Stuck on Repeats

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Whoa:

John Tyler, born in 1790 and president in 1840, still has grandsons alive today.

TNC

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Whoa:



TNC

Do you feel the advent of sperm banks, and egg banks, means that a bequest, "I give Blackacre to my children." Must fail under the rule against perpetuities?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Whoa:



TNC

We are indeed a young country.

I can play "six degrees" and get to George Washington with these jumps: (i) I knew Judge X back in law school; (ii) Judge X clerked for Ollie Holmes; (iii) OWH knew John Quincy Adams; and (iv) JQA knew George. I'll bet someone here can beat me and get there in 3.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

We are indeed a young country.

I can play "six degrees" and get to George Washington with these jumps: (i) I knew Judge X back in law school; (ii) Judge X clerked for Ollie Holmes; (iii) OWH knew John Quincy Adams; and (iv) JQA knew George. I'll bet someone here can beat me and get there in 3.

(1) This (2) is (3) dumb.

[Not Bob]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

We are indeed a young country.

I can play "six degrees" and get to George Washington with these jumps: (i) I knew Judge X back in law school; (ii) Judge X clerked for Ollie Holmes; (iii) OWH knew John Quincy Adams; and (iv) JQA knew George. I'll bet someone here can beat me and get there in 3.

I miss Snidely Condescending. I wish Fugee would bring him back.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by Not Bob

I miss Snidely Condescending. I wish Fugee would bring him back.

Not mine. Probably another Penske sock.

[Not Bob's Id]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

No idea if anyone here cares about such things, but pictures of a wedding.

I will resist the urge to (openly) leer at the bride, but I feel it important to note that the sister in the blue dress has good hair.

So, naturally, Not Bob is trying to figure out a way to invite her to discuss Foxcore versus grunge over a sazarac or two.

[Not Bob's Id]

Originally Posted by Fugee

Not mine. Probably another Penske sock.

Confidential to Fugee: Not Bob was joking with you. That's one of his flirting techniques. Explains a great deal, no?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Whoa:



TNC

Old news (ha!). I mentioned this to my MIL 'cause when I first read about it blew my mind, and she was like "{high Tidewater accent} Oh, you mean Lyon and Harrison? I grew up with them." My jaw hit the floor. She might be exaggerating a bit, but (1) there was some family connection to the Varina plantation (the one you can see where I-95 crosses the James River); and (2) my MIL is a billion times less likely than me to pull some shit from Wikipedia, AND SHE KNEW THEIR FUCKING NAMES OFFHAND.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

Because I am sure Coltrane will ask, it should be made clear that you did not avail yourself of the vomitorium.

Coltrane is too young and respectful to ask. But I'm not. Was use made of the fist-shaped dildo and, if so, by whom? And was it shaped like the angry fist of God, or just a regular fist?
And if the shellfish course winds up in the vomitorium, is it still treyf?

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

How many insanely successful folks do you know (non-inherited) with centered, concrete moral compasses? By way of mere example, can you even be involved in real estate development for more than three years without having committed at least five or six borderline frauds?

I read somewhere recently that the average American commits about 10 criminal acts a day. My thing is tax fraud. Kind of like you and horns in Rock&Roll. We all have our shibboleths.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

2. Knowledge may not be power, but a little bit of knowledge about the true grossitude of our system of factory farming completely did away with my desire to ever eat meat again. Some things cannot be unread.

Back when I lived in the suburbs and could eat eggs with impunity, we used to buy eggs on occasion from a local farmer who raised free range chickens, ducks, geese, lamb, and rabbits. In that case, they ate grass or seeds, etc. from the yard, ran around in the sunlight all day, and when they said your purchase was fresh, that meant the body was still warm. But I read the same books as you and, while I haven't given up meat entirely, I will not live long enough for that to be what kills me.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

What?! Minnesotans cannot make bad food? If food is local it doesn't suck?

Locally, here, Tu Lan - a worshipped and renowned cheap Vietnamese Pho place was finally retired because it was also a disease vector. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1726389.html . The owner defended his kitchen as, in essence, "sure, but I provide cheap good food to the hood, and if I had to get rid of the roaches, it would be a few pennies more for the local junkies and crack whores." Which, I have no problem with. Insects are a good source of protein.

And local chefs know local pests best. They never make a poor rat round here.

The surest way to completely turn yourself off to any restaurant is to spend some time in the kitchen.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Howard Stern feels that hippies making us give up DDT have caused the bed bug crisis.

Howard Stern is just trying to draw attention awy from his hair on that front.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

No idea if anyone here cares about such things, but pictures of a wedding.

It looks like it was a fine wedding. Or, since it was country, was it a weddin'?