😂Absolutely brilliant and spot on ! British Raj Part II in its American version might be our best option 😉America would be the Jewel in the Crown and all those chaps - Trump, Vance, Miller et al - might they be sent to live out the rest of their days in the Tower? 😂Thank you for the laughter 😂 We all needed that after the horrific events of this week !
First, let's bring back the pillory and stocks. After cleaning and fumigating the White House (and burning a shit ton of sage to purify it), erect a set of stocks and chain Trump, Vance, Miller, Vought, Hegseth and Noem to the stocks.
Have a public, televised viewing.
Allow His Majesty's subjects to view the criminals and express their displeasure by pelting them with the rotting fruit/veg of their choice.
As a sailor I could get into that! And having read all of Patrick O' Brien's fantastic books in the Aubrey-Maturin series about the Royal Navy, I could see it happening!
Absolutely. Having seen several of their merchant ships up close, I can testify that they are a mess. Floating rust held together by some very old paint. One ship I saw was so bad that I could actually look through the ship and through the other side. The sailors on those ships are either very courageous or very foolish. Maybe both.
Although it should remain as a brutal reminder we could bring back Chinese and Vietnamese re-education camps for every Republican that didn’t vote to impeach or convict Trump both Times.
Bitchy3 ~ Brilliant suggestion! I love your idea. But let's not put the pillory and stocks in the White House. Instead, I suggest we erect a huge tent where the tRump Food Court and Cafeteria is supposed to be built and we can display the "best" people tRump has in his administration. Saving the money on sage will provide more rotted fruits and veggies, not to mention small rocks and manure patties.
There's the Rose Garden needing to be cleared and double-dug. Manure's good for the soil and when it is well dug in is less of a public health problem.
I've advocated a kind of game "Dump Trump" where you get to drop shit (representing all of his lies) on top of Trump and the Trumpettes in a closed space---you could raise money for the demolition of the Lack of Ballsroom---you know people would gladly pay.
Your idea, like Bitchybitchybitchy's is Brilliant, too! BTW have you seen the entirely AI Generated short piece on Trump's opening night of his Ballroom. The sight of hegseth eating is worth the price of admission... :-)
I think you tube shows the video. I am not sure of the title, but try words like "AI generated video trump opens white house ballroom". It is howlingly funny. Let me know when you find it!
LOVED it! Especially loved the liver pate of tRump's head . . . or maybe that was something else that looks like pate, but normal people wouldn't eat <wink>
Great idea, but maybe we could alternate the fruit and veg with forcing those criminals to take turns reading aloud from the Epstein files. They would also need to hold up related photos. I think it’s the only way the files will ever be released.
Love your idea, bitchybitchybitchy👍🏻 But I think we need a helluva lot more pillories and stocks. Like one for every repug, with special ones for holier-than-thou johnson and turtle-faced mitch.
Your comment is GREAT and HILARIOUS!! The last line is a killer. :-) !! ALL your directives must be implemented.
The only possible modification might be (tell me your thoughts on this) would be to place the Stocks at the bottom of a very deep well somewhere -- Siberia comes to mind as one of the locales to be considered...
I can see it all now: Trump the Troll, Vance the Vampire, Rubio (don't forget Rubio) the Zombie, Noem the Wicked Witch of the West, Hegseth the Court Jester, Pam Bondi the White Warg, Patel the Ghoul, the Nazi trio (Miller, Vought and Lutnick) and another whom you inadvertently left out---Karolying Leavitt the Golem. What do you think? Did I leave someone out? Modifications and/or suggestions gratefully accepted.
These criminal nazi murderers deserve nothing less than being drawn and quartered after being forced to listen to nonstop recordings of parliamentary debates for a fortnight while remaining in the pillory and stocks. Let's also bring over some of those scary ravens from the Tower of London to gauge the eyes out of all radical right wing maga morons as well.
Trump to the gallows forthwith. As for Melania, His Majesty Charlie should go all chop chop Henry VIII . Severe floggings and scurvy for the rest of those bad blokes.
Yes. They gave us little poems to recite when we first went (a bit) metric. Like:
"A meter measures three foot three
It's longer than a yard you see"
and
"A litre of water
Is a pint and a quarter"
I don't suppose they could think of a poem for "miles" and "kilometres"
Maybe:
"A kilometres isn't as far as a mile!
Shorter journey!
Won't you smile!"
However, in a very typical British way, the Brits just picked up the bits they liked and ignored the rest.
It's VERY difficult to change the British mind.
When London nearly burned to the ground in 1666, those in charge of the rebuild thought it would be a great opportunity to replace the old medieval road plan with a brand new set of straight, wide highways.
