Video: The Comedian in Chief at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Speaking of Rand Paul…
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The President’s stand-up comedy is improving, and he wasn’t bad to start with.
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Rev_Arthur_Belling May 4, 2014 11:11:07am |
You should add the Joe Biden in a Yellow Corvette video. That was pretty awesome as well.
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Rightwingconspirator May 4, 2014 11:56:41am |
re: #4 wrenchwench
I had missed it except for a couple headlines and mentions here. We both laughed really hard more than twice. My fave is the Putins chest gag. D_L liked the dig at Bundy.
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freetoken May 4, 2014 11:58:49am |
President Obama will only be 55 when he leaves office.
Assuming he gets the best healthcare, he could be quite nimble for another 20 years.
I wonder what the hate-right will do when he starts to show up here and there, and gathers large crowds, and once unencumbered by the formalities of the office actually speaks what he thinks?
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freetoken May 4, 2014 12:01:10pm |
There’s some serious SciFi plots laying in here:
Young blood reverses effects of aging in mice
Can an infusion of young blood reverse the loss of physical and mental ability in old age?
In a group of studies published Sunday in the journals Science and Nature Medicine, researchers say old mice who were infused with the blood of spry younger mice showed clear improvements in memory, sensory function, strength and endurance.
Researchers say a specific protein, found in the blood of mice and humans, appears to be at the root of this rejuvenation. They say they hope to test the protein’s effect on humans in clinical trials in the next few years.
[…]
It was more than 10 years ago that researchers began to realize that if they surgically conjoined an old mouse and a young mouse — so that the pair shared the same blood — the old mice experienced improved stem cell function.
[…]
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Randall Gross May 4, 2014 12:01:41pm |
re: #6 freetoken
President Obama will only be 55 when he leaves office.
Assuming he gets the best healthcare, he could be quite nimble for another 20 years.
I wonder what the hate-right will do when he starts to show up here and there, and gathers large crowds, and once unencumbered by the formalities of the office actually speaks what he thinks?
A great observation - the charity and political fund raising he does post presidency might go unparalleled for quite a while.
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aagcobb May 4, 2014 12:05:36pm |
re: #7 freetoken
There’s some serious SciFi plots laying in here:
Perfect set-up for a SyFy vampire movie.
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Decatur Deb May 4, 2014 12:06:05pm |
re: #7 freetoken
There’s some serious SciFi plots laying in here:
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Targetpractice May 4, 2014 12:14:51pm |
re: #7 freetoken
There’s some serious SciFi plots laying in here:
Well, now we know Abe Vigoda’s secret.
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Mattand May 4, 2014 12:15:55pm |
“The President’s stand-up comedy is improving, and he wasn’t bad to start with.”
He’s got more than enough material to work with, given the knuckle-dragging mouth breathers that make up his opposition.
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ObserverArt May 4, 2014 12:20:58pm |
I think the president really does enjoy these events. He has a certain devilish tone in that little laugh of his. Nice stabs at the three political network…Fox, MSNBC and CNN.
I imagine the two Fox “potted plants” probably didn’t find it amusing. If anyone watches Fox’n’Friends tomorrow. Let us know how they deal with the butthurt. I can already hear them…”The President is wasting time scoring petty little smack-downs on us Fox reporters while Putin takes over the world and BENGHAZI grows into an international crisis never seen in the vaults of history!”
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 4, 2014 12:22:35pm |
Hypocrite is very confused: GOP candidate was once a female impersonator http://t.co/vkvaVY2GMQ via @JournalNow
— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) May 4, 2014
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 4, 2014 12:24:15pm |
Of course she would say this:
Laura Ingraham uses botched Oklahoma execution to attack women who have abortions http://t.co/6l1Gi5nRNL
— Eric W. Dolan (@EWDolan) May 4, 2014
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Gus May 4, 2014 12:27:04pm |
re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth
Of course she would say this:
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Erick Erickson did that as well that very night.
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Mattand May 4, 2014 12:29:49pm |
re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth
Of course she would say this:
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LOLing at Pinterest being a source for political news.
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 4, 2014 12:30:23pm |
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Backwoods_Sleuth May 4, 2014 12:36:57pm |
Former NYPD officer arrested for spray painting anti-semitic graffiti across Brooklyn, NBC NY reports pic.twitter.com/fxfum5fZQL
— PzFeed Top News (@PzFeed) May 4, 2014
A former NYPD officer has been arrested for allegedly spray painting anti-semitic graffiti in Brooklyn http://t.co/mtnbMveRd0
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) May 4, 2014
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Killgore Trout May 4, 2014 12:39:09pm |
Big kudos to the Quilliam Foundation for getting Tommy Robinson out of the EDL
VIDEO Hate preacher Anjem Choudary vs EDL: Do tiny turnouts mean moderates have won?
