Monday Night Open Thread


Did I ever tell you about my getting thrown out of Walt Disney World?

No? Well, I wrote about it the other day at my little blog. If you really want to know why, you can go read it there.

Here, tonight, it’s you that gets to tell the stories. Share something with us. It can be anything at all. A joke. A story. A memory. The sky’s the limit. It’s Monday Night Open Thread.

What’s on your mind?

Come and Take Them

A pro-gun group estimates that only 3% of the guns required to be registered under California law were actually registered.

Don’t worry. They’ll find the rest as soon as they come for the ones that were actually registered.

Little Help

I’m running low on good videos so I’m re-posting my favorite commercial.

[Vault Scarecrow – Full Length] (Viewer #64,654)

If you’ve got a favorite commercial, tell me about it in the comments, or – even better – drop a link.

You can even email it to me, if you want.

Link of the Day: #10 Is the Best, Because Now I Know What Dragon Eggs Are

[High Praise! to Mental Floss]

15 Secrets of Fireworks Designers

[Think you have a link that’s IMAO-worthy? Send it to harvolson@gmail.com. If I use your link, you will receive High Praise! (assuming you remember to put your name in the email)]

Icebreaker: If You Could Commit Any Crime and Get Away With It, What Would You Choose?

Previously: “The 25 most popular icebreaker questions based on four years of data

76 Fun Icebreaker Questions

Currently: The Only List of Icebreaker Questions You’ll Ever Need (Not all of which will be used, since some are either/or questions, which are boring.)

Your mission: answer the question in the comments with a good story.

If you don’t have a good story, you are encouraged to make one up.

If you could commit any crime and get away with it, what would you choose?

Sneaking over to my uncle’s country place and taking his shiny red sports car for a drive.

I *Wish* Liberals Were This Reasonable

[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]

Straight Line of the Day: After Losing $119 Billion in Stock Value in One Day, Facebook Vowed to Improve Itself by…

Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.

After losing $119 billion in stock value in one day, Facebook vowed to improve itself by…

The Illustrated Frank J: Let Me Explain Government

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Doing Damage

President Trump said that he’d be Putin’s “worst enemy” if US-Russia relations fail.

For example, by spreading the rumor that Putin is a huge Roseanne fan just before he visits The Red Hen.