Update Update

[Donn]

I don't know how it was in ages past, but lately I think among the things that I would hope to avoid, dying is way down on the list. It's a rare sunny spring morning here, so let's for example talk about bedridden + dementia, which is all too common in the US. Why? Who knows. Perhaps most such people were known to have been within 10 to 20 feet of commonly encountered chemicals (such as direct exposure to automotive products of unknown proprietary composition.) Ha ha, how droll.

[Donn]

Not familiar with the data, does "total drugs" include caffeine, alcohol and nicotine? I have a soft spot for caffeine, but have to admit it's addictive and not as safe as, for example, cannabis.

[Dan Schultz]

to those who are concerned about being within 10 - 20 feet of commonly-encountered chemicals:

Most now-deceased people I knew prior to their deaths were known to have regularly been within 10 - 20 feet of commonly-encountered chemicals...and some of them also ate cheesecake.

EVERYONE who drinks water eventually dies.

[alfredr]

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!

[Three Valves]

today's soup.jpg

I think that might be the official 'Dyngus Day' soup.....

It has to be better than czarnina!!

[pwhitaker]

... but how could one be certain that this isn't one of your troll subterfuges; i.e. that you inveigled the OP into posting the request for help in order to subsequently expose the dastardly deed and post that picturesque caricature of an Oscar .... hmmmm? If so then the kudos are on me.

[tbn.al]

So Joe, you come by it honestly. That's good to know. I was certain trolling was a skill you picked up in college or something.

[pwhitaker]

Congenitroll? This is an interesting application of "so's yo mamma."

[Three Valves]

It reminds me ( ancient pre-internet history) of my Mom's face-to-face trolling.

When (as an example of her style) postage stamps were going up from 4¢ to 5¢ and she was in line at the post office to buy stamps (and long before "forever" stamps), she would make some remark like, "I'm glad that I got here today - before the price of postage goes up," ...and she would just stand there afterward and let some good-hearted soul explain to her that even if she bought the 4¢ stamps, she was still going to have to pay 5¢ to mail a letter - once the postage rates go up...etc...

This reminds me of the last time the sales tax went up.

"It's only going up 1%"

No, "4% to 5% is a 25% increase."

Wha, wha, whaaaaaaaaaa!!

[Three Valves]

not-a-troll (sorry!)

Memphis' (the city of my birth...the city I was determined to - unlike hundreds of thousand of others - not be "run off from"...the city from which I am now a ten-year refuge) population continues to sink, and has now sunk down to around 600K (fewer than three souls per acre). NOT COUNTING "shootings", "stabbings", "attempted murders", and "felony assaults", there has been a *murder inside the city limits - on average - every 36 hours since January 1st.

Per capita, this is 2X the murder rate of Chicago, Illinois.

...but Memphis has a brand-new mayor, and boy - is he tough. He promises to create more jobs for women.


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*MORE than half of those murdered were simply "random" people - not involved in any fight, feud, turf war, vendetta, or (so-called) "drug deal gone bad", etc...

Somebody has to clean up the blood!!

[tbn.al]

Congenitroll? This is an interesting application of "so's yo mamma."

[tbn.al]

Need to re-stain my deck. Can't find the old stain can to get the color formula. Wife says, "Oh, if it was empty I probably threw it away when I cleaned out the store room." I say, "I was saving that for a reason. I always have a reason for saving stuff." Wife says, "Yes, but sometimes it's just because you are too lazy to put it in the trash." Case closed. Guilty as charged. Off to the paint store to get paint samples to match up to the deck. My penance!

[bort]

It reminds me ( ancient pre-internet history) of my Mom's face-to-face trolling.

When (as an example of her style) postage stamps were going up from 4¢ to 5¢ and she was in line at the post office to buy stamps (and long before "forever" stamps), she would make some remark like, "I'm glad that I got here today - before the price of postage goes up," ...and she would just stand there afterward and let some good-hearted soul explain to her that even if she bought the 4¢ stamps, she was still going to have to pay 5¢ to mail a letter - once the postage rates go up...etc...

This reminds me of the last time the sales tax went up.

"It's only going up 1%"

No, "4% to 5% is a 25% increase."

Wha, wha, whaaaaaaaaaa!!

I remember that from when Maryland increased their sales tax from 5% to 6%. Its only a 1% increase.

[Three Valves]

Well, from 5% to 6% is only 20% so if you think Progressively, it's actually a 5% decrease to the last increase!!

[bort]

Well, from 5% to 6% is only 20% so if you think Progressively, it's actually a 5% decrease to the last increase!!

From a 25% increase to 20% increase is actually a 25% decrease in the amount of increase...even better!

[Three Valves]

Well, from 5% to 6% is only 20% so if you think Progressively, it's actually a 5% decrease to the last increase!!

From a 25% increase to 20% increase is actually a 25% decrease in the amount of increase...even better!

[pwhitaker]

... which is exactly how Congress defines a budget "cut"!

[bort]

... which is exactly how Congress defines a budget "cut"!

Ding ding ding!

[Three Valves]

My former Landlord;

(Yes, a groundskeeper named "Lawn!!")

Former White House gardener selling Hillary Clinton’s car

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... story.html" target="_blank" target="_blank

The car was parked on the south grounds of the White House for eight years, he said, and was only moved occasionally to make sure the battery was running. However, he said he did see Chelsea Clinton drive the car when preparing to get her driver’s license.

He said he found a few items in the car, including a pair of Clinton’s sunglasses in the glove compartment.

I hate to know what Bill left in the car...



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[tbn.al]

It all depends on what your definition of blew, blue, bloooo, blu is.