Althouse: "Not all who wander are lost."

September 13, 2015

"Not all who wander are lost."

50 comments:

Original Mike said...: I have a t-shirt with that message.; 9/13/15, 7:09 AM
Original Mike said...: You don't have a Packers tag?

First game of the season today. da Bears!; 9/13/15, 7:10 AM
Bob Ellison said...: I wander. I wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-n-der.; 9/13/15, 7:19 AM
MathMom said...: It's gonna be hard to sell that car.; 9/13/15, 7:26 AM
traditionalguy said...: I find great hope in one of the stickers, "those who do not seek Magic will never find it."; 9/13/15, 7:48 AM
SJ said...: Reminds me of a poem.

All that is gold does not glitter
Not all who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither
Deep roots are not reached by frost
From the ashes a fire shall be woken
A light from the shadows shall spring
Renewed shall be the blade that was broken
The crownless again shall be kin.

--Bilbo Baggins, quoted by both Gandalf and Aragorn in the book Fellowship of the Ring.; 9/13/15, 8:57 AM
Etienne said...: I was running low on gas, having failed to stop at a big 16 pump gas station before St. Louis. Now inside the city I took an off ramp into the 19th Century where I was confronted by Row Houses. Row Houses! Christ! Who keeps their citizens in Row Houses.

Anyway, A bunch of kids were on a street corner, so I rolled down the window and asked "where does everyone buy gas around here?"

The smart looking kid said "we's usually go's acrossen dat bridge ta Mis-orri, so's we don't get waxed."

Vroom, back across the bridge - pronto, done wandering!; 9/13/15, 9:11 AM
rhhardin said...: Ohio vans are more focussed evolution.; 9/13/15, 9:19 AM
Wilbur said...: Well, it's a free country. I hope it remains so.

The individual who owns this vehicle - I'm guessing it's a male - would almost surely deny any compulsion to draw attention to himself, nor to impose upon the attention of others.; 9/13/15, 9:36 AM
paminwi said...: Looks like someone who supports Russ Feingold & Marc Pocan.; 9/13/15, 9:37 AM
Anonymous said...: "Ohio vans are more focussed evolution."

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Ahhh yes! The fallacy of "The Argument from Ignorance"; 9/13/15, 9:39 AM
Patrick Henry was right! said...: Never grow up seems about right.; 9/13/15, 9:52 AM
madAsHell said...: I'll guess it's an overweight white man wearing shorts, and sandals with dark socks. He likes to draw people into conversation so he can impress others with his opinions. He might be acquainted with Garage.

Of course, I can't see the entire context. If there is a sticker saying "My other car is a broomstick", then I withdraw my conjecture.; 9/13/15, 10:06 AM
Phil 314 said...: Wander lost
Wanderlust; 9/13/15, 10:06 AM
Etienne said...: "I wander, wander, who - who wrote the book of love..."; 9/13/15, 10:09 AM
Bay Area Guy said...: Well, if you're wanderin' for more than a year or 2, sorry, you're lost.; 9/13/15, 10:17 AM
Wilbur said...: How likely is it that the sandals are made of hemp? The ensemble?; 9/13/15, 10:32 AM
Gabriel said...: Incidentally Ann, I imagine that the Wonkette community have done something to give you a very stupid picture when people Google "Althouse". You might look into it.; 9/13/15, 10:46 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: It's sort of the automotive equivalent of the fool's motley, so far as I can make out.; 9/13/15, 10:50 AM
Etienne said...: Bob Ellison said...I wander. I wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-n-der.

Why a why why why why why; 9/13/15, 10:56 AM
jaydub said...: I accidently caught Bernie Sanders on Meet the Press this afternoon, and I was shocked by the mannerisms with which he spoke. It was like he was about to explode or, at least, his head was about to explode. Intense, angry, manic - I had a difficult time putting a description on his demeanor. Does anyone have a descriptive term? I'm personally at a loss to wrap my brain around his demeanor.; 9/13/15, 12:05 PM
Jeff Gee said...: I carry jumper cables in my trunk always, and consider it a point of honor to stop and give what aid I can to stalled vehicles, without regard to the messages on any bumper stickers. But holy crap.; 9/13/15, 12:18 PM
Roughcoat said...: Does anyone have a descriptive term? I'm personally at a loss to wrap my brain around his demeanor.

"Fucking nuts."; 9/13/15, 12:36 PM
Etienne said...: Jeff Gee said...I carry jumper cables in my trunk always, and consider it a point of honor to stop...

You are a brave man. I used to be brave, but I'm too slow on the draw now. I want to keep my wife away from my life insurance for a couple of more years.

bon courage !; 9/13/15, 12:39 PM
themightypuck said...: All who wander in Yellowstone should carry bear spray.; 9/13/15, 12:45 PM
Humperdink said...: Visited Yellowstone two years ago. In a small gift shop in the park, they were selling bear spray canisters. Looked like a fire extinguisher. I asked the park ranger about the proper application. His response: You empty the entire contents at the bear's face. Do not spare any.; 9/13/15, 1:35 PM
JCC said...: I'm convinced this kind of willful self-vandalism of your own car, and loon philosophy of life by cliche is a form of mental illness.

It's kind of like tattooing "Born Dead" across your own forehead. It definitely sends a message.; 9/13/15, 1:35 PM
David said...: Not all who place bumper stickers want to tell us to coexist.; 9/13/15, 1:45 PM
David said...: "I wander."

