Above and beyond. Do you have any idea how hard it is to put a second pair of socks over the first pair?? To say nothing about that third pair over the other two. The upside of that request is that members of the Cabinet will spend so much time getting dressed in the morning that it will cut hours off their attempts to screw over their agencies. Works for me.
"You bet your bippy" (often expanded to "you bet your sweet bippy") is an informal expression meaning "you can be absolutely certain that something is true or will happen". It was popularized by the late 1960s television show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. The word "bippy" is a nonsense word, possibly referring to a butt, that was used to create a funny-sounding phrase with an unspecified meaning.
Thank you for expanding my understanding, Alan. My memories from when I was younger are pretty spotty. As I understood it, "bippy" was supposed to have an unspecified meaning that persuaded your mind to go where censors wouldn't allow them to say on air.
I rewatched an episode the other day and honestly? I think it was a slice of the life, craziness and goofiness of its era but now its appeal is sort of, “well, you had to be there”. My folks loved it, so I loved it too. But it wouldn’t catch on these days, I don’t think.
It's easy: just nest one sock inside the other and pull them both on together. But this is the sort of problem-solving that's apparently beyond the abilities of our leadership nowadays.
(Psst, Anathema, you're talking common sense, something that wouldn't occur to trump. The sad part is that it seems not to have occurred to the TBR clan either. Please don't tell them I said this. But if someone sees this and comes after me, I'll have to admit that it hadn't occurred to me either.)
Ha! These are the kinds of skills we young-uns learned when making our own Halloween costumes back in the day. There were no Halloween stores selling fancy pre-made costumes - and we didn't have any money anyway. It was use whatever was in your closet (or more likely your parents' closets, or the attic or the basement). Good times, good times...
Thank you for the reminder Anathema Addams! My mother dressed me up as a small Gypsy one year and it was AWESOME. I wanted to wear it everyday. I don't know where she found everything, but I'm pretty sure there was some sewing involved. She let me wear her sterling bracelet. Wow.
Beyond mine too, Anathema. I got stuck on how to not get the seams stacked one on top of the other such that walking would scrape the skin off your toes. I think maybe the two inner socks would need to be inside out. I'll try it some day when I have absolutely nothing better to do.
these are REEL ;-) men they don't need no stinking Chapstick. . . they would walk over coals, poop without toilet paper, shower without soap, heart transplant without anesthetics-what's few extra socks-whatever he says-lol*
oh, my dear Kathy, I like the way you think - yes, the psychophants would do anything for their dear lord and master . . . let's remember this in the voting booth!! (It is both funny and sad)
I finally found some that are doable, and actually come with instructions on how to put them on. They are wool and they are very comfortable. That said, since trump doesn't know how to read. (PS, I'll share the instructions if you want.)
That's the most unique and kindest offer I've had in a long time, but I've done it enough times now to have the knack down pat. But I'm going to consider you a "silk stocking sister".
My pleasure, Susan. This is directly from the sock label:
1. Slide your hand and wrist into the sock with your palm and the sole of the sock facing upward until the heel of your hand meets the heel of the sock.
2. Pull the leg of the sock inside out and away from you, leaving just the foot of the sock on your hand.
3. Flip your hand over so your palm and the foot of the sock is facing downward, then slide your foot into the foot of the sock, sole to sole.
4. Peel the leg of the sock over your heel and calf.
(Personal note: make sure you get your foot all the way to the toe of the sock, so heel is starting to come up your leg.)
I had a bit of a learning curve, and I've actually only done it once, but once you understand the procedure I think it works well. It would probably be a good idea to watch the video. I plan to do that next time I need to wear those socks. Good luck!
I saw a meme in Jay Kuo's Saturday newsletter that had a photo of a hammer being taken to the back of a hand, ostensibly by a MAGA type. It was a tea-spitting moment. 🤣
A senior Israeli cybersecurity official working directly under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was arrested in Las Vegas for soliciting a child for sex. The Trump Administration is complicit in 1) whisking the official out of the country and 2) arranging for his state-based attorney. Netanyahu denied he was arrested, except the arrest warrant says otherwise. A Trump-picked advisor defends the Israeli official.
