Thursday Night Open Thread

Never got Nirvana. I suppose they were okay, just not something I wanted to spend money on. My loss. Oh, well. I’ll get by.

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

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Straight Line of the Day: If “Blazing Saddles” Were Made Today…

Straight Line of the Day: If “Blazing Saddles” were made today…


A whole different kind of cat

With apologies to Monty Python.

Tourist (Terry Jones): Good afternoon.

Shepherd (Graham Chapman): Afternoon

Tourist: Ah, lovely day isn’t it?

Shepherd: Ar, ’tis that.

Tourist: Are you here on holiday or…?

Shepherd: No, no, I live ‘ere.

Tourist: Oh, jolly good. I say, those ARE cats aren’t they?

Shepherd: Yeh.

Tourist: Yes yes, I though so. Only, why are they up in the trees?

Shepherd: A fair question and one that in recent weeks ‘as been much on my mind. It’s my considered opinion that they’re nestin’.

Tourist: Nesting?

Shepherd: Aye.

Tourist: Like birds?

Shepherd: Exactly. Birds is the key to the whole problem. It’s my belief that these cats are laborin’ under the misapprehension that they’re birds. Observe their behavior. Take for a start the cats’ tendency to ‘op about the field on their back legs. Now witness their attempts to fly from tree to tree. Notice that they do not so much fly as… plummet. (meow, meow… flap flap… thud.) Observe for example that female cat in that oak tree. She is clearly trying to teach her kitten to fly. (meow… thud) Talk about the blind leading the blind.

Tourist: Yes, but why do they think they’re birds?

Shepherd: Another fair question. One thing is for sure, the cat is not a creature of the air. They have enormous difficulty in the comparatively simple act of perchin’. (Meow meow… flap flap… thud.) As you see. As for flight its body is totally unadapted to the problems of aviation. Trouble is, cats are very stubborn. Once they get an idea in their ‘eads, there’s no shiftin’ it.

Tourist: But where did they get the idea from?

Shepherd: From Harold. He’s that cat over there under the elm. He’s that most dangerous of animals, a clever cat. He’s the ring leader. He has realized that a cat’s life consists of trying to please humans, and that’s a depressing prospect for an ambitious cat. He’s patently hit on the idea of escape.

Tourist: Well why don’t you just get rid of Harold?

Shepherd: Because of the enormous Youtube video possibilities that will get monetized.

Maybe It’s Just A Comedy Skit After All

Trump TVI saw some news about Nancy Pelosi, Slurrer of the House, finally sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate. She also named the prosecutors for the president’s trial. And I’m trying to make sense of the whole thing. Then it hit me: it’s just a comedy skit on Donald Trump’s latest TV show, “Who Wants To Be A President?”

Pelosi kept saying how urgent this whole process was, and it dragged on for months and months and months. That was the first clue.

Then, when they finally got around to impeaching the president, because it’s so critical to save the country you see, she said she would hold on to the articles of impeachment and send them later, when she got around to it. Because nothing says urgency like putting things in a drawer and going on vacation. So, another clue.

Now, they’ve announced the actual House prosecutors, and right off the bat, another clue. California Rep. (short for reprehensible) Adam Schiff, who is — get this — chair of the Intelligence Committee. Get it? Intelligence? Adam Schiff? That’s comedy gold, I tell ya.

Then, New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, who once described the impeachment of Bill Clinton as “a partisan railroad job” is one of those heading up this partisan railroad job.

I stopped reading the news story then because I had to catch my breath from the laughter. Then the phone rang or I saw something shiny but I never got back around to reading it all.

But, does it spoil all the magic? Is it like when you found out that wresting was not real? That it was all a “work?” Or are you still able to enjoy the show?

I can hardly wait for it to show up on Netflix.