The actual residents just built everything back as it had been - you can still trace medieval roads all through central London.
That's probably why we still have a King - that, and the fact that we've seen what Presidents can do. . .
But you did semi-convert to metric, which is more than we did. I do recreational carpentry; not sure where I got my metric measuring tape, but it really makes things SO MUCH easier.
But if you go to Bermuda (I wouldn't mind that!) there is the "hog penny" or hog shilling or in the early 1600s, Hogge money. And I can recommend the bar there of the same name. A coin of that nature, very rare, recently sold for $96K. and that's not pig slop!
We went decimal in 1971 - although a lot of old people DID write to the papers and say "Why couldn't they have waited till all the old people brought up with £SD had died off?"!!
After my second to last UK visit, I swore I would never drive on the left again...and made my kids promise to remind me. I was a menace to everyone on the road, including me.
Late to the game, Andy! 😀Back in Drumpf I, I kept politely inquiring if HRH the Queen would be so kind as to take us all back. The answer from Ambassador Paddington? “Mate, I don’t think she wants you back.”
At night I was seeing a bunch of pictures of late night TV where Trump is a baby hands you’re reading. Did you see the thing where they asked RFK about the renaming F a real lateral into you gotta think of all those kids dying Biden bad food
I think if our presiding human anal wart ever saw the above pic of King Chuck, he would develop an insatiable jones for a bigger scepter, bigger crown and robe ensemble.
I’m thrilled that Joyce Vance has agreed to be the first TBR author of 2026. I hope a lot of you will read her fantastic book and come up with questions for her!
So funny to say, I ordered her book back in the spring; then forgot about it. Once it was launched (I believe it was in October 2025), and Joyce was advertising about it, I was trying to decide whether or not I should buy it. Oopsie...I already did! Read it right away. It's a keeper of a book!
No. We could all learn "Scottish" and "Welsh", which are basically unintelligible variations on English. We would, however, have to deify Tom Jones and The Rolling Stones (who I already deified in 1975).
The people in the colonies have demonstrated that they don’t deserve representation in Parliament. But at least they will receive universal health care, like the people in Argentina. And Trump can be tried for everything that Maduro has been charged with. Then, like Napoleon, he can be banished to El Salvadore.
Please send the madman with his sidekick, Kristi Noempathy, to CECOT in El Salvador, since she's a true domestic terrorist. Plus, it's already one of her favorite places to strut around in her stetson and cowboy boots.
yes, let us not forget Epstein (as the deflection machine is chugging along at super sonic speed, what with Venezuela, Greenland, mortgage bonds, etc.)
What are we going to have to do with Baron? He's giant, but can't play basketball, failed out of college, and can only speak when mommy Melania gives him permission to do so.
In August, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, where one of Saddam Hussein’s primary missions was to seize Kuwait’s vast oil fields and reserves. President Bush condemned the takeover of Kuwait to run their oil fields as a “Brutal Aggression.”
Great news! Perhaps the Tower of London could be the Mar-a-Lago of the British Isles, renamed the Trump Tower of London, in honor of the soon to be “dethroned” former president/king.
Thank you for supporting independent bookstores! We need to stop giving our money to He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named! Malignant weasel indeed. I laughed out loud. Oh Andy. What would we do without you?
Andy, again, I laughed out loud. Thank you. Who knows?! Maybe after this fiasco known as 47, the USA will switch to a ceremonial head of state. I look forward to watching and listening to Congress conducts themselves as Parliament.
Maybe not having a parliamentary form of government was one of the first mistakes the founders made? We might be holding elections right now under such a system.
My concern is Congress as it is these days. This may be rude of me and I apologize ahead of time if it is, but it seems Congress is filled with a bunch of people who are making more than they ever imagined, with a benefit package that is even more unimaginable and thus, they will do anything, and I mean ANYTHING, to hold onto this dream come true. Hell, they will protect probable pedophiles and traffickers and allow our tax dollars to be used for vengeance gigs. Stunning.
I believe we could all use a teach in on this document. I have not known the document and am reading it now. The National Constitution Center was scheduled to do a town hall on it just a few days ago, but for some reason the event was "postponed" just hours before it was scheduled. I suspect the regime is going after this organization as they've gone after all civic and educational institutions founded by Congress years and years ago. Of course it may just be that someone had a medical or other emergency. Maybe we will know eventually. Go to the website for the National Constitution Center. You can find all kinds of documents there including Common Sense.
