If the paper the bags start dissolving it’s tea time, Baby.
Cosigned. My mother and I don’t have a relationship. During one of the previous periods when we weren’t speaking, she became obsessed with the idea that I was going to try to steal her money after she died. She sent a weird, cryptic email about it and then freaked out when I said, “Are you asking about an inheritance?” which is what any reasonable person would have thought she was talking about. I told her I didn’t care what she did with her money. But it didn’t stop her from obsessing over me stealing her money. She contacted an attorney and yelled at my grandmother about it and a bunch of other shit.
I was bemused. I’m not very motivated by money. It’s nice to have, but I don’t go out of my way to get it. Anybody who really knows me can tell you that, and here she is assuming the worst of her own daughter. It made no sense to me until she tried to pull that shit with my grandmother, trying to interfere with her will. That’s when I understood: she assumes that you’re going to do to her what she’s going to do to you. (My grandmother cut her out of her will, mostly to spare my Aunt from having to deal with her, so it’s no longer an issue. And I’ve blocked her in every conceivable way at this point.)
I’m convinced that Humpty Dumpty was originally a military drum pattern.
Reason - I took a class with a middle eastern dancer and zill player. She taught us a fairly long military drum pattern. Then commented that a former student had recognized it as the rhythm for the nursery rhyme. It doesn’t take much imagination to see where British soldiers picked it up and somewhere along the way created the rhyme as a mnemonic
I could see that. It’d be a 6/8 goose-stepping march.
Wouldn’t it actually be 12/8 ?
I’m not saying it is, as any music training I ever had was brief and over 30 years ago. Still–it just kinda feels that way to me.
OK, two bars of 6/8.
That tracks because 6/8 is common in middle eastern music
Obama talked Joe Biden out of running for president in 2016 to make Hilary’s nomination easier. A fight between Biden and Clinton would have been close and extremely expensive and Obama would have seen that as disastrous to whichever candidate won. It would have sucked so much money from down ballot candidates as to probably cost several seats in Congress. Obama probably promised to support Clinton in the 2016 race (and give her a plum resume building post like Secretary of State) if she threw her support to Obama in 2008. In 2016, Obama did what he promised, with, in retrospect, a horrifying result.
Another thing I’m sure of: animals (let’s say vertebrates but including some invertebrates like octopuses) are a lot smarter and with much richer emotional lives than scientists and most everyday people given them credit for.
Every woman in America owns a garment patterned in black & white horizontal stripes. If we were told with no prior warning that that was tomorrow’s dress code, I bet we could do it.
Hmmm. I’m pretty sure you are wrong.
I’ll settle for almost right. 
The Committee, which is a secret organization which likes to mess with people by finding out what they like to buy and cease making it.
Once in a while, they drive around, and when I am going uphill and am about to take a breath through my mouth, drive by and shoot their car exhaust in my direction just as I’m doing so.
Lol
I wholeheartedly agree!
Anybody who has had a pet has had the privilege of seeing their personality on display. There’s no reason at all not to think that feral animals are similarly emotive.
(One of my favorite things is to watch baby elephants play. It’s so obvious to me that they’re little kids)
You think your goofy dog is the only weirdo out there? In some den, there’s a group of wolves rolling their eyes at the doofus who has no coordination whatsoever.
That’s so sweet! I love when the baby trips at the end and goes running to mama.
It’s my favorite part, too.
Don’t tell me there wasn’t conscious thought right there.
And I’m certain that Mama had the same reaction as any human mom would have: she consoled her kid, but knew that he was fine. I’m sure she had her eye on him the whole time while he was running around.
I’m telling you, watching baby elephants is the best!
I gots yer black and white stripes.
It may have corrupted recently into Zebra stripes. Which I hate. I don’t like animal prints at all.
Oh, btw I’m looking for a b&w striped, boat neck, 3/4 length sleeve, french sailor top.
Not only can you not prove that, I can disprove it.
Though I probably can’t disprove it in practice, as I doubt it’s practical to have you come hunt through my closets and attic.
I’m sure of that one too.
And oddly enough, his name is Moon Moon
Yeah, this is true.
I can’t prove it but the recent Panda diplomacy is just Chinese double agents in really good costumes.
But, dang they are cuties.