493 - Giant Radioactive Racists, Irish Marsupials, and Silver Hornets

[9:42 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

You hear the one about the giant radioactive rat?

[9:43 AM] 

What's the one about the giant radioactive rat?

[9:44 AM]  Mr. Brown: 

It's very big and very active on the pirate radio scene

[9:46 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

The mayor of a big city has a terrible rat problem, rats everywhere, so he calls the best exterminator around to meet in front of the courthouse.  They meet and the exterminator goes into the truck and pulls out a large crate and opens it to release a giant radioactive rat into the city.  The mayor panics. "That'll just make it worse!"  So the exterminator says “I'll come back in a week. You got no rats, you can pay me then”.
Week later
They meet up, mayor says "well you did it, no more rats! you rid the city of them!"  so the exterminator says "anything else i can help with?"  Mayor says "yeah, you got a giant radioactive black guy we can try?"

[9:55 AM] 

Oooooooo

[9:56 AM]  Mr. McGreen: 

Thank you, thank you, *adjusts tie*

[9:56 AM]  Mr. Brown: 

That is racist and I'm leaving. Goodbye

lol

[9:57 AM] 

"I'm here all mid 20^th century, folks!"

[9:57 AM]  Mr. Brown: 

heheh

In the America of today, that offends me

Cry cry

You must change it

“Ok, do you have a giant radioactive Kim Jon Un?”

[9:58 AM] 

Yes...say something decent...like Giant Radioactive Republican or something

[9:58 AM]  Mr. Brown: 

That's even better

[9:58 AM] 

I looked up a gerrymandering analysis last night.

The conservative end of the conclusion, the US house is over-represented by 16-17 Republicans from gerrymandering theft of seats.

Basically all the so-called "battleground" states are rigged

Democrats are guilty of 3 of the 26 clearly gerrymandered states.  It was only finally limited to 26 because it was just harder to be sure much the parties (ok, Republicans) have cheated on the many remaining states in the study. 

But the Democrat big 3 are Maryland, and two wee New England states

Basically no political impact at the Federal level

(since this discussion, and in spite of all the efforts of the Party of Cheating, the reaction to Trumpism was so bad that Democrats took 40 seats in the House – Mr. Silver)

So...yeah...Giant Radioactive Republican please.

[10:11 AM]  Mr. Blue: 

How the hell did possums get here?

The only marsupial in the Americas

[10:15 AM] 

Only surviving

Marsupial is a very old mammal strategy...Australia was isolated.  So...they kept going.

[10:17 AM]  Mr. Blue: 

I see

Yeah, it looks like they even originated in the Americas

moved everywhere when everything was connected, were wiped out of NA, then Panama reconnected and they migrated back from SA

[10:20 AM]  Mr. Brown: 

it's O'possum

[10:21 AM] 

"Migrating in ancient days from what is now modern Ireland, the O'Possums are an ornery bunch who love alcohol, potatoes, and a good scrap now and then."

"Breed like possums, too."

[12:28 PM]  Mr. Oleo: 

Hey Mr. Silver, would you mind covering Pete's shift on (project)?

[12:28 PM] 

Ok

[12:37 PM]  Mr. Oleo: 

I appreciate it, Mr. Silver. I knew your nickname was 'ol dependable' for a reason.

[12:40 PM] 

Is it?

Damn

Was hoping for something that sounded less like a horse or geyser

[12:41 PM]  Mr. Oleo: 

or a geyser horse

[12:41 PM] 

Diet...depends on the horse's diet for that one...

Ick

[12:42 PM]  Mr. Oleo: 

I learned that the hard way as a youngling when I fed my neighbors horse too many crab apples.

[12:42 PM] 

oops

[12:43 PM]  Mr. Oleo: 

On the bright side, his grass was very well fertilized.

[12:43 PM] 

heh

No one wanted to picnic on it, I'm sure

[12:45 PM]  Mr. Oleo: 

That, they did not.

