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underpants

(197,176 posts)
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 12:26 PM Sep 2019

FYI - if we reach 11 Hurricanes this year it will be name.....oh no...

List of 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Names:

Andrea
Barry
Chantal
Dorian
Erin
Fernand
Gabrielle
Humberto
Imelda
Jerry
Karen
Lorenzo
Melissa
Nestor
Olga
Pablo
Rebekah
Sebastien
Tanya
Van
Wendy <----- Really?

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/hurricane-names-31223

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FYI - if we reach 11 Hurricanes this year it will be name.....oh no... (Original Post) underpants Sep 2019 OP
Looking down the barrel of Hurricane Karen... Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 #1
That's all the money we had KAREN! underpants Sep 2019 #4
13 Wawannabe Sep 2019 #2
Me too! ms liberty Sep 2019 #3
Hi Melissas backtoblue Sep 2019 #12
Hey! Wawannabe Sep 2019 #16
I can't get the culture reference here - what is it? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 #5
It's a name frequently used in memes. Flaleftist Sep 2019 #8
It's times like this I feel middle-aged, and thankful for it muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 #9
here's a 5th recommendation Jeffersons Ghost Sep 2019 #6
I thought the song was "Wendy," not "Windy," but here goes anyway: mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2019 #7
It's like Dwight Shrute with a tambourine underpants Sep 2019 #10
The sort of hurricane that demands to speak to your manager. nt Codeine Sep 2019 #11
😬 underpants Sep 2019 #13
The next one will be Humberto malaise Sep 2019 #14
Be careful what you wish for... jpak Sep 2019 #15

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
8. It's a name frequently used in memes.
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 02:40 PM
Sep 2019

"Karen" is basically a pain in the ass. Just Google "meme" and "Karen"

muriel_volestrangler

(106,591 posts)
9. It's times like this I feel middle-aged, and thankful for it
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 02:54 PM
Sep 2019

That's such a weak thing to hang a joke on. No one seems to be able to say how it started.

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