I like comedy that points out tropes, crutches used in entertainment. I am well aware that The Hat and Hair runs on its own set of tropes. So, when I didn’t have a solid idea for the new monthly cartoon (which is always the last Wednesday of the month) I decided I would poke fun at my own tropes. Presented under the guise that due to Biden’s inflation I could no longer afford to produce the show as regular I stripped everything down to the bare bones.
The Hat and The Hair Animated: Rerun ep 56
About The Author
CPRM
Organic troll farmer.
The NFL is run by commies. This is known.
I claim this first on behalf of the indigenous Glibs who once roamed these posts, whose land has been stolen while they all went out to dinner.
They gamboled freely.
Joanna’s, the lot of them.
This is the first land acknowledgement I can support.
I enjoyed Moynihan’s take on the latest Fifth Column, talking about the land acknowledgement before the Jets/Blues game:
“would actually feel fine about the land acknowledgements if they ended in that way. If it was kind of like, yeah, I mean, we’re really sorry, but also, can we just be honest? Shit is way better now. Like, I mean, this is fine. And you’re not getting it back.
“Yeah, of course. It’s just cruel in the sense of like, hey, we’re super sorry. So you’re going to give it to us? We’re super sorry. No, we have a hockey team here. Are you kidding? We’re like literally 40,000 people here watching hockey. no, we’re not giving it.
“Yeah, don’t be a pussy.”
(The Substack podcast transcript is handy)
I mean, we could have just wiped them out – as was the case throughout history.
But I’ll make an allowance – I’ll acknowledge “their” land if they acknowledge the people they wiped out when they arrived.
He hit that later: “sorry you lost, I guess”
Trump is trying to turn college sports into the same as commie NFL shit.
On one hand, I don’t believe public universities should be doling out millions to athletes. Student athletes, as naive as it sounds these days, are fucking supposed to be students first. But it’s become big money for a bunch of people who have no business making money off it.
Maybe just disband the NCAA and be done with it all. The NFL can form it’s own developmental minor league and fund that shit on their own. It won’t drive the same revenue, but who the fuck cares.
Yeah I dunno. Heard earlier today: “college sports is sacrosanct” or some crap. Maybe it was even Trump.
I never got it – to me it’s just glorified HS sports but I don’t come from that tradition. If I gave a shit, I would probably be of the opinion that the money is ruining it.
After your teenage years, being too much of a fan of any sports team or athlete just becomes creepy to me. I still watch the Steelers, but do I give a fuck like I used to as a child? Yea, no. You should learn as an adult that these guys are mostly scumbags who wouldn’t be fit to flip burgers if not for their athletic skills.
I don’t begrudge them making their money, but when it comes to college sports, I just have always had a real hard time justifying the amount of time, energy, and money spent on athletics. Now it’s even more ridiculous.
People are so wrapped up in it and at the end of the day, you are just rooting for laundry. It’s even more true in college sports than it is in the pro’s.
But I guess it’s just an American thing that we’ll always have to accept. It’s not going anywhere. Congress has more of an excuse to meddle with it than they do any of the professional leagues and they always get involved there, too.
Yanno what I find creepy – as I’m watching the NHL playoffs here – is wearing jerseys in imitation of some player. Like, you are not Mr. Hockeyplayer, why are you wearing that person’s clothing? Probably 90% or more of the spectators I see here are doing that and I find it creepy AF.
I will wear a generic team baseball cap or scarf, at most. And it’s been more than a decade since I attended any game and I’m not exactly missing it.
Yah, I like hockey and the Bruins but I have no desire to get a Bruins jersey. I’ll rock a hat, maybe a T-shirt but that’s it.
Ugh another pet peeve – standing.
They could have standing sections like some soccer stadiums but no, that would make sense.
The collapse of conferences and traditions killed most of the lingering sentimentality for me. Just stupid. The college careers are so short* that there isn’t anything but tradition to keep coming back for.
*the endless red shirting and extensions are ridiculous. Four season or until you graduate, whichever comes first.
There’s guys who played for 6 years in this drat due to covid extensions and redshirt years. Just crazy to me.
And yea, tearing apart the traditional conferences is just a stupid, shortsighted cash grab.
I agree about college major sports at big universities. They are nothing more than the farm leagues for the NFL and NBA. I don’t care about their programs at all.
