today. Like I might put the spinach toothpaste on the roundabout hot curlers. 80

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    • 2010 July 24

      I know exactly how you feel. Should I be scared?

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    • 2010 July 24
      Grampdaddy permalink

      [Bridgete/Isaac] — “mahongany”

      That’s a hard wood…. [/Bridgete/Isaac]

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      • 2010 July 24
        Windrose permalink

        One wood is the same as another in the dark, Grampdaddy. Or, so I have been told.

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      • 2010 July 25
        Eclecticblue permalink

        That’s what she said!

        *runs back to getting things accomplished*

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  30. 2010 July 24

    It’s obviously a coded message. Sparky’s partner in the meth lab managed to escape from the authorities and now Sparky is using CL to let said partner know that it is still not safe to come home.

    My translation of ad:

    (Hidden question) Do the cops have any clues where I am? = No
    (Second hidden question) Is it safe to come home yet? = (No)

    ssfs = Stay Safely away From Seattle*

    None of this may actually be true, but that’s the scenario my warped imagination delivered me.

    Adores: 6
  31. 2010 July 24

    Studying device of the day:

    “Death does not excuse performance on a contract – sue estate, don’t expect performance from zomb”

    Adores: 2
    • 2010 July 24
      CapnMac permalink

      As a practical issue, I bet it’s hard to hire that 3rd or 4th constable to deliver service on zomb

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  32. 2010 July 24
    queensbee permalink

    no thanks. i dont want to guess what it is, because it might wind up on my door. so, i guess that its a ………no, its probably…. wait, wait… nah. i got nuthin neither

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  33. 2010 July 24

    Okay, I got off my lazy ass caved in and got a pretty picture. I was going to do a real one of myself for the weekend only, but I haven’t had any pictures taken since before I lost 50 lbs and suddenly all the “good” pictures aren’t so good anymore.

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  34. 2010 July 24
    LurkRealClose permalink

    Ok. Logged out, cleared cache, etc.

    NOW do I have a poncho?

    CRAP, no I don’t.

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    • 2010 July 24

      Clearly the poncho is too possibly awesome for Gravatar.

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      • 2010 July 24
        LurkRealClose permalink

        That is a distinct possibility. I’m gonna go look at pictures of cats with funny captions, now, to distract me from my lack of ponchod robot moose.

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    • 2010 July 24
      LurkRealClose permalink

      I don’t even have my robot moose. 🙁

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      • 2010 July 25
        Windrose permalink

        I had similar issues when trying to switch to a sexy Demi Moore photo. I think WordPress is on Strike agains Gravitar. It really sucks!

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      • 2010 July 25
        CapnMac permalink

        Your Gravatar image must be rated G too, I’ve noticed.

        I use CCleaner to clear cache, cookies, and the Temp Internet Files.

        Then I restart the browser.

        If that does not work, I restart the modem, then the machine.

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  35. 2010 July 24
    CapnMac permalink

    [deutche corey]Anstelle von “Das is nicht für geshen” velleicht “Nein! Nicht für auf gesehen” besser werden geschrieben sein.

    German diction is very positional, which makes the grammar “sound” odd to EFL speakers. Getting that “yoda” structure odd at first seems. The spiffy way one may dismiss with certain “to be” forms is almost like declarative Latin, too. Which makes our title today read more like “nothing remarkable to look at” as if it were merely a bad movie.

    So, /instruction-command/”No. [This implicit thing here] Not for/or-to-be Seen/Seeing [is & will be the case]” is how I’d render it. Especially since it implies the “look at this, it is not to be seen” paradoxical.

    [/polyglot corey]

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    • 2010 July 25

      Sorry, Capn. I speak German like a Spanish cow.

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 25
        CapnMac permalink

        ¿Su hablar alemán a la vaca español? {Sonrisa}

        German is easy, just remember to sort by Time, Manor, Place first, and the verb goes last unless an imperative, then use the least number of words to do so (the sentences compound anyway).

        That, and we needed the sort of pithy, witty, sharp we expect in our YSaC titles {g}

        That, and the Latin came to me first: Vidi non invisi egro posco

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        • 2010 July 27
          Wolfgang permalink

          CapnMac, you are right that German language order is difficult, but vocabulary and tenses are pretty important also. Your proposed sentence is pretty odd. Better would be something like “Das ist nicht an zu schauen” (roughly, “that’s not for looking at”).

          Because: “Aufsehen” doesn’t fit the meaning you want (it’s not the same as ‘sehen’); and putting it in the past tense “auf gesehen” is odd – why should it be in the past tense? Also, in English one uses “for” differently than Germans do; “zu” is more likely in this case than “fuer.”

          /End of curmudgeonly pedantic language correction/

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  36. 2010 July 25
    Windrose permalink

    Dang, I had hoped Innana would show up today. I will punchity punch punch her in effigy!

    G’Night, Gotham!

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    • 2010 July 25
      CapnMac permalink

      Tape your knuckles well before hitting those stone knees . . .

      Oh, and wear your seatbelt.

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  37. 2010 July 25
    trinket permalink

    It’s reverse psychology! Clever way to sell your junk, tell people they CAN’T have it.

    Adores: 1
  38. 2010 July 26
    egleaves permalink

    Definitely a protein skimmer.

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  39. 2010 July 29
    Crystal permalink

    hmm maybe this is just my criminal justice background but I immediately thought some supplies for a drug lab….maybe…

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  40. 2010 August 1
    pixelpixi permalink

    For those who are curious… a protein skimmer is a filtration device for saltwater aquariums that uses a pump to inject a frothy mixture of dirty saltwater and air (Santorum) into a reaction chamber. Protein, as well as other undesirable disolved organic compounds and microscopic organisms, are attracted to the surface of the tiny bubbles and float to the top, where the bubbles slowly overflow into a collection cup. The second picture is a look inside the collection cup, demonstrating how thick and dark (and thus effective, albeit disgusting) the skimmate is. The tank that this skimmer is in is a sump… a secondary water reservoir underneath the real aquarium.

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  41. 2013 August 18

    So Grumpy Cat has her own salt-water aquarium? Cool.

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  42. 2013 August 18
    HamCan permalink


    SSFS here I come
    They got crazy little WTF’s there
    and I’m gonna get me one
    Oh yeah!

    Adores: 4
  43. 2013 August 18
    nojazzhere permalink

    From Rod Argent….Tell.Her.No.

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  44. 2013 August 18

    Obviously posted by a toddler, whose first words were No-no!

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    • 2013 August 18
      nojazzhere permalink

      Or my ex-wife, whose last words were “no! NO!”

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      • 2013 August 18

        As you pushed her down the stairs?

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        • 2013 August 19
          nojazzhere permalink

          That was never proven, Windy…

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  45. 2013 August 18
    Ziaheart permalink

    I think this is still my favourite post.

    Adores: 1
    • 2013 August 19
      Brer Fox permalink

      No, no it isn’t.

      -ssfs (still safe for someone)

      silly sparky funny sparky
      little negative.
      stupid sparky freakin’ sparky
      No, no, no.

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  46. 2013 August 19

    Hannahfate, we loaded all the Black Adder episodes into the dvd player for you! Punchity Punch Punch!

    Good Morning, no? No?

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