I’m surprised that diplomatic immunity doesn’t seem to have been used as an excuse. Not that the Israeli official was entitled to that blanket defense, but it wouldn’t be the first time the truth was advantageously twisted.
Yeah, Trump is healthy. Sure he is.......... unless you happen to be a medical professional (that would be me) who can look at the minimal physical evidence we have and easily conclude that Chump's health is precarious. Who is the physician who did his annual physical at Walter Reed and purportedly said that Chump is in "great health"?? Those swollen ankles signal some type of systemic vascular problem or perhaps lymphedema. Chronic Venous Insufficiency ( ???) or maybe, the beginning of right sided heart failure? Either way Chump's vascular system is compromised. Maybe he has a chronic problem with getting arterial blood to his brain. Now THAT would explain alot !!
Yes. He should do what my diabetic and sedentary grandmother did in her dotage: Sit in a comfy chair in the living room, raise your feet on an ottoman, and tune in to your favorite soap operas. She would regularly send her dutiful husband across the street to the supermarket for provisions. If he wanted to eat, he complied with "La Señora's" requests.
yes, he's putting his name on everything, but actually, that will be extremely helpful for the next administration, when they reverse all the damage (or as much as possible) ConOLD has done.
Doc- I assume the hand bruises are from intravenous something. What could that be?
All I know is that if I ate all that crappy food, drank dozens of diet drinks, and didn’t exercise, I’d have been dead years ago. No such luck here. He’s the poster child of “only the good die young”.
NO! Heavy wool bandages taped to where his L. & R. ears used to be after being SHOT OFF in recent days prior to, you know, Labor Day, on the golf course? Those huge muffly, scratchy ones they leave on permanently?????
Some of his damned fool veteran supporters have already given him their Purple Hearts! They are a damned embarrassment to those of us who served honorably…
absolutely! But then, tRump is best at that . . . being an embarrassment. I'm loving the fact that he's snarking on X about not being invited to the dictator parade.
How interesting! Late in life he is working on a way to get into Paradise, hoping the Stigmata will help. There is another place too, even easier to get in, down below, he should try for that, he may even meet his old friend Epstein there
Yep, it was the fashion during the '60s/'70s. Trump would definitely re-brand them because the association with peace and love is anathema to his sensibilities, such as they are.
😅 Nice! But I get the feeling his homophobic PR people might stop him from using “bottoms” as part of part of the new name… despite allowing trump’s apparently oblivious love for the Village People and “YMCA” go unchecked. 😉
Have you ever worn bell bottoms? Maybe I’m just a klutz but I used to trip on them all the time. I sure would hate to see shitler trip on his pants at the top of the stairs coming out of Air Force One. 🤭
Sort of like his fans wearing ear diapers! Next we'll be seeing all of his supporters wearing lots of socks and bell-bottom jeans at his rallies (if he's well enough to go to them).
Unfortunately, the Project 2025 crowd is too invested in destroying the Federal Government to allow a minor incident like the end of the charmed life of their public face to get in their way. It would save them from the necessity of telling him: "You're fired!" when his nonsensical babbling becomes so obvious that even a MAGA devotee might recognize it.
while I think Jay Deviance thinks he can handle the job, he'll be curled up, fetal position, thumb in mouth, using a couch cushion as a woobie, drooling on himself.
Trump’s cankles mysteriously appeared one day after he loosened his belt and his skin fell down around his ankles, a condition doctors call Trump Rearrangement Syndrome.
Above and beyond. Do you have any idea how hard it is to put a second pair of socks over the first pair?? To say nothing about that third pair over the other two. The upside of that request is that members of the Cabinet will spend so much time getting dressed in the morning that it will cut hours off their attempts to screw over their agencies. Works for me.
The new slogan for the Cabinet: "Sock it to me". 🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦🧦
(Apologies to Rowan & Martin)
very interestink!
...but stupid
LOL
Are we moving on to bippy’s? Earth-shattering show!
How about the Fickled Finger of Fate award? Oh, I can think of a few I would like to see rewarded....