Thank you. Years ago, I walked through the Natl Constitution Center years ago. There was an exhibit on the prohibition and the efforts that were made to reverse it. It was great!
I think there is another motivation that infects most semi-permanent residents of the Capitol. They seriously enjoy making rules for other people (and creating exceptions for themselves) - some even believe their god has appointed them. All the more reason for serious term limits on the whole lot.
Two new rules would go a long way towards remedying that: 1) Ban insider trading and 2) No more Cadillac health insurance; make them choose only from plans available to their constituents.
Hi Oak, I agree on the health care. It can remain a Cadillac plan as long as it is available to all at the same cost.
I waver on insider trading because I do not know how to enact it. Of course, I’m against it. My fear is if a Congress person’s spouse, adult son or daughter works in the investment world, how do we monitor this?
Why not the same way it's supposed to work for the president: put investments in a blind trust that is not controlled by the member of Congress or their spouse or kids. I know Donnie hasn't done that even though he's required to, so the bill would have to include actionable and effective enforcement, i.e., set a deadline for divestment and enforce it by removing offenders from office who don't comply.
Unless we remove this insider trading incentive we will always have reps who vote for policies that boost their own investments and rig the stock market against their constituents while doing nothing to serve the country's best interests. They also end up supporting any business or special interest that's donated lots of money for their campaigns. It's a recipe for rampant corruption.
So many new things to learn; bumpershoot is an umbrella, a flat is an apartment, and crisps are potato chips . . . but it sounds like a fun adventure. I'm in!
But my mind is still active and engaged with everything that happened before disco. How do I catch up, let alone keep up with sillymeters and instograms?
I still have a slight twitch whenever the metric system is brought up. In high school, I was one of the students who taught it to other students. It was interesting, so many glazed over eyes! And then, after all that learning I did and then teaching, it was all for naught! Dang it. Oh well, it was a story I can remember and share. Ha!
To the King’s proposal, a big yes from me.
😂Absolutely brilliant and spot on ! British Raj Part II in its American version might be our best option 😉America would be the Jewel in the Crown and all those chaps - Trump, Vance, Miller et al - might they be sent to live out the rest of their days in the Tower? 😂Thank you for the laughter 😂 We all needed that after the horrific events of this week !
First, let's bring back the pillory and stocks. After cleaning and fumigating the White House (and burning a shit ton of sage to purify it), erect a set of stocks and chain Trump, Vance, Miller, Vought, Hegseth and Noem to the stocks.
Have a public, televised viewing.
Allow His Majesty's subjects to view the criminals and express their displeasure by pelting them with the rotting fruit/veg of their choice.
Adding Pam Bondi
AND Kash Patel
Personally I favor keelhauling.
use a Venezuelan drug boat for the vessel.
Drawing and quartering also came to mind.
Perfectly fitting.
As using a Ford class aircraft carrier will be fatal
Ah, keelhauling. Another fine possibility for these loathsome miscreants
Had to look up keelhauling---I'm all in favor!
What, Sharon, never read "Mutiny on the Bounty"?
As a sailor I could get into that! And having read all of Patrick O' Brien's fantastic books in the Aubrey-Maturin series about the Royal Navy, I could see it happening!
HILARIOUS COMMENT!! :-) !!
Thanks!
:-) !!
On a Russian oil tanker. Lots of barnacles.
Absolutely. Having seen several of their merchant ships up close, I can testify that they are a mess. Floating rust held together by some very old paint. One ship I saw was so bad that I could actually look through the ship and through the other side. The sailors on those ships are either very courageous or very foolish. Maybe both.
OMG, Julius - how did you even get that close?
--as we all Google "keelhauling"!
Had to lookup keelhauling. Ah, Abigail, I like the way you think 🤓🖖🏻
Yup, it's the nastiest punishment I can think of :-)
Nasty is the word I thought too. But not public humiliation enough.
Keelhauling while suffering from norovirus could be the nastiest.
😂😂😂
I like it. Hope there’s lots of sharks in the water for shitler.
And sinking battery operated boats nearby.
Although it should remain as a brutal reminder we could bring back Chinese and Vietnamese re-education camps for every Republican that didn’t vote to impeach or convict Trump both Times.
Don't forget RFK Jr. And Patel
And let's not forget Mike Johnson and the T-rump's kids. Put them all in a slow boat to China.
--a leaky slow boat!
(Although Barron has not done anything bad as yet.....)
And blond Bimbo Bondi would have to be his next wife.
Or the dog killer, fat lips Krist.
Yes, yes, we mustn't forget anyone...
