Pale horse of death': Netizens call metal horse at Paris opening ceremony 'ominous'

Source: Hindustan Times
Published: Jul 27, 2024
Author: Bhavika Rathore
Post Date: 2024-07-27 12:46:18 by watchman
Views: 10881

The Paris Olympics began in earnest on Friday, 26 July with a grand opening ceremony at the river Seine in Paris. The ceremony included artists and singers from across the globe and the programme was hosted by Kelly Clarkson. One of the acts of the ceremony witnessed a rider on a pale horse parading along the river Seine which captured the eyes of many at the event and beyond. In a post on X, a user posted the picture of the rider on the pale horse which soon was associated with Death itself at the Olympics.

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#15: BTP Holdings    To: Dakmar (#10)

The bigger kids always took Death.

There was a band named DETH that performed at Medusa's in Chicago. It was on Sheffield about a mile south of Wrigley Field.

It was on 2nd floor and was a long flight of stairs down to the street. If you had to throw someone out, you couldn't get them out of there if they were out of control.

One show I grabbed this guy for trying to get onstage. He was pretty wild going out with his arms raised up.

I got him out the door at top of stairs. I tried to take his legs out. It didn't work. So I slipped him into a Half-Nelson with my left arm, grabbed his free arm and moved him over five or six feet and thumped his head on the corner of the wall by entrance to ladies' room.

That brought him down a few notches.

Al was sitting there taking tickets. He told me, "He was a big boy. You really manhandled him."

As soon as I cussed, the boss came running up the stairs. Just before he closed the door to the concert hall, I looked and my ex-partner was in there. He gave me the "thumbs up"

You know what that guy whose head I thumped on the wall said to our guy at the bottom of the stairs? "Where is the nearest liquor store?"

That would have been Brown Derby a block south.

Do you think maybe he needed it to kill the pain? ROTFLMAO!

BTP Holdings posted on 2024-07-27 18:56:48   Reply   Private Reply

#16: Esso    To: Dakmar (#14)

No one wanted to ride Famine, its back sloped 1.5/1 and we were all afraid we could slide off in a stiff breeze.

Come dance with me on Pac's front hill. Lopez is supplying the music from across the street. I know you like that.

Kim

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 18:58:52   Reply   Private Reply

#17: Esso    To: Dakmar (#14)

...its back sloped 1.5/1...

What the hell is that? 18/12, 66% grade? That's A-frame territory.

Why are you dancing with my GF to Oompa-loompa music? My brain is gone.

Call me Prez Pac.

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 19:10:49   Reply   Private Reply

#18: Esso    To: My Jims, Pacs and Daks. (#17)

Kim

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 19:13:37   Reply   Private Reply

#19: Dakmar    To: BTP Holdings, Esso (#15)

There was a band named DETH that performed at Medusa's in Chicago.

Remember that 30 year prison sentence I served for flipping off Walter Mondale?

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 19:14:24   Reply   Private Reply

#20: Dakmar    To: Esso, Kim (#18)

Miss Judy, she was moody
Ran a sweaty farm in old Alabam'
I was just eighteen, crude and mean
And all I needed was to get my own way
Get out of my way
Miss Judy she could have me
Any hour of the working day
She'd send me in the corn field mid-afternoon
Said son it's all part of your job
Miss Judy had a cross-eyed poodle
That I would kick if I was given the chance
Never wasn't amused by the kindness I used
I was whipped in the barn until dawn
It hurt me
Last summer we was restless
Were gonna make a stand and burn down your farm
But it was all in the head
'Cause out in the yard
Miss Judy had the National Guard
We was beaten
Before we started
Miss Judy, she was moody
But she always didn't get her own way
We'll state the facts, get it right
Kick her when she's down

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 19:17:54   Reply   Private Reply

#21: Dakmar    To: Esso (#17)

1.5/1

1.5ft rise per 10ft slope, moron! :)

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 19:21:27   Reply   Private Reply

#22: Esso    To: Dakmar (#21)

1.5ft rise per 10ft slope, moron!

What the fuck is a 10 foot slope? They're usually short little fellas.

Loddy liked her overbite. I kinda do to, come to think of it.

