Ha! I actually had a hard time wording my comment because of all the double-entendré in this story.

It makes absolutely no sense that his gun just “went off.” He had no business carrying a loaded gun in the first place. And he just happened to have the safety off and what, it fell out of his pocket and into his hand?

My exact thought was “shot-sized? But that’ll only hold... a shot.”

Starred then remembered I already turned 43 this fall. Oops.

My poor mom is in the same boat. She and my dad just bought a new house that has an in-law suite. She said she’s going to hang out in it watching CNN all day. Because my insane right-wing dad can’t deal and banned it.

Took me a minute but lol! “That’s why they call it a ‘way homer’.” “Why’s that, Glen?” “Because you only get it on the way home!” — Raising Arizona

Is there ever a point where someone says, “okay I think I have enough money now. Time to settle down”? I don’t know, with all the focus on wealth inequality lately I’ve been giving this a lot of thought. Granted, there’s a good chance Trump isn’t worth nearly as much as he’d like us to believe. But he and his spawn…

Lol at my 7 am reading comprehension, yikes.

Trampolines flip?!?! I’m out!

Yeah I think I’m about over the trampoline idea now. The insurance would be annoying, sure, but someone mentioned spinal injuries and that finished me off. Maybe I’ll get them a badminton set instead.

My mom got a titanium knee this fall and I admit to some jealousy.

Seriously? We were thinking about getting a trampoline for our kids this spring. Most of the ones I’ve looked at claim to have all kinds of safety features but maybe they don’t make much difference. I noticed you’re not the only anti-trampoline commenter, maybe I need to rethink this?

Right? At least yours had the back blocked off, we wandered right into ours! Fortunately my son’s about as dense as I was at his age.

Did Spencer’s always have vibrators? My 12 y.o. son and I were there recently and I was surprised by some of the sexytime products. I didn’t remember vibrators for sale but I wasn’t the sharpest kid, so...

Oh look at those boys, I love them!! And I love the idea of seafaring tabbies, maybe in Viking boats, battling sea serpents. You have the Simpsons in the UK, right? If not, what i said about Robey’s baby with one eyebrow must have seemed very strange!

Wow, you don’t live in PA do you? Your Ollie looks just like this cat that comes to visit us. Well not so much visit as talk to my cats through the window. My guys are indoors and you can just tell Visiting Cat lords it over them. We call him Robey’s baby with one eyebrow. Here’s Robey, ask Ollie if he knows him ;)

“He revels in this image of himself as an outsider who is giving a big middle finger to the system.”
So emotionally he’s on par with a 14 y.o. kid with a lip piercing and a skateboard*? That’s reassuring.
n.b. I am old so replace lip ring and skateboard with whatever the youngsters do to rebel these…

Ooh thanks, good to know. Toomey can be a tool but I still feel like he’s relatively sane. Or can be sometimes. Here’s something weird though: I read a post once that said it’s better to send a fax than a letter, because letters have to be tested for things like anthrax. Which takes a while. That can’t still be right.…

Right? Am I misunderstanding something or are these indeed two separate things? It’s good news either way, but...

Exactly, I just feel like my voice won’t be heard the way it would have been even a year ago. I know in the fall you could find lists of donations they needed, like sleeping bags, heavy coats, random stuff you might actually have around the house, even cigarettes, etc. But - and this is embarrassing - if I had the…