[12:49 PM] 

I was really hoping to find out it was something cool, like "The Silver Hornet" 

(Pink Panther movie joke if you don't get the reference)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V2V5tes6YY

[12:55 PM]  Mr. Oleo: 

lol

That doesn't seem too reliable though

[12:56 PM] 

Heh

I always wondered if they kept that thing in a movie museum someplace.  Who but Clouseau would customize a superhero car out of a piece of junk like a Citroen?

[1:50 PM]  Mr. Brown: 

nice car

BAt i mean silver i mean what was that ugh

[2:11 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

my mom bought a new car

as a retirement gift to herself i guess

first brand new car since probably like 93

[2:11 PM] 

What she get?  I know not a Silver Hornet

[2:11 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

silver jeep cherokee

[2:12 PM] 

"Jeep Cherokee" is the native American word for Hornet

[2:13 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

salesman asked "how long do you plan on having it?"

"uhh.. until i die?"

[2:14 PM] 

heh

Interesting question

"Any chance I could buy it off of you when you are done?"

[2:16 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

It was actually the one the salesman had been driving

but it's a 2018

they were trying to sell 2017s that were gently used but she wanted newer

he was like "well... mine's newer.."

he even had to clear his gym stuff out of it

There's so much technology in new cars but it's just something that'll break

Lights that point out to the sides when you open doors to get out... touch screen... auto start... buncha numbers on the dash i don't even know what they mean

buttons all over the steering wheel.. USB ports and shit

[2:20 PM] 

Mainly shit...

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdI2HwGS38uZgjzmWGZOOB7TkOxb-sARiU3zswyVJynT35unfNKbf4iyo-ZucumeV4B9KtrQvhuR9R0YkKB0cNtXKIqHHqkGB5cyJxE7beKF38Ak9D6kvMFA7EvCoHKaj5-xQ-CKjZV_0/s200/SpeedRacer49.jpg

(Blue's Mom) "Which one puts it in submarine mode?"

[2:22 PM]  Mr. Brown: 

i have lots of buttons in my ford

[2:22 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

i want few buttons, and i want all analog

[2:22 PM] 

What was that super expensive sports one with the retro spy dash with mechanical toggle switches and stuff you liked, Mr. Blue?

[2:22 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

oh yeah

The Pagani Zonda

https://www.netcarshow.com/pagani/2009-zonda_r/1280x960/wallpaper_1a.htm

https://www.netcarshow.com/pagani/2009-zonda_r/1280x960/wallpaper_12.htm

looks like a soviet MiG on the inside

[2:26 PM]  Mr. Brown: 

you can get cars with an analog clock too

[2:27 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

VWs, weirdly, have basically a wrist watch without straps in the middle of the dash

[2:27 PM] 

hehe...it has a red "fire" button.

[2:27 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

lol didn't even notice that

is that to GET a fire or is that.. in CASE of fire i wonder

[2:29 PM] 

Cigarette and Pursuit Vehicle Lighter

"This have a cigarette lighter?"

"You'll have to stand by the nozzle on the rear bumper."

[2:30 PM]  Mr. Blue:

heh

"interior air" it's just either on or off

"you warm?"

"yeah a little.."

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XiJzLfxWooo/hqdefault.jpg

[2:31 PM]  Mr. Brown: 

engage “brake” flip switch

[2:31 PM] 

:)

Wonder what the two "maps" dials do

[2:32 PM]  Mr. Brown: 

wiper speed lol

[2:32 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

not sure

maybe controls something on the dash cluster

[2:33 PM] 

http://www.monstershack.net/reviews/full/gfx/fugalien/spacespeed.jpg

[2:33 PM]  Mr. Blue: 

lol

[2:42 PM] 

This got buried in a topic I couldn't follow yesterday:

https://www.afsupply.com/media/wysiwyg/infortis/brands/american-standard.png

Is it me or does their trademarked name actually say: "Americam Stamdard"?

(keep seeing it on the urinal top...was bugging my subconscious so I looked closer)

Those look nothing like Ns - print or cursive