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 19:30:37   Reply   Private Reply

#23: Dakmar    To: Esso, Sweet Darling Kimmy (#22)

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 19:36:24   Reply   Private Reply

#24: Esso    To: Dakmar, 4um (#22)

Me and Kimmy going to see the lawyer yesterday. J/k, it's a pretty much a straightline trip, well out of my comfort zone.

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 19:38:41   Reply   Private Reply

#25: Dakmar    To: Esso (#22)

What the Jews Did to Germany Before Hitler Came to Power

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 19:40:20   Reply   Private Reply

#26: Esso    To: Dakmar (#24)

J/k, it's a pretty much a straightline trip, well out of my comfort zone.

OMG he's so full of shit. He was the only one on Thursday not hysterical.

Kim

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 19:43:14   Reply   Private Reply

#27: Dakmar    To: Esso (#26)

little wish it away...

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 19:45:40   Reply   Private Reply

#28: Dakmar    To: Esso (#26)

I'm ok, you're ok, we're all fucking ok!

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 19:47:52   Reply   Private Reply

#29: Esso    To: Dakmar (#28)

I'm ok, you're ok, we're all fucking ok!

Walter "Radar" Lopez across the street must've got a new sound system.

Good fences five-pane windows and thick walls make good neighbors.

And good fences.

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 19:53:54   Reply   Private Reply

#30: Dakmar    To: Esso (#29)

Fireworks should be kept indoors! :)

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 20:08:49   Reply   Private Reply

#31: Dakmar    To: Esso (#29)

Good fences five-pane windows and thick walls make good neighbors.

Running out of Samurai Sword sharpeners...

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 20:09:57   Reply   Private Reply

#32: Dakmar    To: Esso (#29)

Walter "Radar" Lopez across the street must've got a new sound system.

Don't bother calling police, they are pussies. Slit his fucking throat!

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 20:12:20   Reply   Private Reply

#33: Esso    To: Dakmar (#32)

Don't bother calling police, they are pussies. Slit his fucking throat!

I like Radar, he's OK. Kimmy likes him too, she must've met him this spring or something, he has cool parties.

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 20:17:50   Reply   Private Reply

#34: Dakmar    To: Esso (#33)

It sounded like there was a problem with Circus Music, DO NOT SLIT ANY THROATS UNLESS UNDER EXTREME DURESS!

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 20:20:42   Reply   Private Reply

#35: Dakmar    To: Esso (#33)

Stupid Spics across the street were playing their Boompita crap at like 1:30AM last night. I casually walked into their front yard, they didn't even notice until I screamed at the the top of my lungs, "Hey, It's 1:30 in the morning, would you mind turning it down?"

And of course they acted like I was the bad guy...

Ask nicely and they just blow you off..act homicidal and they'll laugh at you for a minute but take their shit inside.

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 20:29:25   Reply   Private Reply

#36: Esso    To: Dakmar (#34)

It sounded like there was a problem with Circus Music

I wasn't lying about the walls and windows, I can't hear anything without going outside.

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 20:32:04   Reply   Private Reply

#37: Dakmar    To: Esso (#33)

I get very pissy about fuckers playing their Oompaloompa music so loud it drowns out Slayer. That's fucking excessive.

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 20:33:51   Reply   Private Reply

#38: ghostrider    To: BTP Holdings (#15)

There was a band named DETH that performed at Medusa's in Chicago. It was on Sheffield about a mile south of Wrigley Field.

Say I am at the Blue Suede Shoes how would I get there, would I have to make it to the el?

ghostrider posted on 2024-07-27 20:34:25   Reply   Private Reply

#39: Esso    To: My Jims (#36)

I hope you two never grow up. You guys make me smile no matter what

K

Pac never has whiskey on his breath anymore it's always my vodka.

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 20:35:32   Reply   Private Reply

#40: Dakmar    To: Esso (#36)

I wasn't lying about the walls and windows, I can't hear anything without going outside.

Ten years ago I would have hired you to help soundproof my abode, but I am done with this big city life.

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 20:37:00   Reply   Private Reply

#41: Dakmar    To: Esso, Kim (#39)

I hope you two never grow up. You guys make me smile no matter what

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 20:38:37   Reply   Private Reply

#42: Dakmar    To: ghostrider (#38)

Say I am at the Blue Suede Shoes how would I get there, would I have to make it to the el?