Only 4 EDL members willing to show up. Choudary’s crown was small as usual but there are still some concerns
Pictured: Child with black ‘jihadi’ flag at rally by Anjem Choudary supporters in London
Ghaffar Hussain, from the counter-extremism think tank the Quilliam Foundation, said the pictures were “disturbing” and added: “There is a very real issue with children being radicalised and brought along to these demonstrations to be given hate messages. It’s something that needs to be tackled. Children are being normalised into extremism. It’s very dangerous.”
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Killgore Trout May 4, 2014 12:43:26pm |
More bombings in Kenya today
Kenya bus blasts leave dead and wounded in Nairobi
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The Ghost of a Flea May 4, 2014 12:44:33pm |
re: #16 Gus
Erick Erickson did that as well that very night.
The current US social conservative worldview is all about them doing thumbs up/thumbs down on whether you deserved the violence administered to you. They mystically can discern what people deserve to suffer and die. The Bible might be used as justification, but they ignore all the bits about mercy and empathy and forgiveness…unless it’s one of their own up for condemnation.
The punishment is administered, so a suitable crime must have been committed.
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Lidane May 4, 2014 12:59:25pm |
DICTATOR OBAMA USING JOKES TO DISTRACT US!
DICTATOR http://t.co/98S2xgKkd1 #TeaParty #tcot #tlot— TeaPartyNewsNetwork (@TPNNtweets) May 4, 2014
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andres May 4, 2014 1:09:53pm |
re: #7 freetoken
There’s some serious SciFi plots laying in here:
SciFi, fantasy, horror, historical fiction… The possibility are endless. :P
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The Awkward Guy May 4, 2014 1:16:51pm |
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Lidane May 4, 2014 1:21:27pm |
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jaunte May 4, 2014 1:23:28pm |
Harrowing (via @crispeater) pic.twitter.com/WRsXFkswvK
— Middle Class Problem (@middleclassprob) May 3, 2014
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b_sharp May 4, 2014 1:23:41pm |
re: #28 Lidane
That’s what the lamestream media wants you to think. ;)
I’m not talking to you, you thread killer.
Unless you have cookies.
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GeneJockey May 4, 2014 1:25:59pm |
re: #30 b_sharp
I’m not talking to you, you thread killer.
Unless you have cookies.
My browser doesn’t accept cookies, but I do.
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wrenchwench May 4, 2014 1:29:31pm |
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CuriousLurker May 4, 2014 1:31:26pm |
re: #24 andres
SciFi, fantasy, horror, historical fiction… The possibility are endless. :P
Ha! She’s the first person I thought of too.
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Dr Lizardo May 4, 2014 1:41:51pm |
re: #35 CuriousLurker
Ha! She’s the first person I thought of too.
The ruins of her castle, Cachtice Castle, aren’t that far from where I live. I’m gonna have to go there one of these days; it’s only a couple of hours away.
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CuriousLurker May 4, 2014 1:43:56pm |
re: #36 Dr Lizardo
The ruins of her castle, Cachtice Castle, aren’t that far from where I live. I’m gonna have to go there one of these days; it’s only a couple of hours away.
Wow, that would be cool. And eerie.
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Dr Lizardo May 4, 2014 1:44:51pm |
re: #37 CuriousLurker
Wow, that would be cool. And eerie.
I’ve driven by it a couple of times; my ex-wife has cousins in the village of Cachtice, but I’ve never been up to the castle itself.
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Floral Giraffe May 4, 2014 1:45:17pm |
re: #24 andres
SciFi, fantasy, horror, historical fiction… The possibility are endless. :P
WHOA! Never heard of her before! Amazing…
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Dr Lizardo May 4, 2014 1:45:53pm |
re: #39 Floral Giraffe
WHOA! Never heard of her before! Amazing…
She’s quite the legend in this part of the world. :)
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aagcobb May 4, 2014 1:46:28pm |
re: #36 Dr Lizardo
The ruins of her castle, Cachtice Castle, aren’t that far from where I live. I’m gonna have to go there one of these days; it’s only a couple of hours away.
Don’t forget your crucifix, holy water and wooden spike when you go.
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Floral Giraffe May 4, 2014 1:46:55pm |
re: #40 Dr Lizardo
She deserves to be a legend! I’m a BIG horror fan & she is new to me….
