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I think all you need to know is that White Castle is his favorite.

It would be much more understandable, and palatable, if it were about a baby and an adoption agency.

Step aside chicken sandwich wars: Fish sandwiches are the latest weapon in a heavyweight battle among fast food chains. For a limited time, Arby's will sell a Crispy Fish Sandwich, which retails for $2.99 and King’s Hawaiian Fish Deluxe with a retail price of $3.99. The sandwich will be available from now until March 29th. During this weekend's Saturday Night Live episode, Arby's unveiled a cheeky ad designed in part to tweak competitors like McDonald's and Popeye's, which earlier this month added a Cajun Flounder Sandwich as a follow-up to wildly successful chicken sandwich. In addition to Wendy's recently debuted a Crispy Panko Fish Sandwich, replacing its traditional cod version. Normally known for its beef sandwiches, Arby's announced that consumers "who have ever settled for a disappointing fast-food fish sandwich" now have an opportunity to try their limited-edition fish sandwiches — for free. Consumers can head to the website ArbysFishCheck.com to claim a check, each for $3.79, which is the average menu price of quick-service-restaurant fish sandwiches — but only "while the vault’s still open." For those not lucky enough to score a check, Arby's is also offering a grand check prize of $379 until March 12th. “For anyone who has had second thoughts about eating a square-fish sandwich, it’s time for a fish ‘do-over,’ Arby’s chief marketing officer Patrick Schwing told Yahoo Finance — taking a pointed swipe at the Golden Arches' Filet-O-Fish, a perennial menu favorite. "That’s why we’re mailing out thousands of checks to try an Arby’s Crispy Fish Sandwich, as our fish sandwiches featuring wild-caught Alaskan Pollock continue to be one of our guests’ favorite seasonal menu offerings," Schwing added.

An Indian man was stabbed to death by his own rooster after he attached a 3-inch knife to its leg for an illegal cockfight, police said Sunday. Thangulla Satish, 45, was stabbed in the groin last week when the bird he had just armed for the fight fluttered in panic, according to police in Lothunur village in Telangana state. “Satish was hit by the rooster’s knife in his groin and started bleeding heavily,” police inspector B. Jeevan said Sunday, revealing that the victim died on his way to a local hospital. Police are now looking for over a dozen other people involved in organizing the deadly cockfight, warning that they could face up to two years in prison if found guilty. The rooster survived, with photos of it tied with a rope and pecking on grains at the police station went viral locally on social media. “We may need to produce it before the court,” Jeevan said. In the fights — banned in India in 1960 — two birds with a knife or blade attached fight until one either dies or flees. Despite the nationwide ban, they remain common in the southern Indian states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, often under the watch of powerful, local politicians with big-money bets.

Angie O'Plasty, Thora Cotomy, Di Verticulitis, and her cousin Di Verticulosis

No love for baby brother Oliver?

WHATEVER POSSESSED HER TO EVEN TRY? An ailing 73-year-old woman died while climbing the stairs to her 19th-floor apartment during a massive power outage at her Co-Op City complex in the Bronx on Friday. The woman, who emigrated from Haiti 8 years ago and worked as a home health aide until getting sick and requiring oxygen, had reached the 18th floor of her De Kruif Place building and had just one more story to go when her oxygen tank apparently gave out and she collapsed sometime around 3 p.m. She was found in the stairwell between the 18th and 19th floors. Her cause of death was under investigation, and it was possible she died from the fall. Thousands of Co-Op City residents were left without power, water and heat into early Saturday after a basement transformer caught fire Friday morning. “The damage caused by the transformer fire is extensive and will take a while to repair,” the Co-Op City Department of Public Safety tweeted at 6:30 p.m. Friday. “If there are no further incidents, we estimate that electric, water and heat services will be restored sometime late tonight or early this morning,” the tweet said. Community rooms elsewhere in the massive complex were open as warming and cell-phone-charging centers, the officials said. “The power is slowly being restored!” the officials tweeted at 11 p.m. Co-Op City is the largest co-op in the country (and presumably the world), and has its own power plant and doesn’t depend on Con Edison for power. The woman and her husband had 5 children… 4 daughters who are all teachers and a son who is a lawyer. To have had such a productive life and then die like that…IDIOTIC (and really sad). The power plant in the foreground: http://273aiv293ycr20z8q53p7o04-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/07/CC02a_CC02b.jpg

