Friday Night Open Thread: Illogicalities

Why was Charlie Tuna so eager to be hooked, shredded, and packed into a can of Starkist?

Why would they serve Brontoribs that can tip over a whole car full of people? Wasn’t the danger obvious?

Why not just send Top Cat and his gang to the Pound?

What did Tennessee Tuxedo attach his bow-tie to?

Where did the Fractured Fairy Tales guy get his book, and why did he not realize the danger?

Hating New Phrases, Vol. 50

If you “bring the receipts,” doesn’t that imply that you paid for the proof you are displaying?

Can Anyone Declare Martial Law, Or Does It Have To Be a Politician?

I mean, they work for us, so . . .

D Still Isn’t a Failing Grade

Your challenge: to create a new word or phrase that begins with D.

i.e.,

Doppelgangbanger: Self-explanatory.

District Court Judge Decrees That IMAO Must Reinstate Yak

Does Al Gore Still Do the Macarena?

He was so into it when running for office.

Does Hillary still carry a bottle of hot sauce in her pocketbook?

Straight Line of the Day: Canada Is Placing Tariffs on Weird Things. What Can We Place Tariffs On In Return?

Canada Slaps Tariffs on Flamethrowers, Manatee Meat, Fake Beards, and Live Monkeys in Response to Trump
Breitbart | 31 Mar 2025 | John Hayward

Canada slapped 25 percent tariffs on about 1,800 American products in March, and will implement 4,400 more on April 2, the day President Donald Trump plans to announce higher tariffs against every country that taxes U.S. imports.

Many of Canada’s tariffs are bizarrely targeted at imports that are virtually nonexistent, leading critics to suspect the list has been padded with nonsense to make the Canadian response look much tougher than it really is.

CTV on Sunday listed some of the “odd and obscure” imports targeted by Canada, including “flamethrowers, false beards, church bell cases, and live monkeys,” plus “manatee meat and passenger drones.”

Canadians will soon find themselves paying more for imported American accordion parts, emus, bovine semen, and clothing made with asbestos fibers.

Bond Girlathon Friday : Results from 3/28/2025 : New Matches for 4/4/2025

I hope you stretched properly for this week’s matches.

Kim BasingerNo PreferenceKaren Dor
154064

Jacqueline BissetNo PreferenceJill St. John
165093

Week of 4/4/2025

Match 1

Ursula Andress (Honey Ryder) vs Eunice Gayson (Sylvia Trench)

ContestantRecordTotal Scores
Ursula Andress1 – 0 – 0194 – 0 – 110
Honey Ryder

Actress:Ursula Andress
Nationality:Swiss
Bond Movie:Dr. No (1962)

Synopsis:

Honey Ryder dazzled cinema audiences, stepping out of the Caribbean sea wearing a white bikini with a large hunting knife at her side. She proved to be immensely popular with fans and set the tone for all Bond girls to come.

Ursula Andress

VS

ContestantRecordTotal scores
Eunice Gayson1 – 0 – 0113 – 7 – 57
Sylvia Trench

Actress:Eunice Gayson
Nationality:English
Bond Movie:Dr. No (1962)
From Russia With Love (1963)

Synopsis:

Sylvia Trench introduced herself in the opening scene of Dr. No as “Trench. Sylvia Trench”, which Bond then mimicked with his now trademark “Bond. James Bond”. Trench was Bond’s girlfriend for the first two films, with a running joke that Bond was called away on a mission just as things were heating up.

Eunice Grayson

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Match 2

Zena Marshall (Miss Taro) vs Lana Wood (Plenty O’Toole)

ContestantRecordTotal Scores
Zena Marshall1 – 0 – 0194 – 3 – 12
Miss Taro

Zena Marshall
Nationality:English
Bond Movie:Dr. No (1962)

Synopsis:

Miss Taro was a spy working for the villainous Dr. No. She got herself a job at government house in Kingston, Jamaica, so that she could steal secret files detailing Dr. No and Crab Key Island. She invited Bond to her house for dinner, where she laid a trap for his assassination. However, Bond smelled something was fishy and got his men to arrest Miss Taro so he could lay a trap for the assassin.

Zena Marshall

VS

ContestantRecordTotal Scores
Lana Wood0 – 1 – 0119 – 0 – 194
Plenty O’Toole

Actress:Lana Wood
Nationality:American
Bond Movie:Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Synopsis:

Plenty O’Toole was a gold digger from Las Vegas. She helped a man gamble at the craps table, but when he lost all of his money, she lost interest. She turned to leave, but went back after hearing James Bond ask for $10,000 in chips. She helped Bond play craps, and after winning $50,000, she went back to Bond’s suite. Bond girl Tiffany Case was waiting there for Bond, and some mobsters threw Plenty out of the window into the pool below.

Lana Wood

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