Or just the finger. Anything more complicated and they'd need pictures to understand.
excellent!
that's what tRump should get instead of the Nobel Peace Prize!
Not any prize for Trump!
Misia -- yes, you bet your bippy! Btw, from their stellar cast, Lilly Tomlin, Jo Anne Worley and Goldie Hawn are still gracing our planet.
Escuse me, but what I remember is "you bet your sweet bippy". I absolutely loved that show, and probably still would today.
Susan -- we're both correct!
"You bet your bippy" (often expanded to "you bet your sweet bippy") is an informal expression meaning "you can be absolutely certain that something is true or will happen". It was popularized by the late 1960s television show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. The word "bippy" is a nonsense word, possibly referring to a butt, that was used to create a funny-sounding phrase with an unspecified meaning.
And I totally agree it was a hilarious show.
Thank you for expanding my understanding, Alan. My memories from when I was younger are pretty spotty. As I understood it, "bippy" was supposed to have an unspecified meaning that persuaded your mind to go where censors wouldn't allow them to say on air.
I rewatched an episode the other day and honestly? I think it was a slice of the life, craziness and goofiness of its era but now its appeal is sort of, “well, you had to be there”. My folks loved it, so I loved it too. But it wouldn’t catch on these days, I don’t think.
It probably wouldn't catch on with younger folks today, but for us old folks who were around then, it would be a wonderful trip down memory lane.
me too! :-) !!
You bet your sweet bippy!
You have joyously reclaimed your trophy, Love.
I had faith it would happen. lol
If only....
🙀
It's easy: just nest one sock inside the other and pull them both on together. But this is the sort of problem-solving that's apparently beyond the abilities of our leadership nowadays.
(Psst, Anathema, you're talking common sense, something that wouldn't occur to trump. The sad part is that it seems not to have occurred to the TBR clan either. Please don't tell them I said this. But if someone sees this and comes after me, I'll have to admit that it hadn't occurred to me either.)
Ha! These are the kinds of skills we young-uns learned when making our own Halloween costumes back in the day. There were no Halloween stores selling fancy pre-made costumes - and we didn't have any money anyway. It was use whatever was in your closet (or more likely your parents' closets, or the attic or the basement). Good times, good times...
I'm so glad you brought this up. I'd just about forgotten about concocting our own costumes.
Thank you for the reminder Anathema Addams! My mother dressed me up as a small Gypsy one year and it was AWESOME. I wanted to wear it everyday. I don't know where she found everything, but I'm pretty sure there was some sewing involved. She let me wear her sterling bracelet. Wow.
Some of us never learned those skills. The only thing I remember about Halloween is wearing the witch costume my mother had as a kid.
If only we had the powers along with the costume....
At the risk of sounding sappy, we had our imaginations - and those are super-powers.
Common sense is increasingly rare.
Would it work if they pulled the sock combo over their heads--or were forcible
shoved down over them?
How about down their lying throats?
The ultimate "gag-worthy"!
Isn’t everything!!?
Beyond mine too, Anathema. I got stuck on how to not get the seams stacked one on top of the other such that walking would scrape the skin off your toes. I think maybe the two inner socks would need to be inside out. I'll try it some day when I have absolutely nothing better to do.
Science in action! It makes sense that an anti-science regime would not know how to go about this.
Sandra ~ your comment made me think of the bread bags and winter boots dance too! Ah, good times. Kids will never know these joys!!
I need more verbiage on that one, Annette Never wore winter boots and our bread came in a paper bag. Your comment does not compute. :-))
LOL - I'm 67 and from Western New York.
Maybe it would work with long protest marches?
the thought of three pair of socks with KaroLIE's slingbacks has me in a fit of giggles
Annette -- I assume you're referring to Karolie the sock puppet. 🤔
complete with faux gold cross!! Anathema mentioned Halloween costumes - there's one for you! LOL
We need real silver crosses to ward off the Trump regime!
that's why KaroLIE wears cheap gold, or she'd burn her skin and self-combust!
Bullshit Barbie, you mean?
