Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - October 21, 2025 [scampydog]

Pinch hitting this evening while Doof meanders his way home from his Texas adventure(s). Let's knock the rust off and get an ONT cranked up.

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— Mens_Corner__ (@Mens_Corner__) October 3, 2025

Drat

Alright, parentals -what was your go to word when the littles were within earshot?

Fiddlesticks. Judas Priest.

26. Gee willickers! 27. Gee whiz 28. Cheese whiz 29. Good night 30. Sam Hill 31. Son of a monkey 32. Son of a bucket! 33. William Shatner 34. Son of a motherless goat

Bonus: Did any of your kids, nieces, or nephews ever give you that hot flush of embarrassment by dropping one of their newly discovered words in public? Church? School? Somewhere even worse?

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May as well do some Mark Twain quotes on swearing. He did have a way with words.

There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that. - Mark Twain, a Biography

Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. - Mark Twain, a Biography

...quadrilateral, astronomical, incandescent son-of-a-bitch. - Letter to William Dean Howells, 13 February 1903

Not all summers were equal. What is that mediocre movie that ran on repeat all summer in your youth? Somehow, you watched it every time? You know, the one you can quote word-for-word?

I understood this. Are you in my camp? 😂 pic.twitter.com/PYFYdLiKAa

— 🇺🇸 Pecan 🇺🇸 (@PecanC8) October 14, 2025

Mini Rant (a true rant would require...more attention).

Attention span and lack thereof. Article quotes the predictable, boring "fixes" that seem to get published for every human malady. I have an idea for the afflicted: Try harder.

Not long ago, there were reports comparing human attention spans unfavorably to those of a fish. It was claimed the average attention span for a goldfish was just nine seconds — a whole second longer than the average attention span for a person. First, it was an unfair attack on goldfish, who have demonstrated an impressive capacity for memorizing directions. Second, if you manage to get past the second paragraph of this article, you may have just proved the stat wrong.

Summary of the study here.

47% say that “deep thinking” has become a thing of the past – roughly double the proportion who disagree with this view (23%)

Hat tip to commenter, Idaho Spudboy for the topic.

Yellowstone "Zone of Death."

Deep in Yellowstone National Park lies a 50-square-mile strip of Idaho known as the “Zone of Death,” where a legal quirk could, in theory, let someone dodge prosecution for serious crimes like murder. First flagged by law professor Brian C. Kalt in 2005, this loophole stems from a clash between federal jurisdiction and the Constitution’s Sixth Amendment, sparking debate about justice in America’s wildest corners.

Another take on the "Zone of Death."

Michael Belderrain illegally shot an elk in Montana in 2005 and cited Kalt’s article as a defense in 2007. Belderrain was standing in Yellowstone when he pulled the trigger and then dragged the elk to his truck parked in Yellowstone. Belderrain was indicted in the Wyoming District and objected that he had a right to be tried by jurors from Montana, which is actually possible, as the Montana portion of Yellowstone is (sparsely) inhabited by people.

Instead of trying to call such a jury in a loosely populated portion of Montana and argue why the Sixth Amendment did not entitle Belderrain to such a trial, the court dismissed the argument, supposedly because it would imply the Yellowstone Zone of Death contained a loophole.

Ultimately, Belderrain took a plea deal and the issue was left unresolved. For now, the loophole remains for Kalt’s imagined “perfect crime,” with the perpetrator potentially walking away freely.

If you want to argue about the best all time country songs, head head to this list.

As a non-country music liking heathen, I recommend we cut to the real fun. The funniest country songs ever written.

Did I Shave My Legs For This? - Deana Carter

How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away - Dan Hicks

She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) - Jerry Reed

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Brenda Put Your Bra On

It's Hard to be Humble

Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On

Big kitty doing the kitty thing.

A mountain lion has a close encounter with a Halloween decoration and the reaction is priceless! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/pHRQ2IABwM

— James Pleickhardt (@JamesPleickhar2) October 13, 2025

Louvre Heist.

Louve robbed in broad daylight.

A group of masked burglars successfully pulled off one of the most daring heists in modern memory, stealing eight French crown jewels from the Louvre in broad daylight.

Some good photographs here of the jewels.

According to an official communiqué from the Ministère de la Culture de la République française, the following historical pieces from the Joyaux de la Couronne de France were stolen from the Musée du Louvre:

Diadème de la parure de la reine Marie-Amélie et de la reine Hortense
Collier de la parure de saphirs de la reine Marie-Amélie et de la reine Hortense
Boucle d’oreille (d’une paire) de la parure de saphirs de la reine Marie-Amélie et de la reine Hortense
Collier en émeraudes de la parure de Marie-Louise
Paire de boucles d’oreilles en émeraudes de la parure de Marie-Louise
Broche dite broche reliquaire
Diadème de l’impératrice Eugénie
Grand nœud de corsage de l’impératrice Eugénie (broche)

This ONT brought to you by nudging: Calendar says it's time for you Lurkers to check in for the 4th quarter.

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