Howard Beale

sometimes you just have to smile

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It's 6 O'clock ... this is the part of the show where we get up and dance
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Rome, Greece, Spain, France, Egypt, America

Later that day, Carlo was overheard saying to a new customer, "Well, that's it. That’s every pair of shoes in the place. Unless, of course, you'd like to try, the cruel shoes."

The screams were incredible.
Anna crawled over to the mirror and held her bloody feet up where she could see.
"I like them."
She paid Carlo and crawled out of the store into the street.

Carlo spoke hesitantly, ". . . Now you see . . . they' re not fit for humans . . ." "Put them on me."
"But... "Put them on me!"
Carlo knew all arguments were useless. He knelt down before her and forced the feet into the shoes.

both were left feet, one had a right angle turn with sepa­rate compartments that pointed the toes in impossible directions. The other shoe was six inches long and was curved inward like a rocking chair with a vise and razor blades to hold the foot in place.

Carlo disappeared into the back room for a moment, and then reappeared carrying an ordi­nary shoebox. He took off the lid and re­moved a hideous pair of black and white pumps. But this was not an ordinary pair of black and white pumps;

"Oh, you must have one more pair. . . .”
"No, not one more . . . . Well, we have the cruel shoes, but no one would want to try . . .
“Yes, let me see the cruel shoes!"
"No, you don't understand, you see, the cruel shoes are . . .'
"Get them!"

Anna knew She had to have a new pair of shoes today, and Carlo had helped her try on every pair in the store. Carlo spoke wearily, "Well, that's it. That’s every pair of shoes in the place."

gather 'round children as I read to you from the prophet Martin

2124 me goes back in time and meets 2024 me
2124: in the future you'll be able to eat hamburgers on the moon
2024: fuck off

2024 me goes back in time and meets 1924 me
2024: in the future you'll be able to drive from Chicago all the way to the Arctic Ocean and get a hamburger at Grandma's kitchen
1924: fuck off

Saturday May 2nd 2026 bloomsday pub crawl Chicago version (tbob mix)

I have not looked at the latest data extract. shame on me 😳
and by vendor you mean submitter? or ... just so we're talking the same language ✌️🖖

hey God ... oh buddy, old pal o'mine. whatdya say we get some jackets, go knock over qatar, then head up to the bar and pick up some girls?
oh that's right, their pool table only takes quarters. okay the whole thing's off then

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anyway, here's Earth, Wind & Fire to remind us of who we are

Happy Saturday

I'm confused. just a simple search of the web revealed that he is indeed a Superman. and I do not understand why the United States has to be involved at all. he could just fly over there and take care of it, right?

the questions I want answered are what are we going to do with the windfall money we're going to get back from all these billionaires. do we pay down the debt? do we distributed it evenly? do we invest it in the market? do we buy us industries?

to do the boy scout merit badge challenge requires months of prep up front before the clock even begins ticking
I'm going to start with bugling.
the neighbors are NOT going to be happy
Another is shotgun shooting* so I think I can get two merit badges in one week

*protection from angry neighbors

it's going to be hard to do with cement shoes on but he can go ahead and try

finally! no more splinters.
- Reginald Asswipe, Boulder Junction Wisconsin
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it's pronounced az-wippy 🙄

I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.
- Al Franken, roving self-contained reporter

btw? the original was pure magic 🤣

The assassination of Julius Caesar.
Vincenzo Camuccini

"beware the Ides of March"
Act 1, Scene 2 Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

how?

he hasn't had any serious consequences so far, what makes it think he's going to stop now?

same

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