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Dr Lizardo May 4, 2014 1:49:03pm |
re: #42 Floral Giraffe
She deserves to be a legend! I’m a BIG horror fan & she is new to me….
Cachtice Castle was used in F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu.
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thedopefishlives May 4, 2014 2:01:38pm |
re: #44 klys
My cats have, since I reorganized their basement domain, taken to cuddling with each other on the far end of the couch, which now abuts the basement wall. It must be cool and shady back in there or something.
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Justanotherhuman May 4, 2014 2:04:11pm |
I love Pres Obama’s sense of humor and resilience in the face of all the obstruction and hate he has endured.
That was excellent, too. Quite a few LOL moments for me. : )
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klys May 4, 2014 2:06:38pm |
re: #45 thedopefishlives
My cats have, since I reorganized their basement domain, taken to cuddling with each other on the far end of the couch, which now abuts the basement wall. It must be cool and shady back in there or something.
My mother has been wanting a photo of her three grandcats together, which can be tricky. This photo isn’t spectacular in that sense - indoor shooting without a flash is tricky - but it’ll work as a 4x6, so she’s happy.
Also, it requires all three together close enough to get a photo for long enough for me to get the camera.
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CuriousLurker May 4, 2014 2:07:55pm |
Okay, how about this: I was wondering about the surname of the ex-NYPD cop mentioned upthread in anticipation of the usual suspects trying to link him to Muslims in some way (even though the article I’m about to link to says he was known to have mental health issues).
Turns out his family is from Indonesia, which is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, however none of his family members have Muslim first names and I don’t know squat about the origins Indonesian surnames.
Anyway, Googling Setiawan led me to a Wiki page about Sitiawan, which is a province in Malaysia whose name means “loyal friend” in Malay. That’s where it gets interesting, IMO—the folklore behind the name:
Sitiawan: History
Folklore mentions Sitiawan as Kampung Sungai Gajah Mati. It became a thriving settlement for industrious migrants from Foochow (Chinese: Fuzhou). They were mostly from the district of Kutien in Fuzhou, China.
According to legend, Kampung Sungai Gajah Mati (literally: “Dead Elephant River Village”) was the place where two large elephants drowned after one of them, overladen with tin ore, got stuck in the mud of the Dinding River at low tide. Efforts to save the elephant were in vain and eventually, everyone gave up and left. However, the second elephant refused to budge and hung on to its friend, resulting in them drowning together in the rising tide. Thus the setia kawan (loyal friend) name was derived.
In the late 19th century, tin, together with rubber sheets, formed the main commodities of commerce. They were often carried by elephants and loaded onto waiting steamships destined for Penang. In the 1870s, when an outbreak of smallpox struck the settlement, and in line with the Chinese belief of naming a place to enhance its feng-shui, the locals chose to name the locality Setia Kawan—the “loyal friend” — to harmonise with nature and appease the dead elephants. The name eventually became shortened to Sitiawan. […]
So yeah, I went looking for an Indonesian surname related to current events and rapidly ended up ended up mired in Malaysian folklore about elephants. Gotta love the intertubes—I still don’t know squat about the ex-cop’s religious background (he could’ve been a convert, or so Geller is probably hoping), but that quick Sunday wikiwalk was interesting.
Oh, and if asked for the name of my hometown I’d much rather say “Loyal Friend” than “Dead Elephant River Village”. LOL
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CuriousLurker May 4, 2014 2:10:04pm |
re: #43 Dr Lizardo
Cachtice Castle was used in F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu.
I never knew that. Creepy movie, that one. I saw it for the first time about five years ago.
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klys May 4, 2014 2:11:24pm |
re: #51 klys
May the fourth be with you.
(And this is where all the Lizards raised Methodist reply, “And also with you.”)
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CuriousLurker May 4, 2014 2:12:49pm |
re: #52 klys
(And this is where all the Lizards raised Methodist reply, “And also with you.”)
Catholics do it too, IIRC from my childhood.
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klys May 4, 2014 2:13:47pm |
re: #53 CuriousLurker
Catholics do it too, IIRC form my childhood.
Might be. Only Catholic services I have been to have been funerals, so I don’t really know.
But oh man is that Methodist response ingrained.
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Gus May 4, 2014 2:14:47pm |
re: #48 CuriousLurker
Interesting. Saw the Tweet and all I thought to myself, a) some nut and b) no wonder he’s an ex-cop. I’m sure this will keep Geller busy for the next 48 hours. Derp.
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thedopefishlives May 4, 2014 2:15:10pm |
re: #55 klys
Might be. Only Catholic services I have been to have been funerals, so I don’t really know.
But oh man is that Methodist response ingrained.
