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Best of 2021

How are your hands so cold? Your body is so warm.”
“I know. I’ve been thinking I need to—“
”—get new hands?
— A. Horner and M. Augustin, 1.1.21
I’m very interested in guys from Iowa. I’m gonna try to date a lotta ‘em.
— K. Savela, 1.2.21
Did they find a date who also wanted satanic food?
— K. Teresi, 1.4.21
Joe’s is the best massage I’ve ever received. Literally climbed on top of my body.
— T. Klotz, 1.4.21
That’s where you and I differ on our chicken wing journey. Finger licking has never held me back.
— K. Teresi, 1.6.21
I’m sure it’s the Cheez-Whiz of brie.
— S. Bruhjell-Coleman on a favorite Lund's-Byerly's product, 1.8.21
They are invisible until they aren’t there.
— B. Zimmerman talks eyebrows, 1.8.21
Matt Bellinger could impregnate me with his smooth baritone vocals.
— B. Zimmerman, 1.11.21
I could never be on SNL. I’d be worse than Jimmy Fallon.
— G. Beresford, 1.12.21
I’ve been trying to corner the market on teleportation for years!
— A. McCleary, 1.12.21
I dunno about you, but if my date was taking me out and I really wanted them to know I was worth it, I’d order the tube of pizza flavored Pringles.
— B. Zimmerman, 1.12.21
I feel like a dead person when I’m around her.
— L. Juergens comments on the radiant personality of A. Mondor, 1.14.21
Men’s fashion has gone too far. We’ve come full circle where men just wanna be monkeys again.
— B. Zimmerman, 1.14.21
My heart soars every time I see a Taco Bell or a Pizza Hut converted into another building.
— A. Koch, 1.15.21
How many mice do you think they used for this movie?”
”A bucket full.
— M. Augustin and A. Horner, 1.16.21
The pernicious peach pits partied in Pennsylvania.
— A. Horner invents a vocal warm-up, 1.19.21
Enjoy that Cool Guy hair while you got it, kids! Dad is as bald as I am. Beautiful man. But folic-ly challenged.
— P. Jones, 1.23.21
Piper has a tapeworm. Also I’ve been learning about contraction and relaxation of sphincters. Just a big week for buttholes over here.
— K. Teresi, 1.23.21
You can exceed expectations if you meet expectations 100% of the time.
— W. White, 1.26.21
You know; that guy who cares more than he maybe should because he’s got a good heart and is always one step away from just snapping on a mo-fo.
— G. Beresford, 1.29.21
OK, it’s clear you were running errands at night.
— K. Teresi upon waking up to her cat's toys strewn about the living room, 1.30.21
I always tell my kiddos: The first part of being brave is being scared. You’re scared, so now you can be brave. It doesn’t always work, though.
— V. Johnson, 2.3.21
I mean it’s not like he’ll show up at my door someday and say, “Kids, your Daddy’s a fraud.
— C. McNamara, 2.4.21
This is a fucking brutal game.
— D. Pearson plays Connect 4, 2.4.21
I was only in it for the soup.
— M. Griendling, 2.7.21
Everyone who has ever ruled the world has probably done so while carrying a satchel of their own urine.
— P. Jones, 2.9.21
Nobody jumps in golf.
— S. Zimmerman, 2.12.21
Not to take a hard turn but do you know what bad shape Bam Margera is in?
— R. Armstrong, 2.21.21
The pandemic is nature’s chastity belt.
— H. Munro, 2.23.21
The colors make it seem more like Easter Madness.
— R. de Lemos, 2.23.21
Olden times give me the willies.
— A. Horner, 2.23.21
The last thing anybody needs more of these days is chairs.
— A. Horner, 3.1.21
When that person leaves the factory, they don’t keep chopping meat all night.
— Z. Carlstrom reacts to Catwoman (2004), 3.21.21
She’s a Grade A fretter.
— L. St. Clair on Nicole Kidman, 3.3.21
Hobby Lobby makes better dresses than that.
— Z. Carlstrom reacts to Catwoman (2004), 3.3.21
Now she can really make the hippies suffer.
— Z. Carlstrom reacts to Catwoman (2004), 3.3.21
Love to chug milk before cage dancing. Under hot lights.
— L. St. Clair reacts to Catwoman (2004), 3.3.21
Every time you tell me that, it goes wrong.
— N. Crocker, 3.6.21
He isn’t blind?”
”No, he just looks deranged.”
”He has goat eyes.
— M. Legan, I. Babineau, and A. Horner discuss Kenneth Copeland, 3.6.21
I grew up in a Tupperware household with these taco stands that rendered the Old El Paso Stand n’ Stuff Bowls useless. Cannot recommend them enough. Also I didn’t know how to peel an orange without a Tupperware citrus peeler until I was 25.
