Recent Comments

1. about 2 months ago on Agnes

   @mlambo49 – look for menu items of “Sweet bread”. It is a euphanism for animal brains, still eaten in classy restaurants. In Guatemala, the meat market had a bucket of cow eyes for sale – apparently a favorite of the local indigineous population. In the West what we don’t eat goes into pet food – and given that if Amerian Pets were their own country it would have the 8 largest GDP (or something close to that) of all nations I guess that means not too much gets wasted.

2. about 2 months ago on Bound and Gagged

   Pretty miraculous that the hole in the center got smaller with wear!

3. over 1 year ago on Agnes

   Like some others, I had never seen Agnes until I stumbled accross this site a couple of years ago. And now I find that what I’m actually seeing are re-runs since Tony Cochran retired. Oh well, they are all new to me. But I did find out that he was first syndicated in 1999! (see https://www.creators.com/author/tony-cochran )

4. about 2 years ago on Shoe

   Fascinating: “In 1970, Bernard D. Sadow innovated a traditional suitcase on wheels attached to a long strap. In 1972, Sadow patented his invention as the Rolling Luggage. In 1987, Robert Plath updated Sadow’s design by placing the suitcase vertically, attaching two wheels and building a retractable handle.”https://travelpro.com/blogs/the-travelpro-blog/the-history-of-rolling-luggage Indeed, the year AFTER a human stepped on the moon.

5. about 2 years ago on Agnes

   ““None of us could read music… None of us can write it.” John Lennon admitted this about the band in a 1980 Playboy interview, “but as pure musicians, as inspired humans to make the noise, they [Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr] are as good as anybody.”Oct 8, 2021

6. about 2 years ago on Agnes

   and @Sir Isacc: A far cry from the concept of Education we really need: "Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom.” ~Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. 260

7. over 2 years ago on Agnes

   “The day is approaching when all the peoples of the world will have adopted one universal language and one common script. When this is achieved, to whatsoever city a [person] may journey, it shall be as if [they] were entering [their] own home. These things are obligatory and absolutely essential. It is incumbent upon every [person] of insight and understanding to strive to translate that which hath been written into reality and action.” from the Bahá’í Writings.

   I don’t think we’ll see it in our life time or maybe for a few generations. But it would make life easier!

   I just hope it is not “Texting English!” :) BTW, LOL, IMHO…

8. over 2 years ago on Brewster Rockit

   If you are serious and not just messing around! :) Its “pedal to the metal” – reference to the accelator pedal of a car being pushe to the floor – presumably before there were carpets in cars so the pedal was on the metal floor.

9. over 2 years ago on Agnes

   You have orange mold growing on the top of your head? You poor thing! LOL

10. over 2 years ago on Agnes

    This is so “off the wall”. Always give me a chuckle. “Warpred pork chop”. Does it take a warped mind, Tony, to bring forth these random, hilarious pieces.. Lets hear it for warpness! :)