Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - December 30, 2025 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! The time for the Tuesday night ONT has arrived. It's also the penultimate day and penultimate ONT of the year. Not to be confused with the ultimate pen. Is there such a thing as the ultimate pen? Bic? Montblanc? Parker? Erasermate? Whatever. Let's get this penultimate party started!

"Penultimate" is a pretentious sounding word that simply means "second to last". Can you think of any noteworthy examples?

I can!

This story checks multiple boxes.
Florida (wo)man.
Genius Award winner.
WTF??

Woman Found Dead in a Freezer at Miami Dollar Tree Store

Miami police are investigating after a woman was found dead in a freezer at a Dollar Tree location on Sunday morning. Authorities say the body was discovered around 8 a.m. by an employee at the store located at 968 SW Eighth Street.

The woman was later identified as 32-year-old Massiell Garay Sanchez. According to investigators, surveillance footage shows she entered the store alone the night before her body was found. She did not make any purchases and was not employed by the store.

News video clip at the link.

How long is too long for a guest to stay? When do you start nudging people out of your house? Some folks just never get the hint. You may have had someone outstay their welcome. This guy takes the cake!

When a Family Welcomed a Man into Their Home at Christmas, They Never Thought He’d Stay for 45 Years

It was the day before Christmas Eve, and recent homemakers Rob and Dianne Parsons were surprised with a knock on the door. Opening it, Rob looked upon a rather strange sight.

A man stood there with a wheeled garbage bin containing his possessions, and a frozen chicken under his left arm. Rob didn’t know it at the time, but he was in the middle of an interaction that wouldn’t just change his life forever, but his community too.

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“I said ‘Ronnie, what’s with the chicken?’ He said ‘somebody gave it to me for Christmas’. And then I said two words that changed all of our lives,” Mr. Parsons told the BBC. “And I’m not exactly sure why I said them. I said ‘come in.'”

Cool story. Check out the whole thing.

What the hell is wrong with people??

Big Brother Is Keeping Track Of What We’ve Stuck In Our Rectum

Every year, thousands of people end up in emergency rooms across the United States for a rather uncomfortable and sometimes embarrassing reason — we keep getting things stuck in our rectum. Whether it’s out of curiosity, an accident, or for sexual experimentation, the number of these incidents is surprising.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission tracks emergency room visits in a database, which includes anonymous reports of items that patients have inserted into their rectums. While the names are confidential, the items certainly aren’t. A recent review of the 2024 data has highlighted some of the most unexpected and bizarre cases.

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Some cases stood out for their sheer scale or strangeness. A doctor recounted removing an entire desktop-sized Yankee Candle — the kind scented like pumpkin spice — from a man’s rectum. In another case, an Iranian man needed surgery after a deodorant canister he had inserted traveled deep into his digestive tract. And a Florida man was found to have a thermos lodged inside him after being scanned during a drug arrest.

Confusingly, some people weren’t even sure if they still had something stuck in their rectum or couldn’t remember inserting anything at all.

Extensive list of items at the link. Check it out, if you dare. Really. It's fascinating what people are putting up their keisters.

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Not related, yet somehow related

Here ya go, history nerds. Please read this article, then come back and tell us what they got right and where they missed the mark.

Why Did the Roman Empire Fall? Corruption, Inflation, and Division

Please also tell us when the United States will befall a similar fate.

It's a weird time of the year

(H/T Piper)

DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

Difficulty Level 3 out of 5

What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?

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