Har
Imagine Kristi Noem in them with pictures of puppies on them!
Oh! The visuals!
THAT is too funny, John . . . I imagine she also has a pair of socks with shotguns on them too. RIP Cricket
well he has them bending over to kiss his ass-it wouldn't that hard to put extra socks on
Kathy, there is NOT enough Chapstick in the world to do that!!
these are REEL ;-) men they don't need no stinking Chapstick. . . they would walk over coals, poop without toilet paper, shower without soap, heart transplant without anesthetics-what's few extra socks-whatever he says-lol*
(*but it's not really as funny as sad)
oh, my dear Kathy, I like the way you think - yes, the psychophants would do anything for their dear lord and master . . . let's remember this in the voting booth!! (It is both funny and sad)
It's their most-used exercise, so far!
excellent
let him wear sup hose and have to put them on without help. i see a stroke coming on
Especially if you can't reach your feet.
It's putting on those compression stockings that's hard, no matter what you pair them with. I'd pay money to watch him put those on.
I finally found some that are doable, and actually come with instructions on how to put them on. They are wool and they are very comfortable. That said, since trump doesn't know how to read. (PS, I'll share the instructions if you want.)
That's the most unique and kindest offer I've had in a long time, but I've done it enough times now to have the knack down pat. But I'm going to consider you a "silk stocking sister".
Thank you, Barbara. I'm always happy to have a good sister, of whatever kind.
I'd like to know please.
My pleasure, Susan. This is directly from the sock label:
1. Slide your hand and wrist into the sock with your palm and the sole of the sock facing upward until the heel of your hand meets the heel of the sock.
2. Pull the leg of the sock inside out and away from you, leaving just the foot of the sock on your hand.
3. Flip your hand over so your palm and the foot of the sock is facing downward, then slide your foot into the foot of the sock, sole to sole.
4. Peel the leg of the sock over your heel and calf.
(Personal note: make sure you get your foot all the way to the toe of the sock, so heel is starting to come up your leg.)
There is a video at SockwellUSA.com
I had a bit of a learning curve, and I've actually only done it once, but once you understand the procedure I think it works well. It would probably be a good idea to watch the video. I plan to do that next time I need to wear those socks. Good luck!
Thank you.
You are welcome!
I saw a meme in Jay Kuo's Saturday newsletter that had a photo of a hammer being taken to the back of a hand, ostensibly by a MAGA type. It was a tea-spitting moment. 🤣
Trump got that bruise by being slapped continuously by Melania!
<golf clap>
--but not enough hours.
Not only that, but getting your shoes on once you have managed the three-sock maneuver.
Ah, yes. The shoe part. Another hour down the tubes, so to speak.
To say nothing of the fact that they're all going to have to go out and buy bigger shoes.
--to match their clumsy, flat-footed approach to government!
And they will have to buy all new shoes…
ah, but . . . tariffs!
AWESOME!!!
Kristie Noem asked if she can just fill her stockings with beige hair extensions. But she is willing to do whatever her president asks.
A senior Israeli cybersecurity official working directly under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was arrested in Las Vegas for soliciting a child for sex. The Trump Administration is complicit in 1) whisking the official out of the country and 2) arranging for his state-based attorney. Netanyahu denied he was arrested, except the arrest warrant says otherwise. A Trump-picked advisor defends the Israeli official.
https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/trump-picked-advisor-defends-israeli
How many pairs of socks was he wearing?
Black socks, trench coat and not much else…I believe they caught him red handed…
Probably had a hot button in the trench coat
--with nothing on underneath!
Underneath the socks?
Trench coat and black socks - with sandals!
<snort laugh>
My muse:-)
AND, ahem..were they the triple strength compression socks, those long, skinny zippered ones, kinda pinkish-colored ones?
Zippers! Yikes, like the prosthetic condoms?
holy moly!
--guacamole!
We're tawkin PINCH!
they have alternative facts
Pedophilia will be a requirement to work in this administration, if it isn't already.
I’m surprised that diplomatic immunity doesn’t seem to have been used as an excuse. Not that the Israeli official was entitled to that blanket defense, but it wouldn’t be the first time the truth was advantageously twisted.
