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I’ve still got some anger stuck in my craw about what happened last month, so I decided to offer you a bad joke for starters, and make this a Thursday Open Thread.<\/p>\n
Yes, I’ll be posting a cooking piece in a bit. I was thinking of roasting a whole hog, and since WDC is full of them, do you think anyone would miss them? Can you imagine any politician with an apple stuck in its mouth, without cracking up?<\/p>\n
This one below is a good one. Some guy named B. Clark on another site posted this, so I’m giving him full credit for it.<\/p>\n
Steam hissing out from under his hood, a Walrus pulls his convertible into a service station\u2026<\/p>\n
The service station attendant looks over and says \u201clooks like you\u2019ve blown a seal\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo I haven\u2019t,\u201d says the Walrus, \u201cI\u2019ve just finished an ice-cream.\u201d<\/p>\n
And there’s the legend that St. Lawrence, who was considered a Bad Person for his generosity by using the Church’s funds to help the poverty-stricken, was martyred for it.\u00a0 From the Wiki account:<\/p>\n
As deacon in Rome, Lawrence was responsible for the material goods of the Church and the distribution of alms to the poor.[8]<\/a><\/sup> Ambrose of Milan relates that when the treasures of the Church were demanded of Lawrence by the prefect of Rome, he brought forward the poor, to whom he had distributed the treasure as alms.[9]<\/a><\/sup> “Behold in these poor persons the treasures which I promised to show you; to which I will add pearls and precious stones, those widows and consecrated virgins, which are the Church’s crown.”[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n The prefect was so angry that he had a great gridiron prepared with hot coals beneath it, and had Lawrence placed on it, hence Lawrence’s association with the gridiron. After the martyr had suffered pain for a long time, the legend concludes, he cheerfully declared: “I’m well done on this side. Turn me over!<\/strong>“<\/em>[<\/em>8]<\/a><\/sup>[10]<\/a><\/sup> From this St. Lawrence derives his patronage of cooks<\/a>, chefs<\/a>, and comedians<\/a>.- Wiki<\/p>\n Well, since I love to cook, I will find something to offer you in the way of roast beast.\u00a0 And yes, your worst jokes are welcome, as is bitching and moaning and snarking and casting asparagus on political animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"