on a lighter note...

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[Uncle Sauce]

 

[Uncle Sauce]

 

[Uncle Sauce]

 

[Wheels]

 

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[Petey J]

 

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[observe]

MEN organizing ‘Braai op WhatsApp: *

Subject: Braai

* Man 1: * Hey guys, when are we going to have a braai?
* Man 2: * Thursday at 8 pm at the “Man 9” house
* Man 1: * Okay, what do we take?
* Man 9: * I buy the meat and drinks, then we split.
* Man 5: * Ok
* Man 1: * Ok
* Man 3: * Ok
* Man 2: * Ok
* Man 4: * Ok
* Man 6: * Ok
* Man 7: * Ok
* Man 8: * Ok
* Man 10: * Ok
* Man 11: * Ok
* Man 12: * Ok
* Man 13: * Ok
* Man 14: * Ok
* Man 15: * Ok

END OF CONVERSATION
* ................................... *

* WOMEN organizing braai op WhatsApp: *

Subject: Braai

* Woman 1: * Hi guys, when are we going to meet and have a braai?
* Woman 2: * Thursday at 8 pm?
* Woman 3: * Where?
* Woman 2: * I don't know
* Woman 4: * Where girls?
* Woman 4: * If you want you can come to Mom's house
* Woman 2: * Wouldn't it be better to go to a restaurant?
* Woman 5: * No, in a house it's better, so we don't spend so much and we have more time
* Woman 2: * Ok by me
* Woman 3: * Ok
* Woman 5: * Ok
* Woman 4: * Ok
* Woman 6: * Okay what? Restaurant or home?
* Woman 2: * House
* Woman 7: * Restaurant
* Woman 2: * Let's go to Woman 4's house then
* Woman 3: * Okay, what do we take?
* Woman 8: * Does anyone know how to braai?
* Woman 2: * I'm excited
* Woman 6: * What will we buy?
* Woman 2: * Let's make a list
* Woman 8: * Ok
* Woman 4: * A little meat and salad, what do you think?
* Woman 5: * Well I'm on a diet so I'm going to eat only lettuce and tomatoes
* Woman 2: * Okay, then?
* Woman 1: * I'll make a list and each one says what they can bring
* Woman 2: * Greek salad
* Woman 3: * Quinoa
* Woman 4: * Sausage and potatoes
* Woman 5: * Lettuce, tomato and some vegetables for another salad
* Woman 1: * Okay, how much?
* Woman 6: * I don't know
* Woman 2: * 5 sausages?
* Woman 2: * Who eats sausage?
* Woman 2: * I don't
* Woman 5: * I don't
* Woman 7: * I don't
* Woman 3: * I don't
* Woman 4: * I don't
* Woman 8: * I don't
* Woman 1: * Okay, I won't buy sausage then
* Woman 2: * But you, Woman 4, why did you say you were going to buy sausage if you don't eat it?
* Woman 4: * Because I had put myself in the shoes of someone who eats sausage
* Woman 1: * Ok, no sausage then
* Woman 1: * Sosaties and steak, 1 kilo and 1 kilo, okay?
* Woman 7: * It seems little
* Woman 1: * How much then?
* Woman 2: * I don't know
* Woman 2: * Girls? What do you think?
* Woman 8: * I think it's half a kilo per person
* Woman 4: * How many are we?
* Woman 1: * I don't know. Girls, confirm who's going
* Woman 2: * I will
* Woman 3: * I will
* Woman 5: * I will
* Woman 6: * I will
* Woman 7: * I will
* Woman 8: * I will
* Woman 9: * I will
* Woman 10: * I will
* Woman 11: * I will
* Woman 4: * When is it?
* Woman 2: * Thursday?
* Woman 4: * I can't, I have a doctor's appt
* Woman 2: * What bad luck, we dpn't have a venue for the braai then?
* Woman 4: * Sorry girls, the reminder for this appointment just rang
* Woman 1: * What other house is available?
* Woman 8: * How many are we?
* Woman 2: * 10
* Woman 3: * It doesn't fit in my house
* Woman 5: * Not mine either
* Woman 6: * Not mine either
* Woman 7: * Much less in mine
* Woman 8: * Not mine either
* Woman 9: * Not mine either
