The Canonical Top Ten List of 2018

  1. Pumpernickel / Oat / Flax / Whole Wheat bread is best bread.
  2. Black Panther as Alt-Right Fable is truest fable.
  3. Hitler was on the Right, Orwell was on the Left.  Deal with it.
  4. RPGs in which Kung Fu masters get into fights in restaurant kitchens are best RPGs.  I recommend using FATE for this game.
  5. Knives you make yourself are best knives.
  6. What are we reading posts are best posts, with Galaxy’s Edge being best recommendation, Out of the Shadow of a Giant being best surprise read, Badlands being best not-surprise read, Valiant 2.0 being best comic book line and everything by Charles C. Mann being best Honorary Mention for writing three runners up for other best things.
    1. Update – Just finished The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow’s World by Mann.  It is best book.
  7. Carolina brand work boots are best work boots.
  8. Giant white dog begging for people-food in public is best dog.
  9. Barbell Medicine is best podcast.
  10. Thinking about the fact that none of Nephilium’s actual facial hairs are the length of the average Nephilium facial hair is best distraction when should be focusing on Kung Fu Action.
    1. Seriously, this guy’s facial hair is super bimodal.

Comments

213 responses to “The Canonical Top Ten List of 2018”

  1. Jarflax

    I am 1st on the list!

    1. Jarflax

      and first here as well!

      1. Jarflax

        But as for being the best bread, I am pretty much whitebread

        1. But Enough About Me

          I object!  That’s FOUR “best breads”!  What kinda shitbag “best of” list are you tryin’ to run here?

  2. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

    Bimodal? Yes it is….

  3. But Enough About Me

    Monomania’s a thing.  Just sayin’.

    1. Bimania is love for bisexuals, am I right?

  4. Scruffy Nerfherder

    Hitler aside, RPGs where you get to nuke California are the best RPGs.

    1. Fourscore

      You can nuke CA with a rifle propelled grenade? Does Homeland Security know this?

      1. Spudalicious

        The ultimate “tactical nuke”.

  5. SP

    The Giant White Dog thanks you for acknowledging her superiority, human fren.

  6. Sean

    I’m so confused.

    1. Sean

      And maybe a lil buzzed.

      1. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

        I’ll drink to that…..

      2. Rebel Scum

        maybe a lil buzzed

        Album name.

  7. Tres Cool

    Truly, the most wonderful time of the year !

    “Police noted Dickinson appeared to be intoxicated at the time of the incident, the station reported.”

    Imagine that.

    1. Rhywun

      Wow. Utah Man gives Florida Man a run for his money.

      1. Spudalicious

        Quality over quantity.

    2. leon

      “Randal Weed Dickinson”

      Really? Really?!?!

    3. straffinrun

      “Dickinson was charged with two counts of attempted murder, one count of possession of a firearm by a restricted person, 16 counts of felony discharge of a firearm, one count of carrying a dangerous weapon while under the influence and one count of intoxication.”

      Oh, I know the next line. And a cartridge in a Pear Tree.

      1. Tres Cool

        *sitting ovation*

      2. hayeksplosives

        I told my cat. She larfed.

  8. Tres Cool

    HEY YUFUS!

    /run tallcans.exe

    1. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

      My favorite app, how did you know?

  9. deadhead

    And of course, this site is the best site.

    I’m typically too late to threads to say anything, but I do want to thank whoever brought up They Shall Not Grow Old. I just got back from seeing it and it’s very worthwhile.

    1. It’s worth seeing? I’m planning on going to the showing on the 27th. I’ve got the day off, so I can go and see it during the day and have plenty of time to drink and be melancholy. I’m assuming there’s a fair bit of time given to Gallipoli?

      1. deadhead

        It’s very well done, but there’s no time given to Gallipoli. After the film proper ends, Peter Jackson does another half hour or so explanation of what he was working with and how he had to ignore so many things just to get the concentration he did.

        According to PJ, it’s a film made by a non-historian for non-historians. However, when he mentions some of his personal memorabilia that he used to help augment the knowledge-base, it’s clear he’s a little more involved than your average man in the street.

        I strongly suspect that anyone who thinks he/she might like it will actually love it.

