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1. about 1 hour ago on Pearls Before Swine

   When I lived in the city, with housemates, one of them was forever losing his keys. Once, someone used them to enter our apartment, though they took nothing of importance (not sure they did anything bad at all). After that, if he lost his keys, I changed the locks. VERY shortly after that, he decided to live elsewhere.

   PS: He was also the person who left his bike unlocked on the front porch when he went out with friends one evening. My other housemate and I brought it inside and “hid” it in his bedroom. He was quite panicked until we showed it to him. After that he was angry. Which, too, may have contributed to his decision to live elsewhere.

2. about 1 hour ago on Pickles

   I’m not sure why this reminded me of Popeye’s friend J. Wellington Wimpy who would gladly pay you tomorrow for a hamburger today. Perhaps because Earl will happily consume iced cake tomorrow after having plain cake today?

3. about 1 hour ago on Strange Brew

   Of course. She’s Polly-amorous.

4. about 1 hour ago on Stone Soup

   Snrk.

5. about 1 hour ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Spouse deliberately buys socks in mismatched pairs. Which aren’t inexpensive. But she likes how they feel, and (I think) kinda likes feeling free to be mismatched.

6. about 1 hour ago on Frazz

   The variety of pollens starts in February (Witch hazel, hellebore) and continues more or less unabated until October. Depending on which ones getcha, you may be engaged in nasal drippiness for a large part of the year. And some people have what amounts to an allergic reaction to dust or smoke, so there goes winter (around wood stove country).

7. about 6 hours ago on Frazz

   Have you tried chili?

   I have. As a dessert type treat, for me it falls short of plain good chocolate, or the good fruit or/and nut flavors. In molé it can be quite good, but I see that as being chocolate added to the chili (rather than the reverse), leaving the chili (and other) flavors dominant but enriched by the chocolate.

8. about 23 hours ago on Frazz

   I’ve long said that (the deity) must want us to have international trade because chocolate and raspberries, which is a match made in (heaven) don’t grow even on the same continent!

   The very best chocolate, my opinion is plain, dark, nearly bitter. If you must add something hazelnuts are good, raspberry is excellent, caramel and pecans are very good… and I much prefer it without the current craze for added external salt.

9. 1 day ago on Pickles

   Every once in awhile I scan my friends list and look at the latest posts. If they’re nothing… or nothing but “happy birthday” from folks I don’t know, I unfriend ’em.

10. 1 day ago on Non Sequitur

    This whole thread is taking atoll on my patience..