Althouse: I've selected 7 TikToks for you this evening. Some people love them.

September 12, 2022

I've selected 7 TikToks for you this evening. Some people love them.

1. Explaining the painting.

2. Taking a shower in Iceland.

3. Life in Uganda.

4. I want to rock and roll for a portion of the night...

5. The new King is a tad irascible.

6. Thumb control.

7. How could that be amore?

11 comments:

Lash LaRue said...: #5 Charles, but surpassed by #4 Gene.; 9/12/22, 6:55 PM
gilbar said...: we always sang it as: I, Want to Rock 'n' Roll ALL NIGHT.. And Part of Everyday; 9/12/22, 7:39 PM
R C Belaire said...: OK, using that outdoor, full-view toilet in Iceland would be, er, unique.; 9/12/22, 7:47 PM
Quaestor said...: Regarding Number 5:

"Take eeet!" Jesus Christ on a stick, what a display.

HM King Charles has been an exceptional asshole for decades. He first publically exercised this aspect of his character when, as Prince of Wales, he tried to bully London property owners into investing tens of thousands in dilapidated, and in many cases, bomb-weakened 19th-century buildings just to preserve the city's ancient skyline. These structures were inadequate when London's population reached one million circa 1850, but when the metro population topped ten million in the late 1960s, the idea of confining people to overcrowded tenements, some without even indoor plumbing, was just looney. Common people got the measure of the man when it became clear that to Charles the most appalling social development was the prospect of Saint Paul's dome being obscured by high-rise apartment blocks. When the complaints about HRH's architectural prejudices reached the Palace, Charles was commanded to drop the subject forthwith.

Then there was his assholery directed at his first wife. Charlie may hate tall buildings, which is slightly nuts, but he loves horses. Ok, fine. Many nominally sane people do. But poor Diana Spencer had a dread of equines. Charles bullied her mercilessly over her phobia, which made Diana even more shy and retiring. This opened the door for the cloven hoof of the horsey (and leathery) Camilla Parker-Bowles, leading to the royal divorce, the first, I believe, since Henry VIII put away Anne of Cleves. Damn! Want a tradition to follow.

The Brits aren't nearly as in awe of the royals as they were when Elizabeth II ascended the throne. Chuck will be in for a rough reign if he doesn't watch out.

I foresee His Majesty's next public relations crisis will be his wife's title. Camilla is not popular. Most people were looking forward to Queen Diana, however, most have not resigned themselves to Queen Camilla. Charles would be wise to suggest Princess Consort, be be done with it. However, that "take eet" suggests wisdom won't be a feature of his reign.; 9/12/22, 8:11 PM
Dave Begley said...: What was the point of #3? I didn’t understand it.

Where those high power power lines in the background part of the original Ugandan culture? How about an iPhone? TikTok?; 9/12/22, 8:21 PM
john said...: #5. Removing Charles because of senility does not seem to be legal. Apparently the only thing one can hope for is finding that Camilla is Catholic. (Or they could declare a republic, then Charles III can go out like Charles I.); 9/12/22, 8:34 PM
Will Cate said...: I'm glad Gene Simmons is slowing down a bit. But #1 gave me the biggest laugh.; 9/12/22, 8:34 PM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: remember that one thing that you posted and I said - "that's the coolest thing I've ever seen" (I think it was a clever cabinet with radical hinges)
scratch that. That shower is now top cool thing.; 9/12/22, 9:13 PM
readering said...: 6 but for a different reason. Kate puts to test her relative's saying, a woman can never be too rich or too thin.; 9/13/22, 8:29 AM
tim maguire said...: Thumb control. Though despite all the evidence that Harry is under Megan's thumb, what I noticed first in the picture is that they are leaning into each other. Maybe Harry is her prisoner, but he seems fine with it.

I also liked the irascible king. Whenever I see or hear or think of Charles, my mind goes to The Windsors--"First me, then William, but me first!"

And so in the end it was.; 9/13/22, 8:54 AM
Merny11 said...: Oh the pizza pie moon was hilarious!; 9/13/22, 3:02 PM