Misread thread titles

I could almost put that one in the other thread (“sneakers” = surrepititious thieves in shoe stores).

How will executioners find estranged beneficiaries?

I tell very few people that my dad operates the guillotine.

Yeah, did that one as a kid when I saw that first word in a news article or someplace. And for the other word there, originally thought it was “estrangled” (as in my estrangled wife)…

Strangest musical dollar bill you’ve seen

Well, I have a one that I’ve drawn on to make George look like Ray Davies.

Where can I practice Omalas poker?

I wouldn’t know, I just walk away from Omelas.

Did Guy Fawkes play sax?

When he wasn’t plotting to overthrow the monarchy, perhaps.

No, he was planning to use violins to achieve his goals.

It was going to be the ultimate kegger.

Speaking of which, here is a three minute video where a replica of Parliament was made and blown up to see if the gunpowder plot would have worked.

TLDW: Very, very well.

Should California Improve its Ballot System? And how!

Taco Bell from Hell (in 3D)

Does ‘3D’ stand for 3 waves of diarrhea?

I kid, I kid. I like Taco Bell.

Okay, not a thread title. Not even a line from this message board.

But I was just reading a Wikipedia article about works based on Arthurian legends and it included this passage:

  • Siege of the Saxons (1963), a British film inspired by the plot of Robin Hood in which King Arthur is killed by Edmund of Cornwall as he attempts to usurp Arthur’s throne, but Arthur’s daughter Katherine (played by Janette Scott) is able to escape with the help of a thieving archer named Robert Marshall who only steals from the rich (played by Ronald Lewis).

And my first thought was “Ronald Lewis played the rich?”

Plus, “Robin Hood” could be the fictional character rather than the story cycle, so “the plot of Robin Hood” could mean that it was some scheme laid by Robin Hood.

“Well played, Ronald Lewis, well played.” C. Montgomery Burns

Richard Lewis played Prince John in Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Bad bad bad what is it with old men and bladders
They’re up and down all night long

Did Greg Hawkes pay tax on tracks other than “All Mixed Up?”

Almost none of them; his accountant found a lot of loopholes/exemptions.

B&W photo and Shabbat

Stimulation!

Fission Fraggle Rockets

Home renovation - do the windows last?

They should last a few years – unless you are using Trump’s contractors…