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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Columbus day? Supposed to watch The Goonies, Gremlins, some Mrs. Doubtfire and little bit of Sorcerer's Stone.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 1 day ago

Don't forget Home Alone!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Columbus Day could also be celebrated by breaking into someone's house and forcing them to find and bring you money. If they don't bring enough start killing their family.

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 2 days ago

Or at least just chopping their hands off.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 139 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Leave home to buy some spices, then go to a wrong grocery store and make a mess there breaking everything on the shelves

[–] rockSlayer 85 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't forget to kidnap a few employees too while you're in the wrong store

[–] TheTechnician27 33 points 2 days ago

And cut out their tongues and get arrested.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You gotta wipe out 90% of that wrong grocery store's employees and patrons through communicable diseases, even the ones in corporate who have no idea who you are or have ever met you.

🫡

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] grue 16 points 2 days ago

WTF now I'm almost pro-Columbus again.

[–] FlyingSquid 22 points 2 days ago

And the spice isle is twice as long as you think it is, but you keep insisting that it's that length.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Leave home with spices on a shopping list, come home with syphilis instead.

[–] NJSpradlin 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Head to Kroger, end up in a ‘Indian’ grocery store instead, scream at the attendees that they don’t have the real ‘chai’, from Teavana, then tell them to go back to their country.

(Ninja edit: …before heading over to Starbucks to pickup the holiday version of their ‘Chai’ Tea Latte, the one that comes with pumpkin spice added.)

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hundreds of years from now people will claim that only you knew that your route to the spice store existed while in reality everyone knew that it was too long.

[–] FlyingSquid 41 points 2 days ago

"Oh, you're back. Did you bring back the cinnamon and nutmeg?"

"They were definitely out of those spices, but look at all of these severed hands!"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You found some other spice store on the way and convinced yourself it was the spice store you were after

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Although the Norwegian couple living above you has been going there for years.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"Listen, I'm white. Columbus is associated with settlers and colonialism which the left unfairly demonized so poor Columbus got cancelled! Because I'm white I feel personally attacked because fox news says I should be so I'm celebrating out of spite even though I don't really even know what I'm celebrating! Make America Genocide Again!"

-Some Magoos subconscious probably

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 2 days ago

Oh they definitely complain that people don't celebrate Columbus Day anymore like they never did anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

This is peak tilting at windmills

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Completely off-topic: That cartoonist is continuing a tradition that goes all the way back to George Herriman near the beginning of the 20th century. He had an incredible strip called Krazy Kat, but it started out like the Tom Waits sub-strip there, under a strip he ended up abandoning.

I'm betting the cartoonist here knew about that and is continuing the tradition, which is pretty cool.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The strip is a tribute to Tony Millionare, which is also where the sub-strip comes from.

Dresden Codak used to be a wonderful webcomic with great surreal humour and some super funky layouts. Then over a decade ago the author started a long, boring and confusing storyline which is apparently still ongoing? Crazy.

Anyway, mostly everything under "One-Offs" in the archive is solid gold and highly recommended. The rest of it... don't bother.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 2 days ago

Layers upon layers. Thanks for the info!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I used to observe columbus day by having the day off school. Now it's meaningless to me like every other "holiday" I have to work through and get pissed off because I drove all the way to the bank to get change and they're closed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Do you guys have change for a five?

Sure what do you want?

three ones and the rest quarters

Please fill out this form and I’ll need two forms of ID

this pen isn’t working

Hold on I’ve got some bolt cutters back here somewhere …

[clack]

Hey Mary, this guy needs a pen

I gave the supply cabinet keys to Carl. He’ll be back from lunch any minute now

Hey Carl it’s Mary. We’ve got a gentleman here needs a pen. Are you headed back?

… …. .. …… …

Oh gosh that’s terrible!

.. …. … . …. …..

Okay I’ll let him know. [click] Yeah Hon, Carl should be heading back any minute now. He’s just over at the deli having a sandwich. He was having a bother with his car but he’s got the jumper cables and everything

[ancient clock chimes] [cars pass by outside] [cicadas drone]

Can I get you a coffee or anything, Dear?

No thanks … well sure.

Oh drat! I forgot Mary had that second cup. Here I’ll just make some more.

Say Mary, do you know where the coffee filters are?

Should be right there with the coffee.

Nope, not here. Well we can have Carl pick some up.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid 23 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Anybody want some blankets?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Those were the Dutch, no? Or was it just an overall European thing?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

best I can do is monkeypox sorry

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

While you have COVID so you can side-kill anyone not immune.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Unironically saw this meme while in line after having just done that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you go to the pharmacy looking for spices? Did you make a scene and berate their employees? You’re doing it wrong.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

Naw, I just kidnapped a bunch of people and left some dirty old blankets laying around /s

[–] FlyingSquid 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You got lost in the spice aisle? Because they generally are straight lines.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Eh, got lost looking for ground ginger. Started in the spice aisle, but they were out, so some directed me to the produce area (apparently didn't realize I didn't want whole ginger). After a bit more wandering, I turned some up in the Asian food section.

[–] FlyingSquid 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I think you're celebrating Magellan Day or something. You don't ever get to the Asian food section on Columbus Day if you celebrate it properly.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Damn it, every time someone posts a Key and Peele gif, I spend the next hour watching Key and Peele sketches.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Happy to be of assistance.

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 2 days ago

I said, biiiiiiiitch...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i think you celebrate magellan day by getting beat up by a short pinoy king

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 2 days ago

I assume you celebrate Cook day by getting killed by Hawaiians.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

All ginger is ground ginger.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

what about hydroponic ginger

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[–] niktemadur 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'll observe my sister-in-law's birthday, thank you very much.

[–] RagingRobot 4 points 2 days ago

Don't mind me I'm just observing ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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