* Woman 10: * In mine it may... but I need chairs, can someone bring?
* Woman 2: * Woman 11 has a chair rental shop, she can take
* Woman 5: * But she doesn't answer, she must be working
* Woman 9: * I don't eat sausage
* Woman 2: * We still need to find a venue
* Woman 12: * Sorry girls, I just got on the phone, what happened?
* Woman 2: * We are still looking for a venue
* Woman 12: * Come to my house, no stress
* Woman 2: * Ok, excellent
* Woman 12: * Wait ... what day?
* Woman 2: * Thursday at 8 pm
* Woman 12: * Huummmmm that complicates things ... can it be on Wednesday?
* Woman 2: * Fine by me
* Woman 2: * Same time?
* Woman 2: * Yes?
* Woman 3: * I will
* Woman 4: * I will
* Woman 5: * I have to take Gabi to her grandmother's house, but I can go later after she falls asleep
* Woman 8: * Okay.
* Woman 9: * I will
* Woman 6: * I will
* Woman 7: * I will
* Woman 11: * I will
* Woman 2: * Done, Wednesday at the home of Woman 12.
* Woman 3: * Yes
* Woman 1: * Girls, coming back to the braai.. do I buy half a kilo per person?
* Woman 8: * Yes
* Woman 1: * Ok, so I'll ask Pieter to buy
* Woman 2: * Ok… and what will we do about drinks?
* Woman 3: * Each one takes whatever they drink and that's it
* Woman 9: * I can't because I go straight from work
* Woman 6: * Well, Woman 1 better buy everything and split up later
* Woman 1: * Girls, I can't buy everything, does anyone give me a hand?
* Woman 6: * I'll help, what do you drink girls?
* Woman 2: * Coke Zero
* Woman 4: * Water
* Woman 5: * Natural juice
* Woman 6: * Sparkling water
* Woman 9: * Aloe water
* Woman 3: * Girls, can we buy Peach Iced tea?
* Woman 8: * Let's go to a restaurant girls,that's less effort
* Woman 2: * I think so too
* Woman 4: * Me too
* Woman 6: * Me too
* Woman 7: * Me too
* Woman 9: * Me too
* Woman 11: * Me too
* Woman 12: * Me too
* Woman 1: * Ahhh no girls, I already sent Pieter to buy everything, we have to braai
* Woman 2: * Uhh crap…
* Woman 4: * I want water, but it has to be Bonaqua that has less sodium, so I don't get bloated
* Woman 1: * Girls, can we organize please ?????
* Woman 2: * Ok
* Woman 6: * Ok
* Woman 4: * Ok
* Woman 9: * Ok
* Woman 5: * Ok
* Woman 8: * Ok
* Woman 11: * I don't eat sausage either
* Woman 5: * (sending a chain) Girls… please share… The dog is called BOB… he got lost yesterday near the station, if everyone works together we can find him and get him bacl to his owners... They must be worried sick
* Woman 6: * Yes, poor BOB
* Woman 9: * BOB is beautiful!! What breed is he?
* Woman 5: * I don't know ... got this on my yoga group
* Woman 2: * But do you know the owners?
* Woman 5: * No, but I felt sorry for BOB
* Woman 1: * Pieter called me from the butcher shop saying they don't have steak, what else should we get?
* Woman 2: * I prefer chorizo steak
* Woman 4: * Me too
* Woman 1: * Girls, we can decide right away because Pieter is going to kill me, he's at the butcher shop waiting for us to decide
* Woman 6: * I think it is unfair to always be like this, we are always the same ones that organize everything and nobody else is moved to do anything
* Woman 10: * Hi girls, I just woke upn and I have 369 messages in our group, what happened?
* Woman 3: * I'll tell you ...

 

[Uncle Sauce]

 

[Uncle Sauce]

 

[mdwest]

Try this

Bill Burr's opening monologue on 'SNL' draws praise, backlash on social media

Burr’s opening monologue tackled everything from anti-maskers to cancel culture, from wokeness to Gay Pride Month.