        1. dbleagle

          It is only showing for 1-2 nights. On Oahu it showed today and again on the 27th. No other shows. Not sure the DTG’s for your locales.

          Short bullet review: Go watch this movie!

          I was skeptical because it is the LoR director and it has colorized film but the trailers looked interesting so says I, “Why not go watch it? You’ve walked some of those battlefields and been to the Imperial War Museum.” I am glad I watched it and I think you’ll be glad you did too.

          Jackson was asked by the IWM to come up with a movie using the old movie footage and interviews with soldiers from the 1960’s and 1970’s. He focused on the British Army experience on the western front and he brings those long dead Soldiers alive. The movie is nothing but the old footage and the interviews with the soldiers. Not a word of other narration.

          As a former soldier it is a testament to Jackson’s skills that I recognized the timeless aspects of soldiering and the unique aspects of 1914-1918 and how these soldiers were people and not just jerky old images. There were a few moments when I felt my heart beat faster and even a faint taste of pre-battle in my mouth and that is damn rare for me from a movie.

          Before the movie starts Jackson invites you to stay after the credits for a 30 minute explanation of how the movie was made. That is worth the price of admission right there. Plus in that 30 minutes is one of the most touching moments of the movie. Jackson films one of the scenes today and as he cuts back to the close ups of the infantry from the original footage drops that the the majority of the men you are looking at will be dead in less than 30 minutes. You are looking at the last images of the dead as they themselves saw it. Haunting.

          Jackson does encourage the viewer to ask their parents and grandparents about what their parents and grandparents said about the war. Because even those 2d hand memories are fading fast as those generations die. This war impacted both sides of my family and is directly the reason my father was born here versus Italy.

          I didn’t bother with the 3D version, This big screen version was enough.

          But again, go see this film.

    2. MikeS

      The trailer looks amazing. Alas, I just don’t go to the movies. I assume this will be released shortly on Netflix or some other service? Anyone? Bueller?

  10. Don Escaped Texas

    Best laceups are by Thorogood. American made, available in weird sizes and even ESD soles available.

    O wore RedWing oiled Wellington 30 years ago but doubt the quality has endured.

    1. Sean

      I woke up this morning to a “congratulations” email from gunbroker.

      I blame you and Animal (and scotch).

      I have a 686+ unfluted 3″ on the way.

      1. Spudalicious

        The Talo? I own that exact same revolver. I had to change out the grips to Hogues because fuck arthritis.

        1. Sean

          #150853

          It has the wood grips with 357 on them. The listing doesn’t specify Talo.

          1. Don Escaped Texas

            I’m 6-2. My hands fit me and the OEM goncalo stocks fit my hands; but they’re too large for most men so far as I can tell.

          2. Spudalicious

            Yeah, that’s the Talo. I love the unfluted barrel.

      2. Don Escaped Texas

        686 is definitely my fault

        But Suthen will approve

        Welcome to the club

      3. Congrats. I had a 6″ 586 for some years, parted with it only because I remain at heart a .45 guy. It was a great revolver. I still get to shoot it now and then, as I sold it to my son-in-law,

        In fact I once won a $20 bet with that revolver. A bunch of us were shooting doe antelope for meat up in Wyoming; one guy from back East had a big, heavy-barreled Eargesplitten Loudenboomer Magnum with a scope worthy of the Palomar Observatory and a bipod, who lectured us on how he brought that rifle because “you’ll never get a shot at a pronghorn at under 300 yards.” I bet him I could kill one with my sidearm.

        I won the bet by crawling through a field of crop-top wheat and shooting a doe speed-goat at 20 yards with that .357.

        Good times.

        1. dbleagle

          Nice hunt.

  11. – I’m not familiar with Carolina boots, but given Red Wing boots I am immediately skeptical of the claim that they’re the best work boots.

    – I am willing to concede #1 provided that you stipulate a separate category for form of bread, where I would say the ciabatta format is superior to other bread loaves for sandwich purposes. I am happy to elaborate if necessary.

    – 1491 is a great book and I’m going to put The Wizard and The Prophet on my short list of books to read, right after I finish hate-reading Gardens of the Moon.

