In most Costcos I’ve been to in the last five or so years, they’ve swapped from foil to some papery wrap.

You pet the ears; my face is 100% buried in that fluffy tum before I’m mauled.

I identify more with the sun, here: unimpressed with the world and on fire.

I would argue that, without the punctuation, it’s not technically correct. The references to James and John saying “had had,” at least, should be in quotes. Additionally, unless broken up with a semicolon or a period before the final four “hads,” it’s a run-on sentence.

If you change the “hads” that mean provided/said in the context of the sentence (excluding the quoted ones), you could write it as:

James, while John had [said] “had”, had [said] “had had”; “had had” had [provided] a better effect on the teacher.

And though it doesn’t flow right to me to have James and his action verb split by a phrase about John, I’m not sure that’s incorrect. Phrasing it to fix the flow, for me, would be:

While John had [said] “had”, James had [said] “had had”; “had had” had [provided] a better effect on the teacher.

The Wolfcastle reference on top of everything was, dare I say it, excellent.

I am not sober. I just had far too much fun saying “europinyinyinyin” out loud over and over again, so thank you for that. :)

I think I have some extended family who probably say it similarly to that, too. Probably the ones from the deep south.

Could Venezuela’s government have made this up? Possibly. They have motive and they are not the most honest people, to put it mildly.

I absolutely thought you were going to just duplicate this paragraph for the US. I’d laugh, but it would only be to mask my misery.

Not sure whether this is my favorite but it sure is the one I most relate to lately.

This dad jokes.

Fluffy drumsticks!!! 🍗🍗

If Nintendo sued them, I’d actually be willing to buy a Switch2, just on principle.

Don’t worry; even if he does, his deal with the devil will ensure he survives. I’m convinced it’s the only reason the hamberders haven’t done their job.

I’m guessing you’re located in the US, based on the location of the schools. I recommend presenting your husband with statistics regarding the amount of money a single income household needs compared to what jobs meet those needs. Most jobs in this country don’t provide a livable single wage, let alone family wage, and this is only getting worse with inflation. The likelihood of your daughter finding a husband who can take care of her without her help nowadays is extremely slim. It’s possible, but to count on that is very dumb.

Your husband sounds very out of touch.

You need to have a serious conversation with your husband about how he is setting her up to fail by giving her whatever she wants. She’s a child; he’s an adult and should know better.

This one seems to be fully cooked (with some burned spots) on top and raw on the underside, so I’m not sure what happened with OP’s recipe.

I think that’s the age I’ll turn next, but I kinda stopped remembering/caring once I hit 30. My advice is to not remember how old you are so that you have to do math to figure it out; that should discourage your friend from being bothered by how old he is. Instead, he can be bothered by the fact that he can never remember his own age. ;P

I dunno, this seemed accurate to me - not because millennials don’t want to go to therapy, but because they can’t afford to.

Mid-30s woman here, from western US. I call my mom any of the following, depending on mood/context:

• Mom
• Mommy
• Mama
• Ma (definitely can become Maaaaa at times)
• Uma
• Mother (usually in a jokingly stern tone)
• Her name (when she’s being particularly deaf)

Considering you’ve thought about it, you’re already ahead of 95% of congress.

That goddamned movie made leaves look delicious and my child self did not appreciate the lesson in reality versus fantasy. ಠ_ಠ