Hahaha! 😆 😂
Yeah, Trump is healthy. Sure he is.......... unless you happen to be a medical professional (that would be me) who can look at the minimal physical evidence we have and easily conclude that Chump's health is precarious. Who is the physician who did his annual physical at Walter Reed and purportedly said that Chump is in "great health"?? Those swollen ankles signal some type of systemic vascular problem or perhaps lymphedema. Chronic Venous Insufficiency ( ???) or maybe, the beginning of right sided heart failure? Either way Chump's vascular system is compromised. Maybe he has a chronic problem with getting arterial blood to his brain. Now THAT would explain alot !!
Yes. He should do what my diabetic and sedentary grandmother did in her dotage: Sit in a comfy chair in the living room, raise your feet on an ottoman, and tune in to your favorite soap operas. She would regularly send her dutiful husband across the street to the supermarket for provisions. If he wanted to eat, he complied with "La Señora's" requests.
That was the way to do it back then.
Can someone please report that doctor to the AMA. I do not mean you Mr. Luce.
Of course I thought the same thing with Trump One.
Wait - does the AMA still exist?
The AMA still exists primarily to ensure that the USA will never have Medicare for all, socialized medicine or any other form of health care for all.
Sure it does, but it had been renamed the Trump Medical Association.
yes, he's putting his name on everything, but actually, that will be extremely helpful for the next administration, when they reverse all the damage (or as much as possible) ConOLD has done.
I'm sure Jay Deviance loading up his hamberders and fries with extra salt isn't helping either.
From your mouth to God's ear!
Doc- I assume the hand bruises are from intravenous something. What could that be?
All I know is that if I ate all that crappy food, drank dozens of diet drinks, and didn’t exercise, I’d have been dead years ago. No such luck here. He’s the poster child of “only the good die young”.
Yes. I had the same thing from getting IVs in the back of my hand.
As a fun little prank, J. D. was caught adding a bit of his own saved toe fungus into his boss's socks.
The whole "Trump Thing" needs a lot of explaining!
Can I take the bandage off my ear now?
<snort laugh>
NO! Heavy wool bandages taped to where his L. & R. ears used to be after being SHOT OFF in recent days prior to, you know, Labor Day, on the golf course? Those huge muffly, scratchy ones they leave on permanently?????
No, you have to put it in your cankle socks.
Must be those old bone spurs acting up. Next he'll award himself a Purple Heart for his draft-dodging injury.
Don’t give him ideas.
Some of his damned fool veteran supporters have already given him their Purple Hearts! They are a damned embarrassment to those of us who served honorably…
absolutely! But then, tRump is best at that . . . being an embarrassment. I'm loving the fact that he's snarking on X about not being invited to the dictator parade.
--when his own parade was such a bust!
I love and respect our military and their families, but I'm very impressed by the automans in PRC.
He is looking so weak!
It’s a cult
And as one, the entire cabinet emptied their sock drawers, babbled incoherently and reminisced fondly about Jeffrey Epstein.
Your stories and the delightful comments make my mornings!
Only the repugs in the cabinet…
Would that Miss Leavitt would swathe any of her humungous crosses in tube socks as well. Well put, Andy!
Or that we could place an XXXL size tube sock over Ms. Leavitt's head.
can we please ensure it's not a clean sock? Pretty please?
No problem, it’s from the Chief
--previously worn by unjustly caged migrants in Alligator Alcatraz?
SNORTING. Thank you!
They'd have to be fireproof.
Those socks US made?
Ofc not
I doubt that socks have been made in th U.S. since Reagan.
“Darned Tough”—made in VT
Zkano socks- Ft Payne, Alabama
No, in China, where they have put in tiny spying microchips/microphones if not
a bit of extra squeeze.
China.
The Cabinet members already have the lying down pat.
I am waiting for Trump to bring up stigmata as a possible explanation for hand discoloration.
Let the Orange King wear a crown of thorns! Please! Dear Leader should be shown to suffer on occasion.
At least the stupid red hats would be gone!
