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Mrs. Betty Bowers (on trump nodding off) (Original Post) IcyPeas Nov 8 OP
Heaven forfend! Only Ermine is fit to lay our Holy Kingship to rest. NBachers Nov 8 #1
Wha......?? New word alert! (Well, old word apparently) IcyPeas Nov 8 #3
'YEA!!!!' to both of you! MyOwnPeace Nov 8 #14
Or Has Read One of Those Book-y Things in the Last Year The Roux Comes First Nov 8 #26
The last YEAR? Wednesdays Nov 8 #31
HOW FUN! brakester Nov 8 #27
Trumpy was definately in la la land! riversedge Nov 8 #2
Death by narcolepsy! Aussie105 Nov 8 #4
An effin DUzy malaise Nov 8 #9
No one could accuse Donald of being woke. LetMyPeopleVote Nov 8 #5
Braindead yes. nt Cha Nov 8 #20
Something tells me he plans to be preserved in a glass box like Lenin Wicked Blue Nov 8 #6
Lol, this was within the comments: IcyPeas Nov 8 #11
Forgive me for I have punned... Wounded Bear Nov 8 #16
I vote for a Loctite box PCIntern Nov 8 #18
I think people should paint targets on it Wicked Blue Nov 8 #23
Like the parody of "On Top Of Old Smokey" Wednesdays Nov 8 #32
Maybe for a coffin, we could use one of those pee troughs Seinan Sensei Nov 9 #38
I recently attended a 95th birthday party for my uncle. That is what this reminds me of. Midnight Writer Nov 8 #7
Was he dosing or dozing? NBachers Nov 8 #8
He may have been doing both, but I actually only saw him dozing Midnight Writer Nov 8 #24
I managed to read that as in your uncle had his public viewing after dying sitting in his recliner. erronis Nov 8 #25
The hair reminds me of that old Jacob's Cream Cracker tin malaise Nov 8 #10
His hair looks like Wednesdays Nov 8 #33
Indeed malaise Nov 9 #35
Looks almost lifelike. Permanut Nov 8 #12
If only n/t hoosierspud Nov 8 #13
The press coverage of this angrychair Nov 8 #15
I'll bet she gets investigated, maybe charged, for threatening #rump (nt) William Seger Nov 8 #17
Lol.. I see what she means! Cha Nov 8 #19
A pleasant thought Blue Owl Nov 8 #21
If he were tasteful, sure. I'm betting on a Rococo sarcophagus with Maru Kitteh Nov 8 #22
If it's any consolation, he couldn't care less about opera. Wednesdays Nov 8 #34
A la Rocky? The Roux Comes First Nov 9 #41
That guy seems very impatient: Dave Bowman Nov 8 #28
Nice farm implement, Orrex. Ilsa Nov 8 #30
Almost looks like he's alive. Swede Nov 8 #29
Chump needs to have eyes painted on his eyelids FakeNoose Nov 9 #36
The interesting thing is if he had another stroke... Javaman Nov 9 #37
Betty, a garbage can will do... IzzaNuDay Nov 9 #39
I vote for "Hefty bag on the south forty" lastlib Nov 9 #42
Give him a break. BurnDoubt Nov 9 #40
A lot of people have that same thought FoxNewsSucks Nov 9 #43
Sendhim to e erlasting torment in Hell ... Very SOON !!!!!! Trueblue1968 Nov 9 #44
Oh, you know his casket will be tacky gold Betty Boom Nov 9 #45

IcyPeas

(24,867 posts)
3. Wha......?? New word alert! (Well, old word apparently)
Reply to NBachers (Reply #1)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:02 PM
Nov 8


Forfend is an unusual word in that its most commonly used sense is considered archaic, meaning it survives in English chiefly in specialized uses. When forfend was first used in the 14th century, it meant “to forbid.” It still does but only in phrases, like “heaven forfend” or “God forfend,” that have an exaggeratedly old-timey ring to them. (The use is also typically humorous and/or ironic.) Put another way, substituting forfend for forbid in any other context would sound strange, as in “students are forfended from using cell phones in the classroom.” Other senses of forfend, including “to protect or preserve” and “to ward off or prevent,” are current, though much less common. The fend part of the word comes from the same Latin source as defend.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forfend

MyOwnPeace

(17,444 posts)
14. 'YEA!!!!' to both of you!
Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #3)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:52 PM
Nov 8

A brilliant (they use that word in a Guiness commercial) use of grammar - and a meaningful and timely explanation of it's use.