https://www.gocomics.com/the-born-loser/2021/02/27

Went to Weight Watchers camp the summer I turned 12, and have drunk skim milk ever since. Don't remember what we drank before that.

Meghan McCain responds to critics of her hair and makeup on 'The View': 'Let a b**** live!' Meghan McCain knows you're talking about her hair and makeup — but it's all in the name of experimentation. On Thursday, The View co-host addressed recent comments about her ever-changing hairstyles, ranging from sleek ponytails to curly tendril upsweeps and glittery roots, not to mention her colorful eye makeup. "People have a lot to say about me in general but in regards to my hair and makeup…" McCain tweeted. "I'm just having fun switching up, playing around and experimenting. It's COVID and I just had a baby, let a bitch live!" Earlier this month, after criticism for a super-high ponytail she achieved with hair extensions, McCain tweeted, "Can a bitch experiment with extensions and hair pieces? It's the pandemic, I don't have that much to entertain me anymore." She also called out her "incredible, talented, creative" hairstylist Carmen Currie (who also does McCain's makeup), sharing a compilation of her work on Instagram. "Thank you…for making me feel human again after giving birth!" she wrote. A Thursday interview with White House press secretary Jen Psaki elicited jokes about the TV host going to "prom" and her "soap opera hair." Though one fan called it "art." And a lighthearted Twitter thread compared McCain's eclectic hairstyles to decadent desserts such as pastries and cupcakes. Last month, McCain retweeted a screenshot of herself wearing yellow eyeshadow writing, "Can a bitch experiment with her makeup?! I liked it!" Though McCain was called a Star Trek and Real Housewife cast member, one responded that experimentation is a "simple joy" during the pandemic and that her look was on-trend. "People will always find something about you they dislike because they don’t like the policy you espouse," wrote someone else. Many joked that McCain's hairstylist was "trolling" the co-host. Currie did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Yahoo Life. As a conservative member of The View, McCain is used to defending her opinions, but she draws the line at comments about her appearance. "I hope this doesn’t come across as arrogant in any way, but I think I’m really good at talking about politics,” she said in a March episode of The View. “It’s the only thing I think I’m really good at. But I would like to talk about politics and not have every comment be about the way I look and my weight. It makes you feel weird. Men just don’t have that problem." https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/meghan-mccain-responds-critics-her-195434674.html

His Latin name was Firmus Maximus. In the grand tradition of A. Whitney Brown that would be A. Moxie Sillen, which I have to take 4 of before any dental procedure.

Dear Abby: A beautiful flower arrangement was delivered to me at my home today. While on the phone, I told my friend about the thoughtful gift and mentioned that my two cats wouldn’t leave it alone. She said, “I hope there aren’t any lilies in it!” There were, Abby — white oriental lilies. I Googled it and discovered they are very poisonous to cats, although not to other animals. When I called the florist, they claimed not to know. Thought your readers should! — Loves my Felines Dear Loves: I agree. And thank you for sharing that information. I learned from my own Google search that lilies are not the only flowers that are poisonous for pets. Azaleas, daffodils, amaryllis, chrysanthemums, tulips, oleander, hyacinth, English ivy, sago palm, cyclamen, autumn crocus, widow’s thrill, hydrangea, aloe vera, caladium, pothos, philodendron, lily of the valley, castor bean, poinsettia, asparagus fern, peace lily and corn plants can be lethal as well. Kitty lovers, be warned!