"Sorry. She's just not into you."; 9/13/15, 1:47 PM
Gahrie said...: It was like he was about to explode or, at least, his head was about to explode. Intense, angry, manic - I had a difficult time putting a description on his demeanor. Does anyone have a descriptive term?

Progressive?; 9/13/15, 1:49 PM
Larry J said...: MathMom said...
It's gonna be hard to sell that car.

I suspect the oil has not been changed for a long, long time.; 9/13/15, 2:33 PM
Char Char Binks, Esq. said...: SOME who wander are lost, maybe most.; 9/13/15, 2:46 PM
Rusty said...: Blogger Humperdink said...
Visited Yellowstone two years ago. In a small gift shop in the park, they were selling bear spray canisters. Looked like a fire extinguisher. I asked the park ranger about the proper application. His response: You empty the entire contents at the bear's face. Do not spare any.

If you're close enough to use bear spray, you're already too close.
To bears it's a condiment.; 9/13/15, 3:04 PM
Levi Starks said...: Not all who are lost know they're lost.; 9/13/15, 3:21 PM
Sydney said...: We took LSD to make things weird, Now we take Prozac to make things normal.
More truth to that than he (or she) probably realizes.; 9/13/15, 3:39 PM
madAsHell said...: I accidently caught Bernie Sanders on Meet the Press this afternoon, and I was shocked by the mannerisms with which he spoke.

Yeah...I don't think he can survive the debates with the crazy uncle routine. The women in Seattle that commandeered his podium might have done him a favor.; 9/13/15, 3:57 PM
richard mcenroe said...: Any bets on how long before Bernie gets George Wallace'd?; 9/13/15, 6:30 PM
rehajm said...: Pete Carroll says the chewing gum stuck to his fillings picked up the Patriots radio announcers who told him to start overtime with a squib kick.; 9/13/15, 7:41 PM
Cynicus said...: Jaydub did you notice they wrote Bernie's odds underneath him, which at first glance read Bernie's odd. That was some A level subliminal messaging there.; 9/13/15, 7:41 PM
Cynicus said...: I watched party of Meet the Press this morning and Chuck Todd found it hilarious that Mexico is running an ad for soccer highlighting that the American Dream is dead because Mexico is kicking our ass.; 9/13/15, 7:43 PM
Quaestor said...: Any bets on how long before Bernie gets George Wallace'd?

More likely he'll be Vince Foster'ed.; 9/13/15, 9:40 PM
WillowViney said...: Three bumper sticker rule.; 9/13/15, 9:54 PM
averagejoe said...: jaydub said...
I accidently caught Bernie Sanders on Meet the Press this afternoon, and I was shocked by the mannerisms with which he spoke. It was like he was about to explode or, at least, his head was about to explode. Intense, angry, manic - I had a difficult time putting a description on his demeanor. Does anyone have a descriptive term? I'm personally at a loss to wrap my brain around his demeanor.

9/13/15, 12:05 PM

What is it with Vermont politicians? Is there going to be a Bernie Bawl to match the Dean Scream? I guess they characterize their populace these days. Vermont used to be notable for the sobriety and taciturnity of its citizenry, exemplified by Silent Cal Coolidge. Now the old Yankee farmers of The Green Mountain State have been replaced by the Ben and Jerry generation of progressive Greens. They've been electing Socialist Sanders since the seventies.; 9/13/15, 9:57 PM
Interesting,not crazy said...: Coupe said... [hush][hide comment]

Bob Ellison said...I wander. I wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-n-der.

Why a why why why why why

She ran away....; 9/14/15, 12:34 AM
rhhardin said...: Not all wander who are lost is a better and more KJV-sounding motto.; 9/14/15, 6:02 AM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: Not all who wander are lost.

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.; 9/14/15, 8:05 AM
Carol said...: I accidently caught Bernie Sanders on Meet the Press this afternoon, and I was shocked by the mannerisms with which he spoke.

I thought I detected a foreign accent. Did he say "Amerdican"?; 9/14/15, 9:42 AM
Dr.D said...: I recently saw a young man with a red Wisconsin T-shirt and the slogan "Never Give Up." When I first read it, I made a mistake and thought it said, "Never Grow Up." Both seem to fit the context pretty well.; 9/14/15, 9:49 AM
Jaq said...: Vermont used to be notable for the sobriety and taciturnity of its citizenry, exemplified by Silent Cal Coolidge. Now the old Yankee farmers of The Green Mountain State have been replaced by the Ben and Jerry generation of progressive Greens. They've been electing Socialist Sanders since the seventies.

It's a nefarious coalition of trustafarians and dairy farmers who want price supports and illegal aliens to work their farms.; 9/14/15, 7:20 PM
averagejoe said...: tim in vermont said...
Vermont used to be notable for the sobriety and taciturnity of its citizenry, exemplified by Silent Cal Coolidge. Now the old Yankee farmers of The Green Mountain State have been replaced by the Ben and Jerry generation of progressive Greens. They've been electing Socialist Sanders since the seventies.

It's a nefarious coalition of trustafarians and dairy farmers who want price supports and illegal aliens to work their farms.

9/14/15, 7:20 PM

Tim, I remember in the '80's when Jamaicans would arrive in the Autumn for apple-picking season. Do they still do that?; 9/14/15, 9:02 PM