Reunification

NPHuskerFL

Politics haven't made this place "suck" @JohnInCarolina & as to an exact pinpoint culprit I cannot help identify. I agree with the blanket statement made earlier by several folks and I've said the same several times over....in that if i don't like something i don't open it or don't read it. My earlier statement "politics & religion threads" was to convey neither one are going away. Would it upset me to see either of these types of negatively filled vibe threads diminish?  Not really. Internet stuff is serious business.And when folks have had too many adult beverages they sometimes say things they'll soon regret. 
Here's another meme for the @Gulfcoastguy

bgebrent

Wow, I'm gone for a day and y'all go and do this.  I know it's to each his own and I do read the OT threads.  I respect everyone here and their opinions and perspectives.  Just hasn't been a good Q-Crap ratio for a while.  Anyhow, was just observing.  Y'all will do as you please.  Hopefully light an egg.  Thanks.

YukonRon

bgebrent said:

Wow, I'm gone for a day and y'all go and do this.  I know it's to each his own and I do read the OT threads.  I respect everyone here and their opinions and perspectives.  Just hasn't been a good Q-Crap ratio for a while.  Anyhow, was just observing.  Y'all will do as you please.  Hopefully light an egg.  Thanks.

You want these people to play with matches?
Help us all........

bgebrent

YukonRon said:

bgebrent said:

Wow, I'm gone for a day and y'all go and do this.  I know it's to each his own and I do read the OT threads.  I respect everyone here and their opinions and perspectives.  Just hasn't been a good Q-Crap ratio for a while.  Anyhow, was just observing.  Y'all will do as you please.  Hopefully light an egg.  Thanks.

You want these people to play with matches?
Help us all........

Better yet, MAPP torches and weed burners

Skiddymarker

lousubcap said:

@JohnInCarolina -  Upon review, I think that anus would be best cooked on the BGEtisserie as it is designed with the center cut already there.  May have to tighten up the sphincter to keep it from failing to rotate during the cook.  
Perhaps  @SGH is working on such a rig in his shop.  

The S&M version of the BGEtisserie has those sharp pointy things that will compensate if the centre cut cannot be stretched.... 

Foghorn

HeavyG said:

Foghorn said:

I've never started a political thread and I rarely post on them, so I have no problem with them going away. 

But I must say I find them educational at times as I - as a centrist who votes about 70% republican - navigate the waters between my conservative coworkers and my liberal in-laws.

If someone votes 70% of the time with one side or the other can they still truly be called a centrist? 

Well, it seems to me (I could be WAY wrong) that about 40% of the country mindlessly vote republican and about 40% mindlessly vote democrat - even though most of them will deny it. 

There's probably a better one word name for someone who tries to understand the issues and vote thoughtfully... in a way in which they actually will vote for either party.  (Around here that person is considered left wing...)

Acn

Skiddymarker said:

lousubcap said:

@JohnInCarolina -  Upon review, I think that anus would be best cooked on the BGEtisserie as it is designed with the center cut already there.  May have to tighten up the sphincter to keep it from failing to rotate during the cook.  
Perhaps  @SGH is working on such a rig in his shop.  

The S&M version of the BGEtisserie has those sharp pointy things that will compensate if the centre cut cannot be stretched.... 

And they've probably developed an intricate chain system to hold the lid at precisely the proper angle.

Botch

Foghorn said:  
There's probably a better one word name for someone who tries to understand the issues and vote thoughtfully... in a way in which they actually will vote for either party.  (Around here that person is considered left wing...)

I prefer the label "Independent"; I'm further right than Jeff Sessions on at least one issue, yet volunteered both cash, and time, to Sanders (and I don't agree with everything he believes, either).  
There's a few of us.  Not enough.    

bgebrent

Botch said:

Foghorn said:  
There's probably a better one word name for someone who tries to understand the issues and vote thoughtfully... in a way in which they actually will vote for either party.  (Around here that person is considered left wing...)

I prefer the label "Independent"; I'm further right than Jeff Sessions on at least one issue, yet volunteered both cash, and time, to Sanders (and I don't agree with everything he believes, either).  
There's a few of us.  Not enough.    

I think that's called schizophrenia 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

JohnInCarolina said:

Can't we all just... grill some anus?

anus is one of my favorites, brother

JohnInCarolina

Just a PSA: new SNL on tonight.

bgebrent

JohnInCarolina said:

Just a PSA: new SNL on tonight.

Nice call.  Is this the one where the do the parody of Pelosi?

JohnInCarolina

bgebrent said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Just a PSA: new SNL on tonight.

Nice call.  Is this the one where the do the parody of Pelosi?

I don't know Brent - it's "new," so nobody has, yanno, seen it yet.

DMW

JohnInCarolina said:

Just a PSA: new SNL on tonight.

Plenty of material to work with, hope it's a good one.

JohnInCarolina

DMW said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Just a PSA: new SNL on tonight.