Rick Donovan fucking Matt Ramsey in The Bigger The Better. Once in Rick's role, then once in Matt's role. Then once in Rick's role, then once in Matt's role. Then once in Rick's role, then once in Matt's role. Then... Of course, I'd need to have their bodies and cocks before I'd appear (tastefully) nude on video. ?? https://www.gayforit.eu/video/853835/THE-BIGGER-THE-BETTER-Rick-Donovan-fucks-Matt-Ramsey

Connecticut cops are trying to hook a serial “seafood bandit” who allegedly snatched hundreds of dollars worth of pricey shrimp from several grocery stores, according to a report Friday. Things got fishy at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday when the thief stuffed 35 pounds of the frozen shellfish — valued at $1,100 — into a bag at the Adams IGA supermarket in Plymouth then sped off, police told the Hartford Courant. Workers at the shop didn’t notice the crook had gotten his claws on the crustaceans until after he had fled in a blue Toyota SUV with a taped-up window and no plates, police said. But the suspect — who is husky and likely in his 30s or 40s — was caught on the store’s surveillance camera footage. And cops quickly learned he’s wanted for a slew of similar thefts at grocery stores in Avon and Cheshire, Plymouth Police Capt. Edward Benecchi said. “The ‘Seafood Bandit’ I guess you could call him,” Benecchi told the paper. He said police on Thursday were preparing an arrest warrant charging the totally ‘shellfish’ guy with fourth-degree larceny. Details of the other seafood heists were not immediately clear.

Don’t get caught with your pants down — unless, of course, you need a face mask in a jiffy. A woman in South Africa avoided getting thrown out of a Pick n Pay supermarket by using her panties as a mask. Smartphone camera footage obtained by Newsflash caught the bizarre interaction in which the store guard asked the maskless woman, who was waiting with her cart of groceries in the checkout line, to put on a face mask or leave the store. Having no mask handy, the resourceful renegade objects before pausing, presumably the moment a lightbulb went off in her head. In the next moment, the cheeky customer can be seen reaching up beneath her paisley-printed skirt, then pulling her black thong underwear down her legs and up to her face, where she placed it in such a way as to cover her nose and mouth. “Happy?” she asks sarcastically. An astonished onlooker can also be heard uttering “good lord” from behind the the camera. Meanwhile, another shopper standing on line directly behind the now-pants-less woman encouraged the stunt. “Well, personally, I find it acceptable: It is a mask,” she says. “And quite frankly, I think the bacteria on your knickers is less than on the mask.” “Well done to you,” she adds with a congratulatory clap. “Brilliant.” However, internet critics weren’t so impressed. “Come on grow up. What must your family think?” asked one Facebook user, according to Newsflash. Added another, “This makes me sick. She is aware of the law worldwide. We have a serious virus and (she thinks) a G-string will save her.”

Don’t get caught with your pants down — unless, of course, you need a face mask in a jiffy. A woman in South Africa avoided getting thrown out of a Pick n Pay supermarket by using her panties as a mask. Smartphone camera footage obtained by Newsflash caught the bizarre interaction in which the store guard asked the maskless woman, who was waiting with her cart of groceries in the checkout line, to put on a face mask or leave the store. Having no mask handy, the resourceful renegade objects before pausing, presumably the moment a lightbulb went off in her head. In the next moment, the cheeky customer can be seen reaching up beneath her paisley-printed skirt, then pulling her black thong underwear down her legs and up to her face, where she placed it in such a way as to cover her nose and mouth. “Happy?” she asks sarcastically. An astonished onlooker can also be heard uttering “good lord” from behind the the camera. Meanwhile, another shopper standing on line directly behind the now-pants-less woman encouraged the stunt. “Well, personally, I find it acceptable: It is a mask,” she says. “And quite frankly, I think the bacteria on your knickers is less than on the mask.” “Well done to you,” she adds with a congratulatory clap. “Brilliant.” However, internet critics weren’t so impressed. “Come on grow up. What must your family think?” asked one Facebook user, according to Newsflash. Added another, “This makes me sick. She is aware of the law worldwide. We have a serious virus and (she thinks) a G-string will save her.”