    1. A Leap at the Wheel

      -To be fair, I have never worn Red Wings, because they don’t make them in my size 15EEEE. Carolina does, and these are truly spectacular boots.

      -No argument. A roll of this bread is more like something David would put in a sling and use to slay Goliath with, but in a good way.

      -We seem to read all the same things, and for all the same reasons. Christ Gardens was a bad book.

  12. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

    Even a city boy knows Carolina boots are the best

    1. Spudalicious

      Whites and Danners have served me very well. I remember when Chippewa used to be the shit.

      1. straffinrun

        Me too. The boots were pretty good, too.

  13. MikeS

    I’ve never tried on a pair of Carolina’s, but Wolverines have done me well for 20-ish years now. Great boots.

    1. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

      Wolverines made a nice hiker that I used for work, good boots

  14. Here, I’ll start a fight.

    Louisiana-brand hot sauce and Crystal are tied for best Louisiana-style hot sauce–Crystal is a better condiment, Louisiana is a better ingredient–but sriracha is a superior all-around hot sauce. Tabasco doesn’t even bear mentioning.

    1. Rebel Scum

      All I know is that I put store the brand version Texas Pete on my eggs and it is delicious.

      1. Rebel Scum

        Wow. some words got mixed up there. I should maybe stick to doing one thing at a time as opposed to listening to the gf complain about something while watching ww2 info vids and commenting here.

      2. Rhywun

        I never got the hot sauce on eggs thing. Tried Cholula and Sriracha and even green Tabasco which I kind of like a lot even though it goes bad like really fast… nope. Gross.

        1. Rebel Scum

          Cholula on tacos, Tabasco in chili and Texas Pete on eggs. I don’t have much experience with Sriracha. But I do like the Chic-fil-a Sriracha dipping sauce on occasion.

          1. Rhywun

            I’m not familiar with “Texas Pete”. Sriracha has become very popular here – I didn’t like it at first but it’s grown on me. A little goes a long way.

          2. Same here with sriracha. When I first tried it I wasn’t impressed and I actually thought it was too hot, and now I practically drink the stuff.

      3. My wife swears by Texas Pete. I’m a Crystal guy for eggs and grits.

    2. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

      Tapatio or gtfo

      1. Spudalicious

        ^This^

        1. Playa Manhattan

          Nah. Cholula. Piquins and arbols.

          1. Spudalicious

            Cholula is the Budweiser of hot sauces.

          2. Playa Manhattan

            Thank you.

          3. dbleagle

            Tapatio is the correct answer for widely available “Mexican style” hot sauces.

      2. Valentina! Although I do like Cholula. Really, it’s all about El Yucateco (the brown one, not the green one) when you’re ready to go hard in the paint. That’s the only hot sauce that both tastes good to me AND makes my teeth sore.

      3. J. Frank Parnell

        Yusef is correct.

    3. Sean

      I dunno about “Louisiana style”, but I ? TJ’s habanero hot sauce and Huy Fong’s Sambal Oelek.

      1. Playa Manhattan

        May as well get the garlic sambal.

        It’s a key ingredient in my Lebanese rotisserie chicken.

    4. Rhywun

      I found a red zhug sauce at the Middle Eastern supermarket across the street that’s pretty tasty.

    5. Chipwooder

      I like Original Louisiana better than Crystal or Tabasco, but my favorite hot sauce is Bajan pepper sauce. My sister brought me back a bottle from her honeymoon in Barbados, and I was hooked.

  15. MikeS

    Am I imagining things, or has commenting on the site slowed down over the last few weeks? Seems like weekend afternoons and weekday evenings have gotten much quieter than they used to be. I mean, yeah, those are the slow times, but they seem even slower.

    1. Mad Scientist

      Tulpa is visiting his grandparents’ basement.

    2. I was thinking about that the other day, in reference to myself. For my part at least I’ve been busy with holiday stuff and when I have down time I’m mostly sleeping or wrapping presents or something like that. Plus I had a big project to do for a class that wrapped up last week. Also, I won’t lie, I get the blues somethin’ fierce with these short days, man. With the sun going down before 5 I have a hard time not just laying on the couch until it’s time to drag my ass to bed.

