In which we yet again post yet another ten thousand plus interesting or amusing -or neither- tweets

In one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, try to avoid Franz Kafka International Airport

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I thought this story was going to be about giant cockroaches flying at the airport.

 

Reno 911 was messed up

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My favorite bit on Reno 911 was when they had an English police officer shadow them. Spoiler alert, he dies, and over his flag draped coffin they try to sing God Save the Queen but end up mumbling My Country Tis of Thee.

 

A couple years ago a cop came to my place to let me know someone did a hit and run on my car. The cop looked like the dude below and it took everything I had to not quote that show at him. Only difference is he wasn't wearing the shorts, but the hair and mustache was just accurate.

 

GAY COP! GAY COP! GAY COP! GAY COP!

 

I have a feeling I missed a hell of a show.

 

English boy scouts guide from 1908

 

I watched bits and pieces as a teenager but I might binge the show now.

 

What the hell is that boy doing? Taking cover while observing the movement of bulk carriers? Is that a scouting thing? Is he going to alert coastal artillery? Or a shopkeep of Londontown that his competitor's shipment of barley is arriving forthwith?

 

I'm just going to say that they forget Sauron was defeated and that it was in the most unremarkable way imaginable.

And again, LOTR fans need to read new stuff.

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I believe the implication is that that is a protected cruiser (which might well have had a silhouette like that; the older ones in 08 were built around casemates and sponsons instead of turrets) or a troopship.

Most nations did not use dedicated naval vessels for the purpose, but liners and cargo ships drafted for the duration.

The "Lusitania" was full of military cargo and was on the list of ships which would be auxiliaries to the navy as soon as the paperwork could be completed and a crew scraped together. She was a perfectly valid military target when torpedoed, and our fictional boy would have been correct to regard her as a potential threat, were he German.

None of which makes your questions at all foolish; the boy is kind of scouting above his height. That's probably just a freighter from Decatur. Or since they don't seem to be burning any coal, perhaps he is going to alert the coast guard that they are stranded and need rescue...

 

There was a funny quote that made the rounds a while back:

and it's kind of sad to see it age so poorly.

 

At least Ayn Rand has faded from a lot of politicians. 12 years ago we had a VP candidate boasting he got into public service because of her.

 

Melting hearts in many ways

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I prefer hitwomen who don't get caught.

 

Just like Colombian coffee, Colombian hitwomen will make you shit yourself

 

SPOILER!

 

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Hey! Good to see you back!

 

So she's single, huh?