Plenty of material to work with, hope it's a good one.

Honestly I've been underwhelmed.  Given just how much material they have, they don't do a whole lot.

bgebrent

SNL has been hit or miss for 20 years.  Never been at the level when Belushi, Chase, Akroid, Radner, Curtain et al got it rolling.  Only occasional glimpses of great humor rather than staccato great humor.  Oh well.  They are material rich.  Let's hope it's funny.

JohnInCarolina

Oh boy Sessions got played by the lady.  That's not gonna go over well in Mar-a-Jagoff.

DMW

bgebrent said:

SNL has been hit or miss for 20 years.  Never been at the level when Belushi, Chase, Akroid, Radner, Curtain et al got it rolling.  Only occasional glimpses of great humor rather than staccato great humor.  Oh well.  They are material rich.  Let's hope it's funny.

Best SNL era was the 90s. Ferrell, Hartman, Farley, Myers, Carvey, Sandler, Hammond, Meadows.

bgebrent

Offensive racism.

bgebrent

DMW said:

bgebrent said:

SNL has been hit or miss for 20 years.  Never been at the level when Belushi, Chase, Akroid, Radner, Curtain et al got it rolling.  Only occasional glimpses of great humor rather than staccato great humor.  Oh well.  They are material rich.  Let's hope it's funny.

Best SNL era was the 90s. Ferrell, Hartman, Farley, Myers, Carvey, Sandler, Hammond, Meadows.

Great group, you were in k1 when the masters were there.  No comparison.

bgebrent

Pathetic acoustics for this guy.

bgebrent

"All the snowflakes were shot before they reached the ground in Chicago."  Hilarious and damned sad.

DMW

Weekend Update nailed it.

bgebrent

DMW said:

Weekend Update nailed it.

Must agree.

Eoin

Botch said:

Foghorn said:  
There's probably a better one word name for someone who tries to understand the issues and vote thoughtfully... in a way in which they actually will vote for either party.  (Around here that person is considered left wing...)

I prefer the label "Independent"; I'm further right than Jeff Sessions on at least one issue, yet volunteered both cash, and time, to Sanders (and I don't agree with everything he believes, either).  
There's a few of us.  Not enough.    

I've always been very reluctant to join in with politics on the basis that no party is a good enough fit. After Brexit when everything got tossed up in the air and fell back down skew ways, it seemed to me that certain people were buying the political process. Also, as a resident of a constituency that always returns a big majority for one party, even though I always vote on principle, it is a bit of a waste of time. After Brexit I now belong to a party and see that as a means to have some influence as opposed to none. I have also contributed to the (successful) crowd funded court actions to stop our Government from using a referendum result as an excuse to do what they want by Royal Prerogative (executive action). I still regard myself as politically independent, but will contribute where and when I see fit and to whom best represents me at the time.

Markarm4119

Apply liberaly and conserve 1/2 for the finish !

westernbbq

bgebrent said:

DMW said:

bgebrent said:

SNL has been hit or miss for 20 years.  Never been at the level when Belushi, Chase, Akroid, Radner, Curtain et al got it rolling.  Only occasional glimpses of great humor rather than staccato great humor.  Oh well.  They are material rich.  Let's hope it's funny.

Best SNL era was the 90s. Ferrell, Hartman, Farley, Myers, Carvey, Sandler, Hammond, Meadows.

Great group, you were in k1 when the masters were there.  No comparison.

I was too young to fully appreciate the original snl cast...
 But as i got older, i learned to see the genius in Aykroyd and Murray....


I would have to say Farley and Hartman made me laugh more than the rest of em combined....Phil as Bill Clinton in a McDonald's after being warned by a ss agent that he shouldnt tell Mrs. Clinton about the fast food stop: "Let's get one thing straight...there's gonna be a whole buncha things we won't tell Mrs. Clinton."

Funniest line ever in SNL history....

Oh and norm macdonald on fake news with deadpan delivery: Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson  announced that she's expecting...when asked about possible names, the couple said, if it's a girl theyll name her after her mother and call her Pamela...and if it's a boy, theyll name him after his father and call him...THAT LUCKY BASTARD...


Too bad snl isnt funny anymore....

Botch

Eoin said:  
I've always been very reluctant to join in with politics on the basis that no party is a good enough fit. After Brexit when everything got tossed up in the air and fell back down skew ways, it seemed to me that certain people were buying the political process. Also, as a resident of a constituency that always returns a big majority for one party, even though I always vote on principle, it is a bit of a waste of time. After Brexit I now belong to a party and see that as a means to have some influence as opposed to none. I have also contributed to the (successful) crowd funded court actions to stop our Government from using a referendum result as an excuse to do what they want by Royal Prerogative (executive action). I still regard myself as politically independent, but will contribute where and when I see fit and to whom best represents me at the time.

Thanks much for your input, @Eoin; it's always interesting to see how the process works in different countries.