Bitchy3 ~ Brilliant suggestion! I love your idea. But let's not put the pillory and stocks in the White House. Instead, I suggest we erect a huge tent where the tRump Food Court and Cafeteria is supposed to be built and we can display the "best" people tRump has in his administration. Saving the money on sage will provide more rotted fruits and veggies, not to mention small rocks and manure patties.
Still going with the French option. A guillotine would fit perfectly in the gilded ballroom.
Right with you on this. I've got my knitting ready.
:-) !!
--but, no doubt, won't be able to knit anything with Trump's stiff hair. And there are enough orange sweaters in the world!
A guillotine with gold rococo finishes!
Oui!
Would the incoming DOJ go with a wagon train in place of tumbrils?
A parade of Tesla cyber trucks that has its roof removed, so that we can view the criminals, with their hands zipped behind them
Absolutely!!!👍🏼
The whole country needs to be saged after what's been going on.
Yes, repeatedly. Let's also allow the south to secede this time - they are mostly a pain in the ass.
--as well as in many other anatomical places!
true that!
---and doused with tons of holy water! Somebody put in a call to the Vatican!
we're going to need tankers full!
You got that right.
Ahh, manure patties ! I remember them well…these are certainly appropriate . They would certainly match the stench from this administration!!
There's the Rose Garden needing to be cleared and double-dug. Manure's good for the soil and when it is well dug in is less of a public health problem.
That's right, after we throw the manure balls, reuse and recycle. Bring back the Rose Garden!
the former admin can certainly take care of that, after their public flogging - "clean up the mess you made" is fair play
--but just barely.
I've advocated a kind of game "Dump Trump" where you get to drop shit (representing all of his lies) on top of Trump and the Trumpettes in a closed space---you could raise money for the demolition of the Lack of Ballsroom---you know people would gladly pay.
maybe combine that with a dunk tank!
--filled with polluted Potomac water!
Your idea, like Bitchybitchybitchy's is Brilliant, too! BTW have you seen the entirely AI Generated short piece on Trump's opening night of his Ballroom. The sight of hegseth eating is worth the price of admission... :-)
Really, I do not want to see Hegseth eating--and especially not drinking!
I take your point! :-) !!
Haven't seen it...where can I find it?
I think you tube shows the video. I am not sure of the title, but try words like "AI generated video trump opens white house ballroom". It is howlingly funny. Let me know when you find it!
https://www.reddit.com/r/aivideos/comments/1mj7u6l/you_are_invited_to_the_grand_opening_of_beautiful/
LOVED it! Especially loved the liver pate of tRump's head . . . or maybe that was something else that looks like pate, but normal people wouldn't eat <wink>
Your comment Annette made me guffaw! :-) !!
(... now WHAT COULD that nasty brownish stuff on trump's head have been I wonder...?)
Thanks so much, Annette. Loved it. Message came on that it was no longer available half way through. HmmmmmThe head centerpiece
was great, also the bevy of lippy blondes. LOL
:-) !!
--lots of manure patties!
Great idea, but maybe we could alternate the fruit and veg with forcing those criminals to take turns reading aloud from the Epstein files. They would also need to hold up related photos. I think it’s the only way the files will ever be released.
HILARIOUS COMMENT!! :-) !!
--and make those in the Epstein files hold up photos of themselves in those
same files.....
one of those "where are they now" perspectives . . .?
Yes, Barbara! Great idea🤓🖖🏻
Traitor’s Gate would be a good place for that crowd.
Don’t forget #ScamBlondi 🤭
I was about to say that😄
You forgot Bondi.
Added Pammie
Exactly - Stocks and Bonds! Not the financial kind. But the kind that will "tie up" these clowns for a while.
--in Alligator Alley!
Love your idea, bitchybitchybitchy👍🏻 But I think we need a helluva lot more pillories and stocks. Like one for every repug, with special ones for holier-than-thou johnson and turtle-faced mitch.
Bitchybitchybitchy:
Your comment is GREAT and HILARIOUS!! The last line is a killer. :-) !! ALL your directives must be implemented.
The only possible modification might be (tell me your thoughts on this) would be to place the Stocks at the bottom of a very deep well somewhere -- Siberia comes to mind as one of the locales to be considered...
And shave Pam Bondi's head carpet
I think that giving Bondi, Noem, Leavitt and Melania all military recruit style haircuts is a splendid idea.
--and make her wear a blue Marge Simpson wig!
All the more easy to hear the near-empty brain rattling within!
