The fall goat (September 2024 goat nominations)
3August is almost over? And so will summer? Whether that’s a blame or unblame to our current goat @atannir is up to you, but in any case, it also means that their month is coming to a close and it’s time for a new scapegoat.
So nominate away!
- 6 comments, 20 replies
- Comment
I want to nominate @tohar1 because they are the coolest Secret Santa ever. I finally gave up on the ghost pepper sour straws that I was sent because it made my tongue numb for hours, and the wokka wokka t-shirt has gotten a bunch of compliments and is in my regular rotation.
@DLPanther I’ll accept your nomination, but only if it goes to a vote with the general populace of Meh-tizens where I’ll likely go down in flames.
@DLPanther @tohar1 I 2nd that!
atannir was goat?
Nothin’ but a shadow goat!
Or was that ghost goat?
Renominate them?
After impeaching their hide
In absentia…
@phendrick haiku:
but what is a goat?
so am I nominated?
it’s too much to bear
@phendrick I agree, I did not see any thing from them. I know you had more Fun with me as GOAT!
@kyeh - I can’t find the comment where you had said how someone deserved to be goat and I remember thinking, “Hey how did they escape this evil fate for so long?”. Do you remember who that was?
@Kidsandliz @kyeh do you lean @pmarin? Ive nominated them below
@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @tinamarie1974 I’m not sure if I did something right, or really wrong?
And as I’ve learned sometimes what you picked may not have been the best choice, or what you thought was wrong turned out to be good. It’s funny watching animals make choices when given puzzles like on YouTube, and you think “how cute,” not realizing that we all face those same puzzles.
EDIT so am I really just a rat in a maze?
Or maybe our entire life was a rat-race?
@narfcake
Septembers GOAT should be the VIrgin Goat
@Cerridwyn Good luck with that.
@macromeh
Let’s try @pmarin again. They have gone far too long under the radar.
@tinamarie1974 This is way too much to deal with on a Tuesday afternoon, Not sure if I should be grateful or terrified about the attention. I will research and get back to you. I do have a secret thrill though if this is some sort of club I can get into,
Meanwhile, for Tuesday Afternoon,
/youtube Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) [Days Of Future Passed Live]
@tinamarie1974 or vintage
Hate to say it but sounded better back then and hair was definitely better.
/youtube
@tinamarie1974 Not to get serious but it is life as I’ve opened up to in other forums. When I was in college I remember this song. I would get LPs (vinyl) and transfer to cassettes I could play in car.
22000 days was the average life expectancy. It seemed like a long time away when you are in college, but when you count days it’s really not, But you can’t live in fear of that. At college age it’s too far away to be a thought even. But yeah I think this song affected me from that point on, reminding me that life was finite. Hopefully in a good way. I started thinking about that song recently. Didn’t realize I’d just passed 22000 days.
@pmarin @tinamarie1974 22K days is only about 60 years. I’m aiming for around 30K days (family history suggests this may be reasonable).
(My wife’s step dad is past the 35K mark and still mowing the lawn, gardening and driving to town.)
What is this mission, should I choose to accept it?
Damn, that was actually really good television back in the day.
/youtube
EDIT I had a security clearance once but I don’t think it covers goat status.
In any case the secretary would disavow any knowledge of the mission.
@pmarin There really isn’t an instruction pamphlet. It’s kind of like waking up behind the wheel of a large cruise ship with a months worth of fuel. Steer it where you want to.
@capnjb @pmarin Or waking up behind a dumpster with a hangover and a case of sidewalk chalk …
@pmarin
/showme secret squirrel goat in the CIA
@pmarin @werehatrack
It’s not nearly that normal
@capnjb @pmarin @werehatrack sounds like someone has an interesting story to share
@capnjb @tinamarie1974 @werehatrack
Yeah that was last week. But I’m just warming up for election season.
@mediocrebot Meanwhile if I find that secret squirrel-goat with infra-red laser and night vision in my yard at night I’d be terrified. Or maybe not, assuming I might have designed part of it in a project I can’t confirm or deny. I would know the secret override code.