Weekend Open Thread: A Cornucopia of Memes Edition

H. Clay Aalders
Weekend Open Thread
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How goes it everyone? This is the last Weekend Open Thread before Thanksgiving, so theming was easy.

That’s right…

I actually chucked ours in the woods earlier this week. And I guess I am guilty of going Christmas shopping with my wife today, a couple of weeks earlier than usual because the supply chain charlie-foxtrot is real.

One of the most versatile meme templates ever.

This weekend’s big show is the New York Custom Knife Show…in Nashville, TN.

Nashville Custom Knife Show

Mark is there, and I should have tried harder to go, but I am a homebody. And the round trip Knoxville/Nashville drives sucks as a day trip with trying to cram a show as significant as NYCKS in between is a lot to bite off. I need a break. I spent the better part of last Saturday at UT Vet Hospital in a vain attempt to save my daughter’s guinea pig and dealing with the fallout resulting failure of said efforts after the poor thing passed away overnight. My daughter took it pretty hard.

RIP Toffee. I’m going to miss you little fella.

These next two memes are my daughter and son respectively…

Never come between Emery and some mashed potatoes.

I’d actually consider it a success.

Speaking of success, Mark R. wins this week’s drawing. I haven’t heard from last week’s winner David M, so I will drop him a line. Whichever one of you gets back to me first gets your choice of the Gerber knives. The last one goes to the other winner.

Thank you to Gerber for providing us with a month of giveaways. Next up is a trucker hat from Case Knives.

Usual contest rules apply. 5 comments or replies count as your entries. If you are new to the blog, your first comments will be held in moderation until I can whitelist you. From then on out your comments post immediately.

Since this is an open thread, I figure I would drop in an off topic article I found interesting. While I pray we never find ourselves in an armed conflict with China, at least some people are thinking outside the box…https://coffeeordie.com/american-privateers-china/

It is a rather tender subject…

If you got that one, chime in. Or what is not quite right with this one…

Speaking of historical events…

 

That is a good summation of what happened.

It is a Christmas movie, so perhaps I should have waited for next week.

Random, but mostly true. Other than the fact that a lot of the Russian velociraptors were fighting with American provided gear.

We are all Mr. Pringles. I feel his pain.

That is about it for this week. There were more I could have added, but I am getting ready to crash for the evening. There are always more memes, so we will see you next week.

Have a good one folks.

 

 

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H. Clay Aalders

H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The Truth About Knives - spending his last 5 years there as Managing Editor. His background is in fixed-blade hunting and bushcraft knives, but has jumped into the world of vintage slipjoint collecting with both feet since coming to work at Knife Magazine. Clay’s primary role is as Digital Editor, curating and creating new content for our website and blog, as well as maintaining the Knife Magazine social media accounts (FB/IG: @theknifemag, Twitter: @knifemagazine). He is also a contributor and Associate Editor of the print magazine.

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  2. sis had one of those rodents, lived in the front powder room. mom would dumpster dive llettuce from behind the grocery for it. we kept the greens on the back porch and i’ll br durned if that thinf didn’t whistle every time that door was opened. my niece lived in peru; they kept cui inside the house for meat.
    more of a dwarf siberian hamster guybut whatevs.
    wifey loves some utoob vids of talking guinea pigs, kinda funny.

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  3. Finally, it is Friday! First and foremost, RIP to “Toffee”. Re the “Knife” display at the NYCKS . . . the person in the red plaid shirt and jeans, full beard with b-ball cap “standing watch” . . . who is that in disguise? Mark? Clay? Kim K.? Bruce V.? . . . Mr. Pringles like Mr. Peanut, Uncle Ben, Aunt Jemima, Mrs. Butterworth, Mr. Clean, Les Toil and other memorable characters in marketing will never fade. Frankly, I think “Pringles” lack crunch.

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  4. Guinea Pigs – the other white meat! I guess traditionally they made good eating, but they are crazy cute too, we had a few as kids and the family whistle was always a ‘queep, queep, queep!’ Clay – sorry for your loss.

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  5. Clay, condolences from a grown up guinea pig kid. Strong memes this week, the Rocky Horror one though. Dr. Frank-N-Furter: “That’s a rather tender subject. Another slice, anyone?” Only to be followed by No Show Jones whose hotel room on any given night could actually look like a massacre had taken place. Exciting knife week here. Received the Vero from Clay. Thank you! Crazy light and sharp, enjoying it so far. For the second week in a row, after a 2 year hiatus, Knives Ship Free released a Northwoods (GEC made) knife. This one I got! A beautiful little front pocket size fixed blade, dressed in desert iron wood. Absolutely love this knife. Then I was given a couple custom/branded Kershaws from Yakima Chief Hops for letting them take over my pub for a meeting, a Dividend and an Antic.

    When Eddie said he didn’t like his teddy
    You knew he was a no-good kid
    But when he threatened your life
    With a switchblade knife
    What a guy
    Makes you cry
    And I did

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    1. Jason-If one were to believe the news here, everything from Seattle to the Montana border is/has been under water. I’m assuming all is well since you had an event at your pub?
      And since you were first with the Rocky Horror Picture Show, I’ll only add that Eddie was played by Meatloaf, and leave it at that!
      Oh, congrats on the great knife week!
      Clay- since my typing skills were non-existent last week, I’ll take theZilch! I have no idea which one that is, but the name is appropriate for my performance last week.
      And let’s do the time warp again!

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