"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Monday, January 29, 2024
Defeat
My Lions lost last night to the 49ers in the NFC championship game, but I like to think I took it like a man.
I'm amazed that a room full of inmates could sit quietly while one man riots and assaults the guards. That could never happen today. The whole room would erupt. It just shows, like pretty much everything else, we just don't get the same quality of inmates that we used to. Maybe we should replace the current batch of inmates with a cohort of federal bureaucrats who know how to do nothing while chaos unfolds.
I think the guard on the mezzanine, who was most likely holding either a riot shotgun or a Thompson submachine gun (can't tell; he is viewed from the back), probably had a salutary effect on the others.
I am, of course, all in favor of filling the prisons with Deep State bureaucrats who have violated the law.
It's a metaphor for our current political landscape where the guards stand still and let the crooks beat them.
Sorry Paco, but I think we all knew the Lions would choke. Although why they stopped running in the second half is a mystery. They were running at will and just... stopped. The only surprise was that the refs didn't [have to] cheat to get the San Fran/Travis Swift matchup the NFL wanted.
I hope you didn't squish your fedora, Mr. Paco sir.
ReplyDeleteWait'll next year!!
ReplyDeleteOh, wait. That's the Cubs.
What was that, three? Four guards who obligingly ran at him with their batons at arm's length well behind their heads, leading with their chins?
ReplyDeleteI've actually had baton training, and we never learned that move. Must be an advanced technique.
Rebecca: I was careful to resist the urge to pull the fedora down around my ears.
ReplyDeleteR-Man: That's the Cubs.
that's very much the Lions, too. Being a Lions fan teaches one patience and humility. Lots of humility.
Stephen: Those were manly chins that could have done a lot of damage.
I thought I was listening to a Biden speech.
ReplyDeleteHaw! I knew he plagiarized his material from somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed that a room full of inmates could sit quietly while one man riots and assaults the guards. That could never happen today. The whole room would erupt. It just shows, like pretty much everything else, we just don't get the same quality of inmates that we used to. Maybe we should replace the current batch of inmates with a cohort of federal bureaucrats who know how to do nothing while chaos unfolds.
ReplyDeleteI think the guard on the mezzanine, who was most likely holding either a riot shotgun or a Thompson submachine gun (can't tell; he is viewed from the back), probably had a salutary effect on the others.
ReplyDeleteI am, of course, all in favor of filling the prisons with Deep State bureaucrats who have violated the law.
It's a metaphor for our current political landscape where the guards stand still and let the crooks beat them.
ReplyDeleteSorry Paco, but I think we all knew the Lions would choke.
Although why they stopped running in the second half is a mystery. They were running at will and just... stopped.
The only surprise was that the refs didn't [have to] cheat to get the San Fran/Travis Swift matchup the NFL wanted.
Alas, I am also baffled by the change in tactics. But I had prepared myself for what I considered to be the inevitable.
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