    3. Playa Manhattan

      I have a lot of stuff to get done before the new year.

      I promise to harass you soon.

      1. MikeS

        Don’t know if you saw my late reply, but thanks for clarifying regarding stock trading at that site I mentioned. It doesn’t matter to me, at this point, but I get what you are talking about.

        1. Playa Manhattan

          It might be the right thing for you, and I’m not going to poo poo it if that’s the case.

          If you’re truly “gambling”, you might want the ability to manually execute trades at will. If you see Zuckerberg taking a fat dump on C-SPAN, there’s a big difference between selling and “selling”.

          I didn’t dig too deeply into this, but I’m guessing market orders only. You get they price they give you, FYTW.

          1. MikeS

            Hell, I don’t even know if “gambling” is the right word. Over half is going into “aggressive” mutual funds and the rest I am just picking some stocks I think might do well (and some boring old blue chips) and just playing around. I figure it’ll give me a bit of skin in the game to get me to learn more about Wall Street.

            I basically -at least for now- am just looking for somewhere I can make some decisions and get my toes wet in the market. And one of the big pluses (for me) is that I can buy fractional stocks. So I can still research and invest in specific companies while only risking 10’s of dollars instead of 1,000’s.

          2. Playa Manhattan

            It sounds like it might be absolutely worth the trade off for you.

            I have some blue chips, and I don’t check in but once every other month.

            The bulk of my wealth is small caps where voting rights absolutely matter, so I have some strong opinions.

    4. straffinrun

      We seem to have lost more glibs than we’ve gained over the year. #Wewillnotbereplaced.

      1. Playa Manhattan

        Name names.

        1. Tundra

          Gilmore.

          1. straffinrun

            And I don’t see Number 6 around.

          2. Playa Manhattan

            He goes on long trips, and has some personal obligations. You’ll see him see him soon.

        2. Chipwooder

          Vyrus

        3. bacon-magic

          Some still lurk. *lurks and looks behind him at cubicle wall to see if eyes are watching*

          1. Old Man With Candy

            White dog sees you there and starts barking.

    5. MikeS

      On the plus side, the content of the posts continues to increase in quantity and quality. Which only makes the reduced commenting a little more confusing. Although I have seen a few lurkers pulled into the light.

      Hey lurker! Yeah, I’m talking to you! Start commenting. Don’t worry; some of us won’t automatically assume you are Tulpa.

      1. Rhywun

        Is it reduced? I’m around way more since I got sacked – before that I was strictly nights only. Maybe more people are working.

        1. MikeS

          Rufus would be proud.

          I’ve really noticed it on Saturday afternoons. It seems to me it’s been slower during the winter than it was during the summer. Which seems backwards.

          Maybe I’m crazy…the numbers of comments are there for anyone to go compare…I’m too lazy. 🙂

          1. Rhywun

            Yeah, I’m sure TPTB have all the data.

          2. egould310

            I started a new job in August, and it has definitely impacted my weekday commenting. I still lurk, but don’t post nearly as much. Weekends are hit n miss. I’ll comment in the mornings, but once the fun starts, I’m out!

    6. A Leap at the Wheel

      I’ve worked close to a hundred hours over the last seven days, so I’ve been commenting less.

  16. The Last American Hero

    A few corrections to your list:
    1. Challa bread is superior bread
    3. Left and right are immaterial when the spectrum is authoritarian vs. free.
    4. 1st Ed AD&D is the best, and Ninjas/Superspies is the best for kung-fu kitchen workouts.
    5. The knives you make yourself aren’t that great if they don’t pass a strength test, a sharpness test, and a kill test.
    6. I was going to joke about Harry Potter, but I can’t.
    7. Red Wing Boots ftw.
    8. Way to favor the dog with the most privilege, shitlord.
    9. You misspelled Econtalk.

    1. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

      Commie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      Boom

    2. straffinrun

      #3. Thanks for saying what needed to be said.

    3. Rebel Scum

      authoritarian vs. free.