I still enjoyed my time watching sports at a small (public) university. In the history of the school only one player made the NFL, and he was a placekicker. The players in all the sports were playing for the love of the game because they knew this was their final hurrah. Student organizations ran the concessions for funds, and the kids got to run around on the field after the game. It was a totally different feel and I enjoyed watching those games.
“Crazy and insane!”
🙂
The More you Know!
The Celtics may set an all time record for most missed three point shots in the playoffs. Insane. This is after building 20 point leads in two consecutive games without relying on 3s.
I think it’s just lazy basketball (spoken as someone who doesn’t know shit about basketball). Driving into the paint is hard and not as flashy.
Thanks CPRM
In keeping with the austerity program I picked off the first stuck wood tick of the season.
Huh, what’s that little brown spot on my shin? I wrapped the little feller securely in wide packing tape, Houdini couldn’t have got out of it. I’ll stay out of the woods ’til September.I usually pick up bout a dozen or so, mostly catch them crawling on my clothes but over the summer a few will be stuck.
I’ve had Lyme disease twice but not any serious problems. Most of the locals can claim the same thing, get some antibiotics and hope for the best.
Get some guinea hens. They will eat all of your ticks in less than 1 season.
Nephilium: From the deadthread:
“The girlfriend has no sense of smell (and a greatly reduced sense of taste due to this)”
Interesting, because I also have a greatly reduced sense of smell, to the point where when the dog got skunked years ago guess who was chosen to de-odorize her (the dog thought being skunked was the greatest thing ever. The smell didn’t bother me at all). I also have a pretty broad palate, likely as a result, but am very sensitive to certain textures, probably as a compensation.
My wife isn’t into makeup or scents at all, so I don’t have to worry about getting perfume-bombed. The lack of smell is a considerable handicap when it comes to botany, but on the other hand I don’t have to worry about getting gassed on the job (I’d just fall over).
Dangit. Immune to the “pull my finger” routine.
*Packs bags
*Goes home
*crop dusts Saruman*
Nick, those are words I never imagined I’d see together.
I assure you, he’ll smell it.
I’m loaded for bear.
/lots of meat, onions, peppers, and cabbage in my diet.
I am the opposite of all y’all. I love scents and certain ones trigger memories very strongly. I recently found a shower gel we used in Germany 40 years ago and memories came flooding back. The kid next to me in class used a laundry detergent I wish I could find but no such luck.
Jovan Musk has a great place in my olfactory memory…
Girls with “Loves Baby Soft”. It was all the rage in the 1980s.
Persil changed their formula for their us detergent in the last year. It’s not the same.
Florida Man!
Florida Man Tries to Use Stolen Excavator to Steal ATM Right Next to Police Station
The surprising part of the story is the lack of meth.
You’ll probably feel better knowing the money to be gained from that burglary was going to purchase meth.
You’re fantastic, CPRM. Thank you.
re Smell and scent: The goofiest shift in my shit has been the shift to olfactory hallucinations. They’re Red Flags to note, but nothing since my Feb 7 seizure. (Life’s odd.) It’s a fascinating thing, with smell being the only sense that directly goes to the brain, sans retina or ear drum or anything.
Mine used to come in the fire, brimstone vein, but once I got one with fucking Chanel #5. All I could do was strut.
Such a powerful sensation, smell is. And we all know what we love and detest. For whatever reason.
(Y’all smell funny and ya know it. I’d love to sniff certain ladies but ya never know..)
Meanwhile, I’m slashing costs by repairing the garage myself instead of paying contractors (who may leave as soon as the check clears and stop responding to your calls, as I’ve witnessed with a shockingly high number of people who hired “professionals” for a home repair/improvement job). The operation is running on a remarkably efficient staff count of one.
Replaced a rotten stud today: I sistered in a new stud next to it, fastened them together with many screws from both sides, sawed out the rotten part, replaced it with a fresh section of 2×4, then screwed that into the sistered stud. I’m probably going to go apeshit with “mending braces” at some point to stop all the “is it good enough” questioning that goes on in my brain after any repair job I do.
My advice to young people today would be: Don’t buy a house unless A) You have tens of thousands of dollars just sitting around to pay (hopefully) reputable contractors when you need repairs, or B) You’re willing to spend a lot of your free time watching how-to videos on YouTube, buying the necessary tools, and going out there to get sweaty and dirty (and poison ivy’d, in my case).
OMG, you used screws!