I can see it all now: Trump the Troll, Vance the Vampire, Rubio (don't forget Rubio) the Zombie, Noem the Wicked Witch of the West, Hegseth the Court Jester, Pam Bondi the White Warg, Patel the Ghoul, the Nazi trio (Miller, Vought and Lutnick) and another whom you inadvertently left out---Karolying Leavitt the Golem. What do you think? Did I leave someone out? Modifications and/or suggestions gratefully accepted.
I like to think of Hegseth as dressed like one of Wicked Witch's flying monkey
Can't you picture him crouched next to Trump's desk, waitng for his orders?
Yes! I can---perfect!
Like any other monkey, he might poop on the Resolute Desk!
These criminal nazi murderers deserve nothing less than being drawn and quartered after being forced to listen to nonstop recordings of parliamentary debates for a fortnight while remaining in the pillory and stocks. Let's also bring over some of those scary ravens from the Tower of London to gauge the eyes out of all radical right wing maga morons as well.
I need to take medication after reading this particular fantasy!
Trump to the gallows forthwith. As for Melania, His Majesty Charlie should go all chop chop Henry VIII . Severe floggings and scurvy for the rest of those bad blokes.
Maybe "Charlie" should dump god-awful Camilla for Melania who is just
as god-awful yet not quite as.
Perfect. And keep 'em there till they soil themselves. I'll be there w enough rotten fruit for all to hurl. And a few hard cabbages for good mmeasure.
Yes, totally brilliant! I'll start working on my British accent!
As the British say, I'm chuffed at the prospect of being a subject of Good King Charles III!
Good King Charles III? Really? Hmmmmm--
I'll start by baking scones today.
Put lots of currants or raisins in!
Jolly good idea, Judith!
--and all the non-rhotic "r"s
--and drinking tea, finding out what a crumpet actually is?
My deceased mother was British-met my dad during WWII. I’m halfway there with the accent!
What a culture shock for your mother!
Yes, Pradnya, and maybe those awesome ravens could "look after" them! Ha!
Yes! That would work for me! Would we have to use metric?
Brits, being Brits, use metric for measuring distance, imperial for weights.
Makes life so much easier using two measures. . . but at least it keeps your brain working.
Nobody really regrets the passing of the avoirdupois method of counting money, which in itself is a FRENCH word, don't ask me why but went:
2 farthings = half a penny
2 half pennies = a penny, and so does 4 farthings
4 farthings = one penny
six pennies equals six pence (Duh! - but it does have its own coin as does three pence. Which actually has two. . .)
12 pennies = 1 shilling
20 shillings equals 1 pound
But don't forget 2 shillings six pence equals half a crown, and two shillings is a florin. And although there IS a half a crown, there is NO "crown."
so, new little british colonials - today's school question is:
How much is half a crown plus guinea? ( Oh! Sorry! - I forgot a guinea is one pound one shilling. . . )
Try working that lot out when you only want a pound of potatoes and have two kids on your arm and one in your belly. . .
??? that's why I use a trusted financial advisor. . . the numbers just confuse me ;-) lol
dear God, this makes stopping of the production of our penny a brilliant move
But they use miles on the highway.
Well - DUH!
Yes. They gave us little poems to recite when we first went (a bit) metric. Like:
"A meter measures three foot three
It's longer than a yard you see"
and
"A litre of water
Is a pint and a quarter"
I don't suppose they could think of a poem for "miles" and "kilometres"
Maybe:
"A kilometres isn't as far as a mile!
Shorter journey!
Won't you smile!"
However, in a very typical British way, the Brits just picked up the bits they liked and ignored the rest.
It's VERY difficult to change the British mind.
When London nearly burned to the ground in 1666, those in charge of the rebuild thought it would be a great opportunity to replace the old medieval road plan with a brand new set of straight, wide highways.
The actual residents just built everything back as it had been - you can still trace medieval roads all through central London.
That's probably why we still have a King - that, and the fact that we've seen what Presidents can do. . .
But you did semi-convert to metric, which is more than we did. I do recreational carpentry; not sure where I got my metric measuring tape, but it really makes things SO MUCH easier.
Ho, yes - unless you forget and use cms instead of inches.
My husband made me a string winder for spare bits of string (don't ask. . .) It should have been 6 inches x 3.
6 cms x 3 doesn't hold a lot of string.
Still, could have been worse - at least he wasn't working on my coffin.
But if you go to Bermuda (I wouldn't mind that!) there is the "hog penny" or hog shilling or in the early 1600s, Hogge money. And I can recommend the bar there of the same name. A coin of that nature, very rare, recently sold for $96K. and that's not pig slop!
It was one of my happiest days at school when they changed their currency to the metric system, no more mixing mathematics with English courses!
but we don't have pennies anymore right?
