Thursday Overnight Open Thread - April 30, 2026 [Doof]

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Welcome to the Thursday ONT for this week. Closing out April. One third of the year is over. Does that mean anything? Probably not. Anyway - open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

Kewl new paint job for a Southwest Airlines plane

Southwest Airlines unveils 'Independence One' plane in honor of America's 250th anniversary

Sporting red, white, and a deep blue, Southwest Airlines has unveiled a plane with a new paint job in honor of America's 250th anniversary.

"Independence One" was introduced on Monday at Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, displaying a massive "1776" across the front cabin windows and "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" toward the back.

"It's a symbol of what it means to give America the freedom to fly," said Bob Jordan, the airline's CEO, to a crowd of attendees. "As Southwest celebrates our 55th year, and (as) our nation celebrates 250, we wanted to mark this moment in a way that reflects who we are, where we've been and where we are headed."

Some good photos here from the BWI X account

Here's what the painting job looked like

Southwest flight attendants bring the humor

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Speed limit strictly enforced!

Wisconsin road adds a decimal point to its speed limit. It’s not a joke

A Wisconsin road has added a decimal point to its speed limit — in the hope that the unusual traffic sign will give drivers’ second thoughts about putting the pedal to the metal.

The Outagamie County Recycling and Solid Waste facility in Appleton, 107 miles north of Milwaukee, announced Monday that the speed limit inside the facility would now be 17.3 mph.

“You may notice something a little different on your next visit,” the facility wrote in a Facebook post. “Our posted speed limit is now 17.3.”

The facility, which provides recycling and landfill disposal services, said it decided on a posted speed limit of 17.3 mph because it makes drivers “pause.”

“It makes you look twice. And most importantly, it breaks that ‘autopilot’ feeling we can all fall into when driving familiar routes,” the facility added.

I don't know about you, but there is just no way I could keep my speed below 18.

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What's another way to say a moron is full of shit?

How about 29 year old man is constipated

Josh Vintner-Jackson first felt some discomfort in his lower left hip in March 2020.

At the time, Vintner-Jackson, who is from the UK, was 29 and worked at a startup in Austin. He balanced his time between work, hanging out with friends, and his active hobbies. He loved running marathons, including one five-day ultramarathon through the desert in Jordan.

Over the next four months, he would occasionally feel a pang of discomfort in the area. By the end of May, he had started to become severely constipated, despite eating what he considered a healthy diet.

After not pooping for eight days, he went to urgent care in June 2020, where an X-ray revealed a buildup in his colon.

Check out the whole thing. And let this serve as a reminder to get your colonoscopy if you are due!

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This should have been included in Tuesday's ONT, but someone dropped the ball. The Tuesday ONT host must be asshoe.

It's the unofficial AOSHQ mascot.

Apologies to Saijo. Piper will receive double pay for this Sunday's fashion segment.

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