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Erik Bruun's avatar

So funny.

But not nearly as funny as when Jeff struggles to understand the accent of the representative who keeps calling him Mr. Bozo.

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Susan Barnes's avatar

And asks if he’s having a nice day.

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Marilyn Jackson's avatar

This comment wins the day! Chef's 💋 😘

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Annette's avatar

<snort laugh> . . . that's Robert, the rep, right?

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Babydoc's avatar

An inspired reply!

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Bill's avatar

Yes! My name is Bill and they keep calling me Mr Bill. I do an imitation of the Mr Bill character from the Simpsons

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Al Keim's avatar

Reminiscent of Nixon's pal Bebe Rebozo. Jefe Rabosa.

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Elisabeth Birker's avatar

I bet he got more that steak knives from Jared and Ivanka!!

I bet he also got instructions on where to shove them!!

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Gordon Shumway's avatar

the knives are for eating the poor.....

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D ODonnell's avatar

Ouch!

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Robin D's avatar

In each other:s backs? 😂

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Lucy Conner's avatar

😆😆😆

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Jay Wilson's avatar

...and there's no point in yelling racist epithets to a machine

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Barbara Greer's avatar

Particularly since it's programmed to hang up on you when you do. Ask me how I know.

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Robin D's avatar

Now Barbara, were you screaming FU st the phone LOL?

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Rachel's avatar

Hard to believe hospitals are closing because this slime ball "needs" a tax break.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

All because his wife's lips aren't quite "lippy" enough yet.

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Phil M.'s avatar

This fake lip fad is getting worse than the fake tit fad. What's next?

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Robert Cadigan's avatar

I think Andy may be on to something. Maybe we should all send Lauren Lip

gloss. The least expensive I could find on Amazon was $3.00. Maybe we could get Jeff Bald head polish. (I checked it is sold on Amazon.) it is more expensive, but Jeff is worth it.

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Rachel's avatar

Better buy her two containers of lip gloss - one for each lip.

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Mary Roeser's avatar

A lifetime supply would last her 10 minutes, tops.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Hahahahaha…🤩

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Robin D's avatar

😂😂😂😂😂💄💄

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bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

Just send Jeffy an industrial vat of Crisco for his chrome dome!

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John Townsend's avatar

--and his love life...?

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D ODonnell's avatar

Nasty-funny.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Bald

Head

Polish

"For the billionaire who has almost everything."

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Robert Cadigan's avatar

Or maybe Donald Trump Hair

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kdsherpa's avatar

LOLF!!! I sent the orange sadist something (darned if I can remember what it was) at mardalogo a few years back, in a "group send". Something he hated. Very cheap item. Wish I could remember!

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

A windmill, maybe?

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

A shark-themed windmill?

With the option for Trump to be electrocuted instead.

(HIS words, NOT MINE!)

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kdsherpa's avatar

LOL!!!

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Phil M.'s avatar

A soul? Nah, he would just eat it.

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Sean M Carlin's avatar

Probably ear jobs. Little Marco Rubio can use two of them. He is the only Secretary of State in history to closest resemble a ventriloquist dummy when he is sitting on that couch in the oval office.

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Bob Graham's avatar

You haven’t noticed the string that comes out of the back of his head?

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Robot Bender's avatar

I thought they put a hand up his... oh, never mind.

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MLK's avatar

I've seen them! But who's speaking the words mouthed by Dummy Rubio? Dump isn't as coherent as a dummy, so it can't be him.

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bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

My question is how do we know that Marco isn't an early A.I. beta test?

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Annette's avatar

<golf clap>

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Every notice that in those Oval Office photos, every male, be they staff or kings, all try to sit exactly like Trump does.

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D ODonnell's avatar

And wear almost-identical outfits. Ick - those ties!

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Yup...

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Dorothy G Ferguson's avatar

On that lap.

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Phil M.'s avatar

I forgot about the fake ass. That's a thing now too.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Maybe your best source is HuffPo.

I understand they've agreed to replace half of their "Kardashian News" with "Lauren's Lips". And it only cost them a BARGAIN $40M!

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Annette's avatar

well, both those fads have not quite surpassed the fake personality fad...

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Kathy Lee Davis's avatar

who knows what's being done to "improve" the body parts we can't see

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Susan Fernbach's avatar

Labia sculpting. It’s really a thing.

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Kate Adams's avatar

I was perfectly happy not knowing that this is a thing.

