Sunday Overnight Open Thread - March 9, 2025 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Hope you are enjoying your Sunday. Most of you are likely affected by the time change to Daylight Savings Time. Have you adjusted? Did you enjoy the additional evening daylight? Do you care? However you feel about the time change, it's good to have you here on the ONT. Step inside, enjoy the content, and grace everyone with your comments!

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Burger King Workers Show up at Beloved Regular's Funeral with Chair Engraved in His Honor

While some might consider Burger King royalty only among big corporate fast food chains, the staff members at a local Minnesota branch just put some very human, very sensitive toppings on the reputation of their restaurant.

When a 91-year-old regular at the restaurant's North Branch location died, the staff requested his name be engraved into the chair on which he always sat - a request that was granted swiftly by the higher-ups.

For years, Jerry Parkin met his friends often for their morning coffee at Burger King, so often in fact that they began to see him as family.

So when that family member died, it was only natural they attended the funeral.

"Someone came into the kitchen at church and said, 'The whole crew of Burger King is here, and they brought a chair,'" Jenny Olson, Parkin's daughter, told KARE. "I said, 'What?'"

Arriving in their uniforms, the staff had brought the chair that Parkin always sat in. Into the back of it, one of Parkin's coffee compatriots had asked his wife to use a wood burner to engrave his name, the date of his birth and that of his death.

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"He would walk in, and we would have his order ready for him," said Monica Kuball, one of the Burger King employees who attended the funeral, while another, Ashley Fundingsland, noted that he sat in the same chair every morning: "That was his seat. He always sat there every morning, so we had to bring his chair."

They said they all loved him, and he loved them; and Burger King. He celebrated his 90th Birthday there, while his last meal would end up being chicken nuggets, a milkshake, and a cookie...

Check out the whole story at the link which includes a related video.

'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

Having someone like Melania Trump in the White House is a breath of fresh air. She was a model, so clothes on her hang the way they should and even in leggings and boots, she looks glamorous.

A picture of Melania from Easter 2017 was recirculated recently and you can see why- it's an absolutely iconic spring look:

Melania is wearing a structured A line dress by Simone Rocha - she added a gold metallic belt and orange / coral Louboutin's. I believe they are Pigalles 120, but maybe Kates. In either case, they are 120s, which is quite the heel! Louboutin's are beautiful shoes, but they are not made for comfort. They are made to make your foot look good, and that they absolutely do.

I didn't watch the Oscars, but it's fun to take a look at what was worn. There was a lot of ugly on display, but a few dresses were gorgeous.

Mikey Madison wearing a Dior Haute Couture dress and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.

I am a vintage girl and this is stunning- Keke Palmer is in vintage Chanel, the shoes are Armani.

And finally, Selena Gomez looking very old Hollywood glamour in Celine.

Many thanks to Piper for answering the call to provide dress pr0n for the 'Ettes. The late great Oregon Muse would be proud!

What say you, Hordelings - should this be a recurring segment?

DJ Doof & - This Date in History Version
(from thisdayinmusic.com)

2007 - Brad Delp lead singer of US rock band Boston committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in at his home in the New Hampshire town of Atkinson. He died from the smoke of two charcoal grills he'd lit inside his sealed master bathroom. He was found by police lying on a pillow on his bathroom floor with a note paper-clipped to his shirt which read: "Mr. Brad Delp. I am a lonely soul."

1997 - 24-year-old rapper Notorious B.I.G. was shot and fatally wounded as he was traveling back to his hotel after leaving a Los Angeles awards party. Born Christopher Wallace, the artist - also known as Biggie Smalls - was a gangster rap icon and regarded by many as one of hip-hop's finest MCs.

1987 - U2 released The Joshua Tree, their first album to top the US charts. In addition to becoming the fastest-selling album in the UK, where it spent 201 weeks on the Official Charts, it also had the distinction of being the first album to sell a million copies in the recently introduced CD format.

Tonight's music history is all about years ending in seven. Seven's the key number!

JD's Crying!

Might as well TRUMP 🤘🏽 pic.twitter.com/5b0eevgsfQ

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