— R. Armstrong, 3.8.21
My family and friends call me the Pun-isher—because I tell them to.
— Neil Johnson, 3.11.21
Those are the kind of dairy proportions I like to see. I won’t touch a potato that doesn’t have a 3:1 sour cream and butter ratio.
— J. Horner, 3.12.21
I might make up that we want to have future kids unfortunately.
— J. Schmuck brainstorms persuasive anecdotes to include in a home offer, 3.12.21
Hmm, that’s interesting.
— E. Pearson, Age 2-going-on-3, reacts to her dad refilling the humidifier, 3.21.21
I like my Crocs with a big fuckin’ heel.
— A. Horner, 3.21.21
C-B-Going somewhere.
— S. Cyr on CBG supplements for dogs, 3.21.21
What are you planting this year? Hopefully Water Buffalo for fresh mozzarella purposes? I’m not much of a gardener, but I assume that’s how that all works...
— P. Berven, 3.26.21
They called him Hungus; Hungus Babyeater.
— M. Pearson, 4.1.21
Hate that things are built for singles. Besides Kraft singles, of course. The true symbol that you are alone in this world. If you’re eating Kraft singles.
— B. Zimmerman reacts to a tweet by @petey_usa: ("They gotta sell hot dog buns in a pack man I don't wanna eat 6 fuckin hot dogs this week come on"), 4.5.21
I really wanna get into tracksuits.
— M. Holdhusen, 4.5.21
She’s spooky, like a little Victorian ghost.
— M. Holdhusen reacts to Roz the greyhound, 4.5.21
From running tracks to running nose.
— P. Jones on Roz the greyhound, 4.9.21
Before we go back to that conversation I do have to say: Half of my day is coffee, and then it switches to ‘When am I gonna get to have hot sauce’?
— T. Klotz, 4.15.21
I’m the eyes and he’s the ears.
— T. Klotz summarizes why she and J. Sandlin make the ideal birding duo, 4.17.21
I’m into alternative hummuses.
— A. Horner, 4.17.21
I did a *lot* of cotton candy Bubbalicious when I was young.
— A. Horner recalls his gum habit of youth, 4.17.21
Well. I should probably not bring my purse with six knives in it to Sara’s Table.
— T. Klotz dines out for breakfast, 4.19.21
Gotta be careful not to look too Nantucket Boy.
— T. Klotz on hairstyles, 4.19.21
Kumbayah, bitches.
— T. Klotz, 4.19.21
I’m guessing it was easy, cheap, pretty, went down easily and was readily available. An ornamental hooker of sort...
— A. Bergeron ponders the insustainability of grass lawns, 4.20.21
He’s an old...douchebag!
— A. Horner, 4.20.21
Fucking dumb white people with no skin in the game. Nancy Pepsi came out with some dumb shit, too.
— A fantastic SMS auto-correct from A. Griendling, 4.20.21
Tim Burton doesn’t have much love for diners.
— B. Zimmerman, 4.23.21
We need a country where people are poor and backwards.
— J. Westover on "In mother Russia..." jokes, 4.23.21
Nate spilled battery acid in the basement. The Rug Doctor did NOT know what to do about that.
— K. Brady, 4.27.21
Feels like this is his opus, no?”
”Opus as in important?”
”Opus as in: ‘Midwesterner accidentally runs into someone and wants to signify their remorse’.
— M. Augustin, P. Jones, A. Jones
Maybe drag him to therapy one day and release the deacons
Demons*
— A fantastic SMS auto-correct from K. Savela, 5.5.21
Nick’s birth weight was some disturbing amount... like 11 pounds. We will never have children. My body is not interested in birthing a toddler.
— M. Greco, 5.6.21
...the fuck?”
“That’s my dog.”
“Oh that’s a DOG. Thought it was a hyena...
— Interaction between a tipsy guy on a bike and I when he notices Roz relieving herself in the yard, 5.7.21
I feel like, if I actually gave a shit about financial stuff, I’d have better ideas.
— G. Beresford, 5.12.21
Or I dunno. I think I read people with allergies wrong.
— T. Klotz, 5.22.21
I would LOVE a milk flight.
— T. Klotz, 5.22.21
I’ve been thinking: Why are the professors hired as nighttime corridor monitors? They must be constantly drinking cocaine potion. They don’t sleep! They teach all day? And patrol all night? This is my new Grandpa Joe.
— K. Teresi likens her disapproval of the problematic shortcomings of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to that of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's parasitic character Grandpa Joe, 5.24.21
How many pregnancies does Madame Pomfrey deal with per term if these kids don’t know any better?
— K. Teresi wonders about sex education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, 5.25.21
Problematically wet. It sounds like stirring macaroni in a pot.