And in the NBA... and probably the WNBA, too.

My father owned a liquor store but barely ever drank-- only on holidays, never just to have a drink. My mother drank even less often. We had a bar with the glasses & other accoutrement in the top section with a door that folded down and a shelf that jutted out when you opened the door. I used to play with that section. There was also a locked section underneath with the booze... and the key was in a shot glass in the top section. My parents were never worried about us having access. My father went to wineries when I was a kid so he could get freebies and gifts and dragged us along; the stench was so god-awful it put me off alcohol permanently. When I was old enough to go to clubs I'd order weak mixed drinks like a screwdriver with mostly OJ until I realized it was cheaper just to order a coke. I haven't even had a sip of alcohol in about 30 years... I even faked a sip of champagne at my sister's wedding. I'm a pothead, but I've never even been tipsy. When I was a teen, I emptied out a couple of mostly-empty bottles, filled them with water, added food coloring, and gave them to a friend as a 'gift', and she put them in her mom's liquor cabinet. I 'fessed up a few days later before there was any chance of an embarrassing incident. P.S. My dad's store was right around the corner from the subway stop in what is now the heart of hipster Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He (& my uncle) owned the building, which had 3 apartments over it. That property would be worth millions today... not that I'm bitter, of course. The store is a hat shop today. The store, with the subsequent owner's name, but my dad's original liquor sign:

Crayons Ready to Eat are finally here — good news if you’re a Marine Over the years U.S. Marines have inexplicably come to be dubbed Crayon Eaters. This, as Marine websites are quick to explain, is because they’re known, jokingly, as the dumbest branch of the military. Already endowed with numerous other epithets implying less-than-stellar intellect, according to Task & Purpose, U.S. Marines only recently acquired the crayon-eater moniker. “When I was in the Marine Corps we were not crayon eaters,” Frank Manteau, a former infantryman who served from 1995 until 2002, told Task & Purpose. “We were not crayon eaters. We were jarheads, grunts, ground pounders, bullet sponges.” After all, munching on waxy drawing implements is normally the province of toddlers. The Marine version has spawned memes galore, as Operation Military Kids and other websites have explored fully. “The various military branches (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, etc.) all observe a friendly inter-service rivalry,” the website Operation Military Kids notes. “It is common within the different branches of the military to have friendly rivalries that feature a wide assortment of stereotypes, some more true than others. After years of facing ridicule for being the most illiterate of all the branches, most Marines have accepted their connection to eating crayons.” They also have a reputation for being quick to fight, which can lend a brute-force vibe not assisted by nicknames such as Devil Dog and Leatherneck. Now, though, the nickname and the corps’ combat-ready rations known as Meals Ready to Eat have converged into a new venture —one involving triangular crayons, and chocolate. Crayons Ready to Eat have arrived. Teaming up with dessert chef Cassandra Gordon, Manteau and his partner have perfected the ultimate colorful, writable, yet chocolate crayon. Triangular shaped — to differentiate them from an actual crayon — the multicolored sticks, though made of chocolate, sport names like Jarhead Red, Squid Blue, Dawg Face Green, Flyboy Yellow, Puddle Pirate Orange and Space Cadet White. You can also write or color with it, the site assures its visitors. This is the second stab at attempting an edible Marine crayon, as Task & Purpose noted. They are not to be confused with the edible crayons made by Corps veteran Tashina Coronel, owner of Okashi Sweets, who had been plying her wares back in August but whose website now seems defunct. But the two ventures do share the same esthetic. “The crayons started as an inside joke between services,” Coronel told Military Times last August. “It was actually a jab at Marines from other services, trying to make fun of us. But as Marines, we can laugh along with them and own it as our own.”