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Another couple of bits from his SNL performance..

funny dude...

 

[jeanes]

MEN organizing ‘Braai op WhatsApp: *

Subject: Braai

* Man 1: * Hey guys, when are we going to have a braai?
* Man 2: * Thursday at 8 pm at the “Man 9” house
* Man 1: * Okay, what do we take?
* Man 9: * I buy the meat and drinks, then we split.
* Man 5: * Ok
* Man 1: * Ok
* Man 3: * Ok
* Man 2: * Ok
* Man 4: * Ok
* Man 6: * Ok
* Man 7: * Ok
* Man 8: * Ok
* Man 10: * Ok
* Man 11: * Ok
* Man 12: * Ok
* Man 13: * Ok
* Man 14: * Ok
* Man 15: * Ok

END OF CONVERSATION
* ................................... *

* WOMEN organizing braai op WhatsApp: *

Subject: Braai

* Woman 1: * Hi guys, when are we going to meet and have a braai?
* Woman 2: * Thursday at 8 pm?
* Woman 3: * Where?
* Woman 2: * I don't know
* Woman 4: * Where girls?
* Woman 4: * If you want you can come to Mom's house
* Woman 2: * Wouldn't it be better to go to a restaurant?
* Woman 5: * No, in a house it's better, so we don't spend so much and we have more time
* Woman 2: * Ok by me
* Woman 3: * Ok
* Woman 5: * Ok
* Woman 4: * Ok
* Woman 6: * Okay what? Restaurant or home?
* Woman 2: * House
* Woman 7: * Restaurant
* Woman 2: * Let's go to Woman 4's house then
* Woman 3: * Okay, what do we take?
* Woman 8: * Does anyone know how to braai?
* Woman 2: * I'm excited
* Woman 6: * What will we buy?
* Woman 2: * Let's make a list
* Woman 8: * Ok
* Woman 4: * A little meat and salad, what do you think?
* Woman 5: * Well I'm on a diet so I'm going to eat only lettuce and tomatoes
* Woman 2: * Okay, then?
* Woman 1: * I'll make a list and each one says what they can bring
* Woman 2: * Greek salad
* Woman 3: * Quinoa
* Woman 4: * Sausage and potatoes
* Woman 5: * Lettuce, tomato and some vegetables for another salad
* Woman 1: * Okay, how much?
* Woman 6: * I don't know
* Woman 2: * 5 sausages?
* Woman 2: * Who eats sausage?
* Woman 2: * I don't
* Woman 5: * I don't
* Woman 7: * I don't
* Woman 3: * I don't
* Woman 4: * I don't
* Woman 8: * I don't
* Woman 1: * Okay, I won't buy sausage then
* Woman 2: * But you, Woman 4, why did you say you were going to buy sausage if you don't eat it?
* Woman 4: * Because I had put myself in the shoes of someone who eats sausage
* Woman 1: * Ok, no sausage then
* Woman 1: * Sosaties and steak, 1 kilo and 1 kilo, okay?
* Woman 7: * It seems little
* Woman 1: * How much then?
* Woman 2: * I don't know
* Woman 2: * Girls? What do you think?
* Woman 8: * I think it's half a kilo per person
* Woman 4: * How many are we?
* Woman 1: * I don't know. Girls, confirm who's going
* Woman 2: * I will
* Woman 3: * I will
* Woman 5: * I will
* Woman 6: * I will
* Woman 7: * I will
* Woman 8: * I will
* Woman 9: * I will
* Woman 10: * I will
* Woman 11: * I will
* Woman 4: * When is it?
* Woman 2: * Thursday?
* Woman 4: * I can't, I have a doctor's appt
* Woman 2: * What bad luck, we dpn't have a venue for the braai then?
* Woman 4: * Sorry girls, the reminder for this appointment just rang
* Woman 1: * What other house is available?
* Woman 8: * How many are we?
* Woman 2: * 10
* Woman 3: * It doesn't fit in my house
* Woman 5: * Not mine either
* Woman 6: * Not mine either
* Woman 7: * Much less in mine
* Woman 8: * Not mine either
* Woman 9: * Not mine either
* Woman 10: * In mine it may... but I need chairs, can someone bring?