Now, find a MAGAT that can understand ANY of it.................

Aussie105

(7,652 posts)
4. Death by narcolepsy!
Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:05 PM
Nov 8

I was hoping his demise would be more spectacular, like tripping over his platform shoes going down an escalator, but death by narcolepsy will have to do.

You know the scene - old folks home, lots propped up in chairs at night watching TV.
In the morning, those that didn't 'make it' get carted away in undertaker's vans.


IcyPeas

(24,867 posts)
11. Lol, this was within the comments:
Reply to Wicked Blue (Reply #6)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:36 PM
Nov 8

Everyone calling me out on a mahogany box lined in ruffled cream satin being too tasteful for Donald is absolutely correct.

It will most likely be a Lucite box adorned with gold plastic appliques and his name in a bridal invite font, and the fabric will be a yellow-gold polyester lamé.

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-11-08T00:32:38.147Z

Lucite box!
Well, that

Remains to be seen.

(Forgive me, for I have punned)

— (@mrsfranki.bsky.social) 2025-11-08T21:22:54.907Z

Seinan Sensei

(1,370 posts)
38. Maybe for a coffin, we could use one of those pee troughs
Reply to Wicked Blue (Reply #23)
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 09:36 AM
Nov 9

Like you find at the men’s restroom in a stadium

Midnight Writer

(25,146 posts)
7. I recently attended a 95th birthday party for my uncle. That is what this reminds me of.
Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:26 PM
Nov 8

Last edited Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:59 PM - Edit history (1)

My uncle sat in his recliner dosing while about forty people mingled and visited. (editing to acknowledge "dosing" should read "dozing&quot

I actually enjoyed the event, catching up with relatives, but my uncle was totally oblivious to everything going on.

My uncle passed about 6 months later.

erronis

(22,663 posts)
25. I managed to read that as in your uncle had his public viewing after dying sitting in his recliner.
Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #7)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 09:02 PM
Nov 8

No reason to spend money on a casket. Just lower him into a 4x5x6 foot hole with recliner.

Sorry - morbid. Might be your favorite uncle.

malaise

(292,828 posts)
10. The hair reminds me of that old Jacob's Cream Cracker tin
Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:34 PM
Nov 8

in my paternal grandma’s kitchen
😂😂😂

angrychair

(11,696 posts)
15. The press coverage of this
Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:55 PM
Nov 8

Has been mind numbingly frustrating. All but nonexistent. Seriously...fuck the news media.

Blue Owl

(58,170 posts)
21. A pleasant thought
Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:24 PM
Nov 8

But I want that fucker to suffer before shuffling off — someone who’s been that abusive and caused others so much pain needs a little taste of his own medicine

Maru Kitteh

(31,251 posts)
22. If he were tasteful, sure. I'm betting on a Rococo sarcophagus with
Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:29 PM
Nov 8

“Warm golden lighting” and Nessun Dorma blaring.

Just one more reason to hate the guy. I love Nessun Dorma.

Wednesdays

(21,599 posts)
34. If it's any consolation, he couldn't care less about opera.
Reply to Maru Kitteh (Reply #22)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 11:08 PM
Nov 8

It'd probably be "God Bless the USA" or some such.

Or, maybe "YMCA"...?

Ilsa

(63,837 posts)
30. Nice farm implement, Orrex.
Reply to Dave Bowman (Reply #28)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 09:53 PM
Nov 8

Not that this drawing resembles you in any way. Do you own a black hooded robe?

FakeNoose

(40,191 posts)
36. Chump needs to have eyes painted on his eyelids
Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 08:49 AM
Nov 9

Then he can sit there and doze out, and it looks like he's wide awake. Think anyone would be fooled?
Probably not.

Javaman

(65,119 posts)
37. The interesting thing is if he had another stroke...
Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 09:17 AM
Nov 9

No one seems alarmed or cared to notice.

Maybe they are all secretly hoping he doesn’t wake up
😂😂😂😂

Betty Boom

(382 posts)
45. Oh, you know his casket will be tacky gold
Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 06:51 PM
Nov 9

But I had exactly the same thought when I saw that picture.

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