      The only way the left/right spectrum works is if the sides are opposite. I see it as big-government collectivism on the left and small-government individualism on the right. A sample left to right is Communism->Socialism/Fascism->Democracy*->Republicanism->Minarchism->Anarchy

      *Democracy, logically, could float. But I see it inevitably leading to the collectivist systems given the “public treasury becomes the public trough” phenomenon.

    4. Playa Manhattan

      1. – Only for French toast.

    5. Chafed

      Econtalk is something special.

  17. straffinrun

    This guy…. Should’ve gone with In The Air Tonight.

    1. Tres Cool

      Meek Mill did too
      (“urban lyrics” may not be SFW)

    2. Heroic Mulatto

      That had so much wasted potential.

      1. Chafed

        Because no penetration or a lack of thicc?

    3. Chipwooder

      Eh, Howard Stern did it on Butt Bongo Fiesta like 25 years ago

  18. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

    Rye bread, what are y’alluns thinking?

    1. A Leap at the Wheel

      Came to rye for the insoluble fiber. Stayed for the texture when slathered with butter and fried on a skillet.

  19. Rhywun

    OT: Y’all will be pleased to know that a “Senate intelligence committee” is making progress in getting to the bottom of #whathappened.

    “With at least some of the Russian government’s goals achieved in the face of little diplomatic or other pushback, it appears likely that the United States will continue to face Russian interference for the foreseeable future,” the researchers wrote.

    Oh nooooo!

    1. Mad Scientist

      I’m going to buy stock in Facebook if they’re in for another $4,700 windfall!

      1. Rhywun

        I’m kind of disappointed to learn that Satan may not, in fact, have been on the side of Clinton.

    2. Not an Economist

      Well according to some guy named Christopher Steele, the dossier was created to have an excuse to absolve Hillary of blame in case she lost the election.

      So basically, the whole Russia mess was a setup.

    3. Brochettaward

      A few decades…okay, maybe a century from now, when historians look back on this mess, it’s going to be real ugly for our wonderful “democratic” institutions like the FBI and the entire Democratic party. Not to mention the free press. It has never been just a tantrum. It’s a fucking coup.

      They never had a real basis for the Russia investigation. They created it themselves and then used it to go phishing for crimes and to discredit an incoming administration. Trump’s biggest mistake was always giving them Flynn’s scalp. He should have vehemently told them to fuck off and kept him on board. The notion of the FBI interviewing an incoming national security advisor on his discussions with a foreign ambassador when they had no basis for even suspecting a crime took place is absurd. That’s banana republic shit.

      Now the media is desperately trying to spin the narrative that the agents who interviewed Flynn didn’t initially determine he hadn’t lied, and that this wasn’t overturned by higher ups at the FBI.

      And 2.5 years of investigations have produced nothing. They’re going to try and get Trump on a legally dubious in every fucking possible way charge of election fraud for paying off a porn star.

      And the Republicans go right the fuck along with all of this shit. There’s no actual resistance to any of it outside angry Trump tweets and a Rudy Giuliani press circuit.

    4. MikeS

      Has the Cold War been completely forgotten about? I mean, I get most Millennials not understanding what it was like, but fuck; anyone Gen X and older should not only find this to not be news, but really give a big old yawn. Sure, we have to keep an eye on them, but no shit they are interfering. And we are doing it, too. Everywhere! It’s called international intrigue. SMDH

      1. Rhywun

        The idea that the election was decided by “Satan is for Hillary” ads should strike any thinking person as patently ridiculous.

        1. Chafed

          Sadly, there isn’t a lot of thinking going on.

  20. Spudalicious

    Top ten lists? You know who else liked top ten lists?

    Hitler.

    1. Rhywun

      Hi–

      Oh.

    2. Tres Cool

      So Letterman = Hitler ?

      …I knew it

      1. Sean

        I knew Paul Shaffer was a secret Nazi.

        1. Spudalicious

          Literally Goebbels.

      2. Playa Manhattan

        Letterman sucks. So fucking awful.

        1. Rhywun

          He was great (way) back in the day. Could be the fog of nostalgia or lack of anything better to watch, admittedly.

          1. Playa Manhattan

            He and Leno were rivals for years. Leno is a class act. Letterman is not. I have stories that could bore everyone here to death.

          2. straffinrun

            We know.

