Maybe he'll bring back some nice salmon....
Posted on 07/31/2015 11:49:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
The time has come to take action against thread hijackers.
Let me begin with an example of thread hijacking:
Like most Freepers, I am pro-life. Abortion and and euthanasia appall me, and marketing the results even more so. I support candidates who oppose the culture of death, and cheer when it is thwarted.
I also do not find it necessary to mention these facts on EVERY. FREAKING. THREAD.
There is a certain type of Freeper, though, who has no such restraint. For these zealots, any thread that deviates from the pro-life cause, no matter how trivially, is a heresy that must be immediately suppressed.
You are shocked by cruelty to animals? I guess that means you couldn't care less about the cruelty of THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ABORTED EVERY YEAR!!!!!
You lost a beloved pet? Why can't you mourn THE THOUSANDS OF ABORTED BABIES WHO DIED THE SAME DAY?!!!!
Your car shredded its transmission and you're looking at thousands of dollars in repairs? Why aren't you thinking about THE BABIES WHO WILL NEVER GROW UP TO BE AUTO MECHANICS BECAUSE THEY WERE ABORTED?!!!!
(OK, maybe I made that last one up.)
Arguing with these people is pointless. It's the same principle as wrestling with a pig - you just get muddy and the pig enjoys it. Similarly, trying to convince them that they are being rude is a waste of time - THE CAUSE is far more important little things like courtesy and respect.
So, what can we do about it?
We can get drunk.
I hereby propose The Thread Hijack Drinking Game. The rules are simple: When a poster tries to hijack an unrelated thread to his or her pet cause, you 1) reply to the hijack attempt by quoting the text in question, followed by the word "DRINK!", and 2) Take a drink (or any volume) of your favorite beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Moderation is suggested on animal cruelty threads to avoid alcohol poisoning.
This game will not, I admit, solve the thread hijacking problem. But after a certain number of attempts we will no longer care.
And if anyone is offended by my little proposal, I can only say...
DRINK!
Just made me picture Colonel Klink.
Well, Admiral Scheer somewhat has passing resemblance.
But with more hair.
Maybe he'll bring back some nice salmon....
...he drags back a postman instead...
I’m not into salmon for breakfast, and our mail-delivery persons are in cars.
His vision is better than that, Blue Jays are best for that task.
At this hour I prefer cleaning salmon to field dressing and butchering venison. Must be a cultural thing, fish at breakfast. Had history taken a different turn, I would have been born in the same latitude as the upper reaches of Hudson Bay. Lands of ice and snow, genetically engineered for that climate.
I get that all the time. I had to check to see if you were talking to me.
"I think you need more coffee."
Well, it is morning.
Morning, Bob.
I found the hiking boots of Tom the Son on the front doorstep, so he’s somewhere in the house.
Or he got close ...
Wish granted.
Only half evil...
Smoked, on cream cheese, on a beagle, with a light dusting of dill...
Orange baby at 344.
Has to be illegal he’s so darn cute and squee. Head is going to explode in 10....9....8......7......
I couldn’t butcher venison.
But you have me going for lox now. I’m at the dregs in my fridge. I have some egg beaters. And once slice of cheese. So it’s an omelette for breakfast. A cup of coffee.
I need to so a food shop today. I think I’ll buy an egg bagel or two, a little cream cheese and lox for breakfast tomorrow. Growing up that was always Sunday breakfast.
Someday I’d like to do the Sunday breakfast with Eggs Benedict and Mimosa. , I’ve never had that.
I would love lox on bagel, but not on a beagle.
I don’t think the beagle would like it?
However, for making me laugh, may I buy you a cup of coffee to have with your bagel and lox? Or do you want a Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray?
Thanks, Nully! I feel much better!
I will put that on my bucket list.
I don’t have anyone to share brunch with. Somehow finding a nice, straight Conservative man in the NJ/ NYC area around my age is like finding a needle in a haystack. Or worse. A barn.
*BOOM*
Ok then...
Send us a pic of that Beagle..
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