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Susan Fernbach's avatar

How I know: 12 years ago I had a breast reduction, and the plastic surgeon’s office would periodically send me news of “specials,” of which the surgery in question was one. With an eye-roll, I unsubscribed

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bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

Yes, this falls into the Things I didn't need to know category

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Happier...

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Renee Collins's avatar

WTF? I have not heard of that. That's cringe-worthy, for sure.

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Susan Fernbach's avatar

When you absolutely positively must look like a porn star “down there.”

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D ODonnell's avatar

It’s big in LA, I have read. How truly grotesque.

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Rachel's avatar

Woohoo baby! Those are some hot labia! Where’d you get them done? Nobody said ever.

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Dorothy G Ferguson's avatar

Ouch. Another sexual mutilation.

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Robin D's avatar

She probably needs tightening!

I just had to look up sculpting.<insert vomit emoji my cheap kindle fire doesn't have-- you hear that you cheap fuck BEZOS??>

It's my own fault because I'm too inquisitive and it had pictures and now I have to go bleach my eyes.

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Phil M.'s avatar

You know what would be really funny. If after getting that labia sculping, public hair became fashionable again....🤣

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Susan Fernbach's avatar

Never can have too much public hair, no matter what the fashion!

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Jodie Pine's avatar

I heard about this on an episode of Curb, wasn't sure if it was real or not. Don't want to think about it.

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D ODonnell's avatar

Please don’t post that again, ty

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Susan Fernbach's avatar

Why would I repeat myself…? 🤔

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Susan Barnes's avatar

Sanchez-Bezos excels at both.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

But do they tip?

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Bill's avatar

You have heard of CarFax, where you can get a report on a used car for sale to see "what work has been done". Dating sites should require a Carfax for women so their potential dates can get a clearer picture of what they are "buying"

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Barbara Greer's avatar

Um, it's needed on men these days too, Hon.

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Phil M.'s avatar

Works both ways, man. I've heard of people getting credit checks, background reports, and who knows what else.

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MLK's avatar

What's next? You don't really want to know....

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Christopher Sweet's avatar

Then there’s the botulism swollen ego.

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Karena's avatar

Wrinkles, if I had my way. As in bring them back so uninflated 70-year-olds needn't feel bad that they don't look 30!

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Robin D's avatar

Honestly, I'm 69. I don't have wrinkles(except for crows feet which I like. I've lived) I'm never outside or in the sun You want to kill me? Take me on a beach vacation. I'm a city person. I like the night. Even my dermatologist was shocked at my last check. I don't look like a spring chicken, but I'm not ravaged either. I read what Martha Stewart does and she looks fabulous. She does lasers and stuff. NEVER! The pain.. If I did anything it would be my eye bags, but I am terrified of needles and surgery which outweighs my vanity. My SIL had a birthday party for her 75th. I know most of her oldest friends since I'm a kid. I could not recognize half of them from the work (terrible I might add. And they have money. They weren't running to Tijuana,Mexico).

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Barbara Greer's avatar

Fake ears, I think. A tribute to Dumbo. Kim K. is getting them done right now.

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Glenn Sills's avatar

Great minds think alike and honestly, this is natural. Especially looking at some of the lips, boobs and butts.

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Phil M.'s avatar

It's happening now. Have you seen those young men with the "Ear gauges"? They look like nickels or quarters, inside their earlobes. Can only imagine what the lobe looks like empty. Dumbo ears.

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Robin D's avatar

I just did a whole Google search on this too. It's not pretty! I remember when I was young and would see National Geographic articles on tribal cultures which did this. This whole body modification like these huge ear holes or having your eyeball tattooed. I don't get it. My young niece at 10 got her ears pierced (and I was the same age when I got mine) and then at age 11 she got her second hole which is in style now and all her friends have them and all I wanted to say was "honey, I know no one else will tell you this, but just like everything else, when you get older they sag, and it's not pretty" but who wants to know reality when you're 11?

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D ODonnell's avatar

Oops, you beat me to it. Have asked to change waitpersons twice in Denver restaurants.

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Glenn Sills's avatar

Fake lips, check. Fake nose, check. Fake boobs, check. Fack butt, check. I'm thinking the next fake will need to be really long Dumbo-like ear lobes.

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Phil M.'s avatar

It's happening. Google "ear gauging".

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D ODonnell's avatar

The millennials have been doing it for at least 15 years. Then they insert those nasty black plastic circular earrings into them.

Not joking.

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D ODonnell's avatar

Mostly the males.

We have walked off at least three customer service lines b/c the Rep had them.

Cannot stand to have to look at voluntary body mutilation.

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Barbara Greer's avatar

Oh, I swear I didn't read your comment before I wrote mine! I think I love you.

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Christopher Sweet's avatar

A lot of cons are faking their reading level. Secretaries of government departments who read at the third grade level but claim to be able to read the Constitution, Animal Farm, and Superman comics. Like SecEd, SecTreas, and SecDef.

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D ODonnell's avatar

Don’t ask. Please.

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Lynn Foord's avatar

Can she even move her lips? She has the exact same expression in every picture….

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matclone's avatar

I remember hearing Phyllis Diller joke one time about all her friends who'd undergone surgery, resulting in permanent smiles: "Now they don't dare go to a funeral!"

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Jodie Pine's avatar

Loved Phyllis Diller!

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Robin D's avatar

Me.too. i.can.still hear her laugh. She had one of the best face lifts ever, at a time when people didn't really talk about them. I mean, I know they all had them, but it was great work then. You just looked better, refreshed, not like a sci-fi experiment.

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Mary C Nadler's avatar

She looks like Kristi Noem!

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andrea's avatar

All of them have the same look. Fake. Also, the over-inflated cheeks. So weird that people think any of it looks good.

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Phil M.'s avatar

Cheeks? Damn!

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andrea's avatar

I meant the cheekbones on the face, but some people overinflate the other cheeks, too.

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Robin D's avatar

Yes, they get cheek implants.

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Bob Graham's avatar

I’m guessing her lips are very slippery…..

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Jim Dygert's avatar

Her lips enter a room five minutes before she does

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Robot Bender's avatar

If she inflates them any more, she'll drift away like a kid's balloon.

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Jan O’Brien's avatar

OMG what IS LIPPY enough?!

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Hugh Jarce's avatar

It's one of those things that's hard to define, but you'll know it when you see it (or them).

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Dorothy G Ferguson's avatar

At least Melania isn't stupid enough to ruin her great face.

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Phyllis Mass's avatar

Great face? Have you seen her before pictures. She now looks like the Wildenstein lady

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andrea's avatar

She barely has eyes because her face has been pulled so tight. Yikes!

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Catherine  Novak's avatar

One more facelift and she'll be sporting a goatee!

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Robin D's avatar

😂😂😂😂

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Robot Bender's avatar

She pulls them any tighter and she'll be able to see behind herself. 😆

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Robin D's avatar

She had another one in 2023 I think before the final year of the election. And new veneers that are so blindingly white you can see them from space, unless her lips were pulled so tight the other ones look huge. I can't do my usual investigative forensic reporting on her because I can't stand to look at her that long.

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salletucson@gmail.com's avatar

Ha!!!! Good one!!!

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Jim Dygert's avatar

And it is soooo refreshing to see The Orange Turd is manipulating the stock market again for all his followers…you can bet his sons, Beavis and Butthead , have been instructed to move the correct stocks around…pathetic and disgusting

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Gordon Shumway's avatar

wonder if he's selling "Eat the Rich" bumper stickers....

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Susan McIntosh's avatar

Bezos and his wife deserve 'Tax the Rich' T-shirts(from AOC's merch)

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D ODonnell's avatar

Excellent Rachel, good on ya!

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Alan's avatar

JB's second headache was trying to cancel the gift subscription he received to the Washington Post -- that included lifetime auto-renewal.

Then to top it off, the disciplined Wash Post staff refused to print his letters to the Editor and Op Ed complaining about his problems with Amazon returns and Post subscription cancellation.

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MLK's avatar

Refunds Die in Darkness

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Alan's avatar
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Nicely done MLK!

For those without your classical education, here's the history of the Post adopting their now poorly matched slogan when 45 was inaugurated in 2017:

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"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is the official slogan of The Washington Post, adopted in 2017. It was introduced to underscore the newspaper's role as a government watchdog, particularly in the context of the new presidential administration. The slogan wasintended to convey the idea that a lack of transparency and accountability can lead to the erosion of democratic principles.

Here's a more detailed breakdown:

Origin:

The slogan was first introduced on The Washington Post's website on February 22, 2017, and then added to print copies a week later.

Context:

The slogan's adoption coincided with the start of Donald Trump's presidency, a period marked by increased scrutiny of the executive branch and concerns about the potential for government overreach.

Purpose:

The slogan serves as a reminder of the importance of a free and independent press in holding those in power accountable and preventing the abuse of power.

Unfortunately, JB's actions have declawed his newspaper's slogan.

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MLK's avatar

Alan, thank goodness Andy gets us to laugh at Bezos/Bozo. Otherwise, we'd be mired in the tragedy of what Bezos has done to WaPo, and what he, Dump, Musk, etc. have done to the country. By way of humor, I should have put quotes around "The benefits of a classical education." For some crazy reason, I thought others would recognize it as a line from Diehard that was beautifully delivered by Alan Rickman.

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Alan's avatar

With or without quotes, I think most TBR subscribers assume expressions like that one are either references to another source or contributions to the TBR satire. I added the context because it's ironic that the Post tagline was created in his first term to fight the things they're now allowing to weaken freedom of the press.

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Rob Haley's avatar

BRILLIANT

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MLK's avatar

The benefits of a classical education….

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Annette's avatar

<golf clap>

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John Townsend's avatar

If only.....

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JeffJ's avatar
2dEdited

If only we knew where to send a gift, there are LOTS of things on Amazon we could have bombarded him with…I may have headed toward the scary sex toys department. How about you?

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Jan Fabiyi's avatar

I vote for matching chia pets.

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Bobbie75's avatar

Jeff would get jealous of the curly green hair.

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Jan Fabiyi's avatar

Yep, I thought of that just after I wrote it.

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Annette's avatar

I would search for a non-profit's food requests and send them in Jeffy's name

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Jeff,

I'm certain there's a nation somewhere with just TOO MUCH silicone lying around.

I'm fairly certain that gifting Bezos that nation will make him VERY happy!

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JeffJ's avatar

Could be expensive. Make sure you buy it on Prime Day!

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

JeffJ,

That's what JeffB wants us to believe! (Methinks you are not fooled...)

COMMUNITY NOTE: This article is PRIME!

"Prime Day is a scam"

https://popular.info/p/prime-day-is-a-scam

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Bobbie75's avatar

I don’t need an article, most items are marked up ahead of time to reduce them.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Bobbie.

You're absolutely, 100% correct!

I apologize that the sarcasm in this specific section of the discussion isn't always properly noted.

I've frequently been criticized for my lack of emojis, especially to indicate sarcasm.

My response has always been to agree to use emojis as soon as Swift, Dickens, Twain, and Vonnegut do. (I guess the closest might be James Thurber, but tragically his drawings never gained "emoji level" acceptance.)

I guess I still like to see readers doing some of the work. (We're gonna need a LOT of "readers doing the work" for the next while...or next forever, I fear.)

Thank you for your time and interest, Bobbie.

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Bobbie75's avatar

I used to believe in sales. But then I also believed in Santa Claus and the tooth fairy.

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Frances López's avatar

I just got 3 Thurber books from the library b/c I needed cheering up. They hold up nicely! I especially like his dog drawings. My hound dog in profile looks like one of his dog drawings.

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D ODonnell's avatar

On twitter, we used to just type /s at the end of a post.

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JeffJ's avatar

You’re very correct about my sarcasm. If Bezos were smarter, he would have alligned the Prime Day expiration with the Big Billionaires Bill deadline.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Front Page HEADLINES in The Washington Post!

(Instead of being buried on Page 2.)

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Nancy Morgan LeBar's avatar

I just wish the Amazon drivers observed speed limits and stop signs. Almost got hit by one. Luckily, I saw it was an Amazon truck and stopped....even through I did not have a stop sign at that intersection. Please note, this is NOT the Indy 500 in my neighborhood.

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MLK's avatar
2dEdited

He bought Sanchez in the scary sex toys department and got 5% off with his Prime Membership card.

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Marcia Z Bookstein's avatar

So good! Lovely chuckle here.

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Jean-Pierre Gariépy's avatar

Borowitz est un génie. Merci, de Montréal (Manifestation ici anti-amazon aujourd'hui).

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Andy Borowitz's avatar

Bonjour!

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Stephen Brady's avatar

C'est vrai, ça!

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Helen Kopec's avatar

Bonjour Jean-Pierre! Enfin un autre Canadien. Je m'appelle Helene de Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON. Je suis d'accord. Andy est le meilleur!

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Jean-Pierre Gariépy's avatar

Merci Helen. Espoir et amitiés.

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D ODonnell's avatar

Bonjour et felicitations.

Je me souviens.

🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦🍁💕🇺🇦

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Steve Lang's avatar

his problem is that his staff threw out the gift receipts.

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John Townsend's avatar

--and his staff would like to throw out a lot more!

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ROSEMARY SCHLICK's avatar

The sad and terrrible truth made me laugh, but it is part of the ongoing American tragedy that Amazon owns the retail market. There are no more places to shop except fancy boutiques with high prices that only the top earners can afford. Nobody ever leaves home because it's the only place they are safe from ICE. We are all victimis of Bezos, Apple, and Zuckerberg and all the other billionaires who own us. My last comment is about the Amazon REAL people, the delivery drivers. and warehouse workers. As much as we complain, their lives are truly hell. What a world. Boy did we make America great!!!!

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Bobbie75's avatar

Rosemary, I remember when it was Sears and Montgomery Wards. And you had to wait for catalogs, then mail in a check. And wait.

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ROSEMARY SCHLICK's avatar

I remember those days too. JC Penney had a catalog too. All those stores had brick and mortar too. Catalogs helped people who couldn't "get around so easily," None of them cornered the market, and they are all GONE now. I still shop at J.C P. I have a beautiful story about why. My fatther worked in a hotel where JCP got into the elevator. My daddy said to him, "You're a rchi man, why are you wearing an off the rack suit?" People used to talk to each other. Old JCP answered, " If it's good enough for my customers, it's good enough for me." I know nothing is the same, but I love that story, and I love JCP.

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Gail T's avatar
1dEdited

A wonderful story which says lots about the changes that have happened - and where we are now.

Thank you for sharing it.

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Susan Stone's avatar

Don't forget Montgomery Ward.

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Susan Barnes's avatar

Bobbie75, me too (Susan77)

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Renee Collins's avatar

JC Penney had a catalog, too! Those were the days....

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lougee's avatar

there was nothing like the sears catalog. made for good outhouse reading and use

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Robert E.'s avatar

Sears Roebuck didn't have a monopoly on "outhouse" catalogs. JCP got the job done too!

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Babydoc's avatar

Rosemary, I think Amazon is a success because Bezos figured out that the currency of contemporary American life isn’t money, it’s time. I would hate driving from one retailer to the next in search of a specific product that business today got me hooked on. Sorry about ending the sentence with a preposition.

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ROSEMARY SCHLICK's avatar

I don't think anybody can disagree with you, but it's the abuse of the "great idea" that most people question. I always talk to the sweet beautiful delivery people, and wonder what life holds in store for them. They work so very hard. I just want them to get a fair share. Having to pee in a jar to meet a quota is a disgrace and must be addressed. Idea guys are important, but billionaires who seem to get way to much of the benefits of the "great idea." I'm a little sicck of the trickle down bullshit.

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D ODonnell's avatar

With you 💯

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Marcia Z Bookstein's avatar

Was just thinking about this--having to drive to the mall, to the shopping "centers". Back in the old days, before malls, Jane Jacobs lobbied against building malls. She described East NY city where the homes were above the shops, the sidewalks wide, the park across the street, and everyone watched out for each other. Instead of just walking out of your house to go shopping, now you need to get in your car. (Good for the oil and gas companies!) She lost, and so did the rest of us. Her book, The Death and Life of the American City, is a must-read.

When her two sons became draft age during the Vietnam war, she moved the family to Toronto.

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D ODonnell's avatar

Agree, it’s all about the Convenience these days. And if you live in an area with constant unsafe & bad driving habits as we do, you’re safer ordering online.

Denver metro area, CO

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Robot Bender's avatar

FedEx found out the same thing.

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Lynn Tuohy's avatar

Did no one send the happy couple a TBR script?

Has anyone ever tried to return TBR? I bet not.

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M.E. Lawrence's avatar

Oh, the joys of convenience! I have two or three very-Dem friends who still buy from Fucking Amazon. (At least two member of MY OWN FAMILY use Fucking Amazon. Not hollering at them is...difficult.)

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Glenn Ebo Perry's avatar

Take 2:

From her monster lips came a wedding kiss.

‘Twas a sign of endless connubial bliss.

And the oily sheen on the Jeffster’s pate,

Meant that he was eager to fornicate.

But before he cuddles her surgical lifts

The young marrieds first must contend with gifts.

The gift baskets, full of fruit badly bruised.

The sex toys that had been clearly used.

A puppy, near death, they did not bring home.

“Darling Jeff, return this to Kristi Noem!”

A coupon that brought Jeff the groom a smile,

“Enjoy teenage girls on my private isle.”

(If you seek Jeff Epstein, you’d have to dig,

Looks like louche Prince Andrew picked up that gig.)

Piles of ill-fitting clothes; when Jeff tried ‘em on

They were all mislabeled by Amazon.

Even lovely Lauren must be sent back

Somewhere in transit, she got a crack.

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Susan Kice's avatar

So good! You're so good at this!

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Frances López's avatar

Lovely! Great rhymes & the content rings so true.

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Renee Collins's avatar

This is really spot on and completely marvelous, Glenn!

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Annette's avatar

<golf clap>

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Marcia Z Bookstein's avatar

Brilliant!

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Sarah McAuliffe-Bellin's avatar

Oh this made me snicker. I refuse to buy from Amazon. Those tentacles have infiltrated everything but I’ll go to the gene du boast website and buy directly from this gene guy to cut those slimy tentacles.

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Fintan Steele's avatar

Not *just* steak knives, but Gene DuBoast Lagoon steak knives!

Fancy.

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Octavia Redwood's avatar

wait until the Returns bot informs him that the steak knife set was too inexpensive for him to bother returning, "Just keep them."

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Annette's avatar

I heard they were Ginsu knives, but I must have misunderstood

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The Rickster's avatar

How do you return Venice?

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Pamela Cass's avatar

Funny. I thought your comment said "How do you return Vance?" (I didn't have my glasses on!) 😂😁😝

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Bobbie75's avatar

Oh that we could.

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The Rickster's avatar

A funnier comment than mine. I’ll need to try posting minus my glasses.

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Annette's avatar

oh, if only there were a way, Pamela...

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MLK's avatar

By leaving it.

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Deb Craggs's avatar

AB, I read your postings 1st thing and I’m always greeting the day grinning.

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Susie's avatar

Yes, me too!

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Dr. Judith Schlesinger's avatar

Wonderful. "Customer service" at amazon is a complete joke, especially their so-called "author line." It's just a flank of semi-understandable, well-meaning Philippinas reading off cards, who cannot help you with anything else. Back in my naive self-publishing days, I listed with them, and the first thing they did was offer my Kindle for free and mess with the overall price of the thing. Then they wiped out a bunch of 5-star reviews from colleagues, thinking that they must be related (although names were obviously different).

At the same time, they published a low-ball review from a guy who admitted he hadn't read the book and was using his wife's account to comment. He was ruthless, bringing my average down.

Since then I have nothing to do with them or (after Bezos's endorsement prank) their products.

They have sent me no royalties to speak of, although at one point I received a check for 4c.

Yep, it took more money to mail it. And of course there was no explanation.

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Harley "Griff" Lofton's avatar

You mean there is a 'live" customer service option with well-meaning Philipinas or anybody else? Who knew?

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Bobbie75's avatar

Chat (if you can find it) has been AU (artificially unhelpful) for years. No idea how to find the phone number.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Accidents happen...

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Dr. Judith Schlesinger's avatar

For what it's worth, there used to be actual humans to complain to, even if you couldn't understand each other very well.

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Dr. Judith Schlesinger's avatar

It took awhile to find it. I'm not sure it exists anymore, not that it helped when it did!!

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Bobbie75's avatar

Not sure how long ago, but my payment comes quarterly to my bank account, I set the price, and choose the commission schedule.

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Dr. Judith Schlesinger's avatar

That has not been my experience.

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Elizabeth's avatar

Hilarious!

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Scott Dworkin's avatar

They made him go to the UPS store and bring by his own box and label, didn’t they?

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Robin D's avatar

Lol. 😂 Oh, Scott. One of my other faves!

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Shawn Murphy's avatar

I find this all laughable and sad.

This wedding was nothing more than a circus that came to town, unfortunately for the Venetians. And circus it was, complete with clowns, a freak show, cheats and grifters. And the attendees- well no surprise there either!

Remember who attended and more importantly, who was not there and considered future patronage.

Stop supporting them with your hard earned money, stop buying from Amazon, and patronizing whatever they are pitching this week!

This is overbearingly simplistic (I apologize), but maybe we might be slightly better off if we did more to support local small businesses, and support our local communities.

We don’t need the distraction of circus performers in these very difficult times.

We know how to be responsible adults, take care of one another, and do good things. We got this!

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