Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - December 25, 2024 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. Was Santa good to you? Are you tinkering, reading, and otherwise enjoying surprises in your stocking or under your tree? As much as those things might be appreciated, we all know the true meaning of the season. Christmas and Hanukkah are not about stuff. They are really all about the ONT.

Here we go... Do not miss the mystery clicks. They are what I got you for Christmas but they were on sale, so I cannot return them.

Variations on a theme:

You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I am telling you why...Santa Claus is coming to town...with fixed wing firepower.

Given prior thread comments, the Warthog may be the unofficial mascot of the ONT. (mystery click credit: SARDiver. Look for lyrics in the comments)

Variations on a different theme:

More theme variations:

Estimates suggest that Mariah makes $2.5m each year on royalties from this song alone. You do not come to the ONT expecting bland replays of Mariah. You came expecting high quality content like a guy in a horsehead mask sitting in a bathtub smashing the snot out of a five gallon plastic bucket with glow in the dark drumsticks. Here is Buckets the Drummer:

Ever wonder why Colonel Sanders is always smiling?

This is not the food thread, but TRex is skeptical that this meets the high standards of CBD so it lives in the ONT...

Maybe you had an advent calendar. Were you cool enough to have an advent calendar with TRex and friends?

In my careful reading, biblical accounts of the first nativity do not contain a definitive record of animals in attendance. Perhaps such details got lost in the path through Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin and the King James translation. A donkey, sheep, and cattle were are possible but none signed a guest register or posed for a photo. The Wise Men could have ridden camels (since they followed a star instead of taking a flight and trying to explain Frankincense to TSA).

The only logical conclusion is that dinosaurs might have been there too. Perhaps biblical scribes thought dinosaurs warranted no mention because dinosaurs naturally fit in with the other stable animals. You know...because dinosaurs typically keep a low profile and blend in with the crowd, even when they bring workshop tools as a gift to the newborn king. MUCH more practical than Frankincense. Although apparently they fought over presentation logistics... (Photo hat tip: Doof):

Evil but cute? Do not know how Santa determines whether Minions are naughty or nice. They are enthusiastic but they did steal the moon...

This is the best, but least sung or played Christmas hymn:

Do you have a favorite that rarely makes the rotation?

Variations on yet another theme:

Did anyone get a hippopotamus for Christmas? Pablo Escobar is the only person I can think of who had his own privately owned hippos but pretty sure he was on the naughty end of the naughty and nice scale.

Hope in the darkest of times. The photo is in Nuremberg, Germany in 1931. Click on the photo for the backstory. Happy Hanukkah for those among the Horde who are of the Tribe:

Snoopy and the Red Baron provide our big ONT finish:

Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking? Come out and play. Thanks much to the Horde for playing along with the ONT reindeer games and an AoS HQ hat tip to the COBs and contributors for the help and support throughout the year. This is a special place. No, I will not be issuing pardons for barrel violations.

posted by Open Blogger at 09:56 PM

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