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There was a man in Bulgaria who drove a train for a living.

He loved his job, driving a train had been his dream ever since he was a child. He loved to make the train go as fast as possible.

Unfortunately, one day he was a little too reckless and caused a crash. He made it out, but a single person died.

Well, needless to say, he went to court over this incident. He was found guilty, and was sentenced to death by electrocution.

When the day of the execution came, he requested a single banana as his last meal. After eating the banana, he was strapped into the electric chair.

The switch was flown, sparks flew and smoke filled the air- but nothing happened. The man was perfectly fine.

Well, at the time, there was an old Bulgarian law that said a failed execution was a sign of divine intervention, so the man was allowed to go free.

And somehow, he managed to get his old job back driving the train. Having not learned his lesson at all, he went right back to driving the train with reckless abandon. Once again, he caused a train to crash, this time killing two people.

The trial went much the same as the first, resulting in a sentence of execution. For his final meal, the man requested two bananas. After eating the bananas, he was strapped into the electric chair. The switch was thrown, sparks flew, smoke filled the room- and the man was once again unharmed.

Well, this of course meant that he was free to go. And once again, he somehow manages to get his old job back. To what should have been the surprise of no one, he crashed yet another train and killed three people.

And so he once again found himself being sentenced to death. On the day of his execution, he requested his final meal--three bananas.

"You know what? No," said the executioner. "I've had it with you and your stupid bananas and walking out of here unharmed. I'm not giving you a thing to eat, we're strapping you in and doing this now."

Well, it was against protocol, but the man was strapped into the electric chair without a last meal. The switch was pulled, sparks flew, smoke filled the room- and the man was still unharmed. The executioner was speechless.

The man looked at the executioner and said "Oh, the bananas had nothing to do with it. I'm just a bad conductor."

@George-K

You might listen to his interview with Jordan Peterson. Oliver Anthony is his stage name (which seems an odd choice), but he seems a lot more sophisticated than his angry, Appalachian, rebel yellin’ hillbilly trailer trash persona…. And a pretty deep soul.

https://podcast.app/382-oliver-anthony-with-jordan-peterson-art-commerce-and-the-religious-e338644649/?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=share

@Doctor-Phibes said in Barbie - Maher hates it:

Personally, I'd be too embarrassed to even admit that I went to see it.

But did you like it?

@Mik said in Carthusian Monks:

You sure do know a lot about cocktails. Are you sure you’re not a Presbyterian?

I've never tried one, have you?

1 1/2 ounces whiskey
2 ounces club soda
2 ounces ginger ale
Lemon twist, for garnish

So is anyone here going to short stock in Harry’s?

Yes, the monks of Grand Chartreuse, famous for the herbal liqueur which suddenly became incredibly hard to acquire and expensiveafter the monks ramped down production citing climate concerns. As a Catholic I disagree with that boneheaded decision.

Among the world’s greatest cocktails is The Last Word: Equal parts gin, chartreuse, Maraschino liqueur, and fresh lime juice, shaken and strained.

This one’s for Aqua.

I saw this on FB and thought it was Kamala Harris’s autobiography.

@Horace I’d guess 60 -70% of that goes to bureaucratic administration of the funds.

@Jon have you listened to Jordan Peterson’s interview with Chloe Cole?

Link to video

It’s heartbreaking.

The Pritzker fortune

This is horrific…

Matsoukas allegedly denied having the items when investigators first arrived, but then became upset and said “I do it to blow off steam.”

We now know his dog’s name…

Suffering the effects of Second Hand Canada.

Perry Mason — Noir prequel in stylish 1920s LA where Perry (Matthew Rhys - The Americans) tries to work through political corruption and judicial favoritism and opportunism. Della Street (Juliet Rylance) is cast not as a girl Friday but comes out…. Not great, but watchable.

Succession - enjoyable glimpse into a highly dysfunctional uberwealthy family as the paterfamilias is trying to decide who will take over his global corporation. Story is well developed and the acting is good where the viewer begins to actually about the family and their trajectory. Completely bingeable.

Industry - a bunch of unlikable young banksters in a London trading house screwing each other in every configuration and doing drugs without any discernible plot other than to keep their careers by being as necessarily vicious as needed. Not even good Machiavellian intrigue. I don’t care what happens to anyone.