          3. Rhywun

            Unfortunately, Leno had the disadvantage of not being funny.

          4. straffinrun

            I saw Leno’s standup live before he got the Tonight Show gig. Wasn’t bad at all.

          5. MikeS

            His explain the joke to you 3 times shtick got really fucking old, really fucking fast.

            As far as being a decent person, from a distance he seems to be way nicer than Letterman.

          6. Playa Manhattan

            If a charity needs something, Leno doesn’t wait for the pitch. The answer is always yes. Always. He gives until it hurts.

            Letterman is a cunt. Fucking your subordinates must be expensive.

          7. Rhywun

            Nice doesn’t make you funny. But if I’m being honest it’s his delivery that put me off more than anything.

          8. Playa Manhattan

            He also won’t STFU. He asks his guests questions, and then answers for them.

          9. Sean

            Leno & Allen talking about a ’68 427 Camaro. ?

            https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VxvAkUupnKw

          10. Chafed

            Letterman was irreverent and genuinely funny in his NBC days. Not too long after getting to CBS, his show started a long, slow decline.

          11. MikeS

            ^exactly^

            I blame Larry “Bud” Melman for dying.

          12. Rhywun

            Agreed. He got pretty pissy during the switch to CBS. As it happened I soon stopped watching any of that stuff altogether.

          13. Chipwooder

            Yes. Letterman got progressively more bitter and cranky the longer he was on the air. He also dove headfirst into political screeds, which he never did at NBC or in his early years at CBS.

          14. Rhywun

            Ugh, I don’t remember him ever being political. Gross.

          15. invisible finger

            He lost some writers around the network switch. Chris Elliot and Adam Resnick, for example.

    3. AlmightyJB

      And Santa. Was Hitler Santa?

  21. Nephilium

    So… my take away from this is to grow the goatee longer, right?

    1. Tres Cool

      Point of order- any goatee past a certain length becomes a beard

      1. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

        Nebuchadnezzar ftw

    2. MikeS

      That or eat more bread…not sure.

    1. AlmightyJB

      I never had a problem hitting dead on with an AK. My first shot with an AK was a bullseye shooting off hand from distance.

  22. Lachowsky

    #7

    I have been wearing doc martin steel toed work boots for 10 years and have only gone through 4 pairs.

    Carolina brand can suck it

    1. Tres Cool

      These:
      https://www.georgiaboot.com/georgia-work-boots/georgia-gore-tex-waterproof-internal-metatarsal-steel-toe-work-boots/G9310.html

      Ive had 2 pair in the last 25 years, and pair #2 is my EDC. Pair #1 has been down-graded to “lawn-mowing boot”, only cause the shifter on my Suzuki wore a hole in the L toe.

      1. Tres Cool

        Wait…not quite 25 years. 19.

    2. Rhywun

      In my recent experience Docs suck since they moved production to China. Or?

      1. Tundra

        You’re right. I got 20 years out of one of my British pairs and threw away two pairs of shitty, shitty, Chinese boots after year or so.

        Sad!

      2. Nephilium

        You can pay extra for made in England ones, but the real steal was when they did the For Life line. They cost an extra $20-30 but they had a lifetime guarantee (with a $25 processing fee). They went with heavier leather with them, which helps them hold up. I’m curious what happens when I send my current pair in for a return since they’ve killed the line. I bought my pair back in 2011, and off the top of my head, I’ve sent them in for repairs twice (both times when I’ve worn the soles smooth).

        1. Rhywun

          You can pay extra for made in England ones

          Oh wow, I didn’t know that. I bought my last pair in a store like ten years ago.

          The prices aren’t *that* bad if you consider inflation.

          *bookmarks*

          1. Tundra

            Don’t bother:

            After careful consideration, we’ve decided to discontinue the For Life collection. The last day to purchase a For Life product with a lifetime guarantee was April 1st. The last day to register, or activate, your For Life product was May 31st.

            The Good News
            We’ve launched a collection called Hard Life, with products very similar in performance to the For Life range. However, these products do not come with a lifetime guarantee.

            Are you a current For Life owner? Don’t worry: we’ll still honor all our existing For Life guarantees for products purchased before April 1st, and registered by May 31st.