* Woman 2: * Woman 11 has a chair rental shop, she can take
* Woman 5: * But she doesn't answer, she must be working
* Woman 9: * I don't eat sausage
* Woman 2: * We still need to find a venue
* Woman 12: * Sorry girls, I just got on the phone, what happened?
* Woman 2: * We are still looking for a venue
* Woman 12: * Come to my house, no stress
* Woman 2: * Ok, excellent
* Woman 12: * Wait ... what day?
* Woman 2: * Thursday at 8 pm
* Woman 12: * Huummmmm that complicates things ... can it be on Wednesday?
* Woman 2: * Fine by me
* Woman 2: * Same time?
* Woman 2: * Yes?
* Woman 3: * I will
* Woman 4: * I will
* Woman 5: * I have to take Gabi to her grandmother's house, but I can go later after she falls asleep
* Woman 8: * Okay.
* Woman 9: * I will
* Woman 6: * I will
* Woman 7: * I will
* Woman 11: * I will
* Woman 2: * Done, Wednesday at the home of Woman 12.
* Woman 3: * Yes
* Woman 1: * Girls, coming back to the braai.. do I buy half a kilo per person?
* Woman 8: * Yes
* Woman 1: * Ok, so I'll ask Pieter to buy
* Woman 2: * Ok… and what will we do about drinks?
* Woman 3: * Each one takes whatever they drink and that's it
* Woman 9: * I can't because I go straight from work
* Woman 6: * Well, Woman 1 better buy everything and split up later
* Woman 1: * Girls, I can't buy everything, does anyone give me a hand?
* Woman 6: * I'll help, what do you drink girls?
* Woman 2: * Coke Zero
* Woman 4: * Water
* Woman 5: * Natural juice
* Woman 6: * Sparkling water
* Woman 9: * Aloe water
* Woman 3: * Girls, can we buy Peach Iced tea?
* Woman 8: * Let's go to a restaurant girls,that's less effort
* Woman 2: * I think so too
* Woman 4: * Me too
* Woman 6: * Me too
* Woman 7: * Me too
* Woman 9: * Me too
* Woman 11: * Me too
* Woman 12: * Me too
* Woman 1: * Ahhh no girls, I already sent Pieter to buy everything, we have to braai
* Woman 2: * Uhh crap…
* Woman 4: * I want water, but it has to be Bonaqua that has less sodium, so I don't get bloated
* Woman 1: * Girls, can we organize please ?????
* Woman 2: * Ok
* Woman 6: * Ok
* Woman 4: * Ok
* Woman 9: * Ok
* Woman 5: * Ok
* Woman 8: * Ok
* Woman 11: * I don't eat sausage either
* Woman 5: * (sending a chain) Girls… please share… The dog is called BOB… he got lost yesterday near the station, if everyone works together we can find him and get him bacl to his owners... They must be worried sick
* Woman 6: * Yes, poor BOB
* Woman 9: * BOB is beautiful!! What breed is he?
* Woman 5: * I don't know ... got this on my yoga group
* Woman 2: * But do you know the owners?
* Woman 5: * No, but I felt sorry for BOB
* Woman 1: * Pieter called me from the butcher shop saying they don't have steak, what else should we get?
* Woman 2: * I prefer chorizo steak
* Woman 4: * Me too
* Woman 1: * Girls, we can decide right away because Pieter is going to kill me, he's at the butcher shop waiting for us to decide
* Woman 6: * I think it is unfair to always be like this, we are always the same ones that organize everything and nobody else is moved to do anything
* Woman 10: * Hi girls, I just woke upn and I have 369 messages in our group, what happened?
* Woman 3: * I'll tell you ...

Having seen e-mails from my wife's quilting bee trying to organize a meeting, I can say that this is absolutely true.

 

[mdwest]

 

[spike.t]

 

[Boyd Brooks]

Hey what are you looking at?

 

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