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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 9:58am

I'm not gonna tell you what day it is because you already know that, it's today, for sure.

A few quotes from Roy Blount Jr, who got many things very much correct-a-mundo --

on people

“Even intellectuals should have learned by now that objective rationality is not the default position of the human mind, much less the bedrock of human affairs.”

on food

“Eaters of Wonder Bread
Must be underbred.
So little to eat.
Where's the wheat?”

“We live in an era in which tomatoes and fudgesicles taste pretty much the
same.”

on literature

“When it's summer, people sit a lot. Or lie. Lie in the sense of recumbency. A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic. Many a person has been saved from summer alcoholism, not to mention hypertoxicity, by Dostoyevsky. Put The Idiot in your lap or over your face, and you know where you are going to be for the afternoon.”

So that's that, off ya go now

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 10:27am
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Since there was no OT I took the liberty of somewhat creating one. I have a thread queued up for a future date that includes the following RBJr quote:

“If a cat spoke, it would say things like 'Hey, I don’t see the problem here.”

Or very possibly it is the one I'm still working on at this very moment, so it was an easy inspiration to just go grab a few more from the source from which I had chosen that one.
Perhaps this is the cat of which he spoke, dunno

DebitPillow

The first cat launched into space was named Felicette, launched by the French on 18 October 1963, she somehow survived, but might possibly have seen one or more problems with the situation.

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by Dawn's Meta on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 10:48am
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@enhydra lutris Here are Ira, the tiny, sleek, black Puma and George, the larger, grey, fluffy one. Meeting our neighbors for the first time:

First Encounters of the Bovine Kind.jpg

The kittehs love the extension roof. They go in and out of the windows all night.
Kittehs On the Extension Roof.jpg

Our petite rivière has flooded many times this Summer:
Petite riviere flooding in Summer 2021.jpg

Thanks el, especially for the French kittynaught.

Sunset after a Thunderstorm:
Sunset after a Thunderstorm.jpg

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 11:16am
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especially of cats on the roof. Ours would sometimes climb up there, but we brought them in at night, and it was easier for them to ascend than descend, so they didn't do it much.

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Submitted by QMS on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 10:41am
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Thanks for posting the OTT. Got a good chuckle from the RBJr quotes. And space cats!
Doesn't sound like too much fun for Felicette. Unless they also launched some space mice
to keep her entertained. Cat and mouse in zero G. Wow! Those crazy French.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 11:18am
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@QMS

OTT without stopping to check the date on the OT. Ah well, 2 every now and then isn't such a horrible thing.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 11:20am
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but, whatever floats your boat.

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Submitted by mimi on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 11:47am
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it is yesterday.(conversation with son).
Notes:
son not available til 1pm, 1 pm - 2:30 pm can talk while driving to work. 2:30 - 6 pm son not available, 6 pm - 5 am son can talk.

Nah, 6pm -5am can talk, drives home. 5 am - 1 pm son can't talk, must sleep. 1 pm - 2:30pm son can talk, drives to work, 2:30 - 6 pm son works, can't talk., from 6 pm son can talk.

now which day or night is today and which one was yesrterday and which one is tomorrow?

The right day was the day he quit that job. Wink

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Have a good one and thanks for the OT.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 2:04pm
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@mimi

not you had any jam. As the White Queen explained to Alice:

"I'm sure I'll take you with pleasure!" the Queen said. "Two pence a week, and jam every other day."
Alice couldn't help laughing, as she said, "I don't want you to hire me – and I don't care for jam."
"It's very good jam," said the Queen.
"Well, I don't want any to-day, at any rate."
"You couldn't have it if you did want it," the Queen said. "The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam to-day."
"It must come sometimes to 'jam to-day'," Alice objected.
"No, it can't," said the Queen. "It's jam every other day: to-day isn't any other day, you know."
"I don't understand you," said Alice. "It's dreadfully confusing!"

Thanks mucho for the Beatles.

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