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GopherGal

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23. My sense of self-preservation will lead me to avoid the SOTU...

Reply to OGBuzz (Reply #13)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:23 PM

Feb 24

I've got a weak stomach.

But if I receive news that something particularly important has happened, I can load up on Maalox and watch for the replays on news broadcasts before I join the street dancing.

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Is he dead yet? [View all] Orrex Feb 24 OP

"You want me to watch WHAT tonight? Who? That orange carcass?!!!" hlthe2b Feb 24 #1

I'm with the cute monkey 🐒 MustLoveBeagles Feb 24 #16

Pummelled by US Women's hockey team? SheltieLover Feb 24 #2

You read my mind! niyad Feb 24 #7

... MustLoveBeagles Feb 24 #17

"Pummeled"... I was thinking something more targeted and permanent, but that's good too... hlthe2b Feb 24 #21

No but malaise Feb 24 #3

Alas, my bottle of bubbly remains unopened. niyad Feb 24 #4

I have a dream... surfered Feb 24 #6

Snicker niyad Feb 24 #8

Miners isn't minors. Bwaha surfered Feb 24 #5

And I have a prayer... surfered Feb 24 #9

May it be so. niyad Feb 24 #11

.. MustLoveBeagles Feb 24 #18

in the voce of beaky buzzard . nope . nope nope . NOPE AllaN01Bear Feb 24 #10

Stroke! Stroke! RussBLib Feb 24 #12

I'm setting my PVR for tonight. OGBuzz Feb 24 #13

My sense of self-preservation will lead me to avoid the SOTU... GopherGal Feb 24 #23

Yes. No street dancing on an upset tummy. OGBuzz Feb 24 #24

Especially since I expect the street dancing to be accompanied by champagne swilling... GopherGal Feb 24 #25

I'm envious, you'll be having so much more fun than those of us choosing to.... OGBuzz Feb 24 #26

Ghost of Walter Cronkite returns to announce......... twodogsbarking Feb 24 #14

Every night I pray Satan takes his boy home. Joinfortmill Feb 24 #15

No, but bluestarone Feb 24 #19

During the SOTU, he can't help but notice the Epstein survivors in the gallery. He can't help repeating his line jls4561 Feb 24 #20

My family is ready LetMyPeopleVote Feb 24 #22