How interesting! Late in life he is working on a way to get into Paradise, hoping the Stigmata will help. There is another place too, even easier to get in, down below, he should try for that, he may even meet his old friend Epstein there
I believe Satan Miller has already arranged for Trump’s golden ticket to the hottest afterlife option.
<guffaw>
The damage would be to the forearm just above the wrist.
Still waiting for Trump's "come to Jesus moment".
lol
Bellbottom pants would reduce the visual effect of king size ankles
That’s it. bell bottoms as a style for MAGA loyalists. “We have met the opposition. They wear bell bottoms.”
And you don’t have to remove your shoes!
Didn't hippies used to wear bell bottoms? What a slide downward if the MAGAs start wearing them.
When I was in college, EVERYone wore them!
Yep, it was the fashion during the '60s/'70s. Trump would definitely re-brand them because the association with peace and love is anathema to his sensibilities, such as they are.
Yeah, something creative like MAGAbottoms, patriot-bottoms, no-woke-bottoms...
😅 Nice! But I get the feeling his homophobic PR people might stop him from using “bottoms” as part of part of the new name… despite allowing trump’s apparently oblivious love for the Village People and “YMCA” go unchecked. 😉
You're prob right - the ones following below are better.
Have you ever worn bell bottoms? Maybe I’m just a klutz but I used to trip on them all the time. I sure would hate to see shitler trip on his pants at the top of the stairs coming out of Air Force One. 🤭
Su-u-ure you would!
Bwahahaha
But his cankles would be well hidden! To me, him falling down the stairs from Air Force One would be a pleasant perk of the new bellbottom trend.
I'm glad someone cares! 😇
Maybe that could be stitched or painted along a bellbottom pant-leg.
😂😂😂. Yes please!!!
ugh, an image I will not be able to get out of my head now . . . Saturday Night Trump!
Excellent idea!
I didn’t see this before I commented nearly the same thing, Paul! He’d rebrand them, of course. Trump Freedom Trous or Maga Bells?
"MAGA bells"? Then the MAGA's then could be nicknamed "Ding Dongs"!
I thought they already were ;)
With bellbottoms, it would be O-fficial!
CankleBells
--but the overall ghastly visual effect of Trump would remain the same!
HAHAHA! Picturing Lumpy in bellbottoms.
100%!
“Periodically babble and fall down”….!! ❤️👍🙌👏😄
Though his off-topic babbling is more frequent than “periodic”…
--but don't they do that already?
Hilarious, Andy! Great way to start the day!
He probably didn't need to make the order. Those freaks probably did it on their own. Anything to appease the orange piece of shit.
Sort of like his fans wearing ear diapers! Next we'll be seeing all of his supporters wearing lots of socks and bell-bottom jeans at his rallies (if he's well enough to go to them).
Finally, a positive sign that this nightmare may soon be over.
or replaced by another one.
Unfortunately, the Project 2025 crowd is too invested in destroying the Federal Government to allow a minor incident like the end of the charmed life of their public face to get in their way. It would save them from the necessity of telling him: "You're fired!" when his nonsensical babbling becomes so obvious that even a MAGA devotee might recognize it.
Yup. Agent Orange is just their useful idiot. The list of "UnAmericans" around Trump is very very LONG!
try to think up a way to get rid of all of them -hegseth, rfk,Jr. Leavitt, vance
"There's no place like democracy. There's no place like democracy..."
Oh, for a pair of ruby slippers!
VOTE! It's a longtime coming but there is the hope.
while I think Jay Deviance thinks he can handle the job, he'll be curled up, fetal position, thumb in mouth, using a couch cushion as a woobie, drooling on himself.
Perhaps not so much of a slide downwards from Trump.....
Oh, my! Now *there’s* an image!
Trump’s cankles mysteriously appeared one day after he loosened his belt and his skin fell down around his ankles, a condition doctors call Trump Rearrangement Syndrome.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Good one!
If only his brain could be re-arranged! Neuriva infusions, electroshock, cranial massage...
Lobotomy.
A lobotomy has definitely been in order for years.
LOL