The Distract Me From 2020s P&CE Thread

I'm a member of a Baptist church, but not one of those Baptist churches. I don't really think anybody was acting that stupid in the 80s (except S-DAs), but I don't know everyone everywhere...

 

I like it, but I can't tell if everyone is playing.

 

Some of their videos are mashups visually from many different concerts, but make no mistake the Cybertronic Spree shred. Here is a video with some close up musicianship:



and drum solo:

 

Another nice long beach walk distracted me this am. Found a couple of nice beach agates while Ringo chased his ball. He wanted me to toss this stick for him.

 

Scouse, do you have tide pools where you go on the beach? When I spent time in San Francisco for work, one of the best things I did was drive out to Mavericks Beach at 7am and visit the tide pools at its lowest tide. Saw so much cool stuff while out there.

 

Did you yodeling echo off the cliffs?

 

No yodeling today but there are tide pools and they are cool.

 

Understandable as I'm sure anything having to do with "Pool" would interest you.

Ps...I'd bet you even lived in River City at some point.

 

where the hell is river city? I’ve never lived far from an ocean or sea. 4 countries 5 states.
Oh I lied, I was in Park City UT for a couple of years. But we had the Great Salt Lake

which isn’t so great.

 

♫
"Yes you got lots and lots of trouble
Right here in River City
Trouble with a capital "T"
And that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool!"

I've noticed you've been able to move around quite a bit. Is it because you've never been caught or that you're in a witness protection program?

 

Squeeze her once when she isn't looking
Get a squeeze back, that's fancy cooking
Once more for a pepper-upper
She will never get sore on the way to supper

Don't tell Q*bert Jones III. He hates all musicals.

Today, everything is different. There’s no action. I have to wait around like everyone else. Can’t even get decent food. Right after I got here I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and I got egg noodles and ketchup. I’m an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.

 

“They” keep catching up with me........help!

 

I ran across another cartoon while I was looking for the still from Animal Farm to post here a while back. It's called Animals of Farthing Wood, and it was supposed to be a children's show. First I ever heard of it.

...man, this shit is mind-blowingly inappropriate for kids of the age I think would have been most interested in it.

 

I don't know what age this is for, but this was a bit disturbing for me. Holy hell.

I was watching How It's Made yesterday, and they were showing how an air rifle is made. My son has never seen a gun before, doesn't even know what a gun is, and he asked what an air rifle was. I just didn't want to explain to him what a gun was, and what it was used for. I don't even like the idea of him killing spotted lantern flies. It's morbid.

 

I don't even know how YT sent me from Animal Farm to that, other than they both take place in England. AF just happened in that case to have been converted into a cartoon. AOFW was never anything else BUT a cartoon- it literally was made for children. The only similarities are animals coming to some sort of agreement not to harm one another, and then taking matters into their own hands.

I never did agree with the whole "Carnivores = Bad" way we humans twist nature. Shrikes kill to eat. So do snakes, or because they're threatened. Wolves and foxes got babies, too. But this cartoon puts a moral spin on Wild Kingdom (of which we are a part), essentially. And the other thing about snakes is, they seem always to be cast as dishonest and evil. Might be related to Adam and Eve, I can't say.

I don't know how old your son is, but he's going to find out eventually what a gun is, regardless. Always your call, but if you get your opinion in early on, maybe he sees things your way.

 

Turns out it IS from a series of books.

 

The clip you showed seemed to be edited for effect from parts of an animated series.

 

It was. I mean, the deaths didn't come all at once, but they're still more than enough for a kids' show. I'm watching the series now, into Episode 6, and only two deaths so far.

 

Finished Season 1. This is pretty good! I stand by it not being for children, tho.

 

I'm a big fan of sea shanties from the age of sail. Haul Away Joe, High Barbaree, all great stuff. But this one is my favorite.

I have to warn you, it's a bit salty. But what do you expect from sailors.

 

I just had a nosebleed - on my dress shirt...

Looks like Cocaine-Trickster is back in town

 

I was looking for Paul’s version yesterday and hit this. Kinda fun and she must have been about 12 at the time (2012). She’d be an old lady now. Kids having fun.

 

I'd give these "alternatives" a shot if they weren't being promoted by so many of the same people in my town who make negative comments on social media about my shellfish dishes, want to suggest milk alternatives to people who aren't lactose intolerant, and who buy two refrigerators- one for dairy products and one for everything else, or however it goes.

I do try when I can to consider humane treatment of food species, but not at any financial or convenience cost.

I never understood why an alternative to real meat is even necessary for those people. If they feel meat is some sort of sin, they should just graze and forget about ever tasting the vile, ungodly real substance again. I can sympathize with those who grew up on meat and can't/don't eat it anymore because of health reasons, but the rest... man, that's some serious twisting to fit their

 

Casting a pretty big net there, friend.