Advice: Forget finishing. It will never be finished. Owning a home is a never ending job that is always going to be there. Do a bit at a time, take your time and do it right. It doesnt matter if you finish today, tomorrow or next year. Go slow, do it right and enjoy what you are doing. When you get tired, stop and go have a cup of coffee.
It is worth it. The peace of mind that comes with your own shower, kitchen, bed and making all of your own calls is priceless. Your home is your sanctuary from the world. Make it a place you want to be.
“When all else fails, when all the mighty have fallen I am all that remains.” – Hestia
Now, I am going to have another cup of coffee. Later I have to look at that tub faucet that keeps dripping.
Tell that to my wife. She thinks it’s something that should be finished once and forever. Forgets how she spent four months going back and forth over the exterior colors, and still isn’t happy.
Reputable contractor is often an oxymoron. I’d recommend reading the reviews but those are all fake too.
As a reputable contractor I am amazed at the lack of reference checking by home owners. I have a stellar reputation and get all of my work through referrals/word of mouth so not so much in my case, but I know many of my competitors who consistently leave half finished jobs and pissed of clients and they still have plenty of work. I blame the lack of skilled tradesmen, do to poor immigration policy.
“due to” , I blame my poor syntax on public skoolin’
Where would we check your references when we don’t know who your past
schmucksCustomers are?You ask the contractor for a list of previous clients, sure he’s going to cherry pick and only tell you the good ones, but when you talk to them and finds out the work was done 6 months ago that’s a red flag, If he won’t give you the names of the last 6 people he worked for then look for another contractor.
Lucky for me that I have an old friend that’s a contractor that’s been doing work for me for decades but he’s going to retire before too terrible long. At that point I might just buy a few acres and a mobile home.
Hey people! Wake up and get at it!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRtd8ArvH_s
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Good morning, Sean, Stinky, Teh Hype, U, Suthen, ChipP, and Roat!
Morning, GT.
I realized that the two Radishes that haven’t sprouted are sixty-day cultivars, while the sprouts for the thirty day cultivars are already an inch tall. It’s not been a week since I put them in the planter!
Well, that’s reassuring to explain why the two haven’t yet appeared!
I’m not sure I’m going to need to pickle the radishes given that I only had space to plant six of them. Maybe a quick pickel for flavor, but definately not for storage to avoid waste.
Oh, yes! I’d definitely try to pickle some of them! Now I’m curious to know what pickled radishes taste like. I wonder if anyone sells them commercially. 🤔
I don’t know, but I have a recently emptied dill pickle jar to use (I’ll make sure it’s clean first.)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/colorado-postal-worker-pleads-guilty-rigging-2024-presidential/
End mail in voting.
And prosecute its advocates for treason.
Two women at the age that they should be doting on their grandkids screwed themselves for that? Just so stupid…
If you have to lie to make your case then you dont have a case worth making. If you have to cheat to win an election perhaps you need to take a closer look at your platform.
I know, nobody really gives a fuck about being right, just being in power. Monkeys.
No mention of which direction the fraud went. But I can guess.
They were just testing the system so they went 50/50, right?
Black smoke.
racist
It’s another commie, isn’t it?
Black Smoke = No Pope Yet
Oh, I could never keep it straight….and I was raised catholic
It’s gonna be another commie, isn’t it?
There’s always the chance that the commie cardinals come to their senses – or one of the sane cardinals martyrs himself to take out the commies.
I dunno. I know this is all a dog and pony show for the masses. They had Francis’ successor picked out when they picked Francis. With that kind of power and money at stake they dont take chances.
Look at the cardinals and see who is the biggest commie. It’s gonna be him.
I doubt they made the selection that far back – a lot of the Cardinals were appointed after Antipope Frank’s illegal accession.
I forget how many cardinals are in there. Whatever the number maybe we should just toss that many swords through the door, bar it and wait until it gets quiet. Then we can look to see who is left.
I think it’s 133 this conclave.
ThunderConclave!!! 133 Cardinals enter, 1 Pope leaves!!!
I find it mildly interesting that apparently cardinals over the age of 80 are not allowed to cast a vote for the next pope.
This is the way. Boomers voting effed us over in Canada.
Don’t worry, I’m sure your benevolent government will soon decree that all Boomers are “eligible for” (involuntary) “Assistance in Dying” or whatever their morbid euphemism is. Then everything will be just peachy! 😃
I can only hope it’s a black African and watch the US Bishops freak out like the United Methodist General Conference did.
suh’ fam
whats goody