All you observatory

Suttonhoo: One cold winter in Wisconsin a window cracked at the Yerkes Observatory so they replaced it with a glass plate dupe of a solar eclipse captured through the world's largest refraction telescope. No biggy

<eclipse window pic>

b1-66er: Looks great.

(the ornamentation visible out the other window is interesting.)

S: This place is absolutely brilliant -- y'all should consider a drive by on your next tren adventure

<Observatory through trees>

b1: That's a great shot too.

What takes you there?

S: Curiosity. The cat with the big schnoze is John D Rockefeller. Originally there was a wasp in the cartouche (replicated many times) to allude to how JD got stung bankrolling the construction of the University of Chicago. UofC officials got wise to the joke and had the wasps chiseled out

I like the phases of the moon best 

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Platinum yardstick

b1-67er: Continuous improvement is a mark of greatness.

Just imagine what Iberico would be like...

b1-66er: OH!

Any city named after great ham will NEVER be bad...

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/07/two-ohio-cities-named-top-100-best-places-to-live-in-us.html

Major Math: I'm from Parma. Whoever wrote this is high.

Counterpoint...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SuVmmawmFXY

b1: The members of Scorpion Manor are all laughing.

LOUDLY•

MM: Kinda like Cleveland is the butt of jokes in the national arena, Parma is the butt of jokes in the Cleveland area. Quite literally, Parma is the Cleveland of Cleveland.

Drink, drank, ....

b1-66er: <pic>

Well...

... It was fasting day until Panera was mentioned.

b1-67er: Charged Lemonade is sort of the opposite.

66: That's one way to look at it.

67: ...or are you even allowed drinks?

66: Drinks? 

Yes.

Caffeine?

Probably

3x more sugar than an adult male is recommended per day?

WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO ARE YOU WHAT'RE YOU DOING ON MY PHONE HOW MUCH DO I PAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS WHERE EXACTLY WERE YOU WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS STARTED HOW MANY WORDS OF RUSSIAN CHINESE OR FRENCH DO YOU SPEAK?

67: Ok.  I think I understand. You already drank the lemonade.

Microwave set to '2 intermittent' for 5 minutes

b1-66er: https://youtu.be/xnG4Mfak-Oc 

b1-67er: I saw this.  And now, as if there was any remaining doubt, we know America has lost its mind.  Get out your tin foil hat.

D4rw1n: Aw hell 

Giving whistleblowers a bad name

67: "But I know a guy who knows a guy who says he saw the wreckage!"

"Sparkly" the Tumor

b1-66er: <pic>

Something you don't have.

b1-67er: What the hell is that?

66: THAT is a reasonable question.

It is edible glitter.

For you know, like food.

Like.

Like the kinda food you eat and think, "this just doesn't have enough glitter."

Like.

Think of something simple...

... Yet 'physiologically unreasonable' ...

... Like a donut.

If you dig deep deep into your soul, you'll think: yes, I guess I could've used more glitter on my donut 'that one time.'

67:  I see.  I suppose somebody has to do carcinogen research.  

Name tag of the afterlife

b1-67er: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/26/us/nyc-crane-collapse/index.html

b1-66er: ¡OH GEEZ!

67: An engineer from [redacted] crane once told me, " One thing about crane failures: they are always spectacular"

66: And now I'm conflicted...

... Do I hate cranes?...

... or love them?

I guess THAT'S why you wear a hardhat.

67: For that accident you need a hard hat with your name on it so they know who you are when they scrape you off the pavement.