          2. Tundra

            The lesson?

            Don’t make shit that lasts 20 years.

          3. Rhywun

            Right but I was looking at the “Made in England” line, not that.

          4. Tundra

            Ah, gotcha. My take the plunge again.

    3. Mojeaux

      I bought a pair of cheap steel-toed boots from Walmart 3 years ago. The only men’s 6 I could find and they’re still a little too big.

  23. Playa Manhattan

    Timberlands. GTFO

  24. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

    For actual work, it’s Vans Sk8 high tops, boots aren’t good for me in my environment, too heavy

    1. Tres Cool

      VANS are dope af.

      1. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

        Custom colors or designs, 100$,free shipping. Once a year

  25. Playa Manhattan

    Shun makes the best knives.

    This is trolling.

    1. Mad Scientist

      Ronco has a sad.

      1. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

        Still have a Ginsu cleaver,
        HAI!!!!!!!!!

      2. MikeS

        I thought Ronco made the best fishing rod?

        1. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

          I had that too!

    2. Rebel Scum

      This is my carry knife. I also have another Gerber. I have no complaints.

        1. Rebel Scum

          *sticker-shock*

        2. Spudalicious

          That is beautiful. How well does it function and hold an edge?

          1. kinnath

            It’s new. It opens beautifully. I can’t say anything about the edge yet.

            It fits comfortably inside the waistband. The clip is mostly hidden by my belt. With my shirt tails out, no one will know it’s there.

            It’s primarily for when I can’t get away with carrying a pistol.

          2. Spudalicious

            It would be a pocket carry but I may have to get me one of those.

    3. Spudalicious

      I have several Shun’s that I really like. But you’re still a sad, sad troll.

    4. Chipwooder

      I’m too cheap to buy Shun myself, but my mother has a Shun chef’s knife and it’s fantastic.

  26. Fourscore

    Never pick out a shot gun or a girlfriend for a buddy. If he gets a bad one you’l lose a friend. Same with boots

    1. Tres Cool

      Or, as a family friend that owned a transmission shop used to say, “my 1st wife ran off with my best friend the car painter. Man, I really miss him,”

    2. J. Frank Parnell

      But if it’s a good one, maybe he’ll share.

      1. Spudalicious

        I don’t want to use another man’s shotgun or boots. That’s just wrong.

  27. MikeS

    Uffda. I think I need to clean the air ducts. Lots of dust getting in my eyes.

    1. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

      Those are tear ducts Mike, it’s ok

      1. Playa Manhattan

        That’s what the V stands for.

        1. MikeS

          Vaginal secretions?

    2. Fourscore

      #metoo

    3. Tundra

      Yep.

    4. Chipwooder

      The only thing I never got about those kinds of videos – who the hell wants to to wear their uniform after getting back from a deployment? When I came back from Iraq I changed in the bathroom right after I dropped my rifle off at the armory.

  28. Tundra

    11. Pennsylvania transplants make excellent Minnesotans.

    Cheers, Leap!

    1. Playa Manhattan

      Minnesotans make excellent other things.

      IIRC, a lot of Alaska is made up of Minnesotans who know how to farm.

      They’re good at moving out to California too.

      1. MikeS

        +1 Sarah Palin accent

        1. Playa Manhattan

          Sure you betcha

      2. hayeksplosives

        “They’re good at moving out to California too.”

        It could happen to anyone…

    2. Fourscore

      Open borders for PA people

      1. Timeloose

        PA. We’re happy taking people from NJ and NY that like to shoot and hate dumb gun laws.

  29. Chafed

    WTF is with No tonight? I thought they would chew up the Panthers.

    1. Russian Kia Drives Yusef

      No kidding,I voted for YES

    2. Spudalicious

      This is just a repeat of a number of games this week.

      1. Spudalicious

        Panthers killed by turnovers.

    1. MikeS

      I wish him the best. I hope he is successful. But he’s going to need a lot of manji.

      1. straffinrun

        Wow. That pops up on the word suggestions on my IPhone when I typeまんし。

        1. Rhywun

          *faints*

        2. Chafed

          Alert Huffpo so they can slag Apple.