Only service I ever attended was a christening. My wife’s sister-in-law was raised Catholic. I hung out with a lot of nominally Catholic kids in high school, but no devout practitioners.
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klys May 4, 2014 2:16:35pm |
re: #57 thedopefishlives
Only service I ever attended was a christening. My wife’s sister-in-law was raised Catholic. I hung out with a lot of nominally Catholic kids in high school, but no devout practitioners.
As I’m running through the next parts of the spiel in my head, I think it comes from one of the traditional Communion sacrements, which a lot of Methodist churches* will use the very beginning of as the start to call to worship.
* In my experience and exposure.
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Decatur Deb May 4, 2014 2:16:40pm |
re: #53 CuriousLurker
Catholics do it too, IIRC from my childhood.
Yup. And in Latin, too. “Et cum spiritu tuo.”
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wrenchwench May 4, 2014 2:17:16pm |
re: #53 CuriousLurker
Catholics do it too, IIRC from my childhood.
Yep. It popped right into my head.
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klys May 4, 2014 2:18:46pm |
re: #59 klys
This also means that the amount of brain-space devoted to items from the liturgy is higher than I had thought.
Bother.
It is right and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere…
I can’t even remember the last time I was in a church for a Communion service.
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Decatur Deb May 4, 2014 2:20:06pm |
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William Barnett-Lewis May 4, 2014 2:21:52pm |
re: #52 klys
(And this is where all the Lizards raised Methodist reply, “And also with you.”)
All the liturgical churches do something similar. Though the recent “new” translation of the Roman liturgy went back to more literal language that the Episcopalians used to use “and with thy your spirit”.
I used to see a fellow at the state capitol get the reporters to all pay attention with “the lord be with you” because most of them were either Episcopalian, Lutheran or RC and they’d all reflexively answer, laugh & then settle down.
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Decatur Deb May 4, 2014 2:23:29pm |
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CuriousLurker May 4, 2014 2:24:05pm |
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wrenchwench May 4, 2014 2:24:18pm |
re: #63 Decatur Deb
It was a bit shocking when they started encouraging folks to shake hands with those around them and say, ‘Peace be with you’. Human interaction! In church!
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freetoken May 4, 2014 2:24:28pm |
And now, for some… evolution … news :
The Ever Increasing Size of Godzilla: Implications for Sexual Selection and Urine Production
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Varek Raith May 4, 2014 2:24:29pm |
*ZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP*
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Decatur Deb May 4, 2014 2:25:34pm |
re: #68 wrenchwench
It was a bit shocking when they started encouraging folks to shake hands with those around them and say, ‘Peace be with you’. Human interaction! In church!
Was out of there by then. It feels really creepy/smarmy on (rare) visits.
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klys May 4, 2014 2:26:39pm |
re: #72 Decatur Deb
Was out of there by then. It feels really creepy/smarmy on (rare) visits.
Even when I go home and go to church to humor my mother, I get dragged into singing with the choir. So it’s restricted to the people in the choir loft, half of whom I am related to.
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Varek Raith May 4, 2014 2:26:55pm |
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
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Lidane May 4, 2014 2:28:10pm |
re: #30 b_sharp
I’m not talking to you, you thread killer.
Unless you have cookies.
I have homemade banana bread. Does that count?
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Decatur Deb May 4, 2014 2:28:33pm |
re: #73 klys
Even when I go home and go to church to humor my mother, I get dragged into singing with the choir. So it’s restricted to the people in the choir loft, half of whom I am related to.
Chorocest!!
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klys May 4, 2014 2:29:43pm |
re: #76 Decatur Deb
Chorocest!!
Haha. There have been points in time where when my family is out of town, the choir doesn’t sing.
The plus side to all of this is that I can get away with dressing way down for church. A choir robe covers a multitude of sartorial sins.
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wrenchwench May 4, 2014 2:31:14pm |
Illustrated: The #chemistry of hate pic.twitter.com/HaZAuJehWF— Calestous Juma (@calestous) May 4, 2014
Later, lizards.
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Decatur Deb May 4, 2014 2:32:02pm |
re: #77 klys
Haha. There have been points in time where when my family is out of town, the choir doesn’t sing.
The plus side to all of this is that I can get away with dressing way down for church. A choir robe covers a multitude of sartorial sins.
When we lived in a ski village, wife once reported boots under her priest’s cassock.
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Bubblehead II May 4, 2014 2:44:00pm |
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klys May 4, 2014 2:44:29pm |
re: #80 Bubblehead II
The fourth has been with me since 1961.
You get an awesome birthday date.
Mine is the 4th too! But of another month.
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