Thursday Night Open Thread

I was never a fan of Madonna. That’s not to say she didn’t have talent, just that I didn’t like what she did with it.

When her first Number One hit was released, I had already decided the only thing she had in common with a virgin was that one day she might also give birth in a stable.

[The YouTube]

What’s been on your mind? Got something you’d like to share? A topic to discuss? It’s Tuesday Night Open Thread.

Who wants to start?

Optics!

In a recent interview, failed Democrat nominee John Kerry refused to rule out a 2020 presidential run.

Taking bets on the first photo Trump would tweet: Bunny Suit or Paisley Putin

Don’t Mock, It Worked for Spain

[What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?] (Viewer #1,330,839)

Just keeps getting weirder until he ends up going past Swedish and Scottish to full Jamaican.

Link of the Day: This Show Was Before My Time. Thank Heaven for Syndication, Because It Kept Me Quite Entertained As a Lad

[High Praise! to Mental Floss]

20 Things You Might Not Have Known About I Love Lucy

[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 Eliminate One Thing From Your Daily Routine, What Would It Be?

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 eliminate one thing from your daily routine, what would it be?

Dodging HK laser fire while running around in a murderbot-filled post-nuclear L.A., scrounging for food.

Because Feewings!

[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]

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Straight Line of the Day: The Most Popular New Item This School Year…

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

The most popular new item this school year…

The Illustrated Frank J: Stop the [Unapproved] Hate

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I’d Be OK With It If It Had Been Replaced by Him Shooting a Xenomorph with a Rocket Launcher

A new movie about Neil Armstrong deliberately does not include a shot of him planting the American flag on the moon.

I guess it was either that or having him kneel while doing it.