    2. Chafed

      It’s OK. Buddhists feel marginalized.

    3. Gustave Lytton

      Saw a book at the bookstore about reclaiming 卍 from Naziism. がんばれ

      1. Gustave Lytton

        Shit. That is the book I saw.

    4. hayeksplosives

      Some of the comments are ignorant of the history of why the Nazis picked the swastika in the first place.

      It’s an old Nordic symbol linked variously with the four winds or Thor’s hammer. You see it all over runestones in Sweden.

      I toured a sweet power plant (hydro) called Porjus (a Vattenfall plant) north of Stockholm when I was in college there. It was built back in 1910. They let us in to see the still operational original Asea generators, and on every single brass contact brush was a swastika. Swedish pride.

      Himmler had a Swedish wife and was obsessed with Nordic symbolism.

      So the “Hitler stole the Buddhist swastika and flipped it” thing isn’t accurate. The real story is more pathetic, especially for a dark haired dude who was hardly the Nordic ideal he envisioned.

  30. hayeksplosives

    I wish wine makers would just admit that artificial corks are superior in every way to natural ones and make the switch.

    When was the last time you had an artificial cork break as you opened a bottle?

    1. J. Frank Parnell

      ^^^
      Also artificial corks don’t drop cork bits into your wine if you use a screwpull opener.

      1. hayeksplosives

        Yup. And they don’t let your wine turn to vinegar.

        Even good quality cork occasionally goes bad and lets in air, but the worst offenders are the composite bits.

        Composite natural cork is as Chicken McNuggets are to Chick-fil-A nuggets.

    2. Spudalicious

      Oxygen exchange in long term ageing is about the only issue.

      What I’ve also noticed in the last few years is that the frequency of corked bottles has significantly decreased with natural corks.

    3. Old Man With Candy

      Hayek, don’t know if you’ll see this, but if you do, please drop me an email at omwc at glibertarians. I have an interesting tidbit for you.

  31. hayeksplosives

    Mr Splosives is hanging out in Imperial Beach tonight after being on a boat all day at an ugly sweater party.

    So naturally I’m watching history documentaries on Netflix!!

    Woo-hoo!

    1. Chafed

      You win. What’s your new avatar from?

      1. hayeksplosives

        It’s a Pokémon named “Psyduck”. My stepsons told me about it. It’s a platypus that is occasionally paralyzed by migraines that, if sufficiently intense, allow it to give of powerful psychic energy bursts.

        The kids told me about it when we tried to explain to them what my temporal lobe epilepsy is, so he’s my Pokémon spirit animal.

        (Thank goodness for Keppra)

        1. Chafed

          I’ve successfully dodged Pokémon so most of that is lost on me. But I do get why he/she/it is your spirit animal. Good choice.

          1. hayeksplosives

            I don’t know much about Pokémon either; never saw a cartoon or any of that. But my understanding is they are all unique and mostly good critters with various powers used to fight evil with kids as helpers/users.

            Cuddly superheros, essentially.

  32. PieInTheSky

    1. Bread has to many carbs
    2. Meh
    3. Who cares? And who gets to define this shit?
    4. Nerd
    5. …
    6. Wrong
    7. Work boots are for the lower classes
    8.
    9. Much better than old Rip but I get bored listening to them to much.
    10. Each mans fetish is his own business.

    Also good morning glibs

    1. MikeS

      Good morning.

  33. Didn’t have time to post last night, but “They Shall Not Grow Old” was an amazing presentation – great making-of discussion after the credits too. Definitely worth seeing on the big screen if you have a chance. One more time stateside on the 27th. Guess it already came out on blu-ray in the UK.

    Basically just veterans narrating their experience the entire flick – no narrator or anything. Really good!

    Also – a *really good* Adam Carolla podcast. https://adamcarolla.com/blogs/podcast-archive/jason-whitlock-and-dennis-miller

    1. Guess the deplatforming thing is hitting a lot more folks too – even Sexy Cyborg. https://youtu.be/FETt5JzufY4

      I have no idea what is wrong with these people. Hopefully Jordan Peterson’s alternative comes along soon.

  34. Do any of you even sourdough? C’mon!