The insult Nimrod stems from an old looney toons cartoon in which Bugs Bunny refers to Marvin the Martian as “nimrod” in reference to his greek looking attire.
actually it was in reference to elmer fudd. the biblical nimrod is referred to as a great hunter. bugs sarcastically said, “this guy’s a regular nimrod” or something like that. kids watching thought nimrod referred to fudd’s buffoonish demeanor and speech impediment.
the onion’s strategic hyperbole reserve is running dangerously low these days, too
it reached 18% in '81, there’s a long way to go
eleventy billion
once for every person killed by communism no food
mon frites!
it’s used in chess, as well, which makes sense, since it’s a wargame.
why do i have 7 bottles of bourbon with me? hahaha! well, you see, it’s because i like to give them away, as gifts, you see. token souvenirs to friends while i’m traveling. i had them personalized to make it more believable. i mean, more personal. i mean, i’m definitely not planning to drink them all myself this week! shit! why did i say “this week” that was a totally unnecessary detail. anyway, here, have one. as a gift. but please don’t tell anyone i’m planning to give the rest of these away. i haven’t decided who to give them to, yet. but i will. very soon. anyway, good night!
my CrossFit instructor (Jaxx Powerz)
it’s short for jaxxwell
yes, even cop-ybara
and wile e. coyote painted it in the first place, of course
aragoon
smaugma
that quote about sufficiently advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic feels more true every day. truly the future is wondrous.
horny minotaur
as opposed to a minotaur without horns?
and moreover what’s the point of having all of these mason jars for storing our pee if you’re just going to piss down the poop sink?
for sure, the real problems underlying gambling are poverty and debt. gambling offers a tempting means of escaping poverty while actually trapping most people further in debt. i’m certainly not an expert on this subject, but i would guess that illegal gambling continued to be a problem after the revolution. i can see an argument for “we need to shut this whole thing down for a few years until we can make sure the gambling rings are stamped out and the opium dealers are disarmed.”
yeah, hasn’t this guy ever heard the old saying? “anything but the chicken sink!”
it was prohibited because it was prohibitive ;)
huh, turns out we’re both wrong. it was elmer fudd, but he was called “my little nimrod” by daffy duck in the 1948 short “what makes daffy duck,” so the nimrod effect is also an example of the mandela effect. elmer usually hunted bugs bunny, so it must’ve been bugs that called him that.