Yeah - but a US penny is only a nom de plume for a cent. Weird that the US uses Imperial for just about everything - but metric for it's money. . .
£1 3s 6d
All right clever clogs - here's your ⭐! Make sure you stick it on the front of your work book - and show it to Mom!
😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹
My first visit to England was in 1990–I would hold out my handful of assorted coins and let the shopkeeper sort through them. Lol
We went decimal in 1971 - although a lot of old people DID write to the papers and say "Why couldn't they have waited till all the old people brought up with £SD had died off?"!!
That reminds me of an old friend who called Fahrenheit (we use Celsius in Canada) "REAL temperature."
The way the temperature gets in Canada - he can call it what he bloody likes - "COLD!" seems to cover it!
Yes! :-) !! I remember trying to sort this all out in England in the 1960s :-)
But we still need to save an old sixpence coin --
"something old, something new,....and a lucky sixpence in her shoe."
I spent a couple years in school near Geneva when I was a kid, maths teacher was Brit, I learned all sorts of computations in pounds/shillings/pence.
"I learned all sorts of computations in pounds/shillings/pence."
I think that might come under the heading "Cruel and unusual punishment. . . "
I'd rather not, thank you----
Hey metric would be a small sacrifice. I would even consider giving up coffee for tea.
We could also have civilized afternoon tea with those fancy little sandwiches and cakes.😉
ohhh... I guess I could make that sacrifice too; I'm a Dunkin' girl all the way, but, you know, democracy
As an engineer, I can only hope...
I used to work for a company that's proud boast was that it specialised in "Strange screws and dropped or polished balls."
Lot of that stuff was BSA, BSF, BSC,UNF 26TPI - still rings in my head sometimes.
Metric HAS made life a lot easier!
Only if we didn't want to continue looking like fools.
And drive on the left?
Well, that's so your sword arm is free.
Never know when you're gonna need it, with so many ICE around and all. . .
After my second to last UK visit, I swore I would never drive on the left again...and made my kids promise to remind me. I was a menace to everyone on the road, including me.
Americans learn to drive on the left??? I foresee our roads turning into bumper car arenas…
--with no tariffs on the rubber bumpers?
That would be idea. However, I think my original vision was of badly dented cars.
They drive on the left on St. Thomas.
A guide told me years ago it was because the mules couldn't be persuaded to walk on the right way-back-when.
Fun story. I'm sure I saw that when I visited St. Thomas, but that would have been 20+ years ago now, and I didn't remember that.
Much simpler than what the US uses now. Already used for decades in science & medicine .
Late to the game, Andy! 😀Back in Drumpf I, I kept politely inquiring if HRH the Queen would be so kind as to take us all back. The answer from Ambassador Paddington? “Mate, I don’t think she wants you back.”
Yes indeed! Long live the King (of England!)
I could even tolerate having to deal with Harry and Meghan; so much easier than Krusti Gnome and Kashyap and Lord Voldemort Miller
At night I was seeing a bunch of pictures of late night TV where Trump is a baby hands you’re reading. Did you see the thing where they asked RFK about the renaming F a real lateral into you gotta think of all those kids dying Biden bad food
'bout time, Andy, 'bout time. [re: swapping kings]
For some reason Daisy Mae's song from the musical version of L'il Abner, "Put 'Em Back the Way They Wuz", is now stuck in my brain.
Beats current events. Thanks.
Another song from that show is "Bring Back the Good Old Days." It ends:
I went to see the president. They asked me to wait.
Although I knew that he was swamped with matters of state,
A fellow named Ben Hogan walked right through the front gate!
[President Eisenhower, Ben Hogan the golfer]
Maybe we would finally get national healthcare
--but they can keep Camilla!
I think if our presiding human anal wart ever saw the above pic of King Chuck, he would develop an insatiable jones for a bigger scepter, bigger crown and robe ensemble.
George Santos would be soooo jealous.
As a British Citizen, I must respectfully disagree, old chap.
No - don't say that! A lot of the Americans are really good people.
Not sure what we'd do with ones that aren't, though - can't send them off to Australia any more. . .
Isn't there an island somewhere that they could go to? One that maybe a millionaire used to own before something nasty happened to him?
Greenland, of course, your Ladyship!
Sadly, although he owned two, there would still not be enough space.
No, just a new president, administration who are not justice-adverse! Not afraid of putting
Trump and his criminals in jail!
I’m thrilled that Joyce Vance has agreed to be the first TBR author of 2026. I hope a lot of you will read her fantastic book and come up with questions for her!
