@jon-nyc said in As Placid Lassie flew over Normandy...: Saving Ryan's Privates https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221532/ During World War II, somewhere in France, Private James Ryan has lost his genitalia in battle--they're missing in action and, that day, his wife Lisa is due to receive three telegrams. An officer sends a platoon, and the platoon leader tells his men, "If that boy and his penis are alive, we're going to find them." When they do find Ryan, he's doesn't want to leave his fellow soldiers, but the platoon leader explains the mission firmly. Private Ryan relents, they shoot their way out, and there's a casualty. Jump ahead 50 years: a grey-haired man kneels at a gravestone as a young man waits beside him. Did someone die in vain, or did Ryan put it to good use?

include the perverts

I never felt mainland Europe was really quite ready for democracy. Except for Greece, obviously.

Little League - very few parents - they all had 6 or 8 other children at home, no time to yell at LL Pool? That's a joke right? There were no pools.

They are having a final auction right now… https://propstore.com/auctions.action

@Jolly said in Benching Butker: After watching XFL tapes, the Chiefs have determined the kickers were involved in tackles on approximately a third of the kick-offs. That ramps up the possibility of kicker injury. Since kick-offs don't have to travel as far, they are entertaining the notion of a non-kicker doing the kick. If I remember correctly, they have a safety that was their emergency kicker last year that actually kicked a 35 yard field goal and a couple of kickoffs. Back before the merger, place-kickers and punters were also positional players. I’ve always thought it would be fun to go back to that.

You forgot to say "Trump-appointed judge."

You’re probably right. Best don’t even bother voting if you’re pulling a Trump lever.

I was afraid it was going to be much worse. We did that a few times on icy roads. If you ever hit a dry patch you’d lose teeth.

@Horace said in Today's Musical Interlude - boy band edition: 89th do you have a location on that one? I think it might be in hell.

Don't deface it with tire marks, or you may be up for felony charges. Link to video

AAPL has doubled since they split 4 for 1 in 2020. Wouldn't be surprised to see another 4 for 1 by the end of this decade.

It is quite an intuitive stretch to imagine that a mind can simultaneously contain an overwhelming desire to self-mutilate, while being functionally normal and peaceful in all other aspects.

I don't know anyone who takes the NYT bestseller list seriously, other than folks who are (a) libreral-leaning and (b) don't actually read all that much.

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Impressive piping. I didn't know the French blew. Oh, sorry, bleu.

@taiwan_girl said in The Future: Wells Fargo has conducted a rash of sackings in recent weeks after claims some of its employees were faking keyboard activity to fool the firm into thinking they were working. Mechanical device that fakes keyboard & mouse activities: https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/282910

They keep saying there’s no conspiracy to make people eat bugs or lab grown meat, then they pull this shit.

Those folks need a good sauce piquante recipe.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/06/13/world-tallest-dog-guinness-world-records-great-dane/74084024007/ The world has a new record holder for being the tallest dog on earth. His name is Kevin, he's a Great Dane and he hails from The Hawkeye State. According to Guinness World Records, the 3-year-old big boy stands a whopping 3 feet, 2 inches tall. [image: 74084579007-kevin-tallest-dog-9527-1-1.jpeg?width=660&height=495&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp]