The diner where I grew up (rural Montana so, yes, THE diner) made the mistake of having 2 sizes of straws - one for milkshakes and one for sodas. If you stick one straw into the other and blow, the smaller straw will travel remarkably far. I show that trick whenever I can.

Part 2 of that punishment in desert countries is you only have your left hand....

When I was young and stupid, I stole a complete place setting from a Sambos - not all at the same time bu over a couple months. IIRC it included napkin holder, catchup, mustard, vinegar, the little clippy menu holder and a complete menu, placemat, flatware, salt, pepper - I don’t remember the rest. I took them all…

I see that she caught you in her game - it’s pretty funny to think you could be such tool.

Unfortunately, yes it does - it is a terrible state of affairs when a wildly sarcastic response is indistinguishable from RWNJ response.

Shouldn’t there be a ‘/s’ at the end of your post?

I wonder if this doll is part of why the company is out of business (the doll appears to be part of odd-lot purchase).

Look, it’s a puppet

You do not need the staples - just buy loose popcorn, put it in a paper bag, and nuke it. I add a little olive oil mixed with spices and salt.

You do not need the staples - just buy loose popcorn, put it in a paper bag, and nuke it. I add a little olive oil mixed with spices and salt.

The water molecules are conservative; they do not like to do things different to every one else so no one wants to be the first one to break into steam; once you put something into the water, then the nearby water molecules are disturbed and steam freely and others follow.

I do that when casting glass in my microwave - the kiln is kept to the edge of the rotating plate and I set time to 6:66; after the ding, I rotate the kiln and change its location then set the timer to 6:66 again (the first heats the kiln and the contents then the second melts the glass). YMMV especially if you are…

I try to vacuum while microwaving - bam, lights out; same with a/c and vacuum - oh, and glass kiln and microwave (both melting glass). It is interesting that it does not happen at once but just when the cycles hit the same beat.

Keep in mind that you can use metal in microwaves to melt glass. I cast small objects in glass by enclosing them in a special kiln with metal coating.

I remember back in olden times (1970s) I would go drinking in various states and would get odd reactions to my ID. In one place, the bartender rang a bell and called all the employees up to the bar and said “This is what a Montana drivers license looks like”. I was kind of worried until he got everyone together.

What the snail said while riding on the back of a  turtle: WHEEEEEE!

I was in a bar in Billings, MT (Grandma’s) when the state law dropped the drinking age from 21 to 18; I heard a scream from the Men’s room and this white guy comes running out with his head all wet. It appears he said something like “out of my way n-word-w/hard-r” to a black sportsball person who just picked him…

She ran from trying on a scarf?! WTF - hijab translates as scarf, some of the scarves are beautiful.

Even after the Matthew Sheppard case in 1999, they still do not have a hate crime law - the murderers both got 2 consecutive life sentences but the state got no hate crime legislation.