I got her book when it first appeared. Excellent. Helpful. Hopeful.
Ditto!
I have been - it is beautifully and thoughtfully written. I cannot recommend it highly enough!
Already ordered from the library!
Another great watch & read is Jack Smith’s deposition. It is fascinating to hear him clearly lay everything out!
On it's way:-)
So funny to say, I ordered her book back in the spring; then forgot about it. Once it was launched (I believe it was in October 2025), and Joyce was advertising about it, I was trying to decide whether or not I should buy it. Oopsie...I already did! Read it right away. It's a keeper of a book!
Joyce is wonderful. Her substack is terrific--clear, concise, straightforward, understandable---vital. Subscribe.
That's all well and good but does this mean we're going to have to learn to speak English?
that will make it difficult for the sheepeople to communicate, but we can provide interpreters for them <wink>
We could send missionaries from the blue states to the red states. To teach them English as a second language.
some of them, no doubt, would test the missionaries' patience, for sure!
Subtitles on Fox.
From "My Fair Lady":
There even are places where English completely disappears!
In America they haven't used it for years.
--and perhaps rightfully so!
what the covfefe??!!
Aye, there's always a catch. *snik snik snik*
Ahahahhahahahahaha!!!!
No. We could all learn "Scottish" and "Welsh", which are basically unintelligible variations on English. We would, however, have to deify Tom Jones and The Rolling Stones (who I already deified in 1975).
I like it! Welsh always seemed like the most unique language.
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Heaven forfend!
The people in the colonies have demonstrated that they don’t deserve representation in Parliament. But at least they will receive universal health care, like the people in Argentina. And Trump can be tried for everything that Maduro has been charged with. Then, like Napoleon, he can be banished to El Salvadore.
Please send the madman with his sidekick, Kristi Noempathy, to CECOT in El Salvador, since she's a true domestic terrorist. Plus, it's already one of her favorite places to strut around in her stetson and cowboy boots.
Oh yes, please!
or Saint Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean!
Ouch. That Epstein dig was delicious. First grin/laugh I've had for days. Thank you.
yes, let us not forget Epstein (as the deflection machine is chugging along at super sonic speed, what with Venezuela, Greenland, mortgage bonds, etc.)
As for what this change in status would mean for Trump, the King said, “Perhaps he could room with his old chum, my idiot brother.”
They could both be sent to the former penis colony, "Epstein Island" which is now a penal colony, headed by Kristi Noem
One of my favorite expressions: 'Hasta la penis'.
Hasta means "until" -- "Until the penis"? But then what, Al?
I think Stormy Davis would have to be consulted on that.
Post revelatory penis unveiling response: Zounds! A wee willie winkie!
--and we wouldn't really want an answer from Ms. Daniels......
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Around your penis?
Love your suggestion, but please, PLEASE, don't let any 14-year-old girls (or any other underage girls) anywhere near there.
--even any full-grown women, either!
Excellent point. Thank you for that.
After King Charles suggested Trump could room with his "Idiot Brother", Ivanka asked if there was room for Don and Eric.
<snort laugh> perhaps there's room for Don Jr. but Eric may have to be put on a waiting list, or be given a Harry Potter cupboard room.
What are we going to have to do with Baron? He's giant, but can't play basketball, failed out of college, and can only speak when mommy Melania gives him permission to do so.
Baron didn't fail out of NYU did he? Hadn't heard that.
I’d prefer that all the Trump idiots share the hot living quarters of Jeffery Epstein, at this point.
--and suggested Jared, too!
TRUMP: IF SADDAM HUSSEIN COULD DO IT, SO CAN I !
In August, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, where one of Saddam Hussein’s primary missions was to seize Kuwait’s vast oil fields and reserves. President Bush condemned the takeover of Kuwait to run their oil fields as a “Brutal Aggression.”
And look what happened to poor old Saddam…..
Found disheveled and hungry in his hidey hole. A worthy place for trump (not capitalized out of disrespect).
I never capitalize his name either. I also like to call him “the convicted felon,” because that’s what he is!
A hidey-hole underneath the unfinished ballroom!
If only…
Now, it's the Trump Doctrine!
At last, some adult supervision. I’ll put the kettle on and await further instructions from the Crown. Anyone know where to buy powdered wigs?
I believe the good news is RFK, Jr. has placed fish and potatoes at the top of the food pyramid
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I'll but a can of Pepsi instead. Instructions from the Crown? Not so much.
Not interested in exchanging one bozo for another!
Thank you for the urgently needed humor!! 🥲🥲
Great news! Perhaps the Tower of London could be the Mar-a-Lago of the British Isles, renamed the Trump Tower of London, in honor of the soon to be “dethroned” former president/king.
Oooooo, me likey!
Jolly good, Andy!
Thank you for supporting independent bookstores! We need to stop giving our money to He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named! Malignant weasel indeed. I laughed out loud. Oh Andy. What would we do without you?
I'M SURPRISED THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE US!
Andy, again, I laughed out loud. Thank you. Who knows?! Maybe after this fiasco known as 47, the USA will switch to a ceremonial head of state. I look forward to watching and listening to Congress conducts themselves as Parliament.
Maybe not having a parliamentary form of government was one of the first mistakes the founders made? We might be holding elections right now under such a system.
My concern is Congress as it is these days. This may be rude of me and I apologize ahead of time if it is, but it seems Congress is filled with a bunch of people who are making more than they ever imagined, with a benefit package that is even more unimaginable and thus, they will do anything, and I mean ANYTHING, to hold onto this dream come true. Hell, they will protect probable pedophiles and traffickers and allow our tax dollars to be used for vengeance gigs. Stunning.
Thomas Paine said the same thing essentially in Common Sense...we are paying people while they do all of us harm.
Thank you, L Mac, I was unfamiliar with this line.
I believe we could all use a teach in on this document. I have not known the document and am reading it now. The National Constitution Center was scheduled to do a town hall on it just a few days ago, but for some reason the event was "postponed" just hours before it was scheduled. I suspect the regime is going after this organization as they've gone after all civic and educational institutions founded by Congress years and years ago. Of course it may just be that someone had a medical or other emergency. Maybe we will know eventually. Go to the website for the National Constitution Center. You can find all kinds of documents there including Common Sense.
Thank you. Years ago, I walked through the Natl Constitution Center years ago. There was an exhibit on the prohibition and the efforts that were made to reverse it. It was great!
I think there is another motivation that infects most semi-permanent residents of the Capitol. They seriously enjoy making rules for other people (and creating exceptions for themselves) - some even believe their god has appointed them. All the more reason for serious term limits on the whole lot.
Oh wow, D! I had forgotten the current speaker alluded to divine intervention resulting in his ascendency to speaker. Chilling!
AND, yes, there are far too many exceptions for Congress on laws they pass for other organizations.
Great reply, thank you.
Two new rules would go a long way towards remedying that: 1) Ban insider trading and 2) No more Cadillac health insurance; make them choose only from plans available to their constituents.
Hi Oak, I agree on the health care. It can remain a Cadillac plan as long as it is available to all at the same cost.
I waver on insider trading because I do not know how to enact it. Of course, I’m against it. My fear is if a Congress person’s spouse, adult son or daughter works in the investment world, how do we monitor this?
Why not the same way it's supposed to work for the president: put investments in a blind trust that is not controlled by the member of Congress or their spouse or kids. I know Donnie hasn't done that even though he's required to, so the bill would have to include actionable and effective enforcement, i.e., set a deadline for divestment and enforce it by removing offenders from office who don't comply.
Unless we remove this insider trading incentive we will always have reps who vote for policies that boost their own investments and rig the stock market against their constituents while doing nothing to serve the country's best interests. They also end up supporting any business or special interest that's donated lots of money for their campaigns. It's a recipe for rampant corruption.
I have been polite most of my life. Rude sounds good to me
Rude? No apologies needed Mary; you hit the nail on the head.
Thank you, F G.
That is exactly what I've been thinking and saying. We might do better if we could hold elections when obviously needed.
Hear hear!
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congress conduct themselves ???? now that's funny
--and, yet, tragic!
Ok but I want coffee, not tea. And do we have to drive on the wrong side of the road?
True that.
So many new things to learn; bumpershoot is an umbrella, a flat is an apartment, and crisps are potato chips . . . but it sounds like a fun adventure. I'm in!
Isn't it bumberchute? Anyway, just don't make me drink tea instead of coffee.
I do coffee in the am, tea in the pm.
And the metric system. Lord help us all.
it's OK, Gary - fear not . . . learning new skills keeps our minds active and engaged
But my mind is still active and engaged with everything that happened before disco. How do I catch up, let alone keep up with sillymeters and instograms?
one day at a time :)
I still have a slight twitch whenever the metric system is brought up. In high school, I was one of the students who taught it to other students. It was interesting, so many glazed over eyes! And then, after all that learning I did and then teaching, it was all for naught! Dang it. Oh well, it was a story I can remember and share. Ha!
Eeek, driving on the the left side of the road is the scariest thing‼️🫨