Thursday Overnight Open Thread - February 12, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Thursday night ONT time. You made it! Good job. Now check out the content and join in the gray boxes. What's on your mind tonight?

From the "You Can't Make This Up" Files

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Remember the scene in A Christmas Story where the one kid got his tongue stuck to a metal pole that was frozen? Well, this guy says "hold my beer"!
(H/T: Kindltot in comments earlier today)

Drunk man's penis freezes to icy pavement during arrest on night out

A man's penis froze to the ground outside a bar while he was being arrested during a night out.

Blake McPhee was restrained after allegedly becoming involved in a fight at the East Village Pub & Eatery in Fort McMurray, Canada. The fracas spilled out onto the street where temperatures had plunged to below freezing.

During a struggle with police and security, McPhee's trousers and pants fell off. His manhood got stuck to the icy pavement. It is reported McPhee was stuck to the ground like this for around 20 minutes.

Police and security guards had to force the man up - leaving some skin behind in the process - in order to remove him from the ice, it is understood.

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McPhee has since seen the funny side as he wrote on Facebook: "Man, I don't know how I get myself in these f***** up situations...Guess that's what I get for being a drunk lunatic at a bar."

He added: "Gone are the days a feller can get his wiener frozen f*** solid to the ground without it going viral. Anyways glad I can be of some entertainment and back to making headlines. Gunna go crawl inside a hole and cry myself to sleep now. (P.s sorry ma)."

Thankfully there are no photos of his frozen junk at the link.

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Here's a much better story about a human appendage.

Woman’s Prosthetic Leg Swept Out to Sea Is Thrilled its Been Found 10 Months Later

A woman whose new prosthetic leg was swept out to sea is “over the moon” after she found it 10 months later, it having been swept right back to the beach where she lost it.

Last April, 69-year-old Brenda Ogden lost her custom-made titanium blade-style prosthesis moments before a swim in the North Sea.

She was posing for a picture with a swimming group she was a part of when a huge wave knocked them all down and took her titanium blade back out to sea with it.

Ogden had her leg amputated below the knee five years earlier following a horrific car crash. The now-retired nurse revealed she waited for over a year to get the false leg, and had only had the blade for a week before the disaster on the beach.

“The leg was specially made to allow me to access water easily,” Ogden told England’s Southwest News Service. “I had never swum in the sea before that day and it was on my bucket list to do so.”

Check out the whole story at the link.

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Well discussed here at AOSHQ has been the current state of colleges and universities. Woke curricula coupled with skyrocketing costs. Students saddled with crippling debt upon graduation. More and more people are turning to trade schools. My own son decided to enter into an HVAC apprenticeship a few years ago. He's making great money and loves what he does. The Mike Rowe Works Foundation was created to advocate for trades and even provides scholarships regularly.

Check out this surprisingly fair report from NBC News
(H/T: NR Pax in comments yesterday)

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More Bass Stuff!

3rd night in a row talking about funky bass groves. Tonight, let's hear from the great Rick Beato

DJ Doof - This Date in Music History

On this date in 1981, Rush released Moving Pictures - the best album ever recorded.

I will be ignoring any Rush hate tonight. For those of you with taste, here is the whole album. 40 minutes of greatness!

Also - here's Rick Beato again discussing Limelight in Episode 63 of his "What Makes This Song Great?" series.

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Born on this date in 1952:
Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter Michael McDonald, who with The Doobie Brothers had the 1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes', and the 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin'. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan and has also worked with Kenny Loggins, David Cassidy, Van Halen, Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin and Toto.

Born on this date in 1950:
Steve Hackett, guitarist who had the, 1974 UK No.21 single 'I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe', with Genesis who he quit in 1977 for solo work. Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with Steve Howe in 1986 and then returned to his solo career.

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