A friend has another name for the orange. . . thing--SpongeBlob--for there is nothing

[niyad]

more self-absorbent than he is.

[rusty fender]

1. That's excellent!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. LOL! Excellent!

[Hortensis]

3. LOVE it!

Reminded me of this.

It's reported that coverage of Roseanne knocked Puerto Rico out of the public eye.

[niyad]

4. perfect!! your last sentence was, sadly,, disgustingly, absolutely correctt.

my newsfeed carried a dozen stories a day about her--every day, and only ONE story about Puerto Rico. sickening.

[Hortensis]

5. Shoulda left it off. We all need some laughs.

Did you know laughter breaks tendency to panic and makes you braver and more competent when faced with danger? True. That's why soldiers were supposed to be gay as they prepared to charge the enemy... In the old meaning of the word.

[niyad]

7. I know about the laughter breaking panic part, did not know about the soldiers. thank

you for that information.

[Hortensis]

9. Helps explain those old WW2-era movies,

where the heroes always tossed off a joke before flying off to battle the jerries or whatever.

[apnu]

6. I'm sticking with "orange shitgibbon" (nt)

[niyad]

8. "bloviated shitegibbon" (with proper British accent), courtesy of Sandy and Richard Riccardi.