Take the A Train

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 20:44:17   Reply   Private Reply

#43: ghostrider    To: Dakmar (#42)

Hey! doesn't that train go by where Carrie Fisher was trying to plug Jake Elwood? One of them AR style rifles M16A1.

ghostrider posted on 2024-07-27 20:52:54   Reply   Private Reply

#44: Esso    To: Dakmar (#40)

Ten years ago I would have hired you to help soundproof my abode, but I am done with this big city life.

My life as doing anything physical ended about ten and a half years ago. My new tradecraft is giving out bad advice and shoveling my money into a blast furnace for other people.

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 20:53:11   Reply   Private Reply

#45: Dakmar    To: ghostrider (#43)

We're on a mission from God!

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 20:56:18   Reply   Private Reply

#46: Dakmar    To: Esso (#44)

My new tradecraft is giving out bad advice and shoveling my money into a blast furnace for other people.

Welcome to America, bitch. :)

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 20:57:49   Reply   Private Reply

#47: Esso    To: ghostrider (#43)

Hey! doesn't that train go by where Carrie Fisher was trying to plug Jake Elwood? One of them AR style rifles M16A1.

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 20:58:00   Reply   Private Reply

#48: Dakmar    To: Esso, ghostrider (#47)

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 21:00:52   Reply   Private Reply

#49: Esso    To: Dakmar (#46)

That was me Thursday.

K

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 21:03:33   Reply   Private Reply

#50: Dakmar    To: Esso, Kim (#49)

It was either this or The Archies "Sugar, Sugar" - life is full of choices.

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 21:10:08   Reply   Private Reply

#51: Esso    To: Kimmy, 4um (#49)

I love dusters. You can hide any weapon under them.

(Edit) Temu Hawaiian shirts worn like a coat cover the gun on my hip. I want a yellow Hawaiian shirt duster. That would be cool as hell.

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 21:11:48   Reply   Private Reply

#52: Dakmar    To: Esso (#51)

Sometimes it's fun to just piss off everyone.

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 21:18:43   Reply   Private Reply

#53: Esso    To: Dakmar, Dr. Kimmy (#52)

Sometimes it's fun to just piss off everyone.

Sometimes it's cool just to be cool-headed. It scares people.

Hang in there, Kimmy.

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 21:27:45   Reply   Private Reply

#54: Dakmar    To: Esso (#53)

Sometimes it's cool just to be cool-headed. It scares people.

No it doesn't. Fuck you, commie! :)

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 21:34:10   Reply   Private Reply

#55: Esso    To: Dakmar (#54)

No it doesn't. Fuck you, commie!

I'm writing you out of my will, cheesedick. You were never in my will, you should be!

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 21:37:43   Reply   Private Reply

#56: Dakmar    To: Esso (#55)

Golly Esso, I'm sorry, that was really mean of me.

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 21:41:24   Reply   Private Reply

#57: Dakmar    To: Esso (#55)

Is posting inducements in Yahoo comments for victims of California wildfires to buy more fireworks and hire a mariachi band in bad taste?

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 22:09:04   Reply   Private Reply

#58: ghostrider    To: Dakmar (#57)

Assholes in CA said I had to have a spark arrestor on my Molotov cocktail.

ghostrider posted on 2024-07-27 22:32:58   Reply   Private Reply

#59: Dakmar    To: ghostrider (#58)

The nerve. You should have told them something about your soybeans.

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 22:35:03   Reply   Private Reply

#60: Esso    To: Dakmar (#59)

PM

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 22:36:03   Reply   Private Reply

#61: ghostrider    To: Esso (#47)

I have the box set DVDs, watch them at Christmas. Much better than the Santa Clause movies.

ghostrider posted on 2024-07-27 22:37:51   Reply   Private Reply

#62: ghostrider    To: Dakmar (#59)

A guy tried to thank me for helping him get an elephant in his living room, I said don't mention it.

ghostrider posted on 2024-07-27 22:40:27   Reply   Private Reply

#63: Esso    To: ghostrider (#61)

Here's a movie for you...

Esso posted on 2024-07-27 22:41:03   Reply   Private Reply

#64: Dakmar    To: ghostrider (#62)

Some subjects just are not fit for polite company.

Dakmar posted on 2024-07-27 22:49:55   Reply   Private Reply

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