— R. Armstrong, 6.16.21
For me the golden arches are welcoming—but what is *not* welcoming to me is the Arby’s hat.
— K. Savela comments on the off-ramp landmarks of Port Washington, WI, 6.18.21
Nah, I’m good.” [Shields eyes from sun with phone] “I’ve got this shade app. It’s a coaster app, too.
— P. Berven, 6.30.21
For the record, Eileen and Tom had a LOT of scissors.
— A. M. Augustin outs the previous owners of her lake property for the number of hand shears they left behind, 7.2.21
For whatever it’s worth, it’s Bob Dole’s birthday today.
— A. M. Augustin, 7.2.21
You look like a Fembot in that.
— R. Armstrong lends her fashion expertise, 7.9.21
I bet basketball players have wood floors in their houses.
— T. Klotz likens basketball courts to residential flooring, 7.17.21
He’s been 45 since he was 8.
— K. Teresi, 7.24.21
And you’re driving a 20-year-old Eclipse! Get off the highway.
— K. Brady succumbs to a tinge of road rage, 7.29.21
Now that’s the kind of parabola I like to see. That’s a good pendulum.
— A. Petersen Horner weighs in on the engineering of a DIY rope swing, 8.10.21
Once you see their boobs, they kinda disappear after a second.
— P. Jones discusses strippers, 9.30.21
It’s honestly just another example of how they don’t know me. They think I wear shoes all the time.
— P. Jones affirms his preference for no footwear, 9.30.21
Whenever Jared hurts himself I have to leave the room to laugh by myself.
— T. Klotz admits to mild schadenfreude, 9.11.21
You know when you’re an intern and you have *opinions*?
— B. Pileggi Ruiz revisits a memory of early employment, 9.15.21
Everyone on my job was, like, going to Fire Island and fucking strangers, so...
— E. Schleicher recounts poor Covid protocol among peers, 9.22.21
We’re not washing our Doritos anymore.
— R. de Lemos reflects on the early days of the pandemic, 9.22.21
Oh no. My truck ranch is expired.
— A. Horner retrieves a stashed to-go packet of past-date ranch dressing from his center console, 9.25.21
Can You Feel The Love Tonight is an excellent song.”
(Later)
I mean it is a PRETTY song! Damn!
— K. Savela waxes poetic about the Elton John/Disney classic, 10.3.21
Babe, condense that shit—it’s rice.
— N. Brady encourages K. Brady to take home the maximum amount of leftovers, 10.14.21
When you told me you were a dancer I assumed you meant a table dancer.
— A. Naumaan to C. Kaivo, 10.14.21
Is 69 really a comfortable temperature? Or just a pervy joke that every man wants on display. Growing up my house was always at 69 and I can’t look at my dad the same.
— M. Greco, 10.23.21
I saw Justin Beiber perform last night and I liked it.
— P. Clifford recaps his weekend highlights on a Monday morning, 11.8.21
Your new house is super close to Kirsten and Alex’s...and, more importantly, a gun shop.
— R. Armstrong scopes out the neighborhood on Google Maps, 11.8.21
Well I had hot pepper jelly the other day and was like ‘put it on everything’.
— J. Lawson 11.18.21
Let’s compare our enzymes.
— A. Horner celebrates gut health maintenance with R. de Lemos, 11.18.21
Yeah that’s why some pee-pee call me Dick.
— E. Schleicher flubs his explanation of a supposed nickname, 11.20.21
I think I’m done with laces.
— A. Horner resigns himself to slip-on footwear, 11.23.21
Oh...you have the ‘Safstrom downturn’ from the news.
— S. Horner articulates L. Horner's expression upon receiving unfortunate news
I gotta tell you, I could never genuflect in church.
— A. Augustin discusses her bum right knee, 12.10.21
I am forever changed by the conversation about Christmas Shoes.
— R. Armstrong witnesses K. Brady's and M. Augustin's common loathing of NewSong's "Christmas Shoes"
Stripping myself down is the bees knees.
— E. Pearson, Age 3, 12.24.21
Are you getting a read on the monitor?”
”No.”
[A cough is heard from the monitored room]
”Well she’s clearly alive.
— D. Pearson and M. Pearson debate whether their infant is awake or asleep, 12.24.21
Can you choose a different one? I want more jowl material.
— M. Pearson angles for a better game prompt, 12.25.21
Um. Decorating cookies is thirsty work.
— A parched E. Pearson, Age 3, 12.26.21
Satan definitely blew MY light out.
— T. Klotz remembers the lyrics of "This Little Light Of Mine", 12.28.21
She should literally choke on an egg. A jade one.
— J. Sandlin has feelings about Gwenyth Paltrow, 12.28.21
If it was a blue sky it’d be pink time right now.
— T